The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 05, 1912, Image 5
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GROWTH OF CHURCH
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i FR8GREESS OF METHODIST IN
SOUTHJAROLINA
WOAT THEY ARE DOING
K? v. II. IT. Ciowiu Writes Interest*
agly ami Kntortainiugly in the
Anderson Mail of the Meeting of
the South Carolina Conference ol
the Methodist Church, South.
I The South Carolina annua, conference
of the Methodist Episcopal
K Church, South, is now in session at
H Anderson for the third time. 1: is a
I' much larger body than it was in
I 1S72, or even in I iS90, and tho Meth*
J odists in South Carolina are much
I more numerous than in those earlier
jj years. Tho following interesting ar|
tide from tho pen of Rev. K. B.
j' Browne In the Anderson Main will he
p read with interest:
a Forty years ago tho conference
p met here for tho lirot time. The sesy
sions were held In tho old wooden
i church building that stood on the Bite
of the present elegant structure,
Bishop Robert Paine of Mississippi,
presided. Ho was not present the
first day of the session and Dr. A. M.
Ohreitzberg was elected president.
The bishop arrived on the second day,
i December 18, and presided for the rej
mainder of the session. Dr. Willi in
\ C. Pooser was the ollicient secretary
[ with O. A. Darby, A. J. Stafford and
[ W. D. Kirk land as his assistants.
At the conference of 1872, there
' weie 147 clerical members enrolled,
' and 32 lay members. Of the 147
clerical members composing that con'
fercnce only 18 are still living and in
connection with the conference; viz,
( W. A. Clarke; Win. C. Power T. .1.
Clyde, H. A. Weber, It. R. Dagnall, J.
H. Traywick, R. D. Duftle, O. L. Harraan,
J. S. Beasley, Geo. M. Hoyd, Toland
Hodges. D. 1). Dantzler, J. K.
, McCain, J. B. Wilson. R. W. Barber,
.1. C. Davis, C. I). 'Mann, Geo. H. Pooser.
Only five or six of these 18 are
on the effective list.
Of the 32 laymen who represented
; the eight presiding elders districts at
i that conference, only three are now
living; viz, J. 13. Humbert, It. II. Jenninirs
and Dr. N. F. Kirkland.
I At this conference there were reported
3 6,163 white members, who
owned church property valued at
, $627,499.
At the conference in Ilennottsvillo
in December, 1911, there were rej
ported 9 1,200 members who owned
church property valued at $2,494,2.70,
showing an increase in memberi
ship 037 and an increase in
value of church property of $1,896,!
' S 7 0.
When the reports are tabulated l'or
1912 at Anderson the increase will be
| still greater showing the development
for forty years.
At the conference of 1872, there
were only eight districts (there are
now twelve) in the conference and to
those were appointed as presiding
! elders: \V. P. Morrow. H. A. C.
Walker, Win. Martin, Win. H. Fleming.
John W. Kelly, Thos. Her
bort, Henry M. Mood and Robert P.
Franks. These have all passed away.
The methodist conference met for
the second time in Anderson November
2f>, 1890, eighteen years after
tho first conference hero. Bishop W.
I\V. Duncan presided and mado a profound
impression both on the conference
and on the community. His sermon
on Sunday was ono of great
power. If. F. Chroitzborg was secretary
with Samuel Lander, T. C. Ligon
and 10. O. Watson as assistants.
This conference lasted one day longer
than usual at annual sessions and
so did not adjourn till Thursday, December
2.
Of the 215 clerical members then
composing the conference only are
row members of the body. Within
22 years over one-half have ceased
their labors on earth.
I recall the fact that the reports
from the churches that year were exceptionally
good.
I recitil another fact that the young
city of Anderson was then forging
rapidly to the front as an enterprising,
progressive, commercial center.
There had been organized a Hoard of
Trade, and the conference passed this
resolution of thanks.
''Resolved, That we heartily appreciate
the thoughtful attention of
the Hoard of Trade and the citizens
of Anderson in securing to the members
of this conference a drive thro'
their growing city and its suburbs."
As I recall now, I think that a son
of Abraham was one of the leaders in
that carriage drive. "We will show
you all the varied and interesting
things in the progressive and hustling
city," and they did and hosts and
guests quickly formed a mutual an
Imitation society on wneeis. I
At this conference Itishop Duncan
was presented with possibly the cost-(
liest gavel ever used by a presiding
officer in South Carolina. His friends
among the clergy and laity raised the
money wfth which to procure this emblem
of authority and the bishop
treasured the gift ever afterwards.
This has been a prosperous year
and the reports from the churches
throughout the State will show decided
progress along all lines of church
activity.
The following items reported at
the Dennettsville conference a year
ago will indicate somewnat tlie
strength and work of Methodism in
South Carolina:
Church members 01,200
Church organizations 804
Value of church buildings. $1,081,820
Va'ue of parsonages. . .. 512,550
Total churches and parsonages
2,494,370
Superannuated preachers. 10,600
The amount contributed for mis-,
ions, home and foreign, follow:
Paid for foreign missions. $24,255.58
PARCEL POST STAMPS
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SAID TO RE THE FINEST EVER
ISSUED ANYWHERE.
They Are Being Sent Out to the Sixty
TtiouHnnd I'ostoffiees in the
United State*.
The Washington Star says the parcels
post stamps now being distributed
among the sixty-thousand post
I offices of the United States is the
finest &orie8 of postage stamps, engraving
and printing, ever issued by
any government of the world. That
is the expressed opinion, also, not
only of Director Ralph of the bureau
of engraving and printing, but or
every engraver, printer and division
chief who has had anything to <?o
with the issue of parcels post postage
stamps now being distributed for use
on and after January 1, 1013, when
'lie law authorizing their use for forwarding
packages in bulk is effective.
One hundred millions of stamps probably
will have been distributed at
that time.
There are twelve different designs
of stamps of as many different values
?one, two, three, four, five, ten,4fifteen,
twenty, twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five
cents and one dollar?all
printed in red ink. There are postage
due stumps printed in one, two,
five, ton and twenty-five cent values,
in green ink.
Tho 8tamj>s nt the line of perforation
are one inch by ??ne and one-half
inches in dimensions. All but the
postage due stamps are ornamented
with exquisitely delicate engravings
representative of the varied activities
of the postal service or of the industries
whose productions will be
benefited by the privileges of the parcels
post.
The post oTce clerk is tho subject
?1... Il?? nrnnmitntu
'Ji LIU? LI 11J ' II f, 1 <1 ? J n L*??*v ui
the one-wnt stamp. The cierk is
ihown distributing mall in the many
bags of a mail rack illustrating the
system in vogue in all big post offices.
On the two-cent stamp is shown the
city letter carrier at work. He is at
fho front door of a city residence,
waiting for response to his ring to deliver
the mail. 1
The railway mail clerk is the subloct
of the three-cent stamp. On the
four-cent stamp is shown the rural
carrier and his wagon and horse.
The mail train is pictured on the '
five-cent stamp. A fine, piece of engraving
is the steamship and mail
tender, the subject of the ten-cent
stamp.
The automobile service illustrates
the fifteen-cent stamp, showing the
quick way of collecting mail in the
cities. An aeroplane carrying mail,
depicted on the twenty-cent stamp, is
i forecast of what is certain to he a
great factor in future mail service.
The othc*r stamps are devoted to
illustrating big industries. Manufacturing
the titles of the twenty-fivecent
stamp shows a steel plant. Dai.ying
is the occupation exhibited on
Ho flftv-cent stamp. Harvesting is
tl.T agricultural scene on the sevenry-five-cent
stamp. Fruit growing,
rho ornament for the dollar stamp, is
mother of the engravings noteworthy
for the perfection of the miniature
figures.
Kach of these engravings is crowded
into tho tiny space provided on
so small a piece of paper as a postage
stamp, leaving space for margin
uul engraved border. The first, design
was approved in October. Since
fhen all the stamp plates have been
engraved and many deliveries made
ro the Tost Oflice department for cir- 1
mlatlon amonjt the post offices.
The preparation of an issue of
stamps for the Post Oflice department
(s an Interesting procedure. The
Post Oflice department, in complimce
with law, declares its needs.
The designers are put to work by tho
bureau of engraving and printing,
and prepare drawings of subjects supnosed
to be pertinent to the occasion
of the issue. These drawings are
themselves miniature, contained in a
space of four by six inches, approximately.
