Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-11-02
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HBsstie1. Tuesday, Noysnbst 9Th

cOiudC ". H., Weuueeuays NONem Dor
9th.
Slocomb Bros, Onancock, have an
auction sale Of clothing every Satur-
day, commencing $50 p, m.
Several horses and mules will be
sold at public auction by Raughley
h Twilley at Pocomoke City, Satur-
day, November 9th. See advertise
ment.
New advertisements in this issue
to which especial attention is invited:
W. 8. Dickinson & Son, Pocomoke
City; Click & Co., Onancock; Gable
Co., Richmond. Va.
The personal property Of Severn
VIM. Gaskins, deceased, will be sold
on Saturday, November end, 1901, by
his administrator, at his late resi-
dence near Savageville. Sale to be-
gin at ten (10) o'clock a. m.
Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. F. Elliott tothe mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Lille
Elliott to Mr.. Samuel w. Matthews,
Jr., Thursday, November 21st, 1901,
8 a. LII. at NJ. E. Church b, New Church,
Va.
The house and lot OF II acres, be-
longing to John Mock (of Leah) and
wife, desirably located in Onancock,
will be sold to the highest bidder on
Wednesday, November 9th, 1901, at
3 o'clock p. M, In front OF VIM. 7.
Winder's store in Onancock.
The Drummondtown Circulating
Book Club will meet at Miss Harriet
wilkins, Tuesday evening, Novem-
Der 5th, 1901, to adopt rules govern
ing the Club. all persons wishing to
become members are requested to be
present or send in their names.
L. Floyd Mock, special commits
sioner, will sell to the highest bidder,
on Saturday, November End, 1901, 2
y. w., in front of Atlantic Hotel on
Chincoteague Island, two tracts of
land, the one belonging to the heirs
of John Loffland, deceased, and the
other known as the "Pope's Island"
tract, belonging to the heirs of Jesse
Bowden, deceased.
Stewart K. Powell, special COM
missioner, will sell at public auction,
on Saturday, November 9th, 1901,
$3.50 p. NJ, in front of the store of
Albert F. Mears, at Mears, valuable
real estate of which VIM. GUSTS
Northam died seised and possessed,
containing 80 acres, more or less,
situated near Mears and bounded by
the lands of Henry B. Northam and
others. For full particulars see pos
tiers.
L. Floyd Mock, su bstituted trustee
in deed from Edward 4. Wise,
will sell at public auction at Grad
dockville on Tuesday the 10Th day OF
November, 1901, at 2 o'clock p. NJ,
the real estate known as the BELL
Land" situated at Charlottesville,
adjoining the Ian DIS of Mrs. Edward
w. Anderson's heirs and of Mrs.
VIM. Henry Kellam heirs and the
county road. For terms &C., see
posters.
The valuable farm Of Sarah E.
Grant, situated near Modestown, and
all of her personal property, consist
ing of household and kitchen furni-
ture, horses, cattle, hogs, cart, carr
riage, dayton, potato bed frames,
corn, fodder and farming nipple
ments will be sold On the premises
on Saturday, Nov. 9th, 1901, sale to
begin at 10 O'Clock N. For terms
&c. see posters or address l.. Floyd
Mock, Attorney.
Fire Saturday swept over the
thriving town of Delmar, seven miles
north Of Salisbury, Md. burning an
area Of more than ten acres covered
with buildings and causing loss of
fully 100000, with but little in
surance. Every store in the town
was burned but two, and they are
small ones. There was not CARLOAD
of groceries in the place outside Of
what was in the larders of the dwell
ings which were not burned after the
fire.
All the personal property on the
premises recently occupied by Rike
Dennis Parker, situated near Tasley,
consisting in part of a good young
horse, mule, 65 potato bed frames
with glass in same, corn, ofdder, cat
tie, hogs, carts, household and kitch-
en- furniture, nice lot of slip potato
seed, farming implements, &C., will
be sold at public auction on the
premises, on Wednesday, November
9Th, 1901. Sale begins at ten O'Clock
q. LII. Terms made known on day oil
sale.
The county court of Accomac has
been engaged since Tuesday in hear
ing evidence as to the "local option
election" held on Chincoteague, July
27th. The case came up on an APP
plication for liquor license and the
granting of same is being resisted Oh
the ground, that on account of fraud
at said election, that the party ap-
plying for same was not entitled tC
license. The claim of contestee's
c0unsal that the c0urt c0uld NOT do