South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-05
YOUNG MEN SHOULD
NOT WED FLAPPERS
TO FIND CONTENT
Husband of Nine Wives Saws
Psychology Should Be Used
In WOoing.


POPULAR BLUFF. NO. May A.
Weathering many tempests on the
sea Of matrimony. William L TIL
man. 7S-year-old farmer. has ended
his cruises and now is living peace
fully with his ninth wife. The di-
vorce courts Of Missouri and North
Carolina have thrice favored the
aged tiller with their verdicts. Five
OF his former wives are dead.
The best way TO win a wife"
Tillman declares. sis to pay all your
attentions TO the job OF wOoing. be
with her as much as possible so
your rival won't have a chance"
There isn't a woman on earth he
could not get if he wanted her.
That IS his unequivocal assertion
regarding affaires de heart.
Nothing is impossible in the
world Of affection. All women are
different" the gray whiskered king
Of marriages states. Many women
merely want love and marriage.
Most OF them ike cave-man stuff.
Many Of them want To marry and
raise children. BY studying the
psychology OF the woman you want
TO win. you'll find the love making
methods 10 which they are most
susceptible. They'll all fall if you
know how TO so after EN-"
Killed Man.
So ardent was Tillman's love for
one of his former wives that he
killed a man who tempered with
his affections. Admitting the kill
ing. for which he is said to have
served a short term in prison. Till
man didn't care "to talk about
that"
Il paid the PENALTY. so it makes
no difference to anyone now" he
declared. Il gave the other man
fair warning"
And take it from the love lariat's
own assertion that he'll marry again
if his present wife ever dies.
What's the use OF staying sin
gle?" he queries. "Sure, I'd marry
again. There's no joke about that.
I'D have to have somebody to cut
wood for" he chortled.
With his wife, formerly Mrs
Sarah Tune. who now is IS years
old, Tillman resides on a farm in
Butler county several miles from
here. He was born October II.
1912, in North Carolina. served
through the civil war with the
union forces and was mustered out
from Company G.. One Hundred and
Tenth Illinois infantry, at tho close
of the struggle between the states.
Divorced Three Times.
Here is the list of wives with
whom he has shared the trials and
tribulations. the defeats and the
victories of his varied career in the
marriage market:
At the ace of % he married Miss
Rachel c. Lowry in August, 1865.
She died in January. 1875. Eight
months later he married Mary NJ.
Canady. After four years Of happi-
ness she passed out.
In January. 1881. Tiuman en-
barked again on the sea of matri-
mony. this time with AdeIine CaFen-
der. She died i'm 1895.
His first divorce was obtained
from his fourth wife. nee Margaret
Parker. whom he married i'm 1896.
Because his fifth wife. originally
Mamie Shannon, couldn't get along
with the old rooster" he was di-
vorced a7ain i'm 1903.
Then for seven years he found
bliss in the companionship Of Mrs
Sophia r. Higgins, a widow, who
died in 1910.
The seventh mate made life very
miserable and Tillman secured
divorce from her in 1912. after hav-
ing been married to her in 1911.
She was a widow. Mrs. Harriet
Ray, and the mother Of several
children by her first husband
Again. in 1915. he plunged. this
time taking as his mate Mrs. Alice
Witt. who died a year later.
Has Never Had Children.
Tillman denied the story told BY
other old settlers that ne had been
the husband of two additional
wives not given in the list.
Il wouldn't bc ashamed OF ii if
it were true" he asserted. 81
think my record does pretty well
and / don't want to exasgera.e it,
The age of a woman as coEIglrc1
with that Of man to whom she
IL mar ned mas nothing 10 d with
the surrtss Of welded l4f. declares
The sage u nearly a dozen ,oN+
fcasts.
III ali depends on t'e man." he
says Noiuy fellows should never
marrj n fGpper if they expect 20
knew w,dlJ hiss. Sor-. wives
have to re treated like 5a7."s. MI
of them should be rUted. If they
acs not Tetted-well. tn III Cn1 a
way cUJ
Tillmau happens not 20 he the
father q aLy children.