The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-22

cnurch, haVlng IeIt MS nrSt love, Con-
gregationalism, and has joined the M.
E. brethren. We wish him success.
H. J. Hockaday is still barbering, also
is Mr.. Lloyd. We next stopped in
Muscatine. A. o. Manley is still
working in town. He owns valuable
small farm one-haN mile from town.
Also /. P. johnson owns a nice farm
one-haf mile from town. She had
just returned from a visit to Des
Moines to visit his son and daughters
there. /. p. is q fine man and splen-
did race man. Frank A., Walker is
still running the barber shop. His
wife is real sick. i Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson have moved in from their
home in the suburbs and Mrs. Thomp-
son is still running a first class hair
dressing and manicuring parlor, while
Mr.. T. is learning the automobile bus
mess. Rev. J. Whorton has charge
of the A. NJ. E. church. The Green
ways are still in the barbering busi-
ness. Mr.. Dent works in a coal Office.
We next landed in Davenport, where
lives about 1900 colored people. e.
H. Haskins is still here. He has al
most recovered from his accident on
the railroad several years ago. w. H.
Green is doing we'll. Mrs. Rosa Cor
bin has moved from Gains street to
Ripley, where she is keeping roomers.
c. F. Shepard is working at the
same place. Mrs. Della Marshall is
sick. Mr.. Eugene Green is still in the
transfer business and doing well.
BENZ. F. Wyatt is still in the panator-
ium store. B. N. johnson, formerly
a barber Of Des Moines, is barbering
here. L. M. Brown, formerly of Des
Moines, who. graduated in embalming,
is located here and doing we'll. He is
the undertaken in the tri-cities and we
urge the colored people to support
him. DR.. B. S. Taylor is the only ply
sician here. He is doing well, grad
uate of the Creighton Medical school
of Omaha, Neb. He is fine fellow
and his amiable wife assists him. Mr..
Underwood still runs his florist shop
and is doing WELL. Mrs. D. S. john
son is still our live correspondent from
this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard on
Grand avenues are living in their beau
tiful home and doing as we'll as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker has bought
home out on Judson street and has
moved out there. The churches, two
in number, are doing we'll. Rev. T. w.
Lewis is pastor of the A. M. E. church.
He is a good minister. His wife,
formerly AIMS Hall of Des Moines,
assists him vsy materially. Rev. F.
K. Nicholson 1s charge of the Bap-
tist church. He 10 also good man
and has hpilt1p. tbs aaurch. Mr..
Howard is still in the coal business
and doing we'll. Mr. VIM. Bates is
still running his shoe shining parlor,
the finest in the city, in the heart of
town. He has about six to ten help
ing him. Mr.. Buckneris employed by
the|city. He owns nice home and an
automobile. Mr.. Enza Green, ia
Fifth street, is still in the pool and
restaurant business. He has recently
opened up a rooming house. They
are fine people to meet. He and his
wife are good, successful business
people. See his adv in the Bystander.
They serve good meals. Mrs. Doug
lass runs rooming house, also Miss
G. Jackson. Mr.. John E. Bradford,
our good friend, is still working for
the City Electric Light Co. He is
well liked by thecompany and is doing
we'll, and he is one of the leading citi-
zens of this city, active in all things
that are good. Alex Roberts is city
scavenger. Scott McGaw is working
at the same place, also is Mr.. Fuqua.
Davenport looks rather odd not to see
saloons in it. Mr.. H. D. Williams is
working at the same place. Next
week we viii! begin in Rock Island.