The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09

Rosa COfDln 1S SCul running dSlOOihAAk
and boarding house, doing well. MI
Eugene Green is still our successful ex-
pressmap. The other Mr.. E. Green has
gone out Of the restaurant business on
ia e. 5th, but has pool hall and bar
Der shop and lunch room, doing well.
Our old friend, Ben 81. johnson who
was running barber shop, has moved
down to 5l6 Harrison street, where he
has q barber shop, pool tables and
nice restaurant. His able wife conducts
the restaurant. See their advertisement
elsewhere. Mr.. sD. Ia Holmes is doing
nicely Mrs. T. A. Adams son is
clerk in drug store. Mrs. Rebecca
Corbin, formerly Mrs. Robt. Rakes Of
Des Moines still lives here and wishes
to be remembered by her old Des
Moines friends. Mr. d. s. johnson is
still the efficient Bystander agent. Mr..
Henry T.. Walker is substantial citi-
zen here. s. B. johnson is doing well.
There is company organized by four
young men to run magazine known as
ssThe Vindicator.' It has been pub
lished for nearly six months. A fine
monthly, and these four young men are
all graduates from Tuskegee Institute.
Their names I cannot recall, but we
should encourage such worthy enter
prise as the g Vindicator Fred
Wright is here working at his trade,
doing well.
Motoring across the Father Of Waters
to Rock Island we found some OF the
people somewhat disturbed because the
saloon has gone from here. Mrs. Col
den is still operating her down town
hair dressing parlor. Mr.. and Mrs.
Windsor are still living in their beauti--
full home Their only son, q recent
graduate from Iowa State University,
IS employed in drug store as clerk.
J. n. Slaughter is working at the same
place, also J. E. King. w. II. Harding,
stenographer at the arsenal, has
bought a home, 1918 35th ST., and has
moved in. J. 2. Harper is doing well
here. The churches here are not doing
well. They are sleeping. It seems there
are two here, the A. NJ. p. and the
Baptist, the latter without a pastor.
Rev. Boyd has charge Of the former.
We next drove down to Moline. Here
things were about the same as last year.
The churches are doing fairly well.
Rev. T. w. Lewis, our good friend, and
his good wife, have charge OF the a.
M. i. and is doing well. The Baptists
are doing well. 8. B. Walkupf is still
employed at the school house. Mrs.
Hattie Shelton is doing well. Miss
Name wilkins also doing nicely Mrs.
NJ. b. Bishop is quite sick. Mr.. =.
Barnes are doing well five miles fur
ther east into East Moline. The coiored
20 opulation Of this city has made won :
derful growth because three streets
across in what is generally known as
Watertown, has been annexed to East
Moline. Nobody told ye editor the
reason, but we think that We know.
Until two years ago these streets were
inhabited BY white people but when the
bip factories brought in, 300 colored
families and put them on these streets
- avoid trouble between the two races
thew nut these colored people under the
nrntection .of East Moline. However,
IEhe,s are about 500 colored people all
working at the large malleabie iron
and other factories, making big money.
.Thev came from the far south, and
mxny are making good. They have 2
lY. III. @. "A. A fne young man named
2. q. Smith is the secretary. heyy
hsve ! special built building for It and
!. = !. : oreat help to these new comers
Raw. q. W. James il the pastor OF the 2
4 onlv church. the Baptist. We secured