These are photographed down to
stamp size, and submitted as designs
to the Postmastor-Oeneral. IT is approval
is given, when the work of
engraving is taken up. Tho printing
follows; the delivery of the stamps
to the postal authorities is the next
stop, when that department of tlie I
government does the rest.
These stamps, which are to be used
exclusively for sending merchandise
through the mail under the |
terms of the new parcels post law,
have not as yet been received at the
Orangeburg Postofhce, but they may
come in at any time.
Tried to Take Life.
Despondent because of an indictment
against him charging forgery, <
T. H Ennis of Hopkinsville, Ky., arrested
at Peoria, 111., at the request
of West Virginia authorities Friday,
.attempted to commit suicide by cutting
his throat. Physicians say he
has a siieht chance for recovery.
Paid for conference missions
23.038.10
Special for missions?dirortod
7.7 R 3.1 3
Paid bv Sunday schools
GROWTH OF A CHURCH
for missions 2,780,88
Paid hv Fmvorth Leagues
for missions 625.85
Paid for education .. .. 14,404.00,
Paid for church extension. 8,873.00 j
'I1!-? C..n.ln<. cnlinnll) riiliilll nvor !
I in* nuuiifi.* ot iiiiwio ,, ,
$30,000 for various benevolences and
the worn on raised $30,000 for home
and foreign missions. Besides tho
foregoing tho Fb>worth Orphanage
was sustained and liberal amounts
were raised for other benevolent en- '
ternrisos.
The Methodists of South (Carolina
own and control three colleges and
two fitting Rchools. valued at f7f?1.-!
2r>0. with an endowment at $136,900.
Sixty-six professors are emploved and
ihere are 1.047 pupils In attendance
on these Institutions of learning.
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TELLS STORY OF WRECK
SUIIV1VOKS TELL OK THKIK AWFUL
EXPERIENCE.
The Hteamor South Shore Wrecked
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in Great Storm on Lake Superior
Last Sunday.
Survivors who reached S&ult Ste
Marie, Mich., Tuesday, told thrilling
stories of their last moments on the1
steamer South Shore, and of their
rescue by life-savers just before the
boat plunged to the bottom of Lake
Superior, near Grand Marais Sunday.
' I have sailed the lakes for years
and have never beforo encountered
such an experience as this," said Arthur
King, lireman on the steamer.
"It was not long after the boat
struck the heavy seas that her seams
opened and the water poured through
them. Two men and their wives
were aboard as passengers. The women
were remarkably cool, but they
did not know their real danger. We,
down below, knew we were right in
the graveyard of the lakes.
"The windows were soon smashed
and the stern torn away. As the boat
began to till the fires got low. I was
standing in water up to my waist and
deck hands passed coal. As soon as
they would get a pile of it together
water would wasn it away anu nnauy
We threw into the fire boxes, a number
of pads of hard coal wo were
carrying as freight.
"All night we tossed around the
lake in that condition. Just before
neon (Sunday) the life-savers on
shore, six miles away, saw our white
tlsg and came to the rescue. We all
jumped Into the life-savers' boat and
made for the shore. The wheelsman
lashed her wheel and headed her
straight for shore. She started in as
prettily as anything you ever saw
and then suddently dropped out of
sight."
m'HNKI) SKIiF TO DKATH.
Daughter of Former Turkish Sultan
Saw Dishonor.
According to the story of a war
correspondent at Constantinople, Zekie,
the oldest daughter of Abdul
Hamid, tho former Turkish sultan,
was overcome with despair on account
of her country's disasters and
L-.'amaticnlly committed suicide in the
garden of her magnificent palace at
Abusheir.
Her husband was Noureddin Pasha,
a general of a division of the army
und a son of the famous Osmpn Pasha
Ghazi, "the victorious". Ho was
flsrhtim? under Nazim Pasha. rlie
Turkish minister of war, who although
he declared to the sultan that
ho would (lit? on the battlefield rather
than return in defeat, has been overwhelmed
with defeat and is now
advising the Turkish ministers to
abandon the war.
Ah the news of the successive
Turkish defeats came in Princess Zekie
became morose and refused to
converse.with her friends. After the
defeat of the Turks at Lule Burgas
became known in the Ottoman capital,
the princess determined to commit
suicide. She built a funeral pyre
with her own hands and decorated it
with flowers and priceless tapestries.
