The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-31
A BELLIES PERPLEXITIEs.
A Young Lady Forced 20 Make a
Choice Between = wo Rival Lovers.

( From the Republic.
STURGEON, Mo Jan, 2s. Society in this
town has teen stirred from center to cir.
conference for TIE past week over the con
test Of two young men for ne hand Of the
same belle The lady in question was Miss
| Nettie White, daughter Of B. F White OF
! the firm Of TRULY g. Whi:e, mlliers, OF this
! place She is barely 8 years old, with a
! pretty face and figure and vinsome ways.
| Among her many sGtovs was Les VIM,
sou of W. II. WnH, ? prominent stock
! trader Of this place, Il C-ar.oy VIM, 4
! member # tie fran # Coo be5 q vi n.
wagon and carriage ma1Ifa 'tG-ers, also Of
| this place Eotn are in the prime OF man
hood, Industrious sober goad-looking,
we'll TODD, and calculated to make Il nus
band Of whic any woman might justly be
proud.
For several months past both of the
young men have been paying their und,-
| vided attention to Miss White. She ap-
peared to be very fond of both of the H.
and finally the gossps began to discuss
their chances Of success. At la t It became
known that she was sed to marry Les
VIM the ceremony to be performed Feb
Ia. They had even gone 50 far as to select
the bridesmaids and groOmsmen. When
Charley VIM heard this he was 10th to be-
leve it, as the young lady mad led him to
expect tuat be was to be the lucky man
Lee and Charley met and had a talk over
the matter, and it is said that they made a
wager of $50 as to which one would get the
girl.
AT any rate, the report Of this wager set
the whole town 70 talking great rivalry
sprung uD be ween the friends of the two
gentleme., and set the whole town by the
ears, and large number of bets we're made
on the outcome. Nearly every man VINO ever
was known to bet on the election or aOrSa
race backed his favOrite The friends Of
each spurred their choice t. action, and,
notwithstanding tia. neither one had ex-
pected or inteude to marry until ms
time in February, the excitement grew 50
high as - demand . omp5 action and the
young men each began to press the girl for
an Immediate decl-lOl as between them.
One or the Other WIS at her house all the
time, and often they were there together
and when nelt her wer4 there some Cfiieious
frie DIS was present 1t is even said that
the father and N other were divided as to
their choice OF the young men.
In view of All tins, and being annoyed
and harrassed as She was, he girl found it
a hard matter to make up he4 mind. For
three or four days her decision hung in he
balance, and tho young men were on the
ragg d edge Of expectancy. so to speak.
This ran on till the excitement got so high
that at ai5htfal the yard at Mr.. Whites
residence would be crowded with eager
listeners and esvesdr PIPER, while older
heads were called in to try aud settle the
matter. On Wednesday evening, after two
or three days of restless parleying, the two
young men met in the presence of mutual
friends for a final decision Of taeir fate.
They stood in the parlor with locked arms
while the young lady was asked then and
the to make her final choice, each
agreeing to abide the result.
Again she hesitated. L. was at
last agreed that tie young, men
should both start home, and that the one
she called back was to be her husband.
They startet, but Miss White called for
Lee" and he turned and came back Then
Charley" was called and he too came back.
But when they both re-entered the house
she again hesitated. Then she was told by
those present that she must settle the mat
ter in some way. Finally Miss White told
them to write their names on a slip Of
paper and she would make cross opposite
the man o her choice. They did so, and
she put the cross opposite Charlev's name.
Lee then gave bacI her ring, bld her an
atfectionate good-by and started for the
door, but before he had got out she caught
him and begged him not to leave her. He
returned and she made cross opposite his
name also.
mere seemed no way out of the trouble
but finally the young men were told to go
again and that the first one called was to re-
turn and the other was to keep going and
not come back, no matter who called for
him. They again left, and before they had
gone far she called Lee back and Charley
kept on. So at last Miss White had made
her choice.
she hastily dressed and in less than an
hour she and Lee, accompanied by her
father and friends, were on their way t.
Columbia to get a marriage license The
night was spent at Centralia, where several
Intellectual attempts were made to induce
the girl to change her mind and refuse to
marry Lee The next day the couple went
to Columbia and were happily married by
Prof Oldham of Christian college and now
all is quiet
But the most remarkable thing is the
good feeling between tie young men
They are both Of high mettle,
yet they kept cool all the time, and when
the happy couple returned they were met
by Charley Vim, who was the first to con-
graduate them.
The young men are distantly related and
both come Of good families. All parties
regret very much the notoriety caused by
the episode
Nothing that ever occurred in this section
has caused half the gossip and excitement
thus has. The boys are paying up their
bets, the happy pair are enjoying their
honeymoon, and all is serene again.