The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-30
EaGlIsaaaa Webs SOUTHERN w0HAN
ForEasr wife Of LIeutenaut Carson, U. S.
H.. Becomes Che Bride Of Basil HARD
Ina Graat.---lie is a Buyer Of Toys.

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H.. Becomes Che Bride Of Basil HARD
Iaa Graat..--lie is Buyer Of Toys.
romance in the Arch street board
ING house district has been brought to
public notice by the marriage OF Basil
Harding Grant and Mrs. Mariana
ershaw Carson, who are now passing
their honeymoon at 1914 Arch street
where Mr. Grant has resided for sew
seral months. After the holidays they
expect 90 take q bridal journey for
then Mr.. Grant can get leave OF ao-
seacs from the Market street depart
mont store where he ia employed at
the Coy counter. According to himself,
Mr. Grant is member OF titled
Scotch family aud has served with the
King and Queen's own troops IN lnola
and Africa
MRS. Grant is small woman of
dainty and graceful carriage. Though
slight in build her figure is finely
DroDortioned. Her hair is OF light
brown and is worn afser the fashion
Of Madame Ia Pompadour. Her fore
head Is high AID the nose is straight.
The firm chin completes the oval con-
tour OF her face. just the tiniess kind
Of 6imple is developed In heE chin
when Mrs. Grant smiles, giving pi
squGncy thss does not cause ore to
gondar why two sons Of Mars have
surrendered TO her.
She is Southern woman and this
Is her second venture In search OF con-
nubiaI bliss with soldier. Her first
husband was Lieutenant Lawrence S.
Carson, OF the United States Cavalry,
who has married again and Is now on
raerui ting duty at Fort LeayenWorth.
Kansas. The divorce was secured by
Mrs. Carson in Coddington county,
South Dakota, on December 13, 1902,
FOR wilful desertion. Mrs. Grant ex-
planned the desertlon by saying that
sIIeutenant Carson went to the Philip
pines with his command and during
his absence OF nearly three years wrote
irragnlarly and with such coolness
that is chilled the ardor Of her young
love.
vas but bride Of a few months
when he went away, said she, - and
Was forced to live alone the greater
part Of the time. For several months
my mother stayed with me. but her
duties at home required her attention
and she had TO leave me, too. When
che lieutenant came home he was very
mattsr-of-fact, and seemed Indifferent
80 our reunion. I treated him the
same way and we consented to part.
He gave me money for my expenses
and 7 went away. Last year I secured
my divorce and then came on to
Philadelphia, where I know lots of
people.
Despite the entreaties of their
friends, the Grants will not tell when
or by whom they were married. The
license was secured on Wednesday and
sets forth that Basil Harding Grant
vas born on the Isle OF Wight on the
9th Of November, 1870. and that Mrs.
Carson,s birth was In Camden, S. O..
on June u. 1874, which makes her
twenty nine years old, and her has
band thirty three years OF age. Mrs.
Grant comes Of an excellent family
and is possessed of some means in heE
own right. She is the eldest daughter
of the Reg. John Kershaw, rector Of
St. Michasl's Church, in Charle5ton,
s. &c, The family is distinguished
Southern one, and q county IN Sonth
Carolina IS. named after it. Her ma
temaI grandfather was a general in
Ehe Confederate army.
When asked today why she would
nos make known the facts OF her Sec
ond marriage, Mrs. Grant said:
1t is not customary for Southern
women TO seek notoriesy when they
marry. aad I do not intend to give
the public something to gossip about.
we viii publish the marriage notice
IN good time, and then all who are in
tarested can read it MIR. Graut and ]
have been married legally and there
vas not q bar to our being welded. 1t
surprised my friends, I know, but
then a woman does many things that
ase surprising. ] met my husband two
years ago when / was in Philadelphia
With my brother, who introduced u.s.
He became very fond of me, and ! re-
c;procatsd his affection. When my
divorce was procured he asked for my
hand in marriage, but l would not
consent until last week. Mr.. Grant
VAS then very Ill, and wanted to be
with him to nurse him. AS soon as he
was able TO GO out he secured the mar
rage license and We went to minis
ter and were married. -
It was suggested that her husbands
claim to titled ancestry and his service
with the British troops was unsup-
ported by any data in the books Of re-
ference, but Mrs. Graut declared that
she did not want anything further
than her husbands word. He is an
unassuming young man OF medium
height, His face is thin and smooth
shaVen. His dark hair is rather close
II cut. He speaks in a low, pleasant
voice. He smiles frequently, but
often sadly, as when telling of race
in which he had been engaged on the
Prince OF Wales yacht, the enthusias m
suddenly left his face and manner,
and with wan smile he concluded
and now I',a selling tin toy boats. y
Mr. Grant says he is a brother OF