Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--July 11, 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 July 11, 1902 FALLS MILLS ----------------------------- The glorious fourth is gone, so is the money. Some of the young folks in this vicinity went to the top of the Stony Ridge on night of the fourth to view the display of fireworks at Bluefield which they report as being beautiful. The young folks of this place and vicinity had a picnic at the top of the Stony Ridge on the 4th. They report a pleasant time. We like temperance people, but the line should be drawn somewhere. It is often difficult to tell which is the most disagreeable; an intemperate person or an extremist. Sam MARRS has been on the sick list for the last few days. Miss Carrie HICKS of Bluefield, who has been visiting the family of Mr. J. C. FINK, returned to her home Monday morning. Mrs. Ben PARKE, of Paris Ky. is visiting her father, Mr. Robert GILLESPIE. Mr. Albert VIERNON and wife, of Elkhorn, have been visiting the family of T.E. TABOR. Ed BUCKLAND came up from Simmons on the 4th and visited his uncle Hugh. The Rev. D.A. DAUGHERTY had the misfortune to lost his pocket book on the train last Monday which contained 35 or 40 dollars. Rans DUDLEY, our popular news agent, is at home taking a much needed rest this week. Miss Jane KIRTNER was shopping in Pocahontas last Tuesday. Miss Hattie WINGO was visiting in Graham last Tuesday. Mrs. William MARRS is visiting her children at Keystone. CEDAR BLUFF --------------------- The following young folks were highly entertained at the home of Mrs. Mary PEERY on Saturday evening: Misses Pearl and Carry MCGUIRE, Nannie and Louise HIGGINBOTHAM, Coralie LAIRD, Josie STINSON, Maude REPASS, Tivis CABEN, Bertha and Dasie SCOTT and Bessie PEERY: Messrs. James E. FERD, and Marvin MCGUIRE, Edward LAIRD, Boyce and Robert BIDERBACK, Chapman and Wade PEERY. The music for the evening was made by several of the young ladies. The predominating game was anagrams, for which Misses Maude REPASS and Daisy SCOTT won the prize. Refreshments were served in the parlor after which the guests bade their kind hostess good night every one expressing themselves as having spent a nice, enjoyable evenings. BLUESTONE ------------------------- Farmers are through their wheat harvesting in this section. Wheat is generally light on the ground, but well filled. The finest prospect for corn at present we have had for years. E.E. HALE and William PARDUE are getting along well with the house building. A.P. TABOR has the lumber on the ground for his dwelling house. Every thing is looking up in our valley at present. Mrs. Nannie MCDOWELL and family left for their home at Cumberland Gap and 2nd inst. after a stay of three weeks with homefolks and friends. S.R. NASH is out again after a light spell of typhoid fever. J.T. NASH has brought a fine buggy. Some lady, young or old, can enjoy a nice buggy ride now. J.T. says "he feels quite young again." Next Sunday, July 18th, Rev. M.P. CARICO will preach a sermon to the children, and will take a collection to help Sunday Schools that need help. A number of our young people went to Mud Fork last Sunday to hear the lady preacher. Mrs. D.H. BIRD had her arm broken several days ago, and since then has been very sick, but is reported better. PAINT LICK ---------------------------- Farmers are now busy preparing to stack wheat. Wheat crops were almost a failure but corn is looking fine. Rev. P.F. LOCKHART preached an excellent sermon at Midway Sunday morning. Several of the young people of this place attended the picnic near Belfast the 4th of July. Mr. and Mrs. JONES were visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.T. ASCURE Sunday. Misses Stella STEELE, Maggie LESTER and Emily ASCUE are attending the Normal at Tazewell. Miss Sue GOSE, who has been ill for sometime, we are sorry to say, is no better. A.L. STEELE made a business trip to Cedar Bluff Saturday. Mr. Jim BRADSHAW went to Belfast Sunday, and said he went to preaching, but - well, Jim is a good boy and we recken he did. FIVE OAKS ----------------------- Mrs. Charles CROCKETT who has been very sick is better. John GREEAR took in the Fourth at Bluefield. Perk PAINTER and his sisters, Ida and Frankie, spent from Saturday til Monday with their uncle, Dr. PAINTER, at Liberty Hill. Bowen WATTS has just purchased a new engine so he is ready to shred your corn. TIP TOP ---------------------------- A terrific rain and wind storm swept over this section on the evening of June 30th, blowing down a great deal of timber, fruit trees etc. It is reported that much damage was done in this section as yet no accidents have been heard