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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Late at the Play.

We know from Pepys and from
passages in the plays Of contemporary
dramatists that the manners Of thea
ter audiences in the restoration epoch
were not nice, but there is no reason
to believe that even the tops habltual'
ly arrived at the theater late. Mr..
Sparkish, Mr.. Novel and their fellows
would talk loudly while the play was
going on to show the superiority OF
their wit to the poets, but they likely
were on hand early to lose none Of the
fun. In later epochs Of English the.
atrieal history theater going was a
serious undertaking, not a mere pas
time. One can tell from the begin.
nings Of old plays that the authors
counted on audiences closely attentive
from the first. Lady Randolph is the
first speaker In Douglas" Orestes in
"The Distressed Mother" Almeira In
"The Mourning Bride" The custom
of playing the audience In" with q
short piece was of still later origin.
Perhaps about that time the habit of
going late to the theater became com
mon. "Half price" for late corners was
custom Of Thackeray's time.-West.
Minister Gazette
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
A Witch's WEIGHT.

81 was weighed this morning at the
grocery" announced Brenda, small,
dainty young woman Of trim figure,
"and weighed just ninety-nine pounds
and half When | stepped down old
Mr. Follansbee laughed and said.
That's a lucky half, miss. Ninety-nine
Is witches weight l asked what he
meant, and he said: My, my. didn't
ever hear Of witches weight? Well,
that is queer. Your gran'ther kin tell
We, though
"And now, grandfather, what is
witches weight"
"Ma'am JONES'" said grandfather
tersely. twas a witch, and her weight
was witches weight"
There was chorus Of EXPLANATIONS.
eyes, witch In my day." he reiterat-
ed, "as much witch as any witch. and
as much believed in, If not as widely.
AS for her weight, ! believe ninety.
nine pounds is indeed the traditional
limit of weight for witch. Perhaps
1t is the utmost a broomstick will car.
ry."-Youth's Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
The MAGAZINE West,

Once there was a newspaper man
who came up into my country to write
up the way his syndicate thought II
ought to be. His sombrero was very
wide and rakishly tilted-away from
the sun. His shirt was open at the
throat and decorated with handker-
chief, but because he did not know
why cowboys wear handkerchlefs
around their necks he wore it like a
girl at picnic. 1t was white silk and
became him very we'll. There had not
been an arrest made in Maverick for
nearly three years, but the syndicate
man had so much gun metal on him
that he fairly clanked. When he first
struck our town he saw an Indian. in
shirt sleeves and overalls, leaning
against the doorsill Of general store.
He was Johnny Dean, graduate Of
the Carson school. who played the cor
net and afterward organized a labor
strike among the Indians at the salt
works. The syndicate man clapped
him on the back and said:.
"Heap big Indian. come drink fire
water"
Dean looked him all over. with the
gentle flicker of smile. THANK you,"
he said. 81 never use alcoholic stimu-
lants." The interesting part Of this
story is that 1t is a two years peni-
tertiary offense to furnish liquor to L.
transatlantic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
ssAvhfuh ptAkpNts fta FsIsSiAd
EiRI

Stanton, Va. June 2l.-~Miss
Effie Fauver, % year old, daugh-
ter of Joseph Fauver, who moved
to Staunton a few years ago from
farm short distance from this city,
disappeared from her home this
morning under circumstances which
give rise to the belief that she has
taken her own life. Searching par
ties have been out since noon, but
so far no trace of the young wom-
an has been found. At II o'clock
tonight the work of dragging the
city reservoir and the lake at the
fair grounds is still in progress.
Miss Fauver remained at home
this morning when other members
of the family went to church. Up
on their return she was missing
from the home and a note written
by her explaining her absence
merely by saying she was tired of
being trouble to herself, her fam
lily, and her friends. Further than
the note, she left no clue.
A thorough search of the premi-.
ses failed to locate the young wom-
an whereupon the police were mott
fed. A systematic search of the
city was then begun and all near
by points were notified. When it
became evident that she had not
left town by railroad or over any of
the public roads the entire city be-
came aroused and hundreds of men
and boys quickly organized them
selves into searching parties.
The movements of many of these
parties were directed throughout
the afternoon by the police. When
night came on and no trace of Miss
Fauver had been found the search
ers turned to the lake at the fair
ground and the reservoir, believing
that one body of water or the other
must conceal her lifeless form. The
work of dragging for the body is
necessarily slow.
Miss Fauver's family is in deep
distress tonight; with practically no
hope of again seeing her alive.
Later: Miss Fauver was found
at neighbours, some miles from
Stanton.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Al Ssspxua,isa ssv,

