Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-09-09
Personal
Brief Items Of Enterest to Home
Folks About Their Friends
And AcUUaintanceS.

Helm. OF Stanton, TINS week.
Mr. Stuart Peterson one Of High
Lands cattle spectators was III
Monterey oMc day last week.
Mrs Fannie Rodgers Of Mellow
ell was here Friday
Jno G Saunders Esq of the Doe
Hill neighborhood was one OF the
visitors to Monterey Friday.
Mr. Anderson Chestnut Of Back
Creek Valley stopped in town Sat
urday for short while. He was
on his way to visit relatives IN
Grant county " Va.
Send your order for fall and win
tor goods to Shreckhise & Bear.
Miss Mabel Joaes, left Monday
for PAlaska Institute where she
will teach Che music department.,
the coming session.
Mr. A w Cheek Of Bath, was up
Monday. he reports the prolong-
ed hay-halveSt at an end, ant the
crop an abundant one in his local
lty.
Domestics Of all kinds at lowest
prices at Shrek hise & Bear.
Mir DYER Gum, who, with Mr.
Nhas Lrnsford, is making prepera-
tons to open large grocery store
at Barlow. WAS in the city on Mon
day. Highland regrets to see these
two Young business men cross over
the line.
- Mcssrs Aaron D Gum, of Back
Creek and Mr. Otho E Wade Of
Hostcrman paid this oahicea pleas
ant visit Monday.
MIR Hampton Cleek, OF Bolar,
= who recently returned from Mon
tana. has decided to make his home
near that Of his birthplace, aud
will shortly erect a house on tie
land adjoining, and south Of, the
old Given homestead on Jacksons
River.
Mrs Polly Terry, one Of the old
cst residents Of Highland, died on
Monday night at the home OF her
son. Mr. A J Terry near TrimbIe.
We dad not learn her exact age but
our information assures us that she
was more than four score and ten.
She was the mother of Messrs Tom,
Wassor, J z and Andrew } Terry.
InterIncnt took place at the Kim
kaid graveyard on Tuesday.
Material for a nice, substantial
metal fence Ground the St. Creek
cemetery has just been placed on
the ground.
All mail orders promptly filled
at Shrcckhlse and Bear.
Mr. Jacob IIeyene. CT Hightown
made business tri p here Monday.
We are informed bv many of our
energetic farmers that this has
been the most successful having
season they have ever had. Mr.
Jno Trimble, our veteran stockman
and farmer said he cut GO stacks of
hay off $50 acres, 10 stacks more
than he eyer cut off same ground.
Miss Jeanette Turner who has
been the guest of Miss Phoebe and
Mabel Jones for the last two weeks
left Monday for her home in Bal
timOre.
Rev A @ FlAhertv having con-
Quoted two successful meetings at
Mcdowell circuit will, D ' preach
at Contra! church in Csabbottom
on next Sunday the 18th at II m
il the way be open.
IN organization has been form
ed for the purpose of erecting a
monument at Fort Seyber Notice
Of the meeting and the appeal
made to ascertain all tie descend
ants Of the old fort hcroS was receiv
ed too late for this issue, but will
be published next week.
All the latest styles in silks and
dress goods can lie found at Shrek
hise and Bear.
The negro exodus from this COM
mnnity during the summer has
been remarkable, fully 80 per cent
of the colored population having
gone west,
Miss Rose Blagg one Of the sue
cessful teachers Of Stonewal dis
trict came in on the hack Tuesday
evening.
slr Y B Bishop went east Thurs
day to purchase fall and winter
goods. after which he will start for
the Worlds Fair
De c b Fox and Mr. Glen Mau-
Nv left this week for the exhibit
ton at st Louis,
Mr. H + Slayen and wife are Wis
ting Mr Andrew Cleek of Hively.
Y. B. Bishop & Co., now have in
stock il full line OF top bnggies,
omen top runabouts, surveys, spring
wagons, and heavy road wagons