Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-11-25
EDITORS OBSERVATION.

In AlOl0 laS0 MONDAY, the county
seat or Monroe, where dwell more col
ored people than any other one county
In Iowa. about 5000. and yet there Il
not one single colored man In an cleo
tive county Office nor even deputy
or clerk In the court house. This
should not be, Abba is growing In
population and business.
Viola Davis has opened q rOoming
house and restaurant and is doing
well.
Mrs. Banner has lunch room re
Gently opened.
Mrs. Joseph Jamison keeps roomers,
also Mrs. Henry Jones. Most of the
men are miners. Mrs. III. Jones Is q
teamster. The Thomas brothers drive
the bus line. Mr.. HI. Burns is q good
young man employed as cook, IS is
also Mr.. Joseph Jamison. Mr.. E. But
Ter is a veteran typesetter. He is now
working in the Monroe County News
Office He is a good typesetter Mr..
VIM. Parker Is janitor at the school
house and Mr.. Parker drives wagon
for the Standard OIL company.
We spent about a day in the mining
town of Buxton and as usual of all
that Is good in mining camps Buxton
has the best. There are hundreds of
new families coming in from Virginia
and other states and of course few
leaving. The mines are all running
at full time. There are many visitors,
both white and colored going and COM
ing from Buxton as most of the hacks
are full each trip They make as we
have at other times have attempted to
wriee up Buxton proper, therefore
this time we will briefly mention a
few new things that we see. There is
colored cigar factory, the only one in
Iowa. 1t is known as Roberts and
other brands are "The Buxton Won
der" "The Gem of Iowa." and LA
Rosa De Buxton" and all hand filled
goods and are meeting with good sales.
Then Messrs. Medley and Tibbs have a
very nice dry goods store down near
Cooper's drug store. They are bright
young men, full of business Then the
new drug store operated by DR.. J. H.
Williams and his brother has q nice
line of drugs and other sundries. They
are nice young men to meet. Mrs.
Diana Harrison has first class mil |
linery store See her ad elsewhere.
She an experienced milliner and so
we'll liked by the wholesale house that
tiful diamond from Sullivan & Film
niken, wholesale milliners of Des
Moines: also beautiful nat from the
clerk of the same house for which Mrs.
Harrison is very proud. She appreciates
these remembrance very much. We
and personally acquainted with Mr..
Sullican of the above firm and know
it is a good wholesale house.
The postmaster Mr.. Biggs has three
assistants Miss Bertha Perkins and !,
Hiss Lillian Taylor of Decatur and
The new clerks.
The Y. M. C.. A. progressing nicely
under the excellent supervision of Mr..
Johnson. They are now just opening
their winter night schools. The asso-
citation has just published new paper
called Buxton Men. The first ssue ap-
peared last Saturday. It is a neat
four-page leaflet, well written and
neatly arranged matter. The editor is
Mr. Lewis E. Johnson.> 1t Is simply
for the 7. n. C. A. news and notes.
This issue contains a short hand gym
opsis Of DR.. H. H. Proctor's lecture
delivered there during the Congrega-
hOnal council We wish the Buxton
Men success.
The Buxton Gazette is moving along
nicely and as the joyial editor Jack