Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-06-01
A BUSY TOWN.

Factory and PIanIng Mill Working
Full Time--New BuiIdin3s--Rea
Estate Sales and Transfers.
Personal Mention, Etc. Etc
Grottoes, Va, May 80 --''Grottoes
the Beautiful''-as it was, as it is, only
more beautiful today in Its coat of new
paint and its garb of spring foliage,
than when it first inspired its
euphonlOus name. Few towns
along the N. & W. are more
pleasing to the eye and none are SO
beautifully located. The site is ideal
and the place makes a favorable i'm
lpression Oh the stranger. AS your re-
porter strolled down the track this
evening the view toward the North
was beautiful. with it's spread of green
In varying shades and its distant noun
tain, of palest blue But it is not
purely from a picturesque point of
view that GrottOes is to be admired
it is good business point and is the
trading place for very fertile section
of both Augusta and Rockingham
counties. The stores are we'll stocked
and doing good business. Eutsler
Brothers. the operators of large plan
! ing mill, are also builders and cont rae
tors with III my orders ahead, and The
American Hardwood Manufacturing
| Company. are giving steady employ.
ment to goodly number of skille
| mechanics. This last named concern
is the patentee of the Photoscope, a
very ingenious piece of mechanism.
Y GU stand in front of it-drop nickel
in the slot, turn crank and your pic.
ture drops out-a perfect photograph.
Mr.. F. s. Anderson representing the
Hardwood Company, was in Norfolk
last week to see the Exposition au-
thorities in regard to installing num-
Der of these machines on the James
town Exposition grounds during the
big show next year. AS an indication
of the extensive trade of the Hardwood
Manufacturing Co. we mention the
shipment last week to Southern points
of two Car loads of telephone boxes,
two cars of the same to Cleveland.
Ohio, and one car of photographic !
boxes to Toledo, this the last of a |
10000 order.
Eutsler Brothers keep both their |
shop and carpenter forces busy. They !
are erecting additions to the residen-
ces of George Hoy and John Western.
and are putting up a fine $4,000 house |
for Lloyd K. Layman, all in Augusta |
county. also are erecting an attached |
rear building to the property of Mrs.
Layton at Mt. Meridian. A new front |
is being built on the residence of s. H.
Craun, Jr., and here in Grottoes they
are refitting and adding to the proper.
this Mr.. M. D. Eutsler will build for
himself ten-room residence on the so |
acre tract recently purchased of John |
W. Blackburn. The building will be
beautifully located in large grove of
oaks Oh an elevation overlooking the
town.
AS further indication of thrift here
it is but necessary to mention some of
the recent real estate sales and trans
n f0 - T L,1l-
cher, house and lot. the latter includ-
ing several acres. L. l.. Maupin, the
efficient and popular N. Il w. agent,
has purchased the Harnsberger farm
of 1870 acres lying just north of the
town, and has moved his family into
the residence thereon. His house and
lot, valuable property in town, was
sold to George r. Root, former
Stauntonian, and now engaged in
merchandising here. J. w. Western has
sold to w. e. Armentr0ut house and
lot which the purchaser is improving.
John Sipe has sold the large store room |
in rear of Kaylor & Co. g, the same to
|
used for the meeting of secret orders.
church fairs, etc. M. A. Miller & Co.
are about ready to build wareroom |
in rear of their store, the material for |
which is already on the ground. Robt.
L. Miller, the active manager of the |
store, has in connection with it.a large !
double track bowling alley, an amuse-
ment seldom found in town Of this
size. 1t is we'll patrOniZed not only by |
the people here but by the many stran.
gers and visitors, and is source of
much innocent and healthful recrea
ton.
Several of the business houses here |
have recently changed their firm
names. Pirkey Bros II Co. have ad-
mltted to partnership Geo. X. Root of
Staunton. Mr.. Root was formerly
with the clothing house of Jos. l..
Barth & Co. Since moving here and
purchasing residence property, he has
become the active partner in charge of
the large general store of Pirkey Bros.
s. Co., and is we'll pleased with this,
his new home.
Another business change is that in
the house of Anderson, Littell & Co.,
the new firm being composed of 8. W.
Kaylor and Frank Littell, under the
firm name of Kaylor & Co.
A new firm is that of Ham Il Full
cher, who have opened a real estate
office here. Mr.. Ham has resided here,
while his partner, Mr.. Fulcher is but
recently from Gordonsville. He has
purchased property here and moved bis