Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1903-09-25

Rev Josiah Beverage will.preach
the funeral Of Willis Haiterman on
Sunday. Sept. 9th. IL a. NJ. at
Forks of Water.
Mr. c C Hanspl is with us again,
clerking for Bishop & Go.
Mrs S W Crummett is spending
the week in Baltimore, making the
purchase of her fall goods, She is
accompanied by her son Dick.
Miss Mabel Jones returned this
week to the Lychburg College.
Misses Josephine and Janet
Stephenson are spending the week
at Staunton.
Mrs Paris Johnston has been ex-
tremely i'll with fever at her home
at Cass. We are glad to learn that
she is now improving.
"How are your potatoes turning
out, little boy?" Not turn'n out
at all, have to dig EN- out"
Mrs O E Sullenberger is expect
ed home this week from Baltimore
where she has been at Johns Hop
kins Hospital, and making a visit
to her two sons Carl and Lynn who
ale living in that city.
Mr. John Ralston who was at
home sick has returned to the lum-
Der camp.
Twenty. five Herefords sold last
week by George Smith to S. A.
Porter, proved to be fine lot,
weighing, Oh an average, l4065
pounds.
Mr. Lafayette Simmons who is
engaged in business at Durbin is
home for a few days.
Miss Catharine Adams has re-
turned to her home at Norfolk ac-
companied by her sister. Miss Sallle
who is taking a short vacation.
The dog tax business is slow at
the present writing.
Miss Sallie Wilson will be one
of the teachers in the public school
at Marlinton.
A contract has been made with
Mr.. w Fl Hiner for the painting OF
the school house and he is now at
work making a pleasing change in
the appearance of the building
assisted by Dir Tom Sipe. Mr. Hiner
is to be commended for the cut OF
sl2 he has made on the job. his bid
being that much less than the reg
ular price per yard charged by
painters.
MIR Tom Wagner is home from
West Va. for week. The largest
tomatoe we have seen this season
he brought us from his home gard
en-. near Monterey. 1t weighs Z
pounds and 2 ounces.
Mrs G w Hevener and children
returned this week to their home
at Leesburg, Va.
Mrs Ella Feisher's well, at her
home here seems to have attracted
much attention during the sum-
mer, especially among the visitors
! in town. It is a mineral water
and may prove to be valuable. On
, Mr. O. Wilson's farm not far from
this we'll are two or three mineral
springs, one Of which contains
magnesia aud other mineral sub
stances.
On the occasion of a burial re-
Gently at the Lightner grave yard,
PEAR Valley Center, we were pres
ent and saw Maj. Charles Wade
standing reyerently by several
graves, arranged as though they
were of one family. Upon exami-
nation we found that the graves
contained Maj. Wade's loye5 ones.
and after enquiry found that all
the members of his family, his wife
and all his children were buried
there. So far as we can recall, 70
other case, where parent lives to
see his or her life companion and
all their children buried, has ever
come to our knowledge.
The G. & O. railroad has a large
force at work on the extension OF
their line between Durbin and
Travellers Repose, and capenters are
at work on the depot at Barlow
The extension is to be completed
in three months. This will make
| shorter haul for Highland freights
NATURE ARRAYED IN HEf
BRIGHTEST GARB finds a parallel
in every section of our store
There's bright, crisp newness
about the stock, very pleasing tc
prospective buyers. Our iEcreas
ing patronage is proof that yor
are quick to see these things. Oul
BUYERS have returned from TRIP
to the northern markets and every
thing that is new and up-to. datt
for fall wear is now being shown
Won't you come while every thing
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