The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-09-21
OUR COLORED SOCIETY



Mr. and Mrs. " n. Murre have
moved their residence 80 tie ) Ave
isas, ana Frank helped
Mr. and Mrs Ed Jones tcsk aayen.
,aee of the ~excunsicn SUNDAY 10 visit
with relatives In n~aflinrton,
We understand the wesisy charel
people will celebratp she sd with 4
basket plcnic Al Riverside pass
REV. c. "A. Tncmao viii not return
10 oskalccsa fcr another year. having
been assigned 10 the charge st Rcek.
ford. H.
Geo Perkins ran = nsh hsNaN
through his singer recently whne AZ
the river fishing and Il reSuirs& TIE
services o. a surgeon ,o regacve r.
Rem smith stayed NJ al nieAt IN
order not 10 miss Tire cxcarston train
last Sunday morning. and shsn cot
left. A big sandwich Ana q rretss
girl are responsible Tor H.
Quite a number az delegates p1v
ed through the city MopsRg cnroass
home from Buxton, where ihev ~.
been in attendance apun thc sessions
OF the Baptist association and san.
day School convention last Wees.
Rev. T. A. Clark. who was IN
charge Of the church al Mt Pleasant,
last year, has been assigned e the
A. VI. Il. church IN this city for TIE
coming year. We were unRSae 80
learn when he would arrive TO take
up the work
Had II ever occurred 20 yen that
fl is very seldom a colDTed family
moves in this town. The great ma.
jority v their homes. while we
know Of several who have paid rent
on the same property for ten or
twelve years.
Mrs. Loire Lee went 10 Des Moines
this week 10 visit at the home Of her
grandson, Oscar Lee, and took home
with her her granddaughter, who has
been staying here for several weeks
in The care Of her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. n. Kimbrough.
Attorney Geo. Woodson was a busy
man last Sunday. He went TO Bux.
ton In the morning, attended the Bap-
list association, caught a train back
TO Stark, walked to town, took din.
ner with A. q. Clark and attended
church in the evening. No wonder
he prospers.
Mr.. and Mrs. John sharp, he OF the
Buxton Eagle, who has been a suf-
ferer from asthma Tor some time
past, left this week for an extended
trip through northen Minnesota ana
western Canada In the hope that the
change OF climate viii be beneficial
to Mr.. sharp'B health.
viva Jones, son Of Mr.. and Mrs,
O. II. Jones OF North A street, ar
rived home from Chicago Saturday
evening, where he has been employ
ed during the summer vacation, and
will spend a couple OF weeks In the
city before returning TO his studies
at WHEREFORE college.
We have the same presiding elder
this year that we didn't get TO get
much OF last year. We nope thai
Elder Gains will be able TO arrange
his work 80 as to hold II or two
quarterly meetings here this year
This charge surely needs the insDir
alton, encouragement and aid that
presiding elder Is supposed 70 give
and needs II spiritually far more
than II does financially, and the pre-
siding elder who does no more thar
come and hold the quarterly confer
ence and collect his assessment Il
not giving the people who pay hin
that which they are entitled TO. w
don't take very kindly to the ofic'
anyway and consider II a sort OF ex
pensiye luxury that could be dispens
ed with in most or the northern
states. OF late years 1t has develop
ed into a sort Of sinecure for a elias;
Of very worthy but altogether toC
aged ministers, who, however will
ing and DESTROYS, are really unable u
iii the requirements OF the ONCE
made necessary by the large dis
trlctS and the extent OF the TERRITORY
10 be covered. But since W. have thu
ONCE the people who pay for IT hayt
n right 10 receive the benefits AMI
will continue 10 demand that thos'
who assume the responsibilities shall
fulfil them 10 the letter.