The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-03-02
SQpABBLE OVER THE FAMOUS ACE-
LEN ESTATE.
\ Final Decision Of Which Was IeeacA-
cd at Nashville Last Week In the Cir.
cult COurt-Row a Beautiful Tennes.
see Woman. Captured an Ante. Is ituM
millionaire.

week, and ON saccountI OF ihe pr0mt.
nencei ioi the, partIes, tpte1ested, attract.
wide attention. The suit was decided
IN favor Of the coutestee, Hon. Joseph
III. .Acklen, h former 'metnber or Cbnl
greas sanst q son of Nfss. Cheathama tYii
From an old resident, OF Nashville 4
Herald reporter has gathered some ex-
ceedtngly Interesting facts relative
thereto, which are given below. E''
ssMrs. Adelicia Cheathan's malden
ltcia, Hayes. She was the daughter OF
Rsy:; Oliver 3, Hayes, and was born rq
ln DAVIDSON county, Tenn. In her
youth miss Hayes was a'remarkabiy
beahtiful wonau, full OF vivaciiy and
feMapcs, and the acknowledged bello
bf middle Tennessee. vd ,il,,uo al.tnut,p
"LiVlng at that time In Sumner
county, at the famous 'tairview' stock
fsfm,d now owned by Charles Reed,
sVss rsdsweattbya old bachelor, .Isaao
FGapk in, the weAlthiest Imau, indeed,
H. Tennessee, II not in the South.
Frankl!p was a negro speculator, and
Also an extensive cotton and sugar
PLANTER y owning immense eststes in
dlRsissippt and tho Rsd river country
Of Louisiana. He Is said to have bee
the possessor OF at least fonr immense
plantations and nearly a thousand me-
gro slaves, and, with the exception Of
stasn. Wade Hampton'sp father; owned
mole tnsgrOes than any. man in the
iSoutb.y While the Fairview place was
Mr.. Franklin's homestead, he spcnt
the greater part OF his time, when not
in Europe or at the eastern watering
places, Unlocking after his interests In
the far South. q Eairview was sort Of
,'Liberty hail., A noble estate Of hun,
Idred5 OF acres, it had Its deer park, Its
far stretching fields In living green, It's
lord ~ forests aud Its vistas of green AND
inviting beauty. The mansion was
one OF those broadly. built, ample, gen-
erous old Southern houses. In front
stretched q lawn that was kept as
clean a. the new reaped stubble on q
bride.groom's face. 'Statuary adorned
tbs grounds, and .welLkept green.
There was iOdRekoeper Ia charge Of
did the honors in tho absence Of the
tpaster.s One Of old man FrAnkttn's
eccentrieities was to keep ar'vlsitor's
[register' 10 the reception room 10 which
the names of all invited guests or visl-
iDrs were recorded. One day d party
ofyounE people from Nashville went
\ 10 FAirview, On q picuicking aud jun
ketinx, excursion. Among them was
the pretty Miss Adelicia Hayes. ,gs
| A delightful day was spent and when
the party came to record their names
in1 the register, tho pretty girl, In
spirit Of batllnage, not dreaming that
It would lead ia results, wrote opposite
her name, her intention to set her
cap for old man Frankiin. The cap
was we'll set. Shortly after Mr.. Frank.
lin returned from the South. One day,
he casually examined Ills vlsitors'
register aud there beheld the gage Of
battle thrown down by the fair beauty
Of middte Tennessee. Although . man
of business, aud an old man, franklin
wns also a man susceptible to female
charms. He came to Nashville. He
saw the fair enslaver and was conquer
ed. The Julius C,r,ar Of anie-beilum
finance fell before the aggregated charm
of ante-beIlum beauty and they were
wed. Three children was the result OF
this union, but all died in early youth,
suddenly and quickly following their
father, and in u few years Mrs. Ads-
lic:a Franklin was left the wealthiest
widow in the South and without in
cumberance.
"She was great catch. Men Of ems
inence, men OF talent aud wealth and
position toasted the rich widow Of
Nashville and swore by her charms.
Her manner Of living was regally
sumptuous. In those days the ultra
wealthy and ultra fashionable went
abroad In their coaches, four-in.hand,
lbut this beautiful woman far surpass-
ed all others In having her coachman,
her tootmep aud outriders all In ceies-
tiai livery. 8.s.- .,i. .f .c
i sThere lived in Huntsville, Ala, In
those romantic and historic days q
handsome young lawyer, not overly
remarkable for his legal aitainments,
because his causes in court were few,
but nevertheless man OF some parts
clever in speech, unusually handsome
in face ana physique and bold even
unto audaci,y. One day in banter
iug spirit, he said to n coierie o
friends: IF yon will raise me thou
sand dollars for incidental expenses,
will go up TO Nashville and capture
that rich prize and you will never b'
losers His friends had confidence 1T
his ability to carry forward bold en-
teIprise of this sort and the money wa
raised. Mr.. Acklen, attorney Of Hunts
vile. Ala, paid court to Widow