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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Daughter Saddeued.

When seen BY reporter at her Ut
tie home. at B07 Cay street, Mrs
Norah Hende rson Benton. the sister
wife OF 8IurIe F. BENTON. was wash
iIE in the btck yard. She is a small
woman. and her face is saddencd by
this trouble.
Yes. we wee married April 10. in
TIE courthouse ar Neatherford. and
when they first told us THAI we were
brother and sister. we would not De
Eeve f. We thought that IT was some
scheme 20 get us separated. and
while 7 cant believe u. yet raothcr
taxes oath that MurIie IS her son. and.
OF course. + cant doubt her word.
III we were children II vouIG be
different. but we are man and woman
grown; Murl.e is thirty-fve and I am
going on twer seven. Why didn't
they tell us2 such things may be all
right 10 keen from children. but we
were not children I don't see how
they car blame us; we didn't know.
I was always told that 7 had cousin
Murlie ia Fannin county. and his
grandma told him that his mother was
his aunt. and we all were his cousins
After the days work IN the machine
shop Murlie Benton was again seen
al the Pacific House and consented TO
accompany the interviewer 10 the
home Of his sister-uife
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Strange Irony Of Fate.

Then with Unhappiness OF 10 all her
good mother had reared the boy. She
had gone out Of the chiId's life. In
forgiving. the grandmother. Mrs.
Eliza Benton. who lived down in Sa-
voy. in Fannin county, refused 20 tell
him OF his father, his mother or his
past This was the great mistake
the great cloud under which he Ia
bored that made Il possible for him
10 meet and love, and marry the
daughter OF his own mother.
1T is very strange he said II
have wandered over the entire coun-
try from a boy Of sixteen. when I
began caring for myself. I have work
cd and I lived IN almost every city
from Boston 20 san Francisco. and
from Canada % Mexico. and returned
o Fort Worth 20 marry the woman
who is my siSteT-at least thew tell
me she is my sister.
II the court DEGREES she is Z sun
pose I wiz take up my wandering
again And 7 was so happy I'm think
ing I had settled down and had 4
home
Several ahldavits from relatives and
friends showing that both parties we're
ignorant Of their true reIar 0rShin
have been sent 10 Attorney Goldsmith
az Cleburue, and he VIII take the mat
ter before the grand jury, which sits
October 3. and ask that the victims
OF a deception started IN the girlh0od
ot 2 woman now gray may or may not
suffer any further trouble and sorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Put SdCChdrin
In Center of a
Sack of Flour

No article since duties were first lev
.eG offers such temptation 10 the Snug
sler as saccharin. partly because Of tie
high duty on IT, which amounts to s.
a pound, and partly because II lends
itself so easily to con. eaITuent- The
various seizures, principally in the east
If London. which have oeen made re
GENTLY, show that the smUggler * tax
ing advantage of his opportunity anu
tne revenue authorities are at their
wits end To cope with the Illicit traffic
As matter Of fact, spirits and to-
Dacco, with all the romantic tales OF
adventure associated with them are no
longer fashionable with the smdggler.
SaCCharin has taken tier place. says
the London Standard. Under ordinary
circumstances saccharln. which Is reck-
med to be 800 times sWeeteT than sugar.
IS imported In at least four different
forms, the Characteristic properties OF
which are: a white glisteunG crystal
me powder, a dull White powder r. e
- milling icing sugar, = white coarse
granular powder. and crystals In small
pieces or various sizes. similar in APP
pearance TO common alum
Saccharin has been found concealed
IN the center OF bags of starch and
sacks of flour, in sacks Of potatoes, in
casks OF resin. casks of FISH offal.
an cases ingeniously made up TO rep
resent the tops OF tables. in bottles
labeled health salts. a small quantity
of that article being placed on top TO
disguise the contents: in phosphates, in
ingots Of potash salt, OF sUlphamide
benZoic acid, made up IN the shape and
appearance of night lights, in bags of
sugar. even in bamboo canes. in fact.
In almost every Imaginable variety of
casks and packages containing goods
Of an innocent description.
1t Is also to be feared that a con-
siderable Illicit traffic IN this highly
dutiable article Is carried on by pas
sengers passing to and from the Con
tnent, and the means resorted 10 are
as various IS they are ingenious In
one recent case a passenger was dis
covered wearing a tight-ftting calico
vest next his skin containing seven
pounds Of saccharin- In another case
belt assing in coils around the body
was the means employed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Judge Forced Man
To Take His Wife
To Coney Island

