Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-02-09
HICHLANDRECORDER
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs Brief News
Notes People 1T Home and
Abroad.

O. p. Chew was over on this sid
Tuesday.
Every little snow squall has !
whirl-wind all its own.
For two or three nights early il
the week the mercury persisted in ;
game Of tag with zero.
Back Creek was represented here
Monday by W. G. Hull, J. H
Lightner and Wellington Bird.
AT home" until the end of six
weeks Grounding.
A fellow don't have to take ante
fat in order to reduce his financial
avoTdupo!s.
l.. s. Dickenson came out from
Sta:nton Tuesday accom- panied by
his daughter. Miss Nirnon, who will
spend some time in Muntere
will pay from 4to ; cents for
all the dried apples can get for
the next 80 days. { " Trimble
Call and sec the assortment Of
Valentines at H NJ. Slaven's.
One comn,endable thing about
the mosquito is thai he DOME pre-
sent his bill in january.
J. T.. Nandevender, o. lower
Strait Creek. who is now among the
Old men of the county, walked TO
Town last Tuesday, a distance Of
seven miles, which goes to prove
that he is old only III years.
Our forefathers taught us that
the feeder who had half his proven
der on the first day of February
was on safe ground, but we DOM
know how it can hold good with
the fellow who didn't have a half
to begin with.
Mrs. w. F. Kyle was last week
summoned to Llkins, her former
home, on account of the illness of
her father, who, this week. is said
to be improving.
l will offer my entire line of mer-
chandise at cost for cash until
March 1st. The reduced prices
will be for cash only.
Yours respectfully,
w. G Hull,
At Mill Gap, Va
Mr.. and MIS- L. w. Shoulder and
Mr. Alpheus Jones came over iron
Doe Hill in Mr.. Shoulders auto Fri
day evening and remained until Sat
urday.
William Winner, who has beer
living in the Jail building, is NOV
ing to Z B Whitelaw's property or
the hill to make room for Sheriff
Graham who will now occupy the
jail.
NOTICE. Sealed bids will b
received by Clerk of Stonewal
School@Board until Feb. "a, l9l:
for furnishing wood for the schools
in said district for the school tern
of 1912 and '13, Mcdowell and Do
Hill schools by the cord, othe
schools for the term of six months
Wood to be we'll seasoned, furnish
ed on ground ready for stoves.
By order of the Board.
st S. G. Eagle, Clerk
The house in which J. c. VIII
Hams lives, near New Hampden
caught fire and possibly woul
have been destroyed had it no
been for the prompt assistance c
neighbors. The only damage wa
A small hole burnt in the roof.
ATTENTIoN-We are mailing on
Recorder statements to all who ow
us either for subscription or advel
Using or both. A number of on
subscribers have asked us to ma
them a stat ement of their accoun
and trust the others will respon
Just as freely. We get statement
every day and we have to hav
money to meets these bills.
William Winner, the liverymar
lost another horse last Tuesday
Some who sav tue animal before
died seemed to think that it migt
be case of grain poisoning, or pc
iagra, which has this winter cause
the death of hundreds of horse
throughout the country. Ii so,
is the first case in this section of tn
State.
NorICE All old accounts mu:
be settled within the next 80 dav
and if not paid by that time WI
he put in officers hands for collie
ton. Respectfully,
Swadley Bros.
Yanderpool, Va.