Iowa State Bystander

THE BYSTANDER Boost Pay and read The Bystander XXIII No. 51 EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS. By John L. Thompson. The season of 1917 for Editor's Observation Notes has come and I presume that ye editor will again resume the role as an official reporter or observer from the various cities and towns of the middle west. I observe and note the progress that different members of my race are making in the various localities where they are found for many reasons, viz., because by publishing these items of racial progress and uplift we encourage and inspire the race to better and higher ideals. Second, we publish the real progress that our best citizens are making in the great west among the most progressive Anglo-Saxon race in America to show to the world that our race is worthy of equal treatment and full justice in this country. I sometimes think that I will not write those long observations, but the people, especially some of my subscribers, tell me they enjoy reading them. You may know that I do not enjoy writing them, therefore each year I become more brief than the previous year, so that those who do not get a mention in these notes are very worthy. After decorating the graves of my relatives and paying lasting tribute of love and paying to my dear relatives who sleep in the cemetery, on Decoration day, Wednesday, May 30th, I left next morning for Creston, Iowa. Upon reaching this metropolitan city in south central Iowa I missed the pleasing face of Chas. Burnaugh, who had been the Summit hotel porter for thirty odd years, but who had quit this work last fall and moved to Des Moines to make his future home. Even the old Summit hotel was burned down which was a land mark upon the Creston hill. Mr. R. Hawkins is still running his shoe shining parlor. Mr. Martin, the old soldier who has lived here half a century, lost his useful and devoted wife last winter and he feels lonesome on his three acre fruit and berry garden in this city, a valuable piece of property. Mrs. Dow, the widow, is still on her five acre truck farm at the south line of the city. The Baldwin brothers are still on their farm one mile east of this city. They are farming 417 acres of land. They have 165 acres of corn planted, sixty acres of oats. They are now feeding one carload of cattle, with a bunch of hogs. They own a fine seven-passenger Hupmobile car and are one of our largest colored farmers in southern Iowa. In Bedford we spent one hour. Mr. J. W. Howe is still here. Mr. Lucas is working at the bank, where he has been for many years. Rev. Stark, a retired A. M. E. minister, Mr. Franklin and his daughter, Lulu, are doing nicely. Mrs. M. V. Robinson has been sick for several months, but is convalescing. They own a beautiful home. Miss Gertrude Lucas, a teacher in the Buxton schools, is home here spending the summer. Her sister is a student at the state university at Iowa City. At Gravity we spent the night at the pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Johnson. His only son, Fred, drove his car over to Bedford for me. Fred is a rural mail carrier; has been for the past ten years. His father also had a route for many years. Fred owns his own car and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. own a fine Overland five-passenger new car. Their only daughter, Miss Mabel, drives it to Bedford quite often, where she has a large clientage in hair and scalp treatment. Their farm crops look good, all in first class order. Mrs. Johnson has about 150 young chickens, thirty young turkeys, ten young goslings and they have a bunch of young pigs, calves and colts, the very life of active farming. Mr. Richard Johnson, a brother of the other Mr. Johnson, also owns an eighty-acre farm. He also owns a first class torsorial shop, in which his oldest son assists him. They are doing well. Our next stop was in Clarinda. CLINTON, IOWA. At the annual meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mrs. E. Heron of this city was elected to the office of grand secretary. A reception was accorded her recently by the local branch, Leah chapter. We are in receipt of a communication from the Bystander office in which we are requested to inform all subscribers, those especially who are in arrears, to prepare to pay up at obligations. Some are quite far behind, and the Bystander company finds it necessary to request all accounts be settled soon, so be ready when the representative calls to see you, which will be shortly. Sunday will be Children's day. It is expected the scholars of the A. M. E. Sunday school will observe the day with appropriate exercises. The annual sermon of Leak chapter, O. E. S., was held at Bethel A. M. E. church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A good sized audience was present. The sermon was delivered by Rev. G. W. Slater, the subject of which was "The Worthy Negro Woman," which was creditably handled. Mrs. M. O. Culberson is reported as not being so well at this writing, much to the regret of her friends. While summer is upon us, nevertheless the weather has the semblance of fall. The third quarterly meeting of the year will be held on June 17th. Mrs. Lymus Milligan, a former resident of Clinton, is a guest in the city of Mrs. W. A. Emerson. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Miller and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Lulu Miller and Max McCarthy of Hawkeye were visitors at the home of Mr. Cornelius Thomas and family two days of this week. Miss Finks of Hiteman met the girls of the Social Center club on Sunday afternoon, also Miss Alberta Robinson of Hocking. Miss Ethel Lewis of Hiteman was in Albia on Decoration day. Miss Ruth Singleton and Miss Myrtle Putney of Hocking was in Albia on Decoration day. A number of strangers in Albia the past week. It has been a rainy week in this locality, only one sunshine day. An automobile of Buxton folks was in Albia on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grayson and children of Hocking No. 3 were in Albia on Sunday. GALESBURG, ILL. Rev. N. B. Jones, the evangelist of the Chicago conference, passed through the city and spent a very pleasant day, preached morning and evening to a splendid congregation, and left Monday morning en route to Rockford, Ill. The pastor, Rev. Garrison, members and friends of Allen Chapel A. M. E. church are rejoicing over the splendid success of tag day, the first in the history of Galesburg, with thirty-five workers, five of whom came from Monmouth, Rev. Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Hardin and Mrs. Abel. After ten hours these persons brought in $350. We feel under many obligations to the ladies of Monmouth for their splendid work, as well as the rest of our Galesburg workers. Miss L. Berry and others gave a reception in honor of Miss M. Allen, who has returned home from Nashville, Tenn., where she has been attending Frisk university. Music was furnished by the Imperial orchestra, under the direction of Miss I. Fletcher. The Thimble circle meet with Mrs. M. Green on Friday, June 8th. The Jolly 14 club will meet with Miss E. Mitchell on Friday, June 8th. Miss E. Mitchell on Friday, June 6th Mesdames M. Mitchell, M. Barber, E. Williams, E. Waters, L. Fisher, C. Cwells and M. Crews were elected delegates to the G. A. R. convention in Bloomington. The Garrison club was entertained at the parsonage on Friday, June 8th. They are preparing for their bazaar, the date of which will appear later. The M. L. D. class is rehearsing for a "Summer Girls' Minstrel" on June 20th. Mrs. M. Murphy and baby, Roberta, of Monmouth are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hawkins. Miss Beatrice Anderson of W. Berrien street entertained Saturday evening, June 2, in honor of Miss T. True, who graduated from high school June 1st. Twenty-two were present. A five-course 'luncheon' was served. Favors, place cards with flags. T. Brown, toastmasters. Miss True responded. The evening was spent in cards and dancing. The guests departed at a late hour, voting Miss Anderson a royal entertainer. Mr. J. H. Franklin of Galva spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Miss Fletcher. Mr. T. S. Patton, a stereotyper employed by the Republican-Register, was shot and seriously wounded by George Lane at Patton's home on W. First street at about 9.30 Sunday evening. Lane escaped after the shooting. Reports from the hospital state that the greatest danger is that pieces of cloth were carried into the wound by the shot. Sore Nipples. Any mother who has had experience with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a cure may be effected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done 'nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with best results. For sale by all Dealers. SIoux CITY, IOWA. Rev. J. W. Dowden of Albia was a business visitor in the city last week. Rev. E. R. Edwards will leave Monday, June 4th, for Des Moines to attend the annual session of the A. M. E. Sunday school convention. Mr. Edward Askew was called to St. Paul, Minn., Friday on business for the M. L. and T. Co. Mrs. Mansfield Askew received sad news from St. Paul. Her little broth- DERS MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917. er, Master Bernard Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lee, is seriously ill with scarlet fever. Mr. Percy Launer was a visitor in Council Bluffs and Omaha on Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Koger returned to Minneapolis on Friday evening, June 1st. Mrs. L. Grant has returned from St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. B. Aron will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary this week with a family reunion. Their son-in-law, Mr. Metcalf, of Omaha, arrived Saturday to be present. Harmony chapter, No. 22, O. E. S., celebrated Eather day Sunday afternoon at Odd Fellows and Masonic hall. Rev. Dr. Norris preached an excellent sermon. Remarks by Mr. T. H. Sturgis, past patron, and Mr. M. Askew, past worshipful master of Decatur lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M. Decatur lodge, No. 14, held its election of officers Monday evening, June 4th. The following officers were elected: Mr. John H. Shores, W. M.; Mr. Fred H. Baker, S. W.; Mr. T. H. Sturgis, treasurer; J. W. J. Norris, secretary; Mr. E. Strange, J W. They will hold a public installation Monday evening, June 11th. The public is invited. Methodist church and Rev. Barr of the Presbyterian church addressed the audience. A quartette from the First Presbyterian church rendered excellent selections. Music was also furnished by the church choir. Rev. Ferguson of the Christian church had charge of the program. Rev. James addressed the audience at night, and on Tuesday evening Rev. Kimmelshirn of the Ninth Avenue church and members took part with the services. DAVENPORT ITEMS. Rev. C. R. Waters and family were called to Chicago by the death of the Rev. father, who passed away last Friday at the age of 114 years. The "Calendar Tea" given at the Third Baptist church, under the direction of Mrs. Flora C. Walker, was a great success. Refreshments were served and a program rendered from the twelve tables representing the months of the year. A splendid survived. Last Sunday was quarterly meeting at Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. M. Cracken, presiding elder, was in attendance and carried the work on in the absence of the pastor, Rev. C. B. Mr. John L. Thompson, editor of the Bystander, was a business visitor in the city Tuesday, June 5th. CLARINDA IOWA. Every one was glad to see our collector, if a few did dodge him. Those who are back in dues please settle with correspondent. Our pastor, Rev. D. W. Brown, is in Des Moines attending the district A. M. E. conference. He was accompanied by Mr. Geo. Jones, who went as a delegate to represent the Sunday school. We are sorry to learn of the death of Grandma Campbell, who died Tuesday at her daughter's home, Mrs. Ed. Cheetwood Pemberton. Obituary will be given next week. Miss Iola Brown of Blanchard was visiting Miss Frances Mitchell on Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Gibson of Red Oak was visiting her parents a couple of days last week. Winifred Montgomery, Henry Able and Mr. Anderson went to St. Joe to seek employment. Ira Stewart is visiting friends out of the city for a few weeks. Mr. Brown of Blanchard is visiting H. H. Cook and family. Roscoe Johnson spent a couple of days last week with Leonard Nowling. Mrs. Carrie Robertson of Sioux City, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Gertrude Cason, went to Des Moines for a few days' visit. Mr. Willis Cason went to Glenwood to attend the graduating exercises of his niece, Miss Funches. Mr. L. W. Williams