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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
IMPROVEMENTS AND BUILDING.
What Augusta Springs Is Doing-Per.
sanaI Mention. Efn

Augusta Springs, Va, July 49,
Passers by the Pendleton place have
for some weeks noted with salts
faction the appearance of another hand
some building now going up on grounds
already made beautiful by the skill of
the landscape gardner and the architect.
Already the handsomest county seat
in Augusta. it is nevertheless constant
ly being improved by its owner Mr..
E. q. PendletOn. The present most
noteworthy improvement is the build
ing above referred to, large Ornamen-
Concrete blocks. This building is
located on the front lawn to the right
of the main residence and below the
big lithia spring. 1t is to be known rs
the water house, from which the bot
Ting. packing and shipping of
water will be conducted This will be
the home of the Augusta White Lithia
Water. For some time large quantities
of this water has been on the market
and the present building is
going up in response to the
necessities of all ever expand
ing trade. Inside the building will be
placed the most improved equipment
for the speedy conduct of the business,
such as hOists, wrenches. bOttling APP
paratus, etc. Contractor W.,
w. King of the King Lumber Co..
Charlottesville, is frequently here su
perintending the work. Mr.. VIM.
Larner, OF StauntOn, is doing the &C.
ment and concrete portions of the
contract.
From Mr. King we learn that Mr..
PendletOn contemplates erecting yet
another water house, when the present
undertaking is completed.
The Augusta Springs Tanning Co.,
who have all during the summer been
large shippers OF hides, are now await
ing the freight Car facilities for the
fOrw srding of large consignment of
heavy sole leather to the Philadelphia
market. They are running ahead on
orders and am informed by Cashier
j. e. l.. Hughes that as soon as the
bark supply will justify it, the COmpa-
ny will offer employment to ten or
dozen additional men. In passing, it
may be as we'll to mention that this
Company has won quite a reputation
in the market for the excellence of lis
heavy Texas sole leather, and that too
III CLOSE competition WIFI J0o DeSC
equipped tanning plants in the coun
try. Mr.. j. K. Cover of Elkton, Va,
is president and part owner of the
Company and Mr.. Geo. w. Moran of
this place, superintendent.
A row of new tenant houses bet ween
the plant and the Methodist church
has recently been completed and are
all occupied.
John W. Tyler is putting up for him
self q neat residence on the flats near
Mr.. ID. L. Patter's store.
1t is learned that Conrad Werner,
)ne of the Oldest residents of this place, |
moving to Ohio, where |
le will make his future home with
'elatives. To that end Mr.. Werner is
,ffering for sale his neat little farm
md the buildings thereon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

$75, 900 and 800, 900 on which they pay
as high as 8 per cent. Augusta's
banks do not borrow at all.
The postoffice receipts at Staunton
last year were a little over $23 900.
The receipts of the Harrisonburg
office have never reached $4,000,
hence Harrisonburg has never had free
delivery, a luxury Stanton has been
enjoying over 10 years.
The yearly freight receipts OF the
railroads at Staunton are greater than
the receipts of all the railroads at all
the stations in Rockingham county
combined. The passenger receipts III
StauntOn bear about the same ratio,
and are larger than the passe, ger re-
ceipts at all the railway stations of
Rockingham county combined, and
this has no reference to the express
business done at Staunton which is
| very large.
| The population of Augusta inc'nd-
| ing Staunton is 40, 66S, OF Rockingham
including HarIisonburg is 80 527.
This year, 1908, the total assessed
value of Augusta s real and personal
property listed for taxation is 81, 95l,'
372. We have not access to the assess
ment of Rockingham, but we think we
lie ad her by at least four million dol
lars.
This article is not written In any
spirit of exultation. 1t is. simply III
tended to answer with cold figures
statements published and largely cir
culated in which Augusta has been
made to appear in an improper light.
We do not desire to detraet from
Rockingham's greatness, we acknowl-
edge it, and rejoice with her in all
that it accompIishes, her glory is our
pride, and if in her rapid advances we
are not able to keep pace with her, we
shall fall to the rear bidding her God
speed. This controversy was not
brought on by Augusta. We ours elves
did not see the article for some time
after it appeared, but having had it
called to our attention We could not
refrain from showing its fallacy. We
co uld 60 on in many other ways show
| ing wherein we think we are in the
lead. but the above we hope will suf-
fee, for the present at least.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
A Pleasure Trip.

