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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
July Term. 1901

The sheriff made report to the
Court the number of prisoners In
jail, their offences, sentences &c.
Upon petition OF James A. Bot
aud others for public road. Report
of viewers filed and order entered
to summon proprietors and tenants
to show cause, II any they can, why
said road should not be opened az
proposed.
The estate of G.. A Chambers, de-
ceased, was committed to Lee b.
Kellam, sheriff, to be administered
according to law.
Upon petition of l.. o. Watson and
others for public road. Report OF
viewers fled and order entered to
summon proprietors and tenants TO
show cause, il any they can, why
said road should not be opened as
proposed.
Upon petition OF John K. Watson
and others for a public road. Report
of viewers filed and order entered to
summon proprietors and tenants to
show cause, If any they can, why
said road should not be opened as
proposed.
Letters Of administration were
granted to Alfred J. Gibbons on the
estate of Clara V. Gibbons, deceased
The last will and testament of
Della Russell, deceased, was proved
and ordered to be recorded.
The last will and Testament of
Martha Wise, deceased, was proved
and ordered to be recorded.
The clerk made report to the Court
list Of the fines reported by the
Justices Of the Peace, and the same
was examined by the Court and Or
dered to be filed.
The following fiduciary accounts
were confirmed and ordered to be
recorded: Audit OF the estate of John
w. Gillet, deceased; orphan accounts
OF Clarence E. Birch, Luther IT VIII
liam and Edward Belote; accounts OF
Harriet w. and Mary 4. Wilkins and
Daisey l.. Downing, infant children;
trust accounts OF James Il. Hurst and
Benjamin F. Parks.
Upon petition of Albert F. Mears
and others to widen public road Re-
port Of viewers and exceptions there
to filed and continued until first day
of next term.
Upon petition OF L. II. Ames and |
others for a public road. Petition
filed and viewers appointed.
Retail liquor license was granted |
to Louis W. Major at his house at |
5hiloValley.
Upon petition of Frank L. Hall
and Others for public road. Order
entered that road be opened and es-
tablished as public road in accord
lnce with viewers report and that
James F. Landlord be appointed
commissioner for that purpose.
Upon petition of William II. Hitch
ms and others for a public road.
Report of viewers filed and order en-
cred to summon proprietors and
enants to show cause, if any they
an, why said road should not be
'pened as proposed.
Upon petition of George R. Justice
nd Others for public bridge and
Iteration Of road. Order entered at
une term of Court rescinded and
ubstitute entered approving the
of bridge in said cause in
ccordance with the report of view
RS and that VIM. K. Taylor, road
lachine manager, be appointed
for that purpose.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
SAhOOl Notice.
j. W. Bowdoin,
County Chairman,

The Metompkin School Board will
meet at Parksley, Tuesday Goth intt.
at 9 O'Clock a. No., to appoint
teachers. ALI persons applying fol
schools will send certificate with theil
application.
By order of School Board.
d. II. Johnson, Clerk.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
To The Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given that l ex-
pect to be at the Fairs daily during
August and will expect all In arrears
for taxes to meet me there prepared
to settle their taxes. Further indul-
gence cannot be given.
E. T. Powell,
Deputy Treasurer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Write to us tor estimates on door
sash, blinds, stair-rails and all other
kinds of building material, hardware
paints, sc. Stock large, prices low
Mr.. R. D. L. Fletcher will be at Ac-
comac G. H., the first day of every
County Court, to -eceive orders fol-
the firm.
Cape Charles Ice & Lumber Co.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Don't miss the grand tournament
and coronation at the Eastern Shore
Agricultural Fair. 1t will be worth
seeing. Brilliant speakers will de-
liver the charge to the knights and
the coronation address.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Atlantic District School Board will
meet to appoint teachers for said
district, Augustr19th, 1901. Persons
applying for schools will present
their certificate prior to this date.
w. r. Covington, Clerk.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
Stoekholders' Meeting.

