Peninsula Enterprise, May 2, 1891

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Professionals -- Doctors

Dr. E. T. Mason, this county, and Dr. W. L. Dalby, Northampton, received certificates last week, from the Medical Board of Examiners, Richmond,, to practice their profession.

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Sea -- Finfish - Catch : DrumTransporattion -- Railroad - WharvesTransportation -- Water - Wrecks

Chincoteague.

Our people are catching drum fish in abundance.

P. W. & B. R. R. Co. had their pile driver and twenty hands here this week, putting down piles around steamboat wharf and fixing up their property generally.

A three masted schooner loaded with ice, went ashore on Pope's Island, two and a half miles south of Life Saving Station of which Capt. Seal Bloxom is keeper, on last Tuesday night.

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Transportation -- Railroad - Stations and sidingsInfrastructure -- Public : Camp meetingsInfrastructure -- Commercial - Residential constructionInfrastructure -- Commercial - Commercial construction

Parksley.

The N. Y. P. N. R. R. Co. is building an additional loading-siding for the coming truck season.

Camp-meeting begins August 15th and holds ten days.

Dr. Sledge commenced work on his dwelling and office on Adelaide St., this week.

Oystermens' Protective Union.

Watermen -- Watermen's organizationsSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : LegislationSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Planting

Meeting of Supreme Branch.

In accordance with a previous announcement, a meeting of the Supreme Branch of the Oystermens' Protective Union of Virginia, was held at Accomack C. H., on court day, April 27th.

Master Workman, Geo. W. Glenn, presided. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock p. m. In the absence of the secretary, Jas. E. Anderton, Geo. N. Weaver was appointed Secretary pro. tem. Roll was called and 42 delegates answered to their names, 7 being absent.

All branches of the oyster industry were represented and entire harmony seemed to prevail. Messrs. McMinnamin, Mosher, Armstrong, Darling and others from the western side of the bay were in attendance. The presiding officer, G. W. Glenn, appointed O. A. Browne, special committee of one, to invite and welcome the gentlemen from the western side of the bay to come into the meeting and participate in its proceedings, which duty was performed by him in an appropriate and graceful manner. The Chair then introduced James McMinnamin, of Hampton, Va., who addressed the meeting in some length, clearly setting forth the difficulties under which the oyster industry is laboring. The speaker showed by a carefully prepared statistical account that tidewater is paying 33 cents per capita more tax that an equal number of other counties off tidewater, and stated that no better reason can or should be given why encouragement and protection, is due to the oyster and fish industries. Mr. McMinnamin said there is no reason why tongmen, dredgers or planters should quarrel; that no honest planter had any desire to appropriate natural rocks to himself; that the rocks are public property and should be set apart for the use of every citizen of this Commonwealth and be so defined that it be impossible for any one to make encroachments thereon ever hereafter. Mr. McMinnamin concluded by urging oystermen to maintain the utmost harmony and good feeling one toward the other. His remarks were well received by all in attendance.

The meeting was addressed next by Capt. O. A. Browne of Northampton county, in a plain, intelligent and business-like manner, the audience paying marked attention.

The next speaker was L. F. J. Wilson, of Accomack, who delighted his hearers with one of his lively off-hand speeches relative to the oyster industry. Mr. Wilson is the right man in the right cause.

The time having arrived for the private session of the Supreme Branch, on motion of the Supreme Master Workman, those who were not delegates, nor invited guests retired from the room.

Private session was opened with prayer by J. F. Terry. O. A. Browne, J. T. Kenny and W. J. Hall, committee on recommendations, made the following report, which was unanimously adopted:

1st, That the Supreme Secretary receive $50 annually as compensation for his services.

2nd, That a temporary Advisory Board of six persons be appointed who shall nominate a permanent Advisory Board, and report at next meeting. We recommend as the temporary Board: Geo. N. Weaver, from Accomac; O. A. Browne, from Northampton; Jas. McMinnamin, from Elizabeth City county; Capt. Til. Conklin, from Norfolk county; Jas. N. Stubbs, from Gloucester county; and J. C. Towls, from Lancaster.

3rd & 4th, That recommendations relative to secret work be referred to Supreme Master Workman Glenn and his branch for action and report at next meeting.

5th, That section relative to a bond of organic union be referred to G. W. Glenn, S. M. W.

6th, That the next place of meeting be at Cape Charles City, Tuesday, July 7th, at 10 o;clock, a. m.

7th, That all newspapers in Tidewater Virginia be requested to help in this work, viz: West Point Star, Free Lance, Fredericksburg Star, Northern Neck News, PENINSULA ENTERPRISE, Accomack Democrat, Eastern Shore Herald, Pioneer, Headlight, Landmark, Virginian, Ledger, Monitor, Advance, Portsmouth Times Enterprise, Dispatch, Times and State.

Geo. W. Glenn and James E. Anderton, were appointed a committee on by-laws, constitution, and printing the same.

Dr. Frank Fletcher, James E. Anderton, James A. Hall, H. Fitzgerald and Staton F. Byrd, were appointed a committee to prepare a platform to present to the people of Virginia, showing where we stand on the oyster question.

There was a general discussion as to the time the Union should be convened in Richmond, but the question was undecided, but will be made known after the preliminary meeting at Cape Charles City, July 7th.

A vote of thanks was tendered G. N. Weaver, supreme organizer, and Dr. Frank White, temporary organizer of Accomack, for their earnest efforts to organize oystermen throughout Tidewater Virginia.

GEO. N. WEAVER, Secretary Pro Tem.

Resolutions Adopted by Farmers' Alliance.

Farmers -- Farmers' organizationsWatermen -- Watermen's organizations

Whereas, A committee having been appointed by the Oyster Supreme Union, of Accomac county, Virginia, to confer with the Accomac county Farmers' Alliance, in session at Parksley, Va., Friday, April 3rd, 1891, to state the grievances of the oystermen and ask the co-operation and aid of the County Alliance, and

Whereas, The County Alliance in recognition of their demand on the part of our citizens engaged in the oyster trade, having appointed a committee to confer with the committee from the Supreme Oyster Union, beg leave to report a meeting and offer the following resolutions.

1st, That the interest of laboring men in all sections, are identical, and our oystermen ought to be members of this Alliance.

2nd, That any measures that would in any way destroy the oyster interest of this section would in that degree injure the material prosperity of all our people.

3rd, That we endorse the plan proceeded upon by the oystermen of this section, looking to their own protection.

4th, That we extend to them our sympathy and co-operation in so far as we may be able to do so consistently with the laws of our Alliance.

G. G. JOYNES, W. B. PITTS, T. F. MARSHALL, JNO. W. TAYLOR, Committee.

GEO. W. LECATO, JNO. T. HUTCHINSON, President, Secretary.