Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-08-19
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.

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900 live in this county and about
500 In Abba. Mr.. G.. w. Hollinps-
worth, owns a small truck farm on
the city limits. He works his farm.
also works in the mine. He is do
ing well, and they are both race
| people, well read. Henry Jones Is
an ola pioneer citizen here. He
owns valuable property in the east
part OF the town. Mr.. /. Thomas Is
another old citizen, well respected.
He has enlarged and remodeied his
home, making It now fourteen room
mousse, valuable piece of property,
a beautiful home. Mr.. Davis is an
other pioneer citizen here, doing
we'll. His daughter, Miss Nav. is the
Bystander agent. A graduate from
the high school, very prompt cor
respondent. She seldom misses a
single week during the year for the
past twelve years. No other of our
many correspondents has such re-
| markable record. Mrs. Mary r.
! Ward Is still at work at the same
place. Bert Allen Is hustler. Hem
ry Bowman is a young man, COM
ing to the front. Messrs b. r,
Lewis, Thos. Washington, A. j. Es-
ters, Joseph Jamison, all own their
homes out in North Abba, and they
are doing we'll. Miss Henrietta Jones
has recently opened hairdressine
parlors, and Is doing well. Ottum-
wa was our next stop. This city
| was made noted last year over the
Junkin horrible crime for which he
| recently rung. There is still pe-
| cui1ar FEELING among the races vet.
me white people still look with sus-
picion upon some of the colored peo-
| pie, especially a stranger within the
gates. Mr.. ]. Taylor, one Of the old
est and leading citizens, still drives
MS express wagon. James III. john
son, the veteran hotel man, is still
calling Tor the Ballangal hotel. He
owns some valuable real estate and
IS well respected He is an honor
70 any race, he has lovely family.
Mr. J. II. Weeks is another man
that IS an honor to the race. He is
remodeling his home. and when
completed will be a beautiful and
commodlous home. Wells Fowler is
stlll working at the club. His wife
Is spending several weeks visiting
IN Michigan. III. e. Williams and
his brother. M. O., are still working Q
at the Elks' club. They own .-nice
4omes ana are coming young men.
L. !. SPOTS Is still running the hack
business. Mrs. Ella Bohannan still
lives on South Ottumwa. Also does
Mrs. Jennie Wiston and Mrs. M.
Smith. They seem to be doing well.
one OF the most successful men
OF our race that met here was III.
y Elliott, who lives Just across the
line within the city limits, but whose
20 acres Of farm is Just without the
limits. He farms 1t and raises hogs
Just sold that week, $4,000 worth
or hogs, and bought dozen more
pigs. He Is a hustler, and is MAX
Ing money. He and his valuable
wife are both race people, and a
help to the community. Mr.. C. r.
Gooch owns nice valuable home.
Mr.. M. +. Clark is hustler, good
citizen. Mr.. S. Herald is still work
ing on the Courier. The churches.
two In number, are both hustling.
The A. M. II. presided over by Rev
~. Lewis, is doing we'll. The
Baptists have been handicapped a
little without q minister, until they
called the Rev. ]. G. Reid of Sioux
City, who has aroused the latent en-
ergy and Is now in the midst Of a
big rally. Geo. e. Taylor, former
ly editor of the Negro Solicitor, and
noted Negro democrat, lives here.
He has been on the police force, but
mas recently resigned to take up his
home in the sunny south. Perhaps
IN mississippi. George is brilliant
man, and we hope that he will yet
make the world hear from him. Our
next stop was Fairfield, but only for
few hours. We can only mention
few people herein. There are only
few colored people there. MT. B.
T.. Fuller Is still running his ton
serial parlors, but he is having lots
OF worry over his wife, who is very
SICK and has been taken to the hos
pital in Mt. Pleasant to be cured
He Is highly respected here Mr.. S.
sykes also owns good tonsorial
parlor and Is doing we'll. Mr.. G. w.
Cooston, an uncle of our late Will
liam, OF Des Moines, is a hustler.
lie owns a nice home. j. w, Rob-
inson Is still working at his trade.
doing nicely. They own valuable
home. He is a race man. The next
town we placed our weary feet in
was Mt. Pleasant. This quiet little
town OF about 5000 inhabitants con-
tains about 700 colored people with
two churches, the Baptist and the
A. M. e., moving along as usual. In
| the town are to be found large
number Of young girls and boys who
are IN high school and have finished
high school, than most any other
Iowa town. Mr.. G. r. Reed is a sue
cessful young man, wo is farming.
He has tended so acres Of corn. He
owns nice home. Mr.. Jas. r.
| Weeks, an old retired farmer, who
owns q good farm within eight miles
Of the city, also owns valuable
home and lives in the city He is an
old soldier and has spent forty-six
years in the county. 1t is a family
like Mr. Weeks that is maintaining
a good name in the community for
our race. John Greenup is another
very successful farmer, who owns a
beautiful home within the city linn
| It's. Mrs. Greenup has a fine lot of
Rhode Island Red chickens. They
formerly lived in country. Alfred
Coalson, a brother Of the late Will
liam, OF our city, is perhaps the
Wealthiest colored man in Henry
county His brother, Geo. NJ, is
also here. He owns valuable city
property and is doing we'll. Mr.. S.
McCracken, a barber. is one of the
Well-to-do citizens Of this city. He
owns some very valuable and beau
tiful houses and lots. Mr.. Arbuckle
Is another Wellloff man, owning val
| liable real estate. Mr.. Mason Is an
Old man and highly respected cit
izen, owning valuable home proper