L8fd cspsoa esbihltbd brilliant aaal,
tiles both at Elton and oxford. At the
same time he was by no means a
quiet, studious boy when he attended
the famous public school. One of the
mathematical masters there told how
Curzon gave him more trouble than
any boy he ever taught "He was in
cessantly playing the fool and rag
ging' and apparently paid no attention
TO what l was teaching. But what
made him more especially aggravating
was that, whenever l came down on
him suddenly and asked him to go
through some difficult problem that
had been explaining, he never failed
to give me perfectly lucid and sat
isfactory proof. And very often he
was the only boy in the class who
could. "-Pearson's Weekly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
How CaterpiIIars Build.

Many clever caterpillars which dwell
habitually In company build common
nest for the common benefit OF these
Is the famous American tent caterpil'
lar. The tents are really nests Of silk
spun among leaves and twigs. In them
the caterpillars dwell when young. and
to them they resort for shelter In rainy
weather even when larger grown. AL
lied species which pass through the
winter in the caterpillar state con.
struct winter sleeping places which
the booklsh folk call hibernaculums.
These are often conspicuous among the
branches during the cold months Of the
year. II torn open they reveal d sur
prising thickness Of spun silk. FORMING
a dense nonconductive wall. At thu
center Of the mass lie from thirty Il
fifty tightly packed caterpillars waiting
for the return Of the warm weather
when they will resume their feeding.
ExcusabIe.
Mrs. Suburbanite-John, that's twice
you've come home and forgotten to
bring the lard
Mr.. Suburbanite-It's SO greasy 1t
slipped my mind.-Judge.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Trustees Sale.

Pursuant to authority vested il
me as substituted trustee for E. H
McClintic, deceased, in a decd Of
trust recorded in Highland County
Circuit Court Clerks Office, in D. B.
No. IA, page 4S3, securing to the
holders the payment of a certain
negotiable note held by John A.
Whitelaw, executed by H: A. Slear
to w. j. Robertson, payable at the
National Valley Bank at Staunton,
Va, dated March 9, 1907, and due
four months after date for the sum
of SS77.69, default having been
made in the payment of said note,
and at the request of the holder
thereof, l will on Saturday, the
18th day of July, 1908, offer for
sale at public auction for cash, at
Robinson's Camp, on Back Creek,
in Highland Co., Va, the following
valuable property: One pair of good
work horses, about 200, 900 feet of
good oak lumber nicely sawed,
about $4,000 feet of nicely sawed
hemlock lathes, and about 100, 900
feet of nicely sawed lumber, con-
sisting of hemlock, ash, chestnut
and lynn. ANDREW L. JONES,
Substituted Trustee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

Mr.. Scion H. Moore, cashier OF
the Peoples bank at Stuart's Draft
was married on last Wednesday az
ternoon in Marlinton, W. Va, to
Miss Fannie Mclaughlin, daughter
of G. H. Mclaughlin. The cere-
mony was solemnized at the home
of the brides father in the presence
of large company of friends and
relatives, after which an elegant
wedding dinner was served. At
four O'Clock the bridal pair left on
the southbound train for Romeo
verte and thence to Hot Springs,
where the groom attended the
meeting of the Virginia Bankers
association.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore expect to
remain at the Hot Springs until to-
morrow, when they will 60 to the
grooms old home near Harrison
burg, where on Tuesday, his faith
er, N. u. Moore, Will tender them
a reception.
Dr. C. V. Stickley, of Stuart's
Draft, attended the wedding, as
did also Miss Annie Moore, a sister
of the groom. The best man was
Mr.. Geo. Harrison, of Rockingham,
a student at Dunsmore's Business
College here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore announce
that they will be at home to their
friends at Stuart's Draft after July
Ist, at the residence of Mr.. Geo. S.
Etter. -Staunton Dispatch, June
10Th.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
A GRAND FAMILY MEDICINE.

