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POUNDING MILL

Mrs. Tom TATE visited her daughter Mrs. James FIELDS at Richlands Saturday and Sunday.

Miss Lula THOMAS was shopping at Tazewell Saturday.

Mr. Tom ROBINSON, son of Mr. W.H. ROBINSON, of this place, has gone to North Fork.

CEDAR BLUFF

Mr. and Mrs. J.D. ALEXANDER were visiting Mr. P.R. ALLEN and wife Saturday and Sunday.

Our postmaster, Mr. W.P. CECIL, wife and Misses Nellie EVANS and Myrtle REPASS visited Mr. T.A. REPASS at Raven.

Our pastor, Rev. J.D. MCALLISTER, is now holding a protracted meeting at Richlands.

Mr. G.W. CRABTREE made a flying trip to Bluefield one day last week.

T.A. REPASS Sr is surveying a tract of land on Road Ridge this week.

Mr. M.H. MCGUIRE visited home folks Sunday.

SPRINGVILLE

J.M. STAFFORD, aged 67, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.M. WHITE Saturday evening after a illness of several weeks. The deceased was buried at Wittens Mill, Virginia Monday.

G.W. HARLESS preached a very interesting sermon on the subject of Christian Development in our church last Sunday, to an attentive audience.

J.H. MILLS has moved his family from Roanoke County to Springville. He will occupy a dwelling belonging to McMullin Brothers.

BENBOW

Several of the young folks of this community attended the quarterly meeting at Pleasant Hill Sunday. Rev. KELLY of Tazewell filled the pulpit. All who had the pleasure of hearing Mr. KELLY, say he preached an excellent sermon.

George SURFACE was in the community Tuesday looking at some horses.

Miss Lou LEECE has been in the Northern markets for several days buying her spring stock of goods.

The wind storm Sunday night was one of the hardest that has struck this community for several years. It played havoc with fences and timber.

Mr. A.B. BUCHANAN bought ninety-nine dozen eggs last Saturday and he says it was not a good egg day either.

John PUCKETT who is at work at Bluefield was at home the first of the week, owing to bad weather.

SHAWVER MILLS

Mr. B.L. SHAWVER is very sick at this time.

Mrs. BIRD from Bland is visiting her sister Mrs. S.J. CUNDIFF.

Misses Maud, Lucy and Nannie Rose MOSS from Burkes Garden were visiting Dora and Ethel PRUETT Saturday night and Sunday.

Rev. John NEEL from Tenn is visiting relatives here, and preached on Sunday at quarterly meeting at the Kinzer Church.

Miss Ella JONES and Mr. C. STOWERS from Bland were married last Tuesday at brides home.

POCAHONTAS

Mr. Charles THORNE, president of the Colleries Company, from Philadelphia, visited Pocahontas this week.

Mrs. F.D. KITTS, of Tazewell, who was visiting Miss Pattie LANDON this week, has returned to her home.

Mrs. James S. BROWNING, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Rebi, are at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Mrs. BROWNING is purchasing spring goods for her store.

Mrs. E.J. WARE, who has been in New York, Philadelphia and Washington for the past month returned home Tuesday.

Mr. S. Uncas COX, who has been ill for the past week is on the streets again.

Mrs. J. BAACH is extremely ill at her home on Church St.

LOCAL NEWS

A fearful crime was committed Thursday morning on the mountain between Pocahontas and Coopers, near the spot where Pete SPANGLER and his gang were accused of waylaying and killing two men several years ago and where other cold blooded murders have been committed. Harvey WILLIAMS, a negro miner in the employ of the Mill Creek Coal and Coke Company, and who lives at Coopers, had spent the night and the day previous at Pocahontas, drinking and was returning to his home when he met a thirteen year old white girl names JONES and outraged her. The little girl made her way to her home at Coopers and told of the awful treatment she had met with, and officers went after WILLIAMS whom they found at work in his garden. He was taken to Bramwell and lodged in jail. The little girl was considerably injured and is reported as being in a serious condition. The negro was married and lived with his family within less then one hundred yards from the JONES home. On Friday night after the arrest of WILLIAMS a mob formed and attacked the Bramwell jail and after a diligent search found that the negro had been slipped out and taken to the Princeton jail, which is much stronger. It is felt that there will not be another attempt to lynch the negro, it would be foolhardy to endeavor to take him from the Princeton jail, which is one of the strongest and most substantial structures of its kind in the state. WILLIAMS is a Tazewell negro and has always borne a good reputation.

Gratton - Thomas BOURNE, the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.M. BOURNE, died at his home on Cedar Fork Thursday afternoon, the 25th at 2 o'clock. His remains were interred in Mt. Olivet cemetery Friday morning at 11 o'clock, after short service by Rev. DUVALL. He had been in bad health several years; was confined to his room last fall, and has been unable to be out since. Thomas was a good, quiet, sociable young man, and could always be found at home unless he had business elsewhere. The people of the community took a great interest in him in trying to do what they could to relieve his suffering. He was a young man who always had a kind word to comfort those in trouble, and will be missed by his surviving relatives and friends.

A phone message this morning brings information that Capt. W.G. MUSTARD is no better. He gets little or no rest at night and his family are very uneasy about him.