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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28

ship and when II receded the ladies
and the younger child, Justina, was no
where to be seen, The boy was cling
ing to his father and they took refuge
on the lea Of the cabin. The boy was
calling anxiously: Father, you Will
swim with me to the land. can't you
father? You will save me won't you
father?" And the father, after time,
replied that 1t would be impossible to
swim In that sea- The daughter, Hen
rietta Mary. had climbed with another
passenger to the upper deck, and was
heard TO say: Il will give Ave thou
sand dollars to any one, who win help
me get to land" Just then another
wave broke over the ship, taking away
part Of the superstructure, and when
1t was gone, the father was gone too.
The boy was still clinging on, though
the part of the vessel where he was
taking refuge, was rapidly breaking
up. In few minutes a receding wave
caught the daughter and she was
borne out to sea and never more seen
Averaging the testimony OF the sur
vivors II was at least half an hour
later when the boy and q passen ger
who survived, was caught up with a
piece Of the wreck and washed in
toward the shore. The two were
washed overheard from the piece of
wreckage when only a few yards from
shore. the survivor saving himself by
striking out vigorously for the shore.
The lad was borne back on the wave
and persisted. Evidence was that the
father. daughter and son were washed
overheard at intervals of from twenty
to forty flve minutes apart and that
no person could have survived in such
a sea over twenty minutes. The court
in concluding their opinion on this
feature Of the case says:
IN CONCLUDING OPINION.
"This testimony abundantHy estab-
fishes the fact that during the time
and at the crisis of the disaster, Mr..
Croom's physical condition was such
as to utterly incapacitate him for the
exertion Of any phyical effort beyond
such as might be comprised by the
decrepitude Of old age or the feeble
ness of early childhood.
"On the contrary, the proof is that
HIS daughter, Henrietta Mary, a young
lady, about sixteen years of age. and
his son, lad about thirteen years old,
were both possessed of good physical
constitution and were capable of ex-
erting as much physical effort and OF
enduring as much bodily fatigue, as
might be expected OF persons Of their
age and sex respectively. We have
now in this array of evidence the com
parative ability Of the father and chill
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28

