Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-10-27
Editors Dissertations.

We omitted In our last week obser-
vation to mention two business
houses viz. Messrs. Roberts 4 Findley
Cigar factory which is the only color
ed cigar maker and factory IN Iowa.
They employ from three to five cigar
makers and could use two more men.
A young lady Is their clerk. They
have a confectionery In connection
with their factory. These are nice
gentlemanly young men TO meet; tney.
are very Industrious. Their leading
brand is the "Big A. and Iowa Boy.
Each is long filler, hand made ana DC
straight. Then the La Flor De Tam
ma is their 10c leader. Their cigar IS
now being sold in all the nearby
towns and the other business was the
shoemaker shop Of r. Johnson q
Rhodes. They have a good business
and more work than they can 40.
Tuesday evening witnessed the grand
opening of the Buxton Palace Care,
which in point Of fixtures. equipment
and the very latest furniture, the best
of expert walters and up-to-date cher,
Robt. Brown Of Des Moines, VINO mas
been a head clerk at the kirkwood
for four years, is head man here IN
the kitchen. In fact 1t far surpasses
any cafe or restaurant owned by the
colored people west of Chicago that
/ have yet seen. At their opening
hundreds and hundreds crowded In
there to view the beautiful interior
and to be served The Y. M. G. A., K.
p. band furnished music throughout
the evening. This Is owned by Messrs.
Iohn Christian and l.. G. Freeman, re-
Gently OF Chicago. We wish these
boys success in this new venture. In
town like this where there are SO
many good, honest and successful IN
,dividuals one cannot name them all.
One of the most conspicuous and prog
ressive men of our race you will meet
there is Lewis e. Johnson, secretary
of the Y. M. G. A., a Christian, high
character gentleman, a race man, one
who would make good representa-
tive in the next legislature for the peo-
pie of Buxton and Monroe county.
Then another attractive man Is Prof.
Gillian, principal of the school, of
whom we spoke last week. He Is an
attractive man. Mr.. Anderson Per-
kins deputy sheriff. lis one Of the pio-
neers of the Iowa mining camp and a
successful business man. Then H. 0.
Armstrong, very wealthy and sue
cessful butcher. Ruben Gaines has
made more money than any other man
in so short time.He has recently pur-
chased another 40 acres of land, cost
ing $50 per acre, and he paid cash.
Mr.. B. F. Cooper, our popular batche-
lor druggist, is no doubt making good
money. DR.. j. H. Williams has a good
practice. The Nicely Bros. and Mr..
Tibbs are the leading grocerymen. In
the company's large store there are
abont fifty clerks, Of which nine are
colored, viz, A. r. jackson, foreman
In hardware department; e. C.a.Strong,
head teamster; Charles Gillian, Lee
Craddick, John Drake, Charles Mad
den, formerly of Enterprise, Iowa;
Miss Arney Terrell and her sister,
Miss Lessie, who has charge of the
candy and confectioneries. Mr.. j. 8.
Terrell is Justice Of the peace and c.
s. Sellars Is the only attorney there.
Among the successful farmers are Mr..
Mease, Mr.. J. H. Bates, J. C. Chap
man, Henry Harris, VIM Reasby, W.
H. Reeves, Eugene Brown, Tohn E.
Hearvy, VIM. Toler, Ruben Gaines, J.
H. Ellis, H. A. Armstrong, Moleius
Rhodes, M. J. Walker, Miner Waites
and many others that I will mention
IN the Special Buxton Edition that
space will not now permit, so look
for the big edition very soon.