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r. The Reading Circle have had sew.
eral pleasant meetings Of late. A week
ago they altoed to the beautiful coun:
try home Of c. Il. Dobler when Mrs.
Alice Goettsch was hostess. All the
members and a few guests were pres
.ent. After. the regular session OF the
club, most delicious refreshments were
served by the Hostess and her mother,
Mrs. Ed Dobler. At a late hour the
guests Reluctantly departed assuring
each other it was one Of the most en-
joyable meetings the Reading Circle
has held. ;. "a ..y.
Patterson invited the club to six
O'Clock dinner A number of the hus-
bands of the members We're. also in
cluded in the invitation A bounteous
dinner was served at two tables on the
spacious dining porch, after which the
ladies' took UP the reading and discus
sion of 1.-THE Bent Twigi which is
exciting. much interest among the
members.
Prof. and Mrs. G. C. Rundell are
nicely settled in their new home in Ce-
dar Rapids and like it very much.
John Book; and family spent Sunday
evening at the Ernest segebarthI home
south Of Vail. l.s. s4sS q
Mrs. G. e. Dobler and Mrs. aYlice.
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/ Goettsch were callers in Manning o,
Saturday, :
Misses Theresa and Pearl Nicholson
/ Malinda Jensen, Grace Tarpy and Hell
en- Sievers motored to MANILA Wed
nesday.
| Mrs. e. e. Carl left Thursday for {
visit, at the. DR.. F. +. Carl home al
| Nichols, Iowa,
Mrs. C. Summers and Miss Ada Con
rad returned home Thursday from
South Dakota where they spent the
Fourth. III
Mrs. Roy Kelly. Mrs. A. A. Kelly and
Misses Erma Kelly and Emma Bartels
We're Carroll passengers Wednesday.
Mrs. G. i. Patterson and Mrs: g. r
Dickson were pleasantly entertained At
lnc topert Whlle nome frlday aIter
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WALL LAKE ITEMS


\ Daniel Leitz one of the first settlers
in this part Of Leyey township, died a
his home ON June 20, 1920, aged Z.
years. He was born in Baden, Ger
I many, in 1841 and came to this country
when only IS years old. He lived fol
Ia time in Buffalo, N. Y. coming from
that place to Bloomington, ILL.,, where
he was married. They lived there fol
some years, moving then to Benton
county, Iowa, and coming to Levey
township; Sac county, in 1876, and liv
ing on the same farm ever since. his
wife dying there less than a year ago
He was the father Of fourteen children
| all Of whom are living, and only two OF
whom do. not live in this vicinity. One
son, Fred, served in the army overseas
and did not return until after his moth
er's death. One son, Louis, moved to
Turtle Lake, Wis, this spring, spend.
till then. One daughter, Katherine, is
married and lives at Albert City. The
children are Charles, Frank, John, Err
nest, George, Will, Dan, LOUIS Fred,
Ed and Henry and Katherine, Elizabeth
and Pauline, The funeral was, held on
Friday afternoon in the Lutheran
church, of which he was a member.
!. Mrs. John Freyer, of Selby, who has
been visiting at the Sievert home and
calling on her many friends here, left
last Thursday for Galva. where she
will visit at the. home Of her husbands
brother until Mr., Freyer comes the
middle Of the month for further visit.
The Cemetery association met on
Wednesday of last week instead of on
Tuesday as they had planned, on ac-
count of the condition of the roads.
They met at the John Tjaden home
near Herring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex johnson returned
on July 18th from their seven weeks
trip to various points in California.
They report all the many Iowa people
prosperous. ss -.sf,y... IA q.
Mr.. and Mrs Dave Nebbe and sons,
Bernard and Carl and Miss Hazel Moff,
of Ogden, spent Saturday and Sunday
here as guests of Mrs. Hans Fischer,
who is a cousin of Mr.. Nebbe, and of
her daughter, Mrs. John Zein. They
had been on n trip through this part
of Iowa covering 1900 miles and were
on their way hOme.s a
y Mrs. Alice Schmidt returned home to
Sioux City after spending a week here
with friends.
Mrs. John Gosch went to Bigelow,
Mimi, last Thursday to stay with her
daughter while the latter's husband is
taking treatment at the springs for
Mr. Gosch and son, Rob
crt; accompanied her, returning home
the next day. Ii. 4
Miss Bessie Sievert has gone to Den
ison to spend the week with her, grand,
mother and attend the chautauqua.
