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BURKES GARDEN AND POUNDING MILL

Mrs. Sallie CROCKETT left Tuesday for her home in Bluefield, after a few weeks spent with her daughters Mrs. Simon KELLY and Mrs. Attelia CROCKETT.

Rubber tired buggies are getting to be 'the rage' in Burkes Garden. They seem to be more fascinating than automobiles or aero planes.

Messrs. J.R. and J.B. MEEK both sold their export cattle last Saturday to A. J. STEELE and Son for the American Packing Company. J. B. MEEK shipped forty-eight of his last Monday. None of those belong to J. R. MEEK will go until October.

POUNDING MILL  - Mr. and Mrs. S. T. SPARKS and four children are visiting his sister, Mrs. W. R. HOLLAND, of Bedford City and Mrs. Norman TURNER, of Ada WV.

Mr. and Mrs. Peery PRUETT (nee: Carrie M. Brewster) and children will leave on No. 6 tonight for a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch BREWSTER, (nee: Cynthia Earls) near Gillespie.

Mrs. F. E. GODSY and three children, of Bluefield, who spent several days with Mrs. W. B. STEELE, returned home Sunday on No. 6. These ladies and children drove Sunday to Cedar Bluff, Indian and Jones Chapel, returned via Busthead, a circuit of about sixteen and a half miles. Mrs. J. Marion MCGUIRE and daughter Miss Pearl, joined them at Cedar Bluff and returned home with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles GRINSTEAD and children spent Sunday with relatives at Indian.

Mrs. GRAHAM, of Swords Creek, and two small children, are boarding with Mrs. M. J. STURGILL. They ran from measles, which existed above the rooms occupied by Mrs. GRAHAM at Swords Creek.

Misses Lettie REYNOLDS and Ocie LOVELL and R. M. SPARKS returned Monday from the co-operation at Shawver's Mill.

Miss Uva STEELE returned today from a visit to Roadtown. She spent the last night with the Misses WILSON at Virginia City.

Misses Pearl MCGUIRE, of Cedar Bluff and Miss Effie WILLIAMS of this place opened the school here Monday.

Dr. RUNDY, of Indian, was called here today to see the baby of Mr. and Mrs. George DUNCAN, who is very ill with bronchitis. Rex STEELE, who spent several days last week visiting his uncle, P.M. ALDER, at Bondtown, returned home Sunday.

H.M. STURGILL returned Monday from a several days visit to Little Valley and Saltville.

Mr. and Mrs. William ROBINETTE have as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. CHRISTIAN from the State of Washington.

Rev. Isaac WRIGHT, of Bluefield, filled his usual appointment here Sunday.

Mrs. W. P. CECIL of Cedar Bluff, spent Saturday with Mrs. John AZBURY and attended the Rebekah Lodge. Mrs. ARMES, of Baptist Valley also attended the lodge here Saturday.

W. B. STEELE spent Tuesday night at Tazewell on business.

Mr. and Mrs. John GRINSTEAD spent Friday night and Saturday with their son here on their return from visiting relatives near Saltville.

F.M. MOSS loaded a lot of fine export cattle here yesterday.

Miss Marjorie Lee HARRIS went to Grundy last week to attend School.

W. R. SPARKS came home from Whitewood Sunday, where he has held a position for the past seven months. He will attend school here.

R. M. SPARKS is visiting his father, Jonas SPARKS, near Gap Store, who still continues very ill.

Mrs. James E. MCGUIRE, of Cedar Bluff, was a visitor here Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Henry MAXWELL and three children, who were visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. R. M. SPARKS the past week, went to Maxwell Sat. where they will reside.

Mrs. C. A. MAXWELL and little daughter, of Bluefield, spent yesterday here with friends, returning home on No. 6.

GRATTON

Rev. W. W HICKS delivered an excellent sermon at Concord Sunday afternoon and also preached at Mt. Olivet Sunday morning. He will preach for us once more before leaving for conference. The community generally hope he will be returned to this charge.

Rev. S. O HALL will preach at Concord Sunday afternoon at 3:30pm.

Mr. R.F. PATTERSON will preach Saturday night at Concord. Mr. PATTERSON will be among friends several days.

Mr. and Mrs. L.P. PECK left Tuesday for their home in San Antonio, Texas.

Mrs. Sarah BOURNE was brought here for burial last Thursday. Her death was a great shock to her friends and relatives as she was in her usual good health just before her death. Heart failure was the cause of her death.

Mr. Charles LEEDY and Mr. PATTERSON, of Barbersville WV are among friends and relatives this week.

Miss CRABTREE, of Thompson Valley opened school Monday. We hope to have a successful year the coming session.

S.E. YOST has been suffering from a severe sore, caused by a dog biting him.

