The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1904-03-03
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Its Friends.

Mrs. G. G. Lee was a sufferer from
toothache Thursday evening.
Mrs. Ed Jones was suffering with a
severe headache and cold Thursday
evening.
Mrs. A. G. Clark has been ailing
since Thursday with something akin
to the grip.
Mrs. Harry Allen was taken with
chill Thursday evening, but has fully
recovered at this time.
Born, Monday, Feb. % 1904, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Jeffreys, a girl.
Mother and daughter doing well.
Next Sunday evening at 1880 Rev.
Slater breaches a special sermon to
the young people. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Mrs. Geo. A. Black, of Washington,
arrived in the city oMnday evening
to be with her sister, Mrs. Lucy JEFF
freys, for few weeks.
The New Century Club met with
Mrs. A. G.. Clark Thursday evening,
but as most of the members were
suffering with numerous ailments,
several important matters that were
before the club for adjustment were
referred to committees with instruc-
tions to report at the next meeting,
and then they carefully tied up their
faces and heads and closed their
mouths and quietly went home.
Mrs. Amanda Blackburn is arrang-
ing to leave the city next Monday
evening for an extended visit with
her brother, Owen Bush, at his home
about seven miles out from Cape
Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Blackburn has
not seen her brother since she came
to Iowa a good many years ago, and
but recently knew for certain where
ters were away from home she has
taken advantage of the opportunity
to seek for herself a period of rest
and recreation in the quiet, comfort
able farm life of her brothers home
amid the scenes of her girlhood days.
Returning she will visit for a while
with her daughter, Miss Georgia, and
will take in the Worlds Fair.
A number of the intelligent young
colored people of Oskaloosa met at
the Shorter Chapel parsonage on
Wednesday evening having been
called by Rev. Slater, and organized
a literary society. The following of
ficers were elected:
President-Harry Lee.
Vice President-Oscar Lee.
Secretary-Miss Luella Franklin.
Assistant Secretary Miss Lilly
Finley.
Treasurer-Robert Franklin.
Sergeant-Robert Hines.
Committee on Constitution and By
Laws-Rev. Geo. w. Slater, Mrs. L.
Slater, Oscar Lee.
The society will meet on each
Wednesday evening at Shorter Chap
ell A. M. E. church. Program for
next Wednesday evening:
Observation-Disclosures Franklin.
Select Reading-M Lilly Finley
Essay-Mr. Oscar Lee.
Opening .Address-Mr. R. D. Hines.
Paper-Mrs. L. Hines.
Solo-Mrs. L. Slater.
Essay-Mr. Bert Bowlin.
Trio-Misses L. Finley, Luella and
Jessie Franklin.
Address-Rev. Geo. w. Slater
Refreshments served after the pro-
gram.
An information was filed before
Justice Stanley Monday, charging
Roscoe Jones, Ran Smith, Chas.
Holmes and Grant Price with dis.
turbing the peace and disorderly con-
duct at the A. M. E. church Sunday
night. The officers rounded up the
boys and took them before the squire
who released them on their own re-
cognizance until 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. At that hour the boys
lined up before the court, but the
prosecution failed to put in an ap-
pearance, and the Squire, after near
ing the boys story of innocence, said
he thought they were all pretty good
boys and accordingly dismissed them
with the request that they come back
at five O'Clock, when ne would try
to have the pastor present to give
them a little talk. What took place
then we don't know, but the boys
were not punished in any way that
we have heard of. They treated the
whole thing as huge joke and made
the boast from the start that nothing
would be done to hem, and it looks to
us as if the church had simply made
a farce Of trying to enforce order.
We don't believe in invoking the law
simply to scare a crowd of BOYS who