sight Of upright men and women. for
in the husk 6f what was once 8 heart,
she hides the smouldering light of sin,
and of shame, in place Of the love she
had used so long as a pawn among
men.
When a married woman first enjoys
barring her glistening shoulders before
the men of her acquaintance, she be-
gins the road to her future destruction
in nine cases out Of ten.
When a married woman first agrees
to the invitation to meet the men OF
her acquaintance clandesunely, she is
unutterably lost.
her: the outstretched arms, perhaps, of
her husband may say that she is re-
claimed, but the world remembers, and
temptations grow more subtle and more
and more insistent
She may, for time, think upon her
very self as having been reclaimed.
But she is lost
Probably In her heydey, she had not
known that men, nearly all men, took
her IN the light Of the weak, bloodless
parasite living upon the soul and the
life blood Of her husband, to bait her
unsuspectingly, because they knew her
worth as a woman.
Hers was a precarious position, from
the first, with no life energy Of her
own. and, being the kind Of parasite
she was. and weak, she fell.
Her position self evident to the
world was peculiarly precarious from
the first.
And, being parasiticaI, she fell.
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1t would seem, somehow, that she
ought to spend some time In showing
him that she appreciates belonging
to him, with all that he means to
her, even in the grosser material ways.
Do you know what has put all this
into my head?
First, observation; secondly, one of
the smartest man in PensacolG said to
me during the week: Miss Durham,
let me tell you what is causing your
Married Male F1irts-it Is the Mar
ried Woman Parasite"
Then he explained.
The Other Side,
What is man to do, he said,
who marries a woman with the in
tention of doing the right thing by her
just as far as he is able, and then
finds out that all the plums in the
matrimonial cake are falling on one
side Of the plate?
You furnish a house; you begin
with a servant or two and you encour-
age your wife to keep just as fresh
and Just as young and pretty as she
possibly cantor yourself, Of course
she does, all right.
soon she begins to live thoroughly
for herself, not for you by a long way;
she wants to out-dress the other wom-
en- and she often takes to the bridge
route at various rates OF speeding.
she doesn't want any children.
Heavens mol
such an accident might take up
her time.
"A baby-never; and If one does
somehow come along, there rs a con-
tinual hard luck story to hear over and
over again!
Her husband comes in handy some
times, though, when, after a scorching
day at the office, she intimidates him
into his dress suit clothes, and bears
him proudly to some function where It
would not be at all proper for her too
go, probably, without him.
do you see any good in a wife like
that?
AND do you think she loves Aim?''
I didn't, and l said so.
I believe and I know that there are
parasites Just like the one this man
was talking about-Married Parasites
who live completely off the man, re-
turning nothing.
And when a woman absolutely falls
down on her part of the contract like
that think, (whisper 1t gently II
she cannot be made to live UP to the
most solemn agreement ever made be-
tween God and a man and a woman,
she should be gently released.
She's had her chance, hasn't she?
And she has failed unutterably to
keep her word, hasn't she?
What other kind Of a contract. other
than the marriage contract, would hold
under such conditions
You see it's worthy Of some dis
cussion, too.
Other Parasites.
There is no more despicable creature
under the sun than that worst of hu-
man parasite-the woman who viii
eat her husbands bread and be shell
tered by his roof. and still be the toy
of other men, whose so proclaimed
manhood does not prevent them from
acting a cad to her husband, as man
to man, or from taking advantage OF
her pitiable weakness.
This is the parasite who IS infinitely
lower than the painted women Of the
street; infinitely more despicabIe in the
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wreck. AS to who was legal heir to this
fortune was the point at issue II oTa5
of the most interesting cases found In
the record of our supreme court re-
ports. The case goes beyond the lin
Its Of the exclusive attention of tho
legal profession and becomes a story
Of human interest.
Hardy B. Groom left several brothers
and a sister all of whose interests were
held by Bryan Groom, who was made
defendant in the suit. The complainant
being Mrs. Henrietta Smith, mother OF
Mrs. Hardy Groom, and under the laws
OF North Carolina sole heir to the
property provided the children sur
vived the father and mother, she be-
ing their next Of kim"
So, for the court to determine was
at least two main questions-hrst:
Did the children survive the father?
And second: Was the legal domicil-
domicil of succession-of Mr.. Groom
in Florida or in North Carolina
The court determined these ques-
lions after examining exhaustive
records Of testimony and applying 70
the case the keen logic of the law.
QUESTION OF LAST SURVIVOR.
The question Of the last survivor is
probably the most interesting phase
of this remarkable case. Did the father
survive the children, or the children
outlive the father? If the children,
then which one Of them survived the
other? Collecting the essential evil
dence from the testimony introduced
and connecting in sequence the story
goes about as follows:
The storm had lasted an day and
when night came on the ship was leak
ing. Crew and passengers alike
worked at the pumps and when the
waters still gained, there was an at
tempt to bail. Lines were formed and
buckets passed. It was evidenced by
testimony that Mr. Groom was in such
feeble health that he was not able to
assist to any further extent than pass
the empty buckets. The bailing finally
abandoned, many Of the passengers
gathered in the dining room, which
was dimly lighted by one lamp and
by candles. 1t should have been a
moonlight night, but the storm clouds
overhead denied the light of the moon
but for a few short moments at a
time. About midnight the ship struck
and Immediately there was a rush of
passengers to the deck. Mr.. Groom
was seen to emerge from the dining
room with a lady on each arm, one
of whom was his wife, the other a
relative. accompanying them on the
trip. Just behind them came the three
children. A great wave broke over the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28
WHIPPED GIRL
TO SAVE SON.
GEORGIA MANS VICTIM is DYING
IN A MACON HOSPITAL, &C
coRDINe TO REPORTS.
Special to The Journal.

