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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12

street M. E. church was success. They
raised $57.55 the Ladies Aid was highly
praised for doing their part in the rally
Mrs. Daisy Well was up town last
week for the first time since undergo
ing an operation.
The p. A. club met at the pleasant
home Of Mrs. Wiley on Thursday last
All members being present. After sew
eral hours Of work the hostess served
a two-course luncheon which all en-.
joyed. The club adjourned to meet the
next Thursday with Mrs. William Wells
Of South Sixth street.
Mrs. Noah Dirk and brother, Mr.
Grant Dirk Of Ottumwa, Iowa, was
called home on the serious illness Of
their sister, Mrs. Minnie Green, who is
very low at this writing.
Mrs. Matte Noels is some better at
this writing. We hope to see her out
again soon.
A grand juror was held here last
week to investigate the lynching Of the
colored boy.
The Ladies aid Of the Franklin Street
M. E. church are preparing to give q
supper on the 18th and the ladies are
looking forward for grand time.
" i 8
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
FIREMEN RECEIVE
CON TRAC

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 12.-The coll
ored firemen are very jubilant over the
receipt of the contract of International
Brotherhood of Firemen and oilers
with the railroads that have contracts
with the white firemen Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Of Firemen and Oil
ers. This will put the colored firemen
on the same basis and working condi-
tions, classification, seniority and the
same scale Of wages with their various
committees, representation, delegates,
etc.
Brother M. I. CHECK of Local No.
5l1, Natchez, Miss, was in the city
recently on committee, relative to the
interest of the firemen. While in the
city he was the guest of Rev. w. M.
Nelson on Florida street.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Noted Lawyer
Passes Away
ORATOR, POLITICIAN AND BUsI.
NESS MAN DIES AFTER SORT
ILLNESS

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. l2.-Beauregard
+. Moseley, for nigh on quarter Of
a century an honored and respected cit
izen Of this city, passed away Monday
night at o'clock at Fort Dearborn
hospital, Thirty eighth street and Yer
non avenue. Mr.. Moseley g illness
was of brief duration and his sudden
death was a severe shock to his fam
lily and many friends. His activities
for civic worth and political prefer
ment extends over period of many
years and reached its zenith in 1912
when the progressites attempted the
election of Theodore Roosevelt for
prsident. In this campaign Mr.. Nose
ley played a conspicuous part and en-.
joyed the confidence of all the leaders
of the Roosevelt movemnt. A few
years later it fell to him to be the
chief exponent Of our people in the
movement to elect Medill Mccormick
to the United States senate. He was
an able orator and a ready debater
and was favorite on the public plat
form-Defender.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Prosperity in the South

jackson, Miss, Dec. 12.-Eyidence
Of the progress Of Negroes in Missis.
sippi, especially along educational lines
is found in the fact that Mound Bayou,
a Negro settlement, owned and con-
trolled entirely by Negroes, has just
voted the issuance Of 100000 in bonds
for the erection Of school. It will be
for teacher training and vocational
training purposes. It will be the larg-
est institution Of it's kind in the south.
According to Bura Hilbun, state
supervisor Of colored schools, upward
Of 100000 will be spent for Negro
schools before the close Of the present
year. The state board Of education is
lending every possible aid to this de-
velopment, and employs Negro super
visor Of schools, as well as Mr. Hilbun.
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Wipe Chicago off Map and
Solve Problem Says Minister

idea of the trend Of the times: The
Chicago Business league has been or
ganized with a membership Of moro
than 1000 and a budget Of more than
$4,000 provided to increase in every,
way commercial efficiency and oppor-
tunities; chain Of cooperative gro
Gerry stores have recently been estab-.
lished; 100000 hotel, with all mod
ern equipment, has recently been OPEN
ed; a 100000 old line life insurance
company. "The Liberty has been In
corporated; state bank backed by :
group Of prominent businessmen, is to
be opened the first of the year; the Chi
cago Defender is soon to enter its own
building with 100000 equipment; =
building and loan association HThe
Pyrimid'' has been established: tho
Associated Negro Press is preparing to
increase the force Of its service for
1920; a fully equipped moving picture
studio has been opened; there will be
candidate for member Of congress;
and moro than $1,000 win be expended
next year in building and real estate
transfers. These scattered illustrations
serve to show the practical working out
of Chicago spirit-'sI Will' and prob
ably explains, in part, why some arc
uneasy about group progress in tho
Windy City"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
DELTA SIGMA THETA DELTA
CHAPTER.

