The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-03
HABY'S FIVE THOUSAND.
The Yearly Amount of Little Francis
Marion Whaley's Expenses
He is Worth SG0O,O00.

The interesting question whether
baby Francis Marion WhaIey shall
have S5O00ayear for his care and mann
tenance will be decided this week oy
LAWYER William H., Willis, referee.
The infant was two years old on
April %. Although his father, William
Whaley, is poor, young Francis IN
herits an estate of s600,OO0 from his
grandfather, Nathaniel L. McCready.
The baby's guardian is his aunt, Mrs
Marie Whaley Chisholm. His mother
is dead. Mrs. Chisholm lives at EdiSto
Island. off the Carolina coast. She
wants to take the baby away Tor the
Summer. Several New Workers who
had lived at North Carolina testified
that Edisto Island was unhealthy IN
the summer. This being settled, q
schedule OF the prospective expenses
and other information w;n Recently
obtained from Mrs. Chisholm. She
gives her expense for caring TOR the
child from Oct, i, 1899, to May 20,
1880, as 81, ,S06:3S, for which she has re-
ceived no compensation.
In her report she states that baby Is
unusually precocious, and so passion
ately fond of driving that he begs every
day for a drive. Drives cost 81 each,
and one every other day fo"ts up $50 a
month. A horse can be kept for the
same price. Baby needs two rooms, one
forsleep and one for play. Then he
must have ice in his own refrigerator
and wax candles to burn all night. A
midday dinner is another accessory to
his general comfort, rs we'll as "a COW
specially fed, that he may have the
milk of one COW that eats only certain
food" There must be separate table
for his nurse to eat at, because Mrs.
Chisholms other servants are colored.
The nurse costs SIS month, and elSht
aprons for her use amount TO S6.-V.
Babv's TOYS last Christmas were s., ana
pins, powders, and puffs s. more. y
hair cut for baby costs 80 cents at
Edisto, and a bathtub s.. Various
articles of under and outer clothing are
specified, along with the statement
that to keep up the infants wardrobe
in the Partisan styles, which ne was
used TO before ne became her charge
Mrs. Chisholm will require $1,000 4
year.
When baby comes 10 take summer
trip 10 Asheville ne will have TO nave
extras, for he is teeth!ng. The party
will stop at the hotel, as Mrs. Chisholm
is averse to 1.-The familiarity and en-
forced companionship Of. boarding
house, It will cost SO week for
board and rooms, and $3 for washing.
In addition there are travelling eX-
penses, telegrams, drugs for baby's use,
and finally $500 for a physicians ser
vices. All of these things are conciseiy
expressed by 81 $50, and as Mrs. CHS
holm devotes one-third Of her time to
the infants interests, she thinks she
can reasonably claim the rest Of 5000.
Lawyer Edward Kaufman OF I34
Nassau street, who is conducting the
case for Mrs. Chisholm, has prepared
an elaborate brief. which cites instances
wher large incomes have been allowed
to infants. Among them is the Shaftes-
bury case, England, i'll which $4,000
were allowed. The Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, advances the opinion
that $500 a year will tide Master
Francis through the age Of safety pins
and rattles.