is in Des Moines on business. Two excellent sermons were preached Sabbath day by the pastor, Rev. D. W. Brown. Mrs. Martha Wright of Omaha is visiting Mrs. Eliza Jones. Mrs. William Walker has been on the sick list. Mrs. Martha Lewis is in Red Oak for an indefinite stay. Mr. Ray of Enterprise was in our city on business. city on business. Mr. Allen of Omaha is visiting some of our ladies in the city. Mr. H. H. Cook visited in Omaha last week. MONMOUTH, ILL. Mrs. Roy Doolin has returned to her home at Frankfort, Mo., after an extended stay here. Mr. Ray Early of Burlington visited friends and relatives heer. Mrs. Eugene Thompson and Mrs. James Hardin were in Galesburg on Saturday assisting with the Allen Chapel tag day. Miss Tressie Brown of Galesburg was the guest of Mr. James Turner on last Sabbath. Mrs. G. T. Brown of 422 Second avenue was taken seriously ill Sabbath morning. Her condition was very little better at this writing. Miss Alberta Merrial is quite sick at her home on East Sixth avenue with tonsilitis. Messrs. Cy and Greeng Peoples of Frankfort, Mo., are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Maria Stockes returned to Kewanee, Ill., Monday, after being here to attend the opening day services at the new St. James A. M. E. church. Mrs. Bernice Metlock returned home after spending several days in Fort Madison and Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Robert Catlin, who for the past ten years has been in the barber business in the Searles building, has retired from business here and left this week for Chicago, where he will spend some time visiting relatives. Mrs. Sandy Clarke and children of Galesburg returned home Saturday, after a few days' visit with relatives Methodist church and Rev. Barr of the Presbyterian church addressed the audience. A quartette from the First Presbyterian church rendered excellent selections. Music was also furnished by the church choir. Rev. Ferguson of the Christian church had charge of the program. Rev. James addressed the audience at night, and on Tuesday evening Rev. Kimmelshire of the Ninth Avenue church and members took part with the services. DAVENPORT ITEMS. Rev. C. R. Waters and family were called to Chicago by the death of the Rev. father, who passed away last Friday at the age of 114 years. The "Calendar Tea" given at the Third Baptist church, under the direction of Mrs. Flora C. Walker, was a great success. Refreshments were served and a program rendered from the twelve tables representing the months of the year. A splendid sum was realized. Last Sunday was quarterly meeting at Bethel A. M. E. church. Rev. McCracken, presiding elder, was in attendance and carried the work on in the absence of the pastor, Rev. C. R. Waters. There were five additions to the church. Mr. G. T. Bowles, until recently of St. Louis, Mo., has opened up a shoe-making and repair shop on East Fourth street and solicits your patronage. Mr. Bowles comes highly recommended. This is another opportunity to show race loyalty. One of the best entertainments ever given in this city recently was put on at the A. M. E. church by the young people, under the direction of Miss Marie Wilkerson. The young people performed almost like regular professionals and were greatly enjoyed. The receipts of the evening will reach $30. By special request Miss Wilkerson will repeat her entertainment in the near future. Miss Reta Hunter, a sister of Mrs. E. Green, is visiting relatives and friends in Buckhannon and Clarksburg, W. Va. Naomi chapter, No. 1, O. E. S., observed Esther day last Sunday at the Third Baptist church. Rev. F. K. Nicholson preached an excellent sermon and the choir furnished sweet music. Mrs. Hattie Lambert contemplates a visit in Washington and Des Moines this month. Mrs. John Gordon returned home from a visit in Centerville, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Leonard Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson of Monmouth, Ill., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. Green last Sunday. The Third Baptist church will entertain the Nebraska-Iowa Sunday school convention next week. The agent will call on you soon. Please be prepared to pay your subscription to the Bystander. BUXTON, IOWA. Mrs. Cleo Bryant entertained in honor of Mrs. Ora Spears King on Saturday noon. Owing to the bad weather there were only a few present, but Mrs. King received quite a number of useful gifts. Mr. Edward T. Greene was in the city for a few days. Mr. Howard Ashby is on the sick list. Mr. Jas. Caison died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Brown, Tuesday night about 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Ottumwa. Buxton friends extend their sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr. Hoskin of Macon, Mo., was the guest in our city over Sunday. Mr. Scott Mardis motored Mr. B. H. Jones and wife, accompanied by two of his sisters, to Albia on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Solo Billings and Miss Emma Smith left for Des Moines on Wednesday a. m. as delegates to the Sunday school convention, which convenes in Des Moines on June 5, 6 and 7. BUXTON, IOWA. (Last Week.) Mrs. Daisy Moore is indisposed this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Carter are the proud parents of a fine boy. Mother and son are doing fine. The St. John's A. M. E. choir and several visitors went to Albia on Sunday to quarterly meeting services. The choir sang and Rev. Evans preached the afternoon sermon. Mrs. Thos. McDonald and family left Tuesday to join her husband in Pennsylvania, where they are home-steading and plan to make their future home. Miss Ora Spears and Chas. King were united in marriage Friday, May 26th. They will be at their future home, 718 E. Second, after May 30th. Mr. Lewis Phillips left Tuesday for Cedar Rapids to visit his mother. From there he will go to Detroit, Mich., to visit several months. Y. M. C. A. Notes. We consider ourselves very fortunate this season in being able to book the world-famous Williams Singers for the date of July 5th. The Y. can boast of some real brave members. For instance, Chas. King, who announces his marriage to Miss Ora Spears, and we think any man a brave man that will solemnly swear to pay a girl's lifetime board in this age of high cost of living. Bravo, Charlie! We have been notified that the Buxton headquarters for registration will be at the boys' Y. M. C. A. Mr. C. H. Mease, chairman of the Buxton Cemetery association, called a mass meeting at the Y. last week for the purpose of arranging a program for Decoration day. Some very good suggestions were made toward the improving and keeping up of our home cemetery. We also had some very encouraging remarks from Undertaker Sol Billings. Mr. Sol Billings also offered his services and support in any way that he could assist. A committee from Mt. Zion church served dinner and refreshments in the Y. last pay Saturday. They were well patronized. Edward Mease was with us Saturday and Sunday visiting his little family, who are here for an indefinite stay. We are glad to say that Ed. is never in too much of a hurry to visit the Y. Are you a rejecter of Jesus Christ? Read our Tuesday night Bible lesson, John 1-8. Mr Mason of Davenport has a very fine display of Negro books on display at the Y. this week. For particulars see Secretary J. E. Mills. It is vital to the people of Iowa that their boys grow up clean, wholesome men, physically, morally, spiritually. The welfare of future generations depend on this. The Y. stands for all these, so there is no reason that you should pay it a great privilege to contribute your support toward the carrying on of this life saving work. CENTERVILLE NEWS. Quite a number from out of town paid the last respects to Mrs. Dora Foster on Thursday, May 31. Mrs. Foster was a member of the Court of Calanthe, who had charge of the body. The worthy councillor, Mrs. S. By noah, read a beautiful paper, after which the services weer turned over to Rev. M. Carrington of the Second Baptist church, who preached a beautiful sermon. Sunday was Covenant day and was well attended both morning and evening. Mrs. L. Kearney has gone to St. Louis to spend a few days with her sister, Daisy. Mrs. Johnny Gordon returned to her home in Davenport, Iowa, after spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Leonard Lewis, on S. Wilson street. Master Jesse Allen Gooding is in a few days with the mumps. Mrs. Wm. Clark has gone to Unionville, Mo., to spend a few days with Mr. Clark's mother. The Centerville colored band is progressing nicely, under the leadership of Mr. Samuel Lee. We are all expecting some fine music soon. The Sunday school will give an ice cream social Saturday, June 9th. Social committee, Mr. J. Landers. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brown left for West Virginia on Tuesday, May 29th, where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brown of Mystic, Iowa, attended the services Sunday morning. They also spent the day at Mrs. J. P. Gooding's on E. Wilson street. The B. Y. P. U. gave a social Thursday, May 31, and a short program was rendered A nice time was reported by all. The social given Saturday night proved to be quite a success. Miss Marjorie Lewis of Oskaloosa spent Decoration day at the home of her brother, Mr. L. Lewis. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and assistance during the sickness and death of our dear wife, mother and sister, Mrs. Dora Foster. Also for their many beautiful floral offerings. Mr. John Foster, husband; daughters Effie and Mrs. John-afternoon Rev. Craine of the white SEVEN—Bystander— ny Leek; sisters, Mrs. Greene and Mrs. harris, and brother, Mr. Odelle. Cholera Morbus. This is a very painful and dangerous disease. In almost every neighborhood someone has died from it before medicine could be obtained or a physician summoned. The right way is to have a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house so as to be prepared for it. Mrs. Charles Enyeart, Huntington, Ind., writes: "During the summer of 1911 two of my children were taken sick with cholera morbus. I used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and it gave them immediate relief." Just Another Name for it: People who detest gossip call it conversation and keep right on with it. Albany Journal. The Best advertising medium to reach colored people in the west Price Five Cents IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM MIDGET, JR., Died APRIL 28, 1917. The Last Ray of Sunshine. A ray of sunshine dropped one day, From the heavens beyond the sky, And found its way, midst frolic and play, Into the arms of a mother nigh. It grew to love its foster home, 'Twas daylight even when night would fall. The family never knew to roam, When sunshine danced all through the hall. Its presence made hearts grow fond and true. And dried the tears of an aching heart, Kept from the mind things that others do. Yes, it joined souls that ne'er would part. But that day came when an angel spake, And whispered to the cheerful friend, "Listen, I come not, for ties to break, But join in happiness to the end." The angel's mission was finished; all was well. It carried the last ray of sunshine away. But Jesus is sunshine; he'll come in today. Stomach Troubles. Many remarkable cures of stomach troubles have been effected by Chamberlain's Tablets. One man who had spent over two thousand dollars for medicine and treatment was cured by a few boxes of these tablets. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. An Accommodating Hostess Louise was to have her first birthday party. The guests had not arrived and her mother was instructing Louise how she must be pleasant and sweet to her little guests, and so make them have a good time. When her mother had finished, Louise said: "If they knock me down, I'll grin." Wanted A BARBER SETTLED MAN PREFERRED Write for particulars W. M. JOHNSON 45 Public Square Galesburg. Illinois. I Don't Leave the Receiver Off the Hook Every day we have telephone lines "out of order" because the receiver has been left off the hook. This often happens when the receiver is taken off the main telephone and someone talks from an extension upstairs or in another room. When the receiver is off the hook the line will test "busy" and be so reported to the person calling. If the telephone is left off the hook for a considerable time it will be reported "out of order" by the operator. Always hang up the receiver on the hook before leaving the telephone. IOWA TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL PHONES MIDDLEBURG, IOWA 63048 MIDDLEBURG TELEPHONE COMPANY “ i 4 ¥ 5 ‘ %, . * "Cy, re Boost Pay ‘~ ‘ ates “ergs t "| The'Best Prtede | ar severing med er . : ; . ate, sople in the we ry: >» ‘ogee people in the west} i XXIII'No, 51 DES MOINES, 10WA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917. Price Five Cents sae 4 = ai ea V4 a s i mee en “ca ee" rn EE rw A is . mis ia eas: BDILUE 2 VESERVALLONS., By John L, Thompson, ‘The season of 1917 for Editor’s Ob- servation Notes has come and I pre- sume that ye editor will again resume the role as an official reporter or ob- servator from the various cities and towns of the middle west. I observe and note the progress that different members of my race are making in the various localities where they are found for many reasons, viz., because by publishing these items of racial progress and uplift we encourage and inspire the race to better and higher ideals. Second, we publish the real progress that our best citizens are making in the great west among the most progressive Anglo-Saxon race in America to show to the world that our race is worthy of equal treatment and full justice in this country. I some- times think that I will not write those long observations, but the people, es- pecially some of my subscribers, tell me they enjoy reading them. You may know that I do not enjoy writing them, therefore each year I become more brief than the previous year, so that those who do not get a mention in these notes are very worthy. After decorating the graves of my relatives and paying lasting tribute of loye and affection to my dear relatives who sleep in the cemetery, on Decoration day, Wednesday, May 30th, I left next morning for Creston, Iowa, Upon reaching this metropolitan city in south central Iowa I missed the pleas- ing face of Chas. Burnaugh, who had been the Summit hotel porter for thirty odd years, but who had quit this work last fall if moved ‘to Des Moines to make his future home, Even the old Summit hotel was burned down, which was a’land mark upon the Creston hill. Mr. R. Hawkins is still running his shoe shining parlor. Mr. Martin, the old soldier who has lived here half a century, lost his duti- ful and devoted wife last winter and he feels lonesome on his three acre fruit and berry garden in this city, a valuable piece of property. Mrs. Dow, the widow, is still on her five acre truck farm at the south line of the city. The Baldwin brothers are still on their farm one mile east of this city. They are farming 417 acres of land. They have 165 acres of corn planted, sixty acres of oats. They are now feeding one carload of cattle, with a bunch of hogs. They own a fine seven-passenger Hupmobile car and are one of our largest colored farm- ers in southern Iowa, In Bedford we spent one hour. Mr. J. W. Howe is still here. Mr. Lucas is working st the bank, where he has been for many years. Rev. Stark, a retired A. M. Ei minister, Mr. Frank- lin and his daughter, Lulu, are doing nicely. Mrs. M. V. Robinson has been sick for several months, but is con- valescing. They own a beautiful home. Miss Gertrude Lucas, a teacher in the Buxton schools, is home here spending the summer. Her sister is a student at the state university at Towa City. At Gravity we spent the night at the pleasant country home of Mr. and Mrs, Wm. H. Johnson. His only son, Fred, drove his car over ‘to Bedford for me. Fred.is a rural mail carrier; has been for the past ten years. His father also had a route for many years. Fred owns his own car and Mr, and Mrs. W. H. own a fine Over- land five-passenger new car. Their only daughter, Miss Mabel, drives it to Bedford quite often, where she has a large clientage in hair and scalp treatment, Their farm crops look good, all in first class order. Mrs. Johnson has about 150 young chick- ns, thirty young turkeys, ten young foslings and they have a bunch of young pigs, calves and colts, the very life of active farming. Mr. Richard Johnson, a brother of the other Mr. Johnson, also owns'an eighty-acre farm. He also owns a first class ton- sorial shop, in which his oldest son as- sists him. They are doing well. Our next stop was in Clarinda. CLINTON, IOWA. At the annual meeting of the Order 4b the annual meeting Oe ee trarcr At the annual meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mrs. E. 8. Heron of this city was elected to the office of grand secretary. A reception was ac- corded her recently by the local xbranch, Leah chapter. We are in receipt of & communica- tion from the Bystander office in which we are requested to inform all subscribers, those especially who are in arrears, to prepare to pay up ali obligations. Some are quite far be- hind, and the Bystander company find: it necessary to request all accounts be settled soon, so be ready when the representative calls to see you, whick will be shortly. Sunday will be Children’s day. It is expected the scholars of the A. M. E Sunday school will observe the da) with appropriate exercises. ‘The annual sermon of Leak chap ter, 0. E. S,, was held at Bethel A. M E. church Sunday afternoon at o'clock, A good sized audience wa: present. The sermon was delivere: by Rev. G. W. Slater, the subject o which was “The Worthy Negro Wo ‘man,” which was creditably. handled. ‘Mrs. M. 0, Culberson is reported as not being so well at this writing, much to the regret of her friends, While summer is upon us, neverthe- less the weather has the sembiance of fall. The third quarterly meeting of the year will be held on June 17th. Mrs. Lymus Milligan, a former res- ident of Clinton, is a guest in the city of Mrs. W. A. Emerson. ALBIA NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Miller and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Lulu Mille and Max McCarthy of Hawkeye were visitors at the home of Mr. Cornelius Thomas and family two days of this week. g Miss Finks of Hiteman met the girls of the Social Center club or Sunday afternoon, also Miss Alberta Robinson of Hocking, ‘Miss Ethel Lewis of Hiteman was in Albia on Decoration day. Miss Ruth Singleton and Miss Myrtle Putney of Hocking was in Al- bia on Decoration day. A number of strangers in Albia the past week, It has been a rainy week in this lo- cality, only one sunshiny day, An automobile of Buxton folks was in Albia on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Roy Grayson an¢ children of Hocking No. 3 were in Al- bia on Sunday, GALFSRIIRG. ITT Rev. N. B. Jones, the evangelist of the Chicago conference, passed through the city and spent a very pleasant day, preached morning and evening to & splendid congregation, and left Monday morning en route to Rockford, Ill. ‘The pastor, Rev, Garrison, members and friends of Allen Chapel A. M. E. church are rejoicing over the splendid success of tag day, the first in the his- tory of Galesburg, with thirty-five workers, five of whom came from Monmouth, Rev. Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Hardin and Mrs. Abel. After ten hours these persons brought in $350. We feel un- der many obligations to the ladies of Monmouth for their splendid work, as well as the rest of our Galesburg workers. Miss L, Berry and others gave a re- ception in honor of Miss M. Allen, who has returned home from Nashville, Tenn,, where she has been attending Frisk university. Music was furnished by the Imperial crchestra, under the direction of Miss I. Fletcher. The Thimble circle meet with Mrs. M. Green on Friday, June 8th. The Jolly 14 club will meet with Miss E. Mitchell on Friday, June 8th. ‘Mesdames M. Mitchell, M. Barber, E, Williams, E. Waters, L. Fisher, C. Wells and M. Crews were elected dele- gates to the G. A. R. convention in Bloomington. The Garrison club was entertained at the parsonage on Friday, June 8th. ‘They are preparing for their bazaar, the date of which will appear later. ‘The M. L. D. class is rehearsing for a “Summer Girls’ Minstrel” on June 20th. Mrs. M. Murphy and baby, Roberta, of Monmouth are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hawkins. Miss Beatrice Anderson of W. Ber- rien street entertained Saturday even- ing, June 2, in honor of Miss T. True, who graduated from high school June Ist, Twenty-two were present. A five-course ‘luncheon ‘was served. Favors, place cards with flags. T. Brown, toastmistress. Miss True re- sponded. The evening was spent in cards and dancing. ‘The guests de- parted at a late hour, voting Miss An- derson a royal entertainer. Mr. J. H. Franklin of Galva spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Miss Fletcher. Mr. T. S, Patton, a stereotyper em- ployed by the Republican-Register, was shof and seriously wounded by George Lane at Patton's home on W. First street at about 9.30 Sunday even- ing. Lane escaped after the shooting. Reports from the hospital state that the greatest danger is that pieces of cloth were carried into the wound by ‘the shot. Sore Nipples. Any mother who has had experience with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a cure may be effected by applying Chamberlain’s Salve as soon as the child is done ‘nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with best results, For sale by all dealers. | SIOUX CITY, IOWA. © | Rev. J. W. Dowden of Albia was a business visitor in the city last week. Rev. E. R. Edwards will leave Mon- day, June 4th, for Des Moines to at tend the annual session of the A. M. E. Sunday school convention. Mr, Edward Askew was called to St. Paul, Minn., Friday on business for the M. L. and TyCo. Mrs. Mansfield Askew received sad | news from St, Paul. Her little broth- jer, Master Bernard Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Lee, is seriotisly ill with scarlet fever. Mr. Percy Launer was a visitor in Council Bluffs and Omaha on Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Koger returned to Min- neapolis on Friday evening, June 1st. Mrs. L. Grant has returned from St Paul. Mr, and Mrs. B. Aron will celebyate their fiftieth wedding anniversary this week with a family reunion. Their son-in-law, Mr. Metcalf, of Omaha, arrived Saturday to be present. Harmony chapter, No. 22, 0. E. 8. celebrated Esther day Sunday after. noon at Odd Fellows and Masonic hall Rev. Dr. Norris preached an excellent sermon. Remarks by Mr. T. H. Stur- gis, past patron, and Mr. M. Askew, past worshipful master of Decatur lodge, No. 14, A. F. & A. M. Decatur lodge, No. 14, held its elee- tion of officers Monday evening, June 4th, The following officers were elect- ed: Mr. John H. Shores, W. M.; Mr. Fred H. Baker, S, W.; Mr. T. H, Stur- gis, treasurer; Rev. J. W. Norris, sec- retary; Mr, E. Strange, J W. They will hold a public installation Monday evening, June 11th, The public is in- vited. Mr. John L. Thompson, editor of the Bystander, was @ business visitor in lthe city Tuesday, June Sth. CLARINDA IOWA. Every one was glad tw <se our col- lector, if a few did dodge him. | Z:0se who are back in dues please settle with correspondent. Our pastor, Rev. D, W. Brown, is in Des Moines attending the district A. M.E. conference. He was accompan- ied by Mr. Geo. Jones, who went as a delegate to represens the Sunday school. We are sorry to learn of the death of Grandma Campbell, who died Tues- day at her daughter's home, Mrs. Ed. Cheetwood Pemberton. Obituary will be given next week. Miss Iola Brown of Blanchard was visiting Miss Frances Mitchell on Sun- day. Mrs. Arthur Gibson of Red Oak was visiting her parents a couple of days last week. Winifred Montgomery, Henry Able and Mr, Anderson went to St. Joe to seek employment. Tra Stewart is visiting friends out of the city for a few weeks. Mr. Brown of Blanchard is visiting H. H. Cook and family. Roscoe Johnson spent a couple of days last week with Leonard Nowling. Mrs. Carrie Robertson of Sioux City, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Gertrude Cason, went to Des Moines for a few days’ visit. Mr. Willis Cason went to Glenwood to attend the graduating exercises of his niece, Miss Funches. Mr. L. W. Williams is in Des Moines on business. Two excellent sermons were preach: ‘ed Sabbath day by the pastor, Rev. D. W, Brown. Mrs, Martha Wright of Omaha i: visiting Mrs. Eliza Jones. Mrs. William Walker has been or the sick list. Mrs. Martha Lewis is in Red Oak for an indefinite stay. Mr. Ray of Enterprise was in ou city on business. Mr. Allen of Omaha is visiting some of our ladies in the city. Mr. H. H, Cook visited in Omahe last week. MONMOUTH. ILL. Mrs. Roy Doolin has returned to her home at Frankfort, Mo, after ait ex tended stay here. Mr. Ray Early of Burlington visited friends and relatives heer. Mrs. Eugene Thompson and Mrs James Hardin were in Galesburg or Saturday assisting with the Aller Chapel tag day. Miss Tressie Brown of Galesburg was the guest of Mr. James Turner’ on last Sabbath. Mrs. G. T. Brown of 422 Secon¢ avenue was taken seriously ill Sab- bath morning. Her condition was very little better at this writing. Miss Alberta Merrial is quite sick at her home on East Sixth avenue with