Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-01-19
A PROSPEROUS TOWN.
Stuart's Draft Foraes TO The Front
Some New Building and Other I'm.
provemsnis A Good Trading and
BesIness Point.


BesIness Point.
| Stu4rt's Draft. Jan IS
In common with other places
throughout the land. Stuart's Draft il
enjoying its just proportion of the
wave OF prosperity that has gladdened
the heart of the nation. Not only in
times of prosperity, but in periods of
tenor of its way and gone steadily on
ward in a course OF progress and bus.
mess improvement. Not many towns
of its size can boast of y water supply,
and many that are larger might well
covet the excellent service that
Stuart's Draft enjoys in this respect,
both in the purity and volume of the
water supplied. Few places have bet
ter public schools and none have a
better equipped steam flour mill than
is being operated here. These factors
together with the fact that the tOv n
has long been an important shipping
point ON the N. Il W. Ry., has drawn
unusual attention and trade to the
place. Perhaps the location of the
town amidst the most fertile farm sec
ton of the county, has had as much
to do with its growth as has the energy
of its merchants and other businets
men.
At any rate the town has improved
and grown steadily--a fact most appar
ent to those who visit our community
from time to time. In the last year
several new houses have gone up and
improvements and additions To others
have been made. Besides the two
stores doing business here, another is
building-almOst completed. This is
the property of Mr.. Latham Child now
of Staunton, but who was formerly
merchant here. Mr.. Child store was
built by Messrs. Larner & Smith, and
is of the celebrated Hartman 5. Palmer
Hollow Concrete Blocks. 1t measures
22x60 feet, two stories high, and pre-
sents quite an imposing and substan-
tial appearance. Mr.. Child expects to
open the store in the spring with line
of general merchandise. l.ai gniFi=1
Mr. f. A. Kerr has also added to and
improved his store-dOubling its depth,
besides arranging a public hall over
the store, and building stock rooms on
the side of the store on it's ground
floor.
This store and Its neighbor across
the railway tracks, the store of Mr.. j.
Mob. McChesney, are doing thriving
general business. Both make speci-
atty handling country produce and
have established good local market
in this section.
Some idea of the volume in this
branch of their business may be had
when it is known that the two stores
shipped IN single week during De
cember poultry, eggs and turkeys to
the value of 81. 500.
A new conner in the town is Mr.. j.
F. Frey of Laurel HILL Mr.. Frey is
adding his energies to the building up
of the town and to that end has pur.
chased the old chair factory property
of Mr.. J. Frank Smith, and will re-
build at an early date locating the new
building back further from the rail-
way line. He has already complet ed
and is operating near the same site an
Attrition Feed mill and has also a bur
stone for making house meal. His
recently purchased residence is located
on the same plot of ground, and taken
all together makes valuable property.
MIR. Smith who formerly owned <"ne
chair factory, has installed III d Snaii
building nearby LOON machihe anu
will soon l.g1n the manufacture of |
brc~.ns. This work will be in charge
of Mr.. j. Frank Phillips.
Messrs. G. II. COhron Il Son, hay |
and grain commission merchants here |
have informed your correspondent
that they are rounding up years
business, that has proved a record
breaker in magnitude. especially in
the unusual and heavy shipment of
hay. rsEi
Among the neat properties here that
have changed hands recently, is the
two story frame residence next to
Kerr's store, bought by Mr.. b F.
Young, into which he and his family
have moved.
An improvement of no small impOr-
lance to the public school and COM
munity near here, is the laying of
line of water pipe from this place.
When completed this line will furnish
the school and nearby residents with
the bert of mountain free stone water.
Mrs VIM. H. Bailie, nee Miss Black,
returned this week from Washington,
where she had spent some days.