ut gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters, 7"
writes Mr.. Frank Conlan, No. 436
Houston St., New York. Its a
grand family medicine for dyspep-
STA and liver complications; while
for lame back and weak kidneys it
cannSt>be too highly recommend-
80 Electric Bitters regulates the
digestive functions, purify the
blood, and impart renewe4 vlgo,r
and vitalit! to the week ana debll-
;tated Of 18th sexs under ln
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

4 Curious Coincidence Of the Cruise Of
the Amty.

4 Curious Coincidence Of the Cruise Of
the Amity.
Ralph D. Paine while delving into
the old sea logs kept by eighteenth cen
tury captains and now stored In the
Essex institute at Salem brought Il
light strange tale that yet was fact
He tells about 1t in Outing Magazine:
"The Grand Turk, good ship be
longing to Elias Haskell Derby of Sa
lem, well known merchant. was re-
turning to Salem from the West In
dies.
During the voyage Captain lnger
soil rescued the master and mate Of an
English schooner, the Amity, whose
crew had nutinied while in the Span
ish main. The two officers had been
cast adrift in a small boat to perish
This was the first act in unique
drama of maritime coincidence In 1T74
"After the castaways had reached
Salem, Captain Duncanson, the English
master of the Amity. was the guest of
Elias Haskell Derby while he waited
for word from his owners and an op'
portunity to return to his home across
the Atlantic. He spent much Of his
time on the water front as matter of
course and used to stand at a window
Of Mr.. Derby's counting house Idly
staring at the harbor.
zone day while sweeping the sea-
ward horizon with the Office spyglass
the forlorn British skipper let fly an
oath of the most profound amazement.
He dropped the glass, rubbed his eyes,
chewed his beard and stared again. A
schooner was making across the bar,
and presently she stood clear of the
island at the harbor mouth and slipped
toward an anchorage well inside.
"There was no mistaking her at this
range 1t was the Amity. his own
schooner which had been taken from
him in the West Indies. from which he
and his mate had been cast adrift by
the piratical seamen. Captain Duncan.
son hurried into Mr.. Derby's private
Office as fast as his legs could carry
him. By some incredible twist Of fate
the captors of the Amity had sailed her
straight to her captain.
"Mr. Derby was a man Of the great
est promptitude, and one of his an
chored briggs was instantly manned
with a heavy crew, two deck guns
slung aboard, and, with Captain Dun.
canson striding the quarter deck, the
brig stood down to take the Amity.
ut was Captain Duncanson who led
the boarders, and the mutineers were
soon overpowered and fetched back to
Salem Jail in irons. The grateful skip
per and his mate signed crew in Sa.
lem and took the Amity to sea, a vessel
restored to her own by so marvellous
an event that it would be laughed out
Of court as material for fiction"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

In memory of little Ward Ran
dolph Beverage, aged 10 months.
This little lamb was called from
earth to Heaven June 16, 1908.
"Our baby's gone, our precious boy,
His mothers pride, his fathers joy,
Our babys gone, oh can it be
No more his little face we'll see
He is safe in the arms of Jesus at home
Waiting and watching bidding us come,
Father and mother, grand parents too,
Uncle aud aunts, he's waiting for you"
Flowers forever are blooming,
In that home so bright and so fair,
Thousands Of children are singing,
Praises to our dear Savior there.
Now they swell the glad athens,
Eyer around the bright throne,
There, 0 there shall we see him,
Our dear precious little one.
Some dav we shall join little Randolph
Far beyond the bright blue sky,
Jesus became our ransom,
Why should we fear to die;
Some day our eyes will behold him,
Around Gods bright throne,
Then, o then shall we see him,
Our dear precious little one. NIL B
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
BE CHARITABLE.

