The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-01-16
OURCOLORED SOCIETY
ms and Outs Of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

jan Goth.
Noah Kimbrough has been confined
to his bed the past week with an at.
tack of grip.
The A. M. E. church people are ar
ranging to give dinner at the church
on Wednesday, Jan. %, from to 5
O'Clock p, M.
Mrs. Bernice Lee and children have
returned to their home in Des Moines
after a pleasant visit at the Noah
Kimbrough home on North Market
street.
Miss Georgia Blackburn returned to
Buxton Sunday to resume her duties
as a teacher in the Buxton schools,
after spending the holiday vacation
with her mother.
Viva Jones, who has been spending
the holidays with his parents in the
city, returned to his duties with the
0. B. Jones undertaking establish
ment in Chicago Sunday.
Mrs. C. G. Lee who has been a suf.
ferer with sore troat for the past
month, is reported some better. The
ailment has been of stubborn ma
ture, but is now yielding to treatment
which gives hopes Of her speedy re-
covery.
c. G. Lee went to Buxton Thursday
| seeking to investigate the mysteries
of the order of |. B. p. Q, E. w. and
will commit himself to the tender
mercies of Pride Of the West lodge
No. 1O3. ar he is able he will return
home soon.
w. H. Mulligan, of Cedar Rapids.
Grand Master of the United Grand
Lodge of Iowa, A. F. G A. M. will
make his official visit to Maple Grove
lodge in this city next Wednesday ev.
ening. On Wednesday evening will
be held school of Instruction and
on Thursday evening the lodge will
tender a public reception to the
Grand Master. N@
Sunday, March 1st, is the date set
| for opening a series Of revival meet
ings at the A. M. e. church. The
| noted evangelist, Rev. G. w. Leach of
| Brunswick, Mo-, who will have the
| meeting in charge, has informed the
| pastor that he cannot arrange to be
here before that date as was expect
| ed, but will be here then and Elder
Payton has made arrangements with
him for that date. II.
The Western Echo, a four-column
folio weekly paper published in the
interest of the negro race, has been
launched in Rock Island, Ills. Rev
T. w. Lewis, of the A. NJ. E. church
at Moline, is editor, and Rev. R. 4
Broyles, pastor of the Second Baptist
church at Rock Island, business man
ager. Presiding Elder l.. J. Phillips
is field editor. The paper will be
| largely devoted to church interest and
| will be the official organ of the Meth
odist and Baptist churches in this
| district A page is devoted to the
| local interests of the three cities Of
Rock Island, Davenport and Moline
and it's advertising columns show a
liberal patronage by the merchants OF
those cities. 81
The members and friends of the A
M. E. church gave the pastor and his
wife a pleasant surprise party Tues.
day evening. Under the management
of Mrs. Ed. Jones and Mrs. A. G.
| Clark the company gathered at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Williams
and marched in force to the parson.
age where they announced their pres,
ence by singing, There's a Stranger
at the Door, Let Him In" The sing
ing was very effective. In fact ii
would have aroused most everybody
or anything and it was but few mo
ments before the doors were thrown
open and the company received a
glad welcome from the pastor and his
good wife, who were completely Ia.
ken by surprise, and whatever feel,
ings of drowsiness that so sudden an
awakening had left was soon dispell.
ed when the company began to I'M
load the numerous bundles and pack.
ages and baskets that each had pro.
vided for the occasion. The evening
was spent in pleasant social converse
during which Elder Payton in neat
little speech thanked the company for
their generous donation.
AS a result of the recent religious
revival in Muscatine, the A. M. e.
church of that city finds itself $3.50
better off than it was last year. The
News-Tribune of that city in the fol-
lowing item tells how 1t happened:
"The New Years evening was enliv.
ened by surprise to the colored peo'
pie of the city Mr.. Joseph Bilkey,
accompanied by Messrs. Ev. Branden.
burg and Sheldon were introduced to
the pastor and stated that they would
like to have a word to say to the con-
gregation. When Rev. Bruce intro.
duced them, Mr.. Bilkey presented, on
behalf of 155 residents OF the city and
county, the receipts in full for the
paving tax for alley and street. which
amounted to $260.53, as a New Years
present, cutting the indebtedness
down from s4G0 to 5000, which is due
the merchants of the city. The church
was sold for the installment on the
alley tax and redeemed July, 1906,
and was about to be listed for sale
for the street tax, which was due last
January 1t was surely an emancipa-
ton celebration that followed. as they
expressed their appreciation in ex-
preston and vote of thanks to Mr..
Bilkey and the gentleman with him
for the gift and the sentiment ex-
pressed by the 155 donors