tonsilitis, Messrs. Cy and Greene Peoples ot Frankfort, Mo., are visiting relatives here. _ Mrs. Maria Stockes returned to Ke- ‘wane, Ill., Monday, after being here ‘to attepd the opening day services al the new St. James A. M. E. church, Mrs. Bernice Metlock returned home after spending several days in Fort ‘Madison and Burlington, Towa. ~ Mr. Robert Catlin, who for the pas tén years has been in the barber busi. ness in the Searles building, has re ‘tired from business here and left this week for Chicago, where he will spend some time visiting relatives. *- | Mrs. Sandy Clarke and children o! Galesburg returned home Saturday after a few days’ visit with relatives. : The members of the St James A ‘M. E, church held services in the new jebaret building Sabbath day. In the afternoon Rey. Craine of the whit Methodist church and Rev. Barr of the Presbyterian church addressed the audience. A quartette from the First Presbyterian church rendered excel- lent selections. Music was also fur- nished by the church choir. Rev. Fer- ‘guson, of the Christian cHurch had charge of the program. Rev. James addressed the audience at night, and on Tuesday evening Rev. Kimmelshire of the Ninth Avenue church and mem- bers took part with the services. DAVENPORT ITEMS. Rev. C, R. Waters and family were called to Chicago by the death of the Rev. father, who passed away last Eri- day at the age of 114 years. + The “Calendar Tea” given at the Third Baptist church, under the direc- tion of Mrs, Flora C. Walker, was a great success, Refreshments were served and a program rendered from the twelve tables representing the months of the year. A splendid sum was realzied. - Last Sunday was quarterly meeting at Bethel A. M, E. church. Rev. Mec- Cracken, presiding elder, was in at- tendance and carried the work on in the absence of the pastor, Rev. C. R. Waters, There were five additions to the church, Mr. G. T, Bowles, until recently of St. Louis, Mo, has opened up a shoe- making and repair shop on East Fourth street and solicits your patton- ‘age. Mr, Bowles comes highly recom- mended, This is another opportunity to shur” race loyalty. ‘One of ther best egtertainments ever given in this city rerently was put on at the A. M. E. churer. hy the young people, under the direction of Miss Marie Wilkerson. The young people performed almost like regular pro- fessionals and were greatly enjoyed. ‘The receipts of the evening will reach $80. By special request Miss Wilker- son will repeat her entertainment in the near future. Miss Reta Hunter, a sister of Mrs. E. Green, is visiting relatives and friends in Buckhannon and Clarks- burg, W. Va. ‘Naomi chapter, No.'1, 0. E. S,, ob- served Esther day last Sunday at the Third Baptist church. Rev. F. K. Nich- olsén preached an excellent sermor and the choir furnished sweet music. Mrs. Hattie Lambert’ contempates a visit in Washington and Des Moines this month. Mrs. John Gordon returned home from a visit in Centerville, accompan- ied by her sister, Mrs. Leonard Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. 8. D. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs, Bert Johnson of Monmouth, IL. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E, Green last Sunday. The Third Baptist church will enter- tain the Nebraska-lowa Sunday school convention next week. The agent will call on you soon Please be prepared to pay your sub- scription to the Bystander. BUXTON, IOWA. Mrs. Cleo Bryant entertained in honor of Mrs. Ora Spears King on Saturday noon. Owing to the bad weather there were only a few pres. ent, but Mrs. King received quite a number of useful gifts. “Mr. Edward T, Greene was in the city for a few days. Mr. Howard Ashby is on the sick list. z Mr. Jas. Caison died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Brown, Tues: day night about 11 o'clock. Interment will be in Ottumwa. Buxton friends extend their sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr. Hoskin of Macon, Mo., was the ‘guest in our city over Sunday. ‘Mg. Scott Mardis motored Mr. B. H Jores and wife, accompanied by twe of his sisters, to Albia on Sunday aft- ernoon. "Mrs. Solo Billings and Miss Emma smith left for Des Moines on Wednes- day a, m, as delegates to the Sunday school convention, which convenes in Des Moines on June 5, 6 and 7. BUXTON, IOWA. ! (Last Week.) Mrs. Daisy Moore is indisposed this week. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Carter are the proud parents of a fine boy. Mother and son are doing fine. The St. John’s A. M. E, choir and several visitors went to Albia on Sun- day to quarterly meeting services. The choir sang and Rev. Evans preached the afternoon sermon. ‘Mrs. Thos. McDonald and family left Tuesday to join her husband in Pennsylvania, where they are home- steading and plan to make their fu- ture home. Miss Ora Spears and Chas. King were united in marriage Friday, May 26th. They wily be at their future hoime; 718 E. Second, after May 30th. Mr. Lewis Phillips left Tuesday for Cedar Rapids to visit his mother. From there he wil go to Detroit, Mich., to visit sevéral months. Y. M. C. A. Notes. ‘We consider ourselves very fortun- ate this season in being able to book the world-famous Williams Sirigers for the date of July 5th. The Y. can boast of some real brave members. For instance, Chas. King, who announces his marriage to Miss Ora Spears, and we think any man a brave man ‘that will solemnly sweat to pay a jrirl’s lifetime board in this age of high cost of living. Bravo Charlie! We have been notified that the Bux. ton’headquarters for registration wil be at the boys’ Y. M.C. A. Mr. C. H. Mease, chairman of the Buxton Cemetery associatlon, called a mass meeting at the Y. last week for the purpose of arranging a program for Decoration day, Some very good suggestions were made toward the im- proving and keeping up of our home cemetery. We also had some very en: couraging remarks from Undertaker Sol Billings. Mr. Sol Billings also offered his services and support in any way that he could assist. A committee from Mt. Zion church served dinner and refreshments in the YY. last pay Saturday, They were well patronized. “Edward Mease was with us Satur. day and Sunday visiting his little fam- ‘ly,, who are here for an indefinite stay. We are glad to say that Ed. is never in too much of a hurry to visit the Y. Are you a rejecter of Jesus Christ? Read our Tuesday night Bible lesson, John 1-8, Mr Mason of Davenport has a very fine display of Negro books on display at the Y. this week. For particulars see Secretary J. E. Mills. “It is vital to the people of Iowa that their boys grow up clean, wholesome ‘men. physically, morally, spiritually. ‘The welfare of future generations des pend on this. ‘The Y. stands for all ‘these, so there is no reason that you should pay it a great privilege to con- tribute your support toward the carry- ing on of this life saving work. CENTERVILLE NEWS. Quite a numbei from out of town paid the last respe@s to Mrs, Dora Foster on Thursday, Ma} 31, Mrs Foster was a member of the Court of Calanthe, who had charge of the hody The worthy councillor, Drs. | Spy Noah, read a beautiful paper, atte which the services weer turned ove to Rev. M. Carrington of the Secon¢ Baptist church, who preached a. beau. tiful sermon. ‘Sunday was Covenant day and was well attended both morning and even. ing. ‘Mrs. L. Kearney has gone to St Louis to spend a few days with her sister, Daisy. Mrs, Johnny Gordon returned to he home in Davenport, Iowa, after spend. ing a week with her sister, Mrs. Leon: ard Lewis, on 8, Wilson street, Master Jesse Allen Gooding is in « few days with the mumps. Mrs, Wm. Clark has gone to Union: ville, Mo., to spend a few days with Mr. Clark’s mother. The Centerville colored band i progressing nicely, under the leader ship of Mr. Samuel Lee. We are al expecting some fine music soon. ‘The Sunday school will give an ic cream social Saturday, June 9th. So cial committee, Mr. J. Landers. Mr. and Mrs, Russell Brown left fo West Virginia on Tuesday, May 29th where they will make their futur home. . Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brown of Mystic Towa, attended the services Sunday morning. They also spent the day a Mrs. J. P. Gooding’s on E, Wilson street. ‘The B. Y. P. U. gave a social Thurs day, May 31, and a short program wa: rendered A nice time was reportec by all. The ‘social given Saturday nigh proved to be quite a success. Miss Marjorie Lewis of Oskaloosi spent Decoration day at the home oi her brother, Mr. L. Lewis. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many friend: for their kindness and assistance dur ing the sickness and death of our dea wife, mother and sister, Mrs. Dor Foster. Also for their mafy beautifu floral offerings. Mr. John Foster, hus band; daughters Effie and Mrs. John afternoon Rev. Craine of the whit SEVEN—Bystander— ny Leek; sisters, Mrs. Greene and Mra Harris, and brother, Mr. Odelle. Cholera Morbus. "This is a very painful and danger- ous disease. In almost every neigh- ‘borhood someone has died from it be- fore medicine could be obtained or a ‘physician summoned. ‘The right way js to have a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy inthe house so as to be prepared for it. Mrs. Charles Enyeart, Huntington, Ind., writes: “During the summer of 1911 two of my children were taken sick with cholera morbus. I used Chant- berlain’s Colic and Diarthoen Remedy ‘and it gave them immediate relief.” Just Another Name for It. People who detest gossip call it con- versution and keep right on with it— ‘Albany Journal. |IN: MEMORY OF WILLIAM MID- GET. JR., Died APRIL 28 ,1917, ‘The Last Ray of Sunshine. ~ A ray of sunshine dropped one day, From the heavens beyond the sky, And found its way, midst frolic and play, Into the arms of a mother nigh. It grew to love its foster home, "Twas daylight even when night would fall, The family never knew to roam, When sunshine danced all through the hall, Its presence made hearts grow fond and true, And dried the tears of an aching heart, Kept from the mind things that others lo. Yes, it joined souls that ne'er would part. But that day came when an angel spake, And whispered to the cheerful friend, “Listen, I come not, for ties to break, But join in happiness to the end.” The angel’s mission was finished; ali was well, It carried the last ray of sunshine away, Yet the gladness, and sadness, no tongue can tell, But Jesus is sunshine; he'll come in today. ‘Johnnie Johnson Shaw. Stomach Troubles. Many remarkable cures of stomach troubles have been effected by Cham- berlain’s Tablets. One man who had spent over two thousand dollars for medicine and treatment was cured by a few boxes of these tablets. Price, 25 cents. For sale by all dealers. | i inaeatatine ienehee: Louise was to have her first birthday party. The guests had not arrived and her mother was instructing Loulse how she fhust be pleasant and sweet to her little guests, and so make them have a good time. When her mother had fin~ ished, Louise sald: “If they knock me down, Fi grin.” —————— . Wanted SETTLED MAN PREFERRED Write for particulars W. M. JOHNSON 45 Public Square Galesburg, . Milinois. L-NUL. Se res Gy see ae aay ee a . Don't Leave the Receiver Off the Hook Every day we have tele- phone lines “out of order” because the receiver has been left off the hook. ‘This often happens when the receiver Is taken off the main telephone and someone talks from an extension up- stairs or in another room, When the recelver is off the hook the line will test “busy” and be so reported to the person calling. If the telephone Is left off the hook for a considerable time {t will be reported “out of order” by the operator. Always hang up the re- ceiver on the hook before «leaving the telephone. EE®, & | iy iy / Fy mes pp ees a } Bn THE BYSTANDER BYBTANDRA PUBLISHING CO. , PUBLIBHERE DRE MOINES, IOWA JOHN L. THOMPSON, EDITOR : FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917 Published every Friday by the By: stander Publishing Company, Deq Moines, Iowa. Office in Chemical building, torner Seventh and Mul- berry streets. Phone, alnut 899. Official paper of the M. W. U. Grand Lodge of Iowa, A. F. & A. M., and International Grand Congress of Heroines of Jericho of America, and Western Baptist. Association, aes ‘Entered at the postoffice an sec- ond class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 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Communications must be writtea on one bide of the paper only and be of interest to the public, “Brev- ity is the soul of wit,” remember, ‘This notice applies to all writers -eontributors, agree ‘and correspond- ents, Sign all articles, write only upon one side of paper, write a plaiy hand and spell accurately. Do not send in names of persons at parties event. Do not give en eulogy ot write your personal comment “upon the event. Simply tell ‘the news or event in a brief, simple manner and let the readers of ‘The Bystsnder comment. Write the news of all classes, all societies, all religious de- nominations, irrespective of you! personel whims or ideas. ‘The Towa State Bystander {s the oldest Afro-American journal. pub- lished ir Iowa. It was cstablished \in_1894, and is rea@ by nearly. a the ‘eelored-peopls “of” Jowa. We have correspondents in the following towns: ANIA oeeeeeeeeneeeee Mins May Davis WashingtOnncnrmenennn Ns Le Black Monmouth, Ill...Mrs. Bernice Metlock Colfax........Mra, Gertrude Broddus Minneapolis.......Mrs, R. L, Buttner Civ Omens A, Bush Macon, MOseccncinnennbuey Harris Mason City........Mrs, Maud Brewton St. Paul, Minn......Mrs. Hattie Hicks Scandia, Iows....Mrs. J, M. Montague Rock Island, Ill....Mr. Earle Reynolds Davenport......