Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-05
MONTEREY, FRIDAY MAR. 5, 1920
w. H. Bratton, of Bolar, was on a
,,,,,;,,oes tr;n RI Monterey Wednesday.

business trip to Monterey wednesday.
LII. shumate, of the Bull Pasture
spent Monday night in town.
Boyd Stephenson returned Wednes-
day from a business trip to Staunton.
w. H. Williams and son, Louie, OF
Mcdowell, were in Monterey Tuesday
May March prove more considerable
of creature comforts than did Febru-
airy!
DR.. Walden is on duty again, his
attack of rheumatism shutting hlm
in only a few days. =,
Several Monterey relatives ana
friends attended Roy Eagles funeral
at Doe Hill Tuesday.
John Barleycorn continues to turn
over in his coffin. Big city papers
still mourn for him.
R. T. Botkin and Geo.'W. Warner,
of the Doe Hill neighborhood, were
in Monterey on Wednesday.
Miss Lottie Carpenter, OF Wander
pool, left first of the week for Staun-
ton to visit her sister, Mrs. D. ]. Pei
mer.
March came in bright, and clear,
but did not assume real lamb-like
airs until the morning of the 2nd.
The outlook is for a short sugar
season, practically none having been
made up to first of March. Last year
some camps were opened in January.
Several of the county and town
freight trucks resumed operations
Monday, and it is hoped the shortage
in household supplies, gasoline etc.
will be relieved. tN....
O. e. Wade has purchased house
and several acres of land from e. B.
Whitelaw in the new addition west
of town. -.
Mrs. Miller, of w. Va, step mother
of Mrs. V. B. Bishop, who has been
very i'll for some time, is about well
again. Her Highland friends Will
be CAD to hear of this.
w. A. Crummett, the Valley Center
miller, got a fall last week while
chopping some ice from his mill
wheel, receiving hurt in his side
from which he. has since been disa-
bled.
DR.. H. II. Jones and daughter, Mrs
Elva Wilson, of Dunmore, W. Va
attended tie funeral of Leroy Eagle
at Doe Hill on Tuesday
Rev G. w. Staples had arranged TO
attend the preachers conference in
Richmond this week, but was detain
ed on account of pastoral worn IN
the county. .....
1t Creek phone line No. 20, all
Strs- .~sments for the year 1918
phone asst "een collected in full,
and 1919 have 100 per cent to
no delinqucnts at ali, ~ner, t..
date. T. S. Wa ru,o-
There will be no preaching ST.
es at Wesley and Trinity on Marcn
IA by pastor of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. All our friends at these
two points will please attend revival
services at Sieg at 1920 & 1880 on
hat date. ,.s ....
Mrs. Betsy Ann Simmons, one of +,
he oldest residents af the county, j,
vas very i'll latter part of last week
It the home of her daughter, Mrs. Q,
eff Jones en- Trimble Hill Mrs. Sim.
Mons is Sc years of age, and is said
o have rallied from her recent ILL
ess.. IT
Even in this get-rich-quick, money u
lad age men should be considerate TO
nd humane. 1t is known that High Of
Ind will tbs year need all her pota- bt
'es for hone consumption, and the dc
GLOW who tries to buy them up for m
xport ought to be given a sound lee w
Ire, and If he persists, expel him gu
ON the county as an "alien enemy" be
til
We presume the sugar season will 90
pen up largely in Highland this 81
eek, thawing weather having set in "a
Extensive preparations have been ~,
AIDE by mo st of the camp-owners, co
I'D while the prospect is for short I'D
ason, it is safe to say that the time 1yi
i'll be well employed and a great 70,
ltput may be looked for. 60,
Clerk Matheny this week issued fol
arriage license to youthful coup fro
the groom, Ira Griffin, being 81 me
I'd the bride, a Miss Bennett of Will
msVille community, IS. 1t is use Ak
IS to add that the brides parents prt
ere present and consenting. for
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