The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-28
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From Poverty to Death
The following is from the New York
SIN Che unfortunate girl Was great
grandd daughter Of DR.. Richard Farman,
fof Charleston, afterswhom Furman uni
sersity is named. Her mothe. is the
sdsngh Of Mrs. Lawton who was Miss
1rman, Of Sumter, sister Of Richard
{ aIawton, wealthy banker, Of Macon,
Ga, aud a near relative Of A. R. Law.on,.
United States minister to Austria.
People Who live near Washington
square have noticed q young and unusu-
! allyspretty girl who almost every day in
sthe last four months walked past the
gray university building around into
Nashington place. She was rather slight
ssiin stature, and modest In dress and de.
neanor. She was one Of the Southern
type Of beauty, dark haired, dark eyed,
and rich in complexion, but her lace.
wore almost constantly q look of worry
ssand SORROW. The girl used to hurry
salorg without turning her eyes to right
Her journeys began and ended
Ssseh day az % East Washington place, a
big boarding house. No one of the
dodgers inthe house evergot TO- know the
s:si irl well All that they knew was that
sh,e WAS poor and Lived with her mother
snlan tic room. s-i q is
tsrday morning a little after a
O'clock, the mother raped at the door Of
saIss Catherine EOs Jordan, Whokeeps the
lodging house, and excitedly asked her
open the street door 50, that she might
|ssiindsher daughter. Mn. Jordan got up,
had the door unsoo ooked, and called a ply.
sisian, who lives ID: the house. They
slswsnt out, and on. the flsgstones in front.
of the stoop they found the girl dead, IN
herE night dress. 81 erskulls and jaw we're:
5 3 broken and her face was bruised and.
bleeding s
The body was carried into the house,
aud then the story of the girls life began
Ga come out, little By Little. She was
Julia Cargils, IS years old. Her mother.
s:iis |i 9rs. Agnes .. Rhodes, whose grand.
atthsr Was the BSp pi..ist divine after whom
8 Enrman Uniyersity, il Georgia. was:
s named She has been twice widowed. 4 4
When Mis: Rhodes found that her girl
SRas deadahe became almost crazy. The
John Bronner, of the North.
Baptist church on Eleventh street, near
FaYeriy place was sent for. The mother.
and: daugh had joined hiscopgrega
tMo Reskssago He arrived at the house,
abous &. M. So great WAS Mn. Rhodes.
EEief that some one had to be patinsher.
sooniI 10 watch sher. A Aftessh had quiet
little g she said Tint she had been
sWsksned sbout q, clock by her dangh.
nipsing about thssroom. She asaw
pieher and go ont as if for
gatsr Presently she heard foot steps on
z;sthe stairway 10 the reof Then she; heard
little Noise on theIoof, and then at
Sones before she could do anything, she.
ssssw white object fall in front of her
ssWindow She looked out, and On the
Psyements four stories below was her
Il ghter lying ia q heap motionless.
Eis Rhodes said that her daughter
4 had not been III, butsHas occasionally
malancholy she5was earnest and stu.
ddiioua, and when she was Is years Old had
besn graduated with FIRST honors from the
8 5 hMig M q school 81 Macon, Georgia. Then
oF two rsshs attended an art school
n aahsille. After that they went tos
EexasS and some time early this year they
came % New Cork. Julia expected to
study st Cooper Institute
She was naturally pions and con-
scientions, said Mrs. Rhodes, and had
been member Of the church since she
# #Mas q yearsEo Ia. Lately sha had been
dagoting her mind good deal to the
s. Aeged sdiscoy ysriesof the 'Metaphysical
s Jniysnity in Bond street, which had, I
balisve, powerful effect npon her.
The Rex Mr. Brouner announced from
|sstae pulpit at the morning service the
sdeatko kof the egirl, and some of the ladies Of
church went to Mrs Rhodes to care
she viii need attention.. said Mr..
Btodrer. afor she seems not to have q
ftiend IN the city. She Is q woman Of.
Ecnlture and dof pride, and i imagine has
sssrfet with reversessn
oroners physician, Dr.. O'Mesgher,
thinks that Miss Cargile computed sui.
eide RhileS suffering from seute melan:
cbolia The cause seems to have been
y alfogethsr the lack Of money. $50 far as
can be learned, both the mother and
gdaughter were largely dependent upon
themselves. They went to Texas, after
Learning Nashville, some time in the last
year. and there the mother expected to
giiye lessons in music, and the daughter
>iasart An acquaintance tells Us this ]
aud says that Texas proved an unffuitful'
field and they decided to try New York.
Il Jaaa was particularly sensitive about
stheir poverty.
He Remembered.
sany years ago, Mr.. Abram Dodge Of
psNisss Mass, owned q beantifnl horse
4 III i'll, yvaa stf,a nef nf fha fan;lv Ho