A meeting of the stockholders of
the Parksley bank is hereby called
to meet on Thursday, August Goth,
1901, at l o'clock p. NJ, at the bank
in Parksley, Va.
Horace Wiltbank,
Cashier.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Good order at the Keller Fair. No
gambling, no Intoxicating drinks
sold on the grounds, no rowdyism al
lowed. Christian people will feel at
home. 1t has been their fair for
twenty-three years. Under the pres
ent management it will continue
theirs.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Mr.. VIM. s. Richardson, the ice
cream manufacturer, has moved his
plant from Marion Station to
Crisfeld, Md. All orders, letters &c.
should be addressed to him to latter
place.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

The last fair Of the season will be
held at Saxis, August 22d or if day is
not fair next day, for benefit of Saxis
M. E. Church, South. Refreshments
of all kinds will be for SALE Supper
% cents.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Nor IcE-I will keep boarding tent
at Keller fair grounds, and also have
for sale confeetioneries and ice cream
during the fair, and respectfully
solicit the patronage OF all.
W. l.. Williams.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

To the successful bread maker, who
uses Climax flour and takes the
premium at the Accomac fairs, we
will give barrel OF our famous
"Climax" -four.
Snow, Knox & Co.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

The PuDgoteague division of the
Produce Exchange will meet today,
August nth, and every other Satur-
day hereafter until further notice.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17
Business Notices.

For SALE-Six tons of orchard
grass hay and twenty barrels of corn
Apply to "
Mrs. E F. G. Garrett,
Accomac @. H., Va
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

The Eastern Shore Agricultural
Fair willopen this year, Tuesday,
August 9th and continue four days.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

NoTIcR-For rent for 1902, two
dwellings at Onley Station.
A. g. Kelly,
Onancock, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Several side-shows have been
booked for the Peninsula Fair be-
ginniag August 20th.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

DIssoLUTIoN-Rus & Justls
have this day dissolved partnership
by mutual consent. E. W. Russell re
firing from the firm. The business
hereafter will be conducted under
the firm name of Geo. r. Justis &
Son, who will be responsible for all
debts created by the old firm and
own all the books that belonged to
the store. All persons indebted to the
late firm of Russell & Justis will pay
to the new firm of Geo. r. Justis 4
Son.
E. w. Russell,
Geo. K. Justis.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

For SALE-Seasoned wood by the
cord.
Miss Lizzie E. Parramore,
Accomac q. H., Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

1900 bushels of corn for sale. Apply
TO
N. Davis,
Pocomoke City, Md.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

For SALE-Tract of land, well tim
bered, 100 acres, more or less, known
as Coard land, near Wattsville, will
be sold at public auction at Atlantic,
Saturday, September 7tb, 3 p. M, if
not sold before that day. For fur
ther particulars apply to Lee d. Col
ona, Pocomoke City or
J.P. Ross,
Atlantic, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

A festival, held on Atlantic Hotel
Wharf by NJ. P. Church on poney-
penning day, n,tted $1,000.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-08-17

