Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-08-28
Personal Briefs of People at Home
and Abr rad
Mr.. Paul Slaven has gone to the
Valley on ten-days vacation.

Mr.. Owen Colaw is spending
some time with his aunt, Mrs. Jared
Hiner, near Doe Hill.
Miss Bessie Gum, of Hightown,
left Tuesday for four-week' s
visit to Tennessee.
Master Jacob Matheny is visiting
his grandmother and other relatives
in Stanton.
Miss Allie Davis, of Bridewater
came to Monterey Tuesday evening
to spend short vacation with
Highland friends and relatives.
Of ali the measly dog-davs that
have come and gone, Tuesday was
the mangiest cur in the whole pack.
Mr.. G. C. Hansel has moved up
town and is now occupying Tooms
in the Crummett building opposite
Hotel Monterey.
The monterey Milling Co. guaran-
tee their -four to be frst-class.
Mr.. H. S. Johnston has been i'll
for week or so, and Mr.. Robert
Jones has taken charge of his R. F.
D. route temporarily.
Messrs. j. X. Warner and John
Weeks, with several members Of
their families, have gone to Elkins
to attend the fair.
Mr.. Tom Hicklin has been driv-
ing one of the Staunton mail hacks
while Mr.. Hook enjoyed a short
vacation.
The "hour panic" is past. The
milling company received their side
tracked car of wheat, and some
thing like 400 bushels of it were
brought across the mountains at
one load.
The First National Bank is now
in it's new quarters on West Main
street, the transfer taking place OH
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
counter and new fixtures have not
yet arrived, but all else is complete
and ideal for the business.
Mr.. James Liggett received word
Monday night to the effect that his
valuable horse had died at Staun-
ton on the previous day. This
horse, which had won a good ma
ny blue ribbons, was in Monterey
not long since, and was much ad-
mired by local horseman.
Mr.. Frank c., better known as
"Gypsy" Smith, of Staunton, has
o lrchased the Burns hotel proper
ty at Bolar, the purchase including
q small mercantile business owned
by Mr.. Burns. Mr.. Smith is wide
awake and enterprising, and will
most likely improve this desirable
property.
Mr.. Sam Ralston, the black
smith, who has been working with
Paul Brown for more than year,
will this week move his family to
Marlinton. Mrs. Barbara Grogg
will occupy the house vacated by
him in front of the Methodist
church.
Mr.. R. M. Trimble left Saturday
morning for Baltimore where he
will lay in a stock of goods for his
new store at Monterey. He is hav-
ing the Crummett store room fitted
up, and proposes to open with a
stock of general merchandise, to be
sold for cash or it's equivalent.
We join with our readers in
wishing the Crabbottom correspon-
dent to report more regular. 1t
would only take few minutes time
each week and We feel sure all
efforts will be greatly appreciated
by the Recorder readers.
We regret to learn of the preva-
lence of cholera infantum among
the children of the Crabbottom val
ley. The death of Mr.. William
Hull's child, mentioned last week,
was closely followed by the death
of a child in Mr.. James Hull's fam
lily, and we hear of several other
cases.
Mr.. Forest Kyle, with force of
men, has been working on a pool
or reservoir at the Hevener spring.
The work up there will soon be
completed, and the laying of pipe
begun.
Messrs. R. B. Smythe, editor of
the Daily News, and w. j. Dingle-
dine, cashier of the Rockingham
National Bank, of Harrisonburg,
Va, stopped in town for day or
two last week, coming via Franklin.
This was their first trip to
Highland and were surprised to
find it such a delightful place.
An outing party from Stanton,
consisting Of Mrs. Clara Hamrick,
Misses Mabel and Matte Bickle, R.
P. Landlord and wife, and Mr.. E..
A. Carlisle, reached Monterey late
Tuesday evening. Unfortunately
Tor them they struck time when
weather conditions were all awry,