The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-18

DIDN'T LIKE THB MARRIAGE.
A Runaway Match In West End Causes
a Deal Of Trouble and Is Followed by
Another-MayOr's Court Brought
Into the Transaction.

| There have been several sensational
denouements to the rather romantic
marriage of Mr.. Clyde Longshore and
Miss Eula Rikard, in West End, on
last Thursday afternoon.
! AS reported in the last issue of The
Herald and News, the couple were
joined together without the consent of
the young lady's uncle and guardian,
Levi Gruber. Miss Rikard and Mr..
Longshore were working in the mill
when they finally decided to take each
other for better or for worse. And it
did not take them long to put their in
tentions into effect. Going down stairs
on the elevator, they sent for Magis-
trate j. H. Chappell, and OH the spot he
soon made them man and wife.
When the affair was reported to Cru
ber, to say that he was mad is putting
it mildly. He was mad with Miss Rik-
ard for getting married, if married she
was. He was mad with Mr.. Danielson
because he took the couple down on the
| elevator. Then he decided that the
girl wasn't really married, and got mad
with everybody who told him she was.
And the language he used in stating his
thoughts wasn't exactly what is taught
in the Sunday Schools. Final, the
whole of his wrath ceatered upon the
bride,> and continued to be poured out
| IN this direction, even after she had
promised that she wouldn't do it again.
Then he got too hot for words and
struck the girl.
Things by this time had come to an
interesting pass. A relative of Long
shore, standing near by, espoused the
cause OF his kinsman's bride, and Long
shore himself went for the police force,
or as many of them as he could find.
When Messrs. Franklin and Carter
went over they found not exactly u
pretty scene. Gruber was sitting near
the reservoir, the bride on one side of
him, and her sister on the other. Cru
ber's son, Jeff, was standing near
brandishing knife which looked as
though it might recently have been the
mamstay of some butcher shop, and at
the same time In very offensive Ian
guage promising to protect his papa,
and to do various things to any who
might be so bold as to oppose his slight
est wish. Soon after the policemen
reached the scene he decided that one
knife was not enough and dived deep
down in his pocket for another.
ltw pity to put a stop to such a
pretty and harmless little drama, but
Messrs. Franklin and Carter are at
times little averse to watching plays,
especially when they have no galleries
to look after, and they put a stop to
the whole matter by arresting both
Gruber and his son. Mayor Klettner
next day gave Gruber $500 and the
young man $500 and it was thought
the matter was entirely ended
But there was one other party that
had not been taken into consideration.
This was Miss Rilards' sister, who
had witnessed the whole affair. She,
too, had been caught in the net of an
undying love, and was young lady
with too keen sense of humor to let
such an opportunity pass. Besides, she
wasn't going to be anything but star
in any performance, no matter of how
great reputation. So Friday afternoon,
she, too, ran away and was happily
| married to Mr.. Will Williams.
And thus the matter ended, and Cru
Der has two less on his list of support
ers, and two less to whom to carry din
ner. What a feeling of sadness the
tap of the noon bell now brings to his
heart!