The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-09-13

we join IN the general regret of our
citizens that Judge w. A. Hudson has
made bu mess ar angemen!s in the South
which will cause'h him to leave Stanton.
Having been CHOSEN "a Director in the
Florence, Ala, Railroad and Improvement
Company, and baVing other interests IN
that growing city. be will, about the LIST OF
January, take up his residence there, his
family to follow as soon as he has provided
a suitable permanent home in Florence.
Probably no Yong man has ever been so
closely interviewer with the business OF
comm unity as Judge Hudson has been and
is now. The law firm OF Hudson y Pat
rick las been entrusted with as much
business as any that ever existed i'll Staun-
ton business Of such a character and OF
so much Importance as TO bring them III
contact with every class of our citizens, and
acQualnt them with the financial condition
of many Of our people. While conducting
their business upon strict business princl-
Piles, at all times looking closely after the
interests Of their clients, they have not
been uumindful or tb0ughtless OF tile in
terests OF others. No young mau has ever
been more generous and kind to those who
have become entangled il business com
plications than Judge Hudson, and in this
as in other resi- ectS he will be greatly
missed in the community. Coming to the
bar, without a6yentitious aids, and with
cut means. by strict attention to business
and energy In the prosecution of interests
entrusted to him, he soon commanded a
lucrative practice. Associating with him
Mir. YIN. Patrick "a careful and painstak ing
attorney. their clients rapidly multiplied,
and now the firm enjoys as large a practice
as any in the Valley.
Mr.. Hudson was elected county judge
several years ago, but be soon found that
it would interfere with his office business
and his duty TO his clients, aud he conJe :
Quently resigned.
He is now director in the Augusta
National Bank: largely interested in sew
eral Of the Insurance companies, and the
building and loan associations Of the town.
and is identified with other useful enter
prises of the city and county.
In his new field of labor he will have
enlarged opportunities for his energies
and business sagacity. Florence is des-
tined to be one of the most progressive,
populous and prosperous cities Of the
South Its iron and coal. and the large
eastern capital invested there, give assu:-
ance that it will bound forward with mon
strous strides and that within a few
years the present population of 5000 will
be Increased to three or four times that
mum Der. Picking up the Manufacturer s
Record while writing these lines, we no
tice that the Alabama Land and Manu-
featuring Co. have contracted to put up a
laI ge cotton factory, seven 40 inch cards,
one drawing. one speeder, one 5-fOot lub-
Der and two railway heads in 1t. The Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad company are
receiving bids for new channel span and
| draw for their bridge across the Tennes
see river. The Florence Northern rail
| road has been incorporated to build road
| from Florence to the Tennessee State
| line, to connect with road to be built
through Wayne county, Tenn. The Flor
ence Railway and Improvement Company
have closed a deal with New Jersey par.
ties who will erect large hardware fac.
tory to cost 100000,
The iron industry alone is sufficient to
build up a considerable city, and when this
is supplemented by the capital and energy
that is pressing in there, the future is in.
deed assuring as, to the prospects of Flor
ence.
Mir Hudson will associate with him in
the practice OF law III Florence, Mr.. Sam !
J. Graham, of Lexington, and Mr. G. F
Nelson, OF Staunton, while Mr.. Patrick
viii attend to the business of the firm OF
Hudson & Patrick, in Virginia.
While we regret to lose him from oul
midst, yet as he has arranged his plans tc
| leave, we wish him that abundant success
which his business capacities Sc we'll de-
serve and are bound to command.