Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-07-10
John W.Edmonds. Editor and Owner
LOCAL MEMS.

County School Board will meet al
Accomac c. H., Monday, August I'd.
Races at New Church Saturday,
July 18th. See announcement in
another column.
Valuable real estate offered for sale
at private contract in this issue by
Mr.. S. w Matthews.
Pastor J. NJ. Dunaway and Rev. F.
NJ Sanford, OF Drummondtown and
Zion Baptist churches, respectively,
will exchange pulpits next Sunday.
The Fourth of July was generally
celebrated throughout the county,
and the festivities, so far as we are
advised, were not marred by a single
accident.
The Board of Supervisors will meet
at Accomac c. H., Wednesday, July
14th. AT this meeting the road sur
veyors and road machine managers
will make their report.
Ice cream, cake, &c, will be served
at j. 4. Parks old stand, Onancock,
every Saturday afternoon until fur
Their notice Proceeds for the benefit
of the Presbyterian Church.
y. D. Mapp, of Exmore, Va, has
just gotten in line of high grade
new and secondhand bicycles, which
he is selling at below manufacturers
prices Terms cash, or easy pay
mentS.
y challenge given by citizens Of
Chincoteague to match their batteau
with one of equal length from Folly
Creek, has been accepted. The race
will come Off at Chincoteague about
July Goth.
The real estate of Robert LeCato
and wife, near Locustmont, will be
sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder, on the premises, on Saturday
July gath, 1897, at 3 o'clock p. H., by
John 7. Mock, trustee.
The Horsemen United Club races
come off at the Fair Grounds, Wednes.
day, July 21st. The time for closing
entries, as will be noticed by adver
tisement in this issue, has been ex-
tended to Tuesday, July 18th.
The Eastern Shore Agricult ural
Fair Catalogue, of this year, is IN the
hands of Secretary A. NJ. Noting
ham, for distribution. Call on him
or ut this office for a copy. See ad
vertisement also in this paper.
A mass meeting of the democrats OF
Northampton county is called for
July 18th, court day, by Chairman
Ailworth, for the purpose of electing
delegates to the State Convention,
which meets in Roanoke, Va, on
August 18th, 1897.
An advertisement of Bolton Bros,
Baltimore, appears in this issue, and
to all of our readers who need paints,
oils, glass, or any of the line OF goods
they carry, we can cordially com
mend the firm. 1t is an old one, and
in ali respects first class.
A protracted meeting will begin at
Sanford NJ. E. Church, South, on the
second Sunday in July, with services
night and day. The meeting will
continue three or four weeks and the
pastor is expected to have efficient
aid both in and out Of the pulpit.
The valuable real estate OF Isaac
d. Robbins and wife situated near
Marionville, Northampton, will be
sold at public auction by L. Floyd
Mock, trustee, Saturday, July 18th,
p. III. For further particulars see
posters and advertisement in this
paper.
The number of passengers taken to
Old Point from Harborton and other
wharves last Monday by steamer
Eastern Shore was 236 The sum re-
allied for the benefit of Harborton
Baptist Church, under whose au
spices the excursion was made, was a
good one.
L Floyd Mock, trustee, will sell the
land of Geo. c. Mapp and wife, on
July 10th, 1897, at O'Clock p. m, at
Keller, and convey fee simple es-
tate to the purchaser. This state
ment is authorized by the trustee to
correct report that a life interest
only would be sold.
M. William w. Melvin, Of Steamer
Pocomoke, is confined to his home at
Snow Hill. by a severe attack OF
Rheumatism, and the absence of no
one on that boat could be more re
GREETED. His speedy restoration to
health is sincerely hoped for by his
many friends in Accomac.
Privileges of the Parksley NJ. E.
Camp-ground, which begins August
18th, consisting of confectionery
stand, boarding tent, lemonade and
milkshake stands, photograph gal
lery and horse pound can be secured
bv letter addressed to Rev. d. J. Civ
an, pastor, who will hand them to u
committee appointed for that pur-
pose.
The valuable real estate of DR.
John w. NJ. Hopkins, consisting OF
333.45 acres is offered for sale at
private contract. The same will be
sold as whole, or in parcels to suit
the purchaser and on reasonable
terms This land is beautifully To-