Clay and Sweetness both died from
the stable OF Floyd Bros a fatality
truly to be lamented by all lovers of
fine horses.
Tuesday, the opening day, the bell
calls the horses for the best race of
the entire meeting and those who
miss it cannot say they were not duly
notified Evadne owned by r.
HentchalI, Glencoe entered by Fred
Bucker, Thaddeus K. by A. Mite and
Little Joe bye. A. Rodger 8. Evadne
is an old rounder and her owner,
Lucky Dick" Hentchall, does not
attend fairs for his health. He has
that in abundance. If Glencoe or
Thaddeus K. cross the wire ahead OF
him they will know they have been
to horse race. Little Joe is an I'M
known quantity, but the marvellous
tales that have preceded his advent
in sporting life land him In the first
row. Be that as it may his reputa-
ton from now on must stand on per-
formances aud not on promises. I'm.
fortunate.
The second race lines up that
awkward squad OF two year olds that
puts every body guessing that is not
busy swearing. Well this will be over
in time. Keep your coat on.
The day closes with the 2:40 trot
at the bat and delightful days rae
ing most over. Black Bill, Lillian s.,
Bonnie, Moonlight, OF Virginia, and
Hart B., owned by A. Mite, of Mary
land, will bid for the prize. My SYM
pathies and my judgment run coun-
ter here for l do believe Hart B. has
blood in his eye and is here for no
good. However, he has not. been
barred and II Mr.. Mite is natural
lied citizen OF the required age, and
this is his first offense, we will let him
off with first money and repri
mand.
Wednesdsy,2.24 trot and blanket
race opens the sport. You remember
last year how Cordova and Bursary
battled for supremacy They have
trained on and l wouldn't dare risk
my reputation in naming the winner
this distance of. CordoYa is that
handsome son OF Monocracy while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

power and 90 it's own way. While this Is not altogether a new discovery, 1t is certain that no battery of this kind has been tried and found successful. If Edison's is all that Is claimed for 1t. and all that competent electricians claim for 1t, the time Is not far off when the anticipations of a somewhat enthusiastic Eastern man may become realities. He says:
 The wind engine on he farm may be kept going whenever there is any air. and, being coupled to a small dynamo, 1t will churn out and store power that may be drawn upon at night to light the house or at other times to run any one of the conduct of farming operations; )r it may be used for the heating of the house or the cooking of the food. If there is a small water power near by. 1t may be kept working 8 dynamo all the time, and there may be enough power % drive an automobile blow or cultivator.
 That may seem q hopeful view to take of an invention not yet completed, but there seems to be no apparent limit to Edisonian inventions. and it may be possible that there is, as another writer says. mo reason why every brook that flows through a meadow may not yield enough electric energy to reap . farmers grain, bind 1t, haul 1t to the barn, thresh it for market, and, finally, if the roads are reasonably good and the distance not too great, deliver 1t there"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
The People Demand a Stop.

Piedmont Inquirer.
 The free pass question has been oc- cupying the attention of our Consti- tuition makers for the past few days It has assumed proportions beyond what one would think its importance would entitle 1t.
 We cant see any good reason why any one should object to d provision being inserted in the new Constitution preventing the acceptance of pasees from railroad companies oby members of the Legislature or any other officer of the State. Sure we are. that the railroads would not object. They would no doubt be glad to be rid of the neces- sity of giving free transportation to every official who may request tt and we can't see how those officers who re- ceive mileage from the State. if strict ly honest. could object.
 We do not believe, as some do that these passes are given as a bribe or that they act as such. It may be pos- sible, however. that the railroad con- panies are sometimes afraid to deny a member of the Legislature a pass when requested for fear the refusal might. at least in measure. prejudice such a member against the interests of the road.
 The giving Of passes to legislators is an evil and one which the people are demanding shall be removed. The Con- stitutional Convention should no longer hesitate to put the stamp of their dis approval upon 1t by making 1t unlawfu for any member of the Legislature to accept free transportation, the payment for which the State makes provision.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
PREVALENCE OF PERJURY.

