Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-01-17
MONTEREY, VA, January II 1919

has been i'll for week or more.
John Weeks, who lives just north
of town, has been on the sick list
during the week.
Mrs. ]. H. Pruitt has been conf1n-
ed to her home for several days on
account of a nervous breakdown.
Capt. A. A. Birds daughter, Helen,
from Miss. is with Mrs. R. c. Jones,
her aunt, going to school.
John A. Lowman, of Dayton, has
been the guest of his aunt, Mrs. G. J.
Hiner, since last Friday.
Mr.. S. G. Dever and family re-
quests us to thank all those who
ministered to them in their recent
affection.
The Moses Gwin land, 374 acres,
on Dry Branch, was sold at public
auction in Monterey last Friday. A.
]. Robinson becoming the purchaser
at $3.50. Just 500 per acre.
Amos Corbett is installing mill
ar$nis store on Jackson's River. The
Monterey Garage people brought the
machinery out last Saturday. I
Miss Matte Mauzy, daughter Of
David Mauzy, died Monday night at
her home in Crabbottom, a victim of
pneumonia. She was about Fl years
of age and a sister of Supt. of schools
R. E. Mauzy. Another brother,
Paul, is at one of the training camps.
Hunter Shumate, son of C. T. Shu-
mate, of this place, who was in train
ing at Camp Jackson, S. c., was re-
Gently transferred to Camp Meade,
Md, and from there mustered out of
service. He has been at his fathers
since latter part of last week.
Harry Hiner was called home from
Camp Lee Wednesday by the death
of his nephew, Lee Gutshall, mention
of which is made in today's paper.
Camp life has agreed with Mr..
Hiner, his gain in flesh being 80
pounds. He expects to get his dis
charge about the goth of this month.
Commonwealth attorney, Edwin
8. Jones, and ]. W. Hevener, Chair
man of the Board of Supervisors, are
attending the Good Roads meeting
in Richmond this week. J. H. Arm
strong, member of the board, who
had intended to go, was prevented on
account of sickness in his family.
The Woman's Missionary Society,
of the Monterey Presbyterian church
will meet at the manse, $3.50 P. M,
Friday, Jan. IT, 1919. A full at
tendance is urged, as there is impor-
tant business before the Society, and
the Foreign Mission Study Glass
will be organized.
COMMITTEE
Dennis Fleisher, of the Higland-
Pendleton border, has received his
discharge from the army and came
Nome last Saturday. He went to
France in November arriving the
day after the armistice was signed,
and after getting the better of
case of Flu, was sent back to the
U. S. being mustered out at Camp
Lee.
IA message was received Tuesday
morning announcing the death of
Lee Gutshall, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Gutshall, of Jacksons River.
He was a lumberman, and his death
occurred at Camp near Williams
vile where he was employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Malcolm,
who live on the Vanderpool road
south of Monterey, were notified
la1t Saturday of the death of their
son, Robert, a soldier in France,
but as they have had several letters
from him since the date of his sup
posed death, they are convinced that
The government authorities have
gotten his name in the casualty
list through mistake.
John D. Simmons, prominent far
mer and cattleman who was paraly-
zed several days ago, is thought to be
in a very critical condition and no
hope of his recovery is entertained.
LATER-Mr. Simmons died about
10 o'clock Wednesday morning. He
was of, he county's prosperous and
esteemed citizens, and is survived by
a wife, two or more brothers and
other near relatives. An appropriate
sketch of his life will be given later.
The turmoil in Europe is evidence
of the fact that Germany not only
started something she could not
finish, but that it is going
to take the rest of the world long
time to bring to desirable fin
ish. Some one in commenting on
the situation asks whether we are
not returning to the Dark Ages.
Another suggests that the world is
suffering from shell-shock. Certain
it is that these are troublous times,