The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-12-08
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and their Friens

and their Friens
Miss Sallie Williams returned with
the Lacey family to Washington on
Thursday evening.
G. H. Jones has been confined TO tne
house most of the week with a severe
cold and symptoms of the grip.
The New Century Club did not meet
Thursday evening owing TO he pres
sure of other social engagements
among the members.
Miss Rosetta Ely and VIM. James
were married Thursday afternoon at
the residence of Mrs. James Dewitt,
and took their departuer the same eV-
ening for Washington, d. c., where
they will spend the winter. The girls
all hope the Laceys will bring an
other. Two have already met their
fate in Oskaloosa, ana the supply IS
not yet exhausted.
The luncheon given by Mrs. 9. q.
Lee and Mrs. Ed Jones at the Jones
residence Friday night for the bene-
| fit of the A. M. e. church was largely
| attended. The refreshments served
were of a character to tempt the most
| exacting, and as a consequence the
patronage was very liberal and the
ladies were made to feel that their
| efforts to entertain and please their
guests were highly appreciated. A
neat sum was netted which will be
applied on the salary Of the presiding
| elder.
An excellent literary and musical
program was given Thursday even
ing at Wesley Chapel NJ. E. church,
and was listened to by an audience
that filed the church. Refreshments
were served and a pleasant evening
enjoyed by all. The proceeds were
for the benefit of the church. Some OF
the best local talent lent its aid to the
occasion, for which the church Is very
thankful. Following is the program:
Opening Song-Alas, Those Chimes.
Invocation-Mrs. Perkins.
Song-"Angry Words"
Recitation-Ada Hart.
Solo-Ada Fields.
Observation-Disclosures Porterfeid.
Instrumental Solo-Ethel Buckner.
Recitation-Breta Perno.
Solo-LorenZo Smith. 8
Recitation-Ada Fields.
Solo-William Porterield.
Dialogue-"Which One Got Him"
Ada Fields, Ada and Villa Hart
Solo-Breta Perno.
instrumental Solo-Eva Hart.
Recitation-Lella Fields.
Tableaux-Death Of Little Nell.
A strong sentiment against lynch
ing seems to be craving in the south
at the present time, if the recent ut
terances of southern men of INFLUENCE
and authority is to be taken as a
guide. A few days ago Judge Speer,
at Savannah, Ca, in a charge to a
grand jury, urged the friends of order
and civilization to unite to vinulcate
supremacy of the law and to welcome
the cooperation of the better element
among the colored population. He ex-
pressed the belief that lie assurance
of due process of law to all negroes
accused of crime would lead thous-
ands of Industrious, peaceful and in
telligent blacks to render effective as
~sistance in bringing criminals of their
race to speedy justice. And we see
recently that Judge Wakun, Of the
Brcokhorn, Miss, circuit court has
announced that he would do his ut
/ most to secure the punishment of
every one of the wnitecappers oper-
i. ating in the county and charged with
l driving out a number of negro farm
! ers and killing three of them. He
3 declares that sucn outrages, abom-
: Unable as they were from the point
} of view of the victims, were even
more abominable from the standpoint
Of the white perpetrators. The very
peace of the county, he declared, de-
manded the determination of this
whole whitecapping business. And
5 then again Judge Hopkins of Georgia
. has recently written an open letter
9 that is attracting attention through
out the entire south. In it he fayors
a vigorous anti-mob rule campaign
: and suggests as cne remedy a law
imposing a fine of $4,000 on any
county in which prosecution and con-
viction do not occur within a certain
period after a lynching. These are
the solemn, sober thoughts of men
high in authority in the south and
: one of the most encouraging facts is
: that the sentiment they express is
y being earnestly supported by some
E of the most influential papers in the
, south as well as the entire northern
J.. press. Mob rule and civilization can
t not exist in the same country, one or
: the other must go. Let the south
decide.
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