The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-15
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ems and Outs of the Local Colony
and their Friens

help us we might have another cele-
bration Jan. list.
Rev. o. A. johnson, of Des Moines,
spent several days in the city this
week ~transacting business ana visiting
friends.
Quite a large number of Buxton peo-
pie were in the city this week attend
ing court and acting as witnesses be-
fore the and jury.
Frank Bush has gone down into
Virginia to bring Mrs. Bushs father
to Oskaloosa. The old gentleman is
said to be 104 years old, and will be
n of the oldest men in Iowa.
A Christmas dance is talked Of
among the young men, but that same
old troublesome question of how to
raise $3.50 must be solved before any
thing definite can be announced.
Can't our churches give us some
thing new in the way of entertain
ment? The present methods are rath-
er stale and decidedly u~ninteresting,
and could be improved on in many re-
spects.
The first quarterly meeting for this
conference year wi. DE held at the A.
N. Il. church next Sunday. The Sac
ramental services will be held at >
p. m, conducted by the pastor, assist
ed by Rev. Smith, Of Wesley Chapel.
Presiding Elder G. W. Gaines will
hold the quarterly conference Wednes.
day afternoon and will conduct relig-
ious services at the church Wednes-
day evening.
Peoria, ILL.,, Dec. 9.-For the first
time in the history Of Peoria county
a suit brought under the civil rights
act has been fought and won. Be-
: cause he was refused admission to the
lower floor of the Main Street theater
on account Of his color, Henry c. Glib
son, a colored constable, was today
given a verdict in the sum Of $25 by a
jury composed mainly of business men
in a local justice court.
Maple Grove Lodge No. 10, A. F. &
A. NJ, met in regular communication
Monday evening and elected officers
for the ensuing year. The election
was held under the new constitution,
which changes the time OF holding
election from June to December. Most
Of the officers were reelected, as some
Of them had only served since last
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Robt. Franklin; s. W.. Ed E. Jones;
J.. W., o. A. Johnson; Sec'y, Rev. A.
Boyd; Treas, Simpson Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mickles and
daughter left this week for Coffeeville,
Kansas, to make that place their fu-
ftFe home. The family moved to this
city about six years ago and purchas-
ed the property at TIA Third avenu
west, and have resided there since, but
have~never been exactly satisfied with
Iowa and its hard winters, and longed
to returned to the warmer climate Of
the southwest, and having recently
sold their home, Mr.. Mickle went to
Coffeeville and invested the proceeds
III dAOIASI PIOPOAt ~ anu NhllC IuC1C
was offered a very good situation,
which he accepted. The family have
made many friends during their stay
here who will wish them an abund-
ant success in their new home.
We like the sound of the following
from the New Sharon Star: "Roose-
welt invited Booker T. Washington, a
gentleman and a scholar, the leader of
the black millions in this country, to
confer with him regarding what was
best for his people. He wanted to act
in~telligently and advisedly in the pre-
misses and could not have consulted
more wisely. Because he did that,
because he 1ined with Washington,
the southern leaders few into a furi-
u rage and some of them have been
purposely disappearing him ever
since. Had he invited some malicious
ly disposed boor from the south, some
n who knew nothing of the negro
someone who has robbed him and
would, If he could, return him to slav-
cry, there would have been no protest,
no yell of rage, no attempt at nullif-
cation, no indulging in misrepresenta-
ton. And these same niger haters
who object to Roosevelt consulting
with the foremost of their number,
have been mixed up with the black
people all their lives, were nursed by
black women, played with black chill
dren, eaten bread baked by black SER
wants, used them for all mental pur-
poses, but now ram like a pack of
hyenas because the president of the
United States wants to have done
whatever Is necessary to make them
better citizens, happier and more in
telligent. Let the president move
steadily forward in the discharge Of
his duty and let the southern white
heather continue to rage"
MAYOR OF BUssEY HURT.