Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-03-09
Stlart's Draft a Scene Of Great
Business Activity.
A GOOD WHEAT MARKET.
People for Miles Around Do Their
Trading There---Some Heavy
Shipments Personal Mention of
Citizens and What They are Doing.


of the place. There is scarce a place of
its size I have visited where there is
more business. 1t is the buying and
trading centre for quite a wealthy COM
munity and the people that come here
every day, is surprising. The two
general merchandise stores owned re
spectively by G. D. CARRIER and E. L
Jones, were full of buyers all day. H. "A.
Black, the grain and hay commission
merchant, has a fine trade, al has also
his competitor, G. Fl. Cohron; the
physician, DR.. W. b. Dodge, in addi-
ton to a large practice, has an Office
fitted up with the conveniences and
stock of a well appointed drug store.
w. E. Page at his smithery, meets the
varied wants of his many patrons,
while at the ~postofice the genial mas
ter, J. M. Hall. is every ready to
obiige the hundreds that patroriZe this
Office. In the same building MI. Hall
keeps a harness, sadlery and repair
shop. The houses, too, in and about
the village bear evidence of thrift
with their fresh paints and well kept
fences.
Of course the drawing card here is
the big mill-operated by the Stuart's
| Draft Milling Co., with it's 200 barrel
capacity per day. This industry fur
nishes a cash market for all the wheat
grown within hauling distance of this
place, besides a great quantity that
comes in BY rail. In discussing this
point at the mill office, Mr.. E. G..
Harnsberger, one Of the owners, re-
marked that the milling industry as
developed in Augusta county during
the last ten years had opened to the
farmers the highest cash paying wheat
market in the world. Why" said
he, tive are paying for wheat today
from 70 to IA cents, while in Balti-
more the quotations are only III cents
per bushel. If the freight rates are
deducted from the Baltimore price
you will see the farmer gets about
6 cents more per bushel here than in
any other market" Taking it year in
to year out, he estimates that there is
a saving of 5 cents in favor Of the home
market, to say nothing of the cheap
offall that the mills retail for stock
feeding. A careful resumae Of the
milling interests of the county were
then gone over, which seemed to show
conclusiyely that Augustus average
wheat crop exceeded 1900. 900 bushels
per year, which at a saving of 5 cents
per bushel over eastern markets, is
800 600; quite a neat saving?
The management of the Milling
Company here is under the direction
of L.. w. Coyner, general manager and
part owner; J. G.. Kefauver, book
keeper and cashier, a Roanoke man,
and a graduate of the National Bush
ness College of that city, and W. L.
Speck, head miller. Mr.. Speck is no
relation to the well known family of
that name in this county, but a Penn
sylvanian by birth, a Virginian now
by adoption and a most estimable
citizen.
The n. & w. railway also does a
good business from this station both
in freight and passenger service. Be-
sides a general business, Agent W. l.
RAIDER has put in on the siding here
during the past few weeks 5 cars of
coal for the mill ard 5000 bushels Of
oats and corn. This last was consign-
ed to Messrs Black and CohrOn. MIR.
RAIDER is but recently back at his post
of duty, having been confined to his
bed for several months with typhoid
fever. His wife is now cOnvalescent
from the same malady. w. W. Wad-
dy, a former G%reenville boy, and son
of J. W. Waddy, was temporary sup
ply much of the time Mr.. RAIDER was
off duty.
There is considerable activity at the
old Kennedy Iron Mining property,
across the river neal here. J. W.
Rinehart, representing New York cap
itaI, has been engaged for some time
IN repairing the buildings and getting
the machinery moved in, preparatory
to operating the mines. Work was
suspended during the winter weather,
hr1t ie coop 70 ha r1erpooI IT. SC nv. |
templated laying a track from the N.
& W. at Lipscomb, which will be run
up 20 the works to haul out the ore.
MI. Rinehart intends giving employ
ment to a large force OF men.
E. g. Harnsberger, who came up
from Luray Saturday, returned there
Tuesday. His family still live On the
home farm near Barterbrook, but Mi.
Harnsberger has, since last fall, been
living at Luray where he operates the
Page Milling Company in which prop
erty he and L. w. Coyner are owners
Jointly. The mill was recently re-
paired and furnished with new machi-
merry. Its capacity is 100 barrels and
is u day and night.
E. l.. Jones has about concluded g
sale OF his store and goods here. He
expects to leave with his family on the
10th inst. for McClung, Bath county.
at which place he has o farm and
where he will make his future home.
His father in-law, G.. H. Quinn, of
that county, spent a few days here last
week.
A. J. Rider and DIR. Frey, Of Phila-
lelphia. were recent guests at the home
Of DIR, Dodge. Mr.. Rider is quite an
extensive cranberry grower.