Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-08-08
THE TWIN CITIES. OF SOUTH RIVER.
Industries and Visitors of Basic, Building
and Personals at Wdynesboro.

I
by a representative of this paper Will
on a flying visit to the twin cities b
South River last week, he found thai
!, the quest for oil at Basic was pro
lgressing steadily with no diminutiol
of energy or enthusiasm. There ha(
4 been a check up of ten days owing tt
delays in the shipment of casing which
had been ordered for the deep we'll
which has now been sunk ovOr 500 feet
They we're at last accounts boring
through very hard white marble.
The summer hotels are we'll patron
lied, the Brandon being full and many
lguests able and willing to drive and
ride, which diversion Mr.. J. F. Fry
the Basic liveryman, takes pleasure in
gratifying
At the Exchange Hotel Mrs. DR..
Stone and children are spending the
vacation. They are from Havana
| Cuba. DR.. Stone belongs to the u s
navy Among others guests of Miss
Hunter are Mrs R. III. Stevens and son
of Lynchburg, Mrs. j. S. Baker and
children of Richmond, and Mr.. Arm
strong, of Dayton, o.
| Mr.. j. J. Bockee has organized an
other company for the manufacture of
blankets under the style of the Shen-
andoah Company of which he is presi-
cent, and the factory is again in sue
cessful operation He has SO looms and
had made already about 1000 blankets
from cheap grade to the finest. He
has put in one very fine new napper at
cost of So, 500 made at Worcester,
Mass.
MI. Eugene O'ConnelI who came
here from Salem, Va, man of expe-
rience in the business, is the superin-
tendent, with Benson Foulds boss
dyer, w. Il. Curtis boss carder. VIM.
O'Leary, boss weaver, and T. e. San
ger engineer. Fifteen Or twenty hands
are at work and the force will be in
creased.
At the Basic Furniture Factory the
work is progressing satisfactorily. In
the last two weeks the force has been
increased by 80 new hands and in the
next month it is expected to be further
increased. They are putting up some
very handsomely carved designs in i'm
ported quartered oak. C. A. Bridge
is the expert carver, and John Wes-
colt the fnisher, shows in his depart
ment some very pretty dressers made
of this oak which are meeting with
ready sale Mr.. E. E. Reuter- is the
wide awake superintendent of this
important industry with Mr.. Joseph
Carr as his courteous and competent
assistant.
The large herd of milk cows which
Craze upon the pasture lands of Basic
is an interesting feature of the place
No less than 125 of all breeds may be
counted. among which are some as
fine Jerseys and Durhams as one will
see anywhere. They roam over the
commons in body like herd Of buf-
falo, standing In the shady places
along the rivers edge in the heat of the
day, cooling themselves in the water.
1t is amusing to see that herd dwindie
away as milking time approaches. A
negro boy will walk in among them
single out his COW. say come out
Rose" and Rose knowing her driver
quietly picks her way out and turns
in the direction of home; an old wo-
man who perhaps does nothing else
but drive the COW home, then comes |
in taps Sue with a switch and Sue |
leaves the ranks and goes home with |
her gentle driver. Then two boys |
come yelling to the drove and without |
UilCluOclfCD w So IAtO LuC
crowd, throw few rock, hello at spot |
and Bell and Whitley and the three
come hustling out and the whole |
lulntette go in d trot for the higher |
ground where the mixers wait. Next |
come some bare legged little girls hat
less as well as shoeless get their cows |
and go home together singing as they
go, and so the gradual repleting pro-
cess goes On for an hour, some few we'll |
trained animals going of themselves,
till the last COW is gone and the sun
sets on the deserted pastures.
WAYNEsBoRo
Crossing over to this little city or
Dig town, some times called Little
on the steady going street |
ear, run by "mulicity" without the |
LANCER of live trolley wire, We find
that the good town is still growing. |
Some new houses are noted since your
last wrote, among which |
are the handsome residences of Viii |
lam Lavell and G. Fl. Lovegrove near
Brunswick Hotel The Chew Broth
9rs are also having two nice new tene-
nents built by W. H. Mccormick, near
,he 10th Stove Works and another by
Jlo StbluC CObU1 dCUOI
A rgenbright. also Mr.. lobe Bateman
At the station a Car is loading by
Rife q Shoppert, who make the Rife
hydraulic ram. In the lot is a No. S
am said to be the largest in the world.
1t goes to New York and is to operate
u the new Bronx Park, where enclos
ID in glass case 1t will pump con-
,tantly and be peeped at all day long
md night too by, say from 80 to SO, 600
people daily. The enterprising:manu-
acturers are also making ten more
water rams of a smaller size to- go to
Asbury Park, N. J. |
Apopular new concern here is
he Hammer Carriage Compa
~. MIR. Hammer has sold 81 car
Dads of buggies since he began BUSH
less here last fall, among which werei
/ large number of Rock Hill buggies
which are of the best build and mate
'ial as the writer who has Inspected
he works and it's workings in Rock
Hill, s. c., can testify.
g. W. Alexander & Bro. are makingI
;he new peWs for Emmanuel church,
stanton. That is to be nice job as
hose may well understand who know
he kind of work the ''Emmanuelites''
have. The firm has also
contracted to build the pews for the
Presbyterian church at Healing
springs, and has just completed job
or the Va. Female Institute, Staun-
Jon, in pretty grill work.
Miss Fanny Taylor meets the wants
If travelling men in her comfortable
lome in the centre of the town. where
ihe men of the road find comfort and
welcome.
MI. j. E. White has been appointed
Oh the Wynesboro school board and
Mr.. r. 6. Vance has also been appoint-l
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Mr.. Jos. Carr. They |
will attend their first meeting of the
county board Saturday in Staunton.
John w. Lovegrove. the up-to-date |
clothier, is taking rest for a week or
two at Bridgewater, and worrying the |
fish in North river while he recuperates |
his impaired health, Meanwhile Mrs. |