Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-11-06


bay Nov. 9th : to pay their re
spects to Mr.. Cyrus Colaw on the
Tooth anniversary of his birth.
S. L. Simmons, of Forks Of
Water, will this week join his
fater, John w. Simmons, at the
University hospital, both going for
operation for hernia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Slaven
spent Saturday and Sunday with
| friends at Durbin on the Green
brier.
\ A man informed us that he lost
fifty dollars by not taking the Re-
corder; it was through an ADVERTISE
ment of sale of certain property. Is
| it wisdom or economy to do without
your home paper?
The pupils of the NJ. H. s.,
most of them, at least, attended a
Halloween concert given Saturday
night by the Mcdowell High School.
Osher young people of the town at
tended also, and the entertainment
was highly spoken of by all.
The old board crossing in front
of the Methodist church has been
torn away and gravel substituted .
The hundreds of motorists, who
have repeatedly been given the G.
B. at that point, will be glad to
hear of this improvement.
The a.teu:ion of the cattle men
has been called to the eXtraorCI.~AE
weight Of three two-year-old cattle
that changed hands last week IN
Crabbottom, Charles Mauzy being
the grazrr and J. B. Bradshaw, Of
Mcdowell. The three tipped the
scales at 3 ,920, an average of l.
1868 each.
Al the meeting Of the Board OF
Supervisors held on Saturday, &
s:naIl delegation of local spcrtsmen
made application for an extension
Of the open season for small game,
! bat the Board not only refused 10
yield but curtailed it three days,
fixing the last twelve days of No
VEN err as the open season. The
grounds taken by those asking the
extension were that the telling fac
tor in the protection of such game
had been and was attained by pro-
hibition as to buying and selling;
that there was now all abundance Of
such game, and that those who re-
spect the law-the real sportsmen
should be given more consldera-
ton
The ladies of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society of Monterey are
observing the week of prayer. The
services on Monday night were con-
Quoted by the children, the pro-
gram being good one and we'll
rendered. The other meetings of
the week have been led by various
members of the society, and the
| attend dance has been fairly good.
A most enjoyable feature of the
program for Wednesday evening
was the singing by Mrs. Henry
White, q gifted soloist of -Erxiug-
ton. Va, who, with Mt. White,
was stopping in town for the week
Mrs. White also sang at the Meth
odist church, morning service, last
Sunday.
For SALE-County Store and
blacksmith shop. near Staunton,
doing hood business, nice dwelling
of 10 rooms, tenant house, good
large stable, hen house 100 feet X
20 feet 600 hen capacity 100 feet
with windwheel attached, water
conveniently piped to buildings
from Reservoir, 10 acres of land,
plenty fruit, will suit anyone
wanting a nice home and business
| For further information write to
R. S. Burkholder, R. f. D. No. 8
IStaunton, Va.
The life'ess body of Mrs. Ed,
Whitecotton was found in the
kitchen of her home, near Forks OF
Water, by a neighbor who CHANGED
to go to the house on Saturday.
The husband, who is a laborer, was
in Augusta at the time, Mrs.
Whitecotton being alone, heuce
nothing will ever be known as to
the time or cause of death.
Mrs. Whitecotton was formerly
Miss Alice Peck, and for several
wears, made her home in Monterey,
a fact recalled only by older citizens