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Pounding Mill - About 4 PM, Monday, July 7, the death angel came quietly and claimed for its own Mrs. Martha SHAMBLIN, wife of our townsman, H.E. SHAMBLIN. She had been ill of dropsy for almost a year, and her death was not unexpected. She was a Miss EARLS, before marriage, and was twice married, her first husband being Mr. Bird BRUSTER, who proceeded her to the grave several years ago. She was born May 4, 1866 (?), and married to H.E. SHAMBLIN, November 31, 1915. Her funeral was preached at the Ringstaff cemetery on Tuesday at 4 PM by her pastor, T.S. HARRIS, of Red Ash, assisted by Rev. Johnson FURROW, Christiansburg, of Church of God, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Ten flower girls carried the many beautiful floral tributes. Mrs. SHAMBLIN many times told her relatives and friends that she was ready and gave instructions for her burial and funeral. Much sympathy goes out to the bereaved ones. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." 

Among the persons who attended Mrs. SHAMBLIN'S funeral and burial here were her five brothers in law, the SHAMBLIN brothers and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. EARLS and many others. 

Revs. T.S. HARRIS and Johnson FURROW are holding a series of meetings at the church of God meeting house. All are cordially invited to attend.

Mrs. John B. GILLESPIE and children of Cedar Bluff, spent the weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. STEELE. Their little daughter, Mary Jane, entertained a few friends and "Dramy" STEELE on her 4th birthday from 3 to 6, July 3rd. Delightful refreshments were served.

Mrs. Mollie HARMAN, wife of Charles HARMAN, the carpenter, and a highly respected colored man, died suddenly at her home on lower Railroad avenue last Monday morning of heart failure, from which she had suffered for several years. The funeral and burial exercises took place Wednesday afternoon from the colored Christian church. She was regarded as a worthy, good woman, a strong supporter and worker of her church, and will be missed by her associates.

For Sale - One Standard 8 cylinder 7 passenger car, in good shape. A splendid car for taxi service. One Ford five passenger car as good as new. W.A. SCOTT, Tazewell, Va.

Recently, as is well known, by a vote of the people of Graham, the name of the town of Graham was changed to Bluefield, Virginia. A big celebration has been planned in honor of "The Wedding" between the two towns, Bluefield, Va. and Bluefield, West Virginia. An interesting program has been arranged to be given partly on the Bluefield Fair Grounds, and later, in the evening concluded by interesting ceremonies, etc. in the town of Bluefield, Va. The name "Graham" will be merged into Bluefield, Va.

Saturday evening, the 19th, the Richlands 4-H Club will give a lawn party on Mrs. Roy WHITE'S lawn to raise money to send a club representative to Blacksburg to the State Short Course in Agriculture and Home Economics, Ice Cream, homemade candy, cakes, pies, etc. will be sold.

Mr. and Mrs. T.M. HAWKINS had a family reunion on last Sunday. All the members of the family were present, and Sister HAWKINS put in big pot in the little one. 

Mr. and Mrs. W.B. LESLIE entertained a number of young people on Saturday evening in honor of Miss Josephine NOEL, of Farmville, who with her mother, Mrs. Walker NOEL and little girls, are guests of her aunt, Mrs. J.A. LESLIE.

Miss Sammy SCOTT gave an enjoyable party on Tuesday evening in honor of her cousin, Miss Eleanor CARMACK, of Indiana, whose mother is sister to Mrs. SCOTT, Miss Ada BUSTON, before marriage.

Miss Louise JACKSON entertained on Tuesday evening in honor of her guests, Misses Gwendolyn EDYE, Norfolk and Frances SALE, Lexington, Va. 

Mrs. BECKER and family, Petersburg, will be summer guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. REYNOLDS.

Little Miss STRICKLAND, of Bluefield, has been the guest of little Miss Phyllis ALEXANDER, at the Baptist parsonage, for a week.

CEDAR BLUFF

The fourth passed off very quietly in our little town.

Miss Margaret BUNDY, of ??? is the guest of Miss Sarah HUMPHREY.

Misses Edna and Nannie MANN have gone to visit their grandmother, Mrs. MANN in Scott County.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen BEAVERS have moved to Cedar Bluff again, this time from Berwind.

Misses Irene and Ruth MCCALL spent the Fourth with homefolks.

Mrs. Mary CRUEY is very ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. HENKLE. 

Mrs. W.W. WINGO was called to Rairton, Ohio, on account of Mr. WINGO'S illness.

Harry PAYNE entertained quite a number of his little friends on the Fourth, the occasion being his seventh birthday. Refreshments, consisting of ice cream, cake and candy were served and the little folks had a good time.

Mrs. Mary PEERY has returned from a visit to Washington and Roanoke. 

Misses Mamie and Sarah HUMPHREY will visit in Athens, Alabama for a while.

For sale - Golden self bleaching Celery plants, at 75 cents per 100. G.A. NASH.

Miss Grace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. LONG, of Big Stone Gap, was married on Monday to Mr. John A. HOLMES, a mining engineer, and have gone to Waldo, New Mexico, where Mr. HOLMES holds a position with a mining company, Congratulations.

Mr. A.Z. LITZ and his sons, who are on a foreign tour, were heard from last week. A letter received by Mrs. LITZ was dated at Joppa, in Palestine.

11 Yearling Steers. 12 Yearling Heifers. 8 Fresh cows, Prices right. T.D. DUNFORD, Cedar Bluff, R.F.D.

For Sale - Jersey Bull, 2 years old. Fine Stock. Charles HELMANDOLLAR, Tazewell, Va.