Sport, July &.-Quite a mum Der of
our yonng people went on pleasure
trip to Humpback Rock SATURDAY.,
We started at clock and went by
Sherando, from that point we followed
the winding road up the mountain.
1t was intensely hot, and in spite of
the frequent stops and captivating
scenery, We arrived at the level below
the rock at about half past eight.
After a short rest we started on foot
for the second level, where we ate our
dinner and spent few hours roaming
through the woods, we then started
for the rock again. The ascent is very
steep, and our progress was slow, but
we arrived at our destination at II
O'clock, somewhat tired, but short
rest soon made us forget our tOisOme
Journey up the mountain. The view
from the rock is the finest imaginable.
AS 1t was somewhat smokey we could
not see over twenty miles. | will des.
cribe the picture as it impressed me-
On this standing, which, by it's eleva-
ted and detached character, affects
You like the monument. The forest
rises above and around you, benea tn
and before you isspread lovely val
ley. The trees of the woods in all
their variety, stand out on the verdant
bottoms, with their heads in the sun
and casting their shadows at their
feet; but so diminished rs to look more
like the pictures of the things than the
things themselves. The green bills
arise on either hand and all around:
and give completeness and beauty to
the scene. 1t conveys to you the idea
of perfect solitude. The hand and foot
of man seem never to have touched
that valley. 1t is solitude, but of a. |
most soothing not appalling character
where sorrow might might learn to
forget her griefs, and folly begin to be
wise and happy. We stayed at this
lovely place until o'clock and after
carving our names returned to where |
we ate our dinner and again enjoyed
the feaStS of the baskets. We then
started home, having spent, 1 think.
one of the most pleasant days of our
lives. Our party was made up of the
following young people-Misses Lydia
Andrews, Lizzie and Maggie Driver,
Lydia and Villa Heatwole, Helen
Fleet, Nina Hensley. Ora Hensley,
Oracle Graves, Gertrude Cramer,
Pearle and Ollie Shenk. Matte Sho-
walter, Ida COyner and Lizzie Weaver:
Messrs. Ruben. Hershey and Willie
8runk, Willie COyner, Joe and Dan
Driver, Walter Grove, Homer Hens.
ey, Ernest Riddle, Johnnie Rankin,
Johnnie Showalter, Henry and Sam
Weaver and Arthur Waid. VIC.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
An Old Landmark Disappearing.

Hon. Edward Echols is this week
demOlishing an old stone house at the
eastern corner of the court house yard,
long occupied by Echols, Bell u Cat
lett as law offices. This house is one
of the oldest in Stanton, the exact
date OF its building being unknown.
1t was the property for many years of
Mr.. Chesley Kinney, ST.. though he
did not build it. Tradition says that
Gen. Lafayette, when on his visit to
America, was entertained there, but
as it is not certainly known that La
fayette came into the Valley on that
visit, this tradition cannot be authen
ticated. The house is of stone and pins
we're used in the frame instead of nails.
Mr.. Echols will erect on the site
large Office building. E. w. Stewart g.
20. are the contractors who are de-
nolisblng the old buildings and will
)uild the new one.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded diseasethat sciencehas been able
to cure in all it's stages, and that is Ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destrOyingthe foundation of the
disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing it's work. The
prOprletOrs have so muchfaith in it's Gu
rative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY eco.
Toledo,O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
A COMPLETE PLANT.
The Basic City Wooden Mills Doing .
Good and Growing Business.

