Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-01-11

DR.. A. r. Cooke, teacher of moral
5. philosophy, and Miss Murphy, Of the
Baltimore Peabody, teacher in the
school of music.
For young men there is the Fish
!, burne Military Academy, Jas. A.
, Fishburne, A. b., principal. He ad-
vertises in his catalogue for Fifty
boys" noble, high toned, manly boys.
who do what is right from principle. y
With this standard in view the school
tries to live up to it, and SO religious
training goes with the young mems
education. The Academy is beautifully
located on the slope of hill that over
looks one of the finest views it has
been my privilege to look upon.
Spreading out i'll front of the buildings
Is fine lawn and play grounds meas
uring several acres. The students this
year are gathered from ten States.
In the public school good work is also
d one. The school has an enrolment
of about 175 pupils, is graded, has
pr incipal and a competent corps of
teachers.
COMMERCIAL
From a commercial standpoint this
, place has some of the largest and bost
stocked stores to be found anywhere.
Among the pioneers in this line and
one of the largest houses is the double
store of 7. Fl. Antrim. With front of
so feet, it runs back 125 and carries
complete departments in queens
ware, groceries, hardware and
other sma Her side lines. His goods
occupy the basement and first and Sec
ond stories
Another double store is that of
Barksdale & McCray. With high cell
ing and deep rooms the place presents
a handsome appearance. Dry goods,
notions and clothing is their line, with
a furniture department that is full of
we'll selected stock, for the most part
the product of the Basic City Furni-
ture Co. Barksdals & McCray are their
agents in this territory. In the front
of this department Is displayed an
elegant set of quartered oak furni-
ture, which am informed retails for
$50.
Among other leading stores those of
J. B. Roden and T. J. Yancey are con.
spicuous. They face each other dag
onally and are in some respects carry
ing the same lines. Mr.. Roden carry
ing hard ware, groceries, canned goods,
and Mr.. Yancey queensware, grocer
les. etc. With Mr.. Yancey is j.. B.
Culton, for years identified with the
retail trade here and mast successful
and popular salesman. (
A large aud expanding business is
that of Chew Bros, whose leading
lines are dry goods, clothing, carpets, ,
ETC. at this stand generations of shop
pers have come and gone, and the
new generation of today crowd in as !
eager to bny at the old stand as did +
their predecessors. The trade accom-
modated here comes from a wide ter y
ritory; some of it from across the 5
in Nelson and Albemarle, I
Fishburne's drug store; E. g.. Fish =.
burne, proprietor, is a pioneer in the
business here When glass fronts were
scarce and handsome store rooms few !
bis was an ornament and credit to the |
town.
In the commission business Waynes-
boro also makes a proud showing. On
Front Street called in on J.W. Ellison
& Som and r. N. Cav i Son. The +
business of these two houses is remark e
able. Mr.. Ellison has handled for u
the year about 900 car loads of hay, g
so cars straw, 5000 tons bark and has
exported 200 tons of the same to Liver
pool. He estimates his sales and COM
mission business the past year at $780, ,
900 90. .
Cav & Son in addition to 1000 tons a
hay and straw have sold 300 tons coal II
already this season. Their shipments {
in hay are mostly to points outside i
the State. q
On this street also is the ware house b
of j. F. Templeton, where during the =
season he does good business in fer a
tilizers, his sales having reached as a
high as 800 tons. Incidentally Mr.. '
Templeton deals in lumber lands and =
has for sale some excellent tracts. Il
The South River Bank Lew insti- j
tuition, has l believe done much to-
wards the present prosperity of the ',
community. Organized in Sept. 1899, \
it has doue q steadily increasing bust {
ness and distributed cash and loan ia \
vors to the material benefit and COR
venience of trade. With Theodore Coy n
ner, president; J. A. Patterson, vice
president, and R. g. Vance, cashier, =
the bank has bscome financial success. I
Its deposits are large and general, its S
line OF discounts heavy and its stock s
above par.
NEW BUILDINGS.
l have counted fifteen that were
erected last year, hye OF them being
for business purposes Conspicuous ,,
among these is the Chew Block on 4
Main street and the csment-concrete
building of w. N. Fishburne, onl
Wayne ave. This last is a novelty in
house construction, being solid csment c
structure of two stories, without break E
or joint any whore. 1t is made from the
Portland Cement and is an
everlasting advertisement to the merit
of that great industry. The building
into moulds that are the shape of the {
building and as the cement hardened
the moulds were SUCCESSFULLY raised,
fresh cement hajn0 noursd in aooh