Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-02-03

- AL. Sn5s ~ tSdilOuu Va
has closed a sale with Mr.. John Scot
- OF Swoope, whereby the Scott dove
Interest of 81 acres on the home plat
passes to Mr.. Calhoun. 1t is an exec
e. lent tract of grazing land-considers
ton SIS, 600 cash.
r Mrs. Annie d. Gray, 1717 Yves
Main street, Staunton, has good t
room house for rent or sale, with /
acres attached. She will give perma
nenr employment on her farm to tn,
renter or purchaser, who must be
worthy person.
Mr.. Frank l.. Sublett, the head oil
! the Sublett Hay Co, Harrisonburg
shipped last week to Southern points
, a solid train load of baled hay The
! train was composed of an engine, ca
boose and twenty.four cars, 80 far the
the largest shipment of hay from
Rockingham county for 1905.
| The Presbyterian congregation of
Harrisonburg has extended unani-
nous call to Rev. B. F. Wilson, of
South Carolina, to become their pas
tor. Mr.. Wilson spent a part of last
summer in Harrisonburg and preach
ed for the congregation several times
and made most favorable impression.
Capt. Randolph Berkeley IS in COM
| mand of the marines recently ordered
from Panama to Santo Domingo. be-
ing the senior in rank. The position
is one Of much Importance and requires
a man of sound judgment and sagaci-
ty. The relations between the q. S.
and Santo Domingo are much strained
and a mistake might cause bloodshed.
Mrs. Esther Larner last week closed
a contract with e. w. Stewart Il Co., |
for the woodwork on a fine residence
to be erected as soon as the weather |
opens on North Coalter street at the |
old Knightly homestead. The build !
ing will be of the Palmer Concrete
Blocks, and will be handsome ard
home. It will cost about
81, 900. /
Mr.. P. r. Davis, merchant at
CralgsviIle, is building two story
frame dwelling for himself and family
at Ford wick, and hopes to occupy it
BY May LIST. Mr.. Davis also intends
to build store room on the N orth side
Of the bridge where he will open an
other store. The business at Craigs-
vile will also be continued at the old
stand. II
The Palmer Hollow Concrete Build
ng Block Co., of Washington, D. G.,
lave secured the contract for erecting
;he water works building at Charlotte,
\. c., out of their blocks. Several
thousand barrels of the Old Dominion
cement, manufactured at Ford wick,
will pc used on this work. The con-
FACTORS were very anxious for lIessrs.
4arner & Smith of this city, to take the
but they had to refuse On
IccOunt of the press of their own work
vt home.
The friends OF Mrs. DR.. George s.
alker will be Rratified to learn thai :;
Ter condition while still critical. is
much improved. She has been suffer- |
ng from heart trouble for some time, r
nut a few days since her condition be- Y
anne ale rming and her children were
hastily summoned by wire, Mrs. g. w.
it. Clair and Miss Lucy &. Walker,
Who were in South Florida, arrived u
lere yesterday ard were preceded by +
DR.. VIM. ID. Walker of TazeweIl G.. II.
Mrs. Chas. Southards g. Co. announce
he purchase of the millinery business
# Mrs. Il. r. Kingeter, East Main G
treet this city, and is continuing the Il
BUSINESS at the old stand. Mrs. South t
.rds will be glad to have the former G
,atrOns of the house to continue with
Ter, and will welcome her friends and
be general public. She has many bar d
aims now to offer and expects soon to
efill the shelves with new and up-to- -
ate goods.
The Pocahontas Times tells of the ;,
cath Of Mr.. Harry /. Beard OF Locust
'reek, Pocahontas Co., from drowning G
Whilst skating on mill pond near his b
Ouse. He was one of the most prom n
nent young men in the county, son !,
f the late Moffett Beard. 1t also notes -
he death of Warwick Renick one of o
be most respected cOlored men of the a
ounty, which took place at Marlinton "
II Friday of last week.
Mr.. John d. Brooks of Indepen- n
ence Mo-. an uncle of DR.. J. B. Tut
le of Greenville, who has been visit
lg in the Barterbr0ok neighborhood "
Dr. the past week, returned home on il
Wednesday night last. Mr.. Brooks q,
as been in the West for q years and :,
is return to the old State was sad Ii
ccasion, accompanying the remains ca
his sister, Mrs. r. M. futile, which II
'ere laid to rest last week in Thinking 8,
pring cemetery. Although his sojourn =. =,
i the county was in mid winter when u
very farm community shows to dis a
dvantsge, yet the general improve a,
TENT has been so great that it attract .,
d his attention. Mr.. Brooks thinks ',
ne farm residences, the barus, out. "
and the farms themselves. e'
low we'll kept. prosperous appear 81
nee. that few counties in the State "
an equal.
A Strong Goal and Coke Co. Il