Show CAN OAN NOT DEED AWAY AY CHILDREN Senator Senator- Tillman Tiliman Loses Possession of ot Gr Granddaughters and Sensational Case is Ended Columbus S. S C. C Gra C.-Gra C. Granting ting the mothers mother's plea for Jr the custody of or her two little children the supreme court of or South Carolina on Tuesday handed hand hand- handed ed down a decision In favor of or Mrs B. B R. R Tillman Jr who sought to recover recover re re- re cover her two little girls Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman Tillmann Till Till- man mann from the of Senator and Mrs B B. R. R ullman The decision is based on the ground that the deed of transfer by B. B R. R Jr was invalid as applied to the mother tho the act under which It was made being in violation of the tho state and federal constitution The court therefore granted the tho application application tion for Cor habeas corpus If the statute Is to be construed as giving the father arbitrary power to deed away the custody of his children the court held court held the fhe he law is an nn infringement infringement infringe infringe- ment of the rights and privileges assured assured assured as as- in the state constitution and similarly in the fourteenth amendment amendment amend amend- ment to the constitution of the United United Unit Unit- ed cd States In 1903 Lucy Douglas granddaughter ter of ot Governor F F. V. W. Pickens war governor of Carolina and daughter of Mrs Lucy Holcombe Pickens connected with the best families fam fam- flies of ot the state was married to Benjamin Ben jamin R. R Tillman TiIlman Jr eldest Bon son of ot Senator Tillman Tiliman In December 1908 they parted young Mrs Tillman Tiliman alleging alleging al al- al- al that her husband drank and mistreated her Last February there was a reconciliation which lasted until until un un- un til December 1909 when young Mrs Tillman became ill m in Washington Hardly had she begun her convalesCence convalescence cence she alleges when her husband under pretense of or taking the little girls to see Bee their grandmother carried car car- ned led them to Trenton S. S C. C and transferred them to his parents |