-...Mra, D. J, Johnson Oskaloosa.............-.....Mrs, Cora Moore Centerville... Miss Cora M, Crittenden Monmouth, Ill.....Miss Bernice Metlock St. Paul, Minn.........Mrs. Mattie Hicks Omaha, Neb.............Miss Murel Brown Ottumwa............Mrs. W. H. Thompson Moberly, Mo.......Miss Lee Etta Owens Dalton, Mo............Prof. R. H. Payne Chillicotbe,-Mo..............V. E. Williams Sioux CitY.ewnnnn Mrs, M. Askew Clarinda........-....Mrs. G. N. Nowling Buxton, Iowa....... Miss Gussfe Mardis Cedar Rapids, lowa....Mrs. C. Harrison Reokuk ............-.---Georgia Caldwell NEGRO SOLDIERS ARRIVE. Instruction at Fort Des Moines Camp Will Begin June 15, About 150 colored non-commission- ed officers, who will be trained at Fort Des, Moines for commissions in the new armies to be raised under the se- lective conscription, have arrived at the fort. For several days the men have been arriving from the various army posts about the country where colored troops have heen quartered. Yesterday morning 130 men from Columbus, N. M., arrived in a body. Among them were many men who served with Pershing in Mexico, sev- eral being survivors of the famous Carrizal massacre. + All of the men in the’ camp so far are sergeant majors and others hold- ing responsible non-commissioned of- fices. They will be trained as com- pany officers (lieutenants and cap- tains) for the Negro regiments ‘to be raised under the draft system. The main body of students for the camp will arrive next week. The training begins June15 and will last from three to four months. “A call was sent out from the fort “yesterday for colored help to be em- ployed at the fort’ during the period of the camp. The men are needed for cooks, waiters, janitors and laborers. Good wages in aldition:te board and room ate offered. Ue HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN MISLED “IN THE SAME WAY OPPORTUNITY LOST - GONE - BUT NOT. FORGOTTEN A well-known lady, prominent in social: and religious circles, has just related to the writer an experience she had in mining investments nearly thirty years ago, when the famous Homestake mine of South Dakota was seeking capital to develop its vast resources. She states: ‘‘A man with whom she was very well oquaintel called on her, and tried to persuade her to buy five hundred shares of Homestake stock at 5c a share, or $25.00, Not being acquainted with mining investments, she called on the cashier of her bank, a Des Moines’ banker, and asked his advice. He discouraged her, and she,did not buy the. stock.’’ Had this lady, who is still living in Des Moines, bought this five hundred shares of Homestake stock, it would today be bringing her an income of several thousand dollars a year and have a value of about $50,000.00, . . * Homestake mine was then in its development stage, where the White-Vietor Copper Mine is today. We ask you to buy*some stock in this mine; some ultra-conservative friend may advise you, as did this lady’s banker friend, not to buy. . People who have the courage of their convictions and the patience ~to await developments are the ones who usually make the GREAT for- tunes of the world. 4 Everyone who has seen the White-Victor Mine, says that it will no doubt make one of the BIG COPPER MINES of Arizona. For further particulars about White-Victor Copper Mine, call on’ or address. =. John H. McMurray & Co. Room i2 Kirkwood Hotel 3 . ‘Des Moines, - Iowa : Ey Indians Good Orchardists. First Savings & VICTORIA LODGE HONORS ‘The American apple owes much (o | The first bank organize “FATHER”, HENRY C. WADKINS | the care of the Indian farmers, for the | pose of serving as a safe . _ | Indian was an able pomologist. It was | savings of small deposito not unusual 150 years ago for Indian | ed in May, 1810, in the If ‘Twenty-third Anniversary of Brooklyn | orchards to have 1,500 trees, which | Rothwell, Scotland. The ' dd Fellows Was Fine Affair. all had been duly pruned and cultl- tutions: with a similar pt - Brooklyn—Among the most brilliant functions in secret society circles held in this city recently was the twenty- third anniversary and reunion of Vic- toria lodge, No. 836, Grand United Or- der of Odd Fellows. The guests of hongr were Henry C, Wadkins, who organized ‘Victoria lodge May 80, 1893, and mem- bers of Mount Zion lodge No, 1670. Mrs. Mary Mallard was chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements, and Mrs, Lucy Cotman presided over the literary pro- gram. Special honors were paid to Founder Wadkins of Victoria lodge and Robert Lee Williams, secretary of the Household of Ruth. In giving brief bits of the history of the lodge “Father” Wadking, as he is affectionately called, said that on the night of May 30, 1808, when Victoria Jodge was set apart, forty women as- sister in the ceremonies or were initi- ated. Of the men who helped to or- ganize the lodge the following have since died—namely: P, H. W. Hadley, B. A. Johnson, James B. Alston, Alex- ander Poole and Jobn Parrott. At the time Victoria lodge was organized there was only one Household of Ruth in Brooklyn, but at the present time there are four, Mr. Wadkins asserted. Among others who took part in the program were Mrs. Lydia Jackson, Miss Geneva Cutler, Mrs. Mary Poole, Jere- miab Keeling, Robert Turpio, Isaiah ‘Walker, Mra. Thess Poole, Mr, Cotman, Samuel Taylor, Miss Maud Robinson and Charles Smith, i Jn honor of “Father” Wadkins as founder of the lodge and his close con- nection with it to the present time, Victoria lodge presented Mr. Wadkins with a gold jeweJed badge. ‘The House- hold of Ruth also presented Mr. Robert Lee Williams with a gold jeweled badge in recognition of his services as secre- tary. The presentations were made by Mrs, Blair. Mrs, Williams stated that the first Household of Ruth was or- ganized by Mrs: Katle Robinson at Har- risburg, Pa., Sept. 29, 1859, and that the organizer Was, living. at the present time | («Gc GOMPHMENs Che, FraMPoOR MNSSISUSS. Colonel Charles B. Hasbrook, editor in chief of the Richmond Times-Dis- patch, has sent the following telegram to the “Greater Hampton Patriotic movement,” Chicago: “Hampton institute in this time of national stress, in keeping with its long and honorable traditions, 1s taking splendid and efficient steps to develop its men and women into worthy and useful cltizens, Its agricultural exten. ston work and instruction in military tactics are its greatest measures war preparedness.” Lights for Sick Room. ‘When, as in case of sickness, you ish a soft, warm light in a room, rath- er than the glare that an electric light imparts, make little bags of china silk (any color desired), and put them over each bulb. It is well to.run elastic around the edge of the circle, which you cut from the sill, so that the bulb can be easily roméved by just slipping out of the bag. THE BYSTANDER. Indians Good Orchardists. The American apple owes much (o the care of the Indian farmers, for the Indian was an able pomologist. It was not unusual 150 years ago for Indian orchards to have 1,500 trees, which all had been duly pruned and cultl- vated by the people we are prone to re- gard as nomadic savages. The peach ‘and quinca were also cultivated by them in later years. To the world the Indian introduced such fruits as the persimmon,. the pawpaw, the pineapple ‘and the Virginia strawberry. Criypz Leroy Grass Pianist “of National Reputation will teach i in Des Moines Season of 1917-1918. Address 1517 Bluff Street _ No matter what your cecupation you ought to read and know some of the great poems of the world, They will add to your happiness and philosophy. i . THE DIVINE IMAGE. a) ie a William Blake. ! | ‘ J Saeki 8 si To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress} And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. i For Meicy, Pity, Peace and Love Is God, our father dear, ‘ And Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love }s Man, his child and care. , i For Mercy had a human heart, f Pity a human face, 4 And Love, the human form divine, ms And Peace, the human dress. : ( t ‘Then every man, of every clime, | That prays in his distrecs, ( Prays to the human form divine, t Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. And:all must love the human form, In heathen, Turk, or Jew; ( ‘Where Merey, Love and Pity dwell, ‘ There God is dwelling too. 4 ‘ 3 3 é Na eee | ew cores eS ies aa eed Ra lt oe eee \FREE--REAL iit ie Lo : es mabe HUMAN seor ats FREE = EXTRA SPECIAL-OFFER Electric Straig pam peer cs—cmmm *3! 3] Seem | ULSI erm ore = eg Stet aS aT og eee Oey [ (Een rgateet Seg GEORGE © SONA? r4 8 en t.ho Yer | RM eel | ‘The first bank organized for the pur- pose of serving as a safe place for the savings of small depositors was found- ed in May, 1810, in the little village of Rothwell, Scotland. The earlier instl- tutions with a similar purpose almost invariably confined their deposits to the savings of domestic servants and other wage-earners, but paying no in- terest and returning the money to the members of the association in the form of annuities after they had reached a certain age. * rLASS eputation will teach Season of 1917—1918. a aT aowemenewene sens Firet Savings Bank. HAPPENINGS. 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Nash has commenced building him a house on his lot; also Mr. A. Wilburn has a lot adjoining his, and may build on it this fall. Mr. Mash has a colored carpenter as fore- man in the person of Mr. Thomas Stevenson, of Liberty, Mo., who ar- rived here Monday and took charge of the building. That is the way to help your race; get property and employ colored laborers. . Mrs, Emma Walker, Rev. Stewart's daughter, arrived here from Kansas City on Thursday to live with her par- ents at 785 Ninth street. The rever- end’s wife, who has been sick, is much better. : Mrs, McClinton of Piqua, Ohio, is expected to arrive in our city soon to visit her only daughter, Mrs. Frank Blagburn, on Eleventh street. Ed, Thompson spent Sunday visit- ing his brother-in-law at Clive. Maria Williams spent Decoration day visiting her old home in Oska- loosa, This week has been very cold. There has been frost several nights this week. Miss Cora Smith, who has’ been staying in Grinnell, Iowa, has been home visiting her mother, Mrs. A. 0. Smith. She expects to return to Grin- nell on Friday. ‘The special song service at the A. M. E, church Sunday will be very in- teresting to lovers of music.-The hotel beer will’attend in 4 body and re- served seats. will be kept for them: Mr. Douglass Miller of the Savery will Jead his nineteen men; Wm. Wilson will head his delegation of fifteen men and Will Gill will bring his nine men. Dr. F. H, Lawther, who came from Chicago abou ta year ago, has been ‘appointed coal doctor by the White ) : é ) ; : , é ; es req M bus day. M nigh wed M teen nepl on § T Mise stre be P qT post and Mrs T Wat Thu 1b. p Gon com of i P whe in ove sep Breast Goal company at Keb. The p, should feel highly complimented tae: is the first colored doctor in the stay to receive an appointment by any com, pany. Success to him. Miss Minnie and Roland Weeks wi entertain next week, Miss Cora Smith returried to thy city last week, after an absence of ser, eral weeks. Miss Smith says there jp no place like Grinnell, After a thre weeks’ visit with her mother she in, tends to return to the college city, Henry \Clay will leave with a fish. ing party for the lakes in Minnesot,, The party consists of Berryhill, Har.’ bach and others. They expect’ to by gone about three or four weeks, ‘The Georgia Minstrels, which hare been playing. thi sweek at the Ro Garden, will continue next week. They are bringing satisfaction, Jefferson-Logan returned last Moy. day from his Missouri trip feeling 1. freshed. He says the crops are late, if not later in Missouri, than they are up here. Mesdames Banks, Rosa LeCour, Julia Hudlin, Sarah Burnaugh and Jo. seph Johnson visited with Mrs. C, H. Richardson's folks Thursday at Clive. They reported a pleasant time. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Sours of Marion, Iowa, has moved here this week to make their future home. Mr. Sours has a place as cook in a restaurant. We wish them success in our city. On last Thurfday evening occurred the annual election of North Star lodge, No. 2, A..F. & A. M. The fal- lowing are the newly elected officers: B. J. Holmes, W. M.; John A. Hardy, C. W.; B. S. Willet, secretary. Public installation of the officers will take place on St. John’s day, June 24th, Madam Cecil Smith-Watts of the Georgian Minstrel company, will sing & solo at the &. M. E. church Sunday night. The Ladies’ Afternoon Social club met with Mrs. Ben Molmes and was called to order by President Mrs. Wm. Mash. |The ladies spent a pleasant afternoon, At 5 o'clock an elegant lunch was served. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs, Della Abbey on Sune 10th. Subscribe for The Bystander. CITY LOCALS The C. I. C. will meet with Mrs. West Wednesday p. m. All members requested to be present. Mr. Fred Anthony of Boone was a business visitor in our city Wednesday. Mrs. Virgil Williams left Tuesday night for Wlechita, Kans., to attend the wedding of her sister. Mr. John Renfro of 108 West Thirteenth street and Clark Yeager, his nephew, visited relatives in Ottumwa on Saturday and Sunday. The Triple "H" club will meet with Miss Bernice McDowell, 909 Eighth street, Tuesday p. m. All members be present. Election of officers. The Marchiel Neal Art club was postponed on account of the weather and will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Harper. The H. B. S. will meet at Mrs. Gus Watkins, 2113 Mondainst street on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, June 15. All members urged to be present. The members and officers of Union Congregational church are urged to come out Sunday morning. Business of importance. Prof. L. C. Jones of Braxton, Miss., who has been in the city the past week in the interest of his school, spent over Sunday with his mother in St. Joseph, Mo. Mothers' Congress will hold their annual picnic the first Friday in July at the home of the president, Mrs. J. C. Campbell, S. E. Twenty-sixth street. Everybody come and bring a friend. Mrs. Geo. W. Law, assistant grand most noble governess of Household of Ruth, No. 21, of Iowa, left the city to make her annual visit to the various Households of Ruth throughout this jurisdiction. Mr. Clyde Leroy Glass, who has been attending the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, has returned home to spend his vacation. Mr. Glass has made a tour of the United States and has gained for himself a national reputation. Dr. A. J. Booker, who is examining the applicants who are to take training at Fort Des Moines, wishes his many patients to understand that there is no immediate likelihood of his being called from his practice without ample time to have them taken care of. If you will tell me why you employ one physician or dentist, or attorney, in preference to others, I will tell you why people who are lovers of real music select the Edison Diamond Disc in preference to talking machines. Write for catalogue to Harger & Blish, 811 Walnut street, Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. A. J. Booker, Attys. S. Joe Brown and J. B. Morris, Jesse A. Graves, deputy county treasurer; Chas. Howard, student in the Iowa law college, and Nathan Smith, student in the State university, are among the Des Moines men who have enrolled for the officers' training course at Fort Des Moines. NOTICE. North Star Masonic Temple association will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday evening, June 12th, at its hall, 1012 Center street. At this time directors will be elected for the ensuing year. All stockholders are urged to be present. John L. Thompson, President. H. E. Jacobs, Secretary. The Mary Church Terrell club met Monday night with Mrs. Lulu McCree, at which time they completed the study of the Holy Grail. Meet next week with Miss Tabitha Mash. Miss Letta Carey was a guest and made some very interesting remarks. Program will be the beginning of the Mrs. Erickson's Cafetteria 750 10th. St. HOME COOKING Phone Red 7820 Also furnished rooms to rent Phones: Walnut 1145 Res. Drake 5058J Dr. W. H. Lowry DENTIST Office 757 W. 9th. Des Moines Thompson Hotel Iowa study of the Last Tournament. The life of Ada exemplified. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Winn celebrated their fourth anniversary Saturday evening, June 2nd, at their residence. They received many beautiful and valuable presents. Fifty-one guests present spent the evening in games and music. After a three-course luncheon was served they departed, wishing the host and hostess many more happy anniversaries. On last Saturday evening a large number of friends gave a surprise party on Mrs. Gertrude Reeves at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. K. Knox. The evening was spent in music and games. A two-course luncheon was served. Mrs. Reeves received many beautiful and useful presents. At a late hour the guests departed, wishing Mrs. Reeves many more birthdays. Anna Case, America's greatest soprano, has appeared before audiences in various cities in the United States in concert in actual duet with the recreation of her own voice on the New Edison. She does this cheerfully and gladly in order to prove to the public that it is impossible to tell the difference. Write for catalogue to Harger & Blish, 811 Walnut street, Des Moines, Iowa. The Kloster Crochet club met at the residence of Mrs. A. Dixon on Wednesday p. m. Officers elected for ensuing year: Mrs. E. Dameron, vice president; Mrs. A. Dixon, treasurer; Mrs. Helen Henderson, Mrs. Agnes McWain and Mrs. Dameron, new members. A musical program concluded the afternoon. After which a lovely luncheon was served. Club adjourned to meet at the new residence of Mrs. Wm. Shackleford, 1072 Fourteenth street, Wednesday, June 13. Mr. B. F. Tillery, one of Kansas City's efficient Pullman porters, made a trip to Des Moines last Saturday, June 2nd, to visit his sick mother, Mrs. John Miller, 1311 Buchanan street, who recently returned home from the hospital He will make several more trips here. While in the city he will also be the guests of his sisters, Mrs. Frank Johnson, 1413 E. Eighteenth street, Mrs. Frank Brent, 1443 McCormick street, and Mrs. Theodore Pemberton, E. Eighteenti street, his auntie, recently from Denver, Colo. Mr. L. L. Shelton's class of the Union Congregational Sunday school gave their annual class picnic at Union park last Sunday. They invited as their guests Mr. John L. Thompson and Mr. M. L. Gregory's class. They were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Shelton, Mrs. M. Watkins and Mrs. John L Thompson. There was an interesting program given by the White Sparrows and the flag raising by the Battery B, which the little ones enjoyed very much, after which a sumptuous picnic lunch was served. Did you ever hear of any great artist appearing in public in comparison with the reproduction of their voices on "Talking Machine Records?" Never! Imagine Caruso, who is tied up by contract, which confines his record making to one of the old steel needle talking machines. Imagine for a moment his trying to sing like his talking machine records. Write for catalogue to Harger & Blish, 811 Walnut street, Des Moines, Iowa. N. A. A. C. P. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Des Moines Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Monday evening a resolution was adopted congratulating Dr. Joel E. Spingarn, chairman of the national executive committee of the association, upon the success of his plan to have a special training camp for Negro officers, which has resulted in bringing to the camp near this city of more than a thousand of the most intelligent of the flower of the youth of our race. The Rev. Dr. C. S. Medbury and Mr. J. H. McClain were elected to membership in the Des Moines Branch at this meeting. On May 27th Rev. D. Donald and Bishop Kyles of the A. M. E. Zion Seventh Episcopal district and escorted him from the union station to the interurban, where he entrained for Scandia. Later in the early evening he returned back to Des Moines and as special guest took supper with Mrs. Phillips and son at 513 S. E. Fourth street. The church was decorated with flowers and flags. At 8 p. m. a host of members and friends were waiting to greet him. The presiding elder, Rev. F. D. Douglas, being present, had the pleasure of introducing the bishop to the waiting audience. The entire congregation stood as a welcome to our grand and noble Bishop Kyles. He preached a most wonderful sermon from the 27th Psalm. Text, "He set me up, up on a rock." The bishop's visit to the city was highly appreciated. The Hon. John L. Thompson and wife, also Mrs. Watkins, presented to us a handsome bouquet of flowers, which was highly appreciated by the members of our little church. The bishop has urged the pastor to go to conference, and as this is the last Sunday for our pastor to be with us, we ask every member and friend to be present to hear his farewell ser- mon. Rev. Donald is expecting to leave on Tuesday night, June 12th, on the 11.15 train over the Great Western for Kansas City, Mo. The grand lodge of Iowa, with its grand lodge officers, instituted a new K. of P. lodge in Des Moines. The grand officers present were as follows: L. W. Williams, G. C., of Clarinda, Iowa; H. W. White, V. G. C., of Centerville; S. C. Bolden, G. M. W., of Buxton; R. Johnson, G. M. A., of Buxton; C. Washington, G. P. Act, Albia, Iowa; Mr. Butler, G. T., of Albia; Col. Wm. Bailey, G. M. Eyce, Ottumwa; Col. Chas. Wilson, G. T., Ottumwa, and quite a number of visiting brothers of Trune lodge of Albia. Then we all retired to the banquet hall, where refreshments were prepared by the caterer, Muelhaupt, served by our Bro. Robert Johnson of Pythian lodge, No. 18. We all enjoyed with smoking, with a heart to heart talk, friendship, charity and benevolence. About that time it was about 2:30 a. m. Then again we opened our castle hall and conferred two degrees on our new candidates. Then we all departed for our respective homes about 6 o'clock a. m. The lodge that was set up is known as the Pythian lodge, No. 18, K. of P. The officers were as follows: J. H. Jett, C. C. L. L. W. Scott, V. C.; Bryant Carr, prelate; L. W. Green, Exc.; H. Gould, M. of F.; W. C. Rhodes, M. of W., and charter members, O. A. Johnson, L. F. Anthony, Harry Wilson, James Shaw, Earl Dunn, Edward Parrent, Joe Rucker, Robt. Johnson and Paul Goodlow. This is a mild form of indigestion. It is usually brought on by eating too rapidly or too much, or of food not suited to your digestive organs. If you will eat slowly, masticate your food thoroughly, eat but little meat and none at all for supper, you will more than likely avoid the sour stomach without taking any medicine whatever. When you have sour stomach take one of Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. MACON, MO., NEWS. Sunday afternoon the Knights of Pythias and the Dolothy Court held their annual thanksgiving sermon at the A. M. E. church. A very lengthy program, also very interesting one, was given, which was followed by an excellent sermon by Rev. A. R. Fox. News was received in our city of the wedding of Miss Ida Jones. Miss Jones for a number of years was formerly a teacher of Dumas school. Mrs. Hazel Davis entertained at a dinner Tuesday. Mrs. Anna Durdon of Des Moines, Iowa, is visiting in the city. A very pretty.wedding was that of Mr. Euell Clark of this city and Miss Mabel Reece, who were married Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clark will be at their home in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Jennie Leland was called to the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. William Brown, Mr. George Ruthford is visiting his daughter in Moline, Ill. A trio of colored men, two of which were blind, were on the streets of Macon on Saturday and rendered very pretty music. Mr. and Mrs. David Noel departed Saturday for Council Bluffs, Neb., where they will make their home. Mrs. Carrie Garner departed Saturday night for Omaha, Neb., where she will make her home. The A. M. E. Sewing Circle are doing excellent work. Miss Ada Cooper is visiting in the city. Prof. L. L. Henderson departed Friday night for Little Rock, Ark., where he will conduct a summer school. Mrs. M. E. Brookin will depart Saturday for Denver, Colo., where she will make her home. Mrs. Brookin for a number of years has been the amiable superintendent of the Vine Street and Broadway Sunday school and she will be greatly missed by