Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-25
ELoPE TO CITY or LITTLE ROCK

| The following account of an clone
ment and marriage, taken from the
Little RocH Gazette. will be read will
much interest in Pine Bluff, as tho
parties to the elopement and their
families are we'll known here:
| Determined to overcome all obsi.l
cles which had been placed in their
way Gy relatives, Miss Florence
O'Neal, a member of one Of the most
| B \. Wort .Jr. of Altlemer. son oi
ieN-Shefiff 3. n Word, Sr.. of Arkahsa
county. eloped % Little Rock last
ni"ht and We're married at tho resi
dence of Rey. T. y. Ramsey. pastor o.
The WinfieI NJ. e, church
! The elopemcnt WAS due 10 III,
strong objections made 10 the mar
riage by the mother aud guardian OF
the young woman. The latter is only
ahoQt eighteen years of axe aad hes
husband is not twertyGne years old
The young mans parents had no Oh
: iectioNs 10 the marriage aud gave
consent. which was necessary beforl
the woula-be bride&room could secfEe
a license. as he is under the Ic@al
:.@e
Miss O'real's relatives, however, o.
jecled strenHously to the yolna man
| whom She had promised 10 wed and
| annGunecd that under no circum
stances could the marriage talk
place. The young lovers were not dis
mayed by this declaration but i'm
mediate1y laid their plans to prt the
| enemies of Cupid to rout.
AS q part Of their plan Miss O'Neal
succeeded in inducing her mother It
go eae an extended visit to relatives
in Tennessee and Mississirni The
girls guardian was still TO be disposed
OF, but the plotters learned that he
would be compelled to go to Memphis
yesterday.
Fate was playing into the hands o!
the young people and they we're not
SLOW to take advantage OF the oppoi.
tuEity Whicn was presented. The ar
rangements We're hurriedly made an
the affair was kept a profound secret
Mr.. Word came to Little Rock f',los
l:.N and zoo ufod ;te Il 10 lac Iirons,
from the county clerk and then re
turned TO 4 theimar. Yesterday Mis-
{ Neal boarded q Cotton Bel train
= companind by Miss Ac3,es Robert
OF Wahhaseka and Went ~ AItheimnr
where they took the afternoon train
FOR Little Rock. AS the train pulloG
out of The station at Altheimer the
perspective bridegroom boarded tn
rear car. He was accompanied by I.
T Duff. the agent of The Cotton Belt
ST Altheimer.
When the party reached Little Roc1
| &C G:2o O'Clock last night they Wert
| rlct with . carriage by f. i. McHaney
| O: the secretary Of states Office ant
hurried to the residence Of Rev T. Y.
| Ramsey, where the marriage was per
| formed The newly welded couple
spent the night in this city and viii
| leave this morning for Hot Springs o?
| their wedding trip.
! Mrs. Words mother was not notifle'
of the marriage last NIGHT. as she i!
visiting relatives in Mississippi sever
al miles from telegraph station, AM
| the young couple decided that the new
could be broken as quickly ard mucl
more satisfactorily by letter
! The elopement is expected TO caus
a sensation in the homes of the bride
and groom. on account Of their prom
inence. The bride is one of the he
known young women of Wabbaseka
which is located a few miles from AL
ttheimer On the Cotton Belt. Youn
Word has been employed for som
time as tookkeeper in mercantil.
thcuse at Altheimer. His father, B. \
EWord. Sr., is one of the most promi
t1ent citizens Of Dewitt and was fo
k"lerly sheriff Of Arkansas county.