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ONANCOCK, VA.
TO MRS. MARY A. BURTON:

You.are hereby notified, that
on the 18th day of March, 1893,
at the store of j. A. NJ. Wheal-
ton. & Co., on Chincoteague Is
land, Accomack county, Va !,
between the hours Of 9 O'Clock
a. m. and O'Clock p. M, of
that day, I shall proceed to take
the dispositions of John A. M.
Wheaton and others, to be read
as evidence in my behalf, in a
certain suit in chancery, de-
pending in the circuit court for
said county, wherein l am plain
tiff, and you are defendant; and
if from any cause the taking of
the said dispositions be not COM
menced, or if commenced, be
not concluded on that day, the
taking thereof will be adjourned
from day to day, at the same
place, and between the same
hours. until the same shall be
completed.
WooLsEY BURTON,
by
L. FLOYD Mock,
His Attorney.
February 9Th, 1898.
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For MISUNDERSTANDING at jenkins
Bridge, formerly occupied by C. S.
Smith Possession given at once.
Apply to II. 6. Fletcher
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An important piece of legislation
in the House Saturday was favorable
action on the bill making second con
viction of petit larceny felony and
punishable by confinement in the
nani1pIltiarV
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NoTIcE-A red heifer, 8 years old
this spring, with marks, cropped
left ear overbit the right has stray
ed away from my premises. The
finder will be reasonably rewarded.
Kendall Chase,
Mearsville, Va.
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McMath's Price List Of Strawberry
Plants.
Plants.

plate imperfect blossoms and must be
flowers them
At mailed free
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no. j. Hopkins.
louisville, Va.

