Evening journal., 1921-10-12
PRESBYTERIAN
NOW ELKTON'S
LOVEPARSON
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Watt, OF this city, superintendent OF
the Wilmington Conference District, |
from going ahead with proceedings |
by which he expects to compel Mr.. |
Western to surrender his ordination
papers.
Dr. Watt went to Elkton this |
morning and in company with the
Rev. DR.. George T. Anderson, pastor
OF the Elkton Methodist Church. en-
gagged Henry NJ. Mccullough, an at
torney Of that town, as counsel.
1T is our intention to proceed
slowly" said Or. Watt, "and give
Mr.. Western plenty OF time in which
to return the papers demanded. our
counsel viii notify b. Kirk Brown.
counsel for Mr.. Westren, TO turn
over the ordination papers and II
he refuses we will begin mandamus
proceedings in the courts to recover
the papers"
DIR. Watt smiled when the advent
in the marriage mill" OF Mr.. Lock-
erhie. the Presbyterian. was mem
toned, but declined to make any
comment further than that he
thought the Presbyterian Church
was fully able to care for its own
affairs.
Apparently the same jitney men
whom Mr. Western acknowledged at
his trial here set him up in the Elk
I ton marriage business are also be-
hind Mr.. Lockerbie, as they are car
rying couples to him in the same
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Western used until his expulsion
from the Methodist ministry and re-
tirement to his farm about ten miles
outside the Maryland town. Mr..
Lockerbie. however. insists he is not
splitting fees" with the jitney men,
as Mr.. Westren admitted he did on
a "hfty-fifty" basis.
Not long ago, the little tumble
down house, known now as the
chapel" or "ofice" on Stockton
street, was the base OF operations for
the Rev. william II. Moon, a retired
Baptist minister and the first mar
rying parson" OF Elkton to frankly
admit he split his fees with the jit-
ney men who banded together to
bring him marrying business to the
exclusion Of other clergymen.
BY this system for a time he prac-
tically cornered the marriage mart
Last spring his trade had prospered
so that he built himself a large
house, with built-in marrying room
and vacated the chapel"
on August / this was taken over
by Mr.. Westren, who allied himself
with another group of jitney men,
antagonistic TO Mr.. Moon, and spill
, fees with them. He commuted 70
the office from his farm until ht
5 was convicted after a church tria
b Of "traficking in marriages"
! Yesterday the aged Presbyterian
minister was found occupying the
. chapel" after having certified him.
self TO the marriage bureau author
= tiles as competent to perform lega
marriages. Mr., Lockerbie has beer
/, retired for twenty-three years. He
held charges in Tioga, Philadelphis
and other parts of Pennsylvania. II
1918 he celebrated his golden wed
ding anniversary.
A semi-ofiicial endorsement to tn
Lockerbie stewardship of the mar
rage mill is apparently contained IL
the first ceremony performed by hin
in his new capacity yesterday. H'
bound in wedlock Joseph A. Hon
man, Of Philadelphia, and Mis-
Caroline 2. Seth, who is a relative o.
Sheriff l. A Seth, Of Elkton. He
subsequently did a brisk business
with other couples.
According TO the Rev. q. Franklin
Smiley, pastor OF West Presbyterian
Church. of this city, the name o
Mr.. Lockerbie does not appear II
the records Of the General Assembl.
of the Presbyterian Church of tn
n United States OF America, as an or
Il dained pastor. There are. however
a three other branches OF the Presby
Is terian church in this country
II known as the United Presbyterian
e. Reformed Presbyterian and tn
ID Presbyterian Church. South. Tn
Rsv. Mr.. Smiley said it was posi-