Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-09-10

The date of picnic at Harborton
has been changed to Saturday, Sep
TENDER 18th, or on following Monday
if weather prevents on that day.
DIR. j. IA Loffland offers for sale,
in this issue, valuable house and lot
in Pungoteague. He will sell same
at public auction October Goth. if not
disposed OF earlier at private sale.
E. 7. Powell will sell at public
auction on Tuesday and Wednesday,
September 18th and 14th, on PARA
more's Beach, seventy or eighty beach
ponies. See advertisement in another
column.
Revival services will begin at the
Drummondtown Baptist Church, to
continue for ten days, on the first
Sunday in October. Rev. Wayland
F. Dunaway, of Middleburg, Va, will
assist the pastor in the work.
Misses Ada and Fairy Mapp, daugh-
tiers of Dir. Jno. E. Mapp, left Thurs
day, for Danville and Lynchburg,
respectively, the former to accept
situation as teacher and the latter to
become pupil of Woman's College.
The land. of which George S. West
died seized and possessed, will be sold
at public auction to the highest bid
der in Craddockville, on Saturday,
September 18th, 1898, $3.50 p. ~, by
John E. West, executor. For further
particulars see posters.
There will be match game of base
bail, at Mappsville on Saturday,
September 10th. The Mappsville
baud will furnish music to enliven
the occasion, and the ladies of the
Sunday School will have ice cream
and confectionaries on the grounds
for sale.
Ernest Spead, coored, convicted at
a late term of the county court of
murder in the second degree and sen
fenced to seven years confinement in
the penitentiary, WAS taken there by
Eugene r Mason, State guard, last
Wednesday morning.
An advertisement of A. H. G Mears.
this week, is of especial interest to
you, if YOU want shoes, sewing
machines or bicycles. A live mer-
chant like Mr.. Mears can buy always
10 the best advantage, aud therefore
is prepared to offer you bargains.
James Fl. Fletcher, Jr., trustee, will
sci. -by request, at public auction,
Saturday, September 24ib,3 p. M, that
valuable house and lot belonging TO
j. G. Rowles. Parties wishing a com
Portable home are requested TO exam
inc same. For particulars see post
ers.
The cleared land on Back street in
Onancock, about sixteen acres, with
two good tenant houses and twenty
one, of Snead Woodland near Oman
cock, both lately belonging to Upshur
B. Qninby, now deceased, is offered
for sale by Y. B Quinby, attorney.
1t is very desirable property and
should sell well.
AT republican con vention held at
Eastville. Monday, the following del
egates were elected to the first con-
gressiona district convention, to be
held at Tappahannock, September 10;
G. a. Mckinney, G. G. Smithers,
James H. Wilson, Jr. and J. G. L.
Bayne. The convention indorsed the
administration and present State
committees.
The part of the Fentress farm in
Upshur's Neck owned by the heirs of
Upsbur 3. Quinby, deceased, is offer
ed for sale at reasonable price by L.
B Quinby, attorney, Onancock, Va.
1t is fine water situation, 50 acres
of good high land, much improved,
aud 25 acres of woodsland and has an
exceptionally fine water front and
ecl-grass shore
The commissioner of internal
revenue has made the following rul-
ing as to revenue tax to be put in
bonds: "a bond, which is nothing
more or less than promise to pay so
much money, should be treated as a
promissory note. This applies to
bond accompanying mortgage So,
obeyiDg the ruling of the commits
sioner there is required on above
bonds the same stamps as on a
promissory note, to wit; two cent
revenue stamp on every 500, or frac-
ton thereof
Stewart K. Powell. trustee, will
sell at public auction on Saturday,
September oath, p. ~, at Pun
colleague, the Mcdonnell Farm, !"
a storehouse and other valuable par
GELS of lands, situated in and near
that town. The farm is one of the
most valuable on the Eastern Shore,
not only on account fits productive
ness, but for it's location and i'm
provements. The storehouse is large
and the site of same good as any in
the town. Some one will get a bar
gain in this property. See posters
for full particulars.
On the second day of September,
R. j. Montgomery, of Mechlenoerg
county, Va, filed in the clerks Office
of Accomac county court IS applica>
lions to purchase lands, sold by
county treasurer fer delinquent taxes
due thereon and purchased by the
Commonwealth. Copies of these ap-