The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-01
GIVES THE FACTS
.AR. Henry {. TlLlAAN WRITES
OF DELIVERY OF
CHILDREN TO BROTHER.

He Punctures o Sensational Story
Sent Out from EdseAe3d aad Shove
That Ii Was False From Bes1nains
to End and Gives . True Version
OF tho Matter.
Henry c. Till1nan. Esq. an eble
young lawyer Of Greenwood. Bho re9-
resented his brother. Nj. 3. R. TILL
man Jr.. in his suit for the recovery
OF his children before the State Su-
p7eme Court. punctures the sensa-
tional story sent out trou Edsefeid
about the transfer OF the children
from the mother to the father at that
place some days ago. Hero Is the
true version of the matter ae given
:. Mr.. Tillman:
To the Editor Of The News and
Courier: have seen the story pub
lished in Thursdays Record and FrE
days News and Courier with refer
ence to the Tillnan children. have
made 1t my rule to practice Flaw In the
Courts and not IN the newspapers,
and 1t Is my habit to ignore nevspac
Der articles which reflect on me- or
my family. But this story 10 30 full
Of error and falsehood that cannot
allow it to go uncorrected. The Till
man family has too many friends In
South Carolina and our affection for
these little children Is suoh that 1t
would be unfair to allow them to be
used as an instrument with which to
put Us in false light.
From the beginning the desire OF
the Tillnans hss been to aFotd as tar
as possible all publicity or notoriety
in this matter. Tho young lives Of
these children have already been
crossed by too many shadoFe for
tAem now to be made the target OF
Misrepresentation or slander. When
Mr.. DePass. representing Ae. Dusas.
and I, representing my brother. had
our conference IN Columbia about ten
days ago. be e1presstd the fear that
the children would ,refuse to so TO
Trenton and would create scene.
In view OF the sworn statement Of
Mrs. Dugas that she had not taught
the children to hate their father or
tts people I thought the fears Of Ar.
DePass unfounded and told him 80.
Shortly afterwards I received letter
from DePass & DePass stating that
the children would be sent to Penn's
drug store, in Edgefeld, at 1880
on the morning Of the 26th OF pecem-
Der. I then suspected that It vas the
intention to give the anticipated
scene" as public setting as possible
and have 1t written up in graphic
style for the purpose Of creating een-
tinent against the decision Of the
Court In allowing the children to
spend a part Of the time with their
father in Senator T1llman's home at
Trenton.
For the sake Of those innocent lit
tie children. who cannot protect
themselves from the designs Of othsr
people. wrote at once to DePass &
DePass protesting against the choice
Of such a public place and asking for
the sake Of peace and deeency that
the children be sent to some other
| place and also that they designate
any private residence in Edsefeld, or
81 preferable, we would send mutual
friend out to Edgewood to get the
children in quiet, decent way.
If I had my files at Greenwood I
would like to publish this letter, BE-
cause it would chow our attitude in
the matter better than anything that
| can now be said.
TO this letter have had no reply
from DePass & DePass or any one
else. Consequently my brother and
l went yesterday morning to the ap-
pointed place-Penn's drug store. on
the square at Edgefeld. The child
ren were brought there ana Te re-
ceiyed them from the negro nurse,
who accompanied them Neither
child made any resistance, and the
older child did not cry at aN The
younger one cried for her nurse to
accompany her to Trenton Gas was
natural). At no time did either one
Of the children CRY for their mother,
but the younger one was crying for
the nuree, who was with her at the
time. Before we had driven. two hun
dred yards she had stopped crying
and We drove on to Trenton.
There were several peorls Ia and
around the drug store at the sppo!nt-
cd time, but l havt no way OF know
ing If they we're there TO see the
transfer OF the children. Certainly
we had told no one to be there nor
had We made pubNc where or when
the children we're to be delivered to
| Us.
Ny brother naturally sent no pres
ents TO the home OF bis former wife.
He has been told BY her that he can
not go there even to see his children
when they are e!ck and whether or
not he shall have that privilege ls
now before the Supreme Court. His
Christmas gifts and manner Of Civ
ing are private matters, with which
the public has no concern. but 1t wI1l
not be amiss to add that the children
are now at his home in Trenton and
that he and his family are enjoying
their presence there. It has been a
long time since have seen three hap
pier children than these little girls
and ny own little child. It would
be hard for stranger to believe tina,
1t has been three years since they
we're together at their grandfatner's
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