Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-06-20

from cultivating the ground. The
small grain and meadows are good
In Knoxville the colored people are
working out their own destiny. There
is u nice class there, endeavoring tu
do something. Mr.. w. p. Bird has
first class restaurant, confection-
AIRY and soda fountain. He has been
ir business for the past ten years
except the space of about eighteen
months, when he served his country
as a soldier in the Philippine islands.
Mr.. Sim Jetfer's genial face is seen
at the Sheldetha hotel. He owns a
nice home. Mr.. II. B. Givens, the
florist and gardener. is doing nicely,
They own the only green house in
Knoxville. Miss Geneveive .Jetfers is
clerk in the Birds restaurant. She
is musician. Mr.. Nelson Tomlin is
doing nicely. He works at the hotel.
Mr.. Thomas Jeffers enrolled himself
as a member of the Bystander fam
lily. His brother sold his farm of 100
acres this spring. Andrew Jeffers
has moved from a farm near Colom-
bia to one near Harvey. Iowa.
In Abba not much> change from
last year. Mr.. f.. Butler, of the type
force, is now throwing cold type in
the Abba Democrat-Press office. n
change from the Abba Republican.
although not a change in political
conviction. He entertained the edi-
tor at dinner.
~ Ottumwa, as usual. everything
was moving along nicely with Il large
number of our men working at Nor
rell's packing house. Mr.. Joseph Hop
kins is with the company as one of
their trusted statesmen and book
keeper; he also owns Il fine lot of
hogs. Mr. Il. Taylor will deliver your
express to any part of Ottumwa.
while Mr.. SPOTS delivers the passen-
gers to all parts of the city. Mr.. Il.
f. Henderson drives one of the eN-
press company's wagons and James
johnson still calls for the Ballingall
house. Mrs. Gilbert still serves
meals and lunches to the public. Miss
Florence Downey will report Ottum
wa news hereafter. Mrs. Helen
Downey and Mr.. William Parker have
added their names to our Subscrip-
tion list. Walter Davis operates a
shining pantorium. The Weeks,
Thomas, Bailey and Stewart tonso-
rial shops seem to be prosperous. J.
i. Harris is jjanitor at the postotfice.
He entertained the editor while in
the city.
In Fairfield Mr.. B. j. Fuller and
Sam Sykes each have nice barber
shops. They own their own lovely
homes in the best part Of the city.
Mr.. Greenup is a progressive young
man, also Mr.. Moss, who is a gradu-
ate from the high school and will
Reeves. recently from Missouri, is
employed in u large furniture store,
subscribed for the Bystander
In Mt. Pleasant one is surprised to
meet SO many intelligent colored
people, many graduates, in fact more
have graduated from the high school
here than any other Iowa town. with
Keokuk a close second. Mt. Pleasant
has two colored churches, a Metho-
dist and Baptist. There are three
colored barber shops, the McCrackin.
Mosley's and r. IL. Hackley's, all do
ing well. Robert O'Kelly. II. II. Hack
ley and Mrs. l.. NJ. Sheldon are the
new subscribers. Rev. j. Fl. Ferribee
is pastor of the Methodist church
and Rev. Boulding is pastor of the
Baptist church. Mr. r.. l.. Hurnett
is still selling his patent medicine
for piles, etc. Mr.. S. II. McCrackin's
daughter is Office clerk for a doctor,
so is Miss Hester BARTLETT.
On to Burlington, the seat of the
Iowa machine republican politics. 1t
IS true that the county and city gen
orally goes democratic, yet the col
ored people have one colored mail
carrier. S. l.. Tigg, of whom will
mention again. Mr.. A. l.. Drew. a
mail carrier on the rural route. per-
haps the only colored man in Iowa
on the rural route; Mr.. Sam Lee is
on the police force. and they are ask
ing for more political recognition.
Mr.. Harry King drives an express
wagon and is doing nicely. Mr.. John
Brooks says to tell the boys that he
will meet them at Keokuk next
month on the square. Rev. Will
liams is meeting with success with
the A. NJ. r. church. The Baptists
are trying to organize church here
Mr. F. Martin, whose ad. appears
elsewhere, is enarging his rooms and
and barber shop, with bath rooms
in connection and with his pool
tables. He is successful in business
and when his saloon room is fur
nished it will be the finest saloon
J, owned by colored man in Iowa. He
owns the buildings and ground. which
are valuable. Mr.. S. l.. Tigg took
the editor out Sunday to see his
dairy farm. one mile from Burlng-
ten. He owns thrty-eight acres and
had until a few months ago 81 head
of cows. He now has 81 head. They
are milking II head now and they
average about three gallons per
day. He has hired help and drives
one milk wagon: in fact. he is maxi
irg money. Mr.. Hunt. a shoe maxi
er. is sttltlious and doing well. Will
stop for this time