Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--August 13 1920 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 August 13 1920 LOCAL NEWS Miss Gladys PAINTER is visiting friends and relatives in Eastern Virginia. Alma CROCKETT and family from Beckley, West Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. A.Z. LILY and Mrs. Sallie MCGUIRE are visiting Mr. and mrs. L.F. GILLESPIE on Tazewell avenue. They will visit here until after the fair. Miss India HOWELL and her cousin, Miss Dorsey HOWELL, have returned from a sight seeing trip to Washington. Messrs. ARMISTEAD and Theodore POBST are visiting in Buchanan County. Miss Corinne WALKER, of Roanoke, is the guest in Tazewell of her brother, Mr. N.M. WALKER. Mrs. J.A. BAIRD and family of Petersburg, are visiting Mrs. L.A. TYNES, Mrs. BAIRD is a grand daughter of Prof. LONG, for a long time Professor at Emory College. Mrs. Fred R. STEELE is at Pearisburg visiting relatives. Ex-Governor and Miss Mary STUART of Elk Garden, were visiting to Tazewell several days this week. Among the visitors to town on Tuesday, was Mrs. George W. WYNN, Burke's Garden. She inquired as to the possibility of women voting this Fall. It all depends on what the Tennessee Legislature does this week. Keep your eye on Tennessee. G.W. and Mrs. O'KEEFFE and the younger members of the family from Eckman, West Virginia are in Tazewell the guest of relatives. J. Arthur PEERY, Anawalt, West Virginia was in Tazewell last week on business. Misses Nancy and Ollie BAKER, well for several weeks of their aunt, who have been the guests in Tazewell. Mrs. J.W. WHITLEY, expect to leave for their home in Norfolk next Monday. Mrs. J.P. HARMAN and son, John, of Hampton are the guests of Mrs. W.T. GILLESPIE. Miss Nina DODD, of Bluefield, has been in Tazewell several days this week the guest of her aunt, Mrs. T.A. LYNCH. Mr. Bob JOHNSON and wife of Florida, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.R. JOHNSON on Tazewell Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. BLACK, of Terre Haute, Indiana, are expected Friday for a few days visit with Mr. BLACK'S brother, Mr. A.M. BLACK, of this town. Among the other good looking men here on Tuesday, was the Editors good friend, "Long Bill" JONES. He said the corn over-shootin' itself owing to the continued rains. The next thing he knows the weeds will be eatin' up his corn, and he will complain again of "bein' over-crapped." Earle STOWERS, John THOMPSON, Burke's Garden boys, were in the office the other day. STOWERS is planning to take a course in scientific agriculture at V.P.I. Good for him and George BUSTON. "Clinting" J. MOSS was here bright and early Monday morning on his way to Smythe County to ship cattle. He said that before leaving home he milked the cows, churned, dug potatoes, picked beans, while his wife got breakfast. Mrs. MOSS seems to have him pretty well trained. Among a number of new additions to the Clinch Valley News family last week was Mr. Hugh SHRADER, Shraders, Virginia, who said he wanted to keep up with the news. We gave him assurance that we would do our best to Hugh to the line. 133 acres half cleared and in grass, half in timber, situated on Stony Ridge, headwaters of Dry Fork. Has two good log houses, outbuildings plenty of water; schools, stares and churches convenient. This is the old J.M. HANKINS tract. A bargain at $45.00 per acre. J.L. WALDRON, Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Charles H. REED, of Buffalo, N.Y, father of Mrs. Garland PEERY, of North Tazewell, died at this Buffalo home August 7th, in his 55th year. The remains were brought to Cedar Bluff and interred by the side of those of his wife, who was Miss Lena MCGUIRE, who died several years ago. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. R.A. OWEN. The body was accompanied from Buffalo by Mr. and Mrs. STONE, a brother in law and a sister of the deceased. The pall bearers were Chapman H. PEERY, George C. PEERY, George W. HURT, Harry BANE, T.A. REPASS, Jr. I.O. PERKINS. Last Tuesday being Republican day in Tazewell, and the ground too wet to work and wheat too damp to thresh, a number of the best looking men from Clear Fork and other parts of the county, came to town. Among the number noted was John CRABTREE, J.M. SLADE, Sam BOURNE, and although it was a good blacksmith shop day, John SHUFFLEBARGER shut up shop and joined the crowd. They spent the day, and got home barely in time to see their wives milk the cows. The best camping crowd that ever went out from Tazewell returned Tuesday from the Cove. The party was composed of the following: Misses Annie Ruth KILGORE, of Coeburn; Kathleen CAMPBELL, of Wytheville, Ollie Kate GILLESPIE, Marie BAKER, Kate HARMAN, Narcissa THOMPSON, Grace JOHNSON, Louisa WITTEN and Charlotte HUNTER, and Messrs. Cecil and George MARTIN, Jim Sam GILLESPIE; Marsh MCCALL, Robert MOSS, John HARMAN, J.J. GREEVER, John GILLESPIE, David HURT, Miss Lou WITTEN as chaperon. It was the most talented, congenial, and happy hearted crowd the ever left Tazewell to camp. The life of the camp was thrilling, extraordinary and will never be forgotten by the campers. If they were ever nice people, the campers will say that the Jacksons in the Cove are among the best. Mrs. Mattie SPOTTS, one of Tazewell's best and most beloved women many years residence here, died in Norwood, Ohio, last Saturday, at 8:40 pm at the home of Judge N.H. FRANKLIN, where she had resided for about ten years. The burial took place in the beautiful cemetery at Nowood. Mrs. Mattie Baxter SPOTTS was the daughter of Sidney S. BAXTER, and was born in Richmond, Virginia, September 1832, and widow of the late A.A. SPOTTS of Tazewell. She taught school in this town and community for years, and was highly esteemed and sincerely beloved by all who knew her. Early in life she joined the Presbyterian church, and was a faithful and loyal member to the time of her death. Mrs. SPOTTS had no children. She reared the wife of Judge FRANKLIN, with whom she spent the last ten years of her life, at their beautiful home in Norwood, Ohio, tenderly nursed and cared for. No daughter had a more devoted mother than was Mrs. SPOTTS, and no mother a more lovely daughter than Mrs. FRANKLIN proved herself to be. Mrs. SPOTTS was aunt to Judge S. M.B. COULLING, of this town. He was present at the funeral and burial.