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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 29, 1910 FALLS MILLS ----------------------------------- W.B. TABOR made a business trip to Bluefield Tuesday. Mrs. SHEPPARD and Mrs. GREEN were shopping in Bluefield Tuesday. Miss Willie May CARR was shopping in Bluefield Tuesday. Mrs. Ida CRAWFORD and Miss Florence BRITTAIN were shopping in Pocahontas yesterday. T.J. RANSOM has just completed an addition to his house at this place. Mr. RANSOM has a beautiful little home. B.W. JEWELL is having a concrete walk built around his house. The walk extends from the front gate to the front steps, thence around to the kitchen. Mrs. W.B. TABOR was the guest of Miss Bertha HARRY Monday afternoon. Lizzie, the ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. KISTNER is ill at the home of her parents here with typhoid fever. She is getting along nicely at this writing. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.W. BUCKLAND, of Bluefield, died of brain fever on July 23, 1910; the remains were interred in the Tabor grave yard near the church; the floral offering was beautiful. The sympathy of the whole community goes out to the ereaved father and mother. BENBOW --------------------------------- Our substitute correspondent of last week made a few mistakes, and below we give the corrections: Mrs. HAGY and Mrs. Will STINSON were visiting Mrs. James HARRIS several days last week. Miss Bertie STEPHENSON, daughter of V.L. STEPHENSON, spent several days in the community last week. R.P. WALK and two daughters were visiting Mrs. Amanda WALK, an aunt instead of a sister, several days last week. Wiley PHILLIPS and son instead of wife, were visiting Joseph CREGAR last week. Mrs. Julia BUCHANAN and daughter, Miss Grace, went to town on Monday. Farmers are very busy with their hay crops this week; both crops are fine. Miss Marie BUCHANAN went to Tazewell on Wednesday to have some dental work done. Rev. Mr. KING preached to a large and attentive audience at White Church Sunday. Mrs. Ed. BUCHANAN, of Smyth County, is visiting relatives at this place. Mrs. C.P. BEAVERS and daughter, of North Tazewell, were visiting here sister, Mrs. R.P. BUCHANAN recently. TO EXCHANGE MULES FOR HORSES WANTED: To exchange a pair of horse mules, 6 years old, for a pair of mare horses, not over 5 years, or under three years, to weigh not less then twelve hundred pounds each, and work double or single harness, must be sound and gentle and free from blemish and not weigh over thirteen hundred pounds. The mules are without blemish, will work single or double, and are good, handy, and all around mules, 16 hands high, one is an iron grey, and the other is black, would take mares that are a little thin in flesh, but must be sound in every respect. The mules can be seen working at the Radford Brick Co's works at Tip Top, Va, every day. Call on or write, George SHAFER, Tip Top Va. FINE OATS Mr. A.J. STEELE brought to this office on Monday a sample of the finest oats seen for years. The heads are of great length and very heavy. If Mr. Steele's entire crop is any thing like as good as this sample - and he says it is - then he has a fine crop indeed. Prof. GREEVER and other Burke's Garden citizens, report the finest crop in that section for 25 years. The crop is good all over the county. Don't forget to save a nice bundle for the fair. A premium is offered for the best oats - threshed and in sheaf. CONTEST LIVELY FOR BEST ACRE There is a lively contest now between the contestants in the community for the finest acre or patch of corn. Several of these nice plots are on the road, where they can be easily seen. Mr. George R. SURFACE has a fine small field just on the edge of town. He says his is the best. W.A. SCOTT has nearly an acre which has surprised everybody, and certainly at this time is about as good as the best. Frank LEWIS, Jim ROACH, Dr. GREEVER, J.G. BUSTON and William E. PEERY all have nice crops immediately on the road leading east of town. There are other fine crops in other localities. Luther PEERY, C.H. PEERY, Ed WITTEN, King CROCKETT, Phillip BAUGH and others are in the fight. It is said that several parties in Burke's Garden are saying nothing but doing a lot of thinking, and expect to be on hand at the measuring time. Mr. A. J. STEELE, and one or two other good farmers says that the editor of this paper has 'got em all skinned at this time' His acre is very promising. He has risked an entirely new type of corn - a prolife, late maturing variety. If this is a late and favorable fall he will be 'in it' and along with the top yields. If there is an early severe September frost he planted Cox's Prolife, but determined to risk it. If it ? it will be a big hit. At any rate, it will be demonstrated this year what varieties can be grown in Tazewell successfully and if some one of the crowd loses out he will have the pleasure of knowing that he helped some one else from failure hereafter. Somebody must lose that others may win. MISS ST. CLAIR IMPROVING -------------------------------------------- The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander ST. CLAIR, who was operated on for appendicitis recently in Bluefield, is reported doing nicely, and will be able to return home soon. Her parents and friends have suffered great anxiety about her, and are very much relieved and satisfied that her recovery is now assured. MRS. HOUSTON DEATH ---------------------------------------------- Mrs. HOUSTON, mother of Mrs. S. O. HALL, of this town, whose illness has been noted in this paper, died at her home in Botetourt county last Friday morning. All her children were present except one daughter, Mrs. B.C. PATTERSON, who lives in China. Mrs. HOUSTON, a Presbyterian minister, and a lady of fine Christian character. A quiet and unostentatious Christian and mother, she exercised an influence for good upon a wide circle of kindred and acquaintances. Her memorial is built of material more lasting than marble, and many will rise up to call her blessed. UNAKA ----------------------------------------------- Miss Pearl CLARK will give an entertainment at Concord Saturday at 8 PM. We are expecting a nice time, and a large crowd too, as Miss CLARK is a worthy young lady and we all enjoy her music very much. Miss Ada BURTON was called home last week on account of the illness of her father, who is improving slowly. Mr. and Mrs. R.c COOPER, who were visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.R. BURTON the past week, returned to their home in Keystone Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. BURTON left for their home at Elkhorn last Sunday. Luther RUTHERFORD, of Bluefield, was among homefolks last week. George FOX and mother were visiting her daughter, Mrs. S.W. BOURNE last week. Earnest WYNN, of Burkes Garden was with friends and relatives at this place last week. POUNDING MILL ------------------------------------------- Misses Cora and Sophrona CHRISTIAN went to Tazewell on No. 6 yesterday. Mrs. Thomas BURNETT is slightly improved since our last writing. She has been confined to her bed for about six months, and is not able to sit up. Her baby is doing some better. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George DUNCAN and to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan TATE, a boy to each family. Farmers are busy cutting their grass, which in many instances is very good. The six sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. LAMBERT of Raven, but formerly of this place, were here Friday and Saturday fishing. They were accompanied by their cousin John MURPHY, of Oklahoma, and Dr. MOORE of West Virginia. Mrs. Arthur KERR is improving from her recent surgical operation. Mrs. W.B. STEELE spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. MCGUIRE at Cedar Bluff, and reports that her relatives, J. Marion MCGUIRE and sons attended the Republican convention at Abingdon last week. Ed has returned and reported a great time, while his father and Mr. FIELDS visited his sister, Mrs. HALL in South Carolina for a few days. Messrs. George HURT and John GILLESPIE were at Cedar BLUFF Sunday afternoon. W.B. STEELE and son Rex, spent from Saturday to Monday with their relatives at Bondtown. Messrs. Tom GILLESPIE and Robert HAWKINS spent Monday night with John GILLESPIE. Miss Lizzie MAXWELL is spending sometime with her aunt, Mrs. SPARKS. Lloyd SHAMBLIN returned Monday to War, accompanied as far as English by his wife, who will visit her parents. Miss Dora, daughter of depot agent WILSON, who has been spending several months with her sisters in Eastern Virginia, has joined the family here. Rev. G.R. THOMAS preached at Cedar Bluff Sunday. Miss Lula HANKINS of Richlands, spent Friday night and Saturday night with her cousin Miss Uva STEELE on her way home from the Normal at Athens. She reports a fine time while gone, and speaks in the highest terms of that fine institution, and has accepted a position in the Berwind High School where she will also teach music. Misses Maude and Clara, two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Bryant, formerly of this place, but now of Tom's Creek, were visiting at W.B. STEELE'S last week a couple of days on their way to visit relatives at Pisgah. Mrs. Millard BROWN, of Tannersville accompanied her son, sheriff Pressley BROWN on Friday of last week, is visiting friends and is the guest of her friend, Mrs. STURGILL. She and Mrs. STURGILL visited Mrs. John and William LAMBERT at Raven the first of the week. Mr. BROWN returned to North Carolina by way of Beckley, WV, where he has an attraction. Miss Margurite HURT and Mrs. Robert GRAHAM visited at Saunders GILLESPIE'S yesterday. LEFT FOR SOUTH DAKOTA ---------------------------- Mrs. J.E. PEARCE and little daughter, Annie, after several months stay with Mrs. PEARCE'S parents here, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. LESLIE, left on yesterday for their future home at Rapid City, South Dakota, where Mr. PEARCE is located, as state agent for a large insurance company. the old home will miss them. The absence of the little one, as well as her mother, will be specially and keenly felt. ----------------------------- There is a question veracity between Mr. A.B. BUCHANAN and Mr. W. Ed PEERY. Mr. BUCHANAN has a fine Jersey cow purchased from William PEERY, east of town. Mr. BUCHANAN reported that Will Ed said that his cow gave 18 gallons of milk a day. Mr. PEERY says that "Beau lied." The matter will be gone into at the next meeting of the Club. In the meantime Mr. PEERY'S cow is giving over 4 gallons a day regularly. The writer saw the cow milked one evening, and she gave about 2 1-2 gallons by weight, on Mr. BUCHANAN'S scales. It is reported that said scales were "fixed" and Beau says that the milk was watered anyway. The club will be called upon to adjust this question of veracity between two of it's members. ------ A young man named BALDWIN from the Sword's Creek portion of this county, charged with the murder of a girl he had wronged, was brought to Lebanon Sunday and lodged in jail. Late developments had proven that young BALDWIN and Miss Hannah COOK, a 19 year old daughter of George COOK, who resides in the community mentioned, had been intimate and BALDWIN, is is charged, planned to get rid of his trouble by administering medicine, his victim not knowing that he was giving poison. The young girl died an awful death. Her death occurred about eight days before the murderer was captured. Feeling is said to be pretty strong in the neighborhood where the crime was committed. - Lebanon News. ------ The person who took the large silver purse of Mrs. A.S. HIGGINBOTHAM from the chair on her porch about 10 days ago, will please be so kind as to return it to the same place, and that will end the matter. You need not return the money that was in the purse, which you may have spent, but you should be kind enough to replace the purse on the porch, which you can easily do some time after dark when no one will see you. The purse was a gift to Mrs. HIGGINBOTHAM and is prized highly to her, and she sincerely trusts that you will return it.