Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-02-07
LOCAL NEWS.

Produce Exchange will meet at Cape
Charles, Saturday, February 14th, al
2p. m.
A report OF the twelfth census bis
been received at this Office from Pon.
William A. Jones. He has our franks
for same.
Rev. T. G. Whitehurst <as called
to Modestown Baptist Church on
February LIST, has accepted same and
will assume charge on Sunday night.
8. Hessler, merchant tailor, Oman
cock, will have a representative at
Parsley. Saturday, February 14th,
to solicit and receive orders for
clothes.
The fourth Quarterly Conference
of Parksley NJ. P. Church will be
held Monday afternoon, 3 o'clock, at
Hunting Creek Church. All of the
official members are requested to be
present.
H. E. McCleary will be at 7. H.
Nelson's stables, Accomac @. H.,
February 18th, 10th, Goth and 21st,
with twenty-four (24 blocky horses
and mules, and they will be sold as
represented.
Rev. w. N. Meade held his last SER
vices at Christ Church, in Eastville,
on Sunday. Mr.. Meade very feeling
spoke OF his ministry Of over 10 years
in the parish. He leaves this week
for another parish.
The remains of Mr.. ]. Thomas Wal.
ter, q former citizen of the county,
were brought home from Baltimore
for intermenJ in the family grave
yard, near Charlottesville, last Satur
day. His death was due, it is report
ed, to an accident while at work on
house in that city.
The Baptists of Cape Charles will
have their opening service in their
new church house on February Sth,
second Sunday, at II o'clock a. IN.
Rev. Charles Corbit, Of Red Bank,
will preach the opening sermon. An
other special feature of the occasion
will be the music.-E. 8. Herald.
In another column, it will be noted,
that another good commission house,
J. W. Woodland & Co., Baltimore, is
in line as agents of the Eastern Shore
Produce Exchange. The fact, that
Mr.. Jno. J. Guthrie is a member OF
firm, is a sufficient guaranty to many
of our farmers that it is worthy OF
their patronage, and will receive it,.
The Diamond State Telephone
Company, which now owns all the
lines on the Maryland Delaware pen
insula, has decided to extend it's
lines to Cape Charles, Va, at cost
of $4,000. The company has spent,
up to the present time, $443 900 on
the peninsula, and has connected
with a 100000 cable across Chesa-
peake bay.-Salisbury Courier.
Mrs. Mary A. Northam, lady
highly esteemed and Of exemplary
piety, relict Of Geo. j. Northam, de-
ceased, died at her home at Modes
town last Monday aged go years.
Funeral services were held over her
remains at Modestown Baptist
Church, Tuesday, conducted by Rev.
Geo. G. Bundick. Three sons, Will
liam r., Mosby and Bruce Northam,
and two daughters survive her.
In the last issue OF the Eastern
Shore Herald Mr.. Ohio F. Mears has
card, in which he says, he will not
be candidate for the office OF Com
monwealths Attorney tor another
term and Mr.. Robertson, the editor
of that paper, announces that he will
be a candidate for the position, sub
ject to the action the Democratic
party may take on the question.
New advertisements in this issue
In which all of our readers will find
something OF interest to them: W. s.
Dickinson s. Son, advance sale; valu
able farm of j. w. burlington, de-
ceased, for sale; A. F. Mears, general
merchandise; A. T. Matthews, Leg
horn eggs; A. A. Lake, house and lot,
oysters, boats, etc.; h. T. White, mer-
chandise, etc; j. w. Woodland l. Co,
commission merchants.
Mr.. Il. Clay Northam, native Of
this county, and one Of Its best citi-
zens, now of Beaver Dam, Md, has
been needlessly annoyed of late by q
report that he had robbed the mails
The mistake is due to the fact, that q
negro with the same name as him.
self, Is charged with that offsnse
With all who know Mr.. Northam
either personally or by reputation
1t is impossible to associate his name
with this or any other crime.
Stewart X. Powell, special commits
sioner, in certain chancery cause
between John Wesley Hurst anc
wife etc., plaintiffs, and Mary Hurst
ct ais, defendants, will sell by public
auction at Onancock, Saturday, Feb
ruary 2Sth, p. NJ, by virtue offs de-
cree in said cause, five valuable tracts
or parcels of lands, situated neal
Chesconnessix and Onancock, fret
and discharged of any claim of dover
For full particulars see posters.
The following from Hon. 8. WIKI
ins Matthews speaks for itself: Th'
Jordan Oyster Bill Ito break tn,