Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-08-22
LOCAL NEWS.
Keller Fair, August 95, &c, 81, 2s.

son, Leonel, of Baltimore, are visit.
ing relatives and friends at Accomac
G. II.
Mr.. 8. Hessler, merchant tailor Of
Onancock, will be at Eastville, Thurs
day, August 27th with full line Of
fall and winter samples.
The secretary requests all exhibit
tors at Keller fair this year to send
in their list of exhibits by mail and
get their entry number.
Miss NJ. Cammie Rider, of Rich
mond, and Miss Stella Crockett, OF
Onancock, are visiting the family of
Mr.. Louis j. Ross this week.
Miss Margaret Groton will resume
her music lessons in Drummondtown
on Thursday, September 10th, and
in Onancock on Friday, September
18th.
Mr.. James G. Mock, wife and child
rem, OF New York, are at Wacha-
preague, their old home, for health
and recreation. They will be there
until September.
A communication from Mr.. John
r. Rev, in reply to one from Hon. 8.
wilkins Matthews, received too late
for publication in this issue will APP
pear next week.
The announcement Is made by re-
quest that MIR. Z. Il. Powell, deputy
treasurer, will be at Keller fair every
day for the accommodation of those
wish to pay their taxes for 1902.
II in arrears for subscription to the
Enterprise you will be expected to
pay us at the Keller fair, and if not
in attendance send the dollar by
some Of your friends who will be
there.
VIM. P Bell & Co. have just got
ten in large and we'll selected stock
OF Eaton Hurlbut's celebrated box
papers and tablets. Those desiring
the latest style should call and ex-
anime the supply.
Mr.. Fred W. Robertson and wife, of
Baltimore, for the last two weeks
guests of the family of Mr.. Ben 7.
Gunter and other relatives and
friends, returned to their home in
Baltimore on Thursday.
Hotel Wachapreague offers special
inducements to guests during Keller
fair. Supper, breakfast and lodging
will entitle them to free ticket on
launch to Cedar Island, which leaves
at p. 10. and returns at 10 p. IN.
Mr.. Thos. W. Blackstone and wife
left by train Thursday for Crockett
Springs, Va, to be absent from the
county about two weeks. Mr.. j. q.
Blackjack, of Baltimore, will look
after the interests of the bank until
he returns.
Gilbert Walden, the noted cowboy
orator and elocutionist, will give an
entertainment at the Town Hall,
Wachapreague, Saturday night,
August 221, half If the proceeds for
the benefit Of the 81. L. Church,
Soutl', 1T that place. Admission, IL,
% ard 50 cents.
Gilbert Walden, noted cowboy ora
tor, rough rider, sch olar aid dialect
uuorist, will BE- at the Keller Fair
and entertain the people in attend
ance every day with songs and scenes
Of Dixie Land, assisted by noted
musicians on flute, guitars, banjo,
mandolin, harps, sc.
Cards OF the following candidates
appear in this issue of the paper For
supervisor, j. 7. Sharpley and W. L.
Mock, Atlantic district, j. W. Wes-
sells, Metompkin district; for consta-
BILE, Tank g. Kellam, Lee district; for
Justice of Peace, Jno. A. Mears and
VIM. NJ. Taylor, Pungotesgue dis
trict.
According to latest advices received
by US the Legislative Oyster Commit.
tee left Norfolk Tuesday for Oyster
P. o., Northampton Co., and may be
expected soon, We presume, at some
point in this county. If interested in
the oyster business, and not in favor
of breaking the Baylor survey, it is
your duty to submit your views to
the committee.
Mr.. William G.. Barnes, a we'll
known and highly esteemed citizen
Of upper Accomac, died Friday, 14th
inst, at his home at Gargatha, of
paralysis. aged 70 years. Funeral
services and interment at Woodbury.
III. E. Church, South, on Saturday,
conducted by his pastor, Rev. T. G.
Pullen. His wife, three SONS, Eugene
w., Hanson and D. W. Barnes and a
daughter, Mrs. Lorenzo B. West,sur-
vive him.
The millinery house of Miss Cora
W. Riley, Onancock, has in another
column strong advertisement pros
pectiye of the fall season that shows
enterprise and progress and merits
the attention the ladies will give.
The prominence that this store has
attained in three seasons is the re-
suit that should come from talent in
the millinery line combined with up
to-date business methods, hard con-