When in Basic City last it was to
the pleasure and profit Of a SPECTA,
TOR reporter that he fell into the hands
of Mr.. II. Vincent Monroe, the new
superintendent of the Wooden Mills at
that place. Ever on the lookout for
something that is new the reporter was
both surprised and gratified to see
that the town could boast so complete
a plant as the Wooden Mills proved to
be. An hour or more was spent in a
hasty inspection of the buildings and
machinery of this plant under the
polite guidance its energetic and capa-
BILE superintendent. From the raw
wool to the completed blanket, cased
and ready for shipment, is what the
plant accomplishes in the regular rou-
tine of its daily work, giving employ
ment to large number of both men
and women. The machinery
which is distributed over two large
brick buildings. is much Of it of the
latest labor saving pattern and in
cludes, nappers, spinners, weavers,
washers, dryers. etc. AS we follow the
blanket from, the hammock of raw wool
to the completed article ready for sale
over the merchants counter, the pro
cess of metamorphosis is very enter.
tanning, but none more SO than the
last stage where the fine teeth of the
napper puts on the finishing touches
and converts the rough coarse cloth
into the soft, thick, dOwny spread with
it's beautifully mingled bOIder dyed in
delicate shade of pink or blue. Then
the hem, brade of cream shaded color
is sewed on with large sewing ma
chine that runs two needles at the
same time, a new invention.
While we waited this machine did
some fine work, and after passing
through the hands of Mr.. A, Z. Snead,
the Supt of the drying and carding de-
partment, the blankets We're ready for
packing. And a most beautiful article
they are too, as fine as are turned out
for the largest wooden mills in the
country, aud retailing at price from
So 90 and So so per pair. The da y
output of the mills is increasing and
the effort of the management is ever
looking to the employ of additional
help as fast as such operatives can be
trained into proficiency.
The local pers0nelle of the plant is
J. j. Bockee, Vice President and Man.
ager; II. Vincent Monroe, Superin-
tendent; F. w. Filler, Qyerseer; s. N.
Mcdonald, OverseerI I. w. Garland,
Clerk and Paymaster, and Howard
Buchanan, Overseer of wool room.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

Owing to the tact that l have to collect
the tax of North River District, makes it
impossible for me to see all the voters in
person. therefore take this opportunity
to announce myself a candidate for SHEER
IFF of Augusta county and City of Staun-
ton in the election of November 8, 1908,
subject to the Democratic Primary. l res
pectfully solicit your vote, and promise if
elected to fulfill the duties of the office to
the best of my ability.
Respectfully,
mar 81 4t* Il tt j. A. WALKER.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

The trouble now with Mr.. Bryan,
his defamers say, is that he has only
one idea. But be always gathers a
crowd to hear him express that idea,
we notice.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
COUNTY TREASURER.

To the voters of Augusta county:
for re election to the office of County
Treasurer, subject to the action Of the
Democratic Primary. and earnestly solicit
the support and endorsement of all my
fellow citizens. Respectfully.
jun 90 tide ]. N. MCFARLAND.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
Announcement.

FOR COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE.
| hereby announce myself candidate
for reelection to the Office of Commission
er of Revenue for Middle River District.
Subject to the Democratic primary to be
held August Goth, and earnestly solicit the
endorsement and support of my fellow
citizens. Very respectfully,
jul 81 tdp VIM. H. NORMAN.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

To the Voters of the County of Augusta
and City of Staunton:
hereby announce myself a candidate
for the Office of Sheriff of Augusta County
and City of StauntOn. and respectfully So
licit your support. Having had an expe-
rience of twelve years as deputy under the
present Sheriff. / feel that 1 am fully
qualified to NIL the office efficiently and 1
promise faithful discharge of the duties
thereof. Subject to the Democratic pri-
mary. THOMAS A. DAWSON.
aDr Aft
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
SHERIFF.

