Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-10-04
H|CHLANDRECORDER
LOCAL NEWS
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Notes People at Home and
Abroad.

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Friends of Osborne Wilson vii
regret to learn that he is again con,
fined to his room and bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mclaughlin
of Jackson's River, were in town
Monday.
Mrs. C.. W. Trimble and three
children returned Saturday from a
visit to relatives in StauntOn.
Saturday morning last brought
the first frost worthy of notice for
this season.
Misses Annie and Hettie Steph-
enson, of Stony Run, were trading
in town Monday.
Misses Mary and Margaret Jones
were passengers on f. B. White
laws auto, east bounI, Monday
morning.
When YOU come to court, re-
member the Recorder man needs
what is due him on back subscrip-
ton. The amount is small and
Won can find no better time in the
year than now.
Your school outfit is not COM
plete unless you have an Ideal Wa
terman Fountain Pen. For sale by
II NJ Slaven, Jeweler.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Pruitt spent
Sunday with Mcdowell relatives.
Mrs. Andrew Masters returned with
them on Monday.
Fall has come, but the days are
far from melancholy"
We are now showing our Fall Line
Of Shoes for the entire family. We
have a specially nice line of ladies
tan button and lace, also the gun
metal in lace and button at differ
elt prices. Thank YOU for a call.
The Highland Mercantile Co.
w. Williamson, of New York,
who last spring bought 1875 head of
cattle from D. G. Ruckman and
left them to Craze in Highland pas
lures. was here this week to weigh
them up. He wants them to feed
th;s winter and saws he found them
much better than he thought they
could be made on grass.
Remember that I can have Jew
eIrv Ct all description, Fountain
Pens, watch cases, repaired good
as new" II nj oiaVeh' 'e"eie'
The chestnut burrs are opening
slowly, and the quality OF the nut
is not frst-class. The dry weather
is thought to have retarded thasf
development, and most of them are
small.
For Sale-A lot of Ginseng seed
and roots. H. B. Wood, Monterey,
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Slaven left
Thursday morning for a short visit
to relatives at Staunton and Har-
risonbdrg.
E. K. Rexrode, of Crabbottom,
has sent to the Recorder office two
year-old apples, something not Of
ten seen in this or any other ciI'
mate They show no signs OF de-
cav. though age has given them
somewhat the color and croW-foot,
ed appearance Of an indian brave
C. Fl. Slaven, vi Crabbottom.
went out to Staunton Monday to
visit his son, Con Slaven, a student
at Dunsmore's
We now have in Stock our new
fall line of Millinery, and an expert
AIililael to make up and display
same. You will find prices more
reasonable than usual on this line
OF goods. Come in and lcok the
line over whether you wlsh to buy
or not. Highland Mercaatile Co
To meet the growing demands Of
the Monterey High School the au-
thorities are having another room
added to the binding on South
Spruce. The enrolment in the
High. School department alone is
AS. lust about double the number
OF any previous year.
HI. Trimble has moved to the
James Trimble property on Trim,
BILE Hill, and c. P. Waybright tc
to the H. NJ. Slayen house vacated
by MIR. Trimble.
Miss Sadie Rexrode was takcr
i'll again early in the week while al
the home of her sister, Mrs. j. B
Hicklin. Her trouble is appended
tbs, and her physician, DR.. Derby
expects to go with her in a few
days to the University HoSpltai 10
an operation.
It is seldom that fat cattle ar
driven through our streetf sine
Barlow became a shipping point
but fine drove went east Monda,
afternoon. There were 55 in TIN
drove, and they were fattened by t
H. Terry, weighed 1929 and wer