Mr.. and Mrs J. w. Hayden went to
Carroll to visit over Sunday with the
Ashpole family, who have removed to
that place from Clarion recently.
Mrs. Ida Wells spent a couple of days
here last week, returning to Sac City
with her sister and brother-in-aw. Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Alexander, who drove
down after her.
John McClurg and Mrs. Lynn Nc
Clurg and son, Donald, who are here
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). visiting them visited with relatives a
: Webster City over Sunday.
. Mrs. Irene Irwin and her two littl,
. nieces came, to visit at the Alex John
son ho1fie last Friday. Mr.. Irwin cam,
down Sunday and they returned HON,
!, with him. Mrs. Twins mother ant
daughter, Helen, went with them. ex
pecting to return home on Tuesday o.
! Wednesday. -, H..
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Kautenbcrg, Of
\ Alta, and a sister of Mrs. kautenberg
4 who is their house guest, Miss Eleanor
j Kelley, of Waterloo, drove down from
the John A. Spurrell home north Of
4 town. IA. i. s.,.sF A. ~, G.r
1 Art. Frank and Ed Allen went to Sac
i City Sunday.
! Mrs, Wv. Page and daughter, Mary
came from Dubuque, last Friday to Wis
it with her mother, Mrs. Catherine
4 Stuart.
| James, Johnson and daughters. Sadie
1 and Sophie, came. from Newcastle, Neb.
4 the fourth and visited here with his
brother, Alex, and family until Tues
Mrs. Herbert Ballard and Son, who
1 had been visiting her parents here
since the fourth, returned home Sum
day with Mr.. Ballard who came over.
Misses Rose Modem. and Ella Berk,
| Of Sioux City. are guests of Miss annie
Anderson: 1884,
The July meeting 81 the w. r. c.
was held in the Methodist; church par.
| Tors last Saturday and after, the meet
| ing the members living here served a
| five o'clock supper. The August meet
ing will be held there also on August
tn. ...,a ,s.
Mrs. VIM. Clauson has been enter
| tanning a house party of relatives, TWEEN
ty-six being present part Of the time.
The guests included brothers and sis
ters OF Mrs. Claussen and their chill.
drcn and grandchildren. Nearly all of
them returned home the middle of the
week but Mrs. Bradley and, children,
Izeta and Greta and Wayne Of Emmets-
burg, and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jacobsen
and children, of Cherokee. remained I'M
til Sunday and Roscoe Carpenter and
two children, of Council, Bluffs, until
Monday.
Mr. and, Mrs Homer Dye and two
sons, Merle and Wayne, of Meadow
Grove, Neb., and Mr.. Dyes mother,
Mrs. Joe Long, of Ida Grove, visited
Tuesday at the C. L. Wade home in
Clinton township.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Wade entertained
the South Sac ImprOvement club at
their home last Friday evening. There
was an excellent program with a mum.
Der of songs by singers from Wheeler
township as an extra number, and the
usual supper, which was enjoyed by
sixty people. n
One of the wOrkmen on the water
supply gang on the Illinois Central,
who was assisting in taking down the
scaffolding used by the carpenters and
painters who had been repairing and
painting the tank, in some way fell
from the scaffolding and falling across
the rails broke his back last Friday:
He was taken to the hospital at Ft.
Dodge, where the doctors gave no hope
for his recovery, though he was still
alive Monday evening. He is single,
about 32 years Of age, and his parents
live in Mississippi. They have been:
sent for. e
Misses Martha and Tena Wunschel
went to TT. Dodge last Friday to visit
over night with their sister, Miss Laura
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1 Wunschel. 5 Il
1 NJ. Quinlan returned from the hospi
4 tia at Ft. Dodge last Thursday.
4 Mrs. r. w. Mailer and sister, Mrs
Julia Sherwood, went to visit their
! brother, Adam Schnell, near Sac City
turned home last Sunday evening.
1 Dr.. and Mrs. Hayden went to Des
Moines for the fourth and came home
! on, Thursday, remaining longer than
they had planned on account of the
rains. Their grandson, Carl May, re
turned with them for couple OF
weeks visit. a....g
4. Ralph Phillips. of Maquoketa, came
the first Of the week to accompany his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs: LIZ Ghas, z.
