The Washington times., 1926-01-23
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one sees the front and side walls
of the FELTON, House, a typical rail-
road point hotel. which are pla-
earded with the business signs of
the Reverend MIR. Moon. together
with the fact that the fiction House
accommodates newiy-wed couples.
Oftimes Mr.. Moon himself is stand
ing in front Of the hotel. his tall,
gaunt figure being at a glance his
very best advertisement
Sometimes young couples come
to Elkton and ask at the station
for me, and those jitney drivers will
tell them I'm dead remarked the
Rev. Mr.. Moon tragically as he de-
scribed the suppressions with which
Elkten surrounds him under the
jitney regime.
Treated Unfairly, He Says
The deputy clerk will open the
office after O'Clock. DR.. Moon
says, to issue licenses for Jitney
trust prospects, but the couples
who Mr.. Moon pilots to the clerks
counter are not admitted after that
hour
On one occasion. Mr.. Moon told
me he had two couples to marry
off the 6:56 o'clock local. and
that tI1es marriage mill or trust had
three couples off the same tram.
They all went to the clerks office
at the same time and the official
tried 10. keep out Mr.. Moons pros
poets. Such nearriot ensued that
one of the jitney couples got DIS
gusted and come TO Mr. Moons &C.
Tense >and was finally married Dy
him. giving him three couples OF
the total of five which arrived OH
the 6:56 train.
The county clerk, n. Winfield
Lewis. Mr.. Moon claims, is quite
civil and courteous to him and his
clients at all times. but his clerk
who does all the routine, only
frowns and scowls when Moon
brings in business.
II: as Miss Manning and myself
did, you prefer to run the gauntlet
of the independent preacher rather
than be grist for the marriage mill
of the jitney trust. and their bark
ing jitney drivers, you can be mar
ried in one of two places. Either
at the home of the Rev. Mr. Moon
or in the hospitable parlors of the
kindly Mrs. Morris Kaplan. pro.
prietress OF the FELTON, House. who
allows Mr.. Moon to use her prem
Uses as a branch office.
Mr. Moon prefers to marry you
In his home, q half mile down the
road toward Wilmington, but If
you are in hurry to be married
and catch the next train he will
walk short three blocks with
you to the courthouse, waitsoutside
while you get your license. accom-
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in the FELTON, House and tie the
knot before the train whistle blows
It impressed Mrs. Nicholson and
myself that Mr.. Moon is rather
forced to the latter haphazard,
hurry-scurry procedure by the oppo-
sition. which works very fast and
almost sweeps the young folks off
their feet.
In our case, Mrs. Nicholson's and
mine. We had the whole morning
on our hands and accepted Mr..
Moons / suggestion that we retire
to the portals of his roadside cot.
tage and enter the bonds of holy
matrinaony under the refinement
and seclusion of home and all that
word implies.
There he could talk to US of the
meaning of matrimony, it's relation
to society as whole; he could
read us passages from the Scrip
ture: he could pray over us and
NAV and paw around like a fond
father over loving son and
daughter all OF these things
he did. He even posed for photo
graph so that we might have
souvenir of the occasion in our
picture album-and would we
please send him one when They
were developed?
His Single Destroyed
Urged he told us how his mar