Marvin L. BURTON was very fortunate last week when he went to his potatoes patch and found an extra large potato. After the Fair he expects to invite his friends in and have a regular feast on that one potato.

VIRGINIA CITY

The school at this place is progressing nicely under Misses Mrytle MCCONNELL and Cora WELSH.

Miss Dora WILSON, of this place, the attractive daughter of our new agent, is one among the contestants for the piano to be given away in March at Coeburn. We trust her many friends will favor Dora and she will win the contest.

The box supper was a grand success, given at Dry Fork, near this place, for the benefit of the church. Amount raised, being $90, or more.

The great revival at Crab Orchard, near here, has greatly enthused the people of the place and elsewhere. Great work is being accomplished. We are glad to see the people so interested

Misses Clarice SAMONES and Ethel BOND, two very popular young ladies of Dungannon, were the guests of Miss Georgia HARRIS and Mrs. N.S. BOND from Sunday until Tuesday.

Messrs. Herbert and John CYPHERS and Charlie ROTHWELL were pleasant visitors to Crab Orchard Sunday and Sunday night. Mr. ROTHWELL is from Richmond and is our popular road foreman.

We are glad to hear of the grand success of the school at Crab Orchard, between here and Coeburn, of which everyone, apparently, are pleased with their enthusiastic and pleasant little teacher, Miss HARRIS, of Tazewell County.

VARIOUS ITEMS

Mrs. Sallie Frances WARD was born in Thompson's Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia November 5, 1840 and died at her home in Hansford Texas August 28, 1911, being seventy years, nine months and twenty three days old. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, South, in Hansford, Texas, at 3PM Tuesday and the remains laid to rest in the Hansfield cemetery, attended by great concourse of friends and neighbors. She was married to Rallard P. WARD at her home in Thompson's Valley on Sept. 28, 1858, six children were born to them - four boys and two girls, four of whom are now living. She professed religion at the White Church in Thompson's Valley in 1865, under the ministry of Jonathan LYON and joined the Presbyterian church, and ever since has lived a devoted Christian life, ever mindful of the duties she owed to her God and to humanity. In 1866 with her husband and family, she moved from Virginia to North Missouri, and from there to Brown County Texas, in 1870, where they resided until 1886, when they moved to the Panhandle of Texas locating in Hansford County. Mr. and Mrs. WARD having spent so many years on the frontier may well be classed as pioneers, and many a weary cowboy has found welcome shelter under their roof and shared their bounteous hospitality. For nearly fifty three years Mr. and Mrs. WARD had journeyed through life together, sharing each others joys and sorrows, and at the ripe old age one is taken and the other left. During these long years of companionship they had each learned to lean upon the other to such an extent that they seemed almost inseparable. Hence forth Mr. WARD will of necessity make the remainder of the journey alone, and while is is surrounded with relatives and friends who will ever be ready and anxious to administer to his wants and make his declining years as pleasant as possible, there will still be a vacancy in his heart and home that can never be filled until he again joins hands with his loved companion in the great beyond. A FRIEND.

James Campbell SPOTTS was born near Cedar Bluff in Tazewell Co. Virginia on Nov. 13, 1844. He was the second son of Chapman A. and Elizabeth SPOTTS. When but a boy he entered the Confederate army and fought through the remainder of the civil war. He was a member of Captain D. B. BALDWIN'S company, a part of Derrick's battalion. This company saw service in the battle of New Market and other noted battles of the war. At the close of the war he entered into the mercantile business at Cedar Bluff in partnership with his brother in law, the late Dr. James PEERY as the active member thereof up to the time of Dr. PEERY'S death. After the mercantile business was discontinued, Mr. SPOTTS was engaged in farming and continued at this pursuit until the time of his death which occurred August 23, 1911, having reached the age of 66 years. During the ministry of Rev. J. R. KING as pastor of the Methodist church at this place, Brother SPOTTS became a member of that church and has been a consistent member of the church since that time. In commenting upon the characteristic virtues of our Brother SPOTTS, we note his honesty and veracity toward all men, his liberality to the church, and to the poor, his generosity, his appreciation of a kindness or of a friendship. His love for children, every child in the town knew him and loved him and called him "Uncle". When the Civil War closed, he was but a young man, having cast his fortunes with the interests of the South, and fought through the bloody struggle, until the surrender at Appomattox, for what he thought was just. At the close of the war he returned home not daunted nor changed at the defeat of numbers, he remained loyal to the interests of our Southland. He was always open, honest and frank in his convictions. Brother SPOTTS was safe on all moral issues and stood for civic righteousness. He was not skeptical, but believed in God and His son Jesus Christ. He was undemonstrative in his nature, a man of few words and of easy approach. It was not hard to find where he stood on any subject. If he had any enemies they were few. It is on the lips of every man - "A good man is gone" Rev. S.H. HALL.