Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-08-01
HIGHLAND RECORDER
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed ParagraphS-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.
Primary Election August 9Th.

Jupiter Pluvius has his inning
almost every day.
Just little more than month
until the Stock Show.
Mrs. Frank Blagg and child came
to town on the.Staunton hack We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Charles Bird and son, Cecil,
were in town Tuesday.
Mrs. R. w. Hum and three
children, Of Louisville, Ky. reach.
ed Monterey last Thursday and
will spend the summer with rela-
tives here.
There was a big raid on the black
berries of Crab Run last Monday;
Some one said the crowd looked
like camp-meeting one.
The picnic held at Vanderpool
under the auspices of a Crabbottom
committee, passed off quietly and
was enjoyed by those present.
When it gets hot in Highland it
is time to pity the rest of the world.
Mr.. Harry Sponaugle, from the
South Branch section, brought the
Milling Company a fine load OF
wheat this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Barkman,
of Staunton, came out to Monterey
the latter part of last week for a
visit in the home of Mrs W. Il.
Matthew.
T. S. McNeel, of Msrlinton, and
Gilbert Gum, who has been in Pitts
burg for while, came from Barlow
Wednesday in the Grogg passenger
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Dickinson
and Mr.. and Mrs. H. Fl. Philpot,
of Stanton, drove to Monterey in
Clyde liners auto Sunday, return
ing in the evening.
Quarterly conference at the Meth
odist church Friday morning, Aug.
/, at 1890 a. M; preaching by
Presiding Elder, H. A. Brown, Fri
day night.
Alex. G.. Stricken and cousin,
Master Johnston Stricken, of Ellen
boro, w. Va, motored to Highland
last week, spending afew days with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall McQuain,
of Thorn, were among the relatives
who attended the burial Of Mrs. Jo-
siah Wilson last Monday.
Supt. of Schools Grattan Payne,
came to town Tuesday. This was
the dathe set for the teacheIs ex-
animation, but nonewere on hand
to take it.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ Colaw, Marvin
Colaw and Miss Kate Gibson left
Wednesday morning for an auto
trip through Augusta, Rockbridge
and other Virginia counties.
R. /. Harris and Chas. S. Hun
ter, national and state bank exami-
ners, respectively, paid an official
visit to Monterey Monday evening.
Accompanying them were O. E.
Smith and J. C. Foster, of Staun-
ton.
John Gillespie, the timer, got a
fall Monday evening from the roof
of the new garage and light plant,
sustaining injuries from which he
has been confined to his bed. He
landed on the cement pavement,
and it was feared that he had sus-
tanned internal injury, but so far
no serious results have developed.
His sister, Miss Sallie, came to
town Tuesday.
The Staunton Daily News says
thatC. W. Smith, of Annex, has
sold to w. W. Hevener, of Crab
bottom, his farm, for $1,000. 1t
it understood that Lon Snyder,
will move to the new home in Au-
gusta, the farm on which he has
been living, having been sold to
Keyser and Jacobs.
Estrayed From the Monterey
Stock Farm, June %, about so
goats. Finder kindly send word
to the Monterey Stock Farm.
D. C. Ralston, Jr., the unfortu-
nate victim of lumber camp acct
dent some two mouths ago, left
his home on Strait Creek last Sat-
urdav for the University hospital.
1t will be recalled that Mr.. Ralston
had one leg badly crushed between
two logs, and, in spite OF special
care and attention the injured
member has failed to heal properly.
Miss Courtney S. Partlow, Of
Gordonsville was called to Monter.
ev last Saturday by the illness OF
her sister, Mrs. A. P. Derby, who,
however, is much improved at this
time.
Mrs. Derby grew much worse on