The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-13
CARRIED FOR ELLYSON
Resolution to!lnstIuci Delegates Carried BY
q Vote 0f Ten to-. One.
OPPONENTS OF INsTRucTI0N,fIGHTA HARD

SConventton Declares for Constitu-
8 tional Reform Lucenia Read Says
she Aworc 10 n Lsc-Dcath or an
Estimnbse Indy Epworin League
2 $ss#:7 Delegates Going 10 Canada.
$4sS$ Suffolk, Va. July 12.--(Special.> Nan
slsemond county goes FOR Ellyson. AZ
s ma SIS meeting the thirteen delegates 10
the Roanoke Convention were this AZ
;5ternoon named and instructed for the
& State chairman. The resolution 10 IN
;Sstrnct was passed by ratio OF ten 70
one The result was forecasted in The
iEV!rEinian,& Notwithstanding the pleas
I, ma de to-day for: following time honored
n custom and precsdents OF sending un-
INSTRUCTED delegations EliySon had the
& people with him, and the delegates were
titled. MISSILES
HOW. TT WAS DONE.
$S County Chairman ]. r. West called
the meeting to order, and on motion
was made permanent presiding officer,
with IT. Il. Booker and the press repre-
Santatives present. secretaries.
When the announcement was made
Sthst the convention was ready Tor busl-
ness George w. Jakenan moved to in
struct for fIflyson, and made Il short
speech in support of his motion. j. T.
"A West and J. Walter Hosier argued for
instruction. The motion was opposed
4 by DR.. T.. H. Barnes and Jno. Il. Primer,
B both Of whom fought 1t on general prin-
#cipals. rather than as an effort to an
Htlgonize Ellyson's interest.
ssE The lfveliest debate or the day came
when j. w Hosier moved to instruct
y for Attorney General. Those who OPP
Il posed iAstructins for Governor then ad-
45ivooated consistency and argued in fa-
syor of the motion. There were motions.
I amendments. withdra walls and substi-
&tutes'to burn. and for awhile there was
chaos. Finally the whole >matter was
Il abandoned without q decisive vote.
ssss$E TIIosE WHO GO.
5 The districts Were apportioned around
the building. a2d later reported the fol-
4 lowing selections, which were con-
Sfirmed:
suffolk-J. 70. West, ] e. Booker,
and E. e. Holland.
Cypress d. Miltccr. J. r. Jones,
8and Bruce Smith.
Sleepy Hole-Walter Jordan and Il.
TNf.t Fart thur 5'St' :a#3
chuckatucl1-J c. Dennis. c. r. Min
81 ton, and S. T. Ellis.
NJ! Holy Neck-Dr. T. II. Barnes and J..
Il x. p. Daughtrey
On motion the delegates present at
y Roanoke were empowered to cast the
delegations full vote. The following
resolution was adopted:
Ss= ..BeTit resolved, That tho Democrats
Hof Nanse!nond county, in convention as
ssembled, do declare themselves in favor
s&of constitutional reform, and instruc.
their delega ties TO secure an utterance in
y favor Of the same"
q LUCENIA SMITH swEARs BOTH
.Es5 WAYS.
S55 Seventeen-year- old Luccn!a Reid has
lied. She admitted it this afternoon on
1.-THE witness stand when she said she
;5SWore falsely Saturday when the war
rent was issued charging her father.
a Wells Reid. With criminally assaulting
q her. She sworc out the warrant be-
cause she wa s. mad at the time-l>ecause
! her father would not allow her to have
so good time with the boys. That is
4 Lucenia's explanation why she came TO
swear out ut warrant witch threw her
fatherin a dungeon with a good pros
peot Of having his neck broken.
REID DISMISSED.
asss$ Reid was arraigncd this afternoon in
Il MAGISTRATES court before Justice ~ S.
Eley. The only witness was his daugh
ter. I.ucenia who had the warrant
L Rworn ouf. She said she had done him
an injust!ce-had sworn to n lie. There
= was nothing for justice Iclcy to do but
I LET Reid go.
/; WHICH STORY WAS TRUE?
I. Now the question arises, when did
s Lucenia lie? When the warrant wac;
issued, or when she went on the stand
n to-day, and said her father was inno-
Il cent. The theory reported in Sunday $
Virginian as advanced by Judge Rawles:
Ia complimentary be true. Lucenil
had all Interview with her father in his
scell to-day before she was called to the
{. stand.
Mrs. Sallie 3orum, wife Of Gcorl1e l.
& Borum. postmaster at Suffolk during
Harr!son's adminlstra ton, and former
Representative from Nansemond to Nir-
ginia General Assembly. is dead. She
died Sunday afternoon about l O'Clock
4 at No. q Grace street. Mrs. Borum had
been Ill for a long time with consump-
ton. She was 3s years old on the Ctr
4 Of last April
56t the funeral took place this afternoon
4 from the Christian church. of which
the deceased was a member DR.. w. w
81 Staley$ preached it. He was assisted
b by Revs. J. T. Love ana II. c.. Cheat
n ham. Mrs. w. T.. Brinlkley sang IL solo
. There were profuse floral offerings. Th,
took place in Cedar HILL The
3 scaskettwas borne by Col. T.. w. Smith
~ B. NJ. Bruce, j. T. Parker, IT. w. Art
man. ". B. Oausey and George L. Bar
&c ton i{
THE BDREAVED ONES
Mrs. Borum leaves three children
girls. They are Eta, George and Helen
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