Every time the closet of your
neighbor is opened little do you
strain your neck to see, and then
afterward strain your tongue in
talking about it? Did you ever
stop to think that some day a trag-
edy may take up it's abode in your
own home? Can't you get into
your head that the tongue of slaa-
der may cut you like sharp sword
: and the whispers of your neighbors
be as vinegar on your wounds?
Misfortune and disgrace may have
overtaken your neighbor, but does
not become you to get on the
housetops and shout it out to the
world. You will not be called up
on to pay for and answer for any of
the sins of your neighbor. You
have all you can tend to to pay for
your own indiscretion. Some day
one near. and dear to you may fall
the prison wall may open to a
son or the scarlet letter of eternity
blight a daughter. When a home
is in mourning over a tragedy the
best thing you can do is to keep
your mouth shut unless you can
say something that will come as a
rift in the clouds. Then again you
may be no better than your neigh
Dor. The only difference is that
your neighbor was caught and you
being up-to-date have kept the
sunlight away. Be charitable, for
you know not the day nor the hour
when the blight of death will ap-
pear in your sacred circle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

For SALE-3 beautiful Farms III
the Little Levels of Pncahon!as
county, W. Va 1873, 2l2 and 300
acres and 2 on Locust Creek, same
county, 250 and 300 acres. 1,O00,-
600 f. of white oak and hick DRY
tim Ter on the 300 acre place For
particulars, write or call on Ed. L
Warren, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
w. R. Ward, Dyersburg, Tenn

w. R. Ward, Dyersburg, Tenn.
writes: "This is to certify that l
have used Foley's Orino Laxative
for chronic constipation, and it has
proved without a doubt to be
thorough practical remedy for this
trouble, and it is with pleasure |
offer my conscientious reference. "
Swadley Bros, Vanderpool, Va.
Sold by ali druggists-Monterey
Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
DR.. G.. M. Burton, of Lexington

DR.. G. M. Burton, of Lexington,
Va, eye, ear, nose and throat spec
ialist, will be at the following
places at dates named, to do work
in his line. Glasses fitted. Office
hours 8 am. to 4 pm.
Mcdowell, June %, %, DR.. ST.
ron's Office.
Doe Hill, June "a, Is and 26, DR..
Jones office.
Sugar Grove, June 81, DR.. H.
Bowers office.
Monterey, June 20 and 80, and
July /, 2, 3 and 4, DR.. Campbell's
office.
Bolar, June 6, Hotel.
Crabbottom, July Z, 8, DR.. Rex
rode's office.
Franklin, July 10, IL, IL, 10, H.,
Is, DR.. Fred Moomau's Office.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Notice

The old account books of Paul
Brown and E. c. Beverage, and
Beverage & Brown, are still in the
hands of the undersigned for settle
ment and collection.
Legal means will be resorted to,
to settle and collect all claims re-
naming unsettled and uncollected
on the LIST of July, 1908.
O. WILSON,; j. P.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

Again New York judge has
ruled that wife's property cannot
be attached for her husbands
debts. Now, if the husbands
property couldn't be attached for
his wife's debts this would be a
brighter world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

The largest order of steel rails
ever given for 100000 tons has
just been placed with the Pitts
burg mills by the Russian govern
ment. Russia's contribution to
American prosperity is apprecia-
ted.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACT

ORs AND BUILDERS.
Bids will be received by the
School Board of Blue Grass Dis
trict, Highland Co., Va, untilnoon
June 80, 1908, for the erection and
completion of the high school
building at Crabbottom, Va, in ac-
cordance with the plans and speci-
fications prepared by Chas. M. Rob
inson, school architect, Richmond,
Va, a copy of which may be seen
at the Recorder Office, or by call
ing on or writing the clerk of the
Board. By order of the Board.
GEO. E. SwECKER, elk,
R. F. d. Nc. 1,
Monterey, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

Inventor Edison thinks men do
not need much sleep, and goodness
knows, since he has placed the
photograph on the. market not
many of us are getting too much.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Notice to Teachers.

The Monterey District School
Board has fixed upon Monday, Ju'
ly Is as>the date for employing and
contracting with teachers for the
schools in said district not already
supplied. Teachers will please tak9
notice and PIE their applications.
By ordersf the Board.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
You SHOULD KNOW THIS.

