The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14
OUR COLORED SOCIETY.
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends

/ Joe Barquette is hoppin' bells at
Hotel Downing.
John Williams says ne finds it easy
sailing since he quit the hotel--busy
all the time, good pay and rest on
Sunday
| Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lee Of Des
Moines are the happy parents of a
new baby boy and Grandma Kim
brough Of this city is smiling all
over.
| For the first time IN many years the
negros of Mahaska county have no
representative on the delegation to
the Republican state convention this
year.
Eddie Carter, an S. w. F. medical
student spent Friday in the city with
friends, being enroute to his home in
Buxton, where he will spend his va
cation.
With Fred Tifin in the First ward,
Simpson Mitchell in the Fourth and
Frank Allen in the Fifth, the negro
voters of Oskaloosa we're we'll repre-
scented in the Republican county con-
vention today.
Oscar LATER, who has been employ
ed extra on Saturdays at Harris Bros.
during the past school term, while at
tending high school, has been employ
ed regularly and will be found at the
big store every day during the sum-
mer vacation.
Mrs. A. G. Clark will leave Monday
evening for Omaha, Nebr., to be In
attendance at the grand court of
Heroins of Jericho Tor the state OF
Iowa, which commences in that city
Tuesday, June IL. She win represent
Rahb court of this city.
Mitchell wants to go a-fishing, but
can find no one to accompany him.
He is hoodoo and the fish won't bite
when he is within mile Of the river.
We heard he was trying to get a
crowd to go fishing and leave us out,
but friend put us next, and now we
have blocked his game effectually.
The members of Wesley chapel NJ.
| ShulIu SdNS q OuppSl III Tic oJOlS
room at 211 High avenue West Fri
day evening that was a success in
every way. A splendid bill of fare
was offered and the patronage was
| sufficient to dispose of everything
that had been prepared, thereby real;
izing a neat sum for the benefit Of the
| church.
Mrs Fife Weeks of Des Moines,
Miss Hettie Allegan of Colfax and
Mrs. Bertha Daniels are visiting at
! the home of their mother, Mrs. John
Wilson, on North Fourth street, who
has been in poor health for some
ZINE past She is severe sufferer at
tines and is only able to be up por-
ton of lifeline, ado ado ! IS feared an
operation will be necessary to insHfa
her permanent recovery.
Mrs. Cora Jones will go to Abba
this afternoon, where she will visit
the court of that city and do some
special work this evening. she will
remain in Abba over Sunday and
leave Monday evening via the co. for
Omaha, where as grand matron she
will on Tuesday morning duly open
the grand court, H. of Us for the
state of Iowa and its jurisdiction, in
) it's annual session, which will continue
during three days.
The members of the A. NJ. f,
church have granted their pastor,
Rev. A. T. Clark, a two weeks Vaca-
ton, beginning next Monday. He will
depart Tuesday for Wilberforce, O.,
to be present and take part in the
semi-centennial celebration of WILDER
force college, of which he is an alum
nj, which begins on Friday, June Is,
and continues during the following
week. Wilberforce college is the old
est and leading educational institu'
ton of the A. NJ. E. church and num-
bers among it's alumni many Of the
leading colored men or the country,
most of whom will be present and
take part in the coming celebration.
Sunday was rally cay at the A. M.
E. church and the effort to raise one
hundred dollars was SO nearly realiz-
ed that all feel gratified at the result.
The sum of $Sz22 was turned in ny
the different committees in the fol
lowing amounts: Mrs. Florence AL
len, $1,000; Mrs. Bessie Clark, $16.12;
Mr.. G. G. Lee, $25.U0; Mr.. Robert
Franklin, $500. Mrs. Sarah Will
liams, on account of sickness, was UNI
able to complete her collection and
did not report at the time, but will do
so in the future, when 1t is hoped the
full amount will be raised. The mon
ey will be applied to cancehing sever
al debts standing against the society,
thus leaving the church in good flnan-