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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16
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ing. thought you were a thousand
miles away. Last Sunday morning
was In your church and heard you
preach. And | want 10 tell you that
when the ship gave lurch and went
down to her watery grave, and ! was
pitched into the sea. the last thought
that | had when I expected to meet
my God was Of you and your sermon"
never asked her what that thought
was. was afraid to know. ! SAID,
"Can II be that the words which l
speak. perhaps at random, may 30 IN
fiuence some man. some woman, for or
against God that with them they shall
march up 10 meet their Divine KING
at the Judgment seat of Christ" Thus
God has sent you, o man and woman
to be spiritual rear guard for your
fellow men.
Are you doing for others as your
Christian parents and friends In the
past have done for you? Thus Isaiah,
700 years before Christ was born In
the Bethlehem stable, Is enunciating In
the words of my text the same gospel
truth as Paul, the greatest Of the apos-
ties. taught in the sixth chapter OF Ca
latians,' after Christ ascended from
Mount Olivet. The scenes are almost
Identical. They both represent strug-
gle. God, the great commander In
chief. is detailing us to certain duties.
Thus Paul, as he sees a great load
upon our back, says, every man shall
bear his own burden" That means
God expects us to stand in the difficult
places on the line of battle. Then Paui
says In the same chapter, Bear ye one
anothers burdens, and so fulfill the law
of Christ" That means every Chris
tian soldier shall be a rear guard TO
every other Christian soldier. Then
over those two commandments the
psalmist writes these words, Cast thy
burden upon the Lord and he shall
sustain thee" So God will help US
bear the burdens Of life while We try
to bear our own burdens and the bur
dens of our dear ones. "For We shall
not 90 out with haste nor go by flight
for the Lord will go before you, and
| the God of Israel will be your rere-
ward"
copyright 1907, by Louis Klopsch.l
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16
No Decoration Required.

1t was Mr.. Hobart's first experience
with waffles. and he liked the taste OF
them When he had been served twice
he called the waiter to him and spoke
con6dentially.
I'm from Pokeville," he said, and
we're plain folks there. Don't care
much for style, but we know good food
when we get 1t. want another plate
full O. those cakes, but you tell the
cook she needn't stop to put that fan
cy printing on 'em; just send 'em along
plaln."-Youth's Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16
Terrible Fate.

There is something which will ap-
peal to every American in the horror
of fate invoked upon Henry James,
Sr.. by his son, the novelist, and re-
corded in the letters Of E. L. Godkin.
The young man had been worsted In
argument and exclaimed:
"Then may your mashed potatoes al
ways have Jumps in them?-Youth's
Companion.
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Tax Notice.
To the Tax Payers of Accomack Co.:


Now that our term of Office is draw
ing near january lst. 1909 we desire
To express our thanks to you for the
pleasant business relations which we
have had together for the past 10 years
and tor the many expressions OF KIND
feelings you have for us. The regret
of our retirement from public Office
makes a feeling of gratitude In our
hearts that we cannot express. SUI
flee it to say, that we shall always try
to remember the many warm friends
we have made, and if there are any we
have offended, we wish to say to them
that we hold nothing against you II
in the discharge of our duty we nave
been forced to do what you consider
unkind. IL has hurt us as badly as
Yourselves and weask for your friend
ship and promise our gratitude.
70 those who owe us taxes prior to
, 1907. we wish to slate, that we have
got to settle all of our accounts and IN
order to do SO you must settle yours
and We do hope that this may be done
without any forcing on our part, which
we shall have to do, unless you attend
to il. To those who wish to save the
3 per cent. and extra interest we wish
to say. that we shall collect the taxes
for 1907 u til January lst, 1913, and
after lhat date what bills we have left
over will pass to our successors. be
low you Will find list Of appoint
meLts for the collection of 1907 taxes
and winding up of all old business.
We trust you will meet us at these
appointments most convenient to your
selves and pay up all taxes due.
Amendments of Edwin T. Powell
Accomac G. H., Nov. 18th, 25tn, 26th
9th.
Onancock, October 9Th, 18th. Nov. I'd
10Th, afternoon, 2Stb, Goth, 3Oth
all day.
Ha borton, November 22d, at night.
Wachapreague, November 18th, 18th
Doth.
amendments of John H. Hopkins
Parksley, October 5th and Novembe
2Sd and 30th.
Modestown, November 10th, afternoon
Hopeton. 2lst, morning
Newstown, /" 2lst, t,afternoon
Hunting Creek, " 22d, morning
Leemont, 22d, afternoon
AccOmac, 4th, 2ih, zS'n
All 1906 Capitation Taxes unpaid h,
November 10th, 1907, will be returne
Delinquent.
rre payment of Capitation Tax 10
1907 will still be required 9 month
:, before an election in order to vote
It We recommend to all the payment {
their taxes before the penalties ar
:. sddei- December LIST, 1897. and lrtel
# est after June 18th, 1H0S, will b
charged from December 18th, 1907.
Yours truly,
JOHN II HOPK Ms, Treasurer.
EDWIN T. POWELL, by. Treas
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16
Inst as Fresh.

