The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
A Wife, Deserted and iii, in an
Unknown Land.
IS BEING CARED FOR
The Woman Is au Immigrant from peIand
and comlssionor Watson Has Taken
Charge OF iier Case Although
She Was Not Brought
Here by Him.

hSiS Wy lllIu.
" Alone In astrange country; desert.
oy the man who.had taken with h
Ghe solemn maritalavows;}ill wish ii
d dread which woman alone can .su
If ler; and unable to converse with tho.
d around her. Such was the pitiab
Q phght or woman who was foup
a weak and starving in Columbia Fr
8 oay. Applying at the bones of th
people or Columbia, she was unable {
! make known her wants, until finail
9 sile sank exhausted upon the step c
s G'le nome OF kind ehearted people VIII
t I'VE IN the;most respectable part @
! Che oity. The following particular
i State: ~ VI
Mr. e. j. Watson, the conmlsaione
OF Immigration, was communicates,
, with at once, and although he was an
gs SD In moving his Office effects from
Iie . Iate house to q temporary Cf1ic,
IN the !2'story building, he gave i'm
1neo'ate attention tc the warts ct t.,;
suHering woman. With Mr.. Frank
Myers for an Interpreter, MIR. Watson
"ent 70 the home whore the woman
was oelpg cared for temporarily, and
as he had suspected, the unfortunate
creature proved to be native OF po-
land. "
Mr. Myers engaged her In conversa.
Ilon' the hrst time since her desertion
oy htr husband that she had heard
l'el native tongue. The woman told
as6ory which cannot be dIsbelieved
she is about 80 years Of age and rather
comely In appearance, although she
mas seen. much anxiety and s.If,erino
recently. She was uaable to write
sven IN her own language, and her
name. as we'll as could be guessed
rom her pronunciation, is Stsphanki.
Ihls woman and her husband. to
whom she was married two years ayo.
came TO this country from the prov.
lhce or Galatia in Poland three
months ago. Two months ago ttey
were brought to G:eenyille TO york in
q a'ct'roaj-"iv,:s.-~ ~ :, the mills there
Her husband obtained work at q re-
muneration OF 95 week. and the two
appeared to be living happily in ex-
pectation Of approaching events until
S'ASS "SSho osO WHO'LL BIC was uGS6I
ed and left penniles' among people
with whom she could not even con.
verse.
After a period Of embarrassing
anxiety, the. woman set out on foot
for Columbia, and walked ell the way.
She was given assistance by the kind
hearted farm people along the way,
and one family gave her pair Of shoes
which she needed badly for the
weather has been very severe.
When Mr.. Watson vas Motif I'd Fri
day, he found the woman In state
OF collapse and exhaustion. She was
SO weak that she could not keep
awake and kept dropping OFF to sleep.
When through the interpreter Mr..
Watson had cured the story of hel
hutferings he SIT about to find a place
where she could he cared for until be
could communicate with the govern
ment authorities. For the fedora
government makes provision for sucf
unfortunate people as this and abe
would be cared for at the hospital a,
Ellis Island as soon as he could max,
the arrangements.
The Door OF Hope is crowded
and there was no place for the poo
woman there. Finally Mr.. Watts IL
found boarding place for the unfost
unate creature at house near tn
union depot, and here she will sta
, until she can be sent to Ellis Island
y Tue woman's gratitude was a movln
: spectacle, and Mr.. Watson feels mar
, times repaid for the three hours h
: spent In trying to get her located ten
porlllly.
: The romantic part OF the story
:, this: The arrival Of the Pole, Fran
: Sob!etSky, In Columbia a few week
J, ago corresponds with tho tins thu
= the woman was deserted by he
husband, and 1T is m)re than probab
: that he Is the vagabond who desertc
= mis- wife. The woman's condition di
:. not permit that she be allowed to col
- front the Unfortunate Pole who is lyir
:. In hospital in this city with one le
- . cut of rs the result Of an accident {
!. the Southern railway last Sunday whe
e he was caught walking across a lor
~ trestle few miles north CT Columbi
e 1t will be recalled that when Sobl
- ski came here he was unable to spes
- In English. He was engaged to wo
= for farmer In Richland county al
y was running away when he was knoc
cd of the trestle. It is barely probab
# that be was trying to get back
IA Greenville when he was caught-pr
,. vided OF course he Is the renegra
in husband OF the suff ring woman. In
n. gard to this case Mr.. Watson said la
,d night:
In The State department Of agricl
v ture. commerce and immigration h
tn been placed at decided disadvanta
in by reason of such a case as this. TT
90 woman was not brought to South Oi
,d olina by reason OF any action of t
to department., and l regret that .it
~ impossible for me, because OF her la
n. of knowledge OF the. Eaglish .lapgua
,d to ascertain by whom she was broug
m to the State. When. the call came
me In the shape that 1t did and | S
the poor creature and talked With |
through an interpreter 1t would ha
on been necessary for me to have had
les heart OF stone not to have attemp D,
at to do something for her. The p
ere creature was In such a condition I'll
j. | did not believe she could have k
ac- her eyes open another half hour.
ng After trying several places VIII
'ut l thought 1t would be best for her
be, l finally took her to q board