Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-06-28
GREENvlLLE.


A Busy Shipping Point professional
and Business Men-Where the Wheat
and Flour Comes From-Lambs, Etc.
In the great county of Augusta there
are only two towns which claim to be
larger than Greenville. and as the
question is still an open one, the
writer of this will not presume to
name them. 1t is enough for the pres
ent that Greenville town. Greenville
people and things about Greenville is
my theme, and of the good "Old
Town" and the nice New Town
with its four churches. its two hotels,
It's tive stores, its big mill, its two rail
roads, its professional men and its
| other citizens, with the fine country
around, it is my pleasure and privilege
to write.
THE B. & o. AND ITS BUSINESS.
When you alight at the Baltimore g.
Ohio station, about the first man you
meet is a valuable and enterprising
citizen, Mr.. w. L. ShultZ, probably
the oldest agent in point of service on
the Valley Branch, having been in the
service of the company as its agent
here for Is years. He very quickly
furnished me with some interesting
freight items from his books, which
speak well for the town and section.
During the season just closing, there
has been shipped from this station 10
car loads of -four. 20 car loads of wheat
on poor wheat year, and 81 Car loads
of stock. During the 10 months past
there has been shipped of lumber and
forest products 80 Car loads, besides
40 car loads of cross ties for tbs rail-
road company, and 206 barrels of whis-
key, some of which went as far as San
Francisco.
BUSINESS HOUSES.
The first welcome the traveller gets,
and hearty one it is, is at the Valley
House, nice large building SO near
the depot that one cannot miss it and
after he has stopped there once he
won It want to miss it. The drummers
say it is the best 50 house for 81 they
know, and what drummers don It know
about hotels isn't worth knowing. 1t
is kept by Mrs. S. j. Chapman. The
Melton House, further on, is we'll kept
and convenient to business.
The merchants are j. III. Clark, Fl.
Clay Palmer. Splitter u Jordan, Mrs.
E. b. Thomas, millinery, and Miss
Lou Steele, millinery. Business is ex-
cellent, and that of these firms last
year is said to have been considerably
over $4,000. Miss NJ M. Campbell,
popular young lady, formerly Of Staun-
ton, and singer in the Second Presby-
terrain church choir, presides graceful
ly over the nice millinery store of Mrs.
Thomas
The large roller mill of Mr.. G. R,
Jordan, advertises Greenville far and
near and cuts heavily into the wheat
shipment, though 1t makes up the fine
flour shipment of 10 car loads during
the past season with another going
next week, and having turned out
1000 barrels of as good flour last year
as anybody wants.
CHURCHES AND PROFESSIONAL MEN.
The churches are the Methodist,
which is the largest in membership in
the place, pastor Rev. j. D. Dill; the
Baptist, Rev. w. Blair pastor, Mother
Linda PeytOn s" church; the colored
Methodist, Rev. J.. B. White pastor,
and the cOlored Baptist, Rev. Miller
pastor.
The physicians are DR.. J. Fl. Thomas.
who has been located here years, Mr..
james DOnnahoe, one of the Oldest cit
liens, patient of his, is quite sick.
DIR. b. b. McCutchen has been here
only year, but is making many
friends. Among his patients is Mrs.
Il. A. Lapsley, whowas very ill when
was there and much concern was felt
on her account. The people of the
town have also the advantages of reg
ular visits from DR.. J. S. Earman ca.
pable young dentist from Cave Station
IMPROVEMENTS.
The towns growth is chiefly on the
pretty elevated ground between the
depot and the old part of the place,
which is generally spoken of as New
Town. That locality looks nicer and
fuller every time see it.
The streets are not named, but they
are worthy of good ones, and the
one running in front of Rev. Mr.. DiIl's
parsonage should be called Prospect
street; one rarely looks out on a wider |
and more beautiful prospect of valley.
bill and mountain, rich as the land Of |
Goshen, Watered by the Shenandoah,
Iraversed by two railroads and good |
county roads. The fortunate people
who live here and enjoy all of this,
hardly seem to appreciate their bless
lngs. The latest improvement In new
town is nice house built by Mr.. w.
L. ShultZ and sold by him to the Bal.
5lmore u Ohio railroad as a residence
Tor their employees.
A handsome Odd Fellows hall 3Ox6Ol
.eet has recently been completed at a
,ost OIL about III 800. Thereis also a
neat and convenient Maso1&c buildingt
u about the same size and cost. Thesel
great fraternities are we'll represented
n the town and community and it Is
evident that they are in good working
hape.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB.
The Callison Academy near Green
,lile, SO long successfully operated by
1roI. j. 5. Callison, but closed for the
ast Two years, on account of his grow
ng agricultural interests, will be
pened again next fall under Mr.. Call
son s supervision, but in charge Of a
ompetent gentleman of education
nd experience. Mr.. Callison likes to
ak about his school, it's past success
nd future prospects, but when the
writer saw him at the station bis at
ent1on was very much divided with
ne lamb business. He had 23O there
his own raising, which were on their I
FAY to market. They were doubtless
neal descendants of that little Iambn
hat Mary brought to school one