Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--June 13, 1902 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michelle Burress http://www.cvnotes.com ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Clinch Valley News June 13, 1902 TABORVILLE --------------------------- We had a good rain last Saturday night and Sunday which was badly needed. Mr. W.G. HILL and his little son, Eddie, were visiting in West Virginia, last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert BELCHER and Mattie, of Clover Bottom, West Virginia, are visiting their many friends on Mud Fork this week. Robert has been in bad health for several months, but is improving some now. There were several people in this vicinity expecting to attend the quarterly meeting at Bailey last Sunday, but are disappointed on account of the rain. Mr. J.W. SHANNON, of Bluestone, was on Mud Fork last week, buying cattle. Mrs. W.G. HILL has got 130 young chickens and has only lost two this season. Who can beat that? Mrs. HILL is the chicken grower of Mud Fork. Mr. H.J. TABOR and G.W. PURKINS has been on the sick list for a few days. G.P. MCMULLIN of Springville was in the village last week, calling on the tax payers. James HOLEY of Brushy Fork was in Taborville last Sunday visiting H.J. and B.W. TABOR. Mr. Wat COMPTON was in Mercer Co., last week, trying to buy cattle, and only purchased one fine heifer, he reports cattle very scarce. FIVE OAKS ----------------------------------- Mrs. SMOOT, of Witten Mills, is quite ill at this writing. J.B. PAINTER had his phone put in last week. Listen for Will now. Mrs. B.B. GREEVER is some better we are glad to say. Miss Fannie INGLES and her little niece, Hattie PAINTER, are visiting J.B. PAINTER. Mrs. GREEAR, of Wittens Mills, is improving fast. Misses Ruby WHITEHEAD, Kate SPRADLEY and Annie FLEMMING of Norton, are visiting Helen and Annie GREEAR. Bowen WATTS arrived home from Wythe Friday. Bowen goes pretty often, but not to buy cattle is the rumor. Fred STEELE was in our neighborhood last week buying sheep. Mrs. Dick VALLEY and children, of Raven, were visiting Mrs. B.B. GREEVER first of the week. Mr. Frank LANDERS, of Glade Springs visited his friend, Will PAINTER the first of the week. A large crowd from here attended the musical given by Blind Tom at Tazewell Tuesday night. It is rumored that Mr. Bob CALEM has employed Mr. CONLEY, of Wittens Mills, to defend him in the stear case. BAILEY -------------------------------------- Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the funeral service of Brother Jessee BAILEY was postponed til Monday, when it was preached to a large congregation by the P.E. Mr. HANDY. Rev. Edward BAILEY and family of Rural Retreat, Virginia, are spending a week with his mother, Mrs. Mary BAILEY and his sister, Mrs. J.E. WAGNER and Mrs. George DEATON, James DEATON of Pocahontas was the guest of his brother at this place last Saturday and Sunday. Prof. CHRISTIE is making social calls in Bailey this week. Mr. John SAYERS of Sayersville has been visiting friends in this community this week. Don't look so heartbroken girls, he will be back bye and bye. Mrs. Hattie MONTGOMERY of Tazewell, returned to her home yesterday after a pleasant stay of two weeks with friends near Bailey. We are anticipating the erection of a phone line through Bailey soon. Messrs Will WAGNER, Chap LUCAS, Willie TABOR and Marion THOMAS, all young civil engineers paid their respective homes and their respective girls a flying call Sunday. ITALY ------------------------------- A gentle rain prevailed all day last Sunday, refreshing vegetation very much. Little Jack, the son of H.G. WINFREY, has been quite sick of pneumonia for the past week, but is improving at this writing. Miss Douglass STUBBLES, who has been teaching a private school at Major Waltons, left last Saturday for Tazewell. Willie REECE, the little son of I.C. DODD, is visiting his father this week. We were glad to see our doctor in camp Monday morning looking hale and hearty. Mrs. WALTON, Miss Nannie and Mr. Walton SUDDUTH are visiting friends and relatives in Bluefield this week. John T. JOHNSON took in the quarterly meeting at Bailey last Sunday. A Gypsy tent was pitched near Falls Mills last Saturday. The entire community, including married people, bachelors, old maids, youths and children have given them a trial at their past life and future expectations. Quite a variety of expressions were seen on many faces as they withdrew from the presence of these fortune readers. The second Italy air line will began to operate soon, transporting the rough and perfect Ashlar from the big quarries near the residence of J.W. JOHNSON. THOMPSON VALLEY --------------------------------- The farmers are looking pleasant again since the nice rain yesterday. They were wearing long faces over the dry weather. Miss Bennie SMITH has been quite sick for a few weeks but we are glad to say she is better at this writing. Mr. Dan THOMPSON, accompanied by his sister, Miss Alice, are attending the closing exercises of Jackson Institute at Abingdon. There has been a series of prayer meetings held at Pleasant Hill church the past week, which resulted in very much good. Rev. D.B. HANRAHAN will fill his regular appointment at Pleasant Hill Sunday evening at 3:30. Rev. R.K. SUTHERLAND will begin a protracted meeting the fourth Sunday in this month. Mr. Charlie ASBURY passed through the Valley one day last week enroute to Tazewell. POUNDING MILL ------------------------- A number of our friends are asking why we don't write every week. We didn't know before that people were so glad to hear the news from this place. We might say that the town is on a boom. PEERY and IRESON will soon have their store completed. Mr. Bob IRESON will move his family here soon. We like to have good people move among us. Steele, Hurt and Co., are taking an inventory of their goods this week. They will sell strictly for cash or produce. We understand that the