There was a remarkable, as we'll as a serious charge recently made by the President of the Iowa Bar Association that half the evidence given in crim- inal cases these days is false" If the indictment is true. it is certainly time for something to be done by way of correcting one of the greatest evils that could attach to the judiciary system of the country. Whether the charge applies only to Iowa or to the entire country. it is shame and a reproach to any community. The God-given command, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." has been re-enfcrced by the penal statutes of all civilized countries; but if our system or practice of jurisprudence has reached a point where one-haH the wit ness in criminal suits commit perjury, there should be a remedy found some where. No mans life or liberty is safe when 1t may be sworn away by false witness, and no criminal can be pun ished if court and jury are misled by perjury If the Iowa man can make good his charge. he will fasten a black stain on the courts of his State.
 In Chicago. too, the same deplorable and discreditable conditions exist, if we are to believe their own officials. In a recent charge to a jury, Judge Horton, of that city, declared that perjury and subornation of perjury are two most prevalent crimes in Cook County" and gives these two reasons:
 First, our courts have gradually come to look on the administration Of the oath to witnesses as q perfunctory ceremony, and minimizing haste too often causes the act to be slurred into a mere mum0ie of words on the part of clerks. Second. the almost certain immunity from pl.LR,h- ment. The construction placed on the crime of perjury by our statutes has al most fattened it out of existence, and makes it the hardest thing in the world to convict.
 The natural and inevitable result of such a state of affairs is that people lose all respect for the courts. and then the equally natural consequence is that they take the law into their own hands. When perjury is the rule and not the exception, mobs must be expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

Referring to a recent editorial in The Advertiser on the advantages of voting machines The Mobile Item adds this testimony:
 The Advertiser has attached our full meaning in the above item, and it's en- largement upon the matter describes ex- actly the conditions that were hinted at The writer has witnessed the pra actical work of the voting machines and can at test to their perfect accuracy and the ap- proval of their use wherever tried. The voting machine Is the same pi Itcction to purity of the ballot that the cash register is to the merchant it's work is ra pid and unchangeable. The charge The Advertiser refers to as to Montgomery las been fre- quently made against many of the coun- try beats. and results have been achieved that surprised even the manip:i Lat DTS.
 The machine that holdS cnnStant.y in view the result at any time cannot but receive the approval os all honorable reo- pie: but 1t Is sure to meet tao most litter opposition of all politicians whose object is success. never questioning Ihe roctss by which it is achieved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

poration, where that one Is to he called to pass upon matters affecting the i1- terests of the giver. No amount or ar gument can make 1t seem to be right. and no legislator can expect tn con- vince the people that he was as inde- pendent. honest and watchful of the peoples interest as he would have beer without the pass. Until such time as the government assumes control of all lines for the transportation of persons and freight. and the transmiss;on or intelligence, the giving or taking q free pass should be made a punishable offense
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
THE PRESS IS AROUSED.

It will be seen from clippings from various State papers. reproduced on this page, that they are getting more and more aroused OF ti.e official pass evil. Many of the papers are demand ing a provision that win include all classes of officials, and also . punish ment that will reach the givers of the pass.
 One of the clippings is especially notable--that from The Maplesville Re- Hector. It makes the following declara- ton:
 When a railroad goes to a member of the Legislature and insists upon his re- ccyving a free pass, as has been done m a case which we can cite, can any senst- ble man believe that the offer was made for any good purpose?
 1t is a matter of common gossip in
 Montgomery that that practice has been going on for years. And it is not mere ly true of members of the Legislature; it is true that judges and members of this Constitutional Convention have been offered passes, in some cases sev- eraI times.
 Only a few days ago a prominent man in this State. who was formerly on the bench, stated in The Advertiser ofnce that soon after he went on the bench. he was approached with offers of
 passes. He declined the gift with thanks. He said that his tempter then inquired if the judge thought himself the sort of man that could be bribed with a little thing like a pass. The judge replied that he did not, but he asked why 1t was that he had never been offered the pass before he went on the bench. It was made clear that he was offered the pass because he was a judge, and that the railroad man was putting himself down as attempting to influence the judge.
 The Advertiser has heard of similar cases in this Convention. Some mem- bers have had passes urged upon them, and in some cases the anxiety to infiu- ence was so plain that it disgusted the members and made them clearly under stand the need of an effective preven- tive. It is common gossip that many members of the Convention use passes whenever they please. It is likely that the bulk of members can get such fa- vors whenever they desire them.
 If the Convention does its full duty, in the light of plain public interest and public opinion, it will amend the Committee report so as to include State. County and municipal officials. and so as to punish the giver as we'll as the receiver of passes. That Is the way to make an effective meas ure. If the Convention gives only the half loaf to the popular demand, the people will always believe the failure to the influence of passes upon the Convention itself. Can the afford such an impression to go out? We believe not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Not Worthy of Public Trust.


