The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-05-07
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

Mrs. Horace Allen served the lunch
con for the A. M. e. church ladies Fri,
day afternoon and was well patron
lied.
We are in possession of some choice
bits of gossip that would no doubt IN
Iterest our readers, but we are sworn
to secrecy.
Rev. Geo. H. Leach, the evangelist,
who conducted revival here this
spring, preached at the A. M. E.church
Thursday evening.
| A. G. Mitchem, of Fresno, CAL, man
ufacturer of an insect powder, was
introducing his goods to the trade In
this city Wednesday.
| A club has been organized and ar
arrangements perfected to set up
chapter of the order of the Eastern
Star in the city tonight.
Walter Smith came in from Chicago
Wednesday noon for visit with his
wife and mother. He may decide to
remain here during the summer.
Henry Hockedy is suffering from
bad attack of rheumatism and it is
with difficulty that he is able to be
at his work and is Obliged to use a
cane to assist him in getting around.alt
Rev. Geo. H. Leach will preach at
the A. M. e. church Sunday morning
at IL O'Clock and at $3.50 in the after.
noon. He will be assisted at the
evening service by a lady evangelist.
John Sims, of Washington, D. c., is
ARRANGING to visit Oskaloosa the last
of this month and will take an active
part in the primary campaign in the
interest of Senator Allison, and we be.
lieve every other colored man in Iowa
ought to do the same.
The Oskaloosa Colored Woman's
Club met at the home of Mrs. Cora
Moore Thursday afternoon and elect
ed the following officers: President.
Mrs. Cora Franklin; vice president,
Mrs. Cora Jones; secretary, Mrs. Cora
Moore; treasurer, Miss Jennie Hardy.
Presiding Elder l.. j. Phillips com.
pleted the business of the past quar-
ter for the A. M. e. church at the
quarterly conference Monday evening.
He left Tuesday morning for Ottumwa
where he will spend a few days and
then go to Washington to hold quar-.
terly meeting next Sunday.
The debate at Wesley Chapel Fri
af EUd
The question, Resolved. That doctors
are more beneficial to humanity than
lawyers" was warmly contested by
both sides and was decided by the
| judges In favor of the affirmative.
The decision was heartily approved by
the audience.
Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Minnie Hen
derson, of Hampton, Iowa, spent Sun
day in the city and were guests of the
F. NJ. Moore and Ed Murray homes.
Mrs. Henderson lived here when a
girl, with her mother, Mrs. Minnie
| Barnes, and is quite well known, but
this was her first visit here in nine
teen years. They returned home
Sunday evening.
Walter Mitchell, son of Mr., and Mrs.
Simpson Mitchell, of 436 North Fourth
street, has entered the service of the
Green Candy Co., for the purpose of
and candy making. Walter is a
steady, industrious and reliable young
man who will make good at anything
he goes at, and he is to be .congratu-
lated on securing SO good a chance to
learn trade that always pays good
wages to first class men. -, ..
| We are in receipt of letter from
Lewis. II. Neill, who accompanied Mrs.
John Sims, who brought the remains
of her daughter to this city for burial,
Announcing the safe arrival of himself
land Mrs.Sims at their homes in Wash.
lngton, ID. c., on the evening of April
20, after a ten days visit with reIa.
ltives and friends in Chicago. The
writer expresses himself as delightful
lily pleased with our city and the
abundant hospitality bestowed upon
himself and Mrs. Sims, and wishes to
be kindly remembered to all whom he
met. He says they found Mr.. Sims
and Mrs. Fred Sims in fairly good
health and partially recovered from
the shock of Miss Dora's death.
Rev. Eugene Allen of the Central M.
E. church delivered an interesting and
impressive discourse at the A. M. Il.
church Sunday afternoon. He chose
for his subject the Crucifxion of
lChrist as recorded by Saint Luke and
compared the characters of the two
malefactors condemned to die with
Him as shown in the two different
/. appeals for mercy that came from the
!. lips of the two condemned men in
: that dreadful hour of death. One was
! the selfish desire of the man TO es
3 cape the consequences of his own acts
3 and sinful life and save that life. for
the time being that had been fortified
Shy the law. The other, with nc
/ thought for the material death and
with a sense of the business of his
/ punishment. recognized In Christ the
/ Savior of the world, the Prince Of
Peace, who had the power to save be
l. yond the grave, and after rebukine hi,