The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1905-10-12
our COLORED SOCIETY
Tnn and lum n the LEGAL CeloAg
And their NFlnnds

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wMa ssansArlluK puAineaN Ia lhA rlsy
ILLS weeH
4. WI wsllinina. tht blacksmith Al
Lacey. was an UYar sunday Visitor
Win friends n che city
The Misses Jcnua. of Washington.
arc Visiting NJ the home uf their grand
mother, Mrs. VIM Tim, on North !
street.
Mrs. Belle pcrno and daughter fres
IA returned home Thursday from a
pleasant four weeks yislt with rela.
tlyes III KAnnas City. Mo-
Mrs, Thos. chcek. Of Peoria, and
Mrs. Geo. Young. Of Galcauurg, arrived
IN the city wednesday and aro guests
OK Mrs. Cheeks mother, Mrs. John
Williams, on North @ street.
Rey. Clark called the musical talent
OF hts church together Monday even.
Ing and reorganizpd tho choir. He IL
working 10 set ac much music ns pos
Bible into the church services and viii
devote tho last aun0ay evening II
each month To sacred concert.
rho members OF wesley Chapel
served supper Thursday evening In
the Bcyan building On west First ave
nue., and received a good patronage
from the public. They continued the
supper at the church Friday evening
and added program mat was enjoyed
by large crowd.
Last Sunday was quarterly meeting
day at Wesley Chapel and the ser.
vices during the day wcro well attend.
ed and much interest manIffgted In
the meetings. Rev. A. r. Clark
preached an appropriate aud touching
sermon at . D. M, after which large
number partook 81 the LorG's Supper.
rev. Lockwood conducted the services
ia the morning and evening.
Miss Martha ZONES entertained q
number OF friends al a FIVE o'clock
dinner at her home on North Sixth
street Sunday evening. Those present
were Mr. and Mrs. s. Mitchell, Mrs.
Moilei Iilngo, Miss Laura scofeld, Mr..
Virgie Keys, Mr.. Al. Hardy and Mr..
Steward, Of Ottumwa. The dinner
was served In courses and was en-.
joyed by all, after which the company
engaged IN a song and prayer service
as fitting enjoyment Of the Sabbath
evening.
We acknowledge an invitation 10 the
picnic Of the Herald correspondents
being held at the golf grounds Of the
lOgkalooga Country Club, southeast Of
town, today, and are very sorry that
the trlfing matter Of earning q few
dollars coTnpeIs uB to send regrets.
| We hope some time, however, 10 BIZ
able to meet the many bright and
Ihustiing pcoplp wfoge combined brains
and work 70 10 make the Herald one
Of the best newspapers In Iowa But
not until we have secured rlore Of
those brlght silver dollars that are
so pieasan. 10 look upon can we afford
To 10 a.DicnickIng On Saturday.
According to the Register and Lead.
err, the GENIUS returns show that there
are thirty.nine counties In tho state
which have no coiored residents, as
follows: Adams, Audubon Black
Hawk, Bucna Vista, butler Calhoun,
cass, Chickasaw Clay, Clayton, Della.
ware, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guth-
rie, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, jackson,
Jones, Kcolfuk, Kossnthl Lyon, Madi.
son, Mitchell, Mononn, o'Brien, oscc.
ola, Paio Alto, Pocahontasg Ringgold,
sac, smelly, Sioux, story, Waync,W Win
nebago. Winnighiek,W Worth and Wright.
Monroe county has inc most colored
residents, they forming 1913 per cent
of the total population there, Other
counties returned tho following per
cents: Lee, ~; Polk, ~; WaDeIlo,2.3;
Mahagka, III; Appanooge, ~; Henry,
~; Des Moineg, 10; Jasper, 10; Scott
no. Tama county has 10 per cent col.
ored population, but this numLer ii.I
cludes Indians, while the per cents Of
the other counties include only ne
groes. All other counties have less
than per cent a part Of this state.
nenE VIC know n incorrect. There
IRE three towns, What Cheer Sig0ur-
ncy and Hcdrick, III Kcokuk county
dat have coioreda residents, and We
think Iowa jackson and Jones counties
All have a few negroes among their
popuifion. While Lee county bas AZ
larger per cent tnan Polk county, tho
coIcred popumtIon or Polk rs more
than double that of Lep county, and
no same IL true of other counties IN
the table Hence IL does not Give =
very clear idea of the real number 81
coIored people In each county.
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