Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-05-23
Saturday, May %, 1908.
LOCAL NEWS.

of Accomac opens Monday, June 1st.
Miss Ruth A. Tyler, of Accomac, is
spending the week in Cape Charles
and Norfolk.
Mrs. Rosa Willis, of Belle Haven, is
at Tasley. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. S. Hopkins.
Nursery stock is advertised in an
other column by Capt. E. B. NAPLES.
See ad for particulars.
Mr.. James Ii. Ashby, of Belle
Haven, visited friends and relatives
at Accomac @. H., this week.
Rev.G. Whitfield Painter, missionary
from China, will lecture at Mackenzie
Presbyterian Church, next Thursday
night.
Mrs. Willie Bundick, after spending
several weeks at Accomac @. H. visit
ing friends, returned to her home at
Cheriton on Friday.
Mr.. Thomas w. Blackstone has
been confined to his home by sickness
for several days but is better at this
time and will soon be out again.
A festival will be held in the after
noon of June Sth, Whitsuntide, at
Conquest NJ. P. Church, proceeds to
be applied to church improvements.
Messrs. Thos. Perry & Bro, of Sal
isbury, Nd, have an attractive
proposition to a mill man in this
weeks issue including the cutting of
eight or ten million feet OF timber.
Advertisements of G. H. Rivenburg
& Co., we'll known and popular com
mission merchants, of New York, of
Leatherbury, Belote & Co., Oman
cock. and of Ozark Mining and Mill
ing Co., appear in this issue. Read
them for particulars.
The District Conference for the
Eastern Shore District will be held at
Onancock July 21st-23d, beginning at
II NJ. on the 21st. The opening SER
mon will be preached by Rev. W. A.
Cooper, and the missionary sermon
by Rev. D. G. c. Butts.
The Supreme Court has granted a writ
of error and supersedeas in the cases
of Burton and Conquest, who were
convicted in the Corporation Court OF
Norfolk and sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary. This is the second
appeal allowed in this case.
Mr.. Werner T. Gardner, son of Mr..
Thomas Gardner, of Accomac Z. H.
in addition to the position of clerk
now held by him in office of B. Q. &
A. Railway Co. in Baltimore, has re-
ceiYed the appointment of soliciting
freight agent of said company with
considerable increase in salary.
Warner Ames, trustee, will on Sat
urday, 23rd day of May next, at 1:3(
O'Clock p. M, sell at public auction
in the village of BloXom, in front o
the hotel, the dwelling and storehous'
of Douglas Hickman located on TIT
road from Nelsonia to Bloxom. 70
further information see posters o
trustee.
Ben It. Gunter, special commits
sioner, will sell at public auction II
front of Mason's store at Modestowl
on Saturday, June 6, 1908, 2.3O p. m
the real estate of which James ID
Nelson died, seized and possessed
situated near Modestown, and con
tanning by estimation 633 acres, NOR
or less. For particulars see poster:
The plans and specifications sui
mitted by the architects and ia
builders at the meeting of the Boar
of Supervisors on Tuesday were nc
satisfactory to the Board and none
them were accepted. A carpentf
present, with the approval of three
the members, will submit plans Il
their consideration at the next NEE
ing, June 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. o. Mason, of nei
Accomac G. H., gave party in hone
=, of their daughter, Miss Pearl Byr'
Wednesday evening, May goth. h
freshments were served. Those pre-
ent were: Misses Mary, Helen, Ev
lyn and Louise Parks and Inez Mat
las, Messrs. James Mock, Georg
Stuart and James Parks, Alfred MasC
and John Edmonds.
John F. Nelson, Jr., executor
John w. Kelley, deceased, will 81
at public auction, in front OF Nels'
e. Jobnson's store at New Church
Saturday, May 3Oth, 2.SO p. m.' a ct
tain tract or parcel of land, of viii
John w. Kelley, died, seized and pc
sessed, known as the"Hinman Farm
situated near New Church, and &C
tanning so acres, more or less. +
full particulars see posters.
The sixteenth annual session OF t
Sunday School Convention of the A
comack Baptist Association will &C
vene with the Pungoteague Bapt
Church, Tuesday and Wednesds
June 9th and 10th, 1908. Those
tending the convention from d
tance will be met at Keller 1910 a..
southbound and 11:12 northbou
trains on June 9th, if they will not
Mr.. IT. J. Kilmon, Keller, before IL
day.
Mr.. William T. Bundick, of On