PUBLIC AUCTIoN-I will sell at
public auction, Saturday afternoon,
February 10Th, beginning promptly
at one O'Clock, the entir-- stock of
goods belonging to F. W. Sparrow at
Harborton, Va, consisting in part of
dry goods, notions. boots, shoes, hats
caps, ready made clothing. hardware,
queensware. and store fixtures &C.,
&c Terms Cash.
6. B. Hoffman.
Trustee.
P. S.-Thls sale Will continue every
Saturday afternoon until the entire
stock is disposed Of
NOTICE OF DIssoLUTIoN-The
firm of Barnes & Shrieves, was this
day dissolved by mutual consent, S.
B. Shrieves retiring and who will not
be responsible for any bills Of the
firm from this date.
Barnes & Shrieves
Leemont, Va,
January Goth, 1898
NoTIcE-All persons are hereby
forewarned from taking wood from
MY premises, near Parksley, or
otherwise trespassing under penalty
of a prosecution to the full extent of
law. s. I. Young.
For sALE-Early jersey Wake
field cabbage plants.
A. J Read,
Harborton, Va.
For LoAN-$3, 900 on unencumbered
real estate. Letters in regard to same
will be promptly forwarded, if ad
dressed to G. D., care Of ENTERPRISE
office in separate cover.
WANTED-A settled white woman
as seamstress and nurse for one child.
Wages $500 per month.
Mrs Orris A. Browne.
Cape Charles, Va.
NoTICE-Money for loan On unen-
numbered real estate.
E. h. Northam,
103 e. Baltimore ST,
Baltimore, Md, or
Stewart K. Powell,
Onancock, Va.
For SALE-Twenty- barrels corn,
twenty barrels slip potato seed. three
stacks fodder, one SOW and eight
pigs. JOS C. Watson,
near Onancock.
NoTrcE-In addition to our general
line of merchandise, we have just
received new supply of shingles,
bricks, lime, fertilizers, domestics for
potato beds ETC., also farming im-
Elements, seed peas, onion sets etc.
which we bought for cash and will
sell at very small profit. Anyone
needing the above would do we'll TO
get our prices before purchasing
else where.
Rogers s. Boggs,
Melfa Station.
For LoAN-Money secured by lien
~, III rod ,ool
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To WHOM IT MAY CoNcERN-The
undersigned executor of the last will
and testament OF the late Joshua \.
Chapman, deceased, of Aceoluaci;
county, hereby gives notice hat ali
persons indebted to the late Joshua
a. Chapman, deceased, are hereby
required to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned, and all per-
sons holding claims against said de-
cedent are hereby notified to present
the same to the undersigned within
four months from this date, other
wise they may be excluded FROM ali
benefit. Given under my hand, this
LIST day of November. 1897.
James W. Chapman,
Executor of the last will and tesla
ment of Joshua A. Chapn al, decd.
Greenbackville, Va,
Nov. 1st, 1897.
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NOTICES., 10000 to loan on real
estate, in amounts not less thar
$4,000.
T. b. Qninhy. Onan.ock.
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blackSpurS.
An important piece of legislation
in the House Saturday was favorable
action on the bill making second con
viction of petit larceny felony and
punishable by confinement in the
penitentiary.
1t will not be long before Virginia
will witness the novelty in the South
of pretty girls as notaries public.
The two houses of the Legislature
have just passed an act authoriging
the fair sex to hold the places. The
bill will be forwarded to the Govern
or for his signature in a short time.
The Parks substitute for the
Murphy whipping post bill was
defeated in the House Saturday. Ii
provided that every second convic-
ton of petit larceny should be
punished with stripes. This ends
attempted legislation on this subject
The vote was 81 for and 43 against
the measure. 1t looked three weeks
ago as if the whipping-posta act might
be passed. but the bill has been con
stantly losing its advocates.
The House has passed the bill re
ported by the Winborn Retrench
inent Committee providing for reduc
ing the fees of jailers. 1t is claimed
that this bill will make a saving Of
many thousands Of dollars TO the
Commonwealth. The measure ha:
been pending in the House for severa
days, awaiting the time when il
could secure constitutional vote
| The House has also passed the bill
placing the salaries of the clerk o.
the House at $1,000 per annun
and that of the clerk of the Senate
at 81 100.
The Senate has passed substitute
for the bill requiring social clubs tx
day liquor license tax. The sub
stitute requires that the clubs shall
pay 81 for each member, and that {
| list of the members shall be recorded
| in the courts. This measure ha
been persistently fought by th'
friends of social clubs. 1t has beer
claimed that the enactment of thi
law will break pn all of the , n,,'f q
Small clubs in the city. The HOUSE
bill, which the Senate adopted {
substitute for, required the clubs t.
obtain a barroom license. The oh
lection to this was that it would have
forced them to close on the Sabbath
apd on the days of election.
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Write to us tor estimates on doors,
sash, blinds, stair-rails and all other
kinds OF building material, hardware
paints, &c. Stock large, prices low.
MIR. r. ID. L. Fletcher will be at Ac-
conac C. H., the first day of every
County Court, to receive orders for
the firul
Cape Charles Ice s. Lumber Co.
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II is not often that physician rec
or.mends patent medicine; when
he does. you may know that it is a
rood Que. DR.. j. P. Cleveland. elias
row, Va, writes: Il have used Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhma Remedy i'll my practice aud it
has proven TO be an excellent remedy
where thorough course OF medicine
had failed with lne. recommend it
to my patients every time for collie
and diarrhna Many other pro-
gressive physicians recommend and
use this remedy, because it always
cures and cures quickly Get bottle
and you will have an excellent doctor
in the house, for all bowel complaints
both for children and adults. For
sale by all druggists.
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CANDY PRIZE
STRAWBERRY

c@TAIS = IS = THE = BESTS-
Shipping and selling berry grown. To
prove this assertion write your COM
mission men. l have discarded all
other varieties and now have 20 acres
growing aud can supply plants true
t., nnme Write for de. criptive cir
crlar and prices
W. J. STATION, Salisbury, Nd.
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Legislative Notes.