Macon. Ga, July 27.-'T whipped Is
sic Carter; but I did II to save my
SON"
This was the confession made today
by w. S. DoZier, clerk of the superior
court, who led a party Of prominent
men who dashed Miss Carter to the
point of death. The girl is dying In a
hospital here.
If she dies the men who whipped her
will be tried for murder. Physicians
have almost given up hope for her re-
Girl in Constant Agony.
The girl has a high fever and there
are SYMPTOMS Of blood poisoning. Miss
Carriers body is so swollen that she is
In constant agony. There is scarcely
an inch of flesh from her neck down
that is not cut and discolored and she
can not bear the touch of clothing or
bandages.
Two Macon attorneys have been en-
gagged to prosecute ". S. Dozier, Clyde
nozter and Pope McClung. who are
charged with doing the whipping by
the victim and her sister, Mary Carter.
Miss Carter was whipped because W.
G Dozier's 20-year- oId son was in
fatuated with her and she refused to
swear that she would never meet the
young man again
Il loved yogt Dozier," said Miss Car
ter. and he loved me Because he
would not give me up, though I urged
him to DO so to please his father. the
latter and his friends whipped me al
most to death. Dozier and his friends
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carried me Off In an automobile Sun
day night to a grove near Dawson.
when they got me there they
stripped me to the skin, and while four
men held me, Dozier dashed me with
a buggy whip. A negro chauffeur held
the lantern so that he could see to
whip me-"
Screams With Pain.
When the man who did the fogging
stopped to rest, saying as he did that
he was not yet satisfied. the woman's
back was a mass Of bruises and she
was screaming with pain. Doctors
Gardner and Crumbley were called,
and she was sent to Macon next day
for treatment.
Miss Carter alleges that Jim Dozier
did his best TO dissuade his father
from welding the whip, and protested
against the beating from the start. In
the meantime, she says, Vogt Dozier,
the boy for whom she was whipped,
was held a prisoner in the house of an
other brother. She asserts that her
fiance was lured to the house and kept
there by force until she had been
beaten.
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ing of the ~domicil Of succession" the
justice who wrote the opinion says:
In the elementary works as well as
in the reports Of adjudicated cases,
much difficulty has been encountered
in circumscribing within the limits of
a definition this term, and 1t has ever
been said that 1t is q term which is
not susceptible of a definition. In the
correction Of this latter assertion we
cannot concur, for it would be a re-
proach to our language to suppose that
its poverty Is so extreme that no apt
and appropriate words could be found
In its extensive vocabulary sufficiently
comprehensive TO compass the mean
ing Of a legal term Of every day use"
And again in discussing one jurist's
reference to its coming close to our
conception Of the word home, the jus
ice says: We like this conception of
the word home. 1t is a word whose
essential meaning comes up fully to
our Idea of domicil. 1t is a word
which admits not of qualifi cation. To
speak of a permanent home is to per
petuate a tautology-to speak of tenn
pOrary home rs to invoke a contradic-
the full meaning Of which is of uniA
versal appreciation; II is understood
alike by the degraded savage and the
classic Greek Wherever that spot Is
found there the law fixes the domicil
of succession, it matters not whether
1t be Of the wasted hills Of the North
State or on the virgin plains of the
Land of Flowers"
GREAT ESTATE LOST.
The result of this decision took away
from the brothers and sisters Of Mr..
Groom the greater portion Of the Flor
ida estates and under the law of sue
cession then In effect in North Caro-
lima they reverted to "the next of kin"
to the son, that being Mrs. Smith, the
maternal grandmother. From Mrs.
Smith the estates descended to Mrs.
Susan B. Winthrop and the descend.
ants Of Mrs. Winthrop are now living
In Tallahassee. Broad acres in Leon
county, a goodly portion Of the prince
" estate once belonging to Mr.. Groom.
now form a part of the fortune of one
Of Tallahassee's aristocratic families,
heirs of the grandmother Of William
Henry Groom, the last survivor of the
family Of Hardy B. Groom.
The heirs on the Groom side brought
the case for the second time before the
supreme court of the state but the for
mer decision was not changed. The
Justice who reviewed the case for the
second time concluded his opinion in
these words: THE court has given a
very patient and full consideration to
this history in all its bearings. and I
am well content with its conclusions"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28
ON MARRIED PARASITES
By Bonnie Burnharrl.

suddenly denied her, what way, once
her petty fences were down. she would
turn to make even an ordinary living
In the world!
Not once, too, but many times, the
haughttest woman who stares hardest
at the laundering clerk before her
would not be as capable as the girl in
front of her to sell and measure off
and charge a yard of ribbon.
Not once. but many, many times,
the woman who Is the most thoroughly
heartless and self centere6 and cold,
hedged about safely by the fact that
she Is her husbands wife, is of more
humble and obscure extraction than
she would have you believe in a thou
sand years.
1t isn't your business. nor my bust
ness, nor anyone else's business. how
ever, how she chooses to disport her
self in life's cheap spotlight-but when
q woman is so thoroughly and utterly
beholden to a man for her very being,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28

When I see an especially sleek and
thoroughly we'll taken care OF woman
carelessly ogle the world and it's peo-
pie from her own comfortable posi-
ton; when hear her villalnous tongue
dart and CULVER with its poison as she
expatiates on the shortcomings of other
women, and when I know that her
soul is so small and so warped that
she refuses even to gIorify her poor
union with some suffering man by only
naturally having children, fall to
wondering what on the good earth she
is really capable of, anyhow, unless 1t
be for a frame upon which to hang
good clothing. or. perhaps, for certain
of the vagartes of society.
I wonder sometimes If, by some play
Of fate, the very bread for which she
depends to put In her mouth; the very
roof over her head, the very clothing
which covers her body, all provided
for by a husband who too evidently
has tho rough end Of the bargain, be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28
IF HER HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL IT is
PRETTY CERTAIN SHE USES HERPICIDE

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what a delightful hair dressing New
bros Herpicide Is, they would all have
1t on their dressing tables. 1t is the
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and at the same time one Of the most
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In order to have beautiful hair every
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Herpicide is free from grease, does
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-28
tsx a Special correspend.nt.,

toy SPSctaI Sorrespondsnt)
Covered with creeping ivy vines
from basement to crosses on the tow
er, surrounded by beautiful flower
garden and a wellkept hedge, facing
en- the oldest street in Tallahassee,
stands the Saint Johns Episcopal
church-the most picturesque spot in
the Capital City. Just inside the hedge
is erected a marble shaft whereon Is
found the following inscription:
Sacred to the Memory Of
HARDY BRYAN GROOM
Born in North Carolina, Oct 18th, 1877
Died near Cape Hatteras, Oct. 9Th, 1887
This marble also seeks to preserve
The Remembrance of
FRANCES H GROOM
Wife OF Hardy 3. Groom
And their Children
HENRIETTA MARY GROOM
Aged 10 Years
WILLIAM HENRY GROOM
Aged 10 Years
JUSTINA ROSA GROOM
Aged Years
An Of whom persisted with the I'M
fortunate Husband g Father IN the wreck
OF the steamboat Home" on the night of
the eth, October, 1887.
To the casual observer unacquainted
with the story this epitaph would
excite no unusual interest. but when
the story has been heard no one passes
this marble shaft without giving
thought to the unique and interesting
law case which grew out Of the dispC-
sition Of the estates in Florida owned
by Hardy Bryan Groom, and the tragic
end Of this interesting family.
Bound from New York to Charleston
the steamboat Home" started on her
Hateful voyage the 7th OF October 1887,
with about one hundred and forty
souls on board. Among the first cabin
passengers, were Mr.. Groom and his
family. When the good ship had made
the coasts Of Carolina, a severe storm
was encountered, which baffled everv
attempt of the captain and crew to
save the ship, and near midnight in
the fury Of the tempest, she went
aground near Cape Hatteras and rap
idly broke up under the force of the
waves. When morning dawned it was
found that some forty persons had
reached the short and were saved,
while the remainder of all on board
had persisted. Among the lost, was
Mr.. Groom and his entire family.
A LARGE ESTATE.
Down in Florida was a large estate,
consisting of extensive tracts Of land
and improved plantations In Leon and
Gadsden counties, on which were many
slaves, the possessions Of Hardy Bryan
Groom when he was lost in the ship
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Pensacola's Harbor is
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-05
BABES MAY LOSE
TWO NOTED STARS