Mrs. Newwed-Are these eggs as
fresh as the ones got from you last
week? The Grocer-Oh, yes'm! Some
of the same lot ma'am. I've been
keeping 'em for you.-Pick-Me-Up.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16
VERNON BURTON, Asst. Cash

The smallest deposl-
tor receives as prompt
and courteous treatment
as the largest. Managed
entirely by our home
people.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16

Here is a picture Of the line OF bat
tie. Yonder are the two tanks OF the
army, thoroughly intrenched and pie-
tected from the line Of fire. Here Is
the center of the army made up OF
men with stern faces fighting for their
lives. Again and again the enemy
charges The brigade and the division
commanders become frightened. Away
their staff officers gallop to mead
quarters, begging and beseeching for
re-enforcements. I'VE must have more
troops or we are lost" Is the cry, Dut
the far seeing eye of the commander
in chief sweeps the field with his glass
and answers: mot yet! The rear guard
must be held in leash for awhile. NOT
yet! Go back to your generals and tell
them to hold their positions a htlie
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16

You must bear we'll in mind that
those souls will stand before the Judg-
ment seat of Christ and will think OF
us and what we have done or should
have done for them. The most over
whelming moment Of my ministerial
career was when this fact was driven
home TO me in a way shall never for
get II was Sabbath evening, July 20,
1907. We we're tossing about upon the
Pacific ocean. We had just saved
some lis lives from a watery grave.
At the request of the passengers
was holding a service In the CABIN
Just as | arose to speak a lady came
and took my hand. She looked ear
nestIy into my face as she said; "Dr'
Talmage, / was on board the steamer
Columbia when she sank this morn
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-11-16

appointments of John H. Hopkins
Parksley, October 5th and November
2ad and 3Oth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

look out to see the kid eating his sup.
per just below the window?
Is that all?'t asked the nurse
searchingIy ~
An orange, he admitted.
The nurse turned to the doctor.
The Fruit and Flower Mission sent
oranges to-day. It was probably his:
own"
Who's waiting below there?" The
doctors voice was even more savage
than before. It was too dark to see
his eyes.
The kid-my BROTHER
The doctor spoke a word or two to
the nurse, turned on his heel and
went out. Willie Madden watched
him shrinkingly.
"What'll he do to himes he asked
TREMENDOUSLY. "He amt done nothin'.
I did the pinchin'."
The nurse was still severe "Wait
and see," she said, holding tight to
the boys shoulder. cts a serious
thing to pass bread and butter-and
sugar out of a hospital window at
night"
There was not sound in the ward
except the heavy breathing of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

