Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-09-29
Virginia News.


Norfolk and Portsmouth have con.
tributed nearly $1,000 in aid OF the
Galveston sufferers.
Hon. David b. Hill will speak In
Richmond on Wednesday, October
ID. He will speak In Danville on the
following day.
The best sale of cattle reported this
season for Loudoun county was re-
Gently made by Mr.. II. @. Gibson, of
Waterford, who sold 81 head for ex~
port purposes, for 1926 per hundred.
The past session of the University
of Virginia showed the largest matri-
culation in it's history. The books
Monday showed an advance on the
registration at the same period last
year.
Newport News is beginning to feel
the effect of the coal strike. Local
dealers have already raised the price
of anthracite 81 ton. They have
about 1000 tons on hand, or about
enough to last until Christmas.
Major NJ. A. Sale, professor at the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, died
at Blacksburg Friday of appendicitis
Death came suddenly, Major Sale
being ON the streets the evening pre-
vious. He was not yet "a years old.
Governor Tyler has received a let
ter from a Baltimore real estate firm
Offering to sell to the State of Virgin
ia the Natural Bridge with the tract
of 500 acres of land attached thereto
for $S5, 200, the same to be used as a
public park.
DR.. Hunter Mcclure, who was
"Stonew wall" Jackson's medical direc-
tor during the Civil War and an emf
nent surgeon, died at his country
home near Richmond last week from
the effects of stroke OF paralysis
early last spring.
Official notice has reached the Mon
ticello Wine Company, of Charlottes-
vile, that the company's wines have
been awarded a medal by the Paris
Exposition, making the third award
ed this company by this exposition.
The first was in 1878 and the second
in 1899.
Prof Charles l.. Cooke, superinten-
dent of Rollins Institute, has written
letter to the Richmond Dispatch, in
which he states that Miss Lillian Jew
EFT, who has recently gained so much
notoriety throughout the country,
was of unsound mind when she at
tended the school under bis charge.
Governor Tyler, in conversation
with friends the other day, said the
| Legislature would when convened 10
extra session, discuss and transact
any business that might be intro
duced, the Constitution allowing the
] General Assembly to transact any
! other legislation than that speclh'
cally mentioned in the call.
Hon. VIM. A. Jones, Democratic
candidate for Congress from this dis
trict, and his Republican opponent,
Mr.. James Monroe Stubs, met In
Joint discussion at Montross Monday,
The speakers treated each other with
the utmost courtesy, but Mr.. Stubs
found himself no match in the de-
bate for Mr.. Jones. There was large
crowd present, and Mr.. Jones speech,
which was aimed mainly against
trusts and imperialism, was well re-
ceived and created great enthusiasm
| Rev. DR.. T. 3. Dunaway, one Of the
| oldest and most distinguished minis
tiers OF the Baptist Church in Vir.
! ginia, has been extended call to the
pulpit of Barton Heights Baptist
| Church, Richmond. he will accept
| and begin his labors there at once.
Or. Dunaway, who is more than
| three-score and ten, recently resign
ed the pastOrate OF Fredericksburg
] Baptist Church. He goes to the
small church at Barton Heights be-
cause the labor entailed upon him
there will be light.
An Albemarle county man stated
yesterday that the pippin crop OF
that county would be very short.
There will be no pippins this year,"
were his words, meaning that the
crop would be very poor one. The
drought is the cause of the short
crop. The trees were very full, but
they fell off at terrible rate. The
quality is not good. The apple crop
all over the State is short. The lake
region of New York State is supply
ing Virginia with great quantity Of
the apples, pears and grapes used
Albemarle is sending many peaches
to the Richmond market.-Richmond
| Dispatch, 23d.