Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1912-06-25


peerless Ashby fell.
"a wall sweeps DER the Valley,
Virginia's deep with woe;
Her noble sons and daughters
In mournful grief bend low
In mournful grief bend low,
Above her fallen brave
The high-souled, gallant Ashby,
Who sleeps in elory's grave"
AT Winchester we saw friends and had
few minutes pleasant chat with Hon
K. E. Byrd. Speaker of the Virginia
House of Delegates and Woodrow Will
son leader in the Old Dominion. At
Woodstock we stopped for short while
at the residence of Hon. J. NJ. Bauser-
man. leading lawyer aud rock-ribbed
Democrat of Shenandoah county. Mrs.
Banserman is daughter OF Rev. !. r.
Van Horne. prominent minister OF the
Baltimore Conference, NJ. E. Church
South. Passing through New Market
We encountered the Messrs Henkle, edl-
Valley newspaper and extensive book
publishers, relatives of our nj ece, with
pressing invitation to stop with them for
few hours. This invitation we were
compelled reluctantly to decline, dut we
did not proceed farther without having
our car gaily decorated by Mr. Ambrose
Henkle with Confederate flags and each
passenger with souvenir pin or flag.
We were also pleased to meet here Mr..
Lester Stonesifer,a former Charles Town
hoy" who is travel ing for a large
Stanton wholesale house. Leaving
Harrisonburg we made detcur out the
Raleigh Springs pike and through the
thriving town of Dayton. In this beau
tful rich section reside the numerous
Liskeys and Llnaweavers, near relatives
OF Mr.. Geo. w. Armentrout, with their
attractive homes and beautiful farms. al
marked by the best wire fence with each
post painted red and tipped with white
At Mr.. Newton Leiskeys refreshments
were brought out by his charming
daughter and served literally. At Mr..
Labou Shewalter's we We're also hosp;t-
ably received.
Notwithstanding our numerous stops
we reached Waynesboro, W., before
p. m, without single mishap. Waynes-
boro is progressive little city, nesting
on the west bank of the South ,,ver in
the richest section Of Augus'a county. 1t
is fine town with splendid popula.
ton, going right along in steady march
of improvement. II has und reround
sewerage, electric llgh's. streets we'll
rounded up and grad d with the prinoi-
pal ones covered from side to side with
well rolled finely crushed stone. concrete
pavements and curling. A street sphinx
Ter keeps down the dust, and several pas
senger and freight tran fer autos are run
on the streets. Has two good banks. =
fine military school 0he Fishburne Mill
'arY SchooD and an excellent State High
School-the latter at tie last Session hav-
ing four hundred pupils enrolled. and
with Prof. A,C. Kimar, former popu-
lar principal of Shepherd College, at its
head. Ot churches there are SIX nice
ones the latest addition being the new
Presbyterian church, the handsomest and
most convenient and connections in the |
Valley, with splendid new So 900 organ |
The Waynesboro charter contains an in
llbition against licensing LIQUOR saloons
ana there has not been any intoxicating
liquors sold there since it has been in
'orporated. Across TIE South r1vor at
he junction of the c. & o. and N. & W
'allroads, lies the enterprising town of
5asic City, which also extends its domain
'ver on the west side of the river and
forth of Waynesboro, This thriving
own has several churches and large man.
factories, and at the junction of the two
Dads a new union station is now haipo
rected, with long train sheds and modern
onveniences. Here, as in Wavnesboro
70 liquor licenses are granted. In addi-
ION to other good hotels 10 the two cities.
Vaynesboro has the Brunswick Inn and /
'asic City the Brandon, two fashionable
ummer resor.s, each season we'll filed r.
nth visitors from Richmond aud other +
tiles. Rev. B. F. Ball. a well-known !;
primer pastor of the ME-. Church South. n
ssides in Waynesboro, and gave Ms a o
lessant call. Among our good friends
the older residents we were pleased TO s.
leet Mr.. 7. H. Antrim, a retired mer. E
liant; Mr.. J. B. Roden, retired mer. a
liant and former gallant Louisianiap e.
no followed the fortunes of Stonewall V
acksou; Mr. John t. Ellyson. prom,. d.
ent business man who has had inter !
'urse as wool buyer with farmers Of T
'ferson. and another old Stonewal pl
rigader; Mr.. F. Temp!eton. leading
lsiness man and ex-Confederate: and p
rmer Mayor ]. A. Patterson, wha lost "
arm as result of the battle OF An,ie- m
m and was nursed back to heath and "
'enWh by the then young lad es of in
larles Town. r,
We visited Stanton. the queen city of VI
: Upper Valley, on Friday. and were H
suitably entertained by Mrs. Frank t.
Dit. Staunton is business p'ac-, and tie