Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-03-22
LOCAL NEWS.

26, 81, % and 80.
Rev. John w. Hundley, has tend
cred his resignation as pastor of the
Baptist church at Covington, Va
Richmond Dispatch.
H. E. Byrd & Son, Temperance
vile, offer bargains in a new adver-
tisement this week. Special prices
are made by the firm on shoes.
For all kinds of garden seed, sold
in bulk and packets. choice white
onion sets, earliest peas and cabbage,
call at DR.. Halls, drugstore, Park
sley, Va.
MIR. William Ellipger has oyster
plants for sale, which he is Offering
at reasonable prices. Read his ad-
vertisement in another column of
this paper.
Garden seeds of all kind have been
received at drug store of w. p. Bell &
Co., Accomac G. H., and the firm is
now ready to fill promptly all orders
for same.
Mr.. NJ. H. Stevenson, of Cape
Charles, was elected Grand Master
Workman by the Grand Lodge A. 0.
U. W., at its session in Washington
this week.
An advertisement on the fourth
page of this paper is of interest to
you if you want protection against
hog cholera. Read it as it may not
appear again.
Mr.. Jack Amid, of PuDgotesgue, in
a friendly tussle with a companion
Tuesday, fell across board mark
ing the sidewalk, and broke his leg
just above the ankle.
Capt. VIM. E Timmons. for many
years in the employ of steamboat
line between Baltimore and points
in Accomac, died of heart disease in
Snow Hill last Saturday, aged 81
years.
VIM. 7. Wise, druggist, Onaucock,
has received his usual supply of
Landreth garden seeds and is pre-
pared to fill all orders for same either
in bulk or papers. Call on him also
for grass and clover seeds.
A substantial and handsome iron
railing is being put up this week,
under the supervision OF Mr.. Geo, W.
Revell, OF Baltimore, around the fam
lily graveyard on the premises of Mr.
William G. Coleburn, at Accomac G..
81.
The young people of Drummond-
town Baptist Church will give an en-
tertainment, consisting of music,
drama, &c, at Bells Hall, Mon
day night i'll Easter, which promises
to be of rare merit. Supper will be
served before the entertainment
The names of Messrs. L. James
Hyslup and g. Walter Mapp, of this
county, appear in the list of delegates,
selected by the Sunday School Con-
vention recently in session in city of
Petersburg, to the international con-
vention to be held at Denver, Col,
June $3.50.
Mr.. l.. D. Teackle Quinby, of At
lanta, Ga, and Mr.. J. Calhoun
Johnson, of Washington, D. c., were
among the visitors to Accomac @. H.,
during the week. The former will
make Accomac his home again soon
and resume the practice of law il
this and Northampton county.
The Peninsula Fair Association,
Tasley, Va, dates August 5, 6, 7, 8,
have offered four guaranteed stake
races of the following classes: 2:19
pace, 1926 pace, 2'19 trot and 2:30
trot, the value of each $500. Entries
close April 1st. Write 7. s. Hopkins,
Tasley, Va. for conditions and pay
ments.
The committee charged with the
task of apportioning representation
in the House of Delegates, according
to the returns of the new census, has
completed its work. Accomac, North
ampton and Accomac, Elizabeth City
and Accomac, each get one delegate
as heretofore. Several counties in
the First Congressional District lose
a delegate.
Two gentlemen, Messrs. Calvin H
Long and Thos. 3. Walters, yester-
day registered at Keller from Oil
City, Md. Upon inquiry, our reporter
was informed that the gentlemen,
above named, hailed from Pocomoke
City, Md. We hope our friends are
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place of nativity. The City is there
but where is the oil?
L. Floyd Mock, trustee, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder,
on Saturday, March 29th, 1901, at
100 p. m, in front of the Parksley
Hotel in Parks'ey, the valuable
house and lot situated in Parksley,
known es the Matthias Lot" at
present occupied by Mrs. Jeanette
l.. Dix. Possession given January
LIST, 1903 The house is almost as
good ~ new and has been recently
renovated and painted. For terms
&c. see posters.
The entertainment to be given in
the Masonic hall at Wachapreague
for the benefit of the new NJ. E.
Church, South, on Monday evening,