Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-04-25
CRAI6SVILLE-P0RTLANO.

CRAIGSVILLE-PORTLAND.
| A Successful Church Entertainment-ln
proyements in Progress-Person
Mention, Etc.
Craigsvilie, Apr. 23.-Tuesday ever
ing last was redletter day with tn
Baptists in this place and Portland
1t was the occasion of a big suppe
given by the Ladies' Missionary Soc
ETY. for the benefit of the new Baptis
church to be erected in Portland. Th
society is differed by the following
President, Mrs. j. d. Glover; vice
president, Mrs. s T.. Roberts; secreta
Try, Mrs. r. B. Daniel, and treasurer
Mrs. l. M Smith. The entertainment
was the first of what may be a serie
of such events and will be accompan
led by canvassing effort for subscrip
tions to the church fund. In ever,
way the evening was most eDjoyabl,
and success, much of which was du
to the personal effort of the secretary
Mrs. Daniel, and of Mr.. Alex. Fl. Teab,
at whose home the supper was given
Mr.. Teabo, in his generous, enthusi
astic way, threw open the entire lowe
floor of his large boarding house to th,
crowd. which filled it to the number
of several hundred. Without respec,
to denominatlOn,t the entire community
seems to have turned out. The supper
consisted of oysters, meats of all kinds
ices and. cakes, all in the greatest
abundance.
To day the Methodists bought of G..
S. Craig a lot in Craigsvllle on which
will soon he erected a handsome church.
There is today in session here a
board of reference, sent here by the
county school board, to look into the
question of establishing a graded pub
lie school for the twin communities of
Craigsyille and Portland. Those pres
emit are Supt. Peale, M. r. Coalter, j.
W. Todd, Luther Leonard and j. r
Hidy. The matter was thoroughly
looked into and decision held in abey-
ance pending an agreement between
the two communities.
Jesse Bridge, of the SherandO neigh
borhood, was arrested here yesterday
and taken to jail in Staunton by police
officer G.. M. TeabO. Bridge is the
man whom it is charged stole great
number of cattle several years ago in
and about SherandO, in this county.
Though possessing a good farm in that
section, he abandoned all when his
crime was discovered and has since
been a fugitive from justice. He had
but recently located here and was,
when apprehended, in the employ of
the Va. Portland Cement Co.
New houses are still going up here
and a vast deal of other improvements,
the chief work of which is the enlarge
ment of the cement plant. They are
doubling their capacity and vast
deal of new machinery is being put in
and general enlargement of build
ings. There were On the pay rolls last
week about $50 men. The plant runs
day and night and withal is way ahead
in orders. An addition to the bust
ness office is also to be built in the
near future.
Manager F. H. Lewis has has been
unwell for several days.
Our enterprising fellow citizen, b.
E. Vint, has established nice trade
here in fruits and vegetables; and
twice week supplies the community
with fresh fish, etc., direct from the
deep water markets. This is great
and accommodation for
the people.
ated OF little Clyde Moran, the five
year-old son of Jas. Moran. living be-
tween here and Augusta Springs.
While left in the house recent
y, with only his younger sister and
baby in arms, the curtain around the
mantle and the bed caught fire and
burned rapidly, filling the room with
lame and smoke. The little fellow
,ushed to the chair by the bed where
The baby was and Selling it dragged it
)ut OF the house and carried it to bis
lncle's house some distance away. The
chair where the infant was and the
were entirely consumed. The
youthful life savers presence of mind
was remarkable.
On the 10Th inst, Miss Eleanor Stiles
Lewis, daughter of General Manager
3. III. Lewis of the V. z. G. Co., was
in Cincinnati to Mr.. Carlton
NJ. Goodman, formerly assistant chem
st at Portland. They are temporarily
in Cleveland, Ohio.
VIM. K. Headen, of Richmond. paid
/ short visit this week to his brother,
!. II. Headen, at Portland.
Messrs. 0. M. and w. D. Ramsey, of
near Spottswood. were here and at
Augusta Springs this week on BUSH
less, and placed a number of good Or
lers
Rev. Isaac Yohannon, of Persia, has
preached and lectured here this week.
% the delight and edification of our
PEOPLE.
Mr.. J. R. Hidy has sold his hand
ome residence here, and it is rumored
will leave the community to engage
n the merchandising business.