There was a time-and not so very
f7ng ago, either-when the law took the
road view that a criminal was incura-
: p. Therefore. he or she was hanged
1t OF hand. and the state was put TO
ID further trouble or expense. But
6 world has grown more humane
lore moderate methods prevail, and the
rim is now reformation. not vengeance.
fys Parsons Weekly.
IN New Zealand. for instance, they
I'VE passed new act dealing with
bitual criminals About year ago a
man named Sparrow, who had been pre-
siously convicted Of twenty-seveu
crimes. was the first TO be declared an
habitual criminal. and was sentenced to
he sent TO a refornatCry and kept there
until he reformed
In America the magistrate is permitted
much more latitude in dealing with
those brought before him than is the
British ]. p. 4 Brooklyn magistrate 'had
before him, a few months ago, a man
accused Of abandoning his wife ana
child. This was his verdict;
Il sentence you 10 take your wife and
little girl TO Coney Island Cthe New York
eeuside pleasure resort once a week, 10
kiss your wife at least once a day. and
to give her s. (25 shilliags) Of your week
y earnings. I further suggest that you
occasionally buy her a bunch Of flowers
or ether little gift On no account are
you to allow your niother-ln-law TO in
terfere IN your domestic affairs. This
sentence IS Of four weeks duration. AT
the end OF that time you are both TO ap-
pear here and report; and II you have
not been obedient I shall punish YOU for
contempt Of court"
Al the end of the stipulated period the
couple did appear. The man was carry
ing the little girl. Both looked happier
and more prosperous. The magistrate
called them into his private room and
congratulated them both He has kept
On eye Oh them since and quite recently
declared that IL was the most success
,ul sentence that he had ever passed in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

This IS ~ he halted. Mrs
Norah Henderson he slowly said In
Introducing the visitor. He seemed N
doubt whether he should INTRODUCES
her as Mrs Henderson or Mrs. Ben
ton.
The man and woman. brother and
sister. and ar the same time husband
and wife. sat down side Dy side upon
a couch They were not eager 10 tell
Of their strange family relationship.
nor were they backward in IFS dis-
cUssion- They seemed more as ones
weary Of beating over again the
ground they have gone over 80 many
times together
The TWO looked back upon the ionr
road OF the past wEich 50 strangely
led them together They now see the
diverging pathways which they must
follow in the future Fate brought
brother and sister together 40 man
and wife, and now fate must separate
them. seeing the great error that has
been made
There's some mistake. saya tbs
man.
i am convinced. says the woman.
Legally they are married i'm ths
eyes Of the law Of Texas.
Legally they cannot be married IN
Ger that self same law.
The court win be asked to dissolve
me marriage-if they are brother and
sister This the court must decide
on a mothers memory viii prob
ably depend the decision u the court
ITklng IN the mans bosom In
eolot OF his real identity. a feeling
mat some error is stealing his wife
from him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Women Growing
aller Each Year.
Says Physician

Thirteen hundred and seventy-nine
yoUng women, with their 1879 mothers.
have recently been the objects OF the
curiosity Of a group OF English phys!-
clans who are endeavoring to show,
from comparison Of the relative
heights of women past and present.
that the divinity OF the future viii not
only exceed her sisters Of the past in
stature and development. but viii uIti-
mately come 10 look down on mere mis-
ter man in more senses than one For
the darling IS growing; growing so fast
that il LOO years the average woman
VIII be taller than the average man by
half a head. II not very much more
All this has been carefully worked
out. and guesswork has not been =
lowed 10 play any part IN the investiga-
tons AS everybody knows. the devo-
ton that women have displayed 10 ont
door sports within the past generation
dating roughly from 1S75-has been re-
sponsibie for the statistical fact that
the girls Of the day-said girls being.
let us say. in the last 'teens-exceed
thcir mothers by nearly three inches in
height
In 1873 the girl OF eighteen or nineteen
stood only five feet three inches in her
we'll without her shoes. Today the
succeeding charmer OF the same age il
AT least five feet FIVE Inches In the
meantime how has man fared2 Accord
ing TO the British statisticians. who deal
with Europeans. man has fallen by at
least three-fourths Of an inch within
the past 100 years; nor are there any
signs that there is an upward tendency
among the males On the contrary the
! Of
squat. if not stunIed, beside his JunOn-
ian sister.-Rehoboth Sunday Herold-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