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure
any case of kidney or bladder trou-
BILE that is not beyond the reach of
medicine. No medicine can do
more. Swadley Bros, Vanderpool,
Va. Sold by all druggists Monte
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Monterey, Va. Friday, June %, 1908

Do you hear that tremendous
chorus of 81 told you SOS" which
rend the atmosphere from Maine to
the Philippines?
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
Statement of the Financial

1
Condition
of THE CITIZENS BANK OF HIGH
LAND, located at Monterey, in the State
of Virginia, at the close of business,
May IA 1908. made to the State Corpora
ton Commission.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts l0,086 "a
Oyerdrafts 1926 90
Furniture and Fixtures 1851 IS
Due from National Banks 1915 60
specie, nickels and cents 275 "a
Paper Currency 5,164 90
Total $1s,75S SO
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $3.50 90
Undivided profits, less amount
paid for int. exp'es and taxes $40 OF
Individual depts subject TO ok. 8,949 II
Due to National Banks 919 70
Total S18,758 SO
C. NJ. Lunsford, do solemnly swear
that the above is true statement Of the
financial condition of the Citizens Bank
of Highland, located at Monterey Va,
AT the close of business on the 18th day of
May, 1908 20 the best of my knowledge
and belief.
&. NJ. Lunsford, Cashier
Correct-Attest!
V. B. Bishop,
L II. Stephenson, Directors
Charles T. Jones,
State of virginia,
County of Highland
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
goth day of May, 1908.
Edwin B Jones, N p.
My commission expires Aug II, 1916
Statement Of the Financial Con
dition of
The Bank of Highland, located at
Monterey, Va.j in the State of
Virginia, at the close of business,
May ID, 1908, made to the Corpor-
alton Commission.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts 80, 104 80
Furniture and Fixtures 70 90
Due from Nat. Banks 6,493 AZ
Total S45,671 81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in $4,000 90
Undivided profits, less at
paid for int. exp's and
taxes 6,149 II
Notes and bills re-dis't'd 1921 so
Total S45,671 81
l, j. A. Jones, cashier, do solemn
ly swear that the above Ia a true
statement of the financial condition |
of the Bank of Highland, located
al Monterey, in the State OF Vir-
ginia, at the close of business on |
the IA day of May, 1908, to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
j. A. JONES, Cashier
Correct-Attest:
j. R. Gillian,
F. G. Mauzy,
A. l.. Jones,
Directors.
State of Virginia,
County of Highland
Sworn to and sd bscribed before
me this I'd day Of June, 1908.
Lenore B. Matheny, NJ P.
My commission expires Dec. 5, 1909 !,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

S1.00 gets the RECoRDERfor ONE
whole year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26

of THE CITIZENS BANK OF HIGH
LAND, located at NJ onterey, in the State
of Virginia. at the close of business,
May IA 1908, made to the State Corpora
ton Commission.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-21

Gov. Ansel will take the stump for
ten days in the seast speaking for
Bryan.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-21

Death Of Mrs Wingard.

This entire section was saddened on
Thursday when it became known that
Mrs. Sallie Wingard. the beloved wife
ofMr. ". Sanders Wingard, was dead.
Mrs. Wingad was so years of age.
Before her marriage, she was Miss
Sallie Caughman, daughter of Mrs.
Catherine Caughman. She was most
estimable Christian woman and her
death has caused genuine sorrow TO a
large circle of friends. She is surviv-
ed BY her husband and two children,
one daughter, aged 20, and one son,
aged II. She is also survived by her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Caughman,
and two brothers and two sisters as
follows: Messrs James and @. w.
Caughman, and Mrs. a. n. Dreher, of
Selwood, and Mrs. Walter Hook, of
New Brookland.
Her remains were Laid to rest in the
Pilgrim church yard on Friday after
noon at O'Clock, the funeral services
being conducted, by her pastor, the
Rev. j. A. Cromer, in the presence Of
large congregation of sorrowing
friends and relatives.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-10-21
FL eetion Of Bryan
A Victory For Labor.

Evansville, lind, Oct. 1s.-T That the
election of W. J. Bryan for president
Of the United States and the defeat OF
Congressman James E. Watson, Re-
publican nominee for governor OF In
diana, would be the greatest victory
organized labor has ever accomplished
in The United States was the keynote
of a speech delivered tonight by
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
The meeting closed hard day OF
campaigning In the southern part of
Indiana by the labor leader. The large
audience in Evansville hall was conn
posed largely of working people. 81.