of. Mrs. Will MUNDY, at Tip Top, is very sick. She has consumption. The last arched culvert between Tip Top and Graham is finished. There are 7 in all. They are just grand specimen of workmanship and are intended as wagon road ways under the R.R. Five were constructed by A. Albertoli, the Italian, contractor. Two by the Sam Walton Company. Mr. John GARDNER and Mr. Lee MAYS have charged of the scarper gangs. They are hustlers. The Steam Shovel is running at bridge No. 1311 and is moving dirt in a hurry. It is in charge of Mr. Tim SEXTON and Ham LUCAS. They use six mules and cars to haul the material out on the bridge and dump it off at the side. All this work is being done by the Walton contractors for the N and W. Company. BRAMWELL -------------------------- Baseball seems to be the leading sport of our little town. The work of erecting a manufacturing plant for the purpose of making fire-proof brick, is to begin soon. The site of the plant will be near the Pocahontas pump station at the mouth of Abbs Valley. This is only one mile from Bramwell and we hope to get some benefit from it. Two weeks ago the people were howling for warm weather. Now they are trying to get in the refrigerators and ice boxes to get something cold. A Mr. JONES (his name is not known to the writer) was shot near company stores at Simmons last Tuesday night. He was taken to the Court House at Bramwell and died Wednesday about 10 am. the cause of the shooting is not known, nor the parties that did it, but public opinion is that it was done by one of the guards. The man was, as far as we can learn, hard working and honest and was never known to cause any one trouble. He was formerly from Ash County, North Carolina. He had no family. LATER - We learned that the parties who done the killing of JONES have been locked up, waiting trial. We have not learned all their names. Mr. Leonard CARDEN, son of Rev. C.W. CARDEN, pastor of the M.E. Church at Bramwell, is included. BAILEY --------------------------------- There was a Sunday school picnic at Springville church on Saturday the 5th, in which a good many of our people took a part. Rev. G.W. HARLESS, made an address. Later o Saturday evening some young men gathered at or near the store of McMullin Bros. There was a racket raised in the crowd in which Luther CARTER was (it is said) badly hurt. He was struck on the head by one with a rock, and by another with a beer bottle, at or near the same place. Luther is said to be very poorly. Charles LUSTER while working on the R.R. one day last week was emptying scrapers as they came in on the fill, and one of them caught him somehow as it went over the tressel, but fortunately he fell on the loose dirt and was not very much hurt. C.A. WAGNER came home from the coalfields one day last week and got to Graham too late for train, so he came up to Bailey on a freight and in getting off he fell on his shoulder, getting right badly but not seriously hurt. POUNDING MILL ------------------------------ Mr. G.T. CLAYTON, of Moundsville, West Virginia, preached several sermons at church, beginning on Thursday night the 5th, and closed on Sunday night. On Saturday night and Sunday, afternoon, services were held on Pounding Mill Branch. At the 4 o'clock service several were anointed and healed according to James 5h. 14-15. Brother CLAYTON has preached holiness for about 25 years, and has been out in the Evening Light about 18 years. He is also the man who selected the site for "The Home" of 104 rooms where The Gospel Trumpet is being published at Moundsville, West Virginia and also run same the first year. His wife has also been preaching the truth for fifteen years. Immense crowds always flock to hear her. They now have perhaps 100 calls at different places to hold meetings. Brother CLAYTON left on Monday for Princeton where he will join G.W. DOYLE in a 10 days meeting. May the good work go on until every one who will be, is saved. A pretty wedding was witnessed in the church at Pounding Mill on the 2nd at noon by a large number of relatives and friends. The contracting parties were Mr. William RINGSTAFF son of Mrs. Susan RINGSTAFF, to Miss Ella Conley, daughter of Mrs. Jane CONLEY, both of this place. The church was beautifully decorated with festoons of roses, with lilies, palms, geraniums, maiden ? ferns, etc. in the back ground. The strains of the wedding march played beautifully by Miss Florence GILLESPIE, the wedding party came in in the following order: The aged and popular minister Rev. P.J. LOCKHART, of the M.E. Church South leaning on the arm of one of the ushers. Mr. William MULKEY brother in law of the groom; then came Misses Dora CHRISTIAN and Florence RINGSTAFF.