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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
DOG LEADS TO DEAD BODY.

Harrisonburg, Va, Feb. 13.-
John Gilmer, aged 81, was found
dead Sunday in hollow, 3 miles
from Elkton.
The body was identified by let
tiers and a handbook in pockets,
dogs, hogs and birds having torn
the face and clothing until the re-
mains were unrecognizable. The
body had probably been lying on
the ground two weeks. An open
knife lying on the ground suggests
suicide. Gilmer registered at the
Virginia Hotel, Elkton, January
%, where he left an overcoat and
suitcase. The body was found by
w. A. Shook, who was attracted
to the spot by the barking of his
dog.
Gilmer was brother of DR.. Hen
ry D. Gilmer, of Elkton, and DR..
Burton Gilmer, of North Carolina.
He had been living in Texas two
years, and was home on a visit.
Relatives believed he had gone
back to Texas.
While the general belief is that
Gilmer committed suicide, there is
some suspicion that he may have
met foul play, and an inquest has
been ordered.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
CAUSE FOR THANKSGIVING.

Now that sort of hirdseye view
OF the seasons crop operations can be
had 1t Is clear that the effects Of the
widely extended midsummer drought
were not 80 serious as anticipated.
While the yield of small grains was
materially reduced in some sections,
not in a couple Of decades has grain
quality been better than that harvest
ed in the season just closed, while ia
tiauy sections the yield also was all
that could be desired. The great sta
ple. corn, Is up to record levels in the
matter Of yield while an unusually
long ripening season will insure an ex-
cellent quality. If seed corn In abun-
dance and Of excellent terminating
powers is not on hand next spring it
will not be chargeable to the weather
or Providence, but to carelessness in
storing in damp place. Instead of po-
tatoes going to the two dollar mark. as
seemed likely the first week Of August,
when they were $40, the late rains
came just in time, and hundreds
of fields from which little return was
expected yielded bountiful crops. and
prices for the producers are now hang.
Ing around SO cents. Whatever earlier
promise of field and garden may have
been, there will be the usual real
grounds for rejoicing at Thanksgiving
time. while in vast majority of
households there will be the conven-
tional trimmings Of turkey. Or fit sub
stitute. and plum pudding and cram
berry sauce. AS the day Is celebrated
it should prove reminder of the
blessing Of living in land Of prodi-
gal fertility, Of favorable climatic con-
ditions and an economic order which
makes it possible for the ldborer as
general rule to reap a fair return fol
his seasons labors.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Public Sale of ValuabI. Real
Estate and Personal Propart y
IN BATH COUNTY.

| will offer for sale at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder, on We'd
nesday, the 18th of March, 1911,
my farm of about $40 acres, on the
Cowpasture river, all under fence,
$50 acres we'll timbered, balance
cleared, which is excellent faI ming
and grazing land, has good outlet
to mountains. Said farm is bound
ed on the north by the famous Fort
Lewis Farm, II miles from Mill
boro depot and Warm Springs, out
let to Millboro by two roads, situat-
ed on r. F. D. mail route. This
place has frst-class brick and frame
dwelling of s rooms, and all nee
essary outbuildings, known as the
old Francisco farm.
Immediately following sale of
above farm, l will also sell all of
my personal property, namely:
horses, colts (yearlings and two
year olds), cattle, sheep, hogs, two
fine milch COWS, farming imple-
ments of all kinds, wagons, buggies,
harness eight and heavy), house
hold and kitchen furniture etc.
All land buyers are especially in
vited to come, and I will be glad
to show the property at any time
before day of sale. J H Francisco,
Route /. McClung, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Pocahontas Items.
(TIMES)

DR.. J. W. Price has purchased
the Marlinton Hospital from DR.. }.
NJ. Yeager, who had to give it up
on account of his health. This is
one of the best equipped hospitals
in the State--large, well-arranged
building, good grounds and fine
equipment.
DR.. Price is physician of long
experience, large practice and am
pie means. Associated with him
will be hissister, DR.. Susan A. Price
vino has had wide experience in
State institutions in Virginia and
West Virginia and in private sanl-
tariums in Indianapolis and else
where.
This hospital has become a nee
essity to the town and county,
where there are so many men at
work here and in woods and mills
without homes or any place to be
ca ed for in sickness.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Poultry Pointers.

