Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-05-16
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Brief News Notes-People at Home
and Abroad.
MONTEREY, VA, MAY 16, 1913

hdITlSOnDuIS WHeII He uds peeH
rendered a position.
Highland always joins in the drive
rather than wait to be driven.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. C. Graham and
daughter, left Monday for their new
home at Bolar.
Luther Beard, colored, son of uncle
Charlie Beard, has returned from
overseas.
Messrs. Glenn and Roy Herold, Of
Minnnehaha, spent few days in
Highland recently.
Miss Edna Samples, of Strait Greek
has accepted a position in Monterey
postoffice.
Mrs. James Chestnut, Mrs. Henry
Hiner and Mrs. Joseph Chestnut, of
Mill Gap section, called at the Recor-
der office while in town Wednesday.
Miss Kate Gibson, of the M. H. S.
faculty, has been i'll this week, and
Miss Eva Eakle is substituting for
her.
w. N Bird drove out of town this
afternoon in bran new Ford, pur-
chased during the day.
This is a day of drives. No better
time to inagurate one for road build
ing, on big scale and in a hurry.
AS the brute among nations is be-
ing bound, muzzled and gagged she
whimpers and whines, but she has nc
friends or sympathizers among civil
lied people. The ruin planned for
the world has proven a boomerang.
Little Frances Matheny was taken
suddenly i'll at school Wednesday at
ternoon. Dr. Fox was phoned for and
brought her to her home.
Look at our new MILDLY Suits
will be in today. Highland Mer. Co.
I. D. Sites, of Dayton, Va, who is
staging a contest for the Staunton
News, was in town Monday night.
Mrs. Phebe Wilson and Mrs. J. B.
Hicklin went to Winchester, Va, ear
ly in the week as delegates to the
Missionary annual meeting.
Miss Eva Beverage, of Strait Greek
passed through town Tuesday on her
way to Bolar where she will visit her
brother and sister.
Germany is shocked at the peace
terms. Ought to be glad the shock
came in that form.
Attorney Roscoe Stephenson, of
Covington, was in town Mon
day while on a visit his relatives in
the county.
H H. Pullin, representing the
Robert Waybright, from the Crabbot-
tom lodge, are this week attending
the session of Grand Lodge in the
Getty of Richmond.
Under the direction of committee
from the II. D. c., workmen are this
week shaping up the ground sur
rounding the Confederate monument
,on the court lawn and inclosing it
with cement curb. An announce
;ment Of date of unveiling will prob
sably be made in the near future.
Josiah Eagle, recently back from
service in France, spent Monday,
night in Monterey, returning to his
Doe Hill home Tuesday. Josiah is a
graduate of the NJ, H. S., and has
host of friends in town who were
glad to see him. Hal Jones and Fred
Sheppe, of Doe Hill, were also in
town Monday.
Lewis Dutch Boy White Lead and
Linssee Oil at Highland Mer. Co.
Friends of Messrs. George Way
bright, of Crabbottom, and Harvey
Ryder, of Vanderpool, have thus far
received no encouraging news from
the University hospital authorities
ito whom they went for examination
and treatment, the specialists being
unable, it is said, to satisfactorily di-
.agnose their respective cases. Mr..
>Way5right was expected home this
week.
Later: A message from Mr.. Way
bright Wednesday evening states
that he is thought to be improving.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOEs-Don't
forget we are headquarters for shoes.
Highland Mer. Co.
Upon request the play which was
recently given with such marked sue
cess will be repeated at the Monterey
High School auditorium, May %, for
the benefit of the monument which is
soon to be unveiled in court yard.
A number Of new specialities will
be added to the play, making it
worth while to see again.
Tickets for reserved seats and gen
.eral admission will be on sale at the