Both houses of the Legislature have
invited Congressman Bailey to deliver
an address in Richmond, February
%. on the political situation.
The House committee on finance
has decided to report favorably the
bill providing for the transfer OF the
Agricultural Department to the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, at
Blacksburg.
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For LoAN-Money secured by lien
on unencumbered real estate.
J H. Fletcher, Jr.
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NoTIcE-All persons are hereby
forewarned from taking wood from
my premises, near Parksley, or
otherwise trespassing under penalty
of prosecution to the fnll extent of
law. S. 7. Young.
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rHE u.BAR PEG TooTH LEvER HARROW

The
oft
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For SALE "a good mule, weight
/ 600 to LOO pounds, gentle in all
harness. cheap. Apply to
James S. Clogg,
Pocomoke City, Md.
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.TaLK WITH
KELLY \ NOTTINGHAM,
GA am 9 eesss Wa
We represent Fire Insurance
Companies that pay losses in
the event Of fire.

No reliable Insurance Agency
can write your insurance at a
lower rate than we can make
Won
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For SALE-Twenty barrels corn,
twenty barrels slip potato seed. three
stacks fodder, one SOW and eight
pigs. JOS c. Watson,
near Onancock
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E[HEII1tGaI and L Livery

Will be opened by me at
Bloomtown Station, Va, Janu-
airy LIST, 1898.
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FOR sALE-Early jersey Wake
field cabbage plants.
A. J Read,
Harborton, Va.
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1t will be q matter Of economy,
on your part, to consult us
before placing yourinsnrance
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We have ample facilities for
handling all your insurance, no
matter how small, or how large
the amount may be.
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January &c, 1898.
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P. S.-Thls sale will continue every
Saturday afternoon until the entire
stock is disposed of.
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For LoAN-S3, 900 on unencumbered
real estate. Letters in regard to same
will be promptly forwarded, if ad
dressed to G. D.. care Of ENTERPRISE
office in separate cover.
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REID'S
Early Prolific.

After being fully tested is now Offer
ed to the trade by G. s. Read u co
growers of strawberry plants.
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Plants.
L. E. Jones,
j. Samuel Jones.

First class Strawberry Plants
for sale as now growing on the
Vanderbilt Farm.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

General Gomez tells the story of his
last campaign in little book entitled
Mi Escolta" C"My Escort"). which he
secretly had printed and published.
The date set for the war declaration
was Feb. "a, 1895, but the flag of the
republic coulG only be raised in tnree
of the provinces. Then followed de-
sultory outbreaks, the insurgents sell
dom coming out in open warfare, but
secreting themselves in swamps and
mountains, and at night terrorzlng the
loyalists by raiding their plantations.
On the last day of March, 1895, Maceo
with a handful of men landed on me
eastern tip of Cuba, where he was met
by mounted Spanish guard. After
fighting for several hours, having lost
all his men and having received sew
eral scratches CHS hat was shot off his
head Maceo escaped. For a fortnight
he traversed the woods and swamps,
until finally, in the hilly country north
of Bahia de Guantanamo he came
across a body of rebels. After Maceo
had made himself known, he was re-
CclNGu Win enthusiasm ny llc lulu
band, who rallied around him and in
the three trifiing encounters directly
following he more than held his own.
1t is interesting, right here, to note
that Antonio Maceo had made an in
tricate study of war in every possible
way he could devise. AT one time, it
is said, he spent number of months
at West Point as a hostler, where he
absorbed much valuable knowledge.
At this same time when Maceo land
ed on one side of the island, uomez
with Marti succeeded in geIJlng into
Cuba on the opposite side, and as soon
as Gomez assumed command Marti left
him, intending to leave the island and
return to the United States. Here he
hoped TO push his financial and diplo-
matte work in Cuba's behalf. But he
had travelled scarcely q quarter of a
mile when he was shot, having been
led into a nest OF Spaniards by a
treacherous guide. Gomez was wound
ed trying to recover Marti's body, and
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

