Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-11-18
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1899
John W.Edmonds. Editor and Owner



church to Virginia Conference, left
for Petersburg Tuesday.
The attention of cash buyers is in
vited to advertisement of E. F. Gull
lette of this week. Read the induce
ments he offers you and call Oh him.
DR.. Louis McLane Tiffany and wife,
OF Baltimore, were guests of Miss
Sadie P. Bayly. Accomac G. B.,
cousin of Mrs. Tiffany, several days
this week.
Slocomb Bros as will be noted by
advertisement in this issue, are still
selling their goods at cost and until
all of them are disposed or, propose
to continue to do so.
DR.. Geo. w. LeCato, trustee, will
sell at public auction on Friday, De-
cember 1st. valuable personal prop
erty of R. C. Phillips, on his premises
near Fair Oaks. See advertisement
in this issue.
The official returns Of Northamp-
ton show that Mr.. John E. Noting
ham. as candidate for House of Dele
gates, received S37 of the votes cast
on the 7th. inst. and Frank Hoskins,
colorel, his opponent, 259 votes.
Ashby & Beloat have in stock
large supply of jewelry, of W. +.
Main Co as will be noted by adver
tisement IN this issue, and invite you
to call an inspect same if you want
honest goods at honest prices "
Mr. John Craft, of New Jersey.
was in town this week TO see after
the property of his brother, Joseph
Craft, who died at his home on Hog
Island last week. He left 1t is re-
ported about SO, 0OO.-E. S. Herald.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage of Mr.. Thomas H. Nelson, of
Accomac C. H., and Miss Eula 7.
johnson, at Parksley, to day. After
the ceremony, they will leave on the
nocl train, for Philadelphia and
der cities north.
The valuable and productive farm
o: Samuel J. Shield and wife, situa-
ted about one mile from Davis
Wharf, this county, is for sale ou
reasonable terms. For terms, SC
apply to L. Floyd Mock, attorney,
Accomack c. H., Va.
Joseph R. Riggs, special commits
sioner. will sell by public auction at
Guilford, on Saturday, November
25th, 2 p. IN, valuable real estate
near that place, of which Solomon E.
Ewell died seized and possessed. For
full particulars see posters.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage of Miss Susy Quarles Hundley,
daughter of Rev. John W. Hundley,
to Mr.. Russell Austin Mccoy, of
Berkeley, Va, Tuesday evening. No
vember 2Sth, 1899, half past nine
O'Clock, at Baptist church, Coving-
ton, Va.
Rev. r. s. Dunaway, Jr., pastor
of Drummondtown Baptist church,
for several days past has been quite
sick at the home of MIR. a. j. Lillis-
ton. and while somewhat improved
IS still confined to his room and will
not be able to fill his regular appoint
nents to morrow.
Mr.. W. F. Bell, assistant postmas>
ter at Exmore, was arrested last Sat,
urday by Postofice Inspector Max
well, charged with paying bills with
money orders to the amount OF 1880
and not accounting for the money.
he has since been released on bond
to await the action of the U. s. grand
jury.
B. II. Gunter and L. F. Mock,
special commissl oners, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
on Saturday, November 18th, 1899,
at2:3O o'clock p. NJ, at R. j. Mason's
store, two valuable tracts of land
belonging to VIM. T. Gibbons heirs
and Catharine T. Hopes heirs. For
terms &C., see posters.
Ohio F. Mears and G. Walter
Mapp, special commissioners, wilton
November 18th, 1899, between the
hours Of and O'Clock at Pungotea-
que, Virginia. re-expose to sale the
..Tully w. Parker land" situated
near Bobtown in this county and con-
tanning 1903 acres, more or less. For
terms of sale Sc, see posters.
at the meeting of the Board OF
Supervisors on the 18th inst. all of the
bids. nine in number, received by
it's clerk for the $4,000 Accomac, Va.
bonds, were opened and the Board
accepted the bid "of and 4-1o per
cent interest made by Mr.. E. P.
Timmons, of Philadelphia. for the
whole of said bonds. The bids were
from 6 per cent down to the one &C
cepted and were from Cleveland,
Ohio. Altoona, Pa, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Snow Hill, Md. and Acco
mac. Mr.. Timmons who gets the
bonds was lately citizen of Acco
mac and a resident of Chincoteague.
James b. Fletcher Jr., special COM
missioner, will sell by public auction,
at Keller station, on Thursday, No
vember card, 8 p. M, valuable
tract of land situated near that place
ON which Levin B. Beloate resided at
49, +;,na of his death, containing Ga