The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-04-28

by Miss Kenyon's pastor, tteir reply
was they preferred the writer and
had no idea they had been refused a
marriage at that place until I saw
The State Thursday.
e M. LIaHTFOoT.
Baptist Minister.
Instead Of taking Mr.. Lightfoot's
advice, Mlllard made himself comfort
able In Orangeburg and seemed to be
IN no hurry to get away. He was on
the street fr. quentlY Thursday and
Friday morning and impressed these
he came In contact with az being a
gentleman. He announced that he
would deliver a free lecture at the
courthouse on Friday night, as will be
seen by the card published below:
MILLARD's STATEMENT
Millard ON Friday gave ont the fol
lowing card:
70 the People Of Orangeburg:
Lam glad of the Opportunity to saw
few words In The Evening News in
behalf Of myself.
came to your city Wednesday and
was married to lovable woman by
the Rev. DR.. e M Lightfoot. lam
from Indiana, and was perfectly igno.
rant nf the laws Of South Carolina in
regard to divorces. Being unhappily
married over 20 years ago and having
lived only few years with my wife,
who. upon her own confession, proved
herself to le a most depraved woman,
l obtained divorce for such cause as
Christ himself designated.
I have alwapS cop6ucto5 povco1f n q
a Christian gentleman, devoting my
self all these years to the cause Of
Christ ard denying myself the pleas
ures of q home, and all It's sweet influ-
ences, until my acquaintance with my
cousin, the good Christian girl whom
l have just married.
The article which appeared in The
Columbia State Of Wednesday is an
outrage and malicious lie.
Our marriage was not the outcome
Of an advertisement as therein stated,
but OF friendship OF many, many
months, 1 have not deceived anyone
and am here To teach people to live as
Christians in all love and sincerity.
am charmed with your town, and
your people have treated myself and
wife as you would wish to be treated
yourselves. Yes, have been treated
royalty by you all and thank yeu
most heartily.
am no fraud as the article In The
State would make 1t appear. l am of
world wide reputation and my char.
acter Is above reprOach. 1t Is unchris-
tianlike 10 attack in such Il manner
one, who though a stranger, wishes
only to do good and one who never
harmed a livlrg being.
have decidr2 tn give a free lecture
| in the court house tonight and cordi-
ally invite the whole town to come
out. Those who wish con contribute
to general collection after the lee
ture If they feel they have been prof
lied.
1 am very co daily and sincerely
yours. KENYON V MILLARD.
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
| Wnile Mllard was making himself
at. home In Orangeburg enj ,ying the
honey moon with his new wife serious
trouble was brewing for him at St
George. 1t seems that Mis-. Mary
Rice, sister Of the young lady that
Millard had just married, had gone
down to ST George on Thursday night
to see about the report OF the mar.
rlage. Friday morning Mrs. Rice and
her mother, Mrs. Kenyon, 0verhauled
some OF Miilard's possessions which
he had Left at the hotel when he cams
to Orangeburg to get married. 1t Is
said tn Sc ladies' found letter or let
teIs from wife Of Millard's now liv
ing In the west, in which Is Stateo
that she is tired OF the treatment thai
she is receiving at his hands, after
havirg been married for % years
and that she had just learned
that Miilard had an undivorc
ed wife, 20 whom he had baen
married previous to the one from
which the letter in question came. Tht
wife who wrote the Litter states, 1t /,
said. In the course OF her letter, that
M,llard's four cnildren, calling them by
name, send love to their father.
This intclligen nee came as great
shock to the mother aud sister OF the
present bride, and they were so borri.
fled tn think that their daughtsr and
sister had been duprd that They sum
named Mr. r. L Weeks, their az.
torney, who arranged to have Mil
lard arrested at O.angeburg upon a
warrant that was arranged to be sworn
OUT upon iDf r rnation and belief Tue
arrest vas made by Chl OF P, Ii :e
Fischer un warrant sworn out by
officer S. j. B0zird. AS soon as the
arrest was made Millari was taken to
| che office OF Mag gistrate Brunson,
| where he was examined. He was re.
presented by Judge James f. Izlar.
Millard was quite ind gnant over his
arrest, aud was at times dramatic in
his expressions. After living an honor
able life so far, he said, it was bitter
to think Of being arrested and sep
erat. d from his beautiful flower"
Commitment papers were made out
and MiIlard was remanded to the
custody uf the police. He is at board
Ing house under guard OF the police,
ball having been fixed at $500 but not
given. He was committed to jail on
Saturday morning. Nlillard sent the
following telegram on Friday after
noon:
County Clerk Haw, Eureka, Humboldt
County, California.
Was a decree OF divorce issued for
Mrs. Ada Milard against K. V. MIL
lard, Dec. 4Jh, 1904?
x. V. M1LLARD.