Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--Nov. 7, 1911 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 November 17, 1911 POUNDING MILL ------------------------------------------------- Rev. and Mrs. G.W. DOYLE and baby went to Richlands Sunday to held a week's meeting. Mrs. W.B. STEELE, Mrs. George BREWSTER, Misses Cora BREWSTER and Mary Belle ALTIZER, and others, attended church at Maxwell Sunday night. Rev. Anderson BROWN closed the meeting and left today for Saltville where he will hold a ten day's meeting. Mr. George HANKINS died at the home of his son, Sidney, near here on Sunday night of tuberculosis, and was buried today at the Altizer graveyard near Thomas HANKINS. Mr. R.M. SPARKS was called to Gap Store last week on account of the death of his father, Mr. Jonas SPARKS, which occurred on Wednesday at 2 pm. Interment took place on Thursday afternoon near his home. He was 78 years of age and died of dropsy. Mrs. M.J. STURGILL, Mrs. W.B. STEELE and Mrs. A.J. NEWEY, visited Mrs. Blair YOUNG at her home one mile east of Maxwell on Monday. Mrs. YOUNG has been very ill for some time is now unable to sit up. Rev. PANGLE, of the M.E. Church, South preached his first sermon here for the conference year, on Sunday, to a large congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Tom ENGLAND have moved to Jackson Ky. Rev. Robert M. PRUETT was here the latter part of the week, attending the meeting and visiting home folks. ---------------------------- Miss Sallie WAGONER, gave a candy stew Saturday evening, November 11 in honor of her teacher, Miss May Wilda AKERS, it being her birthday. Those present were Misses Mamie and Nettie WAGONER, ora and Delphia MARSH, May TABOR, Dora and Ella May HARRY, Falls Mills, and Miss Mary TILLER, Graham. Messrs BERKELEY and Roscoe TABOR, Arthur, Oscar and Green WAGONER, Samuel TAYLOR, Arthur Marsh, Felix HILL, and Messrs. PERDUE and DAUGHERTY of Gary, West Virginia. They made quite a lot of candy and spent the evening in playing interesting games which all seemed to enjoy and a late hour, candies and cakes were served and after thanking their hostess for giving them such a delightful time, all left for their homes wishing Miss AKERS many bright and happy birthdays. ------------------- Tazewell's water supply is giving trouble constantly. The system must be defective somewhere. It was remarked the other day that "this town has the sorriest water system in the State." Perhaps so, and perhaps not. Anyway, it is always giving trouble. The water, much of the time is unfit for drinking and cooking purposes, and scarcely fit for stock. One day this week a citizen on Tazewell Avenue drew and threw away at least a thousand gallons of water before he could get a good, clear drink, and there are others. The town council seems unable to handle the trouble. For years and years the troubles have come up, and likely to contineu, until a council can be gotten that will take hold of the matter in a business way. For years, the town has been fooling with a lot of seeps and mud holes at the foot of the mountain called "springs" some of which are mere drinking places for stock and all of them combined inadequate, even if they were normally strong, to furnish a supply for the town. Enough money has been wasted "monkeying" with the present system to build a good one, and like some of the roads of the county, has cost enough to build twice what we now have. This is a serious question, and calls for heroic measures. The health of the town is at stake, and the "City Fathers" who voluntarily assumed the responsibility of running this town and managing its affairs should do something. This paper suggested years ago, and has repeated frequently since, that eventually the town must get its water supply from Clinch River. It must come to this, sooner of later. If necessary issue bonds for $10,000 or more if needed, and build a good pump house at the river to supply the town, and be done with it. As long as the town trusts to a few intermittent springs for our water supply there will be endless trouble and expense and half the time no water, and the other half none fit to use.