Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.


Crabbottom.
George Beverage, of Bolar, pur-
chased a new Ford car last week.
G. W. Botkin, of Mcdowell COM
munity. spent a couple days in
Monterey first of the week.
George Wagner, who has been
working at Winterburn, came home
to spend his Christmas.
Mrs. N. J. Chestnut, of Back
Creek. is visiting her daughter, Mrs
Oscar Sorenson, of Newport, Tenn.
Go to Highland Mercantile Co.
for bargains in Shoes and Clothing.
For Sale-A good cook stove.
Can be seen at my tin shop.
J. R. Gillespie
Miss Bess Bishop spent the week
end with Miss Pattie Mauzy, of
Crabbottom.
Albert Simmons and daughter,
Miss Norma Lee, of Crabbottom,
we've in Monterey on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Hubert Smith, of
Hightown community, were visitors
to Monterey Monday.
Boys macinaws and corduroy
suits. mems corduroy and KaKi rid
ing pants at Highland Mercantile
Company.
Lense Clean will clean your eye
glasses and keep them bright in
cold weather worth it's weight in
gold. For sale by Monterey Jew
elry Co., Monterey, Va.
Mrs. Kate Gum, of the Meadow
Dale community, came up Monday
and administered on her husbands
estate. She was accompanied by
Harmon Woods.
Want to buy all kinds of Raw
Furs, Beef and Sheep hides. Will
pay highest cash price.
At R. M. Trimble
Bath Enterprise has increased its
subscription price to $3.50 a year
in advance, due to the high cost Of
material.
Mckinley Sipe, who has been
attending business college at Roam
oke, came home Tuesday.
Mrs. Robert Shumate, of Mcdowell
spent most of the present week with
Monterey relatives.
The Highland Mercantile Co. now
have in stock a nice line of Xmas
goods; good substantial toys for
the kids, steel erectors, spelling
boards. blocks, books and games.
Mrs. Bowman Barley was TAX
en- to the X. D. hospital last Fri
day to be operated on for appen-
dicitis. Her husband and DR..
Walden accompanied her.
Rev. C. R. Lacy, wife and little
daughter, of Franklin, came up
latter part of last week to see Mrs.
Lacy's father, O. Wilson, who is
quite feeble Mr.. Lacy returned
Monday.
Send me your watch and jewelry
repairing. Prompt service. prices
reasonable and all wor guaranteed
H. M Slaven, JeSeler.
Word has been received here
that Mrs. W. F Malcolm, of Casey,
ILL.,, is seriously i'll and very little
hope of her recovery.
A Monterey gardner, whose name
will be given if his veracity is ques-
toned, reports that from one row
of beans across his garden his
large family was supplied during
the summer and be has sold S1.45
worth of shelled beans.
The fall and early winter of 1916
vii 60 On record as remarkable
Samuel Warner, who lives north
east of town, found a snake bask-
ing in the sunshine last Friday and
had quite chase before he got it
killed. Workmen on the street
force report having seen, about the
same time, frogs and butterflies.
These statements leave the jokers
disarmed when coming from those
known to be "sober as a Judge"
and reared in dry little Highland.
J. Lunsford & Sons will give
every one an opportunity to buy
goods at your own price. See ad
in this issue of their auction sale
Dec. 20.
The people of Highland who
have often argued that the county
had no need of a jail will swallow
their words" when they learn that
six persons were under lock on
Tuesday morning. Two of them,
the Helmick brothers, are serving
,optopce innnoSad last fall, a Young