 The Montgomery Advertiser has been fighting very vigorously what it con- siders a great and growing evil-the granting of free passes by the railroads to members of the Legislature. It strikes us that any man who will ride on a free pass and then charge it up to the State Is not worthy of public trust, and should be brought to strict account at the bar of public opinion. Do not know that you could legislate good morals into such men. and that their influence on legislation; whether controlled by a free pass or not, will ever amount to anything detrimental to the public good,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Officials Can't Be Independent.

Daphne Standard.
 Much has been said and written for and against the so-called free pass sys- tenn of railroads and while there may be differences of opinion as to whether the question should be dealt with oy the Convention or left for the Legisla- ture to settle. there is a substantial agreement among all people that the railroads expect something in return for passes given legislators. judges and others. This being the case, those who accept passes place themselves under obligations to the railroads. and rail- roads are always in attendance upor our legislative bodies. either seeking an extension of their powers and privi- le2es, or to prevent legislation hostile to what they may deem to be their n- terests. No one with a pass in his pocket can speak and vote independent ly upon a question affecting the in terests of the railroad isGuing the pase The highest sense of propriety dictates that no enc should accept anything of value from a person, company or cor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
BASEBALL AS A CRIME SUP
 PRESSER.

A somewhat queen condition of af- fairs Is revealed by communication in The Hartford (Conn) Times of re- cent date. It seems that the minister of church in Parkville, near Hartford complained that the services at his church were interrupted by a game of baseball which was played in the park on the previous Sunday. an amusement allowable now under the laws of Con- necticut. Thereupon a MT. Gunshanan writes to The Times defending Sunday baseball. and in the course of his com munication says:
 Six weeks ago last Sunday forty-two men and boys were engaged in cardplay- ing for money in Pope Park and grove, and on the same Sunday at least thirty were engaged in drinking liquor from bottles. which had been procured in that vicinity. from drug stores.
 This was the discreditable condition of affairs at Pope Park, as 1t is called, before the Sunday ball-playing began. It matters not who was to blame, whether the village authorities, the laws. or the park policeman, so far as the facts as stated by Gunshanan are concerned, but the effect claimed for the ball playing Is thus stated:
 Now. I defy any person to say that Card-playing exists for money in that sec- ton on Sunday. and in regard to liquor drinking, I will state that l have been informed that a certain druggist claimed that his receipts had decreased $20 to $s' on Sunday since baseball started on Pope Park. Let me say further, that since baseball on Sunday was started social organization, composed of over 100 young men who reside in the vicinity of Pope Park has d!ebanded, in whose rooms toth the above evils existed on Sunday.
 There are many persons who believe that Sunday ball-playing is sinful, while others look on 1t as harmless Without offering any opinion on the subject. we only cite the facts to show that in this case an amusement which is claimed to be a of the Sabbath seems to have broken up what was certainly a dis graceful state of affairs in the park and to wonder whether the game of baseball will be resorted to as an ef- fectual method of breaking up Sunday drinking and gambling. If the facts are as stated. the ball enthusiasts have the advantage of the game, So far as 1t has gone.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
Passes Offered Members.
Maplesville Reflector.

Maplesville Reflector.
 We hope to see the members of the Constitutional Convention do their duty when the free pass article comes to a vote again.
 When a railroad goes to member of the Legislature and insists upon his receiving free pass as has been done In a case which we can cite, can any sensible man believe that the offer was made for any good purpose? We believe that when a member of the Legislature accepts a free pass in his capacity as a legislator. he is then and there receiving a bribe and acknowl- edging his obligations to the railroads. A legislator should be left free and untrammeled so that he can act with equal justice to the public and to cor poirations.