The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-02

N Inc new. N8Ln0Hlel IA. JeitI, wiz
so successfully conducted the reviva
service at Bethel A. M. E. church vii
return March 80 Tuesday, in q lee
ture and everybody is planning to hear
him.
The body of the late Mrs. r. H. Oar
din Of Cheyenne, Wyoming (the daugh
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Brown is
expected here at any time. She died
last week.
. Gerald Baker Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa
is visiting the family Of John Baker
for an indefinite period.
M. l.. Davis visited his mother In
| Quincy, Illinois Saturday and Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Isom Of TT. Madison
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ellen Gregory.
| Those who are on the sick list are
still improving. Mrs. b. +. Uptigroove,
Mrs. JAS. Grigsby, Mrs. A. J. Thomas,
| Brown.
Mrs. Martha Brown died at Canton,
Mo-. February % 1920 at the age or Ill.
She left two sons and two daughters,
nine grand children one great grand
child She was in perfect health until
two weeks prior to her death and did
any kind of work she chose to do. She
was the grand mother of Mrs. Myrtle
Hanson and Mrs. Matte Russ. This
family represented five generations.
A splendid meeting Of the Executive
board of the Keokuk branch of the
N. A. A. C. p. held at Bethel church
last night. The local branch represents
nearly 100 citizens and before the drive
for membership closes it hopes to dou-
BILE its members. The next meeting will
be held April at whatever place the
president decides and then the enter
tainment branch will be present and
perfect plans for the promised visit
of the assistant secretary Walter F.
White of New York City. Much inter
est prevailed and we are expecting big
things to be done. Walter F. White
has promised TO come April ii and the
meeting will be held at Bethel A. M.
E. church. The members Of the exec
utive board are Rev. J. Sterling Moore,
president), Mrs. Selby johnson (sec-
retary) George w. Snoddy (treasurer)
w. w. Gross, Mrs. v. Olive, Phillips
A. w. Draine, Rev. w. H. Clark, DR.. T.
H. Phillips.
An usual day at Pilgrim Rest last
Sunday. From the early morning Sun
day school until the close of q splendid
sermon at night the entire day was
brimful of good things. Mrs. George
Jackson at the B. Y. p. U. services
talked extensively about the progress
our people were making in the. various
Missouri towns she had visited during
her six weeks stay there. Promptly at
3 o'clock the opening services for the
forum began. A large chorus choir
sang several of the old time melo-
Collingswood Tucker [white) a com
poser of music and a wealthy repre-
sentative was present and sang, 81
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray by spec
ial request. There was a splendid atten-
dance of both white and colored people.
DR.. +. w. Long, pastor of the Congre-
gational church and president of the
Ministerial alliance was at his best
and it is to be regretted that every one
of our people here did not hear him.
He told of the early organization of
the forum and what lasting benefits
could be gained from it through the
exchange Of ideas and how people ought
to be willing to accept the other per-
sons ideas when they are thoroughly
convinced that their own ideas are
! wrong. He was glad we had a demo-
cratic form Of Government. He spoke
of the great reformation work of Ora
ham Taylor in Chicago and how the
bad housing conditions in the large cit
| iesc effected the life Of the people. He
eulogized the colored soldier in the
recent war and was glad the colored
man had been restored to the navy. He
believes in the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. Rev. J. Ster-
ling Moon ably presented DR.. Long and
told Of the great help our race has
received from the Congregational church
he also said the colored man had quit
initiating his brother in white the little
things Of life but from now he would
initiate him only in the larger things
and that he was satisfied the form with
the help of such men as this and others
the effort was bound to be success.
When our people here become united
then we hope for greater things. Our
people are the balance in power right
here in Keokuk he said and Keokuk has
one sixth of the colored population of
Iowa. Rev. Moon is making desperate
effort to keep up until Eater after
which he hopes to 90 away for vaca-
ton which the doctors have advised
, and say if he does not soon he will be
compelled to take an everlasting Vaca-
ton.
Frank Dawson died at his home near
Argyle Iowa Sunday night. nc has
been in poor health for some time yet
his death was quite shock to the fam
| ily especially to his mother. He leaves
to mourn his loss Mr. and Mrs. Miles
Dawson, his parents, Fred, Jasper, ancs
Rengy, Emmett, Mathew, Mitchell and
one brother in the west. Leona and
Gertrude Alexander of Fl. Madison are
! his sisters. He was about fifteen years
of age and was member of the Bap-
fist church. Funeral Wednesday from
the home.
The annual Easter dinner on Satur-
day April for the benefit of the pas
tors expense to General Conference at
Mrs. Jennie Dandridges restaurant is
hoped will be success. The tickets
can be secured from the pastor Rev. G.
r. Waters.
Mrs Mamie Bryant took sick Sun
day night while at church but is much
better. DR.. T. HI. Phillips too was taken