The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-18
mr. HALLAINDl DEAD.
she PssssJkYay Yesterday Afternoon as
the Sun Was Setting
me RA9EY JORDAN CONTEST DRAGS ON
q stubborn FIGHT for II Seat on Run.
N Eelnont'r Board OF Supervisors
q Ined-sanc Camp Meets
Ing TO be Held, BEGINNING sunday.

Suffolk Va, July 17.-(Spe cial.) -Mrs4
I p. Il. Holland IS dead. Her spirit was
matted away this afternoon just as the
Z sun was getting behind the trees and
s. church steepleS over in the West. The
death angel swooped down and claimed
as his own one OF the purcst. NobleSt
and most beloved ladies In Suffolk
wife, devoted and true. an afTcctionate
] mother, a congenial friend-a Jealous
, Christian woman.
Mrs. Sarah Otelia Holland breathed
I her last about 5:25 o'clock this after
noon at No. &c Rank street. She had
been on the very threshold of another
world all day. III fact She was reported
dead on the streets several times be-
( fore noon. Mrs. Holland he'd been Ill
FOR q month or more, but not until this
week was her condition taken as criti-
cal: Ever since last night she had been
practically dying, though she was strong
enough to-day to kiss her husband 4
Y long and tender farewell. The. funeral
) Will take place al 10 o'clOcie Monday
morning from the Christian church. Or.
I5}W,W. Staley will preach the sermon.
The interment will be in Cedar 1lill.
4. HER RELATIVES.
#s The deceased was the wife Of Hon.
4 r. e. Holland, president of the Farm
:, Nansemond, TO whom she was married
about thirteen years ago Mrs. Ho-
lands father is Major Patrick Henry
Lee, who stlll lives. She leaves two
children-Pretlow and Bessie She was
= the sister OF willis ]. Lee, OF NanFc-
mond; 1. P. Lee, OF Norfolk; a. r. Lee,
! of Augusta; Mrs. William NJ Jones, of
Norfolk; and Mrs. J. p. Gay. OF Frank
lin She was a sister OF A. ]. GARDENERS )
N1rc Jnll =;
years old. Her body was embamed TO-
night.
PASSING INTO HISTORY.
IS Another day of the Rabey-Jordan cleo
7 ton contest for seat on Nansemond's
Board OF Supervisors has gone into his
& tory. It may not be read as much aH
some Of Shakespeare's ma sterpieces. but
1t is history all the same, and IL on the
YaWhole one of the most unique cases
I on Nansemond's court records.
JUST LIKE BURNING IT.
Here Is q case in which many times
the worth Of the office Is being spent In
d looking for the game. IT Is really the
q outcome OF 4 fractional feeling whici
has existed for, months-a feeling whose
origin dates back a long time before this
& election wag thought Of. Rabey has
L sympathizers and advisers among the
{
{ Independent Republican.
TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
There were five more witnesses gotter
through with to-day. John c. Eberwinc
one Of the election judges. finished
L his testimony, which was begun yes
terday. e. K. Rabcy, the contestant
spoke briefly as to one or two mino
points. and L. a. Deans, n member 0
z the county electoral board told OF tn,
general conduct Of affairs at Yeats OF
May 9th. He was there all day, ant
was q bic to give a full record of hi
4 events as they happened.
JUNCTION wITNESSES
Tony Everett, a colored man, VIII,
voted at Junction Precinct, was put on
He said one Of the judges made mis-
take and marked his ticket for the wron,
man. He could read enough to say tina,
:5 James Gary, of the same precinct, wa
1 put on, but wouldn't tell anything if h
. knew it. Notwithstanding the shar
contests among the lawyers everythin,
passes off in good humor and cour
h teously.
FREE LOVE CAMP MEETING.
The Sanctifcationlsts will be hear
from again around Nlontrose, N. c
They expect to inauEurate a camp meet
ing Sunday. Though Joe Lynch an
Sadie Collins have gone they left there
great many converts who will endeavo
to perpetuate the doctrines. Beside
Y they are said to be gaining converts q
the expense OF other churches In tia
locality. The camp meeting will j.
largely attended.
h EVENING UP.
Il Newport News to-day cyened IN VIII