The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-22
aARa|MAN'S WILL, FILED.
LEAVES MORE THAN $4,000, 900
TO HIS WIFE.
Wall street Estimates OF Late Finan-
cdc~'s Fortune Run rs High as
800. 600. 900.

$AWSsVVVsVVV.
New York. Sept ia hundred
brief words. weighted each with ap-
proxiastely $1.o0o.000 and contain
1ng I've their entirety the last testa-
ment of Edward II. Hartman. made
his widow. Mary Averell Hartman,
one of the wealthiest women In the
wovid II Is perhaps the briefest will
ON record for the disposal Of any
estate Of such magnitude. All his
property Is left to Mrs. Hartman.
WAN street estimates that Mrs.
Hartman will inherit In realty and
personal property between $4,000. 900
and sioo.ose.e 600. Mr.. Harriman's
private fortuae Ii supposed to have
bssa greater than this by many mil
Mems. hut there Is reason to believe
that his unmarried daughters. Mary
and Carol. his married daughter. Mrs.
Robert iLivingstone Gerry. and his
tw0 SONS. william Averell and Ro-
lAud- a boy Of IA. together with his
surviving sister. Mrs. Simons. and
other relatives. have all been substan-
tiaIb provided for In gifts out Of
hand and trust funds set aside by
Mr.. Msrrisnsn during his lifetime.
The VIII Is dated June 8. 1903, and
II was witnessed by Charles A. Pea
body. president Of the Mutual Life
1nnarsace Company. who drew 1t, and
c. c. Tcthgon. Mr. Peabody was Mr..
Harrimsn's close personal friend and
was frequently a caller at Arden
house during his last illness. He re-
ninquished a law practice commonly
estimsted as worth 100000 year
te assume at smaller salary the
suscWave direction Of company in
whics af~. Hartman was heavily In
s.ressed. Mr.. Tethso4 was Mr. Har-
riman's personal secretary.
Hrs. Hartman was Miss Mary Av-
Rysll. daughter Of +. w. Averell. a
vvexlthv banker Of Rochester. who
made mis- money In the Rome. Water
tswn d Ogdensburg railroad. She
brought her husband financial aid In
his early struggles In the market.
when - w2s most valuable to him.
He aswts needed II again. for his ad-
minisssetive ability soon won for him
Ahs support ne needed. Their So
years Of married life has always been
sASd Ia be Ideally happy.
Upow Mrs. Harriman's shoulderS
wIp now rest the administration OF
thb ls.0eQ acres Of woodland. pasture
lands aud fertile black bottoms In
the Rsmpo valley and on the steep
sides Of Tower Hill: the completion
Of the great house on which It's mas
tsr had already iavished $500. 900
without living to see II finished: and
these psaWs of public benefaction--
parks and forest reservations--which
% - kaowa that Mr.. Hartman cher
naled. though he makes no mention
Of thess In his will. II the estate
weaxurex up to expectation Mrs.
Hartman. according to common esti-
mafios here. In the weaithiest woman
IN the world. Mrs. Hetty Green's
ho,diags have been estimated at 340.-
oeo.ooe: those Of Mrs. Frederick
Court,sed Penheld. who was Ann
Weightmsn Of Philadelphia. at $780,
oes.ees and those of Mrs. Russell
Sage =, a like amount.
The will was fled today with the
surrogate Of Orange County. New
York. NJ Goshen. It was pointed out
at Goshen today that by making no
beques,s To children or relatives. Mr..
Harrin,o avoided the large share of
the enormous inheritance tax. which.
under the laws Of the State Of New
York would otherwise be imposed.
Mrs. Hasriman's dover rights are
subject to no tax whatever. and the
remaining two-thirds of the estate to
= tax of only 1 per cent
OreWge County Is the home Of mil
honsires and the county clerks files
hold many important Wills that of
yamSS s. (Silent) Smith, for example,
which disposed Of $4,000. 900 paid
an Inheritance tax Of $s23.495.55. the
largest on record.