Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-10-03

support their race enterprises and
saving their earnings and putting
them to the proper use. Perhaps the
same could be said of most any other
town, but the example is SO vivid in
this particular place that call atten-
tion to our readers that they like
those people have lost good many
opportunities to become fairly well
to do and be successful in business by
letting a good chance slip by. How
ever, Mr.. w. w. Fields, young man
of business abilities, owns and con-
ducts a first class grocery store, of
which fully one-haf of his trade is
white. He has been in business sew
eral year. ono formerly lived in Keo-
kuk. Mr.. P. r. Brent, one Of the
pioneer colored families Of this town,
is still alive. He is quite old, yet he
has made great mark in this Sec
ton Of the state, having been grand
master of the Masons of Missouri.
He has raised an excellent family
and his youngest daughter is a teach
er in the Quincy schools here. He
owns valuable property. Miss Roger
also owns valuable property in the
heart of the town and is an old set
tier here. Mr.. Edward Duncan owns
valuable property in the business dis
trict and operates first class saloon.
He also runs hotel. Mr.. M. Bass
owns and conducts a first class ton
serial parlor. It is indeed the first
shop that I know of being owned and
run by colored lady. In this town
the schools are separate and the col
ored people have beautiful new
building. Prof. r. A. Roberts is
principal and a very able and highly
educated race man. He says that his
teachers all have a general average
of normal school graduates and some
Of his faculty have college work to
their credit, which is above the aver
age of any school in Quincy. While
I met all the teachers in his school,
yet am sorry that cannot give the
names of all of them. However, 1
might say that Miss Garnett, the
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Garnett of
Macon, Mo-, who is Kansas univer-
sity student, teaches here. Miss
Matte Lillye chronicles the news
from that city. Mr.. F. G. Munday is
one of the reliable citizens there and
owns valuable property. Rev. T. L.
Smith has charge OF the Baptist
church, while the Methodist church is
presided over by very able divine,
whose name / cannot recall.
Hannibal, Mo-, being our next stop.
We find here about 1000 colored peo-
pie, many Of whom are progressive
and industrious and own valuable
property. This is the home Of the
National Protective organization, a
Negro fraternal organization with
Rev. G. C. Mcdowell as president.
They..own a nice three-story brick
building, where their headquarters
are. They also operate newspaper
called the Home Protective. 4 They
have recently bought a newspaper
plant and are doing a great business
in job work. 1t is a worthy organiza-
tion and should be supported by our
race. DR.. O. c. Quinn, the leading
physician here, has been sick for sew
eral months, having been down at
Hot Springs, Ark, taking treatment.
He has just returned and he has
somewhat improved in health. He
owns a beautiful home and has d
large practice and is a thorough race
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room and is doing we'll. Their church.
es are in fairly good condition and
their schools are better attended this
fall than previous years. did not
visit the schools, therefore I cannot
give the names Of the people.
Next week we will begin with
Paris, Mo.