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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 4
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Tho group together sang a song to the music of "Give Me That Old Time
After thie ali
of the assembled members faced the sast and held up five fingers af the
left hand and two of the right hand. Then the rules of the national or-
panization were read from a gold picture frame upon the wall.
an old Baptist song was sung, the tone of which was familiar t
again tho words wero chanced to suit the organization. Following
ARTHUR SLATON BEY gave 4 reading from a book or pamphiet which roamed to
t T ¢ colony in Virginie gi gg .20 was taken
up for busiucss purposes, after the mating “vas ova
portunity +o minzle amon, tho merbsrs and after talking wren ARTHUR SLATON
BEY, the Grand Sheik, he vas cordially invited into membership which hy ac-
cepted. He ascertained that the mumbership feu for the Louisville Tumple
was 1. 00 which covered his mumburship card and dues card.
from ARTUUN SLATCN BSY that thero wer. over two hundred (200) mombsra of
this organization in Louisville but that only twonty to forty were activo
He also loarned
Se 2. eava the followinr, description of the moshing room:
as , "
This room was a very poorly kept room which was lichted by kvrosene
lamps and hud for its hoaating arrangement a large coal stove in th» sunter
of tho room. On both sides of this coal stove wore arranged the chairs for
thu menbers. Thess chairs all iaced the cast. Directly in front of the
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