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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 8, 1910 LOCAL NEWS ------------------------------------ Public worship at the Christian church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. S.O. HALL will preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at Concord at 3:30 pm. Mrs. BYROM, Roanoke, joined her husband, Prof. G.L. BYROM, here this week, and is stopping at the Jeffersonville. Miss Minnie J. RODGERS of Staunton, who has been teaching in Tazewell, Va. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.P. CAMPBELL on Patterson ave. Mrs. M.J. STEEL and Mrs. W.C. WITTEN of the Steelsburg neighborhood were making purchases at the Red Tag Sale on Tuesday, and paid the News office a pleasant visit. NORTH TAZEWELL --------------------------- Miss Hattie HARRISSON who has been in Richmond for the past week, returned home last Saturday. Capt. J.H. WHITLEY is on a visit to his son Elam at Galax. Miss Grace MAY of Gate City, is on a visit here and will spend several days visiting friends and relatives. George LAWRENCE is suffering from a slight attack of appendicitis. Wesley P. WHITLEY is quite ill at his home on Whitley Branch. Quite a number from this place attended the picnic at Crockett Cove on last Sunday. Among the number were J.G. and T.L. MCGURE, Herbert BAILEY, Misses Ella MCCALL, Ella LAURENCE, T.L. NEEL and Children. Miss Kate WHITLEY who has been spending some time with relatives at Grundy, came home, last Saturday. Mrs. W.P. WHITLEY who has been on the sick list for the past month has gotten able to be out again. Dr. R.H. IRESON is getting awfully uneasy about his garden. He says if the growing weather continues, he will have to move his fence. Says his corn grew seven inches one night. Miss Cora LAWRENCE is visiting here aunt Mrs. Grat SPURGEON, at this place. FALLS MILL Dr. J.M. SHEPPARD made a business trip to Bluefield yesterday. Mrs. W.B. TABOR was visiting friends in Welch on day last week. W.H. THOMAS of Bluefield, was the guest of Major and Mrs. Walton Monday. Miss Georgie JOHNSON of Princeton, West Virginia was visiting friends here yesterday. Miss Mary and Louis HALL of Landgraf, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. HALL this week. Mrs. Effie CRESY, of Simmons, West Virginia was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B.W. JEWELL Monday. Mrs. Ida CRAWFORD and Miss Florence BRITTAIN were shopping in Pocahontas Saturday. The report has just reached here of the marriage of Miss Malva MOORHEAD of Radford to J.B. HARRY of this place. A.S. HARRY has accepted a position with the Petersburg Valise and Trunk Co. Misses Mamie PERDUE, Bertha HARRY, Messrs. A.S HARRY, Roby HARRY and Roland REED spent Monday at Bramwell, West Virginia. Dr. SHEPPARD made Monday Lively for Falls Mills by trading horses. Mr. and Mrs. H.C. HUDGINS are highly elated ever the arrival of a stranger at their home, Saturday. The stranger is a fine boy. Mother and child are getting along nicely. BENBOW ------------------------ Rev. Mr. CARSON filled his regular appointment at this place Sunday. Farmers are delighted with the fine weather and good prospects for good corn. Miss Susie CRABTREE gave a lawn party last Monday evening in honor of Miss Neta and Gay HUDSON, of Bland. Quite a number of our ladies have been calling on Mr. and Mrs. G.O. THOMPSON, who have recently moved into this end of the valley. Miss Nellie LYNCH spent last Saturday and Sunday with Misses Lena and May Corell of Poor Valley. Mrs. Lizzie THOMPSON has been quite sick but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsom HUBBLE, of Bluefield, have recently spent a week with homefolks, Mr. John BUCHANAN. Crabtree Brothers have just made a timber deal with Rob NEAL and the saw mill will begin work this week. Quite a number of our young people attended the big ball game the fourth in Poor Valley. Everyone reported a good time. Mr. Milton THOMPSON is quite sick at this writing caused by drinking an over amount of cold water. Mrs. Jeff WARD and children are spending two weeks with Mrs. Joe WIMMER. The children of this place who have diphtheria are very much improved. Miss Bessie PUCKETT of Bowling, is visiting her grandfather, Mr. J.L. MATTHEWS this week. Mr. John M. HINES a young man from Bluefield, came up and spent the Fourth with his friend William WALK. The continuous wet weather is keeping the farmers very much behind with their corn working. Mr. W.D. MATHEWS came up from Welch where he ? work, to spent the Fourth at home. He returned to his work Tuesday. Wheat is about ripe and appears to be very good. Some farmers will begin harvesting this week. Mr. Jessie CRIGGER, who has been at work at Wilcoe for sometime is at home this week. TANNERSVILLE ------------------------------------ The farmers of this section are very busy at present harvesting, plowing