all. Mrs. E. L. Scruggs will depart Saturday for Jackson, Ill., where she will make her home. Commencement week at Western college began Monday, June 4th, at 8 p. m., rhetorical contest; Tuesday, June 5th, at 8 p. m., annual drama; Wednesday, June 6th, at 8 p. m., oratorica contest; Thursday, June 7th, at 8 p. m., annual debate; Friday, meeting of board of education; meeting of the Alumni association at 8 p. m. Graduating exercises at the theater. Mr. Lloyd Davis will entertain at a dinner Thursday. Mrs. J. Johnson of Meadville, Mo. is in the city visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leax Perkins. Mrs. John Green is slowly convalescing. Ray Houston spent Sunday out of the city. We are glad to see Mrs. Johnnie Lawson out again, after a serious spell of illness. The Vine and Broadway Sewing circle was entertained Friday at the home of Mrs. Dan Howard. In this disease it is important that the cough be kept loose and expectoration easy, which can be done by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. P. H. Martin, Peru, Ind., writes, "My two daughters had whooping cough. I gave them Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it worked like a charm." Subscribe for the Bystander. Sour Stomach. Whooping Cough. Sparrows Eaten in England. Sparrows are often eaten by English country persons. They are captured easily in fine mesh nets stretched over the ground and baited with grain, or in nets hung at night around their roosting places in ricks, hedges and lvy-clad walls. Also, the ground can be baited and a crowd of feeding sparrows hid low with a gun, using fine shot for the purpose. Lud Strothers' Cafe 417 W. Third Street Meals and Short Orders at all hours. Quick Service. We serve on the European style. L. G. Strothers, Proprietor Des Moines FOR SALE On Easy Payments Several good lots in Lake Park and Highland Park. Also have some good houses for sale. PARKS PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER A SPECTRAL SUNSCREEN SLEEP UNDER SKIN SLEEP UNDER SKIN JAMES PRODUCT OF PARKS, GE DR.FRED PALMER'S SKIN WHITENER Whitens dark or brown skin. Bleaches and clears sallow complexions, removes all blemishes and causes the skin to grow whiter. See that you get the genuine. Jacobs Pharmacy Co., Gentleman: You will find enclosed 50c in stamps, for which please send a package of your Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener and Soap. I have used your Skin Whitener and Soap, and it improved my complexion, as I do not want to be without it. DO NOT ACCEPT IMITATIONS Sold by druggist or sent direct, for 23c, postpaid. Write JACOBS' PHARMACY, Atlanta, Georgia. We are the largest manufacturers of Colored Women's Hair. Our book showing new styles in hair dressing sent free. Every colored ve- man should one. We sell thou- sands our hair and toilet articles. Sat- titude guaranteed or money back. We make the best solid Brass TRAGHIT ENING combs, with extra heavy fash- ly guaranteed. With each extra FREE. Send money order or stamps. MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFACTORY. $8c, postpaid. Hair nets, brushes, combs and toilet articles manufacturers' prices. Send, two-cent stamp. Agents Wanted. Address as follows: HUMANIA HAIR COMPANY. 181-187 Park Row, New York City. KINKY HAIR Becomes Straight, Soft, Glossy, Long by Using HEROLIN HAIR DRESSING. NEW DISCOVERY— NOT STICKY OR GUMMY You see the kinks in your hair disappear. All your hair, coarse, stuffborn kinky hair made straight, silky, silky, glossy. Herolin beautiful, stopping dandruff and itching of the scalp and falling hair at oatces. Stop using hot apples. Apply Herolin instead. Send 25c (stamp or coin) for a big can of Herolin. back in herolin doesn't satisfy you. HEROLIN MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS WANTED WRITE FOR TERMS REMEMBER Phone Walnut 899 STYLE BOOK *HAIR* To Colored Women We are the largest manufacturers of Colored Wear's hair sheet showing hair styles in hair dressing sent free, man should have one. We sell thou- sellmen's toilet ticket neatly. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Coming Events Cast Their Shadows for 1917 A. M. E. Sunday School, Allen Endeavor and the Mite Missionary Society of the A. M. E. church af Iqwa will hold annual session June 4th to 8th at Des Moines. Iowa-Nebraska State Sunday School Association, June 17th at Davenport, Iowa. The M. W. U. G. L. of A. F. & A. M. of Iowa, July 10, to 12, at Davenport, Iowa. As Age Advances the Liver Requires occasional slight stimulation. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS correct CONSTIPATION. Genuine beer signature Whatever you use, Prevent dandruff and falling hair. ED. PINAUD This original Eau de Quinine is sick hair and dandruff. Used world over for 100 years. Do tonics. ED. PINAUD'S is p for you. Ask your druggist. testing bottle. Parfumerie ED. PINAUD, Dept. For the price of an e You can be sure of an ness, disability. Why out disability. It is ha days of increasing price How would it be with y check coming Saturday Fill out the coupon a BANKERS ACCC DES M Bankers Accident Compe tion on my part send particul Name..... Age....Occupation..... As it It Grow A Hair Grower 4,000 New For details write "P 3100 Pine Street Whatever you do, don't get BALD! This original Eau de Quinine is the one effective tonic for itching, scald, sick hair and dandruff. Used by men and women of refinement the world over for 100 years. Don't risk the use of unknown or inferior tonics. ED. PINAUD'S is pure, delightfully perfumed and the one for you. Ask your druggist. Send 10c. to our American Offices for a testing bottle. For the price of an ordinary "Stogey" per Day You can be sure of an income during accident or sickness, disability. Why take the chance of a long drawn out disability. It is hard enough to get along in these days of increasing prices when you are perfectly well How would it be with you if sick or injured and no pay check coming Saturday—Think it over. Fill out the coupon and mail today. BANKERS ACCCIDENT INSURANCE Co DES MOINES, IOWA. Bankers Accident Company. Des Moines, Iowa: Without obligation on my part send particulars of your plans to Age..... Occupation..... Amount of salary to be covered.. A Hair Grower that won for itself over 4,000 New Patrons last year. For details write "PORO" COLLEGE COMPANY, 3100 Pine Street, Dept Q., St. Louis, Mo. HIGH LIFE THE NEW THOMPSON HOTEL A First-Class Modern Rates 10 Blocks from Union Depot Corner of 9th and Park Sts. Small Pig, Small Pig, Small Price, Bad Greet us Every Other Day CAPTERS LITTLE IVER MILL TRADE PORO MARK HIS FRIENDS SAY HE LOOKS WELL Cottage Grove Ave. Man's Rapid Recovery Draws Comment BENEFITTED BY TANLAC C. A. Hoppes, 4111 Cottage Grove avenue, Des Moines, is being congratulated by all his friends, who tell him that he is the very pictureof health. PETER H. C. A. HOPPES. Mr. Hoppes, proprietor of the cigar store in the Central Life Insurance building, who was formerly in the real estate business here, is one of the most widely known residents of this city. His enthusiasm for Tanlac, a new preparation of barks, roots and berries now being introduced by Druggist John McNerney, is unbounded. He says of it: "For months I was in a very rundown condition. I had no energy and felt dull and tired all the time. I also suffered a great deal with my stomach. "I want to say, since using Taniae that it is a great medicine. It has given me better health than I have known for a long time. Yes, I feel strong, hale and hearty. My appetite is splendid and I am able to gratify it to the fullest extent without the slightest fear of nervous indigestion. I am glad to recommend it." Testimonials Not Fakes. John McNerney, druggist, corner Sixth and Grand avenues, says: "Many people think testimonials for advertised medicines are fakes. Tanlac is a tonic too well known to Des Moines people to need any fake testimonials. Tanlac testimonials do not quote people from other states. They give you the addresses of your friends, relatives and neighbors who live right here in the city. Maybe you know some of these people. They all endorse Tanlac: John E. Griffith, watchman, Hawkeye Portland Cement Co. Mrs. Mack Shafer, registered nurse, 613 Grand avenue. Geo. Zaun, groceryman, 3816 Tenth street, Highland Park. W. J. Day, treasurer, Des Moines Red Men lodge, No. 23, lives at 410 E. Fifth street. E. W. Nelson, 1121 West First St. Mrs. L. J. Rifenbary, nurse, Palms hotel. V. O. Engle, 922 Douglas avenue. W. O. Garland, foreman Des Moines sawmill. And scores of others. Tanlac is sold in every town near Des Moines. In Des Moines it is sold only by John McNerney, druggist, corner Sixth and Grand avenues. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Lyman James: You are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of December, 1912, the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, toowit: East part of the south half of lot seventeen (17) in block seventy-nine (79), town of De Moine, being inf and a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the then delinquent and unpaid tax for the year 1911 to H. J. Susong; that the undersigned is now the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of the above mentioned sale, and that the right of redemption will expire and a deed for said real estate will be made unless redemption from said sale is made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. Dated this 12th day of April, 1917. J. D. Wallingford. The True and the False. The president of a bank, when asked by a young clerk how he could distinguish the counterfeit bills from the good, said: "Get familiar with the good bills, and you will recognize the bad bills at sight." Here is a vast volume of general wisdom summed up in a single sentence—Christiana Herald. Has a Good Opinion of Chamberlain's Tablets. "Chamberlain's Tablets are a wonder. I never sold anything that beat them," writes F. B. Tressley, Richmond, Ky. When troubled with indigestion or constipation give them a trial. ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO Professor Pickens Declares Race Is Loyal. MEANING OF GERMAN PLOT In Scholarly Address at Washington Prominent Educator Enlightens Country on Colored Americans' Position In Nation's Great Crisis—Do Not Need Watching, but Want Square Deal. Washington. — Speaking under the auspices of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People at a meeting held in this city on the evening of Wednesday, May 16, on "The Attitude of the American Negro," Professor William Pickens, dean of Morgan college, Baltimore, in part said: "There is no question as to the Negro's patriotism or loyalty. But the mistake is being made by a misinterpretation of the mind of the Negro which is back of this patriotism. The last year or two of the great war have discovered an unprecedented thing—unprecedented except by the spirit of the Negro himself during the civil war—namely, that America's least privileged and most persecuted class proves to be in a critical time its most dependable citizenship. For several seasons now every white man in America has been watching every other white man, but nobody has felt the need of watching the American Negro. To be sure, a false alarm was recently started in the south about German plotting among Negroes, but those of us who know the south knew at once what that alarm meant. It signified not a fear of Negro disloyalty, but a real and genuine fear of the Negro's growing industrial and economic opportunities which the great war has brought him. This alarm, which is the most treacherous thrust that has been made at the Negro in recent years, failed. It failed against the solid fact of the Negro's loyalty, past and present. The south, which has fooled the world about the Negro in almost every other particular, which has made the north believe that he is a characteristic libertine, that he is an unprofitable laborer, that he is unreliable as a machine operator and that he is an undesirable in almost every other capacity—this historic traducer of our race, after being backed even by high official "confirmation," failed utterly to stir the blood of the nation with the scarecrow of Negro disloyalty. Such is the universal and unconsciously acquired confidence in the Negro as an American. But, singularly enough, the peoples who have been highly favored above the Negro are the classes who are now deemed worthy of suspicion—those who have been permitted to buy a house on any corner, who have been permitted to live in any part of our cities, who have been admitted to work in any business or industry, who have not been franchised, but who have been bultily naturalized as fresh recruits for the ghost or fetish called "white civilization," the people who have not been jimcrowed or hanged without trial or burned at the stake (behold, ye gods!)