The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-26

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IN Hartman na learning that he
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Hs tlnsily obtained oue IA New
Sofk
Under ,he lead ~ Judge sptsua
fourteen divorces we've annullni and
ft1s refused \ number of residents
then quietly fled from omaha with
oat aiyalgiaR IN. real cause ~hy
,hey had tarfted there
Marriage on the day of the divorce
was praeiiced for several years ~tih
llmpunity In Omaha. but there h none
of tt nov The divorced must wait
/ six months OF else marry secretly
Legally. in Nebraska. the defendant
/ Ia a divorce suit has SIX months In
which to perfect an appeal 10 high
er court Several who secretly mar
ried immediately after their divorce
had their marriage anuulled By the
Omaha judges There are several
causes for divorce in Nebraska. and
lii she judges would relax. wealthy
fasteners could have an easy time.
Legal residence can still be establish
ed there In six months.
In Rhode Island. too, where many
mismated rich have easily and quiet
ly freed themselves from matrimon-
ial letters, there is now strong pub
lie sentiment against quick divorces.
| Governor Higgins, in January. 1907.
said he would ask the legislature for
more stringent laws TO supplement
the reforms of last year.
Here in Rhode Island he said,
| we have in the past had the repu-
| tation OF being an easy state in the
divorce matter This reputation was
not deserved Rhode Island is not
and Will not be temporary camp
! ing ground for dissatisfied couples
who wish to avoid and shake off their
proper marital obligations. Our state
| has recently adopted more stringent
| regulations on the divorce question,
and much greater restrictions are TO
follow
Many divorces have been secured
in Louisiana on the advice of lawyers
that it is easiest to keep the proceed
ings under cover In Louisiana no
record of marriages or divorces Is
kept either officially or unofficially
The reformation of the divorce Law
/ in South Dakota and the general ten
dency now in progress TO tighten the
laws in most of the other easy
! commonwealth are not the only
troubles confronting the try-aSa1ns
The federal government has recently
established an inquiry into the cause
of divorce in all the states, and has
sent forth an army or hqulsitofs
with powers to pry into all SORTS Oh
court records and gather complete
statistics as TO past divorces.
PENNSYLVANIA has, since 1903, at
tracted not a few divorce seekers
from the more strict eastern states.
In January of that year the common
Meas court in Philadelphia decided
The laws of that state permitted di-
vorce without personal service upon
the defendant when one of the par
. ties to the suit resided in an outside
, state The decision was expected 10
make Pennsylvania a rival OF south
. dakota in divorce matters, but II mas
. never gone as far as that.
south Carolina stunned. /.
The one state divorce seekers al
WAYS avoid is south Carolina, as the
. courts of that state, since 1871 nave
I Ibad no power To grant divorces ioi
p lany cause. The only chance there Is
lao get marriage aunulled. under
T some plca authorized in the old com
mon law.
! The competition among the states
in the matter ot easy divorces mas
s led 10 tremendous increase ia dr
yorces According 20 figures siser
p out recently by The census dep"tl
ment az Washington, i.'"". 200 di
u ,orccs have been granted iu ih' n
ned states since 1857. purin- 'h'
Iprsyious nineteen YEAR period. ron
P .INs9 to tNSN. the divorces numbered
t sut, ss> .ooo The rate ln thr fu'a
districts /. apldlt increasing "u'
io tho fact thar tbs country p'"p''
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