The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-04-21
GEORGIA MARRIAGES
35,S23 IN ONE YEAR
DIVORCES MUM Erred 1888,
WHILE CUPID is DANGLING
lire BEFORE THOUSANDS.
rS FOURTH In LIST OF STATES

Facts Compiled From Census Report
Concerning the Ventures of Dan
Cunid in Georgia Not a Divorce
In Several Counties.
Dan Cupid's fielding average in the
.,,.rriape game throughout the United
States does not class that young lord
\ 81 the bow and arrow as major league
. caliber, although his performance here
j., the empire state of the south"
ranks fourth in the list of 4S states,
4 according to statistics published by the
limited States bureau of census for one
year These figures were compiled
from the United States statistics by
Richard NJ. Archer, a national author
ity. for the Atlanta Constitution.
Little Dan, old as the ages, yet al
WAYS young, started 35,S23 pairs of
i newlyweds out into the game of mar
A ial felicity-or otherwise in Georgia
4 during 1922, and during this period
1883 were sent to the bench by di-
yorce Judges. In other words, Dan
n Cupid in his Georgia ventures had a
percentage of 81 errors in his fielding
n average.
Due, probably, to the fact that he
a had more chances at bat in Fulton
4 county than any other little Dan
struck out more times there than in
anv other community. With 4,157
n hits to his credit in Fulton county,
Dan dropped his state average to l2.9
clean strikeouts when $50 marital
chances ended in foozle.
Divorces Show Drop.
Averages of 1000 in all possible
chances were chalked up by the little
SPORTSMAN. In II counties, however,
in this state no divorces were
recorded. These counties OF married
bliss are Calhoun, Chattahoochee,
n Crawford, Dawson, Echols, Gilmer,
Jasper, Lamar, Lee, Morgan, Spald-
a ing, Putnam, Quitman, Schley, Tai
bot and Webster.
The most active schedules on the
marriage list during the year were
PLAYED in Fulton, Chatham, Muscogee
and Walker with the last named coun-
nv listed as one of the 80 greatest
\ sGretna Greens" in the United States
Nhere most of the marriage games are
played by non-residents. In the case
hi Walker county this is probably due
10 the TACT that said playing field IS
|bnost conveniently situated for visit
E Eng teams" from Tennessee and Ala
( bama.
Fewer pairs faced the marriage
mentor in Chattahoochee county than
any other in the state. But Is mar
tiages took place in that county dur
ing the past year.
Cruelty was the cause OF most err
Fors in this state, where 90l divorces
were laid to that cause. Other CON
+ trbuting causes OF delinquency which
helped to bring the state average be-
s low big league standards are as toll
8 lows in their respective Importance
n Desertion, 500; unfaithfulness, lOl;
several causes, 100; all other causes
s and drunkenness So.
As stated above Georgia ranks
ourth in the 48 states in the percent
ge OF successful marriage ventures
Bnd these statistics become more com
bimentary to this state when 1t Is
E known that one of the states above
his one is South Carolina, where d.
i Eorces have been prohibited since 1878
Ground rules in Nevada are such
hat losing teams" flock to Reno to
lose their games with the result
that divorces in that state number y
Pc while marriages were but 935. Sta
istics show. that more than 500 OF
These errors in Nevada can be laid tc
Twisting players"