Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-09-30
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DR.. John r. .Bowdoin and wife are
in Baltimore.
| Miss Josie Mock left home to at.
tend schoolat the Margaret Academy
at Onancock, on Tuesday of last
week.
Capt. John Hughes has just COM
pleted the painting ofBethel church.
The job is done in such a manner as
to reflect great credit upon the skill
of Capt. Hughes and his assistants.
Probably the greatest revival OF
religion in score OF years at Bethel,
is now going on at that church, I'M
der the direction of the pastor, Rev.
j. L. King, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Ed
monson, of Chincoteague Island. Up
to this time it is said no less than
forty individuals have protested faith
in Christ.
Rev. Richard Walsh, of Newport
News, and James Walsh, of New
York, were called by wire to the bed
side of Mrs. Lottie Savage, nee Walsh,
one day last week, whose illness was
pronounced by her physician to be
almost hopeless. Mrs. Savage by
her many excellent qualities OF heart
and mind, has so endeared herself to
everyone in the community, that all
hearts yearn toward the youthful
sufferer and all lips utter prayers for
her speedy recovery. Atthis writing
all are glad to learn that her COM
plete recovery is possible
N. w. Mock, of this place, an
nounces his intention of circulating
petition among the people of the
Eastern Shore, asking Congress
through our representative, Hon. W.
A. Jones, to grant q sufficient sum of
money from the treasury of the Gen
eral Government to remove the OBJ.
structions to the passage of light
draft boats, now existing in what is
known as 'Bogg's Bay" "Cat Creek. "
"Weir Passing" "Burton's Bay
and in other places along the sea-
side, so as to have an unobstruct-
ed waterway for light draft boats
from above Chincoteague to Cape
Charles. This waterway has now
become indispensable, both to our
oystermen and truckers. Thousands
of barrels of potatoes are annually
carried through these shallow and
crooked passages, at the expenditure
and waste of an immense amount of
time and labor, by our hardy boat
men. The great volume of yearly
increasing traffic through these wa
tiers will amply justify our govern
ment in making q liberal appropria-
tion for the purpose indicated-be-
sides our people have as yet had but
meager and indirect benefits from
the hundreds of thousands of dollars
contributed in the past years, direct
ly and indirectly, to the general
treasury at Washington. Other wa
tiers of our District and State, of far
less commercial Importance than
these, have received liberal appro-
priations from the treasury in the
last score of years, and we now think
the attention of our Congressman
should be directed to the relief of
this com merce upon our inland wa
terway, hitherto utterly neglected
and left to struggle unaided for its
development and its very existence.
By the exercise Of wonderful patience
and indomitable energy the sturdy
navigators of these shallow and tor
tuous passages, have by the aid OF
vessels of peculiar construction,
built up traffic OF enormous pro-
portions and established commun-
ity of people upon the island of Chin
colleague, that in morals, in wealth,
in progress and in intelligence, will
challenge q comparison with any
community in our state, of equal OPP
portunities. With the unobstructed
navigation of these waters, no man
living can even dream of the devel-
opments in wealth and population
that would inevitably follow. Steam
freight and passenger lines would
soon be established from all accessi-
BILE points, trade would soon be more
than doubled, and Chincoteague
would soon assume the solidity and
proportions of a real city.