Marriage licenses issued during September show a swing back to matrimony which is an indication that conditions are becoming better. Marriage licenses issued during August were very few compared to those issued in September.
There were more than twice as many colored marriages in this month as white. One white girl, 15 years of age, and one 16 years of age are in the list below. This seems rather young when the general tendency is to increase the age limit. The State permits an 18-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl to unite in matrimony when neither of them can make a legal contact for three years to come. Matrimony at this period in life should be discouraged.
The most peculiar name in the list is Piccolo Razor, the name of a colored woman. A piccolo is a musical instrument which would certainly appeal to the average colored person, but on the other extreme he has a razor.
Licenses issued were as follows:
WHITE
Thomas McKim and Elizabeth W. Pope.
W.J. Star and Pattie Sherrod.
W.S. McGee and Nellie Roebuck.
Jasper Scott and Sidney L. Whitaker.
William H. Medlin and Sudie Martin.
Walter E. Tyson and Bessie L. Moye.
Phillip Ambrose and Virginia Williams.
Raymond H. Stalls and Alice James.
COLORED
John Worship and Nancy Williams.
Lee Gilespie and Annie Eborn.
William Stephenson and Piccolo Razor.
Freeman Camp and Polly Wiliams.
Walter Parkins and Lula Hines.
Charles Daughterty and Lillian Wallace.
Floyd Spruill and Mattie L. Hill.
Isaac Gay and Judie H. Davis.
Thos. Overton and Isadore Holloman.
Fred Simmons and Mary M. Parker.
Walter Lee and Hattie Jones.
James Scott and Mattie Hines.
From the front page of The Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, N.C., Sept. 30, 1924
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073995/1924-09-30/ed-1/seq-1/#words=September+30%2C+1924
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