Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-01-03
PERSONAL
Brief Items Of Interest to Home
Folks About Their Friends
And AcQuaintances.
Have You broken any of the res
olutions Of New Years day.

olutions Of New Years day.
Mr.. F. G. Mauzy, Of Durbin
! spent few days here last week
Mr.. CLYDE Hiner has been con
fined to his home this week as re
suit Of an attack of tonsilitis.
For want of space We defer un
til next issue the publication of
lengthy sketch of DR.. W. ". Mon
roe, kindly sent us by a mutua
friend.
Sheriff Arbogast and brother
Mr.. a. W. Arbogast, are visiting
their mother and sisters at Buens
Vista.
Miss Sallie Wilson, teaching al
Marlinton, spent Christmas with
her father, O. Wilson, Esq.
Mr. A V HulYer made short
visit to Monterey last week, re-
moiling only one or two days.
Mrs. Lizzie Herndon, Of Marlin
ton, w. Va, has been visiting at
the home Of Mr.. Fl. s. Johnson
since last week,
Philip Helmick, who has been on
the sick list for some time, can be
found again in his shoe maker
shop.
Mr. J A Whitelaw has purchased
of the | C Fowler heirs tract of
mountain land on Dixon's Hill
and containing $40 acres, more or
less.
Mr. Raleigh Campbell, son of Mr..
w Campbell, of Augusta, came
to his old Monterey home to spend
the holidays.
Mr. Sam Ralston has moved into
the Paul Brown house in front of
the Methodist church, and Mr..
Welch occupies the house vacated
By him.
Mr.. E. X. Rodgers, accompanied
by DR.. Fox, made a visit to Staun-
ton latter part of the week to see
DR.. Charles Rodgers, Of that city,
who is in bad health.
When you write it 1907, Just
bear down heavy ON the pen and
make an s over the top of it. Ev-
erybody will do it that way and no
apologies are necessary,
Hon. S. W. Sterret, accompanied
by his wife, left Thursday for
Richmond to take his seat in the
Legislature which convenes on
the 9Th.
Mrs. Thomas Wallace died near
Williamsville on Tuesday morning
and was buried Wednesday. The
{. :. ere announcement was received
here, and we are unable to give
any particulars at this time.
Miss Jennie Smith. Of Franklin,
and Mrs. Davis, of Elkins, paid a
short visit to their sister. Mrs. DR..
Fox, last week.
Messrs. Web Shoulder and Dan
Hiner, of Doe Hill, were over
TuesdeY. A glance at our Clerks
office notes will reveal the formers
business, and the latter, being elig-
ible, and thus exposed to the con-
tagion, may be the next to ''catch
it,"
Some Of the youngsters OF the
town made the old year die hard.
It went out amid the glare of rock
cts, ringing of bells and booming
of giant crackers-noise enough to
rouse the soundest sleeper and
scare the infant year plum out OF
Tits swaddling-band.
| Mr.. e. H. MeClintic, who has
been in declining health for some
Rtime, left Saturday for Richmond
and New York. From there he
will 60 South for the winter. The
date of his return is indefinite. but
we hope he may be fully restored
to health.
On the first day Of January, MIR.
G.. j. Hiner took charge Of the
Monterey Barlow mail route, for
merly operated by Mr.. Ralston.
This is a long route and the service
very hard, especially in winter, but
Mr.. Hiner will doubtless conduct
| it to the satisfaction of Uncle Sam
\and the rest of us.
y Mrs. Peggy Wilson, one Of the
Oldest persons in the county, died
last week at the home of her son,
Mr.. John B. Wilson, near Doe
Hill. Until a short time before
death she was remarkably vigorous
and strong. and only lacked FIVE
years of reaching the century
mark. We trust to our correspon.
dent to furnish a sketch of her
long and useful life.
Messrs CA and W B Given,
brother, of Elgin ard Woodstock,
Ill.,, respectively, have been visit
ing in Highland for three weeks.
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