The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-11-23
Issued Against the Western Wat-l
rimoniai Agency Which Did a
THRIVING BUSINESS
In Trying to Get husbands and Wives
for Women and Mex Who Would
Employ Them Prom fine to
Time. Barred Prom the


says rather novel fraud order JUST
issued by the postofilce departments is
against no less beneticent public In.
situation than matrimonial agency,
an institution not much known inour
part of the country. AS o rule in the
South people Of msrrlagesble procliv-
ties have better way of neetink each
other. II is only whom they send afar
off for o mate that they patronize some
| of tho Northern matrimonial agencies.
But in some Of these Northern
towns, where matrimopy is more Of o
business than o pleasure, the maGri-
mOnial agencies sometimes do almost
as big u business as the divorce courts.
Oae Adolph j. Miller OF Detroit,
Mioh., has been conducting one of
these agencies, and with apparent
success but ct last he has run o muck
OF the postal laws of the United
States, and they arc about to put him
out Of business. Some of the papers
announced something bout IL We'd
nesday, but the quite interesting facts,
] which this correspondent has obtain
ed at Che depSrtoent, were not given.
The Home Circle" is the name OF
this great institution for the dispen-
sation OF marital bliss, and the price
for enlistment is for men 96, for ladies
(there are no women) %. The little
preliminary fec was TO furnish infor.
nation to tho men about the ladies,
and to the ladies about the men, and
to contriye after some manner ap.
proved In society to introduce the one
to the other. So far, good. There Is
no fraud In this. Rut the manager OF
the Home Offcle" began, IL is alleg-
ed, to misrepresent the ladies, sssIgn-
| ing to them traits Of character which
they had not, or which their acqnain.
| tances knew not Of. This, OF course,
vas highly reprehensible, and Uncle
Sam interviewed SO far as the use OF
the mails by the business is concerned.
There mpab be o square deal, he says.
One of the advertise1nsnts tnea
i s.1s;slst !, sse
in Washing ton; ago % i; worth 83 500!
cash; bachelOr, girl age %; worth
$4,000, Write us9n Now tneao be
valuable msi1ens, one worth S3. 500
and the other 912, 900, and auspi0ion
was naturally aroused. An investiga-
tion showed that this manager OF the
Home Oircle really knew no such
maidens, at least none who had en-
trusted their future happiness to him.
One Of his letters to D prospect
reads
"Wa have q member living not so
far from you who would like to CORES
pond with view to marriage. The
lady mentioned above is 26 years Of
age, has dark hair and dark eyes;
height 8, s; weighU 100; she wishes to
correspond With a view to marriage.
If you become member, we will
do our beat to give you satisfaction.
:, We have reliable members In all parts
I Of the United States, and can give
you . list and suit almost any desorip-
q lions that you may wish.
Our interest In you does not cease
when you become member. We are
moro interested then than ever before
/. When you are member we strive to
d marry you speedily" &
}, TO this letter were appended o few
o "Remarks," reading, "We conside,
@ this brilliant chance; she has money
. Is handsome, and lady in every sSnst
d Of the word"
n The postoflloe inspector reported
Q that this enterprlsing manager was
j. misrepresenting some Of these ladies
@ he had on his list. He said the names,
e given with 80 much accuracy of detail
/. etc., were fictitious. The manager, ht
70 believes, knowing that the,e wer,
.. such ladies in the world Bomewher,
i. corresponding to the above desorip
20 tion-and wanting to get married, tot
why he just undertook to advertise
them. And somehow he seemed 4,
have done good business, SO chat h
h. must hsv, had some inside knowledg
)y Of humal, nature. Naturally q mat
ia rimonial agency. as fortune teller
~ must have.