SAYS TOWN IS A DIVORCE MECCA.
Independence People Claim Many
Suits Filed There Give Out-
siders Wrong Impression.
Independence people are getting tired of mismated Kansas Cityans going there to file divorce suits.
"Every day," said R. W. McCurdy of Independence yesterday, "a raft of divorce suits are filed, and the papers mention the fact that the suits were filed at Independence.
"I am a traveling man, and a fellow asked me on the cars: 'What's the matter with you Independence men? Can't you get along with the women?' The impression gets abroad that Independence is worse than Pittsburgh."
The matter was mentioned recently at a meeting of the Independence Commercial Club, and that organization probably will take some steps to stop the influx of proposed divorcees or give every Independence man a clean bill of health.
