The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12


In such case made and provided, does
order, adjudge and decree that the
said plaintiff is entitled to decree
dissolving the bonds Of matrimony
now and heretofore existing between
the said plaintiff and said defendant;
such decree to be entered after the
expiration Of one year from the entry
OF this fnterlocutory Judgement. It
is further ordered, adjudged and de-
creed that said plaintiff be and she Is
hereby awarded the sole care and
custody and control of X. V. Millard,
Ed Fl. Millard and Paul Millard."
! IGNORANCE THE PLEA.
The following is an extract from a
letter: written by the defendant to
Miss Kenyon, bearing date Friday,
p M, April 2Sth. 1t wSs written from
Oran.geburg by the defendant in Jail,
and was mailed to her at st. George:
1 have heard nothing from the
court house Thursday, but / under
stand that the prosecution is going to
try and convict me as criminal on
! the ground that the divorce which was
,.ranted my former wife In California
LAST ot December would not permit
me ~ be married to anybody else for
one year: That is, until next 4th or
9Th of December (seven months in the
future). 1 think they are wrong. l
think that / could be married In any
State outside of California just when
l please, after the divorce is granted
II l made mistake that could easily
be rectitied by my waiting until De-
cember 4th or 5th and then securing
a license in Georgia and being married
there according to the laws Of Geor-
gia. l did not understand all the lit
tie techn!calities Of marriage or divorce
laws in any State. I hnew nothing at
all about the laws OF South Carolina.
Never heard one thing about them be.
fore l came down here. All the States
have different laws and what is law
here is not law in Georgia."
He goes on to justify himself in
marrying Miss Kenyon on the ground
that he did not know he was doing
divorce and suggests that they can
wait until after the 4th Of next De-
cember and be remarked and purposes
to arrange for her support in the
meanwhile
HIS FIRST MARRIAGE.
The following is portion Of let
ter written by defendant, addressed to
Hiss Kenyon and her mother jointly,
from the Orangeburg jail at this place
on the Saturday afternoon when he
was first committed to JAIL
Il see by The State that Sister Mary;
in examining my letters. found enc
from my divorced wife, indicating that
she believed that had a wife some.
where else She was mistaken. When
L was 21 years old l married q girl
in Pennington, Illinois. Her people IS
name was Cone. Her name was Louisa
Cone. She had brother named Will,
liam Cone, residing there. Be kind
enough to write to Pennington, Lii.
nois, and find out all about her. She
was not my wife when l married the
woman whose letter you read. (Here
Is given a statement as to his first
wife's unfaithfulness)
l left her and If you will write to
any OF the older citizens OF Farming
ton, Illinois, you will be able to know
surely that had no wife when 1 mar
ricd the woman who lives in Califor-
MIA, and who was my lawful wife un-
til divorced December 4th, 1904.
Il have now told you all my history.
There is no one else and nothing more,
ana L have nothing to conceal from
you or any one. l think the Presby-
terl2n minister married me to Miss
Louisa Cone. 1 got the marriage IL
cense at Lewiston, In Fulton county.
| think you had better send imme6i-
ateiy and find out all about her. If
there are any questions you or your
lawyer would like to ask 1 will take
pleasure In answering them.
TRIED TO DO RIGHT.
am not criminal. I have tried
to do right. l have had a strange
history, but l have never harmed nor
attempted nor done any act to defila
nor to lead any woman to do wrong.
have had to endure it and it was
more than l could bear. 1 am sorry
TO say that many Of our northern SO
clety women are not true to their hus
ASSi Pi0COJ ouiC UlldU ut1C WCll
bread southern lady Is one whom
husband can trust.
Il recognize no man as my superior,
when 1t comes to purity OF character.
| am sorry Sister Mary suspicioned
me OF being q scoundrel. It's bad for
all OF us, and would have been far bet
Ter TO use more patience and not lump
TO a hasty conclusion. If l have
been too hasty or have made any mis-
takes, 1t was OF my desire to have nv
'Rcbekkah' with me to be my helper
and companion in arranging my man
uscsipt for publication as soon as DOS
Siblc."
Another letter from Millard tells of
letter he wrote to the clerk of court
out In Iowa, asking whether divorce
mad ever been granted to Louisa Mil
lard. 1t Is evidently the reply to that
letter that was written on April 25th
by Clerk Stacy from Osceola, Iowa,
which had been copied above, stating
that a divorce was granted Louisa
in 1880 Several lettarc fron,