Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-08-03
cRAIGsvILLE-P0RTLAND.
News Items OF Interest from These Twin
ComnunItles-Persona Mention, etc.

Cra1gsyllle, Aug. 1.-The strange
who has from time to time visited thll
place within the past nine months, viii
ever find new objects of interest. From
a quiet hamlet it has within the veal
become an active and progressive bus
mess community. When last here,
some three months since. the Va
Portland Cement Co.'S works were
under construction and promised great
possibilities for this immediate sec
ton. Today those hopes have been
realized and the completed works have
been in operation since June l. They
are now turning out from 400 to 500
barrels per day of the best Portland
cement made and are ahead OH orders.
Today they are shipping large quaint
ties to Norfolk and Cincinnati. Nearby
Virginia towns-LOw Moor. Goshen
and other places have already used
their product and pronounce it as good
as any. 1t has stood the most severe
tests known and is a success beyond
peradventure. To meet the ever grow
ing and steady demand for y high
grade cement, arrangement is perfect
ing to raise the output to it's capacity
800 barrels per day. Employment
is now given to $50 men. Some idea
of the business done here (Craigsville-
j ortland) for they are practically one
place, Is shown by the heavy incoming
and outgoing freight. Ticket agent
Dudley informs me that he handles on
an average IL freight cars a day and
that bis monthly receipts for freight
and passenger business is $4,000. One
month last winter it reached SIC, 900,
a high water mark.
Last Sunday evening Rev. j. E Bal.
lou, the newly elected pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, was ordain-
ed and installed. The ordination SER
vices were conducted by Rev. r. G..
Gilmore, pastor of the Third church,
Staunton. Following were the install
lat1on services, Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Wells,
of the Second church. Staunten, de-
livering the charge to the pastor, and
Rev. DR.. A. r. Cooke, of Waynesboro,
the charge to the people. The services
were both impressive and interesting
to the large congregation that filled
every available space in the church
building. The choir, large one, rem
dered very acceptable music; pretty
feature of which was the beautiful
duet by Misses Daisy Craig and Maud
Wallace.
Superintendent W. Vredenburgh, of
Portland, returned today from a
business trip to New York.
General Manager F. II. Lewis left
yesterday for Philadelphia. called
there by telegraph to the bedside of his
mother, who is critically ill.
Mr.. W. w. Marley, of Stanton, has
secured a large contract for paint
work here. some dozen or more of the
new houses in Portland, besides the
Presbyt terrain church in Craigsville.
This last he is just completing in a
fresh light color, which adds much to
the appearance of the building. The
interior Is to be lit with actylene gas,
the plant for which is now erected in
rear of the church. There will be two
also side and pulpit lights,
the order for which has already been
placed by Miss KelsO D. Taylor in
whose charge the enterprise has been
placed. Subscription to a fund for the
purchase OF new church organ has
aleO been opened.
Monday evening a camping party
Snead and family, and Mr.. Potter and
anu uio iduy SucSts OI Augusta springs
went to ElliOtt's Knob
where they spent the night. The trip
was most enjoyable one.
Saturday evening next Mrs. E. J.
Going will entertain the Portland
euchre Climb.
On Sunday last Mr.. Chas. G. Craig,
OF this place, and Mr.. Ailstock, of
Goshen, visiting at Mr.. H. II. Ben
netts, both lost by death two fine
horses. A. S. NJ.