Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-11-15

PERSONAL
Brief Items of Interest to Home
Folks About Their Friends
And Acquaintance.
Mr. Earl Slaven has entered the
Monterey High School.

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The Milling Company has jus
received another carload Of wheat
Whether for better or worse
courl-day is losing ground as
drawing card.
Mr. J L Hiner has fitted up his
wood saving outfit and is doing
some Of this seasonable work fol
our citizens.
Smith Brothers. having finished
saving for Messrs w L and W NJ
Trimhle, have moved to J Trim.
ble's. east of town.
MIR E A Hicklin and wife, of the
Bullpasture, have been the guests
OF Mrs Hicklin's parents, a few
days the past week.
Part of Mr. Don Sullenberger's
new house is ready for occupancy
and they have moved in. MIR Sui
lenbei ger. who has been employed
in Pocahontas, came in last week.
Since the recent bear hunt Mr..
Ron Wilson has a great influx of
post cards. We doubt whether
President Roosevelt is receiving
rs much attention.
The first snow of the season, suf-
fcient to make the valleys white,
fell on Monday night. and Tuesday
; was a pretty fair foretaste of win
ter.
Mr.. John R. Beverage, very
old man and respected citizen of
The Straight Creek community, is
critically i'll at this time.
Miss Rachel Ogilvie, who has
been confined to her bed for more
than two months. is slowly recov.
ering, and is able to sit up few
hours each day.
ME-. X. Rodgers has sold to-
MIR Ira @. Simmons. of Crabbot-
tom, his valuable farm at the head
Of Jackson's river. Mr.. Rodgers
thinks Of going farther South, but
has not fully determined.
Mr.. John Siron, of McKendree,
who seldom comes to town, was ov-
err at court greeting his friends.
DR.. C. B. Fox is arranging TO
build an addition to his residence,
with view to having a bath
room.
Mr.. Frank Wagner, who has
been with his uncle, DR.. Suddarth,
at Grafton, W. Va, is at home for
the winter.
Cold weather m axes it werm for
the molly cottontails.
See the change in Shreckhise &
Bears new ad. They are making
some excellent offers in wearing
apparel.
Rev TN Swan, the Methodist
minister who has Rev Mr. Grady's
charge in Crabbottom, was visit
or to Monterey Tuesday. Rev Mr.
Grady has joined another confer
ence.
DIR Geo Rodgers, of Alpena, W.
Va. is visiting his old home at
Meadow Dale.
The condition of DR. r j Jones,
of Crabbottom, who was very i'll
and had somewhat improved, is re-
ported as critical again, and the
issue is anxiously awaited by the
entire community as we'll as his
imme date friends.
That indian summer wave must
have veered.
Tuesday was a big moving day
of lambs. Mr. VIM McNulty started
eight hundred from the Big Valley.
Andy Terry he'd bunch Of 100 in
this lot that averaged SO pounds.
On the same day Mr.. Glenn Ruck-
man started a very large drove east.
The death of Mr. William Wilson
was announced from his home at
East Radford last week, but we
have learned no particulars. Mr..
Wilson was a native of Highland, !
a son of the late John Wilson, and
has one brother, Mr. Squire Wilson,
living at the old homestead at
Waycross.
Mr. Robert N Trimble. who, un.
til short time ago was in the en-
ploy of the Pocahontas Lumber
TO-, and located at Burner, on the
Greenbrier, has purchased the mer-
camille business Of R L Rose 4 Co. 1
at Covington, and will take charge !
in few DAYS. Mr. Trimble is |
hustling young man, self-made, l
and his Highland friends wish him
much success. q
MrF P Graham and wife, Of
North Dakota. are visiting relatives o
on the Bullpasture. MIR Graham \
paid us pleasant visit Tuesday and e
toldus thiswas his first visit to High I
land in fifteen years Wien asked
" neither he had any severe wind
storms, sail it was rare occasion,