Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1909 — DIVORCE SEEKERS BARRED [ARTICLE]

DIVORCE SEEKERS BARRED

'No South Dakota Pulpit For Ministers Who Are After Decrees. Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 8. —Methodists tn annual conference have forbidden district superintendents to employ any preacher who is in the state for the purpose of obtaining a divorce. It has happened that ministers have been employed under the impression that their families were coming later, only to have them obtain decrees and depart.