rhinoceros, hippopotamus or. lion was
attended with considerable hardship
and danger, apart from other Difficult.
ties, one may now reach the heart OF
the big game &C untry in compa rative
comfort
A London payer recently remarked
the great num-, sr of persons proml-
nent in society rho had gone into the
African jungle to seek excitement.
They have gone not only with the
gun, but with camera as we'll, and
here the Photographic apparatus
peacefully. hut none the less success.
fully, supplements the rifle in bring
ing down the quarry. This rhinoceros
was charging the hunter when it WE
killed The shot was an excellent
one, Of which the man may boast
with perfect propriety, for it was i'm
n,ediately fatal.
The big beast, carried forward by
Its momentum, crashed down on the
ground with an impact that shook the
trees. AS it lay there. now inarr
fol the amateur photographer, with
the conditions Of light and posture
highly favorable, the camera took Il
shot, which, you must admit, was JUS.
as successful as that Of the rifle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
TRAINING THE HAND.

Some ime ago the Archdeaconry of
Washington appointed a commission
to inquire into the physical, moral and
Spiritual conditions Of the Afro Ameri-
can population of that city. Rev. DR..
Roland Cotton Smith, chairman of the
commission, has recently made a pre-
liminary resort in which it is stated
among ether things, that there is lit.
tie real training to equip the Afro
American for industrial pursuits and
domestic service. the public school EN-,
phasizine entirely too much the train.
ing CT the head rather than of the
hand"
In the opinion of THE APPEAL, the
Archdeaconry of washington, would
have to spend about a century of train
ing to render it competent to operate
sensiblv as to the physical, moral and
spiritual conditions CT the Afro-Ameri.
ca. population, the said training to be
s1@ervised by corp of Baptist and
Methodist preachers
If the Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith
will Investigate the matter. he can
readily discover that in human nature
only one element can be trained-that
which IS vaViCuslv STYLED the mind, the
intellect, the soul. The saw is an i'm.
D'ement-twenty years training will
not cause it to saw a broomstock it.
self. The hand is an implement, also:
1t cannot re trained. AS a saw can be
rusty or bright. sharp or dull. so the
hand can be warm or cold. large or
small, but it cannot be trained, as it
was made to be used.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

"The American Israelite,' in the
current issue, says: according to
the report published in the daily pa.
rers. Abe Hrmmel's Dentiteutiarv re.
cord reads: Place of BIRTH Boston;
nationality Hebrew. If this is as re-.
norted it is high time that the custom
which sanctions this offence should
be abrogated Every native of the
United States is an American, what
ever his religion or descent may be-
1t ought not to be difficult to bring
about the change, as there can be no
intention on the part of the State of
New York to deprive us of the right
to be counted as Americans, which is
our hirthright"
Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom
there is no guile. The Israelite seems
to have no idea Of what blood-thirsty
tomcat it is tackling. Does it want to
divest tomdixon. jimvardamon and
hentillman of all their thunder? Would
it cast reflection on hoaxsmith?
Would it compel the Ananias Club
alias the Associated press to go out of
business?
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SPLENDID SHOT

Scciety's sportsmen; to whom geo
graphical location offers no barriers.
are going further af1eld in their hunt
for big game. New York millionaires
have journeyed to India to have shc'
at 2 man eating tiger; expeditions
have penetrated we'll night inaccessi
pie portions OF the great Northwest
ern wilderness for the sole purpose
OF bagging game, and wealthy MIN
rods even have penetrated the frozea
ilesolaticn of the Arctic circle.
1t Is manifest that man who can
bring down running object at SOC
yards, and who has sufficient money
may seek excitement with his rifle In
any part of the world The Cape to
Cairo railway, in Africa. has already
begun to popularize the country as =
paradise OF sport" Where formerly
an expedition to hunt the elephant
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1897.
THE JIM CROW CASE.

