The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-11-12
HIGHLAND


Sister Cook Is with her son, II. s.
Cook, at present.
Sam Walls, who has recovered
from the flu is at home now.
George Young and Lawrence Baugh
made business trip TO Danville last
week.
Mr.. Dave Burton and Mr.. Jake
Young are having repairs made on
their dwellings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manfred Chevrolet
attended the funeral Of Mrs. Lille
Chevrolet at Kings Mountain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Burton, Of
Detroit, have come TO the country
on account Of their babys health.
The lsod rains are certainly ap-
preciated around here as so many peo-
pie had TO carry or haul water for
everything.
Mr.. j. NJ. Basin received a tele-
gram from Shelbyville, Ind, that his
son, Sam. also grandson. were very
low with flu.
Mrs. II. Hatfield is at her son.
Clarence Hatfield's, near New Salem,
helping TO nurse the whole family
through the influenza.
The influenza, of course. is the prin-
ciple talk Of the day. so the most of
this letter may be about people who
have been felled by IT,
Mrs Rube Milton received tele-
gram from Burnside that her daught-
err, Mrs. Laura Newell. was at the
point Of death. Mrs. Melton left Fri
day TO be with her.
Among the sick folks who may
have the flu at the present are Mrs.
Josie Huddleston, Willie and Dean
ward and George Young, Bobbie Kin
caid and Mr.. Joe Ernst's family, Liz
zie Warfield had it.
Uncle Sam can depend on this part
of the country furnishing boys for
war since our last letter the following
fathers are rejoicing over the ar
rival Of new sons, namely: ]. NJ.
Warfield. II. o. Young. Logan Car
rier and Green Carrier.
The preachers as well as the
teachers are getting a vacation, so
Rev f. F. Young, after getting
moved to his new appointment at
Yankeetown. Ind, brought his family
and spent week with his parents
here. then went on TO Vincent, Ows-
lev county, to visit Mrs. Young's par
ents.
Miss Fannie Young. who teaches
the Buena Vista school in Harrison
county; Miss Serene. who teaches the
primary department at South fork,
and Miss Lucille, who had just begun
teaching Mt Greasy Ridge. are all at
home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs.
c. NJ. Young. Mr. Willie Hall. the
teacher here. is with his parents near
Mt. Olive, Casey county.
Dewey Lewis. who has been at
work at Detroit for some time started
home to visit his folks few DAYS be-
fore being called to service by Uncle
Sam, as he had recently volunteered;
but he only got as far as Mr.. c. NJ.
Young's, where he stopped to see his
sister. Mrs. VI. p. Young. and he got
down with the flu and is there yet,
but is getting better Mrs. II. p.
Young is the only one that has taken
it from him so far She is real sick
at this writing.
This neiChborhood has had only one
death from the fu, or rather pneu-
monia. following it. II being that of
Mr.. J. II. Huddleston. the son-in-
law Of Mr.. Jim Skidmore (instead of
that man or Mr.. Kittrell either. as
the J. J. was informed.) Mr.. Hud-
dleston was married to Miss Josephine
Skidmore nearly year ago and has
been making his home with Mr.. Skid
more since then. He worked in the
oil wells here, also at Irvine. He had
been married before and his children
and other relatives live at Month
cello. His daughter and two brothers
attended the burying here. II was
sad indeed 10 see only the family in
the funeral procession.
Mrs. Mittie Mack and son Billy, of
Big Springs, Neb., were the guests of
her brother, G. NJ. Young, for the first
time in l6 years. On account of the
flu scare coming Immediately after she
rot here, she did not get to see the
folks she had planned to. She was
by her sisters-in-law,
Mrs. +. +. and Mrs. II. s. Young. |
Mrs. F.. f. Young. Of Kenesaw. only |
spent one day in Highland. She Wis
tied her sisters at haywood and Stan
ford, but the main object of her visit
was to see her son, Joe Z. Young. who
IS at Camp Taylo-. Mrs. II. s.
Young and girls, of Holstein, went
from here to Science Hill, TO visit |
her father, the Rev John Godbev.
Mr. II. S. Young, who came after his