Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-05-21

will preach at Harborton Baptist
Church next Sunday night, $50
o'clock.
The Grand Fair of Improvement
will hold it's seventh annual fair at
Deep Greek, commencing September
Goth, and continuing four days.
Rev. John w. Hundley, after a
visit of about ten days to friends in
lower Accomac, left for home in
Covington, Va, Wednesday morning.
ST. Thomas church will be dedica-
ted on the Goth, the fifth Sunday OF
May. Rev. W. c. Walden will preach
the dedicatory sermon Services ali
day. Everyone invited.
Children's day services will be held
at Waehapreague, in the NJ. L.
Church, South, Sunday, June 9TH,
at 10 o'clock. Special program will
be rendered. Public invited
New advertisements in this issue to
which attention is especially invited
Slocomb & Bros, general merchants
disc: Mrs. a. G.. James, millinery.
Jos. S. Bunting, potato digger no
tice to creditors OF Jno. E. Parker,
deceased; Folly for sale.
Mr.. George F. Parker vacated this
week the brick storehouse ut Accomac
G. r., which he has occupied for
several years He moved to the
Parker storehouse few feet distant
and will continue the business of
general merchant at that place
The A. J. Ward farm, between
Belle Haven and Wardtown, one and
half miles from EXmore station, is
offered for sale by It. B. Quinby, at
torney, Onancock, either IT'S whole
or in parcels to suit purchasers
Write TO him for prices and further
particulars.
A lecture will be given at Horn
town, for the benefit OF Reamy he
mortal Baptist church, on Monday
May Goth, Whitsuntide, before which
g pleasure and profit tea" will be
served. Ice cream, cake &c., in
abundance. If weather inclement
next fair evening.
Frank Annis, of Sylvester, was shot
by his son William, near Guilford
wharf, last week. The ball entered
his left side, but fortunately, hit no
vital part and the father will recover
The difficulty originated in dispute
about the ownership of bateau.
The son has left for parts unknown.
The sale of the Blackstone Farm"
near Drummondtown, belonging to
the heirs OF the late John W. Coard,
has been postponed until Saturday,
May 21st, 1898. 1t will be sold in two
parcels, of one hundred acres each,
more or less, instead Of as a whole, as
heretofore advertised; the sale to take
place at Gardner's store at Wiseville.
Chaplin Bros, leading commission
merchants of Boston, through our
columns say to the people of the Eas-
tern Shore that they want their ship
ments again this season and we can
not TOO heartily com mend the firm to
the favor of our farmers. 1t has IA
ciiities for securing you best prices
and can always be relied on to give
you honest returns.
Especial attention is invited to ad-
vertisement of Pungoteague Academy
in this issue. 1t is already a first
class preparatory school, with 100
pupils and faculty of four teachers,
BUTT is proposed, to make il another
session equal to the best in the State
and SO worthy of your support it will
be no longer necessary to send your
children from nome to get first class
education. an inst sutior sopromising
deserves the most liberal patronage
OF our people.
The dwelling of AR. Oliver Coard
near Accomac G. H., was burned &C
cidentally late Friday afternoon Of
last week. The fire caught in the
roof from a stove pipe placed tenn
porarily through same while i'm
provements were being made to the
dwelling and had made such Roadway
when discovered that it was impossi-
BILE to arrest its progress. The most
of his furniture was saved. His loss
was about 5000. The property was
not Insured.
Mr.. Andrew j. Kelpie, ayoung
man living near the Courthouse left
home Monday morning for Norfolk,
leaving note behind him that she
was off for the war and that the call
to arms was sweeter 70 him than the
music of a thousand harps." He was
back on Wednesday because he did
not measure up to the standard
physically of a solGier. but with his
faith mistaken that he will still
have an opportunity to serve his
country in its "unpleasantnessn with
Spain BE can be relied on to be IN
the thickest of the fight If a chance
is given him to get there.
We are authorized by the Judge to
announce, that on the second and
third days of the May term, 1898, of
the county court, for the county of
Accomac, TUESDAY and Wednesday,
the court will hear applications of
persons desiring to obtain certificate
to sell wines, ardent spirits, &c, for
the year ending April 3Oth, 1899, at
,rhich tim. If shall be lawful for any