The jim crow car question has at
length reached the Interstate com.
merce commission.
One Georgia Edwards, it seems, a
.cOlOred woman of Nashville, Tenn.
determined to go upon visit to some
relatives at Dalton in Georgia, last
year. She chose for her means of
transit the Western and Atlantic rail,
road, operated by the Nashville, Chat
tanOnga and st. Louis Company Pur-
chasing a first-class ticket, she entered
a car sacred to the use of white per-
sons only. Naturally, she was ordered
by the astonished conductor to betake
herself from those precincts but she
promptly asserted that she was an Gin.
terstate passenger and would do
nothing of the sort, whereupon she
YVES ha'led out bodily and denosited
in the "Jim Crow car, where she COM
plains the surrounding were dirty, the
atmosphere impregnated both with the
smoke and the profanity of men who
were in it indulging in alcoholic pota-
ticns ard swear words.
Two things are significant in the
foregoing statement: The intelli.
gence of the Afro-American woman
and the recklessness of the white con.
dTctor. The woman knew that her
right to ride in the coach had recently
been rpheld By court in Maryland !:
III conductor if he knew the fact
cared nothing for it, so he hauled her
n"f hoailv.' rather more summarily
than Senator Rayner's sister. q
Je'vess. YVES bundled out of the Marl
h,"r-!- -Blenheim hotel at Atlantic
City, or than an American navy was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
THE ANGLO-SAXON.
The Most DECEASED of All American
Citizens. .. 20.

The Most Debased Of All American
Citizens.
A writer in the New York Sun,
Caucasian, says:
Il. study of Dr. Walter Laidlaw's
statistics and conclusions, as set forth
IN to-day's Sun editorial, leads one
more surely and directly to the source
of the poisoning of the wells" of our
moral and political life than do Com
missioner Sargent's statistics. The
criminal acts of husbands and wives.
such as immortality, cruelty and others
of 4 similar character, which have to
be proved before divorces are granted.
and are doing so much to debase the
nation, are almost entirely confined to
the AnglO-Saxon or native American
element
2. That the Anglo-Saxon element is
criminal and decadent is proved by the
fact that the race in this country is
not reproducing itself. From an aver
age OF six children per family 100
years ago to none at ALL or but one
child, now, and that a regretable &C.
cident, is proof positive of degrading
and demcralizing practices.
3. More than IS per cent of the
lawless criminal participants in lynch
ings and burnings, North as we'll as
South, are native American Anglo
Saxons.
"A. The debauchers of the franchise
(the purity of which your correspond
ents desire to preserve), the men who
trade on the poverty, weakness and
ignorance of the poor man and tempt
him with money to give his votes to
them, are. as rule, of the Anglo
Saxon race, and, being educated, they
are the greater criminals against the
moral well-being of the nation.
IS. Those of our people who bought
and sold human beings and lived by
their labor were all Anglo-Saxons.
"6. Those of our people who sought
to destroy our republic and it's insti-
tutions were almost all Anglo-Saxons.
81. In the cities of the country,
North and South, where the Anglo
Saxon element constitutes the great
majority, there will be found the least
material and moral progress and the
least effort.
"S. In the cities. North and souths
where the percentage of the Anglo
Saxon is smallest and European immi-
grants since the sos the greatest there
will be found the greatest progress
material and moral.
y. The greatest and most persistent
enemies of our religious and political
institutions who have done most to
pull them down are mainly of the
Anglo-Saxon race. themselves relaps-
ing into the practices of paganism.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

sleeping children. Once Sarah Ann
Johnson moaned restlessly and Willie
Madden started in terror, white and
choking. He thought it was the ''kid"
crying, and his heart nearly stopped
beating from fright and uncertainty.
Then he steeled himself, and bracing
his crutch against the bed he stood
erect and said defiantly:
'Well, if it's a reform school they'll
have to send the kid, for he amt got
nobody to look out for him but me!
Say, how would you feel to know
that your kid was hungry when you
was just stuffed with good things?
You couldn't eat much yourself, could
you? It 'u'd kinda choke you, wouldn't
it? WE'LL that's the way feel every
time take bite, for I know the kid
is half starved because I'm not there
to look after him
The nurse moved little nearer to
Willie Madden, but she remained ST.
lent. He almost hated her, she
seemed SO cold and hard and relent-
less. He was glad that he wasn't her
kid, and that the other kid wasn't
hers. Well, nothing mattered much
now unless they would let him go
with the kid
There was sound of steps out in the
corridor. There was more than one
person, and the boy braced himself
again to meet the shock. Probably it
was a policeman, maybe two of them,
but where was the kid all this time
The room spun around for second,
and Willie Madden was obliged to
cling to the little white bed for sup
port. He had never felt this way be-
fore. Someway he had always been
able to laugh at any situation, espe-
cially if it only affected him, but this
was different, for now the kid was in
volved, his little kid who depended
upon him for any emergency, and
whom he had never failed.
A few seconds later the doctor
came in, pushing before him a small,
badly frightened boy, who displayed
much resistance and who still held in
his hand a piece of bread and butter.
Inc DOCTOR IelC around IN MS coat
pocket, and pulled out with difficulty
a similar piece.
Here" he said gravely, presenting
it. "You were leaving this behind"
Willie Madden was puzzled. He
slid from the nurses restraining hand
and hobbled over to the disconsolate
| newcomer.
Don't you be scared" he said i'm
pressively. "You amt done nothin'!'
"The order book, please" said the
doctor soberly. He wrote for a mo-
ment, then passed it to the nurse, who
read it aloud to the astonished boys
"New patient, otherwise the Kid
Bath and bed, with liberal diet. The
Brothers Madden will go to the Fresh
Air Home tomorrow"
Willie Madden drew breath of re
lief, then turned away. He tip-tappeG
over to the bed next his, where LAY
the boy who had helped to undress
him, and Weakened him ruthlessly.
Here he said, you crawl into thu
| bed over there next to Sarah Ann
This here beds for me little bro
ther.'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06

fure of two centuries ago into the
shade. It is OF hair, of course, and
string bark woven one into the othe:,
butter grease and clay It's point is Il
piece Of antelope horn scraped down
The black man did not fix his hair in
this fashion merely 10 be curious and
attract the eye of the photographer
who snapped him in the neignborhood
OF the kafue river, on the Cape to
Cairo railway, but wrought in it is
much Of social pride and superstition,
When he gazed upon the plain, I'M
adorned head Of the white man, Ma
chu-Kulumbwe wondered why the palC
barbarian had not the sense Of beauty
and the mystic relief which we're his.
All of the vanity,,all of the reverence
centered in his hair What were the
unreasonable coverings of the body
compared with this steeple point of
distinction!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
plans Fine Country Hon,e

Percy A. Rockefeller, son of William
Rockefeller and nephew of John D.
Rockefeller, is building country
home in Connecticut which is unlike
any other ever planned. Perhaps the
most extraordinary feature of it is a
confined air space in the walls, form.
ing nonconductor of heat, cold or
moisture. The air space, it Is said,
will make the house warmer in win
ter, cooler in summer and dryer all
the year around than any other mans
home, rich or poor. It is said that if
all the windows and doors were
closed on a hot. summer day, air being
introduced only through the basement,
the temperature would be from Is to
20 degrees lower inside the house
than without.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
Most Curious. Tlairdressina

Sportsmen who have caught sword
fish off Block Island and who have
eazed upon the camera presentments
of this Dark Continent dandy at once
dubbed his the human swordfish"
The title is not inapt, for placed be-
side the deniZen of the sea this deni.
zen OF the bush would appear to be
almost blood relative One loves
water, the other doesn't. The coloreu
gentleman's name is Machu-Kulum.
bwe. and his Embarrassing is triumph
Of KafIir art. 1t puts the Marcel wave,
the pompadour and the steepled colt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-07-06
We present a candidate for tho q.

We present candidate for the Car
reeie hero fund in the person of Rev.
John Beeman. an Afro-American
preacher of Montgomery. Ala. who has
made application of the jailer to be
allowed to die on the gallows for his
brother David Beeman, the date of ex-
ecution being July e.. The Rev. Bee,
man says he will 20 to heaven and his
brother being a bad man might not
His sacrifice would have tendency to
convert his brother and both would
thus get to heaven. The offer of the
brother has caused a wave of sym
pathy for both him and the condemn
ed man and petition is being cir
culated asking the governor to COM
mute the sentence.