The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-30

with those gray locks, having travelled
more than the allotted four score and
fuor years, is an inspiration to the
older generation. Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Monroe are still running their lunch
room on the public square. They own
nice home. Mr.. James S. Banks is
still running his barber shop, although
he has moved to the new corner bank
building southwest of the square. We
next stopped at Brunswick, Mo-, for a
few hours. Here we found the COL
ored population about the same as
usual. The school is in full blast, with
three teachers. Mr.. Spencer Payne,
a pioneer citizen here, is still running
his little restaurant. Mr.. and Mrs.
M. E. Doxey are doing we'll. They are
representative people. There are two
churches here, the A. M. E. and the
Baptist. Dalton was our next stop.
This little town of about 500 is made
famous throughout Missouri as the
home of the famous Bartlett Indus
trial school. This is one of the best
and most progressive industrial col
leges in the north for the education of
our boys and girls. They have splen-
did faculty and new modern equip
ment, which renders the school work
easier. Prof. N. C. Bruce and his
very efficient wife are the young
Booker T. Washington in the middle
west. This worthy enterprise should
be more encouraged by our leading
race men. Prof. Bruce now holds the
worlds champion medal for the best
corn grown in 1915 and the Missouri
state championship for the best corn
grown last year. Prof. Bruce is doing
more than any other one man in Mis-
souri, that we know of for themaklng
of boy and girl good, useful and
self-supporting citizen. We hope be-
fore long to say more about this
worthy enterprise, and that Prof.
Bruce may soon visit our city and
state. Through the kindness OF Prof.
Bruce we were driven several miles
cut in the country to see some OF the
farms owned and rented by the COL
cred people. One of the first farmers
we met was Ellis Allen, who is one OF
the pioneer farmers. He owns nice
farm and is true race man. He was
making molasses from cane that ne
raised. Mr.. H. C. Bruce, another
farmer who owns his farm, was max
ing the molasses in partnership. They
had made and sold several hundred
gallons this fall and promised to SEND
a few gallons up to We editor. They
have a large trade at their mill. We
caught Geo. Wright gathering some
very fine red Jonathan apples in his
orchard. He is another well-to-do
farmer. Roscoe Jackson was tonud
hauling water. He has a splendld
crop this year. We next met Mr..
Christopher, successful farmer. ne
has nice family Of young girls and
bows. We next called upon j. W. l..
Tatum, Mr.. A. E.. Tatum, M. 5.
Smalls, Henry Mann and E. Lewis,
who are other successful farmers, and
every one of those who were not tax
;np the Bystander did so. Being a
farmer boy myself I enjoyed this out
;np this afternoon more than l can
now tell YOU. There is another farm
: or recently moved up from Oklahoma
and he has bought quarter section
of land, paying cash. It is claimed to
he the best farm near this town. ne
is said to have one of the finest crops
If corn in the county. He still owns
several hundred acres of Oklahoma
land where his sons are farming. The
Mr. skillmans are also farmers own
ing their farm, one-half mile from
town and only few miles down on
! the river bottoms, are dozens OF col
! ored farmers, many doing well. This
is the most independent and best LIE
for man to live. would urge that
more of my race go out on the farms
! in this northwest. We next stopped
at Keytesville, the county seat OF