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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
5
A long list of weekly community items reports visits by G W Billups and Adams, plans for a barrel factory, holiday greetings in Newport News, Xmas ads, school and church notices, deaths, illness, baptist and missionary activities, garden society events, and a Christmas tree festival. Attendees include J C Walker, C H Gowen, W M Inter, G S Merchant, J W Marchant, and neighbors across Mathews County Virginia.
Herbert Taylor visited friends in Norfolk last week. Mrs. Burton Hudgins left Tuesday for a trip to Portsmouth and Norfolk. Miss Eva Hudgins hosted many boys and girls Friday night. Mesdames Marion Burroughs and Wesley Ripley visited Norfolk. Mrs. Walter Burroughs and Master Eldridge Hudgins depart Tuesday for Norfolk. Sam Hutson, recently badly injured, is improving. John E. Hudgins and wife returned Saturday from Norfolk visiting daughter Ida May Pugh. She has been visiting her parents and left Friday for Hampton for the winter. New Point youths missed their bunny hunt due to Thanksgiving snow. Rev. T. W. Odgen, the same pastor, resumes preaching at Math es Chapel on the third Sunday at it o'clock.
Mrs Dutton spending the week with Mrs Ashley Brownley. Miss Jessie T Campbell hosted friends Sunday evening. Mrs Luther M Callis broke her collar bone Saturday. A surprise party for Miss Blanche Diggs Wednesday night. Wilbur C Diggs left for Baltimore with his son to buy goods for Diggs Hodgins store.
Monroe Foster reports fresh stock of Christmas toys while Clinton Sadler shows improvement from illness. Cobbs Creek school children staged a play Wednesday evening. Charlotte Christian shipped 17 turkeys for Thanksgiving weighing 35 to 50 pounds each. G. W. Atherton plans Baltimore trip to select stock and bring Santa Claus on return. Morgan and Brownley families return to the neighborhood as winter begins with snow on Thanksgiving morning.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr King’s New Life Pills to counteract alleged malfeasance within the body. It claims the pills gently prompt action of the stomach liver and bowels and improve overall health with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Mr. J. T. Everage remains very ill. Mrs. L. E. Ashbury visits relatives in Norfolk. Rev. N. J. Allen of Gloucester passed through last week. Capt. C. H. Ashbury returns to Newport News. Miss Annie Ruth Respass returns home from Gwynns Island. Misses Hazel Haynes and Mary Owens of Atlantic City visit Mrs. J. R. Haynes last week. AuLD Lane Syne.
A Civic League gathering at the Mobjack schoolhouse drew many attendees. The group elected committees for entertainment, membership, and school and home tasks, with Mr Joseph W Hopkins chairing entertainment and Mrs O O Khea chairing school and home. The next meeting is set for Cardinal on the first Monday in January at 3 pm.
Harmon Walton of Clifton Forge Virginia and Marion V Enos daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Enos of Traders were quietly married at East Mathews Parsonage by Rev J A Winn last Thursday. They honeymooned the same day and will reside in Clifton Forge where Walton is a prosperous merchant.
Diggs Carroll Sadler spent last week at home. Miss Butts Sadler entertained friends on Friday evening. Misses Mamie and Lessie Steward of Great Bridge visit Miss Mae Morgan. Wilbur Brownley of Cape Charles visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Brownley. Mae Morgan hosted many friends Wednesday night for the Steward sisters. Mrs. Haywood Hudgins hosted an oyster roast at her Fitchetts home Thursday night enjoyed by all.
On Monday December 2 at 7 PM Miss Bessie Green daughter of Mr and Mrs Wash Green became the bride of Mr Robert Mapp formerly of Eastern Shore. The ceremony was performed at the Baptist Parsonage by Rev J C Walker.
I am running a saw mill near Hudgins Va and am prepared to furnish any kind of lumber to the local trade. Will also cut and deliver slab wood cut in four foot lengths. B Bennett Mathews Va tr 21 tf.
Dr J W D Haynes announces a grist mill at Catch Penny near Blakes offering weekly corn grinding every Tuesday. Meal available at current prices and services advertised by the mill owner. July 18-6m.
Joseph F. Foster of Hicks Wharf Virginia announces completion of a grist mill on main road near Providence church and offers grinding services for corn meal hominy and Graham flour, signed October 31 with 3 month notice.
A new mill is ready for grinding meat hominy graham flour and similar goods. J Henry Thompson Retz of Virginia seeks patronage for grinding and sale of these products with focus on graham flour as a healthy food.
Messrs Walter Sadler and F Rainer arrived from Baltimore. Miss Edna Brooks visits her sister at Cobbs Creek for a few days. Halleford school recently received a new coat of paint and looks much better.
A curious medical claim touts Chamberlinis Tableta as a remedy for a stated billiona attack. The advertisement notes availability through all dealers.
If you are troubled with chronic constipation the mild and gentle effect of Chamberlains Tablets makes them especially suited to your case. For sale by all dealers.
Druggists nationwide praise Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. They report reliable relief and pleasant taste, recommending it to safe dealers and customers alike.
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