Tazewell County, Virginia
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1901

February 1, 1901

BURKE'S GARDEN

Winter has come at last in full blast and it goes "sortor hard" after so much warm, nice weather. We are having some nice sized drifts, as usual.

Rev. J.H. WYSE preached an interesting sermon at the Central Church Sunday to a small congregation. This was owing to the inclement weather.

There will be no service at the Central church next Sunday.

Miss Tillie MOSS was the guest of Miss Hattie GREEVER last Saturday night.

Miss Lucretla MAHOOD is expected home soon from Thompson's Valley, where she has been teaching.

Dr. HARRY was in the Garden last week in the interest of the news.

Miss Mattie FOX returned home last Tuesday from Chatham Hill, where she has been visiting her relatives and friends.

Mr. Frank FOX and family and Mr. John NECESSARY and wife will leave the Garden Wednesday for Jackson County, Missouri.

Mr. George MAHOOD has had a very sick baby for some weeks. It seems to improve but very little.

Mrs. John D. GREEVER, and her daughter, Miss Emma, were visiting Mrs. H.H. GREEVER one day last week.

Mrs. Julia Ann HALL returned from Rich Valley last Tuesday, where she had been to see her sister, Mrs. Ballard MCFARLAND, who is not expected to live.

Augustus S. WITTEN, a well known citizen of Tazewell County, died last Sunday morning at 8 am at his home on Plum Creek, at the age of 65. The supposed cause of his death was heart trouble. He leaves a widow and four children: Mrs. A.F. HENDRICKS, of Welch, WV.; Mrs. R.V. ELLIOT of Ceres, Va.; Messrs. J. Wilk and Oscar, of this county. He leaves six brothers and five sisters. All his brothers, except Samuel M. WITTEN, of Ogden, Utah, are residents of Tazewell Co. The others are Col. T.G. WITTEN, a well known merchant of Tazewell; Hon. Jas. R. WITTEN, of East Tazewell, R. B., Jno. H., and Andrew WITTEN, all prominent citizens of the county. Sisters are: Mrs. P.R. HICKS, of Pulaski; Mrs. Linnie GILLESPIE, of Bluefield; Mrs. E.S. HOWARD; Mrs. R.K. KELLY, and Mrs. Jas. S. PEERY. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. RUFF and MOWBRAY, and the remains were laid to rest in the old family burial grounds.

GRAHAM

Mr. PARSONS, the shoemaker, whose leg was broken by a fall several weeks ago is improving.

The Land Company sergeant, Squire MCCALL, has made quite a large number of sales during the past six months and had many more booked for the near future. Now is the best time that has ever been to get a good lot at a reasonable price.

Saturday night as Johnny WITTEN was returning from Rockville with some money belonging to his father, Dr. WITTEN, he was held up by three colored men or white men blacked, and searched. Fortunately they did not find the money.

POCAHONTAS

A most enjoyable impromptu dance was given under the auspices of the Old Dominion German Club, of our city, in the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday night. The boys were in immaculate linen and the latest full dress, and the ladies were exquisitely costumed. The music was furnished by the locally famous Pocahontas string band. The dance was given in honor of Miss Sadie BAACH, of this place, and Miss May JONES, of Radford. The boys of Pocahontas are great, big hearted; jolly, social fellows, and combine to make things pleasant, all working in harmony to that end. Among the gentlemen present from a distance were: Dr. PALMER, of Elkhorn; Felix O'KEEFFE and Mr. ALEXANDER of Bluefield; Mr. GAINES, of Algoms, and L. BAACH, of Keystone. Robert BERBERT was floor manager.

Walter MCGINNIS, a miner, was killed in the mines here last Thursday by falling slate. Mr. MCGINNIS was 55 years old and had been employed in the mines at this place for about fifteen years.

BENBOW

Mr. Edgar STEELE was in this section this week on important business.

Miss Ella CLAYSOR is filling the place vacated in the Thompson's Valley High School by the illness of Miss Mary FAULKNER.

C.W. MATHEWS has sold his farm to Mr. COMPTON, of Clear Fork. Mr. MATHEWS is yet undecided as to where he will make his future home. It is with regret that we lose another one of our best citizens. The tide of emigration seems to continue to flow. There are other sales talked of.

Our sick list

Little Ella BUCHANAN; daughter of Mr. John BUCHANAN, who has been sick for several weeks, remains about the same.

Frazier MATHEWS, son of J.I. (J.T?) MATHEWS, who has had a severe attack of pneumonia fever is much improved.

Miss Mary FAULKNER, primary teacher of the High school, has had an attack of pneumonia also, but with great pleasure we learn she is much better.

Mrs. A.B. BUCHANAN was quite ill Monday, but is improving.

Miss Lena CORELL, a student of the High school, was confined to her room last week, is in school again.

Mr. John WITTEN'S children who have had scarlet fever are improving.

The little child of R.H. MATHEWS, has had scarlet fever for several days, is still quite sick.

June 24, 1901 -- Bailey

BAILEY -- Bailey Va., June 24 - We had the most destructive flood here Saturday morning that has ever been here for twenty years and perhaps fifty or more. This creek was one foot higher than it was at the time of the highest water in May and only four miles of valley to gather the water was up very little at daylight, but the rain fell so fast that by nine o'clock the water was at the highest, and some of the families ate their breakfast by lamp light between six and seven o'clock it was so dark. Your reporter has been here twenty years and never saw anything like it in that time, and people who have been here three times twenty years say they never saw anything like it. It would be useless to try and estimate the damage, but it would be safe to say that at least two hundred panels of fence was washed out in the first mile.....

June 24, 1901 -- Bluestone

Bluestone, Va. June 24 - We are not all drowned yet on Bluestone, but our corn, oats and wheat is damaged considerably, in some cases near one half. The oldest farmers say they never saw such a flood of rain as fell last Saturday, and still it comes. A. A. Carter and others lost their spring houses in the flood, and small spring branches got past fording, tore out the plank fences and everywhere it looked as if we were going to have a second Noah's flood.

June 28, 1901 -- Tazewell

AN AWFUL STORM -- Tazewell Deluged --- Lives Lost --- Property Destroyed. RAIN POURS FOR EIGHT HOURS -- Merchants Ruined -- Stores Swept Away -- Railroads Washed Away. WHOLE FAMILIES LOST -- MANY DROWNED -- The Story Graphically Told by Our Correspondents and Others From the Flooded Districts. The most disastrous flood ever known in the history of Southwest Virginia, if not the State, occurred in this section last Saturday morning. The rain began about 13:30 Saturday morning and continued to fall in torrents until about 8 O'clock. There was no wind, but a steady downpour of rain. The creeks, branches and the river ro buried in the sand and wound about brush and other rubbish, and that fully 40 lbs. of mud and sand was lifted up, sticking to her hair. The father, mother and husband, are almost crazy with grief. Her father was away and never knew of her death till on Monday. She left 4 children, two by her first and two by her last husband. The unexpected deaths have cast a gloom over the entire village and neighborhood. The baby's body has not yet been recovered. There were four other children and Mr. Hoops rescued by putting a plank across on which they walked over the deep water. It is said that a place in front of the house 20 feet deep, was washed out. The dwelling did not wash away, but a large framed smoke house in which they had taken refuge washed away in a minute or so after they had gotten out. The road from here to above Mr. Tates was washed almost impassible to pedestrians until yesterday afternoon. It is uncertain when the road will be in condition for wagons or vehicles.