Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-02
Masons LaD Church
Conner Stone.
0reat Day tor Tire Buxton People
md TIE Members Of The New
Baptist Church..

md TIE Nlensbers Of The New
Baptist Church.
Buxton, 10 Oct, s9.--For the frat
time In tbe year 1905 and aimee the ~.
-pexreace Of our special Buxton Sow.
enir Number last Novenber. were ye
editor permitted to rest his cary fec,
and steady his quill in the midst OF the
Aospitab.e camp Of Buxton. Since oul
special number. above referred 20,
there has beea several Buxton write
APPS: special numbers, editions, etc., By
various weeklies and dailies. and YET
one 70 60 each year will dnd enough
aew enterprises. new building sddi-
tions. improvements. ETC.. 10 make q
good and interesting write up. Per
Asps the most interesting and best
item was on last sunday, when the
corner stone OF another new colored
church was laid By the n. w. u. Grand
Lodge of lows. A. r. 4 A. NJ, under
the auspices Of Cedar Grove Lodge Of
1uxtoo. assisted BY the visiting breth-
rem Of other lodges with an escort Of
Sir Knights from Des Moines. Grand
Master, W. q. Milligan. had charge of
Che Masonic ceremonies, which was
we'll executed considering the short
notice in which the Grand Master and
lodge had.
Ate p. N. the Buxton Cornes Baud
assembled st their hall in the 7. N C
A. buildisg and marched to the Masonic
hall in Coopertown. where the line Of
march was formed, headed by the
band. then came the Sir Knights from
Des Noines, Master Nasons OF Cedar
Grove Lodge No. Is OF Buxton, visiting
Master Masons and grand officers fol-
lowed by carriages and pedestrians.
1t WAS beautiful sight 10 the bright
sunlight.
The exercises were opened by music
By the band after which Rev. C. II.
Meudenhall read the scripture and Rev
J. A. jackson delivered 40 able prayer,
after-which Geo. d. Woodson introduc-
ed Rev. ] q. Z. Wimbush, the pastor
who 10 building the church. A collec.
ton amounting to sse 40 was taken up
Rev. Wimoush stated that Governor
Cummins could not be present but sent
letter, which was read by John l..
Thompson. Hon. N. E. Kendell. the
present represent alive and candidate
for reelection, was introduced and
made . good speech; he is alwa elo-
quent. John L Thompson of Des
Moines was next to be introduced. and
his eloquent plea for better morals and
purer leaders with good character and
honest intent, held the vast audience
of about 1900 in wonder. The next
speaker introduced was Geo. 81. Wood
son of Oskaloosa, whose ssrit and ora
tory always win the audience. He
made . strong plea for independent
citizenship. manhood and free thought.
Grand Master Milligan with his
Grand Lodge performed the bslance OF
the ceremony in laying the, corner
stone = only Nssons can properly lay
corner stones Thus ended the exer-
cises.
This church ought TO be I great
factor in the solution Of the mighty
problems that confronts our race in
Buxton. There are now Eve colored
churches and two white churches here.
All now have their own buildings, ex-
cept the Congree ational and the
Church Of God or Saints.
Buxton is a great town to study our
race, for here we have the high and
low. the good and bad. the educated
and nneducated, the iaw-abiding and
law-breakiDg. t
There are now about COCO people
here and fully 5000 are colored, and
since we were here last year there has
been some large new buildings built.
among which is large three story
frame BUILDING for the post Office. in,
which on the geound aoor is the press
e,cm Of the Buxton Gaz .tte. on the
s.cond 40: Is the postofi 70. which is
. Jorge rocmy Office; on the third floor
il the Justice ONCE, dentist and the
composing room Of the Gazette. Other
new buildings are the Company stone
warehouse, new blacksmith and ma