Peninsula Enterprise, June 16, 1894
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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Horse racing
Clagrit and Ham Disston will be barred from all races on July 4th, at Fair Grounds, but will give speed exhibitions on that day.
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Infrastructure -- Public : Colleges
Louis N. Whealton, of Chincoteague, was awarded one of the scholarships given at Johns Hopkins University to graduate students this year -- which entitles him to free tuition at that institution next year.
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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Baseball
A base ball club was organized at Accomac C. H., Tuesday, with the following officers: captain, B. W. Woolford; ass't captain, J. O. Taylor; secretary, R. W. Bagwell; treasurer, R. H. Oldham.
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Tourists and sportsmen -- Other recreation - Baseball
The game of base-ball at Onancock, Friday of last week, between the Onancock and Parksley Clubs, ended in a wrangle. In the eighth inning when the score stood 10 to 4 in favor of Parksley, West, of Onancock, batted a fly ball which brought in three runs. The field umpire declared West out, and there was a contention as to whether his decision was supported by the rules, as the ball had lodged in the tree before it was caught. The umpire finally gave the game to Parksley by a score of 9 to 0.
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Professionals -- BuildersFields -- OutbuildingsFields -- Crops - Cover crops
Assawaman.
Lee Nock & Co. have just received the contract to build for Mr. W. H. Matthews, on his farm, a large barn. Mr. Matthews is not only one of the largest potato growers in this section, but the very largest hay raiser. He believes in improving his farm by clover.
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Transportation -- Water - FreightInfrastructure -- Utilities - IceInfrastructure -- Commercial - Residential construction
Chincoteague.
A petition is being circulated among our merchants looking to the closing of their places of business at 9 p. m. They have come to the conclusion that 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. takes enough hours of labor to satisfy the most industrious.
Schooner Palestine arrived here this week with a load of ice for C. O. Disbrow & Co. -- schooner Thomas Thomas with load of bricks for W. N. Conant -- and schooner Medora Francis was loaded here with potatoes and junk for Philadelphia.
Mr. Eba Whealton, formerly of this place, but a resident for several years past in vicinity of Court-house has concluded to return to his old home. He was here this week to purchase material for a dwelling which will soon be in course of erection for him. He will receive a cordial welcome to his old home.
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Sea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Clamming : SeasideTransportation -- Railroad - Rates and fares
Greenbackville.
Very few oysters are being sent to market and the few are shipped only on orders.
Clams are in some demand, but the prices are not generally satisfactory to the seller.
Crops are looking splendidly in this section, but there seems to be no enthusiasm thereat, attributable no doubt, in part, to the treatment shippers are receiving at the hands of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co., in leaving all farmers' products in Jersey City instead of landing them in New York, whereby the interest of the shippers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia is said to be seriously injured. The united efforts of the farmers of the Eastern Shore should remedy the evil complained of.
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Sea -- Shellfish - Crabbing : BaysideSea -- Shellfish - Crabbing : Law enforcement
Sykes.
Capt. John R. Marshall, of oyster police force, reports that he fired into the crabbers last week and damaged their boats about $150 and that the crabbers have since given him no trouble. The police schooner Pocomoke went to Norfolk last week for repairs.
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Transportation -- Water - Steamboats
Wachapreague.
Representatives of the proposed new steamship line from Machapungo to New York visited this town on Wednesday last.
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Moral -- MurderAfrican-Americans -- Racial violence
The Somerset Tragedy.
In our last issue, mention was made of a horrible crime committed in Somerset county, 7 miles above Pocomoke City. Our exchanges confirm the statement and give the name of Edward Carver, constable of that county, as the victim. He was, while attempting to prevent a breach of peace, attacked, it is stated by 12 negroes from Virginia, engaged in Somerset at berry picking, and beaten to death by them with beer bottles. Soon after the crime was committed all of them were arrested and placed in jail at Princess Anne, Md., and on the following night the jail was broken open by a party of men and one of them, Isaac Kemp, was lynched. The others, viz: George Parker, George Brown, George Holden, Alfred Conquest, John Hall, John Handy, George Hammond, Elmer Cooper, Thomas Smith, Leonard Conquest, and John Williams were sent to Baltimore, Saturday, and placed in the city jail.
