“Mullis a Marryier,” from the
March 2, 1922 issue of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch
Squire Mullis says
he is out to beat the Jesse Fry record of marrying folks. Magistrate Fry of
Carthage has performed 217 marriage ceremonies up to the 25th of
February. But Squire Mullis is no slouch when it comes to tying such a knot. He
has married four couples in the last week. He makes no charge but casually
drops the hint that the “Lord allows him $1.00,” and the groom generally takes
the hint.
He had to call a
halt on an impatient groom last Saturday; he had gotten about half through the
ceremony, when the groom, thinking it over, started to salute the bride; but
the dignified magistrate would have none of that until the job was thoroughly
done. After the last words, he remarked to the groom, “now go to it.”
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