1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for Sheriff of Augusta cOu MY and city of
Staunton. and respectfully solicit your vote
in the election, November 3rd, 1903, and
promise if elected faithful discharge of
the duties of the Office to the best of my
ability. Subject to the Democratic pri-
mary. Respectfully,
apr 1O-tde W. ARTHUR WILSON.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass it or pain in
the back IS also
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

WAMTcn- IS or 6 good men to work
WAN ILL., in saw mill and handle
lumber. Wages $l.5O per day 10 hours.
Apply to Greenhrier River Lumber Co..
MarlintOn, West Va. jul 17-6t
MONEY TO LOAN on Real Estate Secn-
W rity in sums to suit borrowers. Office
over Farmers and Merchants Bank. En-
trance on Augusta street.
NAV % If JOHN M. CARROLL.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

Miss Mary Crawford is visiting her
friend, Miss Permele Elliott, near
Charlottesville.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

Along with other watered stocks,
and wind pudding securities, Cleve-
land stock took tumble last week.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the Office of Commission
er of tho Revenue for South River District,
subject to the Democratic primary to be
held August 29Jh. Your vote will be ap-
preclated. Very respectfully,
jul "a tdp* W. l.. MOWRY.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

Sorrow over Mr.. Rockefeller g losses
in the Wall Street squeeze. is genuine
with all users of coal oil.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31

Even Mr.. Keene, as much as be dis
likes silver, could have used 16 silver
dollars be did not have, to 1 gold dol
lar he did have, in the existing panic.
The Cleveland baby carriage will be
sufficiently large to hold the crowd
who are waiting for the Cleveland
band wagon.
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convincing PROOF that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge ca
often expressed, that Or. Kilmer's swami
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish In curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every mart
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects INABILITY
TO hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t. or bad effects following use of liouors
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
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during the day, and to gets up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
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II you need medicine you Should have ".
best. Sold by druggists in SOC. and ST. sizes ss
You may have sample bottle Of this
wonderful discovery fccIEn~
and book that tells sssiEEaYzTE4i si.szs:.,
more aboutit. both sent es:E
absolutely free by mail. ssEss.. % .SSEIs8
address DR.. Kilmer & Home or swsmn D.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
hon reading this generous offer il this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
ne name, Swamp-R0ot, DR.. Kilmer's
'wamp- Root. and the address, Bingham
on, N. Y, on every bottle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-31
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know il.
How To Find O<1f

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours: a
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DIRECTORS 3:
e. M. Cushing 4 Co., Auctloneers.
Commissioners Sale
Of
Real Estate.

By virtue of decree of the Corporation
Court for the City OF StauntOn. rendered
in the chancery cause or Catherine M.
Lynn's creds VS.. Catherine NJ Lvnn's
admir-, &C., the undersigned. as commits
siOners appointed by the court or the pur-
pose, will proceed on
SATURDAY, JUNE q. 1908.
at IL O'Clock NJ, in front of the County
Court House, in the City of Staunton, Va,
to sell at public auction. the following
three parcels of land, situated in the east
ern part or Augusta county, a short dis
| lance west of the mouth of the Blue Ridge
tunnel of the Z. q o. r. r.. of which
Catherine NJ. Ii, mn died seized and pos.
fsessed:
LIST parcel of land containing so acres
| End parcel of land containing acre and
roOds, which said parcels were conveyed
10 said Catherine M. Lynn by A G. Coz
| don, com'r, by deed dated Nov. 2S. 1890. of
record in the clerks Office of Augusta
county in D. b. No. 112, p. 80.
3rd parcel of land containing acres and
2 rOods, which was conveyed to said Cattle
rine NJ. Lynn by Geo. Perkins, com'r, by
deed dated Oct. 10, 1895, of record in said
Office in d. B. No. 133, p. 1877; upon the
following
TERMS, to-wit-One- third (al cash in
hand on the day of sale, the remainder in
two (2) equal annual instalmants, with
| iuIci cot lTOlu udy vi sale. Sdfu ueI 6TTeu
instalments Of purchase money being
evidenced by the bonds of the purchaser
with approved personal security, WARNING
the homestead exemption, and the title
being retained as ultimate security.
RUDOLPH BUMGARDNER,
HULST GLENN,
Commissioners
In the.Clerk's Office of the Corporation |
Court of the city of Staunton. May Z,
1903:
I, Newton Argenbright, Clerk of the
Court aforesaid, do certify that Rudolph
Bumgardner, one of the above named CON-
missiOuers, has executed the bond required
by decree of sale entered on the 9th day of
April, 1908, in the cbancery cause of Lynn's
Creditors VS.. Catherine Lynn's admir-. now
pending in this court.
NEWTON ARGENBRIGHT,
may 90 At Clerk
The above sale is postponed until
MONDAY, AUGUST Gath, 1903,
County Court-day)
at the same time and place.
RUDOLPH BUMGARDNER.
HULST GLENN,
ul3l At Commissioners.
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MONDAY. AUGUST 3rd, 1908,