GoOdenoW, on their automobile trip
west. They expect to leave this week
for a trip through the Dakotas, stop
ping For visit with their daughter at
Timber Lake, N. D., and thence on
through Yellowstone Park. They, will
be gone six weeks or more. ~
The ball team played at Early last
Friday, losing by score OF to II,
and again at Sac City on Sunday, at
which place they won by score OF 4
to 8. ~. il, 81,
{, Miss lone Brown returned from her
stay as r.. w. C. a. secretary at Ottum.
wa on Tuesday of this week and is plan
ming to spend the remainder Of the sum
mer, here with her parents.
At the union meeting at the Presby
terrain church Sunday evening, Mrs.
John McClurg gave an excellent ac-
count of the recent state Sunday school
convention which she attended at
Charles City. it. ..z.s
Mrs. Fred Anderson will entertain
the Priscilla Embroidery club on Fri
day afternoon Of this week.
Will Anderson was home from Cher
okee over Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Moore and children, Fred.
erick and Betty came Tuesday to visit
Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
IF. Brown T.. ~. W.
Fred Anderson accompanied, Gene.
We've Anderson to Battle Creek the first
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/ Mrs. Lawrence Lee and little daugh-
ter, Helen arrived Friday from Chicago
! for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Martm
| DOblcr.
Mr.. and Mrs Erwin Lyons and chill
dren returned home Monday from Des
Moifieess where they visited with rel Ella
| tives over Sunday.
Tuesday Of this week for her, home in
Missouri where she will spend the re-
fnaindef Of the summer with her moth
Mrs. c. J. Schoenjahn invited num-
Der. Of neighbors and friends for the
afternoon in honor Of her mother VINO
is visiting her. tsGts
The ladies' aid society Of the Evan
gelical church will meet at the home
Of Mrs. C, H. Boock "Wednesday, July
21st. .2. S.13..iE5
/ Mr.. and Mrs. August Kusel and son
Ed. spent the Sabbath at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Campbell
Miss Ruth Hannah went TO Mar
shalltown last week to attend the fun
eral Of one of Mrs. Jennie Hannah
Wards little twins.
As John Sykes and family, Lewis, Earl.
and Floyd Cornish, Of Odebolt, Otis
Slower and children and Miss Laura
Slower of Pipestone, Mimi, spent Sun
tiay at the c. E. Dobler home.
Mrs. j. w. Lewis entertained Mrs.
c, L. Patterson, Mrs. G.. r. Dickson.
and Mrs M. C. Button at dinner on
Thursday. The afternoon was spent
very pleasantly. s&,,
Carl McGarvey of Kokoma, Indiana.
IS visiting with his cousin, Miss Persia
McGavery Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Fl. Dobler and Keith
also Mary and Elizabeth Goettsch were
DenisOn shoppers Saturday.
Miss Mamie Hall, Of Boone spent
Monday with Miss Clara Brown.
z Formerly the school children used to
walk out into the country to gather
flowers and now they are willing TO go
if some one will give them q ride in. an
alitOniobile. 49,
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of the week, where she will probably
undergo a surgical treatment for re-
moyal Of birthinark.
Miss Marie Doxsee returned home on
Wednesday or last week after spending
ten days here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Faul and children
came from Aberdeen, S. d., last Satur-
day to visit relatives here and near here
for tho rest OF the month. Mrs. Kate
Cooley accompanied them to Denison
to visit on Sunday.
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Formerly the school children used to
walk out into the country to gather
flowers and now they are willing TO go
if some one will give them q ride in an
autOniobile. .g%s g
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-16
Students offered 500
IN Prizes

& The National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People, 70 Fifth
Avenue, announces an offer Of 800 in
prizes for the best essay by student
at colored institution Of learning on
the subject "The Economic Element
in Lynching and Mob Violence.
The first prize is Of $4,000 and the
second and third Of $4,000 and $4,000
respectfully. Essays are limited to g..
900 words and must be at the office OF
the Association not later than, May
lst, 1920. Is !.
The prizes are offered to enlist the
interest and cooperation Of Colored Stu.
dents in dealing with the problems Of
race relations in the United States.
Letters have been sent to the presi.
dents Of colored institutions Of learning
throughout the United States, asking
them to acquaint their students with
the terms Of the offer.
The names of the successful contest
ants will be announced at the Spring
meeting Of the National Assertion for
the Advancement of Colored People,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-16
AMEs ITEMS,

Mr.. G. L. Fisher Of Des Moines is
working with Lawrie, the Tailor.
z The Ames Mutual Aid club gave a
popularity contest at the home Of Mr..
John Shipp last week to see who could
raise the largest amount Of money. At
ter the contest the evening was spent
in playing games. Afterward refresh
ments were served.
Mr.. G. 8. Smith who was delegate
to the Students Volunteer Convention
made report Of the conference at the
College chapel Sunday morning and at
the Baptist church in the evening, in
connection with his report he explained
briefly what the Negroes of America
hvae accomplished and that they are
now demanding the rights Of American
citizens.
Mr.. J. r. Seatt, member Of the In
ter-state club is now in Chicago. We
are glad to have Mr.. B. 81. Crutcher
with us again. He has been recently
discharged from the service and has
taken up his school work.
Mr.. Harry Marshall is now cooking
at the Sheldon Mum hotel.
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In an interview with Mr.. J. F. Err
hard, Bystander reporter discovered
that one of the best meat cutters in
the city and state is a colored boy, in
the person of Toussant Howard. Mr..
Erhard told Of how nearly six years
ago he asked boy to run an errand
for him. The boy did so and from
then on was given steady job after
school hours. He worked on the de-
livery wagon short time but seemed
very. eager to learn to cut meat. He
was given trial at meat cutting and
not long afterward was made foreman
Of the retail department. His rise was
rapid and at present he is general
manager Of the shipping department
and ships to all parts Of the state. AL
though only 81 years of age he ranks
as one of the highest salaried Negroes
in the state.
Mr.. Howard who is married and has
one child, resides at SIS Penn avenue.
Mr.. Erhard, who is the owner of the
new public market, 313-315 West Third
street and of the s. & X. chain stores
has pushed Mr.. Howard forward des-
pite much opposition on the part of his
customers. He also has three other col
ored boys in his employ.
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Is Lynched in
the Year 1919
1919 RECORD LYNCHING YEAR
7S MET DEATH FROM MORS

78 MET DEATH FROM MOBS.
Complete 1ynching statistics for the
year 1919, made available today by the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, 20 Fifth Ave
nue., New York, showed ,seventy-eight
mob murders during the year, the great
est number Of any year since 1915, when
ninety-six persons were lynched. a
Georgia leads theS list Of states with
.twenty-one lynchings, Mississippi fol-
lows with twelve, and Alabama and
Arkansas are third and fourth in the
list with eight and seven lynchings
respectively.
Of the persons lynched in 1919, four
were white Americans, two were Mex
leans. and seventy-two were Negroes.
Shooting to death claimed twenty-sev-
en- victims, hanging twenty-three and
burning at stake thirteen. Nine Of the
victims were ex-soldiers Of the United
States army. 4.
In the list Of alleged causes of lynch
ing, murder is given in twenty-seven
cases, assault in fourteen cases, shoot
ing Of white man in seven cases.
In less than one-fifth Of the lynch
ings of 1919 was assault upon women
even alleged as justification,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-16
Richmond Men will
Open Big Shoe Store

Richmond, Va, Jan. 15lThe Union
Progressive Company, Inc, has pur-
chased the two-story building and lot
at 1918 Church street, and will begin
remodeling and preparing the building
to open frst-class shoe store.
This company had a unique start.
Working on the hull Of battleship or
on 2 dry dock is not ordinarily an in
spiration to enter the commercial world.
Ono cold day. last winter several men
were working on the dry dock at the
Portsmouth navy yard, The conditions
were anything but agreeable, and it
brought on conversation that result
ed in q call meeting, at which four men
met They discussed, the possibility Of
a business and agreed there and then
to start company. The Union Pro-
gressive Shoe company was the result
of this meeting.
The Union Progressive Shoe company
is authorized to issue stock to the
amount Of $25,O00 which has been
more than half sold.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-16
90. 900 NEGROES TO BE
REPRESENTED IN MEETING HERE

More than 10000 Negroes Of the
United States will be represented in
a mass meeting to be held in Cooper
Union, New York, on Monday evening
Jan. 5, under the auspices Of the Ma
tiona1 Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, it was announced to-
day.
The Negro and Labor is the sub
iect announced and the sneakers will
be Dudley Field Malone. former cole
or Of the port Of New York: DR.. w p.
B. Dubois. editor Of the Crisis: John
Haynes Holmes. and Professor M, 81.
Gassawav who will tell Of his expulsion
from Anderson. South Carolina.
Music at the meeting will be in
charge Of the Clef club
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guest Of her sister, Mrs. W. E. Hardy,
51S st. Anthony avenue. Mrs. Tolbert
will give lecture at Memorial Baptist
church on the Nineteenth under the
auspices of the state federation G. w.
clubs.
Mesdames J. w. Roger and Luther
Abbey Of Minneapolis were guests of
Mrs. L., Hyde Thursday.
A mock wedding at St. James church
on the Goth by Queen of Sheba chapter
O. e. S. and the Excelsior club. Fun
galor.
Mr. t.and Mrs. E. A. Hatton of Arch
street entertained at dinner Sunday
for Mr.. and Mrs. Qintman Hicks.
CrisPus Attucks Orphanage and Old
Folks Home, 400 Collins street is pro-
crossing nicely. The management is
greatly improved and every one seems
anxious to add their little mite towards
its support. They have about twenty
five inmates at present. During the
holiday enough provisions were sent
out to last at least six months.
Rev. B. N. Hodge, pastor Of Pilgrim
Baptist church seems to be just the
man for that place and the church is
getting along nicely under his pas
torate. =
Mrs. R. D. Wiley Of st. Anthony ave.
was hosteshs for the Kings Daughter
club Monday evening.
"A new church has been started in our
city known as Camphor Methodist Epis-
copal church named for the late Bishop
Camnhor. They have about twenty-five
members. Rev. T. A. Smith is pastor.
Miss Thelma Hopson is reported sick
also Mrs. Emma Archer and Mr.. R.
Blair.
he American syncopated orchestra
Wv appear here on the IS, 10 and 20
at the auditorium.
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WHAT rs THRIFTY

It is anticipated that all Iowa clubs
and club women will actively and heart
lily support National Thrift week Jan
uary II to "a inclusive. Thrift means
applying high principles Of business,
economy, and ethics to every act of life.
It means good management of the bus
mess Of living.
It means care and prudence in the
for tomorrow, for next year, for all time
for future generations.
It means weighing all that goes into
the satisfaction of life; good food, cloth
ing, shelter, amusement, education, pub
lie affairs, the general welfare.
Thrift consists of making the most
Of ones resorces tangible and intangi-
benefit of one IS self and one 8 fellows.
BILE, making the most Of them for the
A nation whose citizens measure up
to this standard is stable independent
dependable nation.
When thrift becomes a national hab-
it business will be stabilized as never
before; the individual will find a meas
ure of independence security, and in
fluence never before experienced.
"A community of thrifty people, buy
steadily and judiciously and meet their
obligations conscientiously. e45
That all club women may receive
much benefit from the program sent out
from national headquarters I have been
able to perfect arrangements whereby
the following women will address mass
meetings among club women during
esThrift week, I" Des Moines, Mrs. w. H.
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OF THE FOUR
TEENTH UNITED STATES CEN
SUS TO THE COL.ORED PEOPLE

Because of the many economic
changes since 1910, the Importance of
the approaching decennial census to the
colored people should not be underesti-
mated. These changes will be mat
ter Of record in the history of the
growth of the race, and of the nation,
and the statistical information which
will be compiled from the data collect
ed by the census enumerators, who will
canvass, the United States II January
should constitute source Of reliable
information for this and for future gem
ksya ticas -
Through migration the colored pop
ulation OF some states has considerably
increased, while in others it has de-
creased since the United States census
of 1910. Agricultural activities appear
to be extending in new directions.
Thousands Of colored men and women
have entered into the industrial life Of
the nation as producers Indications,
in certain states, point to arge in
crease in home ownership. A substan-
tial growth in the number; of business
enterprises owned and operated by col
ored men is reflected in their newspa-
pers and magazines which are growing
in number and influence. The number
of professional men and women are
steadily increasing and the percentage
of illiteracy is rapidly decreasing.
The accuracy of the census reports
depends largely upon the willingness
of each individual to answer fully each
question asked by the enumerator, and
it is only in this way that reliable data
can be obtained from which can be de-
termined the social and economic prog
gress made by each element of the pop
ulation in the United States.
The census bureau emphasizes the
point that all information collected by
the census enumerators is strictly con-
6dential. It can not be used as basis
for taxation, for the enforcement Of
any federal. state or local law, or in
any way whatsoever that will cause
harm to the person giving it or to his
affairs. No one. therefore, should hesi
tate to give to the census enumerators
comrlete and truthful renlies which the
ennmerators can use in filing ont the
nrinted census schedule carried bv them.
nor should any attemnt be made to anv
one to cover up the true facts that per-
tain to each man and woman.