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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 3
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employee of the Post Office thet they worked
tevether in burials and that anvroximately two years aco they had buried
Aman hy the name of aRTHUR LOVING BEY. This man was & member of 3t.
hASY'a Quurcsh and accordingly all the meabers of the shurch, agprexinately
twenty people at that time, ettended the ceremony in fall Turkish costume,
This costume was deseribed as follows: uw
The men wore rod Lersca, embroidered blouses
red waist sashes, yellow pantaloons and some
wore shoes which turned up at the toes. ws
The women wore red turbans, red blouses with
enbroidered jackets, red waist sashes and
with yellow skirts end yellow pantaloons to-
gether with the turned up shoes, a
seater of this organization
was attigred almost completely in a Gurpls
‘ferment, She wore a benutiful turban in the cen-
ter of which win & en op, Fine stone of some
soyt, She was called “{HOMIAAND SREIE" by the
members of hor organization and at the services
led the members in religious hymme and paalms
in which the name “ALLAN” was predominately er
mentioned; siso one or twe prayers or incantations
wore gaid for the deceased members which prayers and
incantationasamsd to he in 4 imi of foreign
Tansuagg. WM
fsed that they had heard be
aie this organization was siso kn MPLS OF ROORISH St FaNcE® : oe
r Memkwoc Ig SCreies adast tad that — 3
their source OF thrs aeecmatase Was KGmittedly heresay; however, these : i
men said that this church was formerly located at Ninth ond Eacasine °
Street but moved te a4 South oth Straet avout 1940, An. sntensive check
WOOR 18H SCIENCE Po Tr of ee” TCA, ‘Incorporated, Was listed in the City
Direstory for 1940 es having its lesation on 686 South Ninth Street. vw
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