The members and pledges of, the
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity entertained
the members and pledges Of the Delta
Sigma Theta and friends with what was
styled the most unique Thanksgiving
banquet in the history Of the frater-
nifty. The house Of the Delta Sigma
Theta was most beautifully decorated
with the university colors and the ban
quet table, which was set to accommo-
date fifty people was planted with
chrysanthemums and cosmos. Mr.. T. s.
Boone acted as toastmaster. Each class
in the university was represented. Mr..
j. L. Coleman represented the univer-
sity from a theological viewpoint Mr..
]. Kenneth Titus, the dental college and
polemarch Of K. A. x. Mr.. a. b. Lon
don, college Of medicine; Mr.. William
Allen favored with solo; Miss Helen
Lucas represented senior class and pres
ident of. Miss Coda Crutcheon, Junior
class; Miss Harriette Alexander, sopho-
more class; Mr.. Fred Slater represented
university from an athletic viewpoint;
MI. J. y. Dameron, a pioneer student
- IoWa Represented junior ciasS'
William Taylor, the pre-laws; Mr.. Gle
ment Scott, representing college Of med
icine, sang solo; Mr.. a. P. Smith,
represented graduate student; Mr.. A.
w. Martin, the laws; Mr.. Louis Wind
sor the pharmacists, and Mr.. Joseph
Fulton, former student in the university
OF illinois represented the sophomores.
The freshmen boys sang their pledge
song. After the program was concluded
the remainder Of the evening was taken
up by dancing. Everyone reported an
enjoyable Thanksgiving day.
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Der 8 arrived back on the same steam
ship this week, without having gotten
off the ship.
Ihe two leaders left to look into
grievances Of colored workers whom
they had organized into unions last
spring. This brotherhood is one Of
the strongest, and takes in all labor
ers and workers in the maintainanct
OF way department of railroads, canals
and waterway employees, not organ
lied in trade unions.
Sewers is assistant to the president
Of the union, and Stair is the organic
er. Although both had passports grant
ed by the Washington state depart
ment, they were refused landing by the
canal zone officials.
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BURLINGTON NEWS.
(By Elizabeth Green

Mrs. Laurence G. Jones Of Piney
Ridge, Miss, who has been the house
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Williams were
royalty entertained while in the city.
Mrs. Jones made several addresses while
here. She addressed the children Of
Prospect Fill school, the ladies Of the
Y. w. G. A. at their building Sunday
morning at the First Congregational
church Sunday evening as the A. NJ. =.
church. Tuesday afternoon in company
with Mrs. Peter King and Mrs. Ed. vii
liams she was the guest Of the lAJieA
missionary conference Of the First Com
gregational church Wednesday after
noon she was the honored guest Of the
Burlington Rotary club at the Burling-
ton hotel, where she delivered strong
appeal for her race. Mrs. Jones is the
first colored person that has ever been
entertained in the Burlington hotel.
Some Of the friends who give dinner
parties for Mrs. Jones were: Mesdames
Ed Williams, A. Ridout, Jake Nelson
and Ed johnson.
The B. T. Progressive and Willing
Workers clubs which is mostly made
UP Of old friends Of Mrs. Jones gave q
reception for her at the spacious homo
of DR.. and Mrs. Ed Johnson which
was decorated very pretty with potted
and cut flowers. All restraint was layed
aside, and everybody entered into the
pleasures Of the evening. Mrs. Jones
was little girl again having good
time with her playmates. The boys or
chestra and the family quartet, Messrs.
and Mesdames A. Ridout and 7. w.
Dixon rendered several musical num-
bers. Burlington" a song composed
by Mrs. Bessie johnson was heard for
the first time, sung by her husband.
The fun Of the evening was when Mrs.
Jones and friends tried to sing her
favorite song when she was little girl.
HDem Golden Slippers" /" Very nice
refreshments were served by Messrs.
Fred Watkins, Leo johnson, Howard
Nelson and Harry Irving. With Mrs.
Goldie Clark presiding at the punch
bowl. In the receiving line were: Mes
danes Sadie Haynes, Hazel Crawford,
M. Dunn, Thetah Graham and 2. Green.
Mesdames Ida Baker. and Elsie Will
Jams presided at the piano during the
evening.
Presiding Elder McCracken held quar-
terly meeting last Sunday. Rev. God
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Chicago Opens
Finest Hotel

