Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1911-03-24
FROM STAUNTON.
BUSINESS in the Queen City
News ItemS-PerS0nalS &c.

AS my mind wauders back over
the lapse of thirty -four years, when
left Woodstock for this place the
thought struck me that few lines
from the Queen City of the Valley may |
be of interest TO some of the many |
readers of the HERALD, the office In
which 1 served my apprenticeship at
the printing business, and where the
many pranks that I.played are still
fresh in my mind.
Woodstock is fairly we'll represent
ed here in Staunton, some OF our
wide-awake and pushing citizens hail
from in and about the old town, all OF
whom have made good progress and
are holding their own well.
was about to say Stanton was on
boom, but that would be putting it
mildly, for she is always on boom;
since my residence here her popula-
ton has nearly thribbled and adj
vanced in every other way according
lly, but at this time we are making re-
newed efforts to build up the waste
and vacant places with fine prospects
ahead of US. The Chamber of Com
MERGE has now in view the establish
| ing of q large barrel mot whiskey)
factory, which will give employment
to number of hands with a good
weekly pay roll, while they have every
! assurance that other industries will
| follow later on. All of our industries
here are making full time and doing
a thriving trade. TIE Putnam Organ
Factory has now on its pay roll over
fifty hands. while their product, which
is of the very best, is shipped not only
to every part of the .. S., but to
many points in Europe. l know you
will be pleased to learn of the success
of the Glen Brothers, formerly of
Woodstock from very small begin
ming few years ago, they now have
one of the best equipped ice plants in
the state with a capacity of 40 tons
every "A hours, they also have in con-
necton large cold storage, which is
now we'll filled with apples, meat, but
ter, &c. They ship their ice to many
points in the state. If you have any
more such hustlers as the Glen Bros.
and want to get rid of them send them
to Staunton.
Our city has an Association of
which she may we'll feel proud, it is
| the Working Mems Fraternal AS
ISOLATION, the object of which is to aid
in the building up of the city as well
as to look after the welfare of its
members: it too, started in very
small way, now it has a membership
of several hundred, and is doing a
power of good. If you want to see
what it is, come to Staunton next La
| Dor Day, when will be out in full force.
Taking it all in all, there is much
here to deter our young men from
leaving the Valley and seeking homes
in less copgenial sections of the coun-
try. 1t is gratifying to note the good
impression Staunton, makes 90 stran-
gers who stop with US. have yet to
meet one who failed to spesk well and
in the highest terms Of the place.
Our newspapers here are on good
foundation. The Dispatch aud News,
after many changes since it launched
| forth, is now n the hands of Mr..
| Harold West, formerly connected with
the Baltimore Sun. Mr.. West is an
old newspaper man, and under bis
management is enjoying large circu-
lation and healthy advertising pa
tronage; the Spectator, that time
| honored Journal is also published
from the same Office by Mr.. West, but
it does not weld that influence which
It did for fifty years or more.
The Erening Leader is now entering
the seventh year OF its existence, hav-
ing started over six years ago as a
small six-column folis, it can now be
said to be on solid basis, full-size
8 column paper. The Messrs. Opie
nave associated with them ii the
editorial deps rtment, Mr.. r. D. Hal
slip, formerly of Woodstock. Mr..
Haislip is too we'll known as smooth
and fo-ceful writer to need any COM
ments from US. The paper now has a
large and increasing circulation with
an advertising patronage as much as
lit cac handle. The Leader is up-to-
date, clean and full Of grit. May it.
like the ''little brook. go on for
ever. The Augusta County Argus now
gleets its many readers twice week,
it now being full-hedged semi-week-
ly, another evidence of the pros
perity of that wide-awaBe paper. So
you see Mr.. Editor, Staunton, is well
supplied with home literature.
1t is now pretty well settled that we
are to have another wet and dry cleo
lion, and what the result will bt echo
answers what? Certain it is that it
will be better fight; the bad feelings
brought about by the last contest have
not healed over, and both sides are
very determined The vets claim that
under the dry regime much damage
has been done to business while the
consumption of whiskey has not bee II
decreased, but the drys claim the con-
trary. We will see what We will see.
Now, Mr.. Editor. must say word
for good old Woodstock. On my re-
cent visit there I was astonished at
the great improvement made on every
hand; handsome residences have
taken the place of those which were
old land marks, the streets we'll grad
ed and sidewalks nicely paved, while
the Growing Improvement of all is
your splendid system of procuring an
abundant supply of good, pure, soft
mountain water, showing very plainly
that you have wise and prudent men
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