Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-06-04
Pointed Paragraphs = Brief News
Notes People at Home and
Abroad.

May was a naughty thing this
year, but she is gone.
Highland is now ready to chal-
lenge all competitors.
Miss Sallie Wilson is visiting her
sister at Wilma on the Cowpasture.
Mr.. N. E. Young has been elect
ed principal of the High School at
Keysville, Va.
Messrs. j. A. Whitelaw and Clyde
Hiner returned Wednesday evening
from trip to Staunton.
Miss Maud Lunsford. Of Higntown
was a passenger on the incoming
Staunton hack Wednesday evening.
Mr.. l.. B. Kincaid, of the Will
liamville neighborhood, paid Mon
terey visit Tuesday.
A thunder storm of unusual Sc
verify visited the Crab Run COM
munity Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Jesse Hiner and sister, Miss
Elsie, are attending the closing ex-
ercises of the Dayton school.
All boys look alike in tan trous-
ers, and the father who knows his
son must look above the belt.
Mr.. Cain Crowley, formerly of
Highland, now of Pocahontas, has
been visiting in the county this
week
Mrs. Thomas Bowman, we'll
known lady of Franklin, w. Va,
died at her home in that place last
Sunday morning.
Mr.. Joseph Hineris hauling frame
timber for the new Presbyterian
church. 1t was sawed in the pines
North of Monterey.
Messsrs. W. F. Kyle and H. A.
Slaven went to Durbin early in the
week. Mr.. Kyle is trying to inter
est our sister village in a water sys-
tenn.
Messrs. Lloyd Sullen berger and
George Gutshall visited Harrison
burg during the big meeting OF the
Brethren. and went from there to
Baltimore.
A swarm of bees started to leave
Monterey Saturday afternoon, went
something like half mile and came
back. We might assign reason,
but modesty forbids.
The huntsman gets his game on
the wing; the fisherman gets his on
she fly, but it does not follow that
every nimrod is an angler. There
are spertsmen and sportsmen
Among the visitors to town Wed
aesday we mention Messrs. IL. II
Terry, NJ. H. and Amos Corbett!
of the River, Chas. Il. and d. o.
Bird. John and Robert Wade Of
Back Creek.
Reports from various sections Of
the county show that the elements
have been cutting all sorts OF ca
pers. To some it would appear a.
an effort to redeem Hicks reputa'
ton; to others, perhaps, to sustain
it.
Mr.. James Cross has secured
the mail line between staunton an'
Monterey for another term, the an
nouneement being made early Il
the week. "Four more years o
Cross" is not unwelcome news tt
the patrons of this important route
for he gives good service.
The person vino exchanged foun
tain pens with me at Sullenberger'
sale, will please return mine an
get his. j. A. Jones
Rev. C. l.. Potter and wife, MI
and Mrs. j. Cliff. Matheny, MessrS
J. Ed Arbogast and H. B. Woo
spent Sunday at Franklin, the oe
casion of quarterly meeting pre-
sided over by Rev.W. H. Wolfe,
former pastor of the Monterey eli
cult.
On the 26th of last month We'
Va. new fish law went into effec
It requires non-residents to get
written permission from the Ian
owner but does not require hcen
to fish. Il is a penitentiary offen'
10 net or dynamite or fish other thu
with hook andline. Fishing season
arout, April 1st to Sep. LIST; bias
June Is 70 Apr. 15;-can catch sue
ers any time.
1.-THE AUGUSTA HOTEL
Staunton, Va, remodeled and
first in every respect, solicits t
patronage of Monterey and Hlg
land county citizens. Rates SZ'
per day.
J. S. Craig, Prop,
Leon G.. Ware, Ms
No, whea you see the young S
vigorously digging in the garden
does not mean thai he is Guilty
ting the sass and helping the
folks. He is after fishing worn