Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-20

Dear Father-You will find en- closed the bill of lading for my house. hold stuff. They will probably be there by the last of this week or the first of next. Please take them out as soon as they get there so there won't be any storage to pay and take as good care of them as you can. We'll, Mama, l am glad that she had Hulda to write me in regard to Minnie. I was satisfied that it was some of the old lady's advice that caused them to go back to Camden. Minnie wrote me while she was there to send her some money; that you didn't have anything that a we'll person could eat much less sick child. knew that was too thin. I have got them in the swim now. I haven't sent them a cent of money to Camden and I am not going to, besides I am going to write them one of the corkingest letters that they ever received They will sure be up against the hardest proposition that they have ever had. If Minnie comes back there or sends by any one to ship anything don't let them have anything but what belongs to the old lady and Matte. They have got two feather beds and a lot of dishes and a sew ing machine That is about all that ho1~ {0 fhNY, rr7in back there may send you some mon ey to buy her and the children few clothes, but don't want you to give her dollar. Just let her go to town and get what she wants and you pay for it.
 q am sure going to put the fixings on the whole layout of them.'
 Appealed to Humane Society.
 A long communication, which Mrs. Nichols wrote to A. L. Cason, the hu- mane officer of this city, in which she asked for some action to compel her husband to care for his family, also reviews the troubles of the couple. Mrs. Nichols originally applied to Cason for assistance and after inves- tigating the case and the woman's character, which was above suspicion. Cason took her into his home where she was cared for by Mrs. Cason dur ing an illness of some weeks and where she taught few music pupils to earn a livelihood. The letter of Mrs. Nichols, which was written at Camden, January g, 1911, recites many pitiful happenings which were crowd ed into the unfortunate woman's sad career. In part she said:
 q would be pleased to know if the Humane Society can do anything with my husband, w. T. Nichols, for i'll treatment to his family. We have lived at Pine Bluff for two years. He got to be so mean to me I could not stay with him any longer so I had to come here and live with my mother at Camden. I have been here two weeks. He cursed me all the time, without cause. have witnesses to prove all that I write. He took my four chill dren away from me. He took my 3 months old babe from my arms by main strength. He would not provide fuel or fire for us to keep warm. could not life the logwood myself and while doing so I sprained my wrist so badly that it was two weeks before I could use my arm. He said I would break my neck to get nigger to wait on me. I was sick, too, and could not get up the steps with bucket of water. The children did not eat any thing but butter and milk. My moth CT, 63 years old, widow, with no one to care for her, stayed with me for a while and did much of the house work, although she was an invalid. You can ask Dr. o. G. Blackwell, also Dr. B. D. Luck, they waited on her. She dislocated her hip and could not stoop and my husband got mad be- cause I did not let her milk the COW. On December IS he put my mothers trunk in the road and then picked her up and set her in the road with 1t. She had been sick all Fall. He hurt her so badly that I had to get ,Dr. Luck for her. My mother was always kind to him and gave him money whenever he asked for it. When my mother l came to my home I did not have a of clothing. She gave me dress so that I could have my dress washed. While I was sick with 104 fever Mr. Nichols beat my little girl ! until blood came from her body. He ! left knots on her for week. While l was sick he would not get me any thing to eat and I would have starved to death had it not been for my moth CT.
 "He ordered me to sell my feather.