Dark pin feathers give dirty ap.
pearance to dressed carcass.
A hens appetite bears directly upon
her egg production. Exercise gives it
zest.
Shift your henyard about every year
or two. The chicks will do better and
keep healthier.
Two kinds of chickens will do to kill
those that haven't begun to lay and
those that have quit.
Let farmers take more interest in
exhibiting poultry at the county and
state fairs. Pure bred fowls will ad-
vertise your farm.
II you wish your hens to lay we'll
next spring it will be advisable to
provide range for them. This can be
done by planting & winter crop for
their benefit
Turn the poultry into the garden, II
possibIe. during the last fall days. II
the r und is plowed let them run
over ii before seeding. They VIII de-
stroy quantities Of insects.
Sow snail piecs Of rye or wheat
near the p~1ltry house to give your
fowls late and early green's. In very
stormy weather feed equal parts OF
corn. wheat, oats and beef meal ground
together as mash
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
FLOUR DROPS 20 CENTS

Along with the beautiful wealth
er, signs of spring and other man
ifestations of a nature likely to
cause the heart of man to rejoice,
comes the announcement by local
milling firms of a material reduc-
ton in the price of flour.
Twenty cents were knocked off
the price yesterday, thus making
the cost of barrel of the best
grade $40 instead of $500, as
heretofore. A similar reduction
also applies to all other grades.
With this good news to the man,
who has wheat in his barn and
hopes of a rising market, of aslump
of two cents in the price per bushel
of the golden grain, 90 cents being
the new price the mills are offering:
As a comparison of figures will
show, flour just now is Sl:lO
cheaper a barrel than it was this
time a year ago, all of which Just
goes to prove that while the cost
of living is higher in some respects,
it is materially lower in others.
Last year on February Is a barrel
of the best -four cost all the way
to $3.50, while tits year the same
amount will buy the same quantity
of the same kind and in addition
leave father substantial bit Of
change .--ouaunto Dispatch.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
FARMERS EDUCATIONAL TRAIN
A GREAT SUCCESS.

The three-day trip of the first
Farmers Educational Train ever
operated on the Eastern Shore of
Virginia came to an end Saturday
afternoon at Cape Charles, where
the lecturers were greeted by the
largest audience of the week; no
less than two hundred farmers
heard the talks there on intense
farming.
Some eight hundred people at
tended the lectures during the
three days the Educational Train
was operated. Stops We're made at
New Church, Bloxom, Onley, Belle
Haven, Keller, Birds Nest and
Cape Charles, Virginia. That the
efforts of the Railroad Company to
carry the message of good farming
to these people was appreciated,
was shown by the enthusiasm evil
denced all along the line. Even
though frequent rains in the past
month had put the country roads
in poor condition, farmers drove
many miles to hear the talks Oh
"Potato Growing, "SoilFertility"
"Orchard Spraying and Corn
Breeding"
W. C. Sproul, one of the largest
potato growers in Virginia, gave
the farmers the benefit of his ex-
perience and answered many ques-
tons put to him by the Eastern
Shore people. Much of the sue
cess OF the trip was due to the eff
forts of J. J. Owen, Director of In
stitutes of the Department of Agrl-
culture of Virginia. and to the CO.
operation of G. W. Kolner, Com
missioner of the Department. Mr..
Owen accompanied the train three
days, and made short talks to the
farmers explaining the work of the
Department of Agriculture.
Those who attended the lecturers
on the Educational Special were
farmers who are to-day among the
largest producers of peas, straw
berries and potatoes. On the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad during the year 1910,
more than 3.O00,0 900 barrels of IT.
ish and sweet potatoes were ship
ped, while the shipment OF peas
amounted to 1000 baskets, and
strawberries over 16, 000, 900 quarts
The producers of these large crops
are all scientific farmers, and in
the last three days they showed
their desire to learn any new meth,
DDS that would enable them to be,
come more intensive in their farm
ing.
The New York, Philadelphia and
Norfork Railroad in undertaking tc
further the interests of the country
through which it operates, is CO.
operating with the Department Of
Agriculture and State Experiment
Station. In addition to running
Farmers Educational Trains, eff,
forts are being made to induce peo'
pie to move to the Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia Peninsula, and tc
secure the location of industries in
that territory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
The Thrice-a-Week Edition of
the New York World.

