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Rev. P.J. LOCKHART will preach here next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Every one is always glad to here him.
Mr. Clint ASCUE and sister, Miss Nellie, spent Sunday with their relative, A.H.
GRIFFITH.
Mr. Sam GILLESPIE spent a couple of days at Raven with homefolks and brought back "the old
man" the baby and the bird dog. Rev. Ezra
LINKOUS and daughter spent Tuesday with R.M. SPARKS.
Mr. Tom JOHNSON has moved to his farm at Busthead. Mr. Sol BOLLING bought Mr.
JOHNSONS house here and has moved into the southwest suburbs of the town.
J.B. HURT has moved into his new dwelling.
Miss Callie MCGUIRE returned to her home at Cedar Bluff after a couple of days visit to her sister, Mrs.
W.B.
STEELE, Miss Callie spent a month at her step brothers, P.M. ALDER, at Coeburn, recently.
Mrs. Fancy PHILLIPS conducted prayer service Tuesday. She gave a talk which brought tears to all eyes, and promoted the cause of Christ. She is a great power to the church, and those who hear her are always
benefited.
Rev. F.J. CAMPBELL, of the M.E. Church is continuing a protracted meeting which was begun here last week by Rev. C.C.
BROOKS, of Lee county. There has been three conversions and a number of seekers still at the altar.
The following young ladies were invited to tea at W.B. STEELE'S on last
Thr: Misses Callie MCGUIRE, Lou MURPHY, Hattie GRIFFITTS
& Bertha TRUITT. The occasion was in honor of Miss TRUITT, of Palestine, Texas, a cousin of Miss
GRIFFITH, with whom she is spending a couple of weeks, whose beauty, grace and figure is seldom excelled.
Miss Hattie GRIFFITH received a letter from her uncle, Thomas L.
HUNT, of Bluefield, formerly of this place, who is now at Fort Niagara, NY. He won the medal of being the best shot in the 42nd
U.S.V. Co. K. The regiment numbers k300 men and will leave on the 30th for San Francisco, thence to the
Philippines. He says he was almost crazy the first few days after enlisting and arriving in New York. He left the first Monday in September.
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