The servants were very anxious over
their mistress' behavior, but they
did not dare interfere. The princess
spent a long time in her apartments
in silent prayer. Finally she came
out, her hair flowing and attired in a
long garment, ascended the pvro and
then applied fire to it. She was burned
to death while the servants stood
around lamenting but with characteristic
Turkish fatalism did not
attempt to prevent the 3addened
woman from taking her own life.
STRANGE PRISON TARE.
Fail Oflicials May Ilavo Honied the
Wrong Negro.
Leonard Lewis, sentenced to four
years on the CJeorgi.a state farm for
burglary, may have been hanged at
Douglasvillo by mistake for Leonard
Lewis, who was sentenced to be executed
for murder. If the wrong
man was hanged, the mistake was
due to the fact that two negro convicts,
both named Leonard Lewis and
very much alike in personal appearance,
were confined in Atlanta jail
for safe keepink. One Lewis was
from Coweta county and the other
from Douglas county. One was taken
from Atlanta jail to Douglasville and
tliero hanged. Soon after the execution
rumors became current that the
wrong man had suffered death for
ihb crime of murder. The prison officials
say the right Leonard Lewis
was hanged but admit the difficulty
of proving the assertion.
Stockings Cost Fifty Dollars.
Miss Laura M err lam, whose marriage
to Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, James Curtis took place at
Washington Wednesday wore at the
ceremony a pair of white silk stockings
given her by Mr. and Mrs. JosI
AILxw f/>? nrlv ioh F hnv no { il " ll
<: | it i i * i r 1 i \' i , i \ ' i n iiiv ii i uv/j i^t" i w
The stockings are of the finest silk
weave and are inset with point lace
and embroidered in rhinestono and
pearls.
Kills His Pretty Sweetheart.
At New York, Margaret Schroeder,
a pretty nineteen-year-old girl, was
shot and killed Tuesday afternoon In
West 4 6th street by her sweetheart.
Michael Grayson, 2 1 years, who attempted
suicide by firing a bullet into
his head. He was removed to a
hospital unconscious.
Train Went Down.
Five men were killed Monday and
several hurt, some fatally, when a
logging train went through a 17bfoot
trestle at Hear Creek, Oregon.
The boiler of the engine exploded
when the locomotive fell. The bodies
were burned under the wreckage.
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HOW TO KILL HATS
lll'LLKTIN I KOM CUBMHON TKLI S
OF SKVKRAL WAYS.
Tliiw In the Sctwon of the Year When
it is Easiest to Get Kid of the
KaU>.
At about this time of year when
the chilly nights begin to give hints
of colder weather to follow, the barns
and the house as well often become
infested with rats and mice seeking
warmer quarters for the winter and
tho problem of how to get rid of
these pests is soon under consideration.
The following which is sent out
by Clemson College will be of interest:
Many means of killing these vermin
are open to the householder, but
also many of these while effective
are impractical from one cause or another.
The two means to be considered
are primarily the use of trap
and use of poison. Traps are useful
but in preparing those they should be
handled with gloves rather than bare
hands to avoid the warning human
odor. They may be baited with
bread or better with a piece of toasted
cheese and placed near openings
where the rats or mice enter rooms.
The wire spring traps are very effective
form as they are flat and inconspicuous
and have nothing particularly
suspicious in their general
appearance. For mice the box traps
also answer very well. Where obtainable,
the new type of glass jar
traps which have recently been put
on the market appear very desirable.
In poisoning, especially about the
house, there are certain considera
0\??cj uiliinli chnnTrl V-vr? rnVl>n into MO
count. First, such strong poisons as
strychnine, while it will kill the
pests, is a source of danger to mankind?especially
to young children
who might be poisoned by accident.
There is also another fault with
many of the strong poisons due to the
fact the animal is killed too quickly,
thus dying inside the ho are frequent
ly dying between the walls or in other
inaccessible places and causing n
stench which will be a source of great
discomfort or possibly of disease.
