The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-04

at the close of the hearing, her eoun-
sci requested the Court to allow the
mother the custody Of the two chill
dren, pending he settlement Of the
case. The Court stated that it would
decide the matter and made no rul-
ing at the time on this point.
Children in Adjacent Room.
Ignorant Of what was going on be-
yond the door that screened them
from those Within the Supreme Court
room, the two little girls around
whom eenters so much Of contest,
played in the clerks room, where
was also Mrs. B. R. Tillman, this
morning. In order to amuse the el-
der a pencil and piece Of paper
were given her. At once she sat
down and said: "Now, I am going
to write note to mamma - The
younger said, eyes, I want to see
my Mamma" but the mother did not
see the children, for they were not
brought into the Court room. She ex-
pressed desire to b. with them 10
her friends.
Many Women in Court.
A mother seeking her two babes!
The sisterhood of women brought
many Of those whose lives are given
for others to the Court room this
morning. Even before the case was
called there were ladies in the lobby
T of the State House, and after the
case had been entered into and the
| Court room was crowded almost to
its capacity more ladies arrived; It
Was necessary for tie Court to sus=
pend for a few minutes owing to the
confusion Of providing seats for the
, ladies. Some were not able to Sc
cure a place in the Court room, and
stood on chairs without and looked in
through the large glass doors Of the
Supreme Court room. On the out
side one lady was seated in one of
{ the outer windows of the room. Much
interest was manifested by the la
dies present, and not one Of them
left during the course of the proceed
ings, all remaining during the four
hours Of the hearing.
Many prominent men we're pres
ent at the hearing, including mem
bers of the legislature, prominent
lawyers and men in every profession.
Of the Tillman family, there were
present Senator Tllman, B. R. Till
man, Jr., Henry Tillman and others
connected with the family. Mrs. B.
R. Tillman, Jr., was accompanied to
the Court room by several Of her
hnsmen. ...
The Afidavits. .
This most remarkable case was be-
gun by the reading of a number of
afdavits and the complaint of the
petitioner. This complaint, which
has already been published sets out
the allegations as to the taking
away of the children from the wife,
the alleged cruelties on the part Of
the husband, the deciding Of the
children to Senator and Mrs. B. r.
TiLlman, and the agreement pre-
viously reached and the subsequent
separation.
The amdavits are numerous IN
this part Of the proceeding,' touching
the question of Mrs. !Tsllman's abil-
ity to handle the children properly
and most all Of the affidavits as to
the personal character of, Mrs. Till
man.. Three: striking ,affdayiits were
from Mrs. Tillman's. family physi-
clan, her minister and from a lady
| who was in close oontaIet with Mrs.
Tillman and lived at the home with
her. The other afidayits mainly
corroborated these three, and there
were upward of 200 names signed to
the Recommendation Of good charac-
ter of the petitioner. -.
.>Messrs. Depass & Depass, Of this
city, and Mr.. MCGOWAN Simpkins, Of
Edgefeld appeared for the petition
er, and Ex-Soicitor j. William Thur
mond, Of Edgefeld, for the respond
ent. The reading Of the affdavits
and counter afidavits occupied three
hours Of the Counts time, and the
arguments took up one hour.
The return of Senator and Mrs.
Tillman consisted, leaving out the
.formalities of the law, Of an affda-