Charlotte, Sept. 18 (AP)—Judge A. M. Stack today declared the temporary injunction restraining police interference with services of “Bishop” C. M. Grace, “faith healer,” dissolved.
This action came at a hearing in Mecklenburg Superior Court at which the city commissioners were called to show cause why the injunction should not be made permanent.
The commission last Saturday had placed a ban on further meetings by the “Bishop.”
The ban was ordered by the city when charges declared “unethical” for a minister were heard from pastors of the city. It was alleged at the time that Grace was planning to baptize 600 negroes last Sunday at $3 each. The baptizing was held following the temporary restraining order, the charge of the fee assessment for the baptism was denied.
Editor's Note: Bishop C.M. Grace was establishing a new pentacostal church, and the United House of Prayer has just celebrated it's 100th birthday. There are something like 20 United Houses of Prayer in Charlotte today.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 18, 1926
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