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CITY NEWS.
(N. B. I you have relatives or
friends visiting in the city or going to
make a visit, please Inform us we
•olicit all your local news.—Ed.)
Next week our paper will coins out
on Thursday instead of .Friday because
It is a legal holiday.
We will getout*a Lincoln number
next week there will be many of his
quaint sayings in the paper.
Mr. I. L. Brown of Marshalltown, la,
was a visitor in the city Thurday, Mr.
Brown has just recovered from a bad
spell of sickness his wife has also been
sick, she is improving.
Mr. Henry Bell our aged centenar
ian is very dangerously sick the past
week, at this writing father Bell as he
is known is a little better although
his friends are still alarmed.
Mr. Jefferson Logan and son George
entertained a few of their personal
friends at a 'possum supper Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. J. W. Dulin who has been so
very sick the past fortnight is im
proving which is good news to her
many friends.
Senator Sirley Gillilland will ad
dress the Men's League Sunday after
noon at 3:30 p. at Union Congre
gational church 10th and Park streets.
You are invited. Ladies especially in
vited to attend.
Next week there will be four colored
delegates from the Buxton. Y, C.
A.,
to attend the state meeting of the
K. M. A. here.
Dr. Arthur J. Booker of Chicago,
arrived in our city this week to prac
tice medicine, he has opened an office
at 5th and Locust where he will be
glad to see the people. Dr. Booker is
.i,1 a young man, well educated and comes
well recommended. We wish for him
success, Des Moines is certainly large
enough for two doctors.
1'tte following program will be ren-
meeting at the home of Mrs. R. A
«f- Winburn in commeration of Abraham
1a Lincoln's anniversary. "Lincoln's
^Gettesburg Speech," Mrs. M. Warrick
paper, Mrs. R. A. Winburn Life and
Character of Lincoln. Mrs. Hamilton
reading, Mrs. Jackson reading, Mrs.
C. B. Woods Lincoln's favorite poem,
Mrs. R. Palmer reading, Mrs
Carr reading, Mrs E. T. Banks Lin
coln as a lawyer, Mrs. Geo. I. Holt
Liscoln as a laborer, Mrs. H. Gould
paper on Lincoln, Mrs. Denney.
The Callauan club met with R. N.
Hyde Wednesday afternoon, the meet
ing was spent in a rehearsal by the
ladies who are to participate in tbe
-contest next Thursday evening at the
St. Paul A. M. E. church, there will
be a musical program also, everybody
is invited. The contestenents are Mrs.
Adam Dixon, vs Mrs. Rachell Jeffer
son Mesdams R. N. Hyde vs A. M.
Rivers, Hattie Adams vs Lizzie Green
•and Jennie Brooks vs Mrs. Dr. Law
ther
The club adjourned to meet at the
•home of Mrs, Rachel Jefferson on 4ih
street next Wednesdey afternoon.
Will Honor Lincoln
Anniversary.
The Colored citizens of Des Moines
.: are making great preparations to cele
brate the 100th anniversary of Abra
ham Lincoln on Friday evening Feb.
12th at the Union Congregational
church at which time the following
I :::•patiiotic program will be rendered.
I Song. "My Country tis of thee."
1, Invocation, "Rev. George Gaines,
pastor of the A. M. E. church.
3 Song, Columbia the Gem of the
Ocean."
Rioiting Lincoln's Gettesburg Ad-
V" di-ess, J. Clifford Williams.
Solo, LeRoy Tucker of Buxton,
"WJI Hecty of Y. M. C. A.
6 Address, "Life and Experience of
Lincoln," Dr. W, Dulin, who was
an old soldier and acquainted with
Lincoln
7 Instrumental Solo, Miss Zoe Rich*
t- ardson.
8, Reading "Proclamation of Emanci
patton," Mrs. Cbas. Turner,
0 Solo, Prof. Geb, I. Hoi.
10 Eulogy, John L. Thompson.
II Solo Mrs. Frank P. Johnson.
12 Violin Solo, Miss Colee.n Alex
f)5".« ander.
?V 13 Song, "Battle Hymn of the Re-
public.
Everybody is invited to oome out
and pay homage to our Martyred Presi
dent, there is no admission charge nor
'"'"•^V'no tickets, all is fiee. Soldiers are
especially invited. Mr. H. W. Hughes
mxiwill preside.
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Owing to the continued illnes of Mr.
Henry Bell, the Des Moines Negro
,• Lyceum was not 'entertained by Miss
Jessie Bell on Tuesday evening, the
club convened at the honae of Attorney
and Mrs. S. Joe Brown, 1058 5th St.,
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at which time the recently elected of
ficers were installed, speeches being
made by the retiring president Blbert
R. Hall and the newly elected presi
dent Branham N. Hyde, Mr. Wm.
Shackelford, Misses Bessie Beeves,
loaa Wilson, and Mrs. 8. Joe Brown.
Tbe Lyceum will met next Tuesday
eveniBg with Jessie Graven, at the
home of Mr. and MIB. James Hamilton
844 Oth avenue at which time the fol
lowing program will be rendered
Study of Abraham Lincoln, qutation*:
club Lincoln as a boy, Wm. Warrick
Jr. Lincoln as a Lawyer, Mrs M. E.
P. Wiiliams Lincