The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-04-11
The Greatest Marrying Man.

The Atlanta Constitution says that
Squire W. o. Bales, Of York County,
South Carolina, has an ambition to be
the "Grcatcst Marrying man" in the
world. The squire does not mean
that he himself wants to break all re
cords in the matter Of wives, but he
wants to sec how many other fellows
he can tie W. The squire is philan-
thropi,t and he believes that he can be
Of more service to his fellow man in
the role Of profcs ssionol knot tier than
anything else and he is now trying to
establish marrying record that will
break all previous records and cstab-
lish 4 new one that will stand for all
time to come. While the squire be-
licvcs firmly in matrinony ana has
adoptcdi marrying as profession be-
cause he loves to tie them up, it is
true also that The geographical situa-
ton OF his Ilabitntlon has something
to do with his record up to date The
fact is that he lives just eleven miles
from the North Carolina line in South
Carolina and as he says, this is the
secret Of magnetism In South Caro-
lima no marriage license is required.
while in North Carolina the require
mcnts are very strict and the price
very high. AS the squire is prepared
to receive them by private conveyance
or by rail and always has everything
ready to yoke item up quickly, he
has steady flow Of customers. Being
in business on large scale he is
prepared to give Wholesale prices and
he does the job for the pitiful sum
Of one dollar This iscrock bottom in
prices, for the man who cannot afford
to marry at all. A first class hound dog
in South Carolina is worth more than
that.
During the past three years he has
married 395 couples; some Of them
coming as far as 700 miles to have him
do the job. In addition to this the
squire writes that his marrying busi-
ness is still growing and reaching out. I"
He is going to make an effort this year
to break all records and it is his ambi-
ton to- marry 300 couples during the
year, or on all average Of one day for
the year The squire advcrtises in the
daily papers that he is ready to tic
the knot while you wait and he also
gives IL guarantee that his service will
be short, intelligent and very binding
and hard to break, which is undoubt-
cdly true lin South Carolina. for that
State grants no divorces. In writing
OF his blsinessthc s,uirc' S press agent
says He furnishes each and every
couple with a printed marriage ccrtifi-
cate properly witnessed, signed and
sealed. lie is very popular and has
quite host Of friends. You cannot
be treated better nor married more
legally anywhere. The squire is a
farmer and YES born ana raised in
South Carolinasand is thirty years oe
age. c.f,All those that love to take a
bridal trip will do well to call On him.
lie puts an end TO all your troubles
and feels quite sure that you will be
benefited and your trip romantic.'
The latter part of this statement is
given without any guarantee, cspcci-
ally that part about ending all your
troubles. However, as he is man
of such wide experience it il probable
that he knows best, and any one wish
ing to take bridal tour should take
his advice and call on him.
Don't forget the small price, the
guarantee and the romantic bridal
trip.
The squire failed to say in his letter
to The Constitution whether he was
married or not.