The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
RonAECE IN REAL LIFE.
In Which an Gra#sa;jurG Ioun.
Lady = Prominent.

Lady = Prominent.
The following, from the Atlunt:t
Journal, VIII be read with interest. as
q young lady from OGangcbur@ County
is enc Of the principal characters:
The announcement Of the divorce
ut NJ. and Mrs George 4. I!ough;on
in Chicago yesterday was feceivcd with
great interest in Atlanta. because Of
the fact that Iloughton is engaged TO
marry a young lady OF this city, Il
trained nurse. with whom he is said
to have fallen in love while living here.
Miss Virginia Dantzler, J trained
nurse OF this city, but who is now In
Charleston, 5. c., is the young lady
who will maary the man whn secured
a divorce. The marriage will occur in
Charleston next week. Houghton is
now ou his way to Charleston.
Miss DantZler nursed back to life
a wealthy man who was visiting in At
lanta some time ago. y few months
later he died in the north and left her
a snug fortune. BY securing q total
divorce from the wife who had been
his childhood sweetheart, George Il.
Houghton, of this city. has come into
a fortune Of 100000.
George HOughton, the father OF the
Atlanta man, was a wealthy Mil
waukee bank president, who died five
months ago. In the will which he
left Houghton stated that his son was
to receive no part OF his estate until
his wife was dead or until he had been
legally divorced from her, Under the
decree of the court, which granted
him a total divorce, Houghton will
lose 521, 500, which he must pay the
former Mrs. Houghton as alimony.
The divorce was granted yesterday
by Judge Kavanaugh, of Chicago, and
vas consent verdict, both parties an
nouncing that q total divorce would
be satisfactory. a total divorce, with
the privilege OF again marrying, Was
granted both Mr.. and Mrs. Ii0ughJon.
"Eought0n, who becomes 100000
richer by diyorcing his wife, had al
! ready secured the first decree in the
superior court of Fulton county sev-
eral months ago, and the hearing for
the second time had been set for this
week. The case in the Fulton county
superior court will now be dismissed,
as Houghton found it more expedient
to secure a divorce in the western
courts.
"Houghten and his wife separated
seven years ago, and two years ago
Roughton moved to Atlanta, while
Mrs. Houghton remained in Chicago.
Mrs. Houghton was Miss Kirby, the
daughter of a wealty hotel man Of
Milwaukee.
THE love, marrige and divorce Of
the Houghtuns is a story strongly
tinged with romance. Both Hough-
ton and his wife were children Of
wealthy parents, who were playmatcs
and childhood sweethearts. This
childhood love ripened and they finally
married and removed to Chicago.
About seven years ago they had diff
fcrences and separated.
Two years ago Houghton moved
! to Atlanta and twelve months ago he
entered suit for a total divorce from
his wife in the Superior Court Of this
county. Mrs. HoughtOn could not
be notified of this action on the part
of her husband and made 10 defence
at the trial. A FIRST verdict was grant
ed to IInughtun and some time later
Mrs. H0ughtcu. who had been nOti-
lied ot the proceedings, asked the
Court, through Ter attorneys, to be
admitted; to the suit.
about this time both sides came
together and it was agreed that the
par;ies were to be divorced and that
Mrs. Houghton was to receive $2l ,OGO
alimony. After this agreement had
been reached Mrs. Hcughton went to
Chicago and entered suit for divorce,
in order that She would not have to
wait for the September term OF the
Fulton Superior Court. The suit in
Chicago has just been heard and a
total divorce has been granted to each
OF the parties, with permission to
remarry.
The provision in the will Of the
elder Houghton was as follows:
"fIf he George R. Houghton, OF
Atlanta,) shall at any time be legally
divorced from his present wife, or She
shall die, my executors shall pay over
to him at time Of such death, or di-
rorce, the entire principal sum of one
share with the accumulated income at
that time
THE divorced couple have three
children. Mrs. Houghton for some
time condu ted a manicuring estab-
lishment in Milwaukee, but was un-
successful. She is described as being
beautiful and attractive woman
and we'll loved by all her friends"