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. « 'X:Saj anbe wedded iAThey applied to County Clerkdec ded ys hi h tbe will get-r-has p er-formed, the regulation American cer-■i . ■ . ■ i- r.rf»v;A.”j^BUiott for a licensetold to watt and see whether thet lawi would permit him to issue it.^ Officials in the clerk’s office did not believe the Indiana laws would bar t the union, hut when application for Sthe license was made it was thought better to have legal advice. W. H. H. Miller was telegraphed to, and he ad* vised the clerk to wait until he could look into the books and see.Moy Sam and Miss Downs have had as romantic a courtship as one could wish to find in a modern novel. Ac* cording to the custom of Americanized Chinese, Moy Sam is known as Sam Moy in this country. He has been running an establishment in Indiana ^avenue, but recently he entered a v partnership with Moy Sing, the North Delaware street tea and chinaware Itnerchant.’.* A Prosperous Chinese.He is said to be one of the moreprosperous Chinese in the colony in Indianapolis. Some of his associates intimate that tfe has some of the blue blood of his native land in his veins.Moy and Miss Downs met in the First Congregational church, Chicago. She was not a memmber of the congregation, but he was a member and a devout believer in the theories of Christianity. She was an orphan, of German and Irish parentage. Moy’s straightforwardness and earnestness attracted her and they became fastfriends.The girl says he attended her with the utmost faithfulness while she lay ill at Chicago. This was more than many Americans would have done, she decided. So when he asked her to join her lot with his, she decided to accept.ft is probable that the Oriental splendor of a Chinese wedding will be dispensed with in the ceremonies, but there is sure to be celebraton In true Chinese style, after some preacher or justice of the peace—they have notg Miss ®owns!has been inlis about^ tour mdntlis no^ waitbig^fdr the wedding. She has lived ington street, just west of A'White river. ..One meets many a girl in the aver- age day’s journey who is far less handsome and has fewer evidences of refinement than she.Why She Did Not Take a White Man.This caused Deputy Clerk Fate to inquire, when they asked for the license, why she did not select some American. He felt sure that there were many she could win../■ Possibly that is true, said she, but there are few who would have done for an orphan what Moy has done for me. I nelieve he will make me a better husband than many Americans.”Moy ran a chop suey house in Chicago, and it is said he amassed money. His part of the partnership with Moy Sing consists of soliciting trade. He was among his customers this fore noon, but Miss Downs called at the clerk's office.She seemed disappointed when* informed there had been no decision of the attorneys, but her face was cheerful when she departed with the information that she would get a final answer this evening.Alice Norton, an Indianapolis girl, married Pang Yim, a Chinese, in Chicago, several years ago. That is the only experience in this kind of a wedding Indianapolis has had. Pang Yim took his bride to China. She neverreturned.Mr. and Mrs. Sam Moy will continue to live in Indianapolis.It was decided this afternoon by Ovid Jameson, who is the county clerk’s attorney, and W. H. H. Miller, attorney for Deputy County Clerk Clinton Hare, that there was no legal obstacle in the way of Issuing a license, and one will he issued, though County Clerk Elliott is averse to taking such action.
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Elkhart Weekly Truth
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 17, 1902
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