The great political campaigns are
now at hand, and you want the
news accurately and promptly. The
World long since established a rec
ord for impartiality, and anybody
can affordits Thrice-a -Week edition,
which comes every other dayin the
week, except Sunday. 1t will be
of particular value to you now.
The Thrice a-Week World also
abounds in other strong features,
serial stories, humor, markets, car
toons; in fact, everything that is to
be found in frst-class daily.
The Thrice-a-Week orld'sregu-
lar subscription price is only Sl.00
per year, and this pays for 1856 pa
pers. We offer this unequalled
newspaper and the HIGHLAND Re-
CoRDER together for one year for
S1.70.
The regular subscription price of
the two papers is $500
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Commissioners Sale of Land

Pursuant to a decree of the Cir
cult Court of Highland county,
rendered at the November term,
1910 in the cause therein pending
styled J. Morgan Armstrong &c. VS..
George E. Wooddell &C., | Will on
Saturday, March 4, 1911
offer for sale at public auction on
the premises that certain parcel of
land lying on the waters of the Bull
Pasture River in Highland county
JOG acres more or less,
and being the same land on which
William E. Wooddell lately resided.
This land is we'll watered, affords
good blue grass, and is adapted to
farming or grazing. This is an OPP
portunity to buy a good home at a
reasonable cost.
Terms:--Costs of suit and sale
cash, and the residue payable in
three equal annual installments for
which the purchaser will be requir-
ed to give bonds with approved
personal security bearing date on
the day Of sale, bearing interest
therefrom, and waving the home
stead exemption.
Edwin B. Jones, Spell Comr.
!, w. H. Matheny. Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Highland county,
hereby certify that the bond re-
CURED of the commissioner by the
above mentioned decree, has been
duly executed.
w. H. Matheny, Clerk.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

On or about March /, 100 or
more epileptic patient of the vari-
Gus state asylums for the insane
will be transferred to the newly
established colony near Lynchburg.
On April 10Th the General Hospital
Board will meet at the colony to
formally accept it, after which it
will be a part of the general hospit-
al system for the insane. These
epileptics will be taken from all the
hospitals in the state and after
they are removed to the colony
there will still remain 200 more
patients similarity afflicted in the
insane asylums.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Public Sale of Personal Property

At my place one mile north Of
the village of Crabbottom, / will
offer for sale at public auction on
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1911,
the following property, to:wit: l
saddle mare in foal by Royal King;
2 draft colts; 81 two-year-old heif-
ers; 4 COWS; 4 yearlings; "a good
ewes and l buck; 4 stacks of hay;
a lot of corn and potatoes; l Nc
Cormic binder; l mower; l hay
rake; left hand pillow; spike
tooth harrow; l cultivator; grind
stone; old buggy; about 1000
feet of lumber; ] range stove; l
heater; | bureau; l sewing machine;
l good sofa, chairs, bedsteads, etc.
TERMS: Cash for all sums under
SIS; credit of s months will be
given on all sums of S. and over,
purchaser to give a well-endorsed
negotiable note. c. D. Newman.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Horse Out of Condition.

For q rundown horse that is losing
flesh and refuses his grain treat as
follows: On empty stomach in the
morning give one and one-half quarts
raw linseed oil and two ounces turpen-
tine we'll mixed. In two or three days
give following powder: Sulphate of
iron, two ounces: galtpeter, two ounces;
nux yomica powdered, one ounce
Mix we'll together and give in feed
morning and night heaping teaspoon
full. 1t is possible that worms may be
the cause of the trouble. If so, above
treatment will eradicate them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
For Sale

A 5O-acre farm, three miles from
Parnassus, Augusta county, and
situated on the public road. This
farm is in a high state of cultiva-
ton, we'll watered, includes good
bearing orchard, good, seven-room
dwelling, and all necessary out
buildings, which cannot be built
for less than So 900, but if sold at
once the low price of S3,250 will
buy the farm. | want to enter
other BUSINESS by April l, 1911.
For further information address
1-27-4ts John Ashby,
Route No. 3. Mt. Scion, Va,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

An attack of the grip is often
followed by a persistent cough,
which to many proves a great an
Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been extensively used
and with good success for the re-
lief and cure of this cough. Many
cases have been cured after all othv
err remedies have failed. Sold by
DR.. X. H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Public Sale of Valuable