A poison which acts slowly, allowing
the animal time to get outside
the buildings in its frantic search for
water to relieve its agony is thus
much better than those quickly acting
poisons so often used. Many patented
compounds are upon the market
which are said to be prepared
with this idea in view, but every
householder may rapidly prepare his
own and at less expense. The poison
most generally recommended for ibis
purpose is carbonate of barium or as
it is more commonly called "barytes".
This may be bought in powdered
form at most drug stores and
is relatively cheap in price.
For preparing, the most common
method is to mix up olio part or trio
barytes and six parts of corn meal
and oat meal with enough water to
form a thick dough is placed where
the posts can readily get it and left
to do its work. The uarytes has no
taste or odor and kills very slowly often
requiring several hours, during
v hieli time the animal will leave the
house to seek water. Another point
in regard to this poison is comparatively
harmless to higher animals.
The method of use may be varied by
mixing the barytes with grated particles
of toasted cheese, etc., or some
other palatable material.
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l.M l'OKTA \T POSTAGH Itl' LING.
Ordinary Stamps Will Not be Good
on Packages.
Postmaster A. D. Webster gives
notice that on and after January t,
101 ordinary postage stamps will
not he valid for the transmission of
packages of merchandise through the
mails. A distinctive parcel post
stamp must be used on all fourth
class matter, and any package4 of
merchandise or fourth class matter
hearing ordinary stamps will be
treated as ''held for postage", and
returned to the sender.
In addition to the above, every
package of merchandise hearing parcel
post stamps must also bear the
name and address of the sender, or
otherwise they will not he accepted
for mailing.
T b AHA t h i\ !*/> n II ?r* /? f { 1 i
A 11 If r>i; (VI i : c 11?* I r'niu t-mnun \?? in*
now parcel post law, an J t ho public
is asnod to boar this in min i. We
are re nested to give the widest publicity
o (tie now requirements so as
to i\\ id 'noonvonionce to the public.
Boa' in mind that all fourth class
matter must boar the distinctive parcol
post stamps, and must also show
the name and address of the sender,
mailable.
Kinsman Was Killed.
Flagman Womnioek, of the Sonboard.
was killed at Alamo, (la. He
was flagging on an oast bound freight,
and it is stated that, while uncoupling
cars near a seed house, the doors of
the seed house knocked him down
and the engine ran over his body. He
lived about one hour. Mr. Wornmock
had been with the company for
some time. He married one month
ClfeV/.
Ilriifal Act of Unite.
Peter G. Hanson, a farmer of Winnipeg,
Man., is under arrest, charged
with attempting to murder Maggie
Warniziki, who was in his employ.
It is said Hanson tied the girl to tin1
horns of a cow and lite frightened
animal ran through the woods, dragging
the ulrl for a long distance.
Gives Martin a Present.
Elhort E. Martin, ?ne stenographer
who grappled with John Schrank
after he had shot Theodore Roosevelt
In Milwaukee, is the proud possessor
of a handsome gold watch, a
Thanksgiving gift from Roosevelt,
in appreciation of Martin's act.
i'Aiu:UiiS l'(wf sVMTK.vr
Will be? Put in Operation on the First
of January.
On tho first of the new year the
parcels post law becomes effective.
The Instructions from tho postofllco
'lepartment In reference to this new
service says:
"That hereafter fourth-class mail
matter shall embrace all other matter,
including farm and factory products,
not now embraced by law in
either the first, second, or third class,
not exceeding eleven pounds in
weight nor greater in size than seventy-two
inches in length and girth
combined, nor in form or kind likely
to injure the person of any postal
employee or damage the mail equipment
or other mail matter and not
of a character perishablo within a
period reasonably requirud for transportation
and delivery.
"It will be observed that the rates
of postage are. largely reduced and
that tho limit of weight is increased
from four to eleven pounds. Parcels
will be delivered at all free-delivery
oll'oes and to patrons residing on rural
and star routes: they may be registered
and may bo accorded specialdelivery
service on payment of the
usual fees, and they may be insured
against loss in an amount equivalent
to their actual value, but not to exceed
$2.1, upon payment of a fee of
fivo cents. Dl^inctivo stamps may be
used on all parcels, but tbev may be
mailed in quantities of not less than
2,000 identical pieces without stamps
affixed, the postage being paid in
money.
