Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-10-18
EDITORS OBSERVATIONS.

Arriving in Quincy, Illinois, we
found much public improvements be-
ing done by the city repaving the
principal streets Here dwells about
1000 colored people. They have one
Methodist church, two Baptist church.
es. Rev. T. L. Smith, our old friend,
formerly at Keokuk, Iowa, is pastor
of the large Baptist church and Rev.
Bates is the pastor Of the other Bap-
tist church He is preparing to build
new church. Mr.. P. Bates is still
employed at the Burlington depot.
He owns nice home. Miss Cora
Gentry is also employed at the Burl-
ington depot as cook. Our old
friend, w. w. Fields, is still running
the grocery store. He is doing well
and enjoys a lucrative trade. Fully
half of his trade is co!ored He mar
ried one of Mr.. Brent's daughters
Mr.. Brent is we'll known in Missouri
as a teacher, also Grand Master of
the Missouri Ma.onic Grand Lodge.
Mr. Brent owns one of the most beau
tiful and valuable homes in Quincy
and is enjoying his old age In COM
fort. One of his daughters is
teacher in the public schools here.
She is very beautiful and very ac-
complished, having passed the Illinois
state board for teacher the highest
two yetrs ago.. Mrs. Mattye Lillye
will chronicle the news for The By
stander this year from Quincy. Mrs.
E. K. Eston is doing WELL She owns
a nice home. Her two sons hold good
positions in garage. Isaac Morton
still runs the express wagon. Mr.. L.
Howell owns valuable home. He has
gone into the ice business and says
things look good for success in this
city. In Illinois they have a separ-
ate colored school, beautiful new
modern eight-room building, with
Prof. R. A. Roberts, formerly Of the
Indianapolis, Ind,; schools, as the
principal. Prof. Roberts is thor
ough, enthusiastic educator, full of
energy, a true race man and truly
one of the strong men of our race.
He has an able corps of teachers un-
der him. They carry the children to
the eighth grade. Then they enter
the white high school for further in
struction. Hannibal, Missouri: Just
across the Father of Waters. This
is one of the oldest of the Missouri
towns. Here lives about 1000 Afro
Americans, with some doing we'll, but
very few business enterprises. They
have one good grocery store, one first
class drug store owned by our friend,
Mr.. T. C. Ross, Kansas university
boy, formerly of Omaha, Neb. He
has very pretty drug store and is
courteous to all. Dr. o. C. Queen is
still practicing. He has big prac-
tice and owns very beautiful ho1e,
is a race man and a member of many
societies. I. Rudd is still in the res
taurant business. Mr. S. Bryant has
gone into the restaurant and lunch
room business. This is the home Of
the Home Protective Association.
The president, Rev. S. S. Mcdowell,
says that their company is constantly
growing They have changed their
monthly journa! to weekly newspa-
per, called The National Protective
Association. The Masonic Home is
located a few miles out from this
city, conducted by Mr.. J. Hicks. The
u. B. F. Association owns a fine
three-story building in a good loca-
tion. They have just built the busi-
ness block, costing about $4,000.
We next stopped at Paris, Mo-, where
we find about 600 colored people with
one nice school building and three
teachers. Prdf. T. B. Burris and
Prof. Geo. A. Donaldson and Miss M.
c. Crump are the teachers. Mr.. Rob-
p . . 4 n 2. .4a D..