Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-01-10
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TIE year 1907 emphasized N,kvllles
popularity ~ q GeeSaa 6reea> Dag the
twelve moasAs et that year exSly 40
6ceeses b marsy were issued BY = CLERK
q The Circuit Ceate nearly two,tiSas q
tAsa AaSlag eeea procured BY eoNles ne
skaaeg without The hHalts efthe eoaSy, The
aamees was about agsy In excess q Valever
eeiese issued here IL q single year
TIE records show that $50 Teens were
issued - couples non wssAlHsso ne 10
eoap,es fso@ various sections Of IAlSoeasy,
ST 70 couples hon VirSeala, n soSceples
Ro@ RAltlmose and other ~ GMSylARd,
aud Is - couples NON aiEe ssions Of
The eoaatsY.
More than oas,Aalt q sc Ewhem
licenses were lssaed were married : Rnck,
vile mlalssess> Rev s n White, pollred
Baptist elalseeg. led With an even n % his
credits Rev T. L, weolG pastor ottAe NJ
n, Church South, Was second, behaving
osselsesd ca 81 eeeasloasS Rev, ThAas IL,
Cs@pAelG pastor Of the Baptist CAuSA. per,
@saed 81 eesemoalesS Rev, TAcs, Pack,
ard, rector o. CHRIST Episcopal Ghasa. mar
Seea "a couples. and Rev, Paillp h, N(aalre.
pastor et 81, Marys Catholic ChusA. tied
- kaots. waile Rev ], Preston LsSa pas,
teEel the CAslssiaa Church, aud Re 3, h
eSessymaa. aow deceased, eetweel them
marseed Is couples
TIE feapgessloa that nearly all oaples
who Wait Rockville eoE matrlmonll pur,
pcses are S0aaways i an erroneous oe As
q matter q fact = very small proporl>a are
q that class, Que Of the secFets q the
sewas popularity with couples on IaAEt'
eAoay bent h that glrl need be eotaKsesn
years eG Age In order to procure Sease,
aud noss lew Of those nom Wasfpgson,
where the required axe Il slgAtee, years,
come cut for that reason alone,
Rev :, h. White Baptist Alnisten
row retired. has married 30 many couples
that be has gained the title Of the ~lsrrying
eaSsoa~ Daring the forty years lnee his
oSdiastlea ~ uiaiseer he has tsd nearly
90 kaoss> OF late years his ser,ees have
eeea much more In demand than formerly,
and the year just closed, darlag which he
peSCes@ed an even 100 eeEemoass. was bis
record year,
Like all the other Rockville ministers.
Mt, White will not marty persoPs divorced
On ether than BIBLICAL gsoaads, However,
aaless his suspicious are aroused be never
asks embarrassing question: aud when the
papers are albright he usually performs the
esFemoay, but he has had occaslpa = NUN
BET Of times 10 "taEa dowa" divorced per,
sous, aud he says he will eoaIiaae to do so
aaless the reasons g.Sea are what he con,
sidsEs good aud satncleat,
When Il was suggested 70 him the other
DAY that the marrying business was not an
aapEoa1Ae1s oae 10 alua, Mt, Waite remark
~ laS. the general idea eoaeegalaS his ia,
come lIoa that source Is an exaggerated
enc, He soId OF teeeat case where the
bridegroom, alter the ceremony had been
psgIosmst, asked him what he charged,
When told by the minister mat he made no
regular change, but depeaded eRnrely upon
the generosity Of the bridegroom, the yoaag
fellow asked
~aSve yea change Tor q dollareS
Natter seeoVeStag my spseeA." said Mr.,
Wh.tA VI 1old him had no change
WasSsapoa he said, ~rasa Ia send you
senslAiMg>N
Wat no never did" said the pArsoa,
Mt White also tod Of one Yoang fellow
who came 10 him several years ago aud
frankly stated that he MAS Without mSasy,
bat must geS married, promising 10 see tia.
l was pAId later 1t | woald peg1osm the eeS>
eMoay,
NJ married the young folks" said Mr,
Waite. 'Aad thought no more About them
until one dsy several years later, wAea =
yoaag eoaple with two eAtlaFea called up
On me. Semiaded me OF the circumstance
AID paid me the eelAIea lee,s
Leads q woSa, eSSs o. potatoes aud Va,
Sseas other products Of the farm are among
the tees received by MIR, White tor marty,
ing eoaaIFy couples,
MI White Is 0Re Of Roekvllles most
AeaaSea citizens,