The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-05-19


continues to improve and her COM
plete recovery is now assured
Miss Annie Barquet is able to he
at work again after a weeks enforced
idfeness on account Of the humps
The sewing club has advanced from
aprons to shirt waists and is making
good progress with the new assign
ment.
Roy Fields, Of Des Moines, spent
couple of days in town the first of
the week visiting his mother and
many friends.
Clyde Buckner and Ben Dixon, two
Of Keosauqua's gallant young men,
spent Sunday in the city, the guests
of relatives and friends.
Everything is in readiness for the
May party Wednesday evening and
the indications are that many new
and handsome costumes will be seen.
This refers to the ladies', Of course.
The boys will continue to wear sack
coats.
Kentucky now has female negro
lawyer, the first in the history of the
state. Sallie j. S. White was gradu-
ated and received the degree of LII.
B. from law school of the colored
State university of that state last
Tuesday, May 10.
The rain sadly interfereu with the
reception arranged for by the ladies
of the New Century club Thursday
evening at the residence of Mrs. A.
G.. Clark. The refreshments arrived
on time, but the guests failing to ma
terialize, we proceeded to enjoy our
selves and now take this opportunity
of extending our thanks to the ladies
for such a bountiful feast.
We visited the Booker T. Washing
ton literary society Wednesday even
ing at the A, M. h. church and found
fairly good crowd present. Just
who were members and who visitors
was hard to tell, as there was no eff
fort to separate the two in the seat
ing arrangement and we didn't hear
the roll called. The program was
short because those assigned failed
to prepare themselves, which is al
ways an embarrassment to the Off
GERS and a disappointment to the
members and visitors. A soprano
solo by Miss Lille Finley developed
a surprisingly sweet voice in that
otherwise eccentric young lady, and
we were glad to note the ease and
confidence with which she sang.
Miss Leah Barquet presented the so,
ciety paper and showed somethin,. Of
the real reporter IN her news items.
The young men seemed to claim the
most attention from the fair reporter
especially the strangers in the city.
That was all rigEC. Her sty:e was
good and the delicate humor shown
in some of the items was well re-
ceived, and really worthy of a ncre
experienced writer. Elder Slater
spoke very interestingly on "The
Tests of Character" as shown in the
likes and dislikes of the individual
and impressed upon mis- hearers the
necessity of cultivating a love Tor the
good and the beautiful A. c.. Clark
was called on and spoke for few
moments, calling attention to the lack
Of interest displayed and the want of
attention given by the members. The
success of a society depends largely
on the interest taken by the mem
bers, declaring that good order al
ways obtains when people are inter-
ested. He complimented the pr2si-
dent and officers on the work tiley
were trying to do, and the patience
displayed by them in the very trying
positions they were occupying. On
the whole, we believe the literary
has done some good. Those who
have attended regularly and given
tneir attention to the work have been
benefited and will be glad to see the
society continue. ..l.
The general conference of the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal church, now
in session in Chicago, has brought to
light some facts bearing upon the de-
velopment and aspiration of the
American negro that have more than
a passing interest. The church main
tains thirteen bishops, eleven general
officers, 254 presiding elders, 6,332 an
nual conference preachers, 1877 local
preachers and total, membership on
the western hemisphere and in Africa
OF 1921, 060; $1,O46,S5S is spent ann,l.
ally for ministerial support, and the
general expenses for 1903 reached the
sum of $2632,613O6. The educational
department maintains eight colleges
and universities, besides Industrial
schools at Snelbyville, Tenn; Harris
burg, KY; Cape Town, South Africa.
and at Monrovia, West Africa. Prob
ably another interesting fact is the
effort to spread the work on the con.
tinent of Africa. This work was be-
gun some years ago by Bishop Henry
M. Turner AS one of the results sew
oral nafvin African Il.aI1..o4., = - !. "a