Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-10
SENDS ,||1I
To T|LLMAN, SR.
WITH BABIES !
Decision May Bring About SCI.
Element of Differences Be-.
tween Divorced Couple,

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec 1O-r..
Will be a real merry Christmas =.
home of Senator Ben Tillman tb;a
Today there is more happiness IN -
heart of the broken old Statesman ~
ne has known for months. FIR ~
highest court of South Carolina bo.
creed that his two granddauebtors y,
pride and joy, are to spend part Of t,..
time with their father, his Son ~,
some OF the days allotted him ara
of Christmas week.
This allotting of the chiIdren,.
was made by the supreme court a,.o,
bitter legal fight for their possession \.
tween their father and his divorced uit
Mrs. Lucy Dugas. 1t was IargeIv
account of the aged senator, who's
heart was broken by the SEPARATE
from his grandchildren, that Ben nm
man, Jr., instituted the proceedings q,
their possession, on the ground tba, !.
has reformed and is now fit and can.
BILE of caring for them as he wac M,
when the mother was first granted .,ot.
custody.
May Result in Reunion.
Dissatisfied with the decision the 81
torneys for Mrs. Dugas and for Trlmon
! today are attempting to come TO soms
| amicable settlement of the differences
between young Tillman and his dlvorc
ed wife, and If 1t is not reached Mrs
Dugas, it is said, expects to sue TIL.
man for alimony. The attorneys have
reached no decision as yet. Both Mrs
Dugas and Tillman are dissatisfied with
the courts decree, each believing thai,
it allows the other too much Of the
custody of the children.
Gets Children at Christmas.
Under the courts ruling, the fathel
will have the children two months dur.
ing each summer vacation half Of the
Christmas holidays and one week each
spring. The rest of the time they viii
spend with their mother Until they
reach their majority they will be wards
of the supreme court of South Caro-
lima, and will not be permitted TO b
! removed from that courts jurisdiction
The South Carolina supreme cout
late yesterday, handed down unan.
nous opinion ordering this dispostio-
OF the children who have been the issu
in probably the most noteworthy iitige
ton of this character on record in til
South Carolina courts.
The court is yet to approve an ords
to be prepared by counsel for the pi!a
cipals, B. r. Tillmau, j., and MIS-
Dugas, whereby this arrangement cal
be carried out They are urge
by the court to agree on these detail.
without further controversy.
Fight Extends Many Years,
The fight for the custody Of the Til.
man children has been in the courts 70
years. Young Tillman first decided til
children to his parents, Senator an
| Mrs. Tillman. Later Mrs. Dugas Sc
cured a divorce in the Ohio courts
Cincinnati, following which she broug.
| suit lOE the CuSIOuy VI lit NA444uAVI4' o.
won.
The loss of his grandchildren was
serious blow to the aged senator
was largely on his account that the
father few weeks ago, instituted pr,
ceedings to recover the custody OF u
little girls, claiming that he had CON
pletely reformed and was qualified
properly care for them, and chargn
that Mrs. Dugas was on the eve OF TAI
ing the children from Edgefeld Whei
she now resides. to Ohio, where she ID
tended to make her future home, tAV
removing them from the jurisdiction
the South Carolina courts.
Mrs. Dugas two weeks ago present.
aft1davits to show young Tillman I'D
not completely reformed. A week lal
these aftidavits were answered by Ill
man. Yesterdays decision was a III
ing on the questions brought up
these hearings. The court directs III
both Tillman and Mrs. Dugas turns
IS, 0O0- bond to carry out the proyislo'
of the decree.