corn, etc. Although the season has been so backward the crops in general are looking prosperous. Several people from this place attended the celebration of the "Fourth" at Asbury, which was held July 2nd. Quite a number also attended the ball game at Saltville, on day last week, to see the women ball players. The visiting team won the game. Miss Corrie HILT is attending the summer normal at Emory. Miss Bessie BROWN has gone to Harrisonburg to attend school this summer. Miss Florence CALDWELL, who has been there for some time is well pleased with the management of the school. J.P. HOLMES went to Chatham Hill last Saturday and returned Sunday evening. W.E. HAYTON is visiting homefolks at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Will ERNEST and their little daughter, Adena, are visiting in Marion this week. Mrs. Ed WOOTH and children, were visiting her father, Mr. A.P. FRENCH last Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. J. Newton RHUDY passed through the valley one day last week. Rev. Mr. DAME preached an excellent sermon to an attentive audience Sunday Evening. He also left an appointment for Saturday morning at eleven o'clock, before his next regular appointed the first Sunday, and stated that if the services were well attended he would continue that work thus giving us preaching twice a month instead of once. COVE CREEK ------------------------------------------- We have been having some real nice weather for the past week. Mrs. Pollie STOWERS is visiting in the neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Andie FOX were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam SHAWVER Sunday. There was a large crowd attended the quarterly meeting at Mt. Nebo last Saturday and Sunday. Misses Mary ROBINETT, Lizzie and Ella COMPTON, of Cove Creek left last Tuesday to attend the Normal at Emory. Mr. George BOWLING, wife and daughter, Mr. John BOWLING, wife and two children, of Oklahoma, are visiting friends and relatives at this place. Mrs. W.B. BELCHER and three little daughters, of White Gate are visiting the former's parents at this place. Mrs. Lela WALKER, her sister Ava and two children will return to their home at Kimball, West Virginia Wednesday. Mrs. R.R. ROBINETT and two of her daughters were the guests of Mr. L. M. WALKER Friday. UNAKA ------------------------------------ Rev. C.R. BROWN preached a fine sermon at Mt. Olivet Sunday Morning, and Rev. REPASS at concord Sunday afternoon. Rev. S.O. HALL will fill his regular appointment at Concord Sunday afternoon. W.R. BURTON, who has been very ill for the past week, is improving. Miss Ada BURTON, of Norton, spent the past week with homefolks. J.G. Leedy, of Kimball, was visiting friends and relatives at this place for several days. J.G. BURTON, of Elkhort, spent a few days with his wife and little daughter, Elizabeth, last week. Messrs. William YOST and Hallie BOURNE spent the 4th with homefolks. John HACKWORTH left for Norfolk last week, where he has a position. M.E. EAGLE of Burke's Garden was calling on friends at this place Sunday afternoon. Luther RUTHERFORD was at home from Bluefield last week. POUNDING MILL ---------------------------------------- Walter Thomas, of Kentucky is visiting parents here. Mrs. Reese RINGSTAFF, who was very ill Sunday is better. James E. MCGUIRE, of Cedar Bluff, spent Sunday here with his sister. Miss Fordie MUKLEY of Honaker, is clerking in the Pounding Mill Supply Company, while her aunt, Miss Lettie RINGSTAFF, takes her vacation. Rev. J.H. GILLESPIE of Springville, preached two fine sermons here Sunday. Thomas DAVIS and family, of Cincinnati, are spending sometime with his mother, Mrs. Nancye DAVIS, at the "Bungalow" Mrs. W.B. STEELE spent Friday of last week with her mother at Cedar Bluff. Mrs. R.H. MCGRAW is visiting her son, John, at Tazewell, and here sister, Mrs. Thomas HANKINS. Farmers are fearing they will lose their wheat crop on account of the rain. The picnic given by Mr. and Mrs. R.K. GILLESPIE on the 4th was greatly enjoyed. Several from Cedar Bluff and Indian were present. The series of meetings by Rev. W.A. GOSE, of Maxwell and J. BASSETT, of Knoxville, closed on last Sunday night, after several very interesting sermons. The latter will lecture at Maxwell on next Sunday at 3:30 pm, and Tuesday night at Cedar Bluff, on the second coming of Christ - signs of the time. Everyone should hear him. James PACK left yesterday for Oklahoma, and will attend a business school in Kentucky on his way and brighten up in bookkeeping, and accept a position in Oklahoma in that capacity. Mr. Homer LITTLE, Coeburn, claimed Miss Eleanor, the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ALLEY, of Baptist Valley, at high noon today, for his bride, Rev. Ezra LINKOUS officiating. The happy couple left on No. 11 for Coeburn, and will move to Mr. LITTLE'S farm in eastern Virginia in the near future.