1t is feared down at Chillioothe
that Muck" McGralnor the star
porslde HEAVIER OF the Babes last
season, Is lost to the team for this
year. Muck" has refused an offer
from Waco, Texas for $17j Il month
ana is holding out for $500. Chilli
cothe claims him as their property
but President Siberall has stated
that he can offer him no more than
he received last year which is quite
little below what he Is holding out
for. Billy Doyle the ST. Louis Amer
Scan scout, also claims that tho
lad Is the property of 81. Louis, but
the Chillicothe management are p3s-
itive that they can prove their claim.
Frank Wolter, the first saclSer
also wants his release from Chilli
cothe. Wolfe claims that he has
been offered $17j a month I'm a
higher league, but 5iberall Will not Jet
him go unless he gets something In
return. II he makes it worth while
to the club, they will not stand in his
way. but the management has no in
tentlon OF letting their star players
go Just because they can do better
elsewhere. Tom Kibler IS the only
veteran who has made known his in
tention of reporting.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-05
Dayton Fans Fear
Former Ohio Slater

Dayton, O., Feb. 5,-W. H. Wat
hns and Charles O'Day, the helms
men OF the Springfield ball club. have
made move that will tend to
strengthen the rivalry between Day
ton and Springfield fans the coming
season.
Watty has purchased Red Farrell
from Brooklyn, and Farrell Is slated
to play In the outneld for Springfield
He Is the same Red Farrell VISA
played center field for GAINESVILLE last
season. Dayton fans VIII never for
get Farrell. He probably broke up
more games for the Vets than any
other man last season His great
catches and his timely hits did more
to make Dayton fans hate GAINESVILLE
than the work OF all the other play
ers on Joe Raidys team combined
The playing Of Farrell against Day
ton was of such a high class order
that local bugs We're compelled to
lift their bonnets 10 him while curs-
ing Red for his achievements. Some
Of the catches he made at Fairyiev
park last summer were almost un-
bellevable He grabbed hot liners of
his shoe tors after hard sprints an
raced back and pulled the sphere out
of the air with one hand time after
time With any ordinary fielder IL
lrarrell's place the Vets would have
easily beaten the Potters on the sea
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-05
e:SBRQRTS
Signing of Hartwig
PIedSeS Portsmouth

or two enroute home from its training
grounds at lexington. Ky.
Frank (Mike) O'Day mas received his
contract and will report for spring
t. aiming at indianapolis March 10. The
crntract calls for substantial in
crease over last seasons salary, and
Mike lost no time i'm signing.
John Mcdaniel and Herman Klltch.
two promising local youngsters, have
signed with the Albany club in the
South Atlantic League. McDaniels
played in the Northern Indiana Lea
sue last season until It disbonded.
Al Bridwe.l the Beaneaters' short
stop. got into the limelight this weel,
10y threatening TO thunp leading
physician, whose automobile had run
over and badly crippled BIRDS" best
hunting dog. Bird" pursued the doc
tor in own fine new touring car and
a lively chase over town resulted the
ball player finally ovortnking the 9TH
tr' in the business center. Only the
timely Interference cf policeman
avorted a clash.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-05

expected here next week.
Announcement has been made at
Springfield that Outnelder Nally, FOR
mcrly Of the Toledo cub, ana Catcher
Schwab OF last years Springfield club,
have been transferred to Newark.
lhrig is another player on the SPRING
field roster who win come to Newark.
Earl Blackburn, "a catcher, signed by
Springfield from the Blue Grass Lea
gue and Clarence Governor, a pitch
ing phenom from Crothersvnle. Ind.
also on the Springfield list, may be
transferred to Newark II they fail to
show Central League class.
Springfield has about 80 players on
the list and Newark fans expect the
announcement to be made any day
that half of these will be sent to
Newark
With the park lease signed up and
manager selected. ana this bunch Of
timber from which to select team.
Newark bugs are confident Of a classy
team in the Ohio state this season.