—these are the peoples whom the nation watches when the nation's security is threatened. But the Negro, whose ancestry, by the way, was American long before that of the great majority of our white people and whose record of loyal service has been uniform and unvarying, is the only class upon whom all of these abuses have been heaped, and yet by the reluctant confession of his worst enemies he is the class of all classes not needing to be watched. Although the Negro's dependableness is the best attested fact in America today, he is the one man not enthusiastically welcomed in all our great preparations for war. We wish to get along without him if we possibly can. To be sure, we have left the door afar so that the colored brother can be called, as usual, when sorely needed. Meanwhile some of us are between the devil and the deep blue sea. We must either send the Negro to the glory of the trenches in France or we must permit him the gain of becoming further intrenched in our home industries, and we feel that either trench will have a mighty elevating influence on the American Negro's status. What could be more effective than the Negro in Europe, freeing big souled France, glorifying America and establishing democracy in the world? On the other hand, what could be of more solid gain to the Negro race in the United States than to be permitted by the incident of war and the iron law of necessity to work in the great industries of America and prove that he can do satisfactorily the very things which his enemies have for fifty years shouted and maintained that he could never be relied upon to do? For the Negro it is a case of "heads I win, tails you lose!" What the Negro's real enemy fears is not the race's fondly catalogued vices, but its virtue. We repeat that, although there is no question as to the Negro's loyalty in the present crisis, those are in wide error who are taking his loyalty for blind impulse or unthinking doolity, like the loyalty of the dog or the horse. The masses of the race are thinking as they never thought before, and they are loyal only for the same reason that THE BYSTANDER any other group of men in the world is loyal to anything, because they think that their best group interests are bound up in the thing to which they are loyal. As to whether the Negro would be loyal if he were absolutely convinced to the contrary must be answered in hypothesis by the same answer which would be given for any other group of normal human beings. The Negro is certainly not loyal to disfranchisement, "jimcrowism" and lynch law, but he follows the star of America in spite of those evils and with the deliberate intention and fond hope of overthrowing them. In such a situation the Negro must of course continually face dilemmas. He has had to be a strike breaker to get a job, he has had to flee to a separate and inferior school system to escape ignorance, and he has had to dissect the body of Christ in order to enter the church and the kingdom of heaven. In the same spirit he would accept a separate military training camp that some of his college trained men might get commissions in the army and serve their country more effectively than as mere "cannon fodder." It is not strange that in the last named dilemma the majority of his leaders and friends indorsed the camp idea, but it is significant that, while some of his leaders and friends conscientiously opposed it, all of his worst enemies consistently opposed it. Those who favored it do not favor discrimination, but they seized that horn of the dilemma which would lend a future advantage—to gain a height from which they could deal segregation a heavier blow. His enemies also saw this and opposed it unanimously. This explains the frequent appearance of a lack of union among American Negroes. It is plain to an insider. They are perfectly united in aim and ambition, and they differ only in method and policy. This difference is due to their peculiar situation. No other group of people in the round world is brought oftener face to face with a dilemma, where the choice is not between an evil and a good, but between two evils. A choice between evils is a more disintegrating question, than any choice between an unmixed evil and a definite good. "Which is the lesser evil?" This puzzling dilemma is at the bottom of many of the apparent differences among Negro leaders, whose hearts and souls are perfectly united in ambition and aim and object. The only solution of this difficulty is conference, frequent and widely representative conference. THE REMEDY FOR CRIME. Fair Attitude of a Northern Publication Toward Our Race. Under the caption "Education and Crime Among Negroes" the American Review of Reviews in a recent issue gave this remarkably fair and logical comment on the subject: "Certain mistaken deductions from statistics of crime and education in the south are discussed by Judge Gilbert T. Stephenson of Winston-Salem, N.C., in the South Atlantic Quarterly. "In the first place, it appears that the amount of crime for which the Negro race is responsible has been considerably exaggerated. For example, if one counts the inmates of the prisons of this country on any given day he finds that the Negro race, constituting only one-tenth of the total population, is penalized for nearly one-third of the crime, but if he counts the number of commitments for crime during any given period he finds that the Negro race furnishes only about one-fifth instead of one-third of the convictions. This difference arises from the fact that the terms of imprisonment of Negroes are, as a rule, longer than those of white people. "All the available statistics and the unanimous opinion of men in a position to know the facts would seem to be proof that education—elementary or advanced, industrial or literary—diminishes crime among Negroes. The alarmingly high rate of Negro criminality is as much a condemnation of the community in which it exists as of the offending Negroes themselves. "Having discovered that the Negro school is at least one institution which successfully combats crime, the community cannot afford to withhold its active interest in and generous support of its Negro school. The more money spent in making such schools responsive to the special needs of the race the less will have to be spent on crime. "And if it comes to a question of cost it is cheaper in the long run to maintain and equip schools—Negro schools even—than police departments, courts, jails, penitentiaries and reformatories, for the school properly conducted makes the Negro a greater asset, while the court finds him a liability and nearly always leaves him a greater liability of the community." HAMPTON BOYS TO SERVE. Trio From School In Virginia Joins Fifteenth Infantry Band. Sergeant Major C. M. Hooper of the Fifteenth New York infantry, national guard, has sent these telegrams to Hampton institute: "Heywood B. Hill has recommended William McK. Hubbard, Leslie E. Booker and John H. Watkins for the Fifteenth infantry band. They are to receive $40 a month in addition to all expenses." "Am sending transportation from Hampton to New York, including sleeper, for W. McK. Hubbard, L. E. Booker and J. H. Watkins to leave by the Cape Charles boat to join the Fifteenth Infantry band." The Hampton institute faculty have granted permission to these students to leave school and report for military service in New York. Heywood B. Hill was a Hampton senior. HEALTH HINTS. A. J. Booker, M. D. The country is in the best spirits that it is possible for it to be in; the spirit of democracy never hovered so closely over us. This is a time when it is good to feel the spirit of Americanism. Those of us who are about Des Moines have tangible evidence of a different feeling on the part of true citizens. It takes a mutual trouble to bring a family together. It is not a question of color, race, politics, religion nor of money now. all the question now is, "Are you for the good old U. S. A.?" This is the time when all little narrow-viewed, 'short-sighted, peanut-headed leaders must crawl into some hole unless they want to eat their old words. Those people who have talked race exclusively, who have had selfish ambitions, who have made people discontented by holding up petty deeds have no place nor conversation. Go out to Fort Des Moines and see the stalwart men, men of brains and character who are going into training to do service for their country; then we can get an estimate of how small and Des Moines and see the stalwart men, men of brains and character who are going into training to do service for their country; then we can get an estimate of how small and how terribly pin-headed some egotists have been. Some men can never come back into public life because they have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. No man is fit for a leader who cannot think in terms of world values, who cannot measure the effect of his words upon people who look to others for judgment in the facts at hand. It is better to get into the band wagon just before the parade than to be left, but it is best to see the possibilities of a parade and to help get the wagon ready. Excepting that there is a term called "nerve," no one would be able to explain the right about face of individuals who are doing things contrary to previous utterances. But this war is going to teach great lessons to all Americans; if it does nothing else it will keep the mouths of some fools shut long enough for the people to look around and see that the trend of all things in this country have been upon the upward trend for years. Every one here in this great country ought to be an optimist about this country and the race problem. There must be a separation of the accidental and the essential; there must be a hope, backed up by earnest work that all things will turn out well. We must be willing to do our duty, whether that means face bullets or plow fields, in order to live up to the measure of our opportunity and liberty. Liberty is not a gift; it is a reward for work well done, burdens borne and responsibility accepted. There was never a time since the emancipation that we had reason to feel better for our future. We need teachers to put our Negro citizens into the right ways of acting and thinking. We want to learn the difference between ordinary civility and business coldness and the color prejudice. Everything that happens to the average Negro happens to him because he is black, without any other of his shortcomings being at fault. It is high time to stop talking color and to begin talking in terms of being Americans. The greatest step towards democracy is the officering of Negro troops by Negro men. From this will come greater things. Every one ought to give the movement the heartiest support morally and conversationally, for it is these flabby talkers who do more harm than all the constructionists can overcome for a long time. Keep the conversation down-unless the trend is upward. Theer ought to be censors all around these groups to switch the subject or apply plaster. We are on a great way. let us think of these things; let us hope for better things and act in such a manner that those who think they are right will be encouraged and strive for bigger things. When you see some misguided soul thinking in terms of pessimism and getting the propositions all backward set him straight. We cannot let even a fool get lost, for they are the ones who rock the boat and turn over the kerosene cans. When you go to bed tonight thank God that you live in such a great country and ask His blessings upon those who guide the destiny of this nation and ask his guidance in your utterances and thoughts. The Art of Kissing. Don't kiss all over, as grasshoppers walk. Don't sit down to it. Stand up. You needn't be anxious to get into a crowd. Two persons are plenty to corner and catch a kiss. Stand firm. It won't hurt you after you're used to C. Don't be in a hurry. Providence will give you strength for the ordeal. Take good aim—the lips meet, the eyes close, the heart opens, heaven itself opens before you, and the art of kissing is learned.—Exchange. Curiosities of Red Hair It is a curious fact that a red-haired person seldom marries a life partner who has hair of a ruddy hue. The reason why parents with glossy black hair so often have red-haired children is because the glossiness is due to red hidden by black pigment. A dark-haired child has never been known to have a parent with flaxed hair. The rule is that children will not have darker hair than that of the darkest-haired parent. Read my answer and advice on the Divorce-Proof Marriage Question. 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