'' By January first all postmasters
"* * ' - : ? ,it.. I
WIN nave IIUII issuru iu un-m uintinctlve
parcel post stamps. Distinctive
parcel post stamps are to he used
on all fourth-class matter begin*
ning January 1, 10 1.J, and that such
matters bearing ordinary postage
stamps will be treated as "held for
postage." That parcels will bo mailable
only at postoffices, lettered and
local nanie'd stations, and such numbered
the postmaster. That all parcels
must bear the return card of
the sender, otherwise they will not
be accepted for mailing."
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Nuns Save the Lives of One Hundred
\iirl Students.
Huddled in their night clothes into
a shrinking, terror-stricken line
one hundred girls, students at St
Joseph's convent, near Washington
Ga., were drilled by two courageous:
nuns to the street and safety, when
fire completely destroyed the con
vent shortly before dawn Wednesday.
The Maze was discovered by one
of tho students. AwaKoned from
sleep by smoke which filled the entire
building, she hurriedly alarmed
the inmates, going from room to
room, unmindful of her own safety,
caring only to rescue her sister stu/intuo
frnm fhntr imnendinir neril.
Among tho first awakened were
two nuns, who immediately set about
to the task of maintaining order. Tho
husdred girls were quickly drilled into
line, and while fervent prayers
were offered the long line of students
clad only in their night clothes,
marched to ihe street; and out of danger.
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COUNTY SHERIFF KILLED.
Farmer, Resisting Arrest, Radl.i
Wounded in tiie Rattle.
W. T. Ifnrris, sheriff of DeSoto
County, Miss., was killed and (J. W.
Treadway, a fanner, probably fatally
wounded in a revolver battle .Monday
at the Treadway homo, where the
sheriff and a posse had gone to arrest
the farmer.
Treadway was charged with driving
oilicers trom his home at the
point of a revolver Saturday. They
had called to seize some cotton to satisfy
a judgment.
Members of the posse stated that
Treadway Monday Invited Sherifi
Harris to enter his home; as Harris
reached the doorway lie was shot
down. An exchange of shots between
the posse and Treadway, assisted
by his two sons, Earl and
Murel, followed. The elder Treadway's
arms and shoulders were riddled
with bullets. Earl surrender
Murel escaped, the latter is
| being pursued by posses.
I '.CM I'AMINE AND FIKF.
lurk:;') Soldiers and IVopIo in Ad*
riauople SuiTcr.
j Eire, famine, tlood and anarchy
; afflict tho besieged Turkish fortress
I of Adrianople, according to reports
hy fugitives f'-om that besieged city.
Those refcgvfs who have managed
tv> escape through the lines of investment,
which are being drawn closer
every day around the Turkish strong
hold, declare that many buildings in
(lie vicinity of the Selim mosque arc
oil fire. Other districts with the city
are deeply inundated with the waters
of the rivers'Maritz, Tunga and Arda,
which have overflowed their banks.
The civilian population is declared To
be short of food and among some
classes a state approaching anarchy 1
ON ists.
Cashier Commits Suicide.
At Paducah, Ky., Emmet S. 11abhy,
assistant cashier of the City NaMonal
Hank of Paducah, shot and
killed himself in the basement of
the bank Friday. Officials of the
bank refused to make a statement,
hi!t it is Known mai two examiners
op working on tho institution's
books. *
Motorcyclist Sentenced.
Convicted of "assault with a deadly
weapon," Jlernard Tollinski, a
motorcyclist of Chicago, was sentenced
to 3 0 days in the house of correction
Wednesday. He failed to stop
his motorcycle before passing a haltlei
street car. Tollinski soriously injured
a 10-year-old boy.
GAVE UP HUBBY
GOT A DIVORCE SO AS HE COULR
HARRY ANOTHER
HE WEDS HIS NEW LOVE
The Flint Wife, Her Former Husban i
aiul His New Wife 4re the Best
of Friemls, ami Seem to 1m? Ileal
Foml of Kuch Other, Says toe
Story.
Complete self-sacrifice and almost
inconceivable devotion to lifelong
ideals is the keynote if tuj remailiable
story which Mrs. Marion CJrai^
Wentworth, the noted dramatic leader,
playwright, and socialist, told o!
her reasons for obtaining u divorce
from her husband, Dr. Franklin IT.
