Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-03-24


has been sentenced to be hanged on
April Cd.
Both Senators Daniel and Martin,
it Is said, will support Hon. Claude A
Swanson, in his candidacy for Cover
nor In 1901.
Charles Newton, whose parents live
In Roanoke, Va, died OF hydropho
bia at the Maryland General Hos
pital Saturday.
1t il estimated that fully 1000
teachers will attend the School OF
Methods, which will meet this sum-
mer at Roanoke.
A case to test the constitutionality
OF the Commissioners OF Valuation
act, recently created by the Virginia
egislature, has been made in Alexan-
dria.
The meeting of the Society OF Luna
tic Asylum Superintendent Of the
United States and Canada, will be
held in Richmond, May Sth-11th, in
elusive.
The Excelsior FIGURING Mills, Fred
ericksburg, which were built In 1908.
and which have been in operation
ever since are to be sold. The owner
will retire from business.
Many hundreds Of dollars worth OF
cattle have died in King George
county from "blackleg." The matter
has been reported to the Agricultural
Department at Washington and to
the State veterinarian.
Commissioner of Agriculture Koi-
ner, of Richmond, has received from
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture a lot of Sorghum seed which
he would be glad to distribute among
such farmers as desire to test it.
Large quantities of walnut logs are
being shipped from Northumberland
county. The demand for timber is
greater in the Northern Neck than
the supply. AS much as 50 per cord
is sometimes given for poplar wood.
Judge Waddill, in the United
States Court in Norfolk, granted an
injunction restraining the Newport
News Abattoir Company, New
Jersey corporation, capitalized al
81, SOC, 900, from meeting in Camden,
N. j.
A movement has been started to
purchase a section in Hollywood and
| renter the remains of Rev. John b.
| Laurens, who founded the Rosebud
Missionary Society. 1t is prososed to
mark the spot with handsome mon
ument.
| Robins are more numerous this
season in Albemarle county than has
been known for years. A party VI
Charlottesville sportsmen went out
a few hours on Saturday afternoon
and brought down 1900 OF the red
breasts.
An $4,000 laundry will be erected al
the insane asylum, Williamsburg and
the Board expects to spend $4,000 In
electric lights, water and hot-watel
heating arrangements. A handsome
gymnasium building is also to be
built to cost $4,000.
The claims Office of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, moved from
Richmond to Cincinnati in 1898, is tt
be moved back to Richmond at once
There are forty clerks in the Office
many of them Richmond men, who
were forced to change their homes
when the office was moved.
Policeman 8. E. Slayer, of Ports
mouth Tuesday sh OF and killed Brooks
Ramsey, a negro burglar, as he wal
escaping from the residence OF Mrs
yjgEi9tfy f iedteinittifie d " as : the fiend
who for fortnight or more has ter
rorized Norfolk with his many muir.
derous assaults.
The Governor has decided upor
April 10th as the date for a specia
election in the Fourth District for d
successor in Congress to the late
Sydney p. Epes. Mr.. Francis K
Lassiter is the most prominent can
didate in that district, and it i,
thought that he will be nominated
with little opposition, both for the
unexDired term and the full term.
Many fruit and tomato Gamers OF
Northern Neck and Rappahannock
county have announced that they will
close down this season, because of the
high price of cans, alleged to be due
to the tin trust, and the decline in
the price of the canned products, to
matoes especially. A number of can
ners have already notified the grow
ers from whom they usually buy
that the factories will be closed this
season.
Collector J. d. Brady has called
the attention of cigar and cigarette
manufacturers In his district to sec
ton 10 of the regulations of the de-
! partment prohibiting the offering of
prizes to consumers. The law does
not apply to plug or twisted tobacco,
nor to large size cigars. On an after
April 1st all cigarettes and small
cigars with the attachments will be
seized by the Government in
spectors.
The Virginia State Council, Junior
Order United American Mechanics has
ratified the charter granted it by the
last General Assembly. This was done
at special meeting of the State body
held in Richmond last week, with rep
resentatives present and voting from
fifty nine subordinate councils. The
old officers were retained under the
charter organization. Steps will be
taken to re>establish relations with
the National Council.
1t is said that under the new Pen
sion Bill passed by the legislature
which has just adjourned, all Confed-
crate soldiers who are una BILE to make
living by manual labor, and the
widows of Confederate soldiers who
have died since the war, are entitled
to pension when they do not own
81 900 worth of property. AS some