The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-12-31
Story via Columbia.

$ Story via Columbia
Columbia, Dec. 26.-Under the agree
knent between B. R. Tillman, Jr., and
/ his divorced wife, Mrs Lucy Dugas,
: the two little children Of this couple
went today to spend a week with their
/ father at Trenton. About this matter
the local afternoon newspaper carried
b tRe following this afternoon as spe-
, cial from Edgefeld:
Crying piteously and calling for
|. s4neir mother, at the same time resist
ling vigorously, the Tillman children,
II Douschka and Sarah Stark, who, by
order of the supreme court. shall spend
a week at Christmas time with their
father, b. R. Tillman, Jr., Of Trenton,
were given to their father this morn
ing.
Mrs. Lucy Frances Dugas, mother
of the children, did not give the chill
1ren to her divorced husband. She re-
Unnamed at her home, Edgewood, near
u Edgefeld, and sent the children to
drug store in the town accompanied
by nurse and friend. 3. r. Tillman,
Jr., accompanied by his brother and
!. attorney, H. c. TAlman, of Greenwood,
came to EdsefieId in a buggy and got
fhis children.
Il Sarah Stark Tillman, the youngest
I girl, cried loudly and resisted being
. transferred from one buggy to another.
The oldest girl was more composed
and did not offer any resistance,
though she cried.
.mediately after securing his
dhild:> n Tillman and his brother drove
in the direction OF Trenton. The chill
y dren continued crying as they were
carried out Of the town.
"a large crowd witnessed the trans
fer of the children 1t was new thing
to historic Edgefeld and interest was
intense
by order Of the supreme court Till
man can keep the children week
.s@uring the Christmas holidays and at
Y certain other times. When the attor-.
news representing both sides conferred
here several weeks ago in regard to-
U fixing the order OF the court. Mrs. Du-
gas asked that she be allowed to have
children for Christmas Day. Tillman's
attorneys refused the request. Being
unable to agree on this and several
other points, the attorneys appeared,
informally, before the supreme court,
and that tribunal directed that the
mother should have the children for
Christmas Day, but that they should
he given the. father the day after
christmas.
Mrs. Dugas planned to make her
children's last day at her home happy
one and she did it. A great Christmas
tree was given them yesterday, and it
was loaded down with presents from
many friends.
There were no presents from &. H.
Til1man jr, TIE tree was set III the
old parlor at Edgewood, the historic
s&onoe Of Governor Francis Pickens.
s Dozens of candles lighted up the tree
!, and the large parlor and the scene. was
beautiful. The old parlor at EdgeWood
has not been the scene OF such merrl-
Ement since the days OF the flftles, Vhen
the bellies and beaux OF that time dane
od al the great balls the Pickenss used
to give Sever al small friends OF the
+ro ri1lman eiEls we're invited to share
4ho nloosnra Ind all OF the children
made things n erry.
''old Santa Claus did not iotset ~.
T;,,man child ten and he made their
noor+s bannvbbv bringing them many
7dolis and toy 49,.
Under the eFagreement oe'"ee" w w
n.ra,ts MI Tillman will have the
children fof a week at 'niS se''90.' ~o
wba,.4,,or Xviii be returned to the care
ondo.,s+od9 Of their mother, Mrs. Lucy
Duas.
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