The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-10-15
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs of the Local Colony
and It's Friends.


and will organize a good choir. ~
Mrs. G. w, Slater and children ar
rived from Chicago Friday to join her
husband. and they are now at home in
the A. M. e. parsonage.
Miss Della Neal is expected home
from indianapolis, Ind, Saturday af,
ternoon, where she has been in com.
pany with the oppenheimer family
for the past month.
Mrs. /. N. Daniels, of Evanston, H.,
is expected to arrive in the, city Sat.
urday evening and will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Jones, on North
A street. for few days.
Elmer Williams, Of Chicago, visited
his father and numerous friends in
the city Tuesday. Elmer is looking
well and expresses much satisfaction
with his present position.
Ike Hall has gone to Omaha where
he has obtained work at his trade
and expects to remain for the winter.
He wants to borrow Frank Moore's
bull dog and fight him on the shares,
but Frank says nit
Prof. H. T. Heating, editor Of the
A. M. e. Review, and reputed to be
the best lecturer in the A. M. E.
church, and a graduate Of Tabor col,
lege, Iowa, is expected to give one of
his famous Lectures at the A. NJ E.
church, Oct. 81.
The A. ME.church people are plan.
ming for Rally to raise 100000 to en-.
large and remodel their parsonage
This is a good thing, as it has been
an eye-sore for a long time. This is
an evidence of thrift and life and
they will have the sympathy ana com,
mendation Of the public. They have
one of the incest pieces of property
in the city and this act on their part
shows that they appreciate it.
Noah Kimbrough is making some
decided improvements upon his home
property at the corner of North Mar.
ket street and G avenue. The house
has been raised to a level with the
street and a new foundation put in
with a large and commodious cellar
and basement. The roof is to be
raised and another story added to the
house, which will give four large bed
rooms. The improvements will cost
between $500 and 5000 and when com
plete will make one of the finest
homes among our people in the city
In a letter to a friend in this city
Elder Clemins, who is stationed IN
Cedar Rapids this year, speaks very
highly of his new charge and the cor
dial and hearty reception rendered
him. He says he is comfortably dom
iciIed in a neat little cottage of three
rooms, newly furnished, and would be
perfectly happy but for his health
which is not very good. His many
friends here will be glad to hear Of
his present appointments and hope
for a speedy return to health and
strength, but they don't all agree will
him in his determination to live alone
in the world. W..
The A. M. E. church recognized
their Sunday school last Sunday at
o'clock. Mrs. Jennie Jones, superin
tendent; Miss Lilly Findlay, secre
tary; Miss Lilly Banquet, treasurer;
and Miss Anna Jones, assistant secrc
tary. Teachers: Rev. Slater, Miss
Lizzie Blackburn, Mesdames Jennie
Jones, Cora Jones and loan Barquet
Mrs. Jennie Jones, the .superintend
-ent, will devote her best efforts to the
work of building up the school and
making it interesting and instructive
The hour is 2 p. m, and it is earnest
ly hoped that the members and friends
of the church will lend their aid ant
encouragement to the cause and make
the school a worthy auxiliary of the
church. There are enough peopf
old and young, in Oskaloosa to make
very interesting Sunday school ant
an hour spent on the Sabbath in the
study of the Bible would be grea'
benefit to all of them.
The A. NJ. e. parsonage has beer
undergoing numerous repairs the
past week. A new roof has been pu
on, the plastering repaired and the
rooms re-papered. A little accident
happened while the work was being
done that retarded its progress some
what and was a real misfortune, con
sidering the financial condition of the
trustee board. The ladies had spen
whole day scrubbing and cleaning
up and the trustees had hired the
carpets taken upand thoroughly
cleaned and put down again and hat
put the paper hangers to work. Ther
the misfortune occurred. While re
moving the old paper the plasterinl
from the ceiling Of one of the room:
fell, covering the carpets and every
thing else with dirt and debris. The
sight was discouraging TO say the
least, but willing hands were soor
at work; the dirt was carried out, thu
carpets taken up, the plasterers pu
IA work and eoon fine paper hanger.