The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-13
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs of the Local Colony
and their Friens

Miss Luella Franklin visited with
friends in Abba this week.
Rev. Smith has about recovered his
recent contact with brick.
The A. M. E. parsonage has been
improved by coat of fresh paint.
Ruben Gaines, of Cooperville, was
transacting business in town Friday
I 1t is rumored that several we'd
dings will occur in the city before
long.
/ Miss May Lafayette, who has been
quite i'll for the past week, is report
ed some better.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Johnson, Of Des
!. Moines, who have been the guests of
/ Geo. H. Woodson, returned to their
home yesterday morning.
Mack Whitehead seems very lone
some these days and Virginia tive
mean the state) is long ways on.
But Mack usually RECEIVERS easily.
| Mr. and Mrs. Noah Kimbrough
went to Des Moines yesterday morn
! ing to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ber-
nice Lee. Her little granddaughter,
Miss Dorothy Lee, accompanied her.
Tom Parker, of Centerville, has
notified his friends here that he is
making arrangements for a big ball
in his town in the near future, for
which invitations will be out in a
! few days.
The New Country Club we believe
still continues to hold session on
Thursday nights. If the secretary
would kindly furnish us with a few
items concerning it's work we would
be glad to publish them.
Miss Georgia Blackburn departed
Thursday for Southland, Ark, to re-
sumo her duties as an instructor in
Southland College. She will stop en-
route at st. Louis and Memphis for
few days. Miss Blackburn has be-
come greatly interested in her work
in the South and talks very strongly
of taking up permanent residence
there.
The members of Shorter Chapel, A.
M. e. church, rendered reception to
their new pastor, Rev. A. Boyd and
his family at the church parlors
Tuesday evening. Quite a number
were present and enjoyed a pleasant
social time. Refreshments were
served under the direction of Mrs.
Lydia Hockedy, Miss Sallie Williams
and Mr.. Reeves.
The illness of Paul Laurence Dun
bar, the negro poet, causes general
regret, since he is regarded as being,
next to Booker Washington, the
most scholarly man that his race has
produced. 1t appears, however, that
Mr. Dunbar is not the only negro
poet in this country. From young
colored man, Mr. Samuel E. Melon
~, ,,,........sdheii, liz Scomes a little
book of sketches and verses under
the title of 1.-THE other Girl and 9th
er Stories" We give ourselves the
pleasure of quoting Mr.. McDonald's
poem on "The Haymaker."
The farmer in the bayfield, works,
The sun beats down with scorching
rays,
Not once his duty does he shirk
AS he works on day after day.
He laughs and sings from morn till
night,
When twilight DER the meadow
steals,
Home goes he to his happy wife,
Who makes him like king to feel.
The foregoing verses are, it must
be admitted. a little weak as to
rhymes, but the poet can rhyme all
right when he wants to, as is shown
here:
Some time l think she loves me
And other times 1 doubt,
My love for her will constant be,
No power this love can rout.
She is the jewel of my life,
Far sweeter than the rose,
My love at last DER doubt doth rife,
To her / will propose.
The last poem in the book is also
the best 1t contains this stanza:
At night we kneel, when all is still,
We beg of Thee our sins forgive,
We try so hard to do Thy will,
For in Thy faith we wish to live.
Fridays Des Moines Register and
Leader presents to its readers what
it calls the real issue" in the pres
ent campaign in column editorial
from which we quote the following:
The New York Tribune is author
| ity for the statement that Judge
Parker was asked directly, last Mon
day:
In view of the activity of the Park
er Constitution club, do you believe
that colored voters should be allow
ed to enjoy the voting privileges
which the federal constitution guar
antees them?
Judge Parker's reply was:
cannot answer that question.
refuse to be interviewed, and l won't
be interviewed. II you have done me