Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1905-01-07
Letter From a Countyman In The
Sunny South.


Dear Enterprise:-I wish you a
happy new year. am still In the |
"land of flowers" This morning l de- |
livered one of my lectures In the
First Baptist Church in Tampa, at 8
%. m. another in the Methodist
Church, South, and another at 1901
D. IN. in the First Presbyterian
Church, of which Rev. DR.. John g
Anderson lie pastor. The people of
the Eastern Shore of Virginia will
remember this good man, who %
years ago went to our county and
faithfully served for several years In
the Presbyterian churches at Oman
cock and Accomack @. Fl. DIR. An
derson is a much heavier man now.
and is not looking any older than
when he left Accomack. To-day
Tampa gave me her best churches,
and spoke to very large and appre-
ciative audiences at every church.
On last Sunday / delivered addresses
In three of the largest churches In
Gainesville, Fla. at night every con-
gregation in the city united with us
10 a union service at the Baptist
Church. Rev. w. Il. Hundley, a
brother of our beloved j. W. Humid
ley, served this church for several
years, and / am proud to say that
men and women of all the denomins-
tons in Gainesville told me that he
was one of the most intellectual and
one of the most refined Christian
gentlemen that had ever graced
pulpit in that city. The good PEG
pie there gave me a contribution OF
S64. 80 for that one address in Gaines
VILE on Sunday night; and | had no
trouble in selling AZ copies OF bun
dicks Lectures" on that day and the
day following.
l have had large audiences at Apa-
lachicola, Pensacola, De Furriak
Springs. Live Oak, Ocalo and Dade
City. l will spend next Sunday at
Orlando, and on Sunday, January
18th, ar West Palm Beach, and then
60 to Miami, where have been in
vited to speak on the nth, 18th and
18th of January, and the good people
there write me that they 'are look
ing forward to my coming" l don't
think can go any further down the
east coast, so after spending a few
days at Miami l will turn towards
home, stopping at De Land, Palatki,
st. Augustine and Jacksonville, and
the Secretary of the Y. NJ. q. A. in
Norfolk, Va, informs me that he
warts an afterno n address there on
the Sunday that / will be returning
towards my home. The good people
here Just keep my hands, my peck
cts and my suit case packed with the
| finest kind of sweet oranges, t"ma-
ripds, pomegranites and everything
that they think l will enjoy to eat,
and they invariably stop me at the
best hotels in every town and city
that / visit.
have met several old Virginians
and alsu men and women from North
Carolina that make t very pleasant
tor me. Mrs. Alderman, who is a
sister Of Capt. William Veasy, who at
one time commanded the steamer
Sue" on the Chesapeake, is per
manent boarder at this hotel and has
seemed very glad to meet an Eastern
Sboreman and has made 1t very
10 Or asant i0i me oy introducing me 10
many of her friends. She is very
genial and member OF DR.. Andrews
church and was reared at Pocomoke
City, Md. really enjoy looking al
the beautiful orange groves as
travel by them on the railroads.
must now close, as 1t Is time to retire
for the night. Yours sincerely,
W. Il. BUNDICK.
Hotel De Soto. Tampa, Fla,
| January /, 1905.