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Show i- " ia v.LLh . ::h rn ir.Hv.iry cc::l 1 11 -r.J it ; ' "tl .-.er.ZH.lil ..tU: ).'.' r ; : r.-l ? I tLc: 3 1 itc I'm re : h A re - -3 ::: r ctlr - r ti :.t hill r.t Ca tcn. ' , ... . " - - - - 1 ' ; South Dakota has long been ft hissing and a byword by-word ia every section of this country, but the height cf her shame has. just been reached. At a mass meeting held in Canton plans were formed to upset the monopoly which Sioux Falls holds in the divorce line and promote the divorce business in Canton. The Jatter city is to be extensively ad-"' ad-"' vertised as the most desirable divorce town on the globe, and erery effort will be made to bring Canton into notoriety. The most alluring inducement that these "aggressive business men of Canton" hold out is the promise to shield from all publicity such divorce di-vorce seekers as come to their town. They call attention at-tention to the fact that Sioux Falls is filled with newspaper correspondents who advertise details of divorce proceedings to all the world. Canton pro " poses to enact an embargo ordinance that will keep I all co-respondents out of the towp as effectively as they are barred from the National park at present Tfcjs will enable the most sensational cases to be heard in secrecy. It js hard to believe that such a mass meeting was held in a civilized community. Sq?th Pakcta has long been a disgrace to the Union. The conrts cf that Etate have been granting 600 divorces di-vorces a year, at A cert of 1SQQ each. It is a paying ia'-etry, lt a disreputable one. But this evil may be ahttrd if it? Legislatures and courts cf other Ftatr3 tal;a rci action as will make Couth Dakota divorces worthless. . Usr-tachusctta Las already re- |