The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-11-20
THIS WOMAN WILL WED BY NEW PLAN.
rt 1eron of Social Crusader, Will Follow Her Broth
,s plan. Considers Marriage Above All Earthly Forms

,,., Margaret Evelyn Heron. sister
w. n.ofessor George D. Heron, the So
o. ',,istic agitator, has announced her
e'''' mont TO marry DR.. Henri Yer
sns Berghall of Manistee' Mich and
|ner Dodding will be conducted on the
tue rlan which made sensational the
sa arriage of Professor Heron to Miss
nAl I,o Rand, "his disciple and affinity"
l" ,,ss Heron is firm believer In
VS. + sbe terms "the new and simple
Nn~ If marriage" which is without
iOi' oxchange of the usual matrimonial
wv and with none of the ritual or the
WI of the church. She heartily
iU, nnovps Of the way her brother es-
ap rsod Miss Rand, on which occasion
N V1 Rev, William t. Brown Of Plym-
D+b congregational church, Rochester,
'u' ~. "This is the time and the place
the muse of poet, the speech OF
The office of priest or magistrate
we're an intrusion here"
a unite approve of that idea at a
/. ,ddinq." said Miss Heron to New
Walk world reporter when seen the 9TH
- day at the home established near
,lotnrhpn. N. j., by her brother for
.so oroup known as "The Social Cru
SADIE"
,.oru all earthly forms; that there is
sompthjng too infinite about love to be
noosured by earthly pledges-vain, idle
Hnlodres, which are so often broken.
Wbat do such vows count for if two
hoarts are atire with love which knows
n pypression from the lips?"
a There has been much opposition in
E,,otncben to the establishment Of a So
colist colony there, and it is generally
Known that little favor is felt among
me- churchmen for the "new form of
& marriage" adopted by the Herrons.
When Miss Heron was asked if she
had been made acquainted with such
dissatisfaction on the part of the town
sheOple she calmly replied:
well, l believe l have heard of
Something of the sort. | believe
eard that one Of the local pastors. the
Rev. DR.. Mason of the Presbyterian
burch. expressed opposition to the
new marriage but since hearing that
have heard him deny that he had
made any such remark.
% Anyhow, it makes very little differ
Dce to me. So long as / know that
kg views Of marriage are right it is
natter of total Indifference to me what
Reghbors may say. Any opposition
se among the ministers or the town
Ople would certainly have very lit
weight with me. They have the
ght to think as they please. and !
ball reserve the same right for my
H."
Mss Heron said that the man she
4 b marry is himself a socialist and
been a conspicuous agitat0r of the
|&5R nciplps of socialism all his life. DIR
d Eghall is a practicing physician in
anistee. Mich.," she said. HE is for
81 two years old, and | am thirty-fve.
d. Berghall is native of Sweden.
nd he is an exile from Russia or Swe-
Men, don't exactly know which. He
Fas sent away because Of his activity
M promulgating the doctrines of So
aliSm, He came to this country. set
ed in New York and afterward went
fest. met him there and have known
PIN for quite awhile"
4 No Gate has been fixed for the we'd
Y ng and few of the details have been
greed upon but Miss Heron says she
i'll probably ask the same minister
no attended her brothers union with
ISIS Rand to be present. The Rev.
llliam 7. Brown simply stood by at
e HERON Rand wedding and heard
sch Of them say 1--WE intend to live
gether hereafter as man and wife,"
len he made few remarks in the
a lure Of a prose poem.
81 Nobody can say that my brother
as not legally married." said Miss
erron, commenting upon the new