Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-01-10
Personal
Rrief Items of Interest TO liCme
Folks About Their Friends
And Acquaintance.
Mr.. NJ. A. COlow called Monday

Attorney Z H McClintic left
Wednesday for Williamsyil!e and
Warm Springs.
Citizens of LeNi>brrr, w Va
have subscribed $1,000 toward the
rebuilding Of the LewiSburg Fe-
male Institute. Could the citizens
of Monterey do half 50 well for il
school here?
Rev. K. L. Eutsler will preach at
Hightown Sunday, the II, at | a.
M. and at Trinity at 3 p. m. Ep-
word League Ra!ly at Monterg at
7:30 p. m.
Mr.. Thomas Cross of Kansas re-
Gently visited his cousin Mr.. Chas.
G.. Cross of this place.
All goods at cost at Mrs. Trim
ble's, those who want nice MILL
merry cheap should call.
is. McNulty ESQ. one til best
citizens of the east side spent Tues
day night with Sheriff Arbogast.
There will be meeting of the
Cemetery Society at DR.. |. II.
Trimble's on Saturday at 2 o'clock.
Let all attend.
Mr.. Pink Eckard and brother re-
turned recently from West Va.
lumber camp having to show for
tHeir summers work about 500.
That's the way.
PLEASE SKTTLE.-All persons in
debted to me are earnestly request
ed to call and settle their accounts
at once. Respectfully,
l-9.4t Paul Brown.
During 1902 40 vessels will be
added to the fighting strength. Of
the United States Navy. including
one battleslip, three cruisers and
four monitors.
Cliff Matheny and Miss Lenora
Bird were united in marriage on
New Years day, at the home OF the
brides cousin. Mr.. a. ". He'll.
Washington. D. G. Mr.. and Mrs.
Matheny are now visiting the lat
ter's parents at Belamy, Vernon
county, Mo.
The annual sparrowhunt" of
Pleasant township, Illinois, is said
to have resulted in the killing Of
$4,000 sparrOws.
Gen. Joserh Wheeler, in an ia
terview at Louisville, says the Unit
ed States is certain to possess Cuba.
The Everett-Moore syndicate, of
Cleyeland, Ohio, capital Sl3O,OQO,-
600, one of the largest owners of
electric railways and telephones,
has placed its affairs in the hands
of a committee of CleYeiand bank
ers.
Picture mouldings, a NV line t
narrow black and other kinds a.
ways on hand at A. e. Suddarth's.
The theory Of foul play in the
Henry Crigler case has been nban-
doned for the reason that his watch
and money were i'll his pockets and
no marks of violence were found
on the body. The South Branch
Review says it is now supposed he
fell into the river.
Shortly after the new year came
in a C. w. locomotive steamed in
to Mt. Scion, making it railroad
town.
Time, money and patience, and
no small quantity of either, must
have been expended on the 50
pages composing the Goth Century
edition of the Richmond Evening
Leader. 1t is, we are sure, the
largest single newspaper ever got
ten out in the state.
Many newspapers make charges
for publishing obituary notices.
which we have never done, nor
have we fixed rule in regard to
them, but there is one condition
that we now call attention to and
that is that the writer be reasOna-
bly, brief.
Some Highland apples haye been
sold right at home for Is cents per
bushel. That would be SON ething
over a dollar at the railroad.
Think what nice little revenue
the crop would bring the county
each year, IF we had a railroad.
The present crop will be more than
doubled in a few years when the
late planting reaches the prodnc-
ing period.