Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-07-19
HM slaven IS agent in this coun-

All Ladies, Shirt Waists, Wash
Suits, Skirts and trimmed hats Will
be sold at greatly reduced prices at
Bishops. For bargains call at
once, before present stock Is sola'
". B. Bishop.
Dr. J. M. Cunningham of Mar
lington returned last week from
New York city where he had been.
lengaged in taking q postgraduate
course. A feature Of his trip was
the PAN American,
Prof S c Lindsay and wife who
taught a private school at Char
lottesville, came in Oh the hack
Tuesday. They were met here
Wednesday by Mrs Lindsay's broth
err, Mr. c G Stephenson, who took
them to his home near Bolar. Miss
Clara Reed ef the River, accompan-
led Mr. Stephenson to town.
The idea that Peadleton county
conceived of building a road west
to the Dry Fork railroad has awak-
ened Harrisenburg people to the
fact that if they don't play their
cards right they may lose the trade
of a rich county, and now they pro-
pose to fall in line and help build
good road across The Shenandoah.
DR., R n Fleming Of Lynchburg
is now making his annual visit to
his old home near Hightown. His
laughter Miss May Fleming is with
him. DR. Fleming is just recover
ing from atsiek spell and does ut
look as well as when here q year
ago, but we hope our invigorating
climate may soon fully restore him.
Monterey must have school.
Monterey must have a school build
ing. Shall it be a 5000, one that
will not be equal by half to the de-
mands upon it, or shall it be a com
Portable. roomy structure III which
HIGH school can be conducted?
Strike now for building that will
be a credit to Highlands county
seat.
If much engineering and survey
inc is necessary to the building OF
A railroad Highland will surely get
one or two. Lines run up and
down the yallies and across them
and still the work continues. All
this work and expense certainly
does not make our chances less.
We can not nelp looking on it with
favor.
We have heard Of several parties
who express their Willingness to
make donations toward the school
building, in order that good one
may be erected. Every one wants
| nice, comfortable building, end
company that would supply the
necessary funds for it could be
raised in n day if some one would
take the lead.
One day last week the members
of the C. & |. corps, in the Alleg ha-
nv turned out on little exploring
| expedition which resulted in the
killing Of one black bear (Chief
Ramseur fred the fatal shot and
| Mr. Horner did the snap shot act J
| the assassination Of three and
one half foot rattlesnake and the
catching Of fifty mountain trout.
In the busy quarter of our little
| city, very close to the throbblng
commercial center. is now heard the
carpenter's saw and hammer. Work
/ has commenced on the dwelling OF
Mr.. Joseph S. Gibson, Oh his lot
adjoining the Commercial Hotel,
and soon another pretty home will
spring up. MIR W. A. Bussara is
the contractor and Mr.. A. A. Shu-
mate foreman of the work.
Grass in abundance, especially on
the up-lands, is one advantage of
the extremely wet season. There
are pasture lands in the county
where the usual number Of cattle
are feeding that look like meadows,
and the owners will no doubt run
their machines into it ard convert
some of the overplus into hay for
winter use. On account Of so much
rain very low lands will not pro-
duce au average crop of grass.
The G W corps of engineers, of
which Mr. Erwin is chief, came up
the country Yesterday from Forks
of Water, and pitched its tents in
Mr. V B Bishops lot near lis resi-
dence. This is the corps that ran
E. line up the South Branch by way
Of Crabbottom. to Hightown. We
understand it is now the purpose
to run up this valley from Forks
of Water and on through Wander
pool gap to Back Creek valley.
Mr. Rehan's Polite Vaudevilles,
! true to advertisement reached Mon
terey on Monday, and each night
since has been giving very enter
tanning performances to full houses
The self same Jim" Crowley is a
prominent feature each night, and
the boys and girls too, are never
, exactly satisfied until he makes his
appearance. mhe show in all re-