Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-05-27
wAYNESBORO ITEMS.

Undlsturbed by any political. religious or
industrial agitation inst now Waynesboro.
in the language of Beau Hickman,-is
floating on the surface of the occasion, and
trusting to the sublimity of luck. That sew
eral things fully as good as LUCK Will
strike us ere the summer waneS we are al
ready assured. Everybody is looking for
ward to the meeting of the Normal, and the
coming of the Chautauqua, and Little Iam-
many will have warm corner in her heart,
besides ample room in her mammoth suburbs
for all Of her Staunton friends, and even
the whole county Of Augusta. Those whom
Moody will not draw Talmage will.
1t is usually a very frigid day when the
Standard Oil Company-that Vampire OF
the commercial world-gets left; but it re-
NAMED for WaynesborO to knock them out
in the first ronnd. For some time secret ne
gotiations have been going on to secure GER
tain pieces of property temptingly adjacent
to the g. & 0. hallway tracks on the Basic
side near the WaynesborO depot. Recently
the deal was completed. the triggers were
all set; necessary majority of the Basic
CITY Council was believed to have been secuE-
ed, when called meeting OF that body was
obtained. Things were proceeding very
beautifully and might have succeeded, Du'
Just as the mere formality of getting permits
sion from the Council to build huge Oil
tank on their recently acquired property
| was being rushed through, q certain either
and property holder of dangerously clos
proximity. and who did not care to nav
himself and family blown into the middle
of next year by any agency of the STANDARD
Oil Company, objected to the tank BENZ
built there Then our city fathers, one ate
another, began to have visions OF mid
night explosion, in which detached frag
ments of their anatomy we're hurled through
space like Kansas cyclone grunt OF dis
approval passed consecutively around tn
table, and soon told the tale, and the grea
unbeaten, heretofore invincible, standard
was crushed.
Ford's Lithia Springs will be opened TO
the accommodation of guests on or abou
June 10th.
/ Mr.. Jas. b. Roden has purchased til
Methodist parsonage on West Mulberry st
and the old Baptist church which sta nd
lust back of the first mentioned property
They will probably both be torn down
give place to more modern building
Messrs. Maslin, Wayland and Conner ar
advertising their large stock of grocerie
and hardware at reduced prices to close on
their business. The reason assigned is tn
recent death Of Mr.. Geo. e. Maslin, thel
,,+,o- vb;oh upcessititos a ful1 an
final settlements.
Just as one old firm is preparing to go GU
of business new one is starting in. Messr:
Harding and Thornton have opened in tn
Huff block, on the north side of East Mai
street, with stock Of groceries, and bi
fair to do thriving business.
The 10th foundry building is going
rapidly for such huge structure, and wi
make quite handsome showing for IL
! stove works when done.
last Sabbath was ''children's day" at tt
:, PRESBYTERIAN church. and proved quite
ENJOYABLE occasion for the young people
| The Rev. l.. H. Paul, who was to hay
| preached, or lectured. at that time, was pr
!, vented from coming by the death of a men
r Der of his own congregation.
i DR.. A. r. Cooke is attending the Geners
. Assembly at Charlotte, N q.
Our worthy mayor. Mr.. Jas. A. Patterson
with his two daughters. Misses Eta an
. Annie, is sojourning at Buck Roe Beach
( ayherever that is-for the present. This is
fish story-and hope they may all coa
home much benefited.
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