The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-05
A RICH SOUTH CAROLINA BABY.
Little Francis Marion Whaley, of Edisto,
and His Fortune.
New York SUM-

AHo Id" SSIs, LuIeS LAY uleI duu
referee, appointed by the Supreme
Court, put their heads gravely together
OF Wednesday last in order to find out
whether an allowance of 900 year
should be granted to two-year-old
baby for his proper support. The little
chap is heir 10 at least 100000, so that
even if he should have $1,000 year
pocket money he would be able to lay
up something out of his income. Oddly
enough his father is poor man, unable
through business reverses, to look after
the maintenance of the boy.
This remarkable baby is Francis
Marion Whaley, only son of Lawyer
William Whaley and Louisine Nc
Cready Whaley. His grand father was
Nathaniel L. McCready, who left
large fortune to his daughter with
power to use the income from it during
her life, and to appoint any other
children as heir to it upon her death.
BY the exercise of this power she made
Baby Francis her heir. Just how large
the estate is cannot be told as yet, but
is certainly not less than S600,000 and
may be more. William Whaley, the
father, is a lawyer.
Mrs. Whaley's sister, Mrs. Marie
Whaley Chisholm, has been appointed
guardian of the person of Baby Francis,
and the Farmers Loan and Trust
Company is guardian of the estate. Mrs
Chisholm lives at Edisto Island, about
thirty miles south of Charleston. Re-
Gently she petitioned the Supreme
Court here for an order allowing $1,000
a year to be withdrawn from the in
come of Francis fortune for the proper
support of the child in his early infancy,
and for $3.50 for bis care since his
mothers death. The Farmers Loan
and Trust Company was somewhat
surprised at the amount asked for, and
the result was friendly suit to deter
mine just how much the baby requires.
Lawyer William n. Willis of III
Broadway was appointed referee to as
certain the facts. .-... -.
Lawyer Edward Kaufman Of 154
Nassau Street appeared for Mrs. CHS
holm, and Mr.. Austin Of Turner, Nc
Clure & Rolston for the Trust company.
Testimony was first taken to establish
the wealth of the grandfather and the
style in which the mother was accus-
toned to live. Then the petitioner
claimed that the sum named was needed
because Edisto Island is an unhealthy
place to live in the summer, and it
would therefore, be necessary to take
baby to Saratoga in the season. 1t
costs a good deal to live in first rate
hotel in Saratoga, even for baby, and
then the guardian would have to go
along and nurse, ard there might be
need of a doctor. All told, $1,000 seemed
to be the right figure.
Charles Holmes, former resident Of
South Carolina, and an Englishman
named Adams, testified that Edisto
Island was place where no white man
could live with safety between July
and November, and that it would be
especially dangerous for a Northern
baby. Travel in their opinion would
be imperative in the warm months.
The trust company was not disposed
to dispute the necessity for travel, but
suggested that Ashevilie would be just
as advantageous as Saratoga, AID less
expensive. The witnesses replied that
board at Asheville is S. a day with
other things in proportion, quite equi-
valent to the expenses at Saratoga.
The only added expenses would be for
railway travel.
Referee Willis wanted to know more
particularly about the expenses of sum-
mering in either place, but the witness
ses could not tell him. 1t was therefore
agreed that a commission should be
sent to Edisto Island TO take the testi-
mony of Mrs. Chisholm in detail as to
what she wants. The commission
started last night, and as soon as it
returns the hearings will be resumed.
The matter will be pushed to an i'm
mediate conclusion because it is nearly
time now to get the baby away from
the unhealthy island.
A Nomination from the Old North States
+ From the TarI,oro Carolina Banner.