The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-02-23
TO CHECK
@ DIVORCE EVIL.
DELEGATES FROM FoRTYTWo
STATES GATHER IN CHICAGO
TO TAKE CONCERTED
ACTION.
DIVORCE is ASSUMING
ALARMING PROPORTIONS.
Special to the Herald:

Special to the Herald:
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The latest obtainable Stats I"
tics q901) show that every fourth =
marriage contracted in Seattle, 3
Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Kansas City resulted in divorce. .
In 1881 the total number of di- =
voTces granted in the United =
States came to 2O,716. The in .
= crease since that date is estimat- =
ed at 1927 per cent. An idea of =
the gravity of the evil revealed .
by these figures may be gained =
from the fact that the total num- .
Der of divorces granted in the
German empire in 1901 was S,O37
and the total in France for 1900 =
1857. .
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WASHINGTON, D. G. Feb. 49,
Several hundred delegates, appointed
by the governors of AZ states, all men of
earnest thought. devoted to, the best
interests of the country, met today in
convention in this city to discnss the
problem of divorce.
Governor PennypacKer of Pennsyl-
vsnia took the initiative in bringing
them together to exchange ideas, to
perfect permanent organization, and
to recommend informally some solution.
a unite in che belief that the gigantic
Evil of divorce in the United States
should be checked.
Governor Pennypscker called the con.
ference to order and in his opening
address stated the purpose of-the gath
ering to be ito draft proposed general
law which shall bereported to the gov
ernors of all the states for submission to
the legislatures thereof, with the object,
OF 4 ring as nearly as may be possible,
uniform statutes upohf the subject of
divorce throughout the nation
Because of wide differences in the
statutes of some states relative to
divorces the difficulty is recognized of
settling upon bill that will pass muster
in every state. North Carolina does
not permit divorces at ALL and in some
states from six months to three years
residence is required before an applica.
tor is made. In others the persons ap-
plying must be natives of the state in
which they apply.
1t is expected that the congress will
give special consideration to an act pro-
posed by a committee appointed some
time ago by the American Bar Associa-
ton, to consider the question of divorce.
This act says that no divorce shall be
granted for any cause existing prior to
either party's residence IN the state,
unless it be the ground of divorce in the
state where the case arises. It then
takes up the question OF actual resi-
dence and says that il person desires
to bring action for divorce, il the case
has arisen in the state, then he must
have had actual residence in that state
for at least one year before bringing
suit. On the other hand, II the cause
for divorce has been outside the state
where the action is brought, then the
party complainaing must have lived for
at least two years in the state before
bringing action. Another point in the
act is the question of bringing divorce
suits without proper notice to the de.
PENDANT. The act declares evidence
must be brought that the proper papers
have been served on the defendant, or
Q sufficient time must have elapsed to