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After looking about a bit, Wilson discovered beyond Black Bottom, across the river and far removed from the white city, a considerable tract of land, and it occurred to him that the church and the better Negro homes might gradually be moved to this plot.

He talked about it to the Presiding Elder.

The Presiding Elder looked him over rather carefully.

He was not sure what kind of a man he had in hand.

But there was one thing that he had to stress, and that was that the contribution to the general church expenses, the dollar money, had been seriously falling behind in this church, and that must be looked after immediately.

In fact, he intimated clearly that that was the reason that Wilson had been sent here -- to make a larger contribution of dollar money.