Kemp was not a native of this county. The other prisoners say that he was the only one who either hit or cut the constable. With one or two exceptions, perhaps, all of the other prisoners are from this county.
The Jersey City Delivery.
Transportation -- Railroad - Rates and faresProfessionals -- Commission merchants
The following letter from one of the leading commission firms of New York has been handed to us for publication. It explains itself:
MR. H. C. WHITE, SR.,
Accomac C. H., Va.
Dear Sir: -- In answer to yours, received this day, would say, as long as the goods are carted over there will be a charge of 10 cents per barrel. I have been canvassing the trade the past two days, to see if it was not possible to sell the goods in Jersey City but find that, unless there is some change that I cannot see in sight, these goods will have to be carted over, and this additional expense put on the already burdened grower. I visited one of the firms that the railroad put on their circular as being one that would not charge cartage, and I asked him how he could cart the goods over the river for nothing. He said he could not and told the railroad people, at the time, that he would expect to get his cartage out of the goods. I asked him if he did not think it a bad precedent. His answer was not satisfactory. You can readily see the object of these people is to get business. I had the opportunity to do the same thing, but, on general principles, I will not allow any one to use me as a tool to further their own interests. That is what these five firms are doing, and it should react against them. Any man, with half sense, knows that these goods cannot be carted over the river for nothing. In relation to selling in Jersey City, if they could sell there we could, and we would much prefer to do so than have our store blocked up with these heavy goods, to the detriment of our other business. There would be no trouble in selling these goods in Jersey City, if we could get the buyers to go there, and they would be compelled to go there, if all these goods came to the one centre, but they can get them in New York; hence their refusal to go to Jersey City. I have noticed the past month, at times, some of these goods have been scarce: then some few of the buyers would go to Jersey City, but you can readily see that we cannot depend on that kind of market. This is the first time I have written my views on the matter. The R. R. people say that the commission men have worked against this Jersey City delivery and have antagonized it in every way they could. I cannot say as to this. I know A. F. Young & Co. have given it a thorough trial and, as I said above, I have been canvassing the past two days to see if I could not get some encouragement to try and sell these goods in Jersey City, but have concluded to cart them over to New York, where I know they can be sold. If the buyers won't go over there, we must take the goods where they will buy them.
I neglected to state that I had a salesman in Jersey City for three weeks after that spacious, pleasant place was opened (the R. R. Co. have splendid facilities, and I am truly sorry it is not a success), but was compelled to withdraw him, for want of sufficient number of buyers to buy the goods, at fair market prices.
Your truly,
A. F. YOUNG & CO.
New York, June 9, 1894.
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fields -- Crops - White potatoes : Quality control
The prospect of receiving good returns for the Irish potato crop raised on the Eastern Shore this season never seemed to be better than at this time. The crop in North Carolina, it is stated, is a failure and for the most part will be sent to market this week. The crop around Norfolk, according to reports received, is short and of inferior quality, and the crop north of us will not, it is said, be ready for market until we have time to dispose of ours. With no serious opposition in the way in shipping our crop to market, if our information is correct, we cannot fail to receive good prices, if our potatoes are sent to market ripe and properly culled. With prospects so bright in other respects, we certainly cannot afford to take the risk of depressing the market by forwarding them in bad condition.
Farmers, Look to Your Interests.
Transportation -- Water - Freight
A. H. G. Mears will load the first sail boat with round potatoes next Monday or Tuesday, 18th or 19th, and will deliver same in New York for 50 cents, for freight and barrels, or 30 cents freight -- a saving of $23 on every 100 barrels. Is it worth saving or not?
Yours respectfully,
A. H. G . MEARS,