Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-09-20
HIGHLAND RECORDER
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-PeOple at Home and
Abroad.

Mrs. Harry Winfrey and Mrs,
. DePierre, of Staunton, have been
guests of Monterey relatives and
friends since latter part of last
week.
DR.. l. H. Trimble, of Staunton
and Mrs. Geo. w. Hevener, of
! Waynesboro. came to Monterey
Monday.
Bruce Slaven, of Harrisonburg,
and Thomas Ogilvie, Of Staunton,
were with Monterey relatives from
Friday until Tuesday.
A public sale of M. J. Diehl's
is set for October 4. See his ad
elsewhere in this issue.
The Monterey High School has
the largest enrolment in its his
tory.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R. Brown, of
Harrisonburg, who had been on a
trip to West Va, stopped some
time in town last Friday.
Richard Crun NETT, of Staunton,
spent the week end with Highland
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.. Beverage
and children of Marlinton, are the
guests of the formers parents south
of town.
Squire j. H. Samples, of Strait
Creek, injured one of his ankles
Wednesday evening by jumping
from a load of grain which was
about to upset.
The presence of so many bright
Young school pupils gives new life
to the town.
Ezra Beverage, S. c. Eagle and
Cameron Hoover, of Doe Hill,
passed through town Wednesday
on their way to Bolar.
Henderson Bishop left latter part
of last week for Bedford City where
be will attend the R. M. A.
School days are days of oppor-
tunity.
The drouth, now breaking up in
Highland, has been mild as COM
pared with other sections.
If Jack Frost delays his coming
no one will be offended.
Miss Maud Edmonds, of Balti-
more, came to Monterey Monday
to take charge of the Highland
Mercantile Co.'S millinery depart
ment.
Since Highland owns a great big
show of her own she does not go
wild over visiting combination OF
smaller dimensions.
Grandma Wilson, mother OF Kew
H A. Wilson. of Mcdowell. Va,
died Tuesday night, Sept. 10, 1912.
Sic was about "a years OF age.
Her remains were taken to Straus-
burg for burial.
&c. Rexr3de, wife and two
children, of New York, are spend
ing a few weeks with relatives at
Mcdowell.
Miss Lille Hook, of Mcdowell,
left Saturday to teach at Roanoke,
Va.
Notice Prize winners of the
stock show who live in the county,
please look up the teasurer when
in town. Those living at distance
CHECKS will be mailed them as soon
as possible.
For Sale-A lot of Ginseng seed
and roots. H. B. Wood, Monterey,
Va.
The following couples secured
. marriage licenses since our last
issue: Howard NJ. Carpenter and
Segie Lowery. of Jackson's River;
Chas. B. Simmons, of Augusta,
and Mary Estell Pufinberger.
For Salc--A good driving mare
4 years old, not afraid of aut-,
mobiles and has good style and &C
ton, can be seen tiny place. APP,
DIV or address. R. T Whitelaw,
Hightown. Va.
No doubt the show people con-
cluded they had struck Highland
at wrong time. The people have
had a surfeit of show business.
and, at Monterey, they found a
revival meeting in progress, and
were greeted BY the smallest crowds
ever entertained by similar blow
out.
There were not a few who were
disappointed at the charge, claim
ing, both before and after the per-
Torrance, that the aggregation was
not fifty cent one, many, how
ever, praising a few of the features.
They made three points in the
county, the last one being Me-
Dowell.
rI1 I,o,.p oo1oroI ch on.