The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14
oDDocE EASY DIVORCE LAWS

~ rnI-idas divorce on five years sepa-
WI 1Vbat do the Christian people Of Ia, ~
c+o+o think Of this effort TO lo" ~
hars2 North Carolina IS sloche has
= sturdy people, whose oltho = ban,
haen their crovning virtue. than
uotb;no has been more sacred 'ndn
.o'iQ19 'nf Marriage Are we to lot
oct the sacred landmarks Il eillpalh
that course which LEADS t1Ipush
shame and scandal course "nfer
has brought disgrace upon
States already forth
The News and Observer sends Ioili
IFS protest in the following eulloil:
which is worthy of a cafelul PEI 49,
IThen follows in fun the Ia ia on.
editorial from The NeWs II W
server.-Editor.
There are no party lines IN the ger
era1 and vigorous opposition 70 tho
bill pendjnc in the House and TO al
steps to make divorces easy IN Norll
Carolina. hi sentiment against Suoh
legislation is almost universal in0
Greensboro News said editorially yes
terday:
Well Done.
We have not always agreed viii
The News n Observer: tact Is. We
we have mostly. that is to say, U OF
a given umb of times, the vast ma
jority of those times. we have not
agreed with the editor Of that paper
at all,
But last Sunday The New and OBJ
server devoted its news and editorial
columns to combat the divorce eVli
that, in some way or other, seems 20
be showing its hideous head a little
too Familiarity in this State-whlch,
thank God, still holds the old-fashion-
ed notions Of right and wrong.
The bill to make divorce easier to
obtain, five years separation being
sufficient. has already passed the
House, and it was this that gave Mr..
Daniels the opportunity to voice what
must be the hearty sentiments of all
decent clean-minded and Christian
people within our borders.
All other things aside, Mr.. Daniels
denunciation of any and all efforts to
make divorce easier was a righteous
blow struck in defense of that thing
upon which the future Of our country
depends-the purity OF the American
home
The Rowland Sun is old fashioned
In its belief in the ~sacredness OF mari
tai vows and says:
'Tt is indeed strange tha the Leg
%isiature Should again take up the
divorce question, when it was good
enough just as the law stood. The
only cause for divorce should be on
Biblical grounds. If the bill that is
pending should pas most any couple
that gets tired living together could
get the n broken and no trouble
about 1T. The marriage vows are
too sacred for anything like that"
Some years ago, when all the loose
oiNorce laws that had crept into the
statute books were repealed. a Young
lawyer in the Legislature said he
would not vote for the repeal be
cause as he put it, Il can get bigger
lees for getting divorces than for anv
other legal business. am not gona
= cu' OH my best source Of income,,
Lawyers ought to lead i'm reforms
ana the best ones do. The Iaaksvirla
Gazette saws:
ne laWyers have a pretty close
iPolaIlon here in North Carolina ana
We forever deVisine WAYS and maans
baro 9"'e more business. And they
neon,o Zen very successful. since the
ai,-a 49, peeh considrate enough 10
ma Lina lor the most part the law
nna nil power. For years the hast
p"Gh"ple Of North Carolina have haen
iavs 'nrE TO elevate and strengthen our
"uIcll pertain to the cacroa -
-. Ho!le. Blu the State l. 49,,
49, |t''9d WITH the news that tha ua,o
hin 49, 80" on its second reading >
Norm" you'd make marriage bonds ~
leaves. Tlohlla as loose as October
bin ne cnactinG into IL x Of tbis
the would bring blighting sha ~ nus
nin@ fim 5ood husbands or wives ''e An %
ing woman "G Go,( o. ten dependent. trust
law" LUZ" get the worst of tbe
This Legislature will ~.
raleigh into a Reno. hnt convert
1hS down Of the l,ar. 90 let-