Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-10-10
John w. Edmonds. Editor and Owner
LOCAL NEWS.

Hon. William A. Jones will address
the voters of Northampton at East
vile, Monday, October 18th.
Mr.. Geo. s. Mapp has been ap
pointed postmaster at Bobtown in
place of A. G. Campbell, resigned.
Mr.. Jos. T. Kenney, a former citi
z@n of this county, now of Phila
delphia, was in attendance at our
Circuit Court, this week.
Mr.. Floyd Parks, promising
young man, is critically i'll at the
home of his father, Mr.. s. w. Parks,
near Parksley, and not expected.sto
recover.
Misses Emma and Ruth Lewis oc-
cupied and opened out fine line of
millinery and notions in their new
and handsome millinery establish
ment at Parksley this week.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Grace Littleton
Roberts to Mr.. William Edward
Lineback, at Holy Trinity Church,
Onancock. on Wednesday October
21st. $50 p. III.
The members of Pocomoke NJ. E.
Church, South, cordially invite the
public to an oyster supper to be
given at that church, Saturday,
October 10th. Proceeds for the bene-
fit OF said church.
Register and get your transfers at
once, if you want to vote on the 3rd
of November for Bryan, Sewall and
Jones. After the 99rd of October it
will be too late to attend to these
important duties.
A revival meeting will begin in
Temperanceville NJ. E. Church, South,
on the second Sunday night in Octo-
Der. The pastor will be assisted by
Rev. E. E. Harrell, of the Wacha-
preague circuit.
In another column will be found an
advertisement of 1. H. Merrill, POGO
moke City, to which your attention
is especially invited. He has superb
line of clothing, &C., and proposes to
give you bargain in them.
The fair, advertised to be held I'M
der the auspices of Harmanson-West
Camp, G. ", at Parksley, in October,
has been postponed until another
year, on account of the hard times
and the failure to secure speakers, as
was expected.
Thos. w. Blackstone, trustee, will
sell at public auction, on Saturday
October 10th, 3 p. M, at Pungoteague
a parcel of land containing six acres
situated On Pungoteague creek, re-
Gently conveyed by Edward ]. Corbin
and wife to Richard Parker. See
posters.
John a. Bundick, trustee, will sell
at public auction, at Parksley, on
Saturday, October 10th next, the
house and lot of James R. Lewis,
situated in said town. The dwelling
is new and of modern style and
located in desirable part Of the
thrifty town. For particulars see
posters.
A Bryan, ;Sewall and Jones flag wa
thrown to the breeze on pole cree
ted at Mr.. Herbert Drummond's store
on MessoDgo last Saturday. AT night
Senator LeCato and Mr.. T. B.
Robertson, of the Eastern Shore
Herald, addressed large gathering
of democrats at that place.
Rev. VIM. P. Wright, presiding
elder OF Eastern Shore district, will
be at Drummondtown Methodist
church next Sunday night. This is
Mr.. Wright's last visit for the year.
The fourth quarterly conference ct
Acconac G. H., charge will be held
next Monday morning at 10 O'Clock.
In these hard times you want
goods with as little profit on them as
possible. Nelson & Daugherty, Ac-
comac G. H., authorize the announce
ment that they have just opened out a
new stock with prices way down and
want you to call, and will convince
you that such is the case.
A democratic mass meeting, with
about 300 voters in attendance, held
at Parksley, last Wednesday was
addressed by Judge Henry Flournoy,
of Richmond, and Hon. Howard
Hathaway, of Lancaster. The
speeches were eloquent, forcible and
convincing and commanded the at
tention of the audience from begin
ming to the close.
An old granary, at Leemont, which
Mr.. d. H. johnson had moved on the
site of a grocery store of Mr.. Emory
Human, recently burned, was de-
stroyed by fire last Sunday night.
The origin of the fire was accidental
and due, it is thought, to the care
lessness of some boys who had been
smoking in it during the day. Loss
about 800 and no insurance.
Mr.. f. r. Sommers, of this county,
is a member of the Cincinnati En-