Wentworth, author of the "Woman's
Portion," in order that ho nrght be
free to marry the woman he loved.
When Mrs. Wentworth discovered
the lovo which existed between her
husband and Miss Alice Chapman,
whom Dr. Wentworth has now made
his wife, she planned to set her husband
free. She went to Reno, Nev.,
established a residence of one year
there and secured a divorce last June
on the ground of desertion. On November
G her husband and Miss Chapman
with married in Washington.
"In order that the slightest hint
of scandal or criticism should attach
itself to the name of the woman my
husband has married," said Mrs. Marion
Craig Went worth. "1 think it
only fair that I should make the exact
situation known which has, up to this
time, not been understood even by
our most intimate friends.
"I bad known Miss Chapman for
some years, have always been and
still am very, very fond of her. *
love her for the very quality which
my husband saw and admired in her.
So when I discovered?and I did no*
need to be told, for I have always
possessed a remarkable intuition?
that I)r. Went worth and Alice loved
one another I made up my mind that
the only fair, the only Christian
thing for me to do was to obtain a
divorce and sot them tree to marry
each other.
''My husband and I discussed the
situation in all its phases, and Alice
herself was present at many of our
conferences. She protested at first
that tho only thing for her to do was
to go away from us both forever, but
that would have been useless for it
would not have been eliminated their
love in tho slightest degree.
''Alice is gentle, kind and loving
'f V* .-v ( .1 I h ! n i* \irh a 1 nt/or 1Y"* /-v on i /4
I til l c" lo uv'Vinu^ ?> invn. y u j vvj uu puivj
against her or the step she took in
marrying ruy husband.
"I cannot conceive of a woman
fighting to keep a husband when she
realizes that his lovo belongs to another
or of her trying to win back
the love that has departed. I have
far too groat respect and reverence
for love and for the feelings of others
to do such a thing, and it means far
too much to me to do the thing that
1 feel to be just and right.
"1 still love and .respect my husband
and our Intellectual friendship,
which has always been one of the
keenest ,'oys of my married life, will
not i>e denied me, even under the existing
circumstances, for I have seen.
Or. Wentworth since my return from
the west and shall see him and Alice
after their return from their wedding
trip. 1 regard my former husband as
one of my very best friends and I
know that ho feels the same toward
tue.
"Roth Dr. Wentworth and Alice
now regard mo in the light of an elder
sister or guardian angel. People
need not be in the least surprised if
we are not seen in public together. I
have had several letters from Alice
since their marriage and 1 am glad,
through and through, that they have
found happiness together."
Franklin Ilarcourt Wentworth,
who was born in Chicago in 180(1 and
is a well known socialist writer, and
Miss Marion Jean Craig of St. Paul
were married by Samuel M. Jones,
the "Golden Rule'' mayor of Toledo,
on March 31, 1900. Roth believed
marriage to be a purely civil contract.
It was the first marriage ceremony
performed by Mayor Jones, and he
did It in what he called the ''Goldew
Rule" fashJon. The parties were not
required to answer any questions, tho
mayor saying their presence indicated
their desire to be married. Ho
reviewed the Riblical storv of the creMf?op
of vnmjjn and quoted from tho
Rildo on the subject of marriage. He
bade the couple to be diligent in
bringing about a bettor condition of
social affairs. He did not deem it
necessurv. lie said, to tell them to ho
faithful to each other, as anything ho
might say would amount to lime if
their souls were not congenial.
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Millions of I'iggs in Storage.
Although "eggs of various grades
are selling in New York at prices
ranging from 65 cents a dozen for
"strictly fresh" down to about 38
cents for the cold storage variety, an
official report made public shows that
more than 1,4 4 7,000,000 eggs are being
held in storage warehouses in
New York and vicinity
Killed by Stone Itruise*
At Ann Aroor, Mien., Amort innalor
of Buffalo, a freshman student at
the University of Michigan, died Sunday
morning from blood poisoning
received from a bruise on his heel
8ustined by stepping on a stone in a
cross-country run in October. *
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Hand on Car Step.
When a passenger train reached
Lnnsdalo, Pa., a few night age, trainmen
found a human hand on a car
step. Investigation showed the front
of the engine bespattered with blood.
Later the mangled body of D&Tld,
Haule was found along the track.