Word: pastors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lieve that the salvation of their race is not to be found by such purely industrial training as Tuskegee offers, all recognize Dr. Moton as one of their great leaders, a potent contact-man between the Negro and the White. Last week Dr. Meredith Ashby Jones, white Baptist pastor from St. Louis, whose father was chaplain to General Robert Edward Lee, said: "Moton is the perfect incarnation in his personality of the ideal and dream of this re public, that the day shall come when all races and all castes and all classes rep resented in our country shall indeed...
Lately Revivalist Rider heard that Pastor Brown had shut himself in his house, jealous and impoverished. Sorry, Revivalist Rider made friendly overtures, but was rebuffed...
Last week a relative of Revivalist Rider died in Kansas City. He was called to attend the funeral. Now was his chance to overcome the jealousy of his predecessor, to do him a good turn! Revivalist Rider got in his automobile, drove to Pastor Brown's house and marched up to offer him the preaching of the Easter sermon...
...Pastor Brown seized his visitor and threw him out. Then he seized a revolver and fired at Revivalist Rider. He hit him in the back and, as he turned, in the left side...
...jail, Pastor Brown moaned: "I wish I were dead, too!" But he insisted Revivalist Rider had forcefully trespassed on his premises...