Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-02-02
PORTED Paragre phs- Brief News
Notes People at Home and
Abroad.

O. F. Norton, the local history
man, is now in town.
January was a cold one, but it IS
oveh now
Keep M eye on the ground hog.
A inch ii snow fell on Tuesday
night aad vas roughly handled by
the passing gale.
4 =. SuGdarth, who has been
sick for several weeks, is able
to g about.
| will pay from 4 to ) cents for
all the dried apples can get for
the ne>s 80 days. c " Trmble
Miss Maize Rexrode. of High
land county, Va, is Wis ting her
cousin. Mrs, Woods Gum--Marlin-
ton News.
An unusually heavy slret cover
e tic ground Monday morning,
and. more than one pedestrian
"toch a ,e..' without waiting for
the iurnai-v of an invitation.
Tie geo afther of DR.. J. L. and
Edw. : Shoppe, died last Monday
at his home Ii StauDton.
TIE min . in the list of presi-
dental possibilities forms muddle
that puzzles the mind of the editor
0: toe "Wno's Who and Why
colunu.
| will have a complete inc of SEN
timental aud comic Valentines in a
few DAYS DO not purchase until
YOU ser my stock.
Il NJ. Slaven, Jeweler.
J.P Lunsford, who for several
yeal. has been with the Dupont
peopIe, with his headquarters at
Barsslalc, Wis, has been trans
fere1 to works operated by the
sumo people in New Jersey. He
scent Tuesuay night at Monterey
on lis way 10 the new place.
| viii offer my ertire line of mer-
chauGtse 1T cost for cash until
March lst. The reduced prices
will 1e for cash only.
Yours respectfully,
W. G. Hull,
At Mill Gap, Va.
His ROYAL Highness, the Duke
If CornaHeht, Governor General of
Car,ia. and King Georges uncle.
paid the Cnted States an informal
g, las, week. If the Duke really
came 70 the United States to see
/ ,iugs he Connaught to have come
10 tao Virginia mountains.
4 regular communication OF
Highland Lodge, No. 10, A. +. X
Az. will he held on Friday even
irg Sch. :. Work in first and
tli2o yerrees. Resident members
arc Eqouested to meet at Hall on
preS0us e!ening, Feb. LIST.
4 order Of the Worshipful Mas
ter. w. H. Matheny, Sec.
NOTICE Sealed bids will be
received bv Clerk of Stonewall
School Board until Feb. "a, 1912
for furnishing wood for the schools
in said district for the school term
Of 1912 am 10, Mcdowell and Doe
Hi schoo. by the cord, other
schools for The term of six months.
N5ad - he we'll seasoned, furnish
Ell IN ground ready for stoves.
b. order Of the Board.
81 S. &. Eagle, Clerk
grrvN7IoN-We are mailing out
Recorder statements to all who owe
Us either for subscription or adver-
tisirr or both. A number OF ouI
Subscribers have asked us to mail
them a stuoment of their account
aud trust he others will respond
ir-t g.. freely. We get statements
every dar and we have to have
roonev to meets these bills.
70 the taxpayers of Highland
co.n,v VINO are in arrears: L nave
had heavy TRAITS to pay out OF the
Cuntv's ,un,ls and need money
! ic not IN ia ut cost on any
one. bit am compelled to collect tc
meet the county's obligations;
viii all or you IN the near future
ard hope vou will be ready to pay
ne. Since Dec. %, | have palo
warrants 10 the amount OF sl6,'
ga. 80 not including school funds
1910 sheer fund ready for dlsburse
ma1t Yours very truly.
Willis Gibson, Treas
Tie stvle of our city and near
civ daiies in appropriating news
:teus from the little country paper
an giving no credit may be the
"veIt latest" and in keeping with
m.dern ideas OF grasp and greed,
but ! IS very cheeky and dlscour-
teous. ,ust the same. 1t is moth
ing uaus2aI to see group of items
from he Recorder-aS many as a