Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-05-30
Saturday, May 80, 1908.
LOCAL NEWS.

Ladies Beneficiary Society of Broad
way Baptist Church will hold fair
on July 4th. Particulars given later.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet at the home of Mrs. John
P. L. Hopkins Monday, June 3rd, at
Sp. m.
The w. @. Il. u. will meet on Mon
day night, June LIST, 7.3O p. m at the
home of Mrs. jefferson Davis at Ac-
comac @. H.
A festival will be held in the after
noon of June Stb, Whitsuntide, at
Conquest NJ. P. Church, proceeds to
be applied to church improvements.
A tenement house on the premises
of Mr.. Samuel G. Nelson at Accomac
G. II. was destroyed by fire, due to a
defective flue, last Thursday. Loss
about $500.
DIR. L. NJ. Tiffany, quite sick at his
home at Mt. GUSTS for several days
of late, is improving. DR.. Martin, OF
Baltimore, was called to see him on
last Sunday.
Mr.. VIM. n. LeCato, of New York,
has purchased from Mr.. VIM. Mason
a part of his farm in Upshurs Neck,
upon which he will build residence
in the near future.
Mildred, the four year old daughter
of Mr.. Geo. {. Mels) IN, fell from a
porch at the home of Mr.. Wesley T.
Nelson, Accomac G. H., last Thurs
day and broke her arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il. LeCato, OF
Quinby, leave next Monday TO visit
DIR. Leslie D. Ward at Brook Lake,
N. j., his country residence. They
will return on Saturday.
If in arrears for subscription to the
Enterprise, don't forget to bring us
the dollar when in attendance upon
court next week, and if not present
send it by your neighbor who will be.
The valuable house and lot former
ly belonging to Jas. j. Mears, stu
ated in Nassawodox, Northampton
Co., Va, is offered for sale by private
contract by l.. Floyd Mock, attorney,
Accomac G. H., Va.
Rev. Geo. w. Painter, missionary
to China for sc years, was a welcome
guest for several days this week at
the home of the Editor of this paper,
his roommate at the University OF
Virginia about 40 years ago.
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. @. Butts.
Ben r. Gunter, special commits
sioner, will sell at public auction in
front of Mason's store at Modestown
on Saturday, June 6, 1908, 2.3O p. M,
the real estate of which James II.
Nelson died, seized and possessed,
situated near ModestOwn, and con-
tanning by estimation 634 acres, more
or less. For particulars see posters.
DIR. Frank Fletcher, attorney-in
fact, will sell at public auction on
Friday, June 10th, ? p. M, in front OF
Samuel B. Whites store at jenkins
Bridge, in two parcels, the tracts OF
land of which Absalom Lewis died,
seized and possessed, situated near
Jenkins Bridge and Shad Landing, re-
spectively. For full particulars see
posters.
s. James burlington, special COM
missioner, will sell at public auction
on June 18th, 1908, at , p. M, at
GAINESVILLE, Northampton county, a
valuable tract of land containing rs
acres, more or less, of which William
II. Ames died, seized and possessed,
subject to the dover rights and inter
ests of Mrs. Sallie d. Ward. For full
particulars see posters.
Jos. r. Riggs, trustee, offers for
sale at private contract the entire
stock of goods of Douglas Hickman
in store near Bloxom, and if said
stock is not sold privately before
Saturday, June 9th, next, will sell
the same at public auction on that
day, beginning at II a: m. and con-
tinuing the sale every Saturday there
after until same is sold.
The sixteenth annual session of the
Sunday School Convention of the Ac-
comack Baptist Association will con-
vene with the Pungoteague Baptist
Church, Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 9th and 10th, 1908. Those at
= tending the convention from a dis
lance will be met at Keller 1910 am.
southbound and HIP northbound
trains on June 9th, if they will notify
Mr.. T. J. Kilmon, Keller, before that
day.
VIM. L. Mock, special commissioner,
will sell at public auction, in front OF
Otwell's store, at Atlantic on Satur-
day, June 6, 1908, p. M, the real es-
tate of which James Kelly died, seized
and possessed, situated in Atlantic
district, bounded by the lands OF
Arthur Byrd, James Tyndall and
Others, and containing 112 acres, more