Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-07-16
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.

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Again after silence Of two years, j
take my pen in hand to chronicle the
everlasting observation as the Editor
sees IL, the observations will only be
. trial of one week since two years
have gone leaving her mighty advance.
ment behind for future age the pro.
gress Of human achievement, the
growth Of population, the expansion
OF business; the better opportunity for
education, all would lead one to think
that our race must be advancing. !
think they are educational aud materi-
ally, but it seems that their civil privi-
leges and treatment from the other
race is lessening, and are thus being
refused to grant to them the freedom
and equal privileges In public utilities
- they used to. In short the terrible
crimes and actions Of y few OF the
tough element Of our race has made the
road hard for the stronger even though
he should be representative man. I
experienced it, in fact public senti-
ment seems to be going against the
race, and our enemies are taking sd.
vantage of it by sending Southern
speakers and lecturers North to en-.
courage this sentiment against the
Negro. As q race we must become
more united and stand together for
good and right, be not discouraged and
and let us not disappoint our white
friends, but seek to make friends with
them then the better element Of the
two races will learn to love and respect
each other. My first stop was in the
town OF Fairfield, having only few
hours to spend, we found Mr.. Samuel
Skies and his corps of workers operat-
ing one Of the best tonsorial parlors
in the town in the Leggett Hotel;
white, which. numerically refused to
lodge me for the night.) Mr.. Skies
has a very beautiful and we'll arranged
home and is real race man, b. ].
Fuller and pioneer tonsorial artist,
with first class shop is doing well, he
also owns nice home. G.. w Coaston
and J. w. Robinson are two hustling
young married men who are doing
well each. will now read The Rystsndar
with delight. Mrs. Hall runs : board.
ing house. This town has new Col.
ored church, the A. NJ. E. with the
Rev. Stovall as pastor is doing nicely.
Into Mt. Pleasant the educational
town and they say the home for
the non-compas-mentis, here we saw
many Of our people mostly pioneers
doing well. Mr.. j. Richmond the
auctionere and second hand dealer is at
the same place and doing we'll, to our
knowledge is the only Colored auc.
toner in Iowa, he has his grand
daughter Miss Ethel Harris as his
clerk. A high school girl who is
a neice OF Mr.. VIM. Coalson of our
city, she will push the quill for the
Bystander for the next year. Geo. w.
Coalson brother of our VIM. Coalson
is successful farmer. Mr. Mason is
another successful gardner and fruit
grower, he is the father Of George of
our city, all Of his family of six child.
rem are graduates OF the Mt, Pleasant
high school. I. w. Burnaugh, Chas.
Austin, Emerson Jones and Mr.. Neal
are good men and own fruit and gar
den lots; G.. R. Reed is a successful
farmer, although living in the city he
has out this year 80 acres of good oats
and AZ acres of fine corn; John Green
up and Geo. Newman are hustler; Jas.
K. Weeks a retired farmer owns q fine
farm but lives in the city; Mr.. d..
Fiddler is very sick, and has been for
many months. Mr.. Adam Smiley is a
unique charcter, living as he does
alone in his unique little house with
one of the incest cleanest and most
tidy yards, and has the best kept gar
dens ever saw, if a weed must grow
in that garden it must do SO ut night
with the ill-fate OF being removed the
next day. The churches have no resi-.
dent pastor but are doing fairly we'll
The new subscribers are Geo. W.
Coalson, Mollie Hughes, Henrietta
Smith, Jennie Carter, Iona Mason,
John Weick, L W. Page, J. w Fiddler
W. F. McCrackin, Adam smiley, and
Pickett.
Our next stop was in burlington,
here A. L Drew is still carrying the
rural route mail. he is coming young
man; w. E. North is another young
business man, silversmith who will
soon enlarge his store and add q
pantitorium. Pete King the reliable
expressman is succeeding as usual and
pains-taking wife manages the house
hold in fine style, they own q most
lovely home, IL, Cook is a chef alta
restaurant; Henry Cooker is stin doing
business as real estate agent and
collector; Aaron Hughes, II. Jones, R.
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