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But this situation of Kent House was more subtle.

The wages involved were larger and more regular.

The inmates were white and from out of town, avoiding local friction.

The backing from the white town was greater and there was little publicity.

Good wages, patronage and subscription of various kinds stopped open protest from Negroes.

And yet Wilson knew that this place must go or he must go.

And for him to leave this job now without accomplishing anything would mean practically the end of his career in the Methodist church, if not in all churches.