The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-11-14
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

Mrs Jimmie Jones, missionary
evangelist. has organized a Sunday
school at Bolton.
The members of the A. NJ. E. church
have decided to give game and fish
dinner at the church on Thanksgiving
day.
Mrs. c. G. Lee is in Chicago visit
ing with her husband for few days.
She win remain until Commodore's
season closes, when they win both re-
turn to their home.
The boys made an Intellectual at
tempt to get up a Halloween party
last week. 1t was such dismal fail
ure that the girls took pity on them
and gave two parties on one evening
this week.
A letter of recent date from John
Sims conveys the sad news of the ser
ious illness of his daughter, Miss Dora
Sims, at their home in Washington,
d. c. He states that she had been
quite sick during most of October, but
at the time of writing was some bet
ter with hopeful signs of continued
Improvement.
Walter Smith came in from Chicago
Tuesday for visit with his wife and
his mother Mrs John Williams. His
wife has been in the city for week
or more and win remain here until
Walter has seen all his friends, killed
some game, big and little, and enjoy
ed couple of weeks vacation, when
they will return to their home in Chi
cage.
The absence from the city of one of
our. principal reporters, the resigna-
ton of another and the general quiet
ude prevailing in social circles is the
cause of the non-appearance of this
column for the past few weeks. We
are breaking in new one, however,
and hope the other one will be home
soon, and with this aid and revival
of social matters, we hope to be with
you regularly in the future.
Miss Eva Hart entertained COM
pany of young people at the VIM. Hart
home on North H street, Monday ev-
ening. 1t was a candy pulling and we
all know Just how much fun a crowd
of jolly young folks can have at such
a gathering. How carefully the mass
of sweet stuff is put on the fire to
cook, and stirred and watched till it
is Just right, and then it is placed out
to cool, just enough and no more, and
then the fun really begins and the
boys get into the play and everybody
pulls, and candy is king for the rest
of the night. 1t was just so with Miss
Harris guests. Everybody entered in
to the spirit of the fun and there was
not a dull moment during the entire
evening. -...
Miss Luella Franklin organized a
masquerade surprise party on Miss
Annie Jones at the latter's home on
North Fifth street, Monday evening,
that proved a pleasant affair to all
who attended. The company gather
ed at the Franklin home and were
CARRIED in all manner of fantastic cos
tunes, and went in a body to the
Jones home, where they took the
young lady very much by surprise. 1t
was only for few moments, however,
for she quickly recovered her self
possession, and gathering up all the
cast off garments she could find about
the house, soon arrayed hereslf in
keeping with the rest of the company
and with the aid of her mother, who
was in the secret, proceeded to enter
tain her guests right royalty with re-
sions that kept everybody in jolly
good humor until a late hour.
The funeral services over the re-
mains of Henry Scott were held at
Wesley Chapel NJ. f. church Tuesday
afternoon Nov. D, 1907, and were con.
Quoted by Rev. Lee, pastor, assisted by
Rev. NJ. Payton of the A. NJ. e. church
and Rev. Hiram Lewis, an old friend
and companion of the deceased. Mu.
sic was rendered by choir composed
of members of the choirs of both the
churches. Interment was made in the
Old cemetery. In the death of Henry
Scott our race in Oskaloosa has lost
one of its best members from moral
and Christian standpoint He was
born in Virginia about the year 1881,
and came to Iowa along with the first
of the colored miners brought here by
the Mcneil brothers in the early eight
les, and lived in Muchakinock for a
number of years. where he took an
active part in the affairs of the col
ony, helped to organize the Baptist
church and remained an earnest and
consistent member of that denomina-
ton to the time OF his death. As an
employee of the mine management he
was ever faithful, trustworthy and in
dustrious, and so well did he do his
duty and so important was his influ-
ence for good among his people, that
although the relationship Of employer
End employe had long ceased to exist.
the warm friendship that it created
has been the silent inspiration that
brought untold comforts and happi-
ness TO Mr.. Scott during the late years
OF his life, years that were fraught
with many pains and much suffering.
No nobler, freer charity was ever be-
slowed. and no heart was more full