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Negro Preacher Makes Good - - Rev. A. F. Jenkins, pastor of the African Methodist church at Platte City and Weston has been getting results that show ability and win respect of his own people and white people, too.
Sunday at Platte City a rally was held at which a debt was raised and the mortgage burned that had been hanging over the church for 25 years. This was a sum of $125, which is a really serious amount for the membership of this colored congregation.
At Weston the membership is very small, and a debt of $80 has been unpaid for a long time. A rally will be held the 6th of September with hopes of clearing it. The pastor is very proud of getting the debt paid. He is grateful to white friends contributions and other encouragement.
He is an energetic man, working in manual labor early and late in addition to his preaching, though he is passed the prime of life. Would more colored people were like him. He goes to St. Joseph next Sunday to preach at a rally there.Date(s) of Creation
8/20/1925