Soon after the discovery which i'm
mortalized his name, Columbus cruised
westward and landed on the most
beautiful and far most important of
the West Indies, which the natives
called Cuba"
Today it is brought into our notice,
not on account of its delightful climate,
which would seem almost a perpetual
summer, nor for its luxurious growth
of tropical plants, and it's inexhaustibly
rich soil-but for vastly more vital
reasons. The world at large is dis
cussing the little island and its alpha
and omega" involving as it does two
such important nations.
Cuba is about $50 miles in length
and its width varies. 1t is l2S miles
at the extreme eastern end, while from
Havana south to the coast is not more
than twenty-eight miles. Compared
with the state of Long Island it is about
twenty eight times larger, though bare
ly one-third of the island has been cul
tivated. 1t has a good coast line, with
no less than twenty-seven harbors.
During the early history Cuba was
under the Spanish flag. About 1888
Havana was destroyed by the French,
and again a few years later, and in the
seventeenth century was captured by
the Dutch, but in one of the treaties
was given back to Spain. For a time
peace existed, but always the cruel and
rigorous servitude which the Spanish
enforced
In 1862 the island was taken by the
English, and the next year, by foolish
piece of craftsmanship, exchanged with
Spain for a barren title TO Florida.
The United States during Folks ad-
ministration offered something like
million dollars for it, which the Span
iards Indignantly refused, saying, "all
the gold in the world could not buy
Cuba" A little later the United States
threatened to seize it if Spain would
not sell.
About the time our war Of the rebel
lion closed, the Cubans tired of Spanish
rule, proclaimed Cespedes president,
and under the leadership of Maxine
Gomez made a desperate fight for in
dependence. In 1873 the congress de-
posed Cespedes and proclaimed Cisne-
ros president, who is at present in Of
fee. Cespedes mysteriously disap-
peared in 1874.
The ten years of ruin and tears, 1"
as the war was called, cost Spain $780,
900, 900 and thousands of lives, and this
expense was levied on Cuba, while they
had gained approximately nothing to-
ward liberty, as they soon realized.
There constantly required the dis
content, as the outrageous taxation
continued, and without going further
into details. the same reasons that
prompted the American colonists to
sever themselves from English tyran-
ny, drove the Cubans again into the
field, this time to fight for nothing
short of absolute independence.
The Juntas, leagues organized by
Cuban eXiles at Key West and other
non-Spanish ports, now numbered
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06
GENERAL MAXIMo GOMEZ.

Campos' campaign was a decided
failure, and he ingloriously returned TO
Spain.
The war was beginning to tell, on
the noncombatants especially. Those
whose houses were not burned were
slowly starving 20 death, as their farms
had been ravaged and laid waste, If
not by 'plateados" (robber bands) by
the ever destructive hand of either
Spanish or insurgent. The guerillas,
too, were another terror to the peas
ants. The following is a single in
stance of their butchery:
A party of these escaped convicts
(for they were what composed the
guerilla bands) were in hiding, and
overheard a lad of about 16 talking to
struggling party of Spaniards. I'm
mediately on the disappearance Of the
soldiers the boy was caught and taken
to their chief, as an informant" The
commander, however, considered the
matter too trivial and, to the intense
disgust of the guerillas, dismissed the
boy. They afterwards re-caught him
and within sight of his own door used
the machete so effectually that his body
was scarcely recognized by his parents
who found him a few hours later.
Valeriano Weyler was sent over in
command of practically the flower of
the Spanish army, at the beginning of
1896. His campaign Is characterized
with less fighting, but continual fire.
The country he traversed he left in
smoking desolation.
1t was during this year that the bril-
liant Cuban general, Antonio Maceo,
was decoyed away under a flag of truce
and killed. The Cubans believe the
Spaniards purchased the treachery of
one on Maceo's own staff. However,
nothing except the bare fact of his
death came to us as authentic. Strik-
ingly similar to this incident was the
death OF Lieut.. Joaquin Ruiz, prom
inent Spanish military leader, who, the
Spaniards claim, was shot down by the
insurgents while in camp under a pa
role flag The Cubans' explanation is
quite different. TSsy elaira that Ruiz
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

