Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-18
LEAP YEAR should INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES
a.
June Is FaVOrG Month For Marrying But There Are EIeV
en- Others. December Holds Local Record

June is favorite month in which
to marry, but there are eleven others.
That should furnish much consola-
ton to the leap year maidens who
are contemplating committing matri-
mony during this year of unusual op-
portunity.
Thought noted for the number Of
marriages usually, the records of the
Court of Ordinary as kept for Sumter
county by Capt John A. Cobb, show
that June was not even close Sec
ond last year with those who sought
surcease of sorrow in double blessed
ness.
December holds the palm for the
largest number of weddings in the
year 1911, both among the white and
colored populations, while June was
not even second Considering the
marriages among whites, October was
second in number, while November
was third, leaving June and July to tie
for fourth place
The number of marriages among
the whites of the county for Decem-
Der was 13-how unfortunate that
such an nnlucky number sheuId have
turned up on the wheel of fate for
December brides and bridegroomst
October came second with
marriages, with November 8, and June
and July 7. From this it may readily
be seen that June came in as a poor
fourth in the race for matrimonial
honors.
The totals for the year show that 73
marriage licenses were issued by the
ordinary to white couples during 1911,
while the number issued to negroes
an ounted to 300. 1t would seem from
this, if it is a fairly representative
proportion, which the figures for 1915
and 1911 show to be true for the two
years compared, that the colored pop
ulation is in much more of marry
ing mood than the white candidates
for matrimony.
1t is also interesting to note the
fact that as regards which one of
the months of the year claimed the
smallest number of matrimonial vic
Tins. A reference to the statistics
kept shows that September came at
the small end of the procession, with
only one valiant couple asking for q
marriage license. From this mini
mum Of one license issued the num-
Der ranges up to the number of Is in
the banner month of December.
OF further interest is the fact that
the records show a larger number of
marriages locally last year than for
the year before, 1911 having led 1910
by ~ rgin Of seven marriages. The.
total number of marriages among
whites for 1910 was 66, as compared
with 12 for the preceding year. Among
the colored population there was an
actual cecrease in 1911 from the rec
ord of the year previous as is shown
by the figures 300 for 1910 and 300 for
1911. The total number of both black
and white marriages for 1911 shows a
decrease of only two over the pre-
ecding year, as the figures 373 ani
37E show
There is no reason, then, why 1919,
which IS leap year, should not show
large increase in the number OF
marriages here, as such noticea-
able increase in marriages among the
whites was shown last year when leap
wear was not in the running. 1t is
believed that the present year will
prove a red-letter year in a matr:-
lnonial way, unless signs on the ho-
II :, n prove false.
The number of licenses as issued
for each month of the year, 1911, are
as follows