Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-10-18
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
ChtuG0teaRue.

Several OF our people attended the
races at Berlin Thursday OF last
week.
A temperance meeting will be held
at the Union Baptist Church next
Sunday, 4 p. IN.
Professor G. G. Joynes spent sew
eral days here last week ia the in
terest Of our schools.
Eruest Alvey, OF Norfolk, of late
has been here, with the view OF open
ing barber shop at this place.
Schooner Alberto, Capt D. T.
Wheaton, arrived this week from
New York. with cargo Of pea coal. 1t
was sold for 1850 per ton.
Captain l.. Ayres, engaged for sew
eral days in trying to float" his
schooner. Florence, which went ashore
some time ago on Assateague Beach,
has abandoned her.
In the last two days sitting by
registrars at this place forty white
voters qualified to exercise the right
of suffrage and the total registered
vote Of the Island was 1862 whites and
90 blacks.
Professor W. H. Warren has been
engaged az book keeper by Mr.. @. E.
Babbitt for his oyster shocking
house and he is to be congratulated IN
securing the services OF one go we'll
fitted for the discharge of that duty.
The Oyster League will hold a bus
mess meeting at the Town Hall next
Monday night, 1880 o'clock. Every
body Is invited and the attendance
ought to be large as everyone here,
whatever his vocation, is interested
in the oyster business.
The little fiddler" which runs
along our shores, heretofore consid-
cred worthless, has now a value that
was never dreamed Of. The fisher
men around New York use them for
bait for black fish and are willing to
pay eight dollars per barrel for them.
Their agent, Mr.. Sophart, OF New
York, is here buying them at that
price.
Mrs. James Liliston is visiting
friends in Norfolk; Capt. s. <. Mat
thews is in Philadelphia on bust
ness trip; Mr.. F. II. Booth is in Phil
adelphia under the treatment OF an
eve specialist; Rev T. g. Davis lie
the guest of friends In New Jersey;
Mrs. J. W. Warren is visiting friends
in Berlin; Mics Matte Wise of Lover
Accomac, and Capt. Scarborough
and wife, of Girdletree, are here with
friends.
The revenue from clans shipped
from this point is not very far be-
hind that received for oysters. The
oyster shipments are only for 3
months but CLANS are sent daily to
market from this place and for the
last sixty days have Melted about
$400 per day. The smaller ones sell
here for So so and larger ones at IS 90
per barrel or sack, and the daily
shipment for last sixty days has been
about 200 sacks.
Capt. Sealmore Bloxom died on the
18th inst, after a long illness OF
Brights disease, aged SO years. His
second wife and a daughter survive
him. The deceased was we'll known
throughout the county. He began
life as q waterman, was the second
hotel keeper at this place and for Is
years was keeper in the Life Saving
Service and a merchant for the latter
part of his life. He was a member OF
the Knights of Honor and Mechan
les.
Arrivals at the Atlantic Hotel this
week: ]. Il Feddeman, j. g. Min
son, @. L. Ward, Baltimore; Rolly
Moore, J. G. Maloney, Philadelphia
NJ. E. Selby, Wilmington; E. Sop
hart, New York; D. r. Grier, Milford
IL. ". Polk, Pocomoke City; Johr
Hogan, Ocean City; W. A. Taylor
Stockton; s. 8. Bowen, G. A. Marsh
all, ]. D. Holster, Berlin; Capt. N
B. Rich, II. E. Byrd, Harry Pruitt
Jas Payne, G.. G. Joynes, John Win
der, Geo. A. Payne, =. A. Taylor, 8
W. Matthews, Accomac.