Then. when IL was too late. Molie
Lyle. who has kept silent all these
years comes forward and says:
You are brother and sister. You
are my own boy. the son Of Tom
Nichols NY mother told a falsehood
when she said. Your mother IS dead.
Her hate for Tom Nichols and the
deception that we have both practiced
has caused this
While / can see no reason why
she should say this il II not so, / can
not believe II. / cannot believe that
the good woman who brought me UP
told a falsehood when she said. Your
mother is dead
Mrs Mollie Lytle, the widow Of
James Lyle. was seen n the ironing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

81 learned 10 be a machinlst. and
worked at my trade wherever / could
get the best VICES Till twelve years
ago / met and married Nettie Rector
This marriage was not a happy one.
and we separated, she marrying again.
Il came 10 Fort Worth in July.
1897. and met Mollie Lyle, the woman
who claims 20 be my mother. in the
Texas and Pacific depot. Norah Hen
derson and another cousin. Ellie Tur-
ner. were there waiting 10 take The
train for Arkansas. Aunt FIolHe In
troduced me to Norah FIenJ rson and
told us we were cousins.
we commenced 10 go together IN
March. and last April we were mar
ried in the courthouse at Westherford.
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and I know that ,hey diIa't mistrust
their true relationship
When 8Iurli- was eight years old
met MI Lyle He was a Whoever
with foIr children we married ami
Iad two children. oscar and Norah-
Ncrph msrried Marshall Henderson
about seven years dEC. ald had TWO
children. After his death she cane
20 live with me, ard 1 Supported the
family by working here. And now
This has come Up trorl the past buried
long ago 70 cause trouble. Oh what
shall I IOl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
His Motor Cycle.

~ Europe and the near and far
n East in search Of new toys
for children is the mission
upon which J. Stout, popularity known
as Jack Knife" Of a st. Paul paper.
has departed. He is now on the way
10 New York On arrival there he
win take passage to the British Isles.
and thence proceed to the continent
of Europe, where he viii visit the
different countries in his search for
things new Ia the way of toys for
children. Not only will he send home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

department Of the laundry ami willing
~ gave the whole history IF the case.
Her face saddened, however. when she
recalled the sirlish infatuati0n with
Tom Nicrols. and the subsequent
marriage against the wishes Of her
I,arents.
-On II they had only told me- she
moaued. Il could Lave stopped all
this trouble. Oh why dime they tell
ne, I work from daylight TO dark
here at this table. How did 1 know
that they intended - marry
Yes. he is NV son. and she is ms
daughter I have made an affidavit
70 that and have also made afr
dayit that I introduced them and al
ways told them Jhey were cousins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

IT. EARS streamcd down the face
Of the aged mother as she saw
the necessity OF revealing the
past that justice 10 this and
future generations might be done. The
strange story reads like a romance,
but il IS only too true. and brother
and sister with numberless afidavits
showing that they knew not Of their
true relationship are asking for al
annulment. and praying that theS may
not be punished for the wrongs Of
others.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
AT THE KNOTHOLE.

'HOw's de game. Chimmie2''
DE home team s got two men down"
Say. OATS tough"
GWan- Oue OF EN- is ie guy dat
made de home run off us, nd de udder
one Is de umpire. Puck
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

specimens. nut he will write instruc-
tons as TO how they can be made at
home. After visiting Europe, he will
pass into Asia, TO continue mis- search
among the toymakers. He proposes
doing the entire tour on an autocycle
especially made in st. Paul for the
trim.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