Personal Property.
We will offer for sale at public
auction, on
FEB. 2STH. 1911,
at the Fleisher place, two and one
half miles south of Monterey, Vir-
ginia, the following personal prop
erty:
Seven good work horses, three of
them mares with foal and all young
and we'll broken; one fine, two-year-
old saddle colt; six two-year-old
draft colts: l draft colt; l saddle
colt; young Durham COWS, near
ly pure bred; pure bred Hereford
COW; l grade Hereford COW; l pure
bred Durham bull; l registered
Hereford calf; l pure bred Hereford
bull, two years old; l two-year-old
heifer; 4 yearling steers; 9 two
year-old steers; 6 yearling heifers;
2 calves, five months old; 10 we'll
bred young ewes ready to drop
their lambs the first of April; 2 pure
bred Hampshire bucks; l Oxford
buck; l pure bred Dorset buck; 4
good brood sows; II shoats; 4
stacks of hay; l new, 3 IA Stude-
baker wagon; | OK wagon; heavy
road wagon; 2 top buggles; | run
about; one spring wagon; l buggy
tongue; l Farmers Favorlte grain
drill, nearly new; l two-horse sleigh;
l one-horse sleigh; 2 big sleds; l
iron beam Oliver Chill plow;3 dou-
ble-shovel plows; l wood beam OF
yer Chill pillow; Syracuse hillside
pillow; l spring-tooth harrow; ]
spike-tooth harrow; 2 single-shovel
plows; 2 grindstones; l Johnson
buggy rake; l Johnson tedder; l
Mccormick mower; l set black
smith tools; l cutting box; 3 cross
cut saws, barrel of good apple
vinegar; l set of good lumberman
harness, with housings; two sets
yankey harness; set single buggy
harness; l pair lead harness; three
saddles; l set leather fly nets; l set
double buggy, brass-mounted har-
ness; l grain CRADLE: ! post maui,
steel crow bar; two cord wood
ladders; l copper kettle; 4 iron ket-
ties; 4 heavy horse collars; gar
den pillow; 4 four-pronged forks; 2
three-pronged forks; 1900 pounds
of bacon; three meat tubs and four
hauling barrels; l corn shelter; l
grain scoop; carpet loom; 40 bu-
Shells of potatoes; 300 bu. corn; 10
blu. rye; 2 log chains; 3 grab hooks;
2 pairs of spreaders; l wrough-iron
range; cast-iron cook stove; 4
heating stoves; iron bedsteads; 5
wooden bedsteads; springs for all
the beds; 1sewing machine; dress
er; bureau; l book case; l extern
sion table; l wardrobe; L press; !
ironing board; 2 telephones; 5 gal
Ions of apple butter; 10 gal: of lard,
and some canned fruit; l Steward
sheep clipper and grinder; $4,000
feet of white oak lumber; 100 lbs.
No. II wire; 2 can't hooks; s geese;
40 Buff Orpington chickens, and
many other things too tedious to
mention.
TERMS: For all sums amount
Ing to S5 or less cash will be re-
quired, and for all sums amount
ing to more than SIS, the purchaser
will be required to execute his ne
gotiable note, with good security,
payable nine months after date,
with interest from date, waving
the homestead exemption and pay
able either at the First National or
Citizens Bank of Highland, as the
maker of the note desires.
CLYDE AND FRANK BLAGG.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

The citizens of Tazewell county
in a mass meeting just held decided
to petition the circuit court to au-
thorize an election providing for the
issuance of $3.50, 900 bond issue for
the purpose of building permanent
roads in the county. 1t is said
that the bond Issue will certainly
pass if a vote is held.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Corn Ehcs For Harses.

There has been complaint that corr
chop fed to horses induces gastric
collie, but it Is claimed by the Colorado
experiment station that if the corn
chop be fed with bran or cut hay
then there will usually be no i'll ef-
fects, because the material will not lie
compactly in the stomach, and as a
result the stomach juices can get at
all parts OF the feed and digest it, tnol.
nughly.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

