The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-17
Married But Soon Parted.

her II she was prepared to take Her
bert L. Cursy as her lawful husband.
te lc=e, shesish, honuF and ohey.
81 pronounce you husband and
wife," said Judge MoBee. "That
which God hath joined together, let
no man put asunder.''
Thus Miss sansoue, daughter OF
Mira. Berthe Welborn Sansone, Of New
York, became the wife Of Herbert L.
Curry, until recently one Of the mem.
bers Of the Greenville fire depart
ment. The bride is scarcely sig
teeu years Of age, aud the BRIDE
groom has not yet quite reached his
majority. The ceremony was per-
formed at 2 o'o!eek, snd che young
couple left radiantly happy for the
residence Of one of Dir. Curry's rela-
tives.
Mrs. Sansone, who is q teacher of
physical culture, and has written FIRE.
quently for newspapers on this in
aereating subject, was entirely ignor-
ant of the affair, and when she learn
ed of the ceremony, Immediately took
steps to have 'the marriage annulled
on the ground that the bride was not
sixteen years Of age, and under the
laws OF this State, unable TO consent
to marriage.
she visited the newly wed couple
at their temporary abode, and insist
ed on them accompanying her TO the
law Office Of Mccullough G. Mcswain.
Here conference was held. The
bridegroom was represented by L. o.
Patterson Of Haynsworth G. Patter-
son, and Messrs. McSwain &c McCul-
Tough were retained by Mrs. Sansone.
Mr.. Curry was threatened with arrest
and imprisonment il he did not con-
sent to have the marriage annulled.
THE, he refused to do at first, deolar-
ing that he would wear the stripes
rather than give up his wife. The
bride was in qusndary. She could
not bear the idea Of the man she had
just married being thrust into prison,
yet che hated TO go back on the solemn
VOWS. Mrs. Sansone insisted that
her daughter was not sixteen years of
age, and this being the case the attor-
ueys advised that an agreement by all
parties to consider the marriage con-
tract null and void would be the best
solution Of the problem. And this
Mr.. Curry reluctantly consented to
do. Mrs. Curry was taken home by
her mother to Mrs. Gaillard's board
ing house on Washington street. and
legal steps will be taken at once by
Mccullough & MoSwain to have the
courts declare the marriage ceremony
| a nullity.
1t seems that the young people had
been desperately in love for several
months, and early yesterday morning
they agreed to meet each other and
call on Magistrate MoBee. A friend
was sent to make an appointment and
the hour was fixed at o'clock. Mean
time, the bride-to-be went in search
Of long skirta, for her wardrobe was
without such garment. At the ap,
pointed time they appeared before
Magistrate McBee and in the presence
of two witnesses, Keiffer Simpson and
Miss Griffin, the ceremony was per-
formed.
When seen late yesterday after
noon, Magistrate MoBee said he he'd
i asked Miss Sansome whether she was
sixteen years Of age, and she had re-
piled that che was. He then caution
! ed them about the solemnity Of the
occasion, aud asked If they had
thought carefully Of what they were
about to do, and both answered that
they had. Under the circumstances,
he said, there was nothing left for him
TO do but to perform the ceremony,
which he did, according to the ritual
Of the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Sansone and her daughter
came to the city about six months ago
from New York. They have both
continued to reside here since. Mrs.
sansone takes pupils in physical cul-
ture and also writes articles on this
subject for the newspapers.
The grounds on which the attor-
neys will seek TO have the courts de-
oide the marriage void will be the
fact that in this State q man who mar
ries woman under the age Of sixteen
years, without the consent Of her
parents, 10 subject TO indictment for
abduction, and that q marriage con.