The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-26

Cochran to Polly Findley; Joel Johnson to Polly Elliott; Charles c. Humber to Lottie Hammon; Daniel Nations to Atbe- mean Strawn; William Police to Charity Dickerson James Smith (you can bet on Smith to butt in) to Sallie Craig; Kinney Bagwell to Parthey Boyles Andrew Lock- ridge to Araa Nations; James Allen VII Hams to Jemima Bllingsley; John Jones to Sarah Harbin; Reuben Tankerslev to Aylese H. Scott; Jesse Harbin to Sarah Cureton Major M. Gillian to Polly Cram nett.
 It is hardly probable that any of these people are. living today, but it Is very probable that their children and their children's children are scattered from one end of the country to the other and they are remembered
 The territory included in Blount county at that time was large and was an un- developed wilderness. These young peo- pie came of hardy, robust pioneer stock. and It Is interesting to look back in the mind on the primitive happiness of these people when the wedding journey was possibly few miles on foot or per-
 
 the hills that had been prepared by the sturdy bridegroom not far from the par enta1 threshols.
 During the following year Alabama be- came a state and Jefferson county was formed. During the year 1S19 fifty-eight marriage licenses were issued At this time and up to the close of the war licenses were issued only to white people.
 An incidental study of the ld-fashioned Christian names borne by the women of that day and time is interesting. Such names as Polly, Elizabeth, Sallie, Charity and Sarah predominate. They are simple and affectionate and carry to the heart feeling of pure womanliness that is pleasing. l am glad to note that these old-fashioned names for girls are again becoming popular. Their simplicity and feminine sweetness do not fit the .'new woman with suited, misguided ideas Of woman's emancipation, and I hope that the little lassies of the twentieth century with the dear old names will live up to them.
 Let us compare the number of marriage hSchSoS iSoucu III Lolo WitH the number issued in 19O8 The number issued in Jeff ferson county last year was for both white and black, 3376. The number to white people was 149o; negroes, 11S6, which shows that many more negroes than white people marry.
 This may be accounted for by the fact that negroes marry oftener than white people.
 Up to 1880 the record of licenses to white people and negroes were kept in the same record books, the license to negroes be- ing simply marked freedmen" Since 1880, however, they have been kept sep arately, and it Is remarkable fact that the number of record books for negroes since that time equal those kept for both whites and blacks collectively and separately since ISIS. In other words the negroes since 1880 have filled forty-two volumes. which is equal to the number filled by white people since ISIS, which also includes the negroes up to 1880.
 An interesting relic of the pioneer days in Alabama is a drop of tallow from an old-fashioned tallow dip on one of the pages of the first marriage record book. This greasy, time-statlned tell-tale the inconveniences of the old days. The writing in this old record was also done with the old fashioned quill and the ink, which Is pale, indicates the imperfection of manufacture