Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-01-16

w. A. CrummeLt, Oh Vdliey Senlei,
spent Tuesday night in Monterey.
Miss Mary Waggy; of Trimble
spent several days in Monterey, this
week.
Mr and Mrs. P NJ. Herold, of
Hightown community. were in Mon
terey Thursday.
Roy Dickson, of Trimble, has emit
cred the D. B. o. in Staunton, going
out latter part of last week.
Mrs Barbara Echard, of West Au;-
gusta section, came out TO Highland
Monday to see her mother, Mrs. Wage
ner. g
Luther Peck and Camily, OF Poca-
horAas, w. Va, are visiting relatives
in town. B. D. : So.
Estates Attorney a. l.. Jones ana
supervisor A.:>t!' Terry are attending
the State road meeting in Riehmond
this week. 5.-.......
We are in receipt of letter from
]. X. Kramer in which he states that
he will be in Clarksburg for some
timeand directs US to have his Re-
corder follow him..
III. Beverage, county Chairman CT
the National and World Prohibition
Campaign, attended meeting of the
State Chairmen in Richmond last
week. -.
w. A. Corbett and family have Va
Gated the county jail for the new
sheriff, w. N. Bird, and are now oc-
cupying rooms oyer the post office in
the Sieg building. ..
The death of F. T. Campbell occur
red at Warm Springs last week. He
was a native'o of Highlnd, son of the
late William Campbell and brother
of w. Price Campbell, of Back Creek.
Harvey Ryder is seriously i'll at his
home near, Vaaderpool. He has been
in declining health for several years.
Mr.. and Mrs Harrison Botkin and
little daughter, Virginia, of Doe Hill
were in town this morning.
Note change in ad of the Clifton
Forge Marble and Granite Works:
They are year-round advertisers
and as aresult have furnished a
graet beal of work in Highland,
The weather. man is kindly noti-
fled that the ice Harvest is ample and
he has permission to ring off.
Eward Nicely, of Clifton Forge,
purchased from Charles Diggs. this
week the garage property immediate
ly in front of Hotel Monterey, known
as the Kyle garage, and expects to go
into the: garage business here about
April 1. Mr.. Nicely is a son-in-law
of Amos Corbett, of Jackson's River,
and has had experience, it is stated,
in auto repair work:
According to the records in the
Clerks Office there were 80 marriages
in the county in 1919. We don't
know how it compares with previous
years, but it would appear that Gu
Did did not make noteworthy record
for a post war year. Certainly there
are many eligibles left and the out
look for leap year business. girls, is
very encouraging. ..- .-
1t is said that the Miliboro Lumber
Co., having finally secured needed
right-of-way, will extend its, lumber
road up the Bullpasture from Will
Evansville to Patna. The represen-
tative of the road making this state
ment was in Monterey early in the
week, and also said that the work OF
extending the line would begin at
once.
The maple sugar season Of 19ZO
bids fair to mean much more 10
Highland than usual. While 1t does
:. not take the place of graduated, II
is an important local product
and the maximum output should be
sough this year.
N a revival service has been in pro-
lat the Monterey Methodist
eh since Sunday night. Rev. r.
2aMaxwell, of Franklin arrived
hay and has preached each night
= ing the week. His sermons haYe
| i interesting and listened TO by
sntive, though not large, audiances
the attendance, however, is increas=
Eag from night to night. Services
will. continue next week.
DE. Mary R. Fleming, who has
been spending some time with rela-
tivess in Highland since her return to
America, gave two interesting talks
to Montereyans last Sunday, one at
o.. m. to the ladies, and to a mixed
audience At 1880. Her theme was
the near east from, which she has re-
Gently returned, presenting in a
strongs interesting way personal, ex-
eeriepees and observations as g meaais
gal xmissionary in this stricken per-