And hopes by uniform courtesy and careful
attention to business intrusted to us, to
merit and receive q liberal patronage.
TO-:
Accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corpo-
rationS solicited, and prompt and sati sfacto-
ry service guaranteed.
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and a book that tells
more about It. both sent
absolutely free by mail,
n JJxo. IN w.,
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convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-06-12

nations. Que people were looked
upon as a high. toned, proud, aristo-
cratic race, but VIC were nothing
more or less than true, native born
Americans.
The southern people were mostly,
if not entirely, descended from Revo-
lutionary ancestry. and almost every
Confederate soldier could remember
that his ancestors fought in the war
of the Revolution, the war of 1912,
the Indian wars, or the war with
Mexico. We had devised, framed
and fashioned the Union, and added
to its greatness grandeur and glory.
We had extended its boundaries
from Virginia to California, and
hence were attached to it. The
younger generation of our people
may ask: Why did those heroes
who sleep in their graves offer up
their lives for the dissolution of the
Union they loved so much? The
question is answered in a few words.
AS We understood it in 1861, and as
our departed comrades understood it,
with their parting words urged US to
be true and faithful. When by the
Revolutionary war we gained our in
dependence, We were thirteen sepa-
rate and distinct colonies. A more
perfect Union was formed. The
constitution was the written contract
entered into.
The first trouble came during the
war of 1918, when the North in con.
ventlon assembled at Hartford, Conn.
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Lockhart Junction News.

Lockhart Junction, June 6, 1908,
MIR. Editor.-We have now rain.
rain, rain, and all the talk is about
happenings that we hear of such .,
cyclones and high water. We have
read of many places that have been
flooded and washed away, but it
seems it has come close to our home
this time and we can see and know
the facts.
This writer today saw the highest
water on Pacolet River near Grindle
Shoals that has ever been seen by
the oldest inhabitants. This is nv
short story.
AS we gazed upon the roaring
waters we saw many evidences Of
destruction. Bales of cotton, arti>
cles of houses, roofing, plank, lun-
Der, and other things passed by.
At this writing We are not able to
tell the particulars, only we hear on
our way that Pacolet mills and others
have washed away and the thought
came into our minds that men,
women and children may be buried
in this mighty deep. We hope some
writer will be able to give full partic.
ulars.
MoxY.
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PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
OF Mr.. J. L. Strain Before John
names Chapter u. ID. C.. Oues-
ffOns of History. The GIOF-
ions Manhood of the
Southern Soldier.

Mr.. President and members of the
John Hames Chapter U. D. c.,
comrades, ladies and gentlewen:-
We meet today to revere and honor
our departed heroes who have passed
over the river and are resting under
the shade of the trees waiting for us.
We meet, not only to cherish their
memory, but to vindicate their char
actcr and the purity of their motives.
In 1861 the Southern people we're
the best informed, the most ener-
getic, the most religious and the
most democratic people on earth.
and dare say the people of the
South were more attached to the
Union as it then existed under the
Constitution than were tho people of
the North.
We were learned in agriculture,
law, medicine, the arts and sciences,
the literature of the Jews, Greeks,
Romans, French and English, and
surpassed all others in Statecraft.
Our young men would listen for
hours to the discussion of the great
political questions of the day-they
were seekers after knowledge.
Our institution of slavery had
partly separated us from the other