Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-10-15
Mt. Scion Items

! Mt. Scion, Va, Oct. 1.-THE dry
proposition III our surrounding section
| is strictly winner.
| Mt. Scion still has such with an
abundant to spare to our less fortunate
neighbors. :
Mr.. Charles Revercomb and Miss
Laura May Fertigue drove from this
place to the Methodist parsonage al
! ParnasSuS, where they were united in
| the Holy bonds of wedlock by Rev. J.
l.. Henderson. After the ceremony
they were driven to the home of the
brides parents at West Augusta, re-
turning to this place Sunday evening,
| where they received the congratulations
of their numerous friends.
Cards are out announcing the MARI
age of Mr.. Wilmer Karicote and Miss
Iva Todd to take place the Goth of this
month at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Q. Douglas of the Mt. Zion neigh.
bOrhOod.
The Chesapeake Western ran an ex-
cursion train from Elkton to Stokes
vile on Sunday last, called the s'open
ing of the chestnut burr" excursion.
Our village is certainly becoming the
trade center of large farming COM
nunity. Last week there was shipped
from this place nine loads of choice
stock for the eastern markets.
The shippers were w. M. McNulty,
of Mcdowell, loads. w. B. Peterson,
Parnassus, Va, l load, and tour, John
Karicofe, l load.
DR.. J. l.. Alexander has completed
his residence, situated on an eminence
overlooking the village and affording a
beautiful view Oftthe surroundings for
considerable distance.
0. A. Flippo, our popular merchant,
will soon have completed neat and
pretty residence overlooking "Lake
View" a beautiful sheet of water that
abounds in our town.
J. S. A. Cupp has commenced the
building of a concrete block house
which bids fair to be commodious
and substantial one
HI. B. McFall has added some modest
Improvements to his residence for con-
venience and comfort.
Mr.. S. Preston Buck has about COM
pleted large and handsome residence
on his farm near the village.
Tucker, respected colored man of
the village, says "Dis town am sure on
de BOOM"
Mr.. Shoemaker and family, who was
one of the pioneers in starting or ex
pected to start some enterprise at Strib-
ling Springs some years ago, has rent
ed of Mr.. Ernest Dudley his residence
here, which was recently vacated by
DR.. Alexander, and is now citizen of
our village.
Mr.. s. A. McNulty, brother of w.
NJ. McNnlty, stopped for day or SO in
our village, ON his return from Balti-
more, where he purchased a large stock
of goods for his store at Mcdowell,
Highland county, where he does an ex-
tensive business on the mercantile line.
Miss Cora E. Marshall of Fluvanna
county, arrived in the village Saturday
to take charge of the public school. She
will be assisted by Miss Brownie Bass.
Squire J. w. Hopewell and friend
went to Harrisonburg Friday to hear
the noted criminal lawyer, Jack Lee,
in the Hirsch murder case. The able
prosecuting attorney, Mr.. Conrad was
fully equal to the occasion and proved
match for this beautiful and smooth
talker, one by one, he took up his argu-
ment and exposed the weak points to
the jury. The result is known.
Mr.. William Messersmith has re-
turned from New York, where he at
tended the Hudson-Fulton Celebra-
ton. 1t was his first visit to the great
metropolis and he saw so much that
was out of the usual where he is used
to breathing he would not attempt to
give an intelligent description of his
trip SO soon after his home coming.
There are so many Improvements I'M
der sway here that we were about to
forget to mention one more, pretty and
coZy residence that has been completed
for Mr.. Wallace Taliferro, the popular
assistant in the store of w. P. Rush.
Rumor says this residence is being built
for an approaching event.
DR.. James 7. Clarke and son, James,
spent day in Harrisonburg last week
attending to business matters.
+ Mr.. S. A. Slower has the water drawn
from his mill-dam for the purpose of
putting in new trunk and pinStock.
The many friends of Mr.. Jared Hiner
of Doe Hill, Highland county, will re-
greet to hear of his serious illness on Elk
Mountain, Randolph county, where he
had gone to look after some business in
terest at that place, and where he owns
an extensive grazing farm. He was
suddenly attacked with pneumoni a.
His family was called to his bedside.
Mr.. Howard S. Irvine of Churchville,
passed through our town Saturday to
his home, after brief business trip to
Front Royal and other points.