The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-12
TURNER
I Takes Unto Himself
/: .=a Fourth Wife 5 .
And Stirs Up His Brethren Of the
~ Hench, Who Claim He Has Brok-
en- His Vows BY Marrying :.
., x. 4 DivOrcee. ...

II Can man be- divorced in Georgia
from woman he never married?
i Blshop Henry M. Turner, of the
1 African Methodist Episcopal church.
IshoWed he thought this possibA by
marrying Tuesday night his private,
secretary, Laura Pearl Lemon. -
! Bishop w. J. Gaines, who lives In
Atlanta, but who has jurisdictiou
over North Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land, the District Of Columbia New
Jersey and the PhiladelphiaaconferZ
ence, points solemnly to the disci-.
pine of the church and the records
or Fulton county's divorce courts. >,
\ The council of bishops and the gen
:feral conference Of the church NAV
! write the final chapter in this singu.
lar story, entitled "The Bishops
Marriage" .T.s... : =,
The story had it's inception, last
June, when the council Of bishops OF,
the colored church was In session at
4 lWtlberforce University The details
of that story have now leaked out.
and show that at this time Bishop
Turner and Bishop Gaines nearly;
came to blows, and laid the corner
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IONS Eve., was oo,Esad t,hoa sN p,o,'n.
EGaines commenced a TRADE against
\ Bishop Turner's secretary, and said
! the bishop was laying plans to mar
Try her, and that she was divorced
woman. This pamphlet further states
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These detaiIs remained hidder
within the breasts of those nresent
3at the connci1 nnt1 Riahon -T,,rnar
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This namnblet was sant out eoroe
TIME aao to all the btsbons of tho
churcb and IN Il Ia tho ooun1ata h,s-
Etorv ne the singular evner,enca of
iLanre p Lemon Risbon Trrner,a
fourth wife y
Although there are on the records
of the superior court Of Fu,ton coun.
ty case showing that Rev. B, J,
Powell had been granted divorce
|
Turner, Laura P. Lemon-Turner, her
attorneys, w H. Hulsey, then ordi-
nary Of Fulton county, and others,
that Powell never married Laura P.
Lemon.
This alleged marriage dates back
to March IL, 1897. At that time Rev.
B. J. Powell secured marriage j.
cense from Ordinary Huley and
/ iourneyed to the Lemon home with
Rev. Thomas Jefferson and his
friend, J. r. Render. He wanted to
marry Laura P. Lemon, but, accord
ing to the affidavits Of those present,
did not. Why?' Because Laura P.
Lemon declined.
| The next feature came "hen Rev.
Thos. Jefferson admitted that he was
tnveigled into signing the marriage
certificate and saying he had mar
kried the couple. Then comes Laura
IP. Lemon, her attorneys, Glenn &
Rountree, and the preacher, Rev.
Thomas Jefferson, before Ordinary
| Hulsey. 1t was shown to the salts
faction Of Ordinary Hulsey that a.
marriage did not take place. and Il
was ordered by the court that the
marriage certificate be not placed on
Ir6COrd. All this ha annonod q fan, Il, 49,.