The Pratts Run Oil and Gas
Company, through its president,
E. NJ. Arbogast, has contracted for
the output of it's two gas wells with
the Philadelphia Gas Company, Of
Pittsburg. The proposition sub
mitted to and accepted by the pro-
ducing company was liberal one,
the Philadelphia company binding
itself to connect the wells to a pipe
line by February 25 and to take
not less than a million feet of gas
per day. This means an income of
at least thirty dollars day to the
company, or nearly forty per cent.
on the capita! stock of the compa-
ny, with the assurance that much
greater per cent. of the gas will be
taken after the summer season.
This company is composed almost
entirely Of local people, and owns a
twenty-eight-acre lease on Pratts
Run. Tyler county. On it are two
producing wells, with a combined
capacity of four to six million cub
ic feet daily.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

Do you know that Group can be
prevented? Give Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy as soon as the child
becomes hoarse or even after the
croupy cough appears and it will
prevent the attack 1t is also a
certain cure for Group and has new
er been known to fail. Sold by DR..
K. H. Trimble.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Eyrm for Sale.

Three hundred acres near Lynch
burg, Va. Or will trade or put in
on part payment on grazingfarm.
All stock, machinery, grain and
furniture in new, Groom house
included. ]. C.. Bishop, ~
1-27-4ts. Greensboro, N. G.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
ACTS CT STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.

BY an act of the Legislature Of
Virginia, approved March 16, 1910,
Noun.; in the Acts of Assembly for
1910. page 1922 it is enacted that
any person who shall obtain money,
by fraudulent intent, by means of
a check draft or order, of which he
is the maker or drawer, and which
is not paid by the drawee, shall be
deemed guilty of the larceny of
said money; and the fact that such
maker or drawer did not have on
deposit or to his credit with the
bank on which such check or order
is drawn, sufficient funds to pay
the same when presented, unless
such check is paid when presented,
shall be priu.a facie evidence OF
| fraudulent intent.
This is a law not generally known,
and we publish it as matter OF
general interest.
By an act of Congress of March
4, 1909, the following law became
effective: "No person shall make,
issue, circulate, or pay out any note,
check, memorandum, token, or
other obligations for a sum less
than 81, intended to circulate as
money or to be received or used in
lieu of lawful money of the United
States: and every person so offend
ing shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than six months, or both
at the discretion of the court"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
The Best Dairy Methods.

The Best Dairy Methods.
The best dairymen now practice in
tense methods with their cows. max
ing them yield rhe greatest amounf OF
-,iik possible by lipt.:al feeding anh
the best OF shelte, and other care.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

The average sized farm of the coun-
try contains a trife more than hum
dred acres. The smallest average acre
age is found in the three acre corn
farm of Vermont. while the largest
Average area Is found In the 169 acre
ranch in California.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

Or. Niles Anti-Pain Pills relieve
Headaches, Neuralgia and all Pain
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
Bargains Tue Grass Farms

l. Great grazing pr
ing land. 400 acres in 81
Der, being farmed in rotal
wintered annually on this
and COWS. Located in a
2. A money making
Diary in fine blue grass so'
buildings. Examine this
3. A splendid purct
blue grass bottom land.
summer and sold. II &C
$3.50 has been refused.
80 acres of which is in co,
and small new barn. Dis
church Il miles. Price s
Let us send you a flu.
your wants. We can sui
Branch Offices: Wa
Fredericksburg, Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17
&HS1HHa19SH4Ha84G

, Men whose experience extends
: back half a century can discern
} great Improvement in both
draft and road horses. The
} plug is rapidly passing, State
s stallion laws are largely reSpon-
} sible for improved conditions.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

You VIII get relief from Pain wnsA
u. Niles Anti-Pain PILLS a1s taken
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-02-17

|. 1900 acres rolling and gently roll
ue grass sod, remainder, except tim
70 head of heavy cattle are grazed and
esides $50 sheep, and numerous horses
ent country. Price $50 per acre.
20 acres of rolling land. Large boun-
lial stone dwelling. Necessary out
and you will buy it. Price $1,000.
5 acres, 90 acres of which is excellent
have been fattened on this grass this
: original growth timber for which
! Under of the land is gently rolling
buildings consist of broom house
m railroad three miles, school and
lion of these properties. Describe
"a. Leesburg, Va; Richmond, Va;
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-04-28

Mr.. Pat Hines and bride, of New
Orleans, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Martin. Mr.. Hines was for
merly an engineer on the Northeastern
and has many friends in Hattiesburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Hines were married
Wednesday afternoon at New Orleans.
They will go from here to Meridian
for visit.