Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-09-01
Virginia News.

for needy Confederate women has
been purchased in Richmond.
The United States Circuit Court
decides that under the laws OF Var
ginia a woman may be"the head OF
family" and claim exemptions under
the homestead law.
1t is understood the Republicans OF
the Fifth district of Virginia will not
nominate candidate for Congress,
thus giving Hon. Claude A. Swanson,
Democrat, a walkover.
The Democratic Convention for
the Second district of Virginia at
Newport News, nominated State
Senator Henry l.. Maynard, OF Ports
mouth, for Congress on the sixtieth
ballot.
The convention of the postmasters
Of first class Offices will be held in
Peoria, Kansas, on September 25th,
and the following three days. The
three first class Offices of Virginia will
be represented-Norfolk, Lynchburg
and Richmond.
The apple crop of Page County, us
ually immense, is a total failure this
year. The loss will be seriously felt
by the owners of large orchards liv-
ing in and along the base of the Blue
Ridge. The crop in Rappahannock
County is also failure.
The annual inspection of the mill
tary will take place next month.
Soon after this work is complete
steps will be taken to form the
companies into regiments. Vir-
ginia will have three regiments after
the troops are organized.
Hon. W. w. Baker is endeavoring
TO get the State Board of Agricul-
ture to establish an experiment farm
10 Chesterfield and has informed the
board that he will give to the State
free of cost a farm if they will promise
to conduct an experiment farm there.
Mrs. T. NJ. Fitchett, of lower Ian
easter. aged about 30 years, died this
week at her home, leaving husband
ard FIVE small children The deceas-
ed came TO her death from lockjaw
the result of having been vaccinated
a few weeks ago during the smallpox
| excitement in that county.
ANY farmer who will send his ad.
| dress TO the Virginia Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station, Blacksburg, Va,
Will receive free the bulletins issued
BY this department. These papers
treat on subjects Of vital importance
10 farmers, and, being the result OF
the most careful observation and in
vestigatiOn, they may be relied upon.
1t is said that counsel for J. E. r.
| Riddick, who is now serving a three
year term in the penitentiary FOL
! killing DR.. William H. Temple are
inclined to believe that Riddick will
nOt serve out his term in prison. Ii
is intimated that an effort will be
made to have him sent to an asylum
and that the Governor will be asked
to release him before the sentence is
completed.
The handsome brick dwelling 172C
Grove avenue, Richmond, has been
ii-Echased as the home to be estab-
r. IT, III needy Confederate women
nc ouIIuiuS Les all modern con
veniences and will afiU.a accommo.
dations for % persons. 1t is LOCATED
very near the Lee monument. The
institution will be opened October 1
Tbs widow of Gen. George T.. Pickett
Will couuuov ".-I>a- ssOcjatiOp which
Andrew Carter Gilligan's first nigh
in the penitentiary was most un
happy one. He slept but little anG
had bad dreams. When he came from
his cell to be examined by the prison
surgeon his eyes were inf1amed anC
swollen and his brow was fevere6
The prisoner shows the effects of his
long confinement in prison, but is il
excellent health. He will probably
be given work in the shoe shop. Gil
lSan said to a fellow convict: "Ii
there was any justice in this land
would not be in this place."
The Negro Conference, held last
week in Charlottesville, adopted
what they call "a prayer to the in>
telligent white people of Virginia"
not to disfranchise the colored peO-
pie of the State, and asks, if a meas
ure of Acknowledgement is to be pass
ed, that it apply to both races alike.
The appeal, which is described as
non partisan, goes farther, and asks
! the white races aid in the matter of
education, the uplifting of the color
ed race morally and it's advancement
generally. The meetings were secret
and all attempts to get at what was
said behind the closed doors have
been fruitless.