Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-04-21
Negro race in the great race tor
wealth and honor. There are more

wealth on0 nOnOr. lhere are more
then 50. 900 coiored citizens Of Chi
cago, with perhaps about 50 colored
churches, one hospital, three good
drug stores, two large transfer firms,
two undsrtakers and I host Of barber
shops, restaurants. cigar stands,
grocery and feed stores, saloons etc.
There are about IS lawyers; the
leading ones are Hon. Ed. Morris,
Hon. Hale G. Parker, Hon. Ed.
Wright, Hon. W.. N. Martin (repre
reseLta.ive elect) Mr.. Alber I B.
George, H. P. Jones, E. E. Wilson
and Mr.. Alexander and about 2o
doctors, among the best are Dr. D.
Williams, Dr.. Curtis, Dr.. F. s.;
Hall. Dr.. ]. N. Croker, Dr.. Parker,
Dr.. A. w. Williams and Dr. Miller.
all doing good business. II
y i - ~ <.
L. Parks ownes 1 first class un-.
dertaker and embaimer on S. State
street; the Jones brothers have q
rushing transfer business. Mr..
Smiley one Of the wealthy men of
the race is doing large business in
catering. It is nothing 70 meet
colored profession al men and skill
ed labors; next I will speak now
about the different sncieti.s Quinn
Chapel is the larg st and finest col.
.ored church in Chicago, Rev. Carey
is pastor, they have an avsage at
tendence in Sunday School Of $50.
The next is Bethal Chapel with Dr..
Ransom as pastor they both have.
fine pipe organ. Then comes the
Baptist will seat several hundred
people Rev. Thomas is their pastor.
st. TIL ,mas Episcopal is q nice
little church also the Catholic and
Presbyterian. The Sundays Men
Club was largely attended At Bethal.
Il being woman's Sunday, the pros
.gramme was fine, it consisted Of
Addresses BY Col. MarshalL1 Major
Johnson, Dr.. Curtis, Dr.. Miller all
members Of the famous 9Th Regi-
ment. Armant's Orchetra furnished
the music.
In the evening Dr.. Ransom preach
ed on the (White Mans Burden).
He took the view that the white
man depended on the tropie Zones
for ~ percent Of the neeessaries Of
life and that The white man would
never colonize the tropics butwould
asa necessity eivilize and teach
the natives so they could furnish
the labor and products of the tro--
pics. While in Chicago / met quite
= number of Iowa and Des Moines
friends, Mssdames, .Hudlin and
Rosa Cour, Mrs. Berry and two
daughters one Alice is married to
u. Crocker, Mr. Fred Hooker, Mr..
and son Joe Jones, Mr.. White, Mr..
Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter
who are now running grocery
store, Mr.. E. w. Thompson and
:Chas. Harris. In an article next
week ! will give you brief history
Of the famous old Libby prison which
is soon to be torn down; from
Chicago | stopped off at Clinton,
Ia, it is one of the incest laid out
cities in Iowa with some very .beau.
tiful residences, it is city Of about
IS, 900 of which about 200 are col-
ored, some Of them are doing ak
.ceedingly we'll in business Of their
own. J. N. Hancock owns = first
=clast restaurant, high grade confect-
ionary and ice cream. He has Q
factory and makes his own ice cream.
He has been in the bushes "a years
and prior to that time s years in the
grocery business in Sterling, III. F.
E. Mcneil ownes Z large com
sfectionary store. He has a fac
tory and makes his own candy and
ices. ]. T. Culberson is a dealer in
fruits, confectionery and cigars
also soda fountain. then Mr.. VIM.
Allen has q good restaurant and
chop house and Rev. Stewart has
recently opened up . nice fruit
candy and cigar stand all these
men has good first class business in
fact tue two former name ! places
enjoys the cream Of the city trade.
a wo.d to the wise Is sufficient" and
. word from the wise should be suffic-
lent, but you ask, who are the wise?
Tho . VINO know. The oft repeated
experience of-trustworthy persons may