Chicago, Dec. 12.-The Hotel Vim
cennes, the most elaborate and modern
hotel in the country for colored patron
age, has been opened to the public,
and is now one of the show places Of
Chicago. The building has more than
200 rooms, with telephones in each
room; beautiful parlors and dining
rooms, fine lobby and everything neces-
sary to make the travelling public COM
Portable and happy. It is stated that
the opening of this hotel, and probably
others to follow, will be the means Of
making Chicago one Of the greatest
transient centers in the cotntry, both
winter and summer.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Chaplain Robb Eman-
cipation Day Orator

Winifred E. Robb, formerly chaplain
Of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth regi-
ment Of the famous Rainbow division,
will be the principal speaker at the
emancipation day exercises to be held
at the Maple Stret Baptist church on
Thursday vening, Jan. /, under the
auspices Of the Des Moines Branch of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People. A short
musical program will precede the ad,
dress. Admission free. Everybody is
invited.
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BUXTON NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ross have purchased
property and moved to Consol.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Moore have moved
to Miami. They have also purchased
property.
The Y. M. G. A. is making wonderful
progress under the supervision OF Mr.
w. L. Hutcherson. All are invited to
the Sunday afternoon talks and pro.
gram which are excellent.
The Girls Glee club rendered excel
Int music at the community meeting on
Nov. 16. Miss Lola Hart, pianist; Miss
Irene Prentice, Edith Jones, Maize
johnson, Isabella Smith, Lenine Mills
Thelma Lewis, Emma and Gladys Smith
are the members Of the glee club.
The Mt. Zion Baptist church is doing
nicely under the leadership of their new
pastor, Rev. Myers. The Woman s
Home and Foreign Missionary circle
are still doing their bit having sent up
to the convention the largest amount
of money of any circle in the state 40
mated to Mrs. Jennie Wright for the
Iowa City colored girls home $5. Sent
mn to the educational board half years
apportionment for the students at Ma
con college who said the Mission circle
WASH It doing their part.
Rev. Bowling Of the Tabernacle
church received pleasant surprise last
Sunday morning when the faithful few
clnb presented him with a beautlfui
oyercoat the smile that came to his face
expressed his thanks.
SIOUX CITY ITEMS.
(By Miss Helen Dowdy)
(Last Week 's.)
A number of friends of MI. and
Mrs. Vernon Roudtree gave very de-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Protest Jim Growing in
Congressional Library

New York, Dec. 12.-The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, 20 Fifth avenue, New
York, today made public an emphatic
protest sent to President Wilson
against race segregation in the con-
gressional library in Washington.
The protest asserts that colored
people have been excluded from the
public restaurant Of the library and
that colored employees have been seq
regated in the lunchroom.
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WATERLOO ITEMS.
(By Miss Alberta Boyd.)

Rev. J. w. Bowles, pastor Of the An
tioch Baptist church passed away Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock after an i'll.
ness Of pneumonia lasting nine days
The funeral was held at the Walnut
Street Baptist church Wednesday after
noon at 2:3O p. m. Rev. Bates Of Des
Moines officiating.
Rev. Bowles will be missed in our
city, not only as a pastor but as
straig forward Christian minister.
Rev. Boyd, pastor Of the A. M. 3.
church left Thursday for short visit
with relatives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. Garrison left Friday night for
her home to visit relatives.
Mrs. Bennie Williams left last week
for her home to attend the funeral of
her sister.
Miss LYDIA B. .Brauch is in the hos
pital. Mrs. Alice Jones is confined to
her bed in her home on Adams street
Mrs, Eta Amen and Effie Hood return
ed from their trip in the south the lat
ter mart Of last week. DR.. Ricks our
dentist, gave talk on Eugenics to the
Allen G. E. League Sunday November
30. It was very much appreciated by
all who heard it. It was also very beni-
ficial and worth while. Mrs. Willie
Houehton left Friday night for her
home to visit relatives and friends.
Sunday November 80 was one OF the
greatest days in the history Of the Afrl-
can M. E. church. Our new presiding
elder. Rev. T. B. stovall was with us
and he presched three splendid sermons
to three congregations which were well
n,eased and enthused. Rev. stovall also
nut in vogue the Honor Roll System
Each member who pays one dollar OF
more and also anyone paying fifty cents
GETS his or her name placed on the Hon
~ Roll The Honor Roll is as follows:
Rev. II. G. Boyd, $1.oo; Mrs.a q. g
.Rovd. A1.00: Mrs. Willie sirrell, $1.00;
Mrs. Efie Smith. 800; A friend, $1.0d
". B. Arch. $50; Edward Saunders
a 90: Frank Keves, 500: Sarah Coo
- / 90: Mrs. Ed. Smith, 41.0o; Mr.. Doc
Henderson, $3.50: Della Lackey, $1oe
Mr. Scott, $50: II. 7. Vaughn, d 90
cha, w. evdnar. 800: Henry Bell
~ 90: Harry Robinson. 800:
At this writing Mrs. Minnie Green MI i
very siek. ws hope che win be better
ia ! short time.
The Trustee rally st the Frankli1
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Producing Over 1000 Dresses Per Week
Employs Over 80 Girls.