The shocking news reached Tazewell on Monday that Rev. George W. LAMBERT had been killed in an automobile accident near Welch, on Monday. His wife and son, George Jr. and Joseph JONES, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles JONES of this town, who has been visiting young LAMBERT, were in the accident and seriously hurt. Mr. LAMBERT died before reaching the hospital. Mrs. LAMBERT was very seriously hurt, and is now in the hospital at Welch. The boys were painfully though not seriously injured. Mr. LAMBERT was just returning from a meeting of the Conference at Chattanooga. He was driving, and it is the car went over the bank, just why no one knows. At that point the road is solid and forty feet wide, it is said. The steering gear may have been defective. The dead minister was pastor here, preceding Mr. EASTWOOD, and was popular with his congregations and the general public. Besides a wife, son and daughter he leaves a brother in Princeton, mother and sister at Rocky Gap. Mr. LAMBERT was a native of Bland County, and about 40 years old.

A small bunch of sheep came to my place some time ago. Owner can get them by paying for their keep and this advertisement. G.W. CRABTREE, Gratton, Virginia.

MAXWELL

Mrs. George BEAVERS is visiting friends and relatives in Bluefield and Tazewell this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Hobert HAGY, Berwind, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter BEAVERS, War, spent the Fourth with home folks here.

Mr. Herald SAUNDERS spent the weekend with home folks in Chilhowie.

Mr. Charles BEAVERS has returned to Iaeger after spending a week with homefolks.

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil TAYLOR, of Jewell Ridge, spent the Fourth with Mr. TAYLOR'S parents here.

Mr. James BARR spent the weekend with friends in Chilhowie.

Miss Beulah DAILEY spent Fourth in Tazewell.

Mr. and Mrs. P.F. LEE of Baptist Valley, were visiting Mrs. LEE'S parents Sunday.

Mr. Otis PUCKETT and family, of Pisgah, were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mose PUCKETT Sunday.

LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Aaron ROSS left Monday night for her home in Eastern Virginia to visit her parents.

Allen HOUSTON, a colored man, employed for several years in the home of Walker BOWEN, dropped dead in the yard of the BOWEN place Monday. The remains were brought to the new cemetery and interred Wednesday. HOUSTON was a former minister of the colored Baptist Church.

One of the features of the celebration here on last Friday was the ball game between Tazewell and Warrior, which was won by Tazewell by the score of 2 to 1. MCGRAW pitched a strong game for Tazewell, after the second inning he was invincible, the Warrior pitcher also pitched a fine game, but had support lost for him. Both sides made several fast double plays MCGRAW struck out fourteen. ??? and GILLESPIE played well in the outfield and assisted in two double plays, one being in the eighth innings when Warrior threatened to score with two men on bases.

Mr. W.W. BEAVERS of the Big Store is spending the week with relatives in Rural Retreat.

Rev. and Mrs. Dan GRAHAM are guests of Dr. and Mrs. R.P. COPENHAVER this week.

Mr and Mrs. S.L. PECK and son (????) Maybeury, West Virginia, were in the community last week visiting relatives. Mr. Henry PECK, grandfather, at Concord, and Lee Harry's family at Gratton. Mrs. Lee HARRY is sister to Mrs. PECK. Stephen PECK is a son of the late James and Mrs. PECK. He was but a kid when he left Tazewell. He has grown children now and his hair is tinging with grey. Thus, time flies. Stephen is now mine foreman at Maybeury for the Pocahontas Fuel Company.

Miss Grace JOHNSON is in Bluefield sanitarium for removal of her tonsils.

Buford C. TYNES, of Huntington, stopped by Saturday on his way to London to attend the meeting of the Bar Association. He will be abroad about two months and will tour Europe.

Mrs. L.A. TYNES is in Kingsport, Tennessee this week.

Miss Sallie LITZ delighted a large audience at the Baptist Church by her singing, at both morning and evening service. While here she was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. A.Z. LITZ.

Mr. T.M. HAWKINS left Tuesday night for Richmond to enter a hospital for an operation.

Mayor PATTY, of Graham was a visitor to Tazewell this week.

Henry HAYS, aged 21, of this county, was killed in a mine car accident in the mines close to Whitesburg, Ky., this week. He was brought to Tazewell for burial.

Miss Edna MUNDY and Mr. Bill SAUNDERS were married in Bristol on last Wednesday. The bride has been bookkeeper and stenographer for Tazewell Motor Co. The groom is an employee of Tazewell Street Railway Company.

A fine boy it is, Mr. and Mrs. A.B NOEL says so, anyway, and of course it is. The little stranger arrived early on Monday morning and will be heard from.

Mr. and Mrs. P.F. HOWELL have returned from a visit to relatives in Christiansburg.

Misses Elizabeth and Nancy JOHNSTON have returned from a visit to South Boston.

For Sale; 6 room, 2 story house and lot, fronts on railroad, in good condition. Electric lights and bath room. Newly painted. Terms and prices reasonable. J.W. WHITLEY, North Tazewell.

For Sale; Two nice Jersey Cows, 8 and 5 years old respectively. One fresh 2 months ago, the other to be fresh about August 1st. Prices reasonable. Call or write news office. 

The American Legion of Richlands have opened a swimming pool at Cedar Bluff. An ideal swimming pool. Come and take a dip.