came to them with the well-worn pro-
that Gomez had issued orders to the
effect that any one proposing anything
short of an absolute independence
should be treated as a spy. Accounts
so conflict that in justice to both par
ties we are obliged to treat all unofficial
reports incredulously.
Gomez policy was to destroy the
whole island, thereby depriving Spain
of any possible revenue or supplies
like the Cuban chief in the fifteenth
century, VINO discovered gold, ard call
ing his people to him with a great
deal of ceremony, threw the shining
nuggets into the river so there would
be no possibility of the Spaniards ever
finding and profiting by it.
At the opening of 1897 the situation
In Cuba was something fearful. Wey-
lers orders were cruel and relentless.
The suffering of the noncombatants
was increasing. Already the foreign
ers in Havana were doing all they
could to provide for the famine-strick-
en- people. Loyalists. separatists, au-
Economists were suffering alike. Europe
looked on with apparent inuInerence.
Spain was too impoverished to aid
financially in the work. 1t was daily
becoming exclusively question of hui
manity. Through great dissatisfaction
Weyler was recalled and Gen. Blanco
succeeded him. Statistics show that
already 100000 have persisted through
starvation alone.
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with his few men was forced to turn
back.
In April, Campos relieved Calleja as
governor-general, to the intense de-
light of the Spaniards. But II was
soon realized that the quelling OF this
rebellion was too grsat a task even for
Campos His men were fast dying
from the fever as the rainy season
came on. The Spaniard's extremity
was the Cuban's opportunity. In fact,
Gomez declared that If he couldn't kill
them Ey fighting, the climate would
ultimately do lie work for him.
During the first year nothing hap
pened to change the tide of affairs.
Marti's death was universally lament
ed, for he was great soldier, and that
was what Cubans needed. He was all
his life a patriot, having been, during
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

Officials of southern railroad lines
prophesy that the traffic in the horti-
cultural products from that region will
be thirty per cent heavier than any
former year. 1t is less than twenty
years since Mississippi farmers began
to grow early vegetables for markets
outside their own state. Shipments are
now made to points as far north as
Portland, Me-, and even across the At.
lantic. Fast freights and refrigerator
cars have made these shipments pos
sible. For many years the southern
truck farmer confined his attention tc
the tomato crop, and 1t was uniformly
profitable. Two years ago some insect
parasite made havoc with the seasons
crop, and since that time the farmer
is extending the variety of vegetables
cultivated. The area of truck farm.
ing is yearly becoming larger and the
farmers seem to be making very gooc
Roadway.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

Gomez accepted the command with
the distinct stipulation that the COM
mander-in-chief should have supreme
and absolute control and direction of
the patriot army. He is 3. man OF
such great judgment and foresight and
such renowned ability, that it was with
the utmost confidence that the insur-
gents gave him control of military af-
fairs. Gomez is the son of a farmer
During the early dissatisfaction on the
island he joined the Spanish troops
and, as a private aided in quelling tin
rebellion. Afterwards, as he grew old
er, having given the matter much
thought, he became a stanch advocate
of Cuban liberty. This change, o.
course, was previous to the "ton-years'
war;" as during that rebellion he Wa.
in active service for Cuba AIDre."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

James Smith of Cincinnati has a
horse which refuses to pass a saloon
unless very strong inducements in the
way of whip are offered him. When
the b.bulous steed reaches a saloon he
trots cheerfully up to the bar and
drinks from a pan placed before him
by the barkeeper. Beer, water, flavor
ed with whisky, wine, and the like
he drinks eagerly. James Smith says
that his horse is a thoroughbred in
that he never allows his copious
draughts to intoxicate him.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-05-06

The commercial legal and diplomatic
complications to which war may give
rise are innumerable. To direct the
nations conduct toward friends and
foes so that there may be no disagree
able or dangerous aftermath requires
exact knowledge of American diplo-
matte tradition. We know that many
of the usages of our diplomacy are the
object of hate in Europe, and that con-
tinental diplomats are constantly en-
deavoring, under the guise Of friend
ship, to lay traps for our feet. Neither
the Sprniards nor the Spanish war are
half so much to be feared as the
scheming, smiling confidence men con-
. tinental Europe keeps to trick the
United States into relaxing it's vigil
lance and its guard over the great
heritage of the west.