BRO
~ ROTHER and
I sister stand
y :: !: !: :. !: !: ). J. !.
n WpS\0 ing as hus-
n Hk NM band and
d BAS II wife in the
q I@z7 - courts Of
n Texas All
- praying for
the annulment of a marriage
consummated while they
were under the impression
that they were only cousins,
is the last chapter in the
story Of love, hate, and de-
ception which began more
than a generation ago. Muir
lie r. Benton separated from
his first wife, was introduced
by a woman, whom he sup
posed to be Lis AUNT Mol
lie," but who was in reality
his own mother, to her
daughter. Norah Henderson,
the widowed wife of Mar
shall Henderson.
The cousinly affection soon
ripened into love, but the
gray-haired mother who tolls
from morning until night in
the ironing department of a
steam laundry was uncon-
scious Of the work of Cupid,
and the warning that she
would have only too gladly
given was left unsaid.
When men and women
marry for the second time
they generally feel that there
is no need of the fuss and
furry of a big wedding, so
Murlie took Cousin Norah"
and went to WeatherfOrd
where they were joined in
marriage by the justice of
the peace in the courthouse.
That night they returned
to receive the parental bless
ing. Mother" said Norah,
81 have brought you home a
son." A son indeed! Her first
born, the offspring Of a clan
destine maria &c nearly
forty years ago, given by her
to her mother and reared to
believe that his mother was
dead. Now, not only a son
but a son-in-law, the husband
of her own daughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
PICKING OUT A lob.

Work" observed the reflective dead
beat-'-work is All right IL you can get
the sort to suit your individual needs L
for instance. wouldn't object &c calling
out the stations on an Atlantic liner. -
Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

must die unless nourishment was pro
cided. Mrs Haas secured two mother
cats whose kittens had been drowned.
and entrusted them with the task OF
looking after the superhuous puppies.
The cats at once asserted their ma
ternal instincts,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

icr MS mothers sake. but tho nate
for the father was So strong that she
coulc not bear to roar him under the
name Of Nichols, and the boy grew 20
manhood as Murlie +. Benton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

w LILLIAN r. HAAS. Of ST
NM Paul, is thu possessor ol
v an English water spaniel
year old the mother Of
no less than sixteen cute little pup
pies. Foreseeing that half the litter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

The tragedy had its beginning mean
~ forty years ago in Tennessee, when
pretty Mollie Benton, against the
wishes Of her parents. listened to the
entreatfes Of Tom Nichols and became
Lis wife.
To this unhappy union a son Murlie
+. now the most talked about hus-
band in Texas was born July 10. 1915
After the separation OF "a her and
mother the little boy. still an infant.
was given TO his grandmother TO rear.
Mrs. Eliza +. Benton loved the lad
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and
sister stand
ing as hus-
band and
wife in the
courts Of
Texas md
praying for
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02

A Buffalo, NJ Y, Paper Makes Strong Defense of This
Section, and Denounces SANDERS by Northern Papers
From the Buffalo IN. W Republic.

ForeF United States Senator e. W Cagnaek of Tennessee
the newspapers in
5 1S9 over what they were pleased term the a"en of the
ignorant the Night Riders
provinces Kentucky
Notwithstanding powers states
relations and capture and punish the guilty. " ~ " ~ wy
brute of is ynched in Mississippi the northern
Whenever crime of any special public interest committed any
awful example Of bensed unregsneae and criminal society and
mob sovereign and every native swagg about with shor on
by northern press
long enough ana more columns editorial rot nave been PuGned
and criminal escaades of high society from
When recall the shooting down of Stanford White by Thaw
the dynmting utrages of the Black Hand the
cry at Homestead ene annual S S 5d e ]
in Manhattan the age % a S Unchecked
UNPUBLISHED crimes Of high finance in which whole communities
should marvel the patient moderation of the south
f sn Ts 2 the ei heoas @ @ S1es
There is no sq b bg are there nons m the north? Isn't
fact are the heart of Chicago where eod the
And what about the records Of Psa northern nen
the country than do the 6esIo {n'ns % the which nine out
editors not primitive intelse4Se There
districts in the south |n f 'e NEGROES ] n Is tho most
bnighe the continent without exception You can
Rbifa0t to SQUARE mile social
and R n teRng all in all throughout
h @m6 PopuGS mns in Pisburg York
The northern neTsP2Pe @ hquEn a @ there OF a thing
as Iawess harm alone the south but to the
The forty and a n Northern Edo od
patiently bearing burden represented by millions OF an indoen
has made and is gigantic strides along educational and
industrial lines TO eS wiesg than in other sections Of the
try is to lie into the nations history ana yet In
thus decrys and when might with far greater
profit to the the p 1o TRicS It so seryey
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
SHOOTING OF REV. MORRIS
PARTICULARS OF THE SENSA-
TEON IN BAKER COUNTY.