new store mentioned above, will adopt the same plan, if this be the case, we all will be a flourishing people in a year or so. John LAMBERT has just had his residence nicely painted, it now looks like a little paradise upon the hill. His son in law, Mr. Charles LAWRENCE did the work. Rev. R. SPARKS is fixing for cold weather, having flues built to this residence. W.B. STEELE and Montgomery JOHNSON are loading several cars of tan bark. John ASBURY and Bob SPARKS have white washed their yard pallings. Mrs. Susan RINGSTAFF has had a stone dairy built and other improvements. We are talking of scrubbing the church. If we do will report later. Mr. and Mrs. Joe SMITH have moved into town, we like such neighbors. Strawberry picking is the order of the day. Mrs. J.B. HURT, Mrs. R.K. GILLESPIE and Mrs. America SMITH spent Tuesday with Mrs. Susan RINGSTAFF. Mr. Hugh TABOR'S little son Aubrey won a medal at Richlands College. Miss Helen THOMAS is also back home from the institution. Her presence and service adds much to our prayer meetings (Holiness prayer meeting) which meets every Tuesday at 8pm. Mrs. Mary LAMBERT read the 10th, chapter of Hebrew. Mrs. W.B. STEELE and George THOMAS, each gave a talk on the lesson; the former dwelt principally on the last two verses, while the latter gave a more general talk. This now is the only prayer meeting held at this place or has been for some time. Miss Lula THOMAS lost her purse which contained a good bit of change. Mrs. M.J. STURGILL and son Hunter visited their old North Carolina friends. Mr. and Mrs. BROWN, and family were in Little Valley from Friday till Monday. Mr. BROWN is fixing to erect a fine dwelling of eight rooms. Mrs. Lizzie BURNETT is spending a few weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John LAMBERT. Mrs. LESLIE and grand daughters, from Oakvale, visited her daughter, Mrs. Tom FAULKNER. ------------------ Hi STEELE, the irrepressible, is again at large, and is in the West end of the county, terrorizing that community. A phone message was received in town on Monday morning, asking that the sheriff take steps to capture the negro, who is heavily armed and has threatened the lives of several people in the community. It was known last week that Hi was in the community and deputy sheriff GILLESPIE wired the authorities in Richmond, asking if they wanted Hi, to which, strange to say, no answer was received. LATER - Hi STEELE, the famous negro convict was captured in the West end of the county by deputy sheriff H.S. GILLESPIE and C.H. STEELE constable of Maiden Spring District Tuesday night and lodged in jail here Wednesday evening. Hi appears to be as sane as any man, and can converse intelligently. He only takes spells and when one of them comes on him you had better make yourself scarce. Pocahontas, Va. June 12 - The strike, long expected and dreaded is at last on in earnest and ninety five per cent of the miners are out, and it is certain that this five per cent wil come out unless the strike is settled soon, which is not likely to be the case. Of course, as was to be expected, business is seriously effected already, and should the strike continue a few months there will be a large number of business failures in the coal fields. Many of the larger merchants are doing business on small capital and depend entirely upon "pay-day" receipts to meet their bills. Your reporter sought out Mr. J.R. GREEN, the President of the Miners Union here, and asked him what the miners wanted, and he thought the differences could be easily adjusted. He said, among other things, that the demands of the miners were moderate and nothing more than they had a right to ask. He gave me a printed slip, which sets forth the demands in plain language, and as false statements have been made through the press and otherwise, I give these demands in full, verbatim" For mining coal per ton of 2000 pounds, mine run ....................$0.40 Thin vein coal per ton of 2000 pounds, mine run ..................... 0.50 Drivers, per day .................................................... 2.00 Timbermen ........................................................... 2.00 Tracklayers ......................................................... 2.00 Trappers ............................................................ 1.00 Machine runners ..................................................... 8.00 Machine helpers ..................................................... 2.50 All other day men ................................................... 2.00 Motormen ............................................................ 2.25 Shaftshinking, 8 hours .............................................. 2.50 All outside day labor, including engineers, firemen, blacksmiths, carpenters and coke workers to receive an advance of 10 per cent advance on present prices. These are the exact figures and demands made by the convention held at Huntington last week, for the Norfolk & Western road. These demands the operators positively and persistently refuse to grant. The conference called to meet at Bramwell on yesterday was a failure, few of the operators being present. There has been no disturbance of any kind. Sheriff John W. CROCKETT, of Tazewell, was called to Pocahontas, and is still here. He swore in a number of deputies, and are now guarding the tunnels, etc. Every day looks like Sunday. The men are hunting, fishing and working their truck patches, etc. and seem to having a good time. No trouble is anticipated. BANDY ------------------------------ Meadows are short, oats are very good; and corn is looking well, with good prospects. William H. PAYNE has returned from Washington D.C. James BANDY is improving slowly. Jim CREGGAR and Bob FOX, from Thompson Valley, were in our community this week. Mr. George W. HINKLE has not finished plowing for corn. He wants more time. Mr. Crack LAMBERT is at home from school. He is devoting all his attention to the young ladies. He goes South every Sunday.