Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-11-22
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1902.
LOCAL NEWS.

held at Oak Gall Saturday, Novem-
Der Goth, 2 D. m.
The sale OF mill property adver-
tised by Mr.. G. F. Elliott to be made
on October oath has been postponed
to November 9th.
Rev. r. n. Hartness has returned
from Conference and will preach at
Drummondtown Methodist church,
Sunday morning and night.
Mr.. McCleary will be at Accomac
G. II early in December with large
drove of horses and mules. The
exact date of his arrival will be given
in next issue
The next annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Eastern Shore
Produce Exchange will be held at
Accomac G. H., Wednesday, Deem
Der 10th, 1902.
The personal property of William
Fl. Miles, deceased, will be sold at
public auction on Wednesday, No
vember 26th, and not on the goth, as
heretofore advertised in this paper.
Mr.. Hugh Fosque has sold his in
terest in the mercantile business Of
Rrittingham s. Fosque to Mr.. W. T.
White, of Shelltown, Md formerly
of this county.
Revival services now in progress at
Harborton 6aptist church, conduct
ed by Rev L. b. Kirby, will continue
throughout next week. To date
several conversions are reported.
The Onancock Telephone line was
sold on edne.day to the Diamond
State Telephone Co. The price paid
it is stated, was about 10 per cent.
more than the assessed value OF the
stock.
Among the visitors to the county
seat this week were Mr.. E. P. Tim
moLs, of Philadelphia, William M.
Coard, of Pocomoke City, and Mr..
Sam'l A. Milliner, OF the Life Saving
Service. Northampton.
The number of oyster shuckers
now employed at oyster house OF
Capt. Polk Lang, on Folly creek, is
10 10
daily on orders 400 gallons and is
unable to meet the demand for tn elm
from his customers.
Stockholders of the Peninsula Tel
ephone line, at meeting at Keller
Oh last Tuesday, raised enough money
to pay off all debts due by them and
the property will not therefore be
sold at auction as heretofore adver-
tised in the columns of this paper.
Mr.. Il. A. Wise Kellam, who has
been a resident OF this place for near
ly twelve months, left on Friday for
Cape Charles, where he has accepted
the position of manager OF The Light
a weekly newspaper published at
that place.-Tsppahannock Demo-
crat 18th.
Mr.. s. wilkins Matthews, OF Ac-
comae, is after merry-go-rounds,
otherwise known as hobby-horses,
carousels and by other names. He
proposes in his bill amending the Ii
cense tax laws to impose 8 tax Of $50
per week on these Neutrality-suspicious.
mond News.
New advertisements in this issue to
which the attention of our readers is
invited: W. s. Dickinson & Son,
Pocomoke city; Greenbush Manu-
featuring Co, near Aceomac G. h
W. N. Conant & Co., Chincoteagus;
H. Il. White, Bloomtown; Belle
Haven Furniture Co.
Rev. F. Burke, rector Of st.
James Episcopal Church, has accept.
ed call to church in Essex Coun'
ty, Va, and will leave for that coun
ty on the second day of December.
He will preach at Emmanuel church
Jenkins Bridge, Thursday morning,
II O'Clock, Thanksgiving Day.
The New Church and Franklin
City division of the Produce Elk,
change will meet at New Church on
Saturday, November 22d, 2 p. IN.
Every member is earnestly request
ed to be present as the division wish
es to make arrangements for the
stockholders meeting on that day.
The directors of the Eastern Shore
of Virgins Produce Exchange, at
their meeting on Wednesday, de.
clared a dividend for the present
year Of ~ per cent, so in stock and
20 in cash, which will be paid to the
stockholders at their annual meeting
at Accomack G. a. on the 10th OF
December.
The Copvocation OF Norfolk at its
recent session on the Eastern Shore
decided to mako a special effort to
raise the new apportioumeDt OF $500
to the Diocese OF Southern Virginia
for general mission work. The entire
church is to raise 100000, not in
GLIDING 100000 to be raised by the
Episcopal women end children.
Miss Mary Gertrude Robertson,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Robertson, 71S North Arlington Ave-
nue.. Baltimore, was married on Wed.
nesdsy TO Mr.. W. Gordon Beecher,
also of that city, at the home Of the
brides parents, tastefully decorated