Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-03-27
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LOCAL NEWS.


Mr.. Hull Kramer. of Jacksons
River, was in town Tuesday.
DR.. NJ. B. Campbell, of Meadow
Dale, was in Monterey Tuesday.
Mr.. Robert Lightner, of Back
Greek dropped in to see us Tuesday.
Peter Gum, ESQ.,, of Meadow
Dale, paid our town visit Mon
day.
Miss Helen Campbell was the
guest of Misses May and Pattie
Slaven Sunday.
Mr.. NJ. E. Matheny, of Pinckney
called in court day. and gave us his
name as subscriber.
Mr.. A, T. Stephenson, of Will.
sonsvilIe, attended the meeting OF
the Supervisors Monday.
Mr. A. S. T. Davis, of the Nc
Dowell ieigh borhOod, made us a
substantial call Tuesday.
Messrs. S. S. Waybright and S.
E. Harper, of Crabbottom. we're in
town on business, Saturday.
Rev. Josiah Beverage and wife,
of STRAIGHT Creek. spent short
time in Monterey yesterday.
Messrs. J. w. Stephenson and j..
G. L;ghtner. Of Warm Springs. at
tended this term Of the court.
Messrs. Worthy Steuart and An
drew Revercomb, of Bull Pasture
attended court here this week.
Maj. John L. Byrd, of Williams.
Vile, recently purchased a lot OF
fine cattle in Augusta county.
Mr.. Luther Bird, who is in the
employ of Mr.. j. B. Bradshaw
spent Tuesday night i'll town.
Messrs. Oliver Fleisher and Jo-
seph ,finer. Of Mcdowell neigh
borhood. were in town Tuesday.
Mr.. George Beverage, who re-
Gently purchased a phonograph,
has gone to Franklin to exhibit it.
Little Boyd. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. A. Mclaughlin, has pneumonia
He is thought to be out Of danger.
Il The teams of Messra. W. A. Bey-
erage and G. j Hiner are ont this
week with lot of apples for the
Stanton market.
Mrs. Sudie P. Williams returned
recently from visit to her sister
Mrs. Ed Hevener, at Lone Fonnt-
ain, in Augusta county.
Mr.. F. L. McElwee, of Randolph
county, spent a portion of this
week in Monterey. He came here
to trade a horse for a buggy.
Misses Emma McClintic and
Hattie Cleek, of Jacksons River
spent short while in town Mon
day.
The friends of DR.. Robert Flem'
ing have heard from him recently
and state that he is improving and
is thought to be entirely out OF
danger.
X Mr.. Frank Ogilvie. Of Stanton
srent a couple o. DAYS with hi
grandfather, Mr.. T. H. Slaven. Ht
was here in the interest Of Vests
Weekly.
Rev. Asbury Martin, of Crab
bottom, spent Sunday night with
Rev. w. II. Woolf. Monday they
took the hack for Roanoke. to at
tend conference.
We received letter this week
from Mr.. Renick Hull, who went
west from Med well sorle time
ago. He is at Moleno, Mo-. and
asks US to send HIM the RECORDER
+ The first lynching during Gov
0'Ferrall's administration occurred
J this week in Essex county, Negro
for an attempted assault on nine
year-old daughter of a prominent
citizen.
NMarried-By Rev. R. b. Clark
at the parsonage on Back Creek, on
the 2Sd inst, John W. Sharp, of Pc
cahontas county. and Mary J. Sim
mons daughter Of Andy Simmons
of this county.
Mr.. Howard Slaver has bought
a penny-in-the-slot music box
which is quite a novelty hereabodt'
and which every one fond of music
should hear. 1t plays % tunes, al
the most popular music of the day
Success is the reward of merit
not of assumption. Popular ap
probation is what tells in the long
run. For fifty years, people have
been using Aver Sarsaparilla anc
to-day it is the blOod-purifier mos
in favor with the public. Aver
Sarsanarilla cures.