The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-10
THE GLORIOUS FOJRTHOUR COLORED SOCIETY
In and Outs Of the Local Colony and
Their Friends.

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Among those who attended the
district conference In Des Moines
last week we're Mrs. Minola Bell, dis
trict superintendent, Miss Mabel Cole
man, delegate, Miss Belle Allen, Mrs.
w. G. Coleman and Miss Edna Jones,
who was on the program for piano
solo Thursday evening. Mrs. Bell
was reelected district superinten.
dent.
| Frank Moon was in Washington
last week, called there by the, illness
of his father, who is afflicted with the
infirmities of old age and whose re-
coyery is not expected.
Miss Edna Jones and Miss Fran.
ces Kiner were 0ttumwa visitors
last week. Miss Kiner went to Cedar
Lake Sunday morning, where she
will spend the summer in the employ
of the S. w. White family. .
Mrs., Win Crump and son Billie
were guests of the w. H. Hubbard
home in Des Moines last week.
Rev. M. G.. Newman, while engaged
at work plastering at the new bakery
room on High avenue last week had
Ito be taken to his home, being rem
,dered unconscious for about an hour.
He rallied, however, and was quite
weak for a day or two, but now says
The has fully recovered and does not
feel any effects of the stroke. ~.
Quite number went to Buxton to
celebrate the Fourth and witness the
Iball game between the Chicago and
Buxton Giants.
Mrs. Jessie Franklin Jones, of
Gary, Ills, is spending the week at
1.-THE parental Franklin home on d
Iavenue East. she expects to return
Ito Gary today. 80 %
Robt. Franklin was compelled to
come, home from his work at Hoover
Tuesday on account of injuries receiv-
led while working in the mines at that
place, and Is taking treatment at the
Abbott hospital The treatment has
been very satisfactory SO far and he
hopes to fully regain his strength in
la week or ten days.
| A. fGaaClark, Grand Custodian, and
lRobt. Johnson, Junior Grand Deacon,
lgo to Keokuk Monday morning to at
tend the Goth annual communication
of the M. W. United Grand Lodge Of
Iowa, A. F. & A. NJ, which opens in
that city Tuesday. Ed Jones, Henry
Dunlap and Woodie Thomlinson, Of
Maple Grove Lodge, will also attend
during the session.
The chicken pie supper given by
the ladies of the Mothers Club for the
benefit of the trustee department of
1.-THE A. M. Z. church Tuesday evening
was a fine Success. The club is a
new organization in the city, of which
Mrs. Cora Jones Is president and Mrs.
Cora Moore secretary, and is lending
Its aid and efforts toward the support
of all worthy causes.
Miss Helen Mitchell, daughter OF
IMr. and Mrs.. Simpson Mitchell, Is
home for the summer vacation, after
Ia year spent in the Normal depart
Iment of Western University at Quin-
daro, Kansas. She reports pleasant
year at the school and will return in
the fall to complete her course. West
ern University Is one of the best
equipped colored schools in the coun.
try, with an enrolment for the past
year of nearly 400 students. 1t is I'M
der the management of the A. M. E.
church and a board of trustees ap-
pointed by the governor of Kansas.
1t has an industrial department sup
ported by the state which has appro-
Ipriated total of $319,64S for build
ings and equipment and now has thirty
teachers and gives instruction in
twenty trades. -,,- y. 49,.
MoUre-We received telephone
message at o'clock Friday evening
from Mrs. A. G. Clark at Washington
Informing us of the death of her faith.
er, Mr.. Wesley Moore, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs, Jas. Redd, at 500
o'clock Friday evening, July 4, 1918.
The funeral will occur Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Moore's death was due
mainly to old age, he being past 80
years of age, and the extreme heat
of the past two weeks. He had en-
joyed his usual good health up to the
fourth week in June, when he began
Ito show signs of failure ad was COM
PEELED to leave his home, where he
thad lived for upwards of forty years,
land 60 to. the home of his daughter
i'm another part of town. He expressed
1.-THE opinion then that ne would proba-
bly, never return From that time
his decline has been, STEADY and for
the past week he took neither medi-
cine nor nourishment, just quietly
ana pedC6luuy StSSplu6,f anu Iuo iuot
hours of long and active life, conf
dent that he had earned the reward
promised to the faithful, Mr.. Moore
was born in North Carolina and spent
his early manhood in that state,
when he was taken by his master to
eastern Tennessee, near the city OF
Memphis, where he remained until
slavery was abolished in 1868. The
same year he made his way to Wash
,ington, which town has been his home
ever since. Having enjoyed the con
fidence of his master and being quick
to learn, he was taught the trade of a
lmillwright and carpenter and worked
at both during slavery. On reaching
Washington he sought employment
iat carpentering and soon found him
Iself so proficient that he was sought
after by the best contractors and fol
lowed the trade continuously up to a
few years ago. when he met with an
accident which left his arm almost
useless and he was forced to quit
work. OF family of ten children
but four survive him, Mrs. James Redd
of Washington; VIII. Moore, of Chi
cago, and Mrs. A. G. Clark and Frank
More, Of this city. His wife, who
was some twenty years his junior,
died in Oskaloosa at the home of her
ldauphter Mrs q Clark seven