Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-06-07

that loving people loves and realizes
his worthy efforts.
Thursday evening of last week the
exercises, at Osceola were of unusual
interest as there was to be one colored
man to graduate to represent his race,
for the first time in the history of the
county. Geo. Nc Daniels, editor of the
National Baptist Standard. at Ham
nibal. Mo-, came the nearest. lacking
only short time of finishing. as also
did Prof j. Hamm who in now elected
principal of the Lathrop colored school.
Edward w. Thompson delivered his
Grafton to the pleasure of his friends
and surprise of his prejudiced onlook-
ers, receiving applause after applause
and quite number of presents from
all over the state. mostly books and
other useful articles.
The Afro-American Protective asso-
delegates to the convention to be held
in this city July 3 and, 4. as follows:
c. B. Woods, president; B. J. Holmes,
vice president; E. S. Willet, secretary;
jeff Logan. treasurer. The delegates:
j. F. Blagburn. III. II. Lewis, Charles
Wood, E. 7. Banks, I. s. Ruff, G. II.
Cleggett, Fred Jackson, w. A. Searcey;
alternates, E. S. Willet. VIM. Foster,
/ Firman Brown, J. E. Todd. Miss leila
Davis. S. D~AIiller, y. w. Robinson, j.
III. Shepard, T. E. Barton, DR.. Johnson,
r. ID. Turner The board of managers
are: G. H. Cleggett, DR.. E. F. Johnson,
Jno. Hardy, E. T. Banks, VIM. Coalson.
Primus Lewis, brother of our genial
Sam, one of the proprietors of the Ar
cade tonsorial parlor, visited in the
city this week. He is brakeman on
the Rock Island railroad, and his sew
eral years of faithful work in that ca
pacity makes him one of the company's
best and most competent men. So
great was the company's appreciation
of him that during the recent great
railroad strike he was appointed as a
United States deputy marshal, posi-
ton which honored him and which he
in turn honored There are openings
for Others if they but arouse from their
slum Der and realize the Importance of
thrift, enterprise and perseverance.
d.,
ball team that viii accompany the
Savannah excursion, June 10. are as
follows Ed Wallace, short stop and
captain; L. Washington, third base;
c. Wilson, left field; Jno. McClain,
second base: a. Ferguson center field;
w. Taylor, right field, g. Ferguson.
first base; w. E. Fine. catcher; j..
Adamson, pitcher. These boys are all
cracker jacks" and will probably win
the game dead easy"
The Grafton delivered by Rev. j. R.
Clemins at Moline on decoration day is
pronounced by the press of that city to
! be one of the finest efforts ever made
in that city on such an occasion The
speech was published in iull. The
selection of colored man tor such a
position is unusual, but it is gratifying
to note the fact that Clemins was equal
to the occasion
A number of ladies of st. Paul's A.
NJ. e. church are. to establish mission
Sunday school in a few days, the pnr-
pose of which is to Christianize the mr.
1 chins of south Des Moines. The pro-
| ject is a good one and there is consola-
ton in the fact that God and one make
4 a majority
i We desire news of colored pupils in
our schools who graduate this year and
/ of those in attendance. The number
and not the names of each pupil will
do. Upon the home and school house
/ rests the responsibility of the i'm
| proyement of the Negroes of this
country.
a young man of our acquaintance is
! very enthusiastic in his praise of long