Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-01-07
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 were iesued from tn county C ce-= office of Jefferson. During tae
 year Judge J. NJ Ellio r, ill ta . 2 ceYy cour, ssued 300 dacrees eeea atins G2G males and fc7n&: cm
 holy bands of matrimony. On tine two Interesting and clos " Q
 institutions, closely connected becau Q u.e tas to ne Aerfq m I to ,orN the other being uniformed" there are many opportunities for stat st ( and other theories.
 Just 2,03S times did the imp
 m sc itf, Cup1u, cut loose wiys 'l bow and arrow and pierce the hea of lovelorn creatures, causing sue agony and distl ess that they re oa;T to the sanctum of his cherkshir John H. Shelby, and there, 'with many blushes and much coGtusiOn re- ceive the necessary permit required by the law to tie into one large kno; two strings which for anywhere ba- been dangling loose in the inner part of the victims which is called by those sages of science, the heart.
 AS result of the miechief makers work the county till was enlarged to the extent of $2,547.50 and the preac' CTS and magistrates, averaging them at $5 for every complete job, received $5,095. And the general opinion of those who have been married longer than six months. tho county and tha preachers and magistrates are the on ly ones who receive any benefit what ever from this old custom which Adam has been accused of institut ng,
 Cupid and Santa Claus evidently work in harmony as the month ,f December witnesses the largest num- Der of "conjunctions," each yea. Last month, December, 1911, 139 .'- eenses were issued by the county clerk and his deputies. and on Decem- Der 23 those officials declare that the only businss transacted in that branch of the county government was landing oa: the prescription for the balm of love at the rat. of two an hour, Or total of 26 for the day.
 After December, comes Janua:y second in the number of licenses with total of 117. Then comes March with 105, and on the 25th day of thet month 13 pair. of license" were issued. November way around at the other end of the year, fol- lows closely with lO4 Then in 4he following order, come the rest of the. motnhs. February, sl; sApril, sos May, 72; June, famous for her brides and notabls- society weddings, has only S9; September |" 6S;. July, 61; October. 57 and August. 56. :.
 So much for the hearts that wan, der dowa the beautiful lanes, ever the sun-kissed hills, through the fields of clover in the land which is above the sordid cares of ordinary life; in the realms everything is beautiful and good and life seems like "a glorious dream
 But, now we turn to the oy,er sidel the side of those who have found the beautiful lane muddy and im- passible. the sua-kissed hills turned to ice-covered mountains of hate and the fields sweet clover into stretches of despair.
 Six hundred men and women who found that they had been mated wrong were released from the.r miserable contracts. Three hundred times did Judge Elliott write the words null and void." once more turning those who were in w,rse than bondage back into the class of those who travel the path alone.
 In January 1911.. 36 decrees were signed. The next month was Decem- Der, with 35. Then in succession Feb ruasy, 34; March. g: October, 27: April, 26; May. 25; July. g; Jun. 20; September 15 and November, F.
 The cost of uissolvirg the bonds Is much larger than the est for con- tracting them but then the cost Is small item so tiiey say.