Says His Wife Called
Him An “Old Gray Haired Liar” . . . Major Graham Tells of Being Locked Out of Home
After He Had Gone Away Seeking Peace
Major W.A. Graham, North Carolina’s commissioner of
agriculture, has just filed his answer in the suit by his wife, who was Miss
Sallie Clark, Sister of Chief Justice Walter Clark, in which she charged
abandonment and demands an alimony allowance of $150 per month, which
Commissioner Graham pleads is out of proportion to his income from salary and
plantation near Charlotte.
The answer is filed through his counsel, Attorney General
J.S. manning and Armistead Jones and Son. It is a lengthy document, setting out
a most unhappy matrimonial state in which he pleads that he has striven by
every possible concession to concilate.
Answering her charge that he abandoned her, he writes that
he endured harsh treatment and abuse, including charges that he was an “old
gray-haired liar,” and only left their home on an evening specified for the
relief of a much needed night’s rest and on returning the next day found his
suitcase of clothing on the front porch. Attempting to let himself in with his
night latch key, he found the door locked against him from the inside with Mrs.
Graham at home. He therefore emphatically denies the charge of abandonment and
pleads that her demands as to an allowance are more than his financial
condition would justify.
It is understood that there will be a superior court hearing
in chambers first as to any temporary allowance for Mrs. Graham, pending the
jury trial of the main suit to be had later.
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