TAYLOR Says Minister Went to Mrs.
Taylor's Room at Night. Morris
Friends Say Charge is Outrage.
Elsewhere in The News reference
is made to a sensational affair at
Milford, in which a citizen of that
town shot the Methodist minister for
alleged undue familiarity with the
formers wife. Fuller particulars of
the occurrence are given by the Ar
Iugton Courier as follows:
Reports Of the shooting at Mil
ford, in Baker county, Sunday after
noon Of Rev. Z. Morris. pastor of the
Methodist church at that place. by
Z. L. Taylor, a cedar timber man
from Florida who has only been in
that section since July, created con-
siderable interest here among those
who knew one or both parties to the
tragedy
1T is said that the reason Taylor
gives for shooting the preacher is
that the latter had attempted as
Sault upon Mrs Taylor the Friday
night previous while her husband
was away from the home. The two
families lived in the same house. the
preachers family consisting of wife
and four children, and Taylor's fam
lily of two children by former wife,
and MS present wife, the 17-year-Old
daughter of Mrs. Hudgins of Milford,
"nom he married in August of this
year Taylor had been gathering
lumber in that section and had rented
part OF the house in which he lived
rom Morris. He claims that when
ne returned home Saturday night
after a weeks absence his wife told
Inn that Morris had tried to be I'M
e1ly afectionate with her. and on
lne night previous had entered her
yea room after she had retired and
4 reused to leave the room until she
threatened to call his wife. who was
u an adjoining room.
taylor says that after hearing
oIlS ne prepared to shoot Morris the
tisI good opportunity he got, which
was sunday afternoon while the lat
'ef was returning through town from
n "i' NOhuJi CuuICn6S. dylOI
was at an old store talking to some
l"fueS, and hailed the preacher as
re came by and told him he had bet
ei say MS prayers, as he was going
W XII him, and proceeded to fire his
rISloI' He shot six times, hitting
oAiy with the first shot. the bullet
so.nS INTO the left leg within six
,1cheS OF the knee, and had it gone
n" haf inch lower would have sew
gu an artery and Morris would
ooaniy have bled to death before
"e physician could reach him. DR..
49, r. bugg Of Leary was summoned
-u treated the wound.
rev Mr. Morris denies Mrs Tay-
story in toto. and has the sym
~%'"| Of most Of the community.
Nv people there seem to think the
-og1'ils was the result of some small
luEe' possibly a horse swap the
5"Vuef made recently. Mr.. Morris
cl -a'S an excellent reputation in the
Az. l'I'uhlty as a pious, christian gen
hi, '' va and has never given the peo-
n. mere the least suspicious to doubt
~ sincerity His friends say that
~ SLnarge brought against him and
~ ""o'lhg are an outrage"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-02
HE STOPPED footing.
How the Farmer Quieted the Horn
Solo of a MOtOrist.

A certain New York automobilist
visited a secluded locality in Long
Island at the opening of the hunting
season. In narrow road he came
up behind a ramshackle country
wagon, pulled by one horse. He
couldn't pass with his machine, so he
footed his horn vociferOusly as a
signal to the driver to pull to one
side. The horse began to dance and
prance and the more the horn footed
the higher he jumped The driver,
between leaps, turned around and
signaled the autoist to stop footing.
Get out of the road then" yelled
that individual grinning and redoub-
ling his horn solo.
The driver, holding his frightened
nag with one hand, reached under
the seat, pulled out a shotgun,
snapped the breech open and showed
in a shelf. "Now, stop tootin', dang
ye!" he shouted, pointing the gun
right at the motOrist.
The footing stopped and the wag-
on crawled along at a snail's pace
for miles, while a vanquished motor
list crawled along behind, searching
his memory for new things he'd like
to call that farmer-and didn't dare.