Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-26
Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Brief News Notes-People at Home
and Abroad.
MONTEREY FRIDAY MAR. 26 1920

A Few more days of sunshine and
the urbanite will get garden fever.
Charlie Eye, of Strait Creek, atten
ded the Roanoke convention.
Just now Highland is the sweetest
among her sisters
Mrs ]. w. Boyer returned to Wood
stock last Monday.
The pretty weather of this week
has made the farmers scarce around
town.
]. c. Pruitt, an aged citizen of
Jacksons River was in town Wadnes
day.
Some one has observed that about
the only thing that passes N the Sen
ate is time.
The Meadow Dale bridge mar re-
turned last Tuesday. presumably to
resume work.
C. S. Peterson and Oliver Fleisher.
of Mcdowell were here on bushes
Monday.
AS to which will come dow. first
it is now race between the cost of
living and the consumer.
Better roads mean better travel,
better business, better tempers. They
are worth all they may cost.
The absence OF a hotel in Monterey
is a lamentable handicap, and may
it not long remain so.
French Jackson, of huntsville, Va.
was this week visiting his sister, Mrs
Graf Neil, on South Spruce st.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Slaven, of the
Meadow Dale Community, were shop
ping IN town Wednesday.
Claud Beverage, who has been in
declining health for several months
is not showing any Improvement.
A good dragging of the roads while
the mud is settling would mean much
to shaping the roads for summer ira
vel.
The worm days of this week have
started some of our citizens to clean
ing their yards; it is better to do,
this work before the grass starts.
]. X Johnson, of Frankfort w. Va
is visiting Highland relatives, coming
the latter part of the week. -
Hubert Carpenter, who has been
visiting relativs in Augusta, rturned
home Wednesday,.
S. J. H. Zimmerman, Of Dayton, Va
has his sui scription extended for sew
eral years. lie enjoyes reading the Re
corder. i
w. NJ. Winner, who went to see his
brother near Franklin, returned first
of the week and reported his brother
no better.
C. w. Trimble left Monday for
Charlottesville, where he will spend
a few days with his son, Ralph, who
is a student there.
Messers G. A. and H. NJ. Propst of
Mcdowell reighborhood report good
yield of sugar and molasses They
made this season, 70 gallons of mol
asses and 600 pounds of sugar. S.
W. D. Winner, of Crabbottom, was
in Monterey Wednesday on business
called around and had us send him
the Recorder a year.
The benefit supper given in Crab
bottom Saturday night to aid the
Gum-SwecL2r Post American Legion
was pronounced success, the amount .
realized being about $500, need.
ed help anG which the boys" appre 1
ciated.
my new monumental designs, or drop
me card if interested and ISwill
come to SCI you.
H. F. Slaven-With Cliff
ton Forge Marble & Granite Works
Easter falls on the 4th day of APP
ril this year, and being early there is
not likely to be many new 'bonIets on
display, but old "biddie'' is on the job
and the Easter eggs will afford anus.
erent for tie little folks.
Ellie Hull, of Hightown, who has
been in bad health for a while, left
on Monday for tn University hos
pital for consultation, and if neces-
Sary, an operation. He was accomp-
anied by his brother, w. A. Hull,
Hightown Merchant.
What seekest thou? And he said
seek my brethern." Gen. 81; 1916
From this text Rev. G. w. Staples
pastor of the Methodist church, pre-
ached one OF the closing sermons of
the conference year last Sunday
night-a forceful and impressive dis
course; q strong presentation of the
true, present-day conception of broth
erhood