Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-01
TOWN OF SUFFOLK
Death Of Mr.. John Pretlow, Prom
nent Citizen Of Southampton,
Mr. John c. Thomas. of I.,e or wight,
Dend-s,orm Af.ermn,h-Ano,Ie
Liquor Fight brewing o,her
Items or Interest.
Especial to vIrginian-Pllot.,


Suffolk. Va, Oct. 31.-John Pretlow,
one OF the NEST prominent citizens of
southampton county, died about S
o'clock this morning, aged &c years.
Death came at his Country home. near
Franklin. lie had been losing strength
some weeks. The funeral will take
place ut $3.50 o'clock tomorrow after
noon from the Episcopal Church at
Franklin
The deceased leaves an estate worth
100000. He had given away many
thousands of dollars. He leaves u wife
and six children. one Of whom, Robert
a.: Pretlow. is superintendent Of the
Albemarle Steam Navigation Company
Oh FRANKLIN. The other five are: John
a.. Richard b., Katie Sykes. Barclay
and Sue Pretlow. The widow, who is
was Sue Sykes. The first wife was
Evie Pretlow. The deceased was a
cousin of Hon. j. benson Prctlow and
Mrs. j. l.. McLcmore. OF Suffolk. There
are others.
JOHN c. THOMAS.
Mr.. J. c. Thomas died this afternoon
at his home. near Isle of Wight Court
mouse, aged a years. He leaves n
number of children and other relatives
in several Virginia cities.
STORM AFTERMATH.
Last nights storm made the country
near the county bridge look like Lake
kilby. The tide was the highest for
many months. All over town there
were PROSTATE poles and fences.
Farmers report many peanut stacks
blown down.
RIVER DISASTERS.
Gaskns' Wharf on Nansemond
u-n haI IL
81 800 to replace il.
Lees Wharf was damaged to the ex-
tent of 5000.
Schooner w. s. Rawley was run
ashore at NiX's Wharf; damage trif-
ling.
~ sloop whose name 7 didn't get was
run aground at Houscmans. Numer-
GUS smaller craft had hard luck.
LIQUOR FIGHT BREWING.
a deal has been consummatcd which
will bring about another liquor fight
AZ Holland. They need IL liquor contest
over there every few months to have
something to talk about. The last fight
proposed didn't add any more bar
rooms.
The next applicant will likely be D.
j. Odom. Odom has bought q lot from
Tiberius Gracious Jones, whose loca-
ton Is more removed from dwellings
than the site last applied for. There will
likely be counsel on both sides.
OCTOBER MATRIAiONY.
In October. 1899. there were II mar
riages-eight white and nine colored.
White-William ii. Holland to &C.
nev:l Babb, Robert C. Lindsey to Eve
Ign Trench. John Lee Overton to
Georsiana Culpepper, William Hatcher
kley to Beulah Lee Savage, Joseph G.
Holland to Novclla V. Norfeet, Will
liam Herbert Darden to Janet Alcxan-
DER Wlthers. Romeo Benton to Effie H.
I. Buck.
Colored-Willie Hall to Magarct
Jones Henry Knight to Cora Brinkley
II. j. Fields to Laura White. William
Do"ier TO Martha Faulk, Willie Riddick
to Alice Pettway, Willie Thornton to
Eta Purdy, Sam Chapman to Olivia
Be!lamy, William White to Annie Cor
bell, Robert Jones to Terupty Fitzger-
aid
In October of last year there wcr. five
whfte and nine colored events.
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL"
The Herald Square Opera COMPANY
Tonight Sang 1.-THE bohemian Girl" to
much larger audience than that which
greeted them last evening. Eta Stet-
son as Airline was warmly applauded
she mas r voice of wide range. but
signify lacking In volume. May Glover
made voluptuous looking Gypsv
Queen. She was printed on last ni1ht,s
program as May Kilcoyne. Evanrelino
Collins won q recall by a song ana
dance speciality. The comedians started
a Few laughs in spots. The male voices
are only mediocre.
BIG COLORED REGISTRATION
Suffolk's registration is bigger than
me estimate furnished by Registrar r.
IS. brltt saturday night. Captain Britt
sald tonight that the number of per-
sons who had registered were hy aetna,
count o"V-46? white and 161 colorcd.
hoykln Will carry Suffolk by n mn ior-
ny est'mated from lao to 300. Some of
MS friends claim that Stands viii MOI
get over l25 or $50 votes here. and
liners put it less. Mr.. Stands lacks
Their. There has been good-sized co,orca
co S..,,I'on at most county precincts.
CONSIDERING the fact that there is M
republican in the field. Thc coIorn1
voters VIII go mostly for Boykin. ~
Vas reported tonight that there worn
,,'oo coiored persons registered. wiib
''''ee precincts to hear from.
BELONGED TO cHuCKATr1cE
Osborn Baxter. who was drowro,,
Wssh near Norfolk, was a member of
Chuckatuck Lodge. No. IS. Colorcd un
ions ions which lodge stands for all The
S,n .'an nSpenses, Past Master r. Fl.
oi'ppeli went TO Norfolk TODAY ana
settled the funeral charges, whin,,
amounted TO SO. "h'ch
DUCKS PLENTIFUL,
MI John w. Eley, a crack snorts-
man mad fine luck in duck shootins r.
a"!' lie went in Lake Kilby and on