Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-11-04
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not even raised by Paul In this connec-
ton = fcay be properly said. then.
that Paul did not advocate divorce s@r
anything save adultery. though he does
not even indicate this exception save by
Implication
This divine Law is set forth in DO IN
certain sound on the pas Of Gods
Word: and the disobedicnce OF IL must
entail sorrOwfnl results 90 the ipct-
vidaai. the family. and the community
Second-A social disease. Divorces
are more numerous In the United \
states In proportion 20 marriages than /
Ia any other country ~ which we have
any record. This social disease Is con /
faciouS and spreading. Ia 1870. 90
per cent. OF marriages ended in divorces.
Ia 1880. ~ per cent. In 1890. G. per
cent Ia 1900. 81 per cent. In 1870
7 fre rcrcefitagc OF the divorced to the
Ell was o.5. In 1900 IL was o-s-
/ According 10 the census OF 1900 there
were 2s5r divorced women I'm the
4 United states under the axe Ok twenty
/ and 1919 divorced women between
twenty and twenty i've years OF age
south Carolina Is the only state IN
the Union which grants so divorce
New York IS the only state in the
Union which proposes TO grant divorces
only on Scripturai grounds. yet Sew
York grants. annually. more than "a
thousand divorces.
Illinois gives fair illustration %
the laws OF almost an the states. Al
ter rccitin- long list OF grounds upon
, which r divorce may be granted the
law concludes by empowering the court
- 90 grant divorce upon any plea wnlcn
10 thinks justidahie-
The Western states, IN order 90 ln-
s crease their population. are making
- open ana shameless bids Tor those dis
D. satisfied with the married state Co come
F. CD chem and have 10 dissolved
= Statistics given by the Chicago Daily
j.. News Almanac. 1908. show the follow
o. ing number OF divorces granted boz lead
D. ing cities az our country in 1901.
!. Providence. so. Cincinnati 500. bos
s. ton soG. cleveland. 454. Philadelphia
10 fa.. 50. Louis. 5I3, New NorS. olt, cai
i- Francisco. $40. Chicago. leo~.
r The statistics or Carroll ID. Wright
is Commits Toner 90 Labor. Tor twcnr
c wears frcm 1869 20 1856. show SIS. O.
N divorce, granted lu thc United state
IT, i'm those wears. Ira 1850. gciT divorce
were granted while Ina 1856 -5.535 81
no / vorccs were granted. making ara h
o. crease Or 15I peg cent The increase
PSI population was sixty per cent. durin
u the same period.
In lS6T Ohio granted 9ol divorce
g. ana i'm 1900 the State granted 5-l
d divorces ono to every eleven marriage
al T solaulnired In the State. Indian
granted. in iSG7. 1o9G divorces. and
90 1900. a1sH-one divorce to every ~
n- marriages solemnlzed in the stat
m only n short time ago TIE papers WEI
ln telling of % woman in Indiana Wl
80 had eight Twins husbands. trom VINO
AZ I She had been divorced. and This sam
m- woman was then preparing % De- m'
...
PSI. / 1860 granted 4t9 divorces. and DO i'h
eI granted 1ilS divorces divorce
.ut every eleven marriages soiemnizcd
hc the State.
le A tabi, % divorces in the ChristL
to world iu 1855. as given in Studies
es- History. Economics and Public Law
FOL issued hv Columbia University, gIV
the the following interesting fact. Cann'
lon Great Britain and Ireland, Fran
% Italy. Switzerland. Belgium, Holia'
ntS Denmark. sweden. Germany. Ausu
Jed Roumania. Russia and Australia gra
au- "a n total 90 2O111 divorces. while
ns. the same year the United States era
lcl- Ell 234T1 divOrces-an excess over
the other countries in the Christian wo
age OF 1861.
Forty Eve States and several Tel
lar- tories have various and conflict
s. laws. and more than 5000 courts ~
. Do jurisdiction of divorce cases.
.lou learned esSay.st says 81 our legi,lat
eia- that DO presents the largest and stra
fees fSranl perhaps the saddest eXperlm
> be i'm the sphere of family laws VII
can Gree. self-overning countries nave e.
the tried" II was published In rec
hat journal that divorces were granted
dl- Chlcaco for the following causes, 81
tain lug. cold feet. eating with KNIFE,
was sisting upon going 20 bed in his ON
& OF coat and boots smoking cisaret
failure as n cook
the During recent years divorce has
set vcloped into au industry in the I'm
"It States. the legal profession and
put bench have done much 90 cncour
writ this terrible traffic.
YOU For 62u divorces in France 81
his given period the United States ot
ilco- 5000. the United Kingdom snow
ry." 4T5 and the German Empire CO.'S
OF the same time. For period OF tw,
his years iu Maryland the rate Of MARI
teeth TO divorce was Gl.04 Massachus
uian avera ged 31.2S 10 every divorce.
he some of The popular theories are
teth divorce is due 20 the conflicting ana,
set harmonious statutes OF various 81.
rom Thus as Colonel Wright. I'm his reI
q to informs us. &C. is the belief that per-
csus residing i'm the state OF New y
one where rhe law is strict. are I'm the d
9 He OF seeking divorces I'm Rhode Isl
the But the statistics show thar or
divorces granted i'm Rhode Island
The ninety-seven Were 20 parties mar
dig i'm New York and OF 600 granite
r Rae Pennsylvania. only 165 were % pa
be- married In New York, while or
,h of 2S9.5f6 couples whose place or
died. rIage was ascerIaincd. 23t sol Wer
o DO vOrced I'M the same state I'M which