The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-01
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and their Friens

Would you be surprised at a dou-
BILE wedding about holiday time?
John Sharp, Of Lovilia and Buxton,
was a visitor in the city Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Taylor are both
reported to be in very poor health.
There is talk of organizing a liter
airy society for the coming winter.
Thanksgiving day was spent very
quietly, there being nothing doing in
the social line.
Miss LYDIA Smith departed Tuesday
evening for Louisville, KY, where she
will spend the winter.
BENJAMIN Tate and wife of Buxton
visited with the gentreman's sister,
Mrs. Edward Green, this week.
Frank Thompson, known locally as
Spot" came down from Des Moines
last night for a visit among friends.
Rem Smith went to Ottumwa Thurs
day evening to attend the Thanksgiv-
ing ball given by the young people of
that city.
The New Century Club, which adj
journed over Thanksgiving will meet
next Thursday evening with Mrs. A.
G. Clark, TIA Sd Ave. East.
The negro has been represented on
some of the best football teams of
the country this season, and he has
simply played ball, that's all.
If you want your fortune told, the
past, present and future with start
ling accuracy, call on Pony Moore,
he's the man. Don't let him deny it.
Miss Lalla Fields came down from
Des Moines Monday to spend Thanks
giving with her mother. she may de-
eide to remain in Oskaloosa for the
winter.
The members of the A. M. E. church.
gave a splendid dinner at the church
Thanksgiving day that was well pa-
tronized and quite a neat sum was
realized.
Booker T. Washington, President of
| Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute, has contributed s25 to the
fund now raising for a monument to
Gen. John B. Gordon.
Mrs. c. G. Lee shd Mrs. E. E.
Jones will be the Possesses of the
next A: M; e. vhurch luncheon, to be
held 1T the Jones residence On North
5thf Street next Friday evening.
" Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilson gave a
birthday party Monday evening in
honor of their daughter, Miss Lille
Finley, at which a large crowd OF
young people enjoyed a very pleasant
evening.
The Washington, d. c., Times says
that Geo. E. Taylor, undaunted by
the snub and lack or means which
the National Liberty party had in
the recent campaign, is preparing tt
again enter the race in four years
and hopes to have a more thorough
organization of men of his color by
that time. There may be some PEG
pie down in Washington and else
where over the country who will be
for n%otoriety, but it will not be The
people of his color in this locality
where he is pretty well known
They may admire his ability anC
even applaud his name and persist
ency, but when it comes to following
his advice and judgment in politica
matters, they won't do it. He is to'
unsartin.
John Temple Graves, editor Of thu
: Atlanta (Ga.) News, a man who claims
T to be thoroughly acquainted with thu
sentiment and conditions in the Soutl
has taken occasion in a recent issu,
: of the News to discuss the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution from
: a Southern mans standpoint. Wha
4 he says will probably be accepted al
fairly representing southern opinion
: on the subject, and is sufficiently def
mite for anyone to understand VIVA
the South intends to do. Concedin!
the fact that the amendment author
t ICES the reduction of Southern repre-
%sentation in congress, Mr.. Graves, il
e the following unmistakabie language
advises the South to accept that con
tingency rather than acknowledge tn,
citizenship Of the negro. He says
IF we can, by 81 doing, get back tn,
~hard-earned right OF self-governmen
!, that was wrested from us at the poin
of the bayonet forty years ago, and b,
! left free to regulate our internal al
fairs for ourselves the questions 0
local order and suffrage, we nigh
I well afford to surrender all right o
representation in congress and as
sumo in name, what we are in fact
! the station of conquered provinces
or mere territorial COVER, ments
1t would be a small price" AS i
this Indictment of the outcome Of tn,
I civil war were not emphatic enough
! the News continues and makes Al
even more remarIxahIa StotauanA