Is the Negro asleeps If you think
so take a walk down to SO West 135th
street about a. M or IL noon and you
will see crowd Of colored girls rush
ing out. OF course it is not suffra-
gette meeting going on upstairs, but
they are simply some of the many en-
ployees of Berry & Ross Manufactur-
ing incorporation going out to lunch.
This rapidly growing manufacturing
enterprise has been in operation right
here in Harlem, the largest, most up
to-date women g and children's dress
factory, owned, operated and controlled
by Negroes anywhere. But to see the
plant in full operation would make Ben
Tilman turn over in his grave.
The company's stock is here sold at
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Splendid Cough Medicine.

uAs T feel that every family should
know what splendid medicine Cham'
berlain g Cough Remedy is, am only
too pleased to relate my experience ano
onlv wish that I had known OF It's mer'
its wears ago. writes Mrs. Clay Fry
Ferguson Station Mo. - give ~ ~
nv children when they show the slight
est symptoms of being croupy, and when
r have cough or cold on the lungs a
verv few doses will relieve me, and Dy
taking it for a few days I soon get ria
of the cold.'
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Should BE QuarantIned.

/ Many physicians believe that anyone
who has bad cold should be complete
ly isolated to prevent other members of
the family and associates from contract
ing the disease, as colds are about as
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qSnoO u!eIIeqmeqO usq4 ou!o!psm
Isa4eq pug noG eIoJeq sI!qA poo5
9 EooI II!A noG puB tIe5uep eqa sseI eqa
pIoo 70 JTesm!q sp!I euo Isuoos Qua
ems 5uI4l quo .soIsHeW sp 5uIqoaBo
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
aRAvEs-BULLooK NUPTIALs.
Especial to the Bystander.)

Especial to the Bystander.)
Among the weddings Of last week
none were so beautiful and impressive
as that Of Miss Minerva Joan Graves,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Graves
Of Moulton, Iowa, who became the
bride of Prof. s. L. Bullock Of Wab-
baseka, Ark, editor and manager Of
the Wabbaseka Journal, a prominent
newspaper man and favored among
the people. The nuptial knot was sol
emnized by the Rev. w. Fl. Pearson in
st. Louis, Mo. Miss Mary 1. Lamme
OF Colorado, Mo-, stood with the bride.
Miss Lamme is teacher in the pub
lie schools Of Madison, Ill. May hap
piness and prosperity attend them
throughout the entire walks Of life.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
Forty Negro Students Attend Harvard

New York, N. Y, Dec. 12.-Alexan-
der T. Jackson, educational secretary
Of Urban league in his tour through
the north, made the discovery that
there are over 400 colored students in
northern schools, including twenty in
Boston university, eight in the Massa-
chusetts institute Of Technology, and
forty in Harvard.
New York, Dec. 12.-on the ground
that they had organized the colored
workers OF the canal zone into unions,
and that colored union men were un-
desirable, Howard Sewers and Anthony
Starr labor leaders, who left New York
for the Panama canal zone on Novem-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-12
PERRY ITEMS.

Miss B. stigger, who has been with
us for the last two months helping her
father in his church work, returned to
her home at Mt. Vernon, H., to take
up school. Miss Stigger was great
church worker and made friends with
all she came in contact. The wedding
play given by her in the interest Of the
general claims on the evening before she
left was a success. They netted $11 for
which the church and pastor feels very
grateful. We hate to give her up but
hope that she will come back to Perry
in the spring. May success he here
wherever she may 60. Come again you
are welcome.
FAIRFIELD NEWS.
The ladies Of the A. NJ. =. church gave
Ia turkey supper last Friday evening
which proved to be great success. a
sum Of sos was realized.
Mrs. Pearl McGill Of Des Moines. Tor
merly Of this city, spent several days in
the city called here by the illness Of her
sister, Mrs. Raymond Dabner.
The little two weeks old SON Of
MI. and Mrs. Raymond Dabner passed
away Sunday morning at s Z. n. The
many friends of the parents expressed
their mpathy With Sewers anera'
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services were held at the residence in
charge Of Rev. B. f. Hubbard.
Miss George Bradshaw is able to be
out again after a few weeks Of lll-
ness.
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c o NJ | N G
Clarence Cameron White

Noted Celebrated, Violinist will
appear in recital here Thurs
day, February 5th, 1920. Under
the auspices of a popularorgan-
ization Of Des Moines.
Further Announcement Later.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
SOCIAL NOTES.

Mr.. W. NJ. Bell, President of the
Lake Shore Hotel and Investment Co.
is planning two weeks in his campaign
in Detroit, Michigan.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
PRUNE JUICE, CARAMEL AND
HAIR TONIC APPEASE NEW
YORK rum HOUNDS"

New York, Nov. 10.-Since the
prohibition law went into effect
New York's insistent and enthusiast
tic drinkers have been consuming
the 'nonbeverage" alcohol which
usually goes into hair tonic, cologne
and patent medicine-at 80 or 40
cents glass, according to Col. Dan.
L. Porter, supervising internal rev.
enue agent here.
Prune juice and caramel have aided
bartenders to cater to customers and
whisky made ''while you watt from
the hair tonic ingredient has been
colored and served as Scotch" rye"
and other favorite brands.
The "nonbeverage" alcohol was
manufactured under the war time
food control law and cost S240 a
barrel. When the saloonkeeper OBJ
tanned it, his next business opera
ton was to buy half dozen empty
barrels and dilute it. Then, with
his stock of prune juice and caramel
at hand and his bartender ready, he
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
LABOR or ARGENTINA REPU-
DATES DELEGATE TO
WORLD CONFERENCE.

Buenos Aires, November The
Argentine labor federation has is
sued declaration repudiating as
the representative of Argentine work
men America J. Dalino, who was
named by the government as the Ar
gentine labor delegate to the inter
national labor conference at Wash
ington. The declaration asserts that
the government in choosing dele
gate did not consult the federation,
which is the central organization of
workers of the country, and that it
failed to act in this respect in accor-
dance with the league of nations con-
7ention.
1t also asserts that Alexandra Jo-
seph Hayes, described as technical
adviser" of the Argentine delegation
is member of the railroad strike
breakers organization, and adds that
because of those circumstances it is
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
Great Meeting
For Trades

United Mine Workers in discussing the
government threat if the miners sus-
pended work.
''This situation can only be adjusted
by reason and logic. The widely herald
ed intimation that force may be resort
ed to, will not serve to allay the crisis.
Zone year ago the bituminous coal
miners asked the government for an
increase in wages. DR.. H. A. Garfield,
then United States fuel administrator.
refused to grant such request. Had
proper consideration been given to the
coal miners at that time the present
emergency would not exist, At that
time | told the United States fuel adj
ministration and other government of
ficials that their unwise Judgment
would come back TO haunt them. And
it has,
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
Editor The Chicago Whip!

Editor The Chicago Whip!
3457 So. State ST., Chicago, ILL.,
My Dear SIR
am compelled at this time to
write you with reference to your
paper.
| wish to say that have read,
with increasing admiration, every
editorial comment that has been
printed in the columns of the Chi
cago Whip since its first issue, and
| find that in each one dealing with
various subjects of interest to the
colored races, it is hard to deter
lniae ,ust which one is best. 1t seems
that the thought as well the con-
struction has surpassed anything yet
undertaken by Negro editors in the
United States.
Your comparisons, deductions and
general descriptions pertaining to
any subject are SO unique, and yet
so original that the underlying
thought embodied in each article can
be fairly understood and appreciated
by a child. Yet, they are brilliantly
studded with gems of truth that
seem to sparkle in such way that
they cast a volume of light on some
of the most complicated conditions
that the Negro of today is confront
ed with.
| could not do credit to the actual
worth of your paper to humanity II
l attended in the allotted space to
describe its merits; consequently, l
feel that in order to summarize the
whole thing without attempting to
compare the Chicago Whip with any
known Negro publication in the
world, can conclude by saying that
the Chicago Whip with its present
editorial staff is the Acme of per
lection in Negro journalism.
May the honest endeavor that you
and your associates are making IN
behalf of an oppressed and abused
people ever stand in bold relief, and
as evidence of highly developed men,
tality used to ameliorate many of the
present evils that we are compelled
% endure.
Very truly yours,
JOHN RILEY,
A. F. Of l.. Organizer.