The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-05-12
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs of the Local Colony
and Its Friends.

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Stewart Bingham, the wide awake
grocery man Of Buxton, was a bust
ness visitor in town Wednesday.
Robt. Crump. Of washington, visit
ed with his brother win MONDAY and
returned home Tuesday morning,
Quite a crowd Of Muchakinock and
Buxton people were in town this week
as witnesses in the Brookins-Foster
SANDER case.
Mrs. sadie Hopkins, of ottumwa,
Who is visiting at the parental w. J.
Jones home in Muchakinock, wa a
visitor in town this week.
Walter Williams, of Washington,
was a visitor with friends in the city
Monday and Tuesday, and made it
very pleasant, seemingly, for a certain
young lady.
II. w. Lewis, formerly justice of the
peace in Des Moines township, was in
attendance at court this week. He is
now located on a farm near Buxton
and is doing well.
The jury in the Brookins VS.. Foster
SANDER case were SEM out Thursday
afternoon, and came in about twelve
o'clock that night with a verdict for
Mrs. Brookins and assessed the dam
ages at $1.oO.
J. w. James, of Washington, d. c.,
who spent the summer here last year
in the employ of the John +. Lacey
family, returned with the family
Thursday and will remain with them
during the vacation of Congress. Miss
Williams did not return at the time,
but is expected about the 18th.
The New Country Club met at the
home of Mrs. Ivan Barquet on Thurs
day evening. After rendering the reg.
ular program, new officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term and three del
egates chosen to represent the club at
the State Federation which meets lii
Cedar Rapids the last week in May.
Mrs. Robt. Franklin. after having
nearly recovered from her recent ill
ness, was taken suddenly worse Tues
day night and her condition was very
critical for tEEo Or three days, she, be,f
ing unable to take any nourishment or
to retain the medicine. A change for
the better occurred Thursday and
since then she has been steadily i'm
proving.
Rev. Geo. Brown, president of the
college for colored students at Nash
Vile, Tenn, controlled and maintained
by the Congregational church, who is
travelling in the north in the interest
of the college, will preach at the Con-
gregational church in this city tomor-
row at 1870 a. m, and at 8 p. m.
Rev. Brown is one of the ablest
preachers and educators of the race
and it is hoped that as many of our
readers as can will attend the services
both morning and evening.
Alexander Irwin, coach of the
Northwestern Academy base ball team
has the distinction of being perhaps
the only colored man in the country
who is coach Of a white base ball
team, But Irwin understands his job
thoroughly, and he is developing such
a team that no question has ever been
raised concerning his color. Irwin is
% years of age and has lived in Ev-
anston since he was a small boy. He
played second base on the Evanston
High School base ball team, and has
since played professional ball with the
Chicago Unions, the Columbian Giants
and the Algona, Iowa, team. Next fall
he will go to Howard University, a
eolored institution at Washington, D.
c., where he will have charge Of the
track, base ball and foot ball teams.
Thirteen bishops and 4OS minister
iaI and lay delegates answered roll
call at the opening of the twenty-sec.
Ond quadrennial conference of the
African Methodist Episcopal church in
Quinn Chapel, Wabash avenue and
Tw~enty-fourth street, Chicago, Monday
morning. At $3.50 o'clock the bishops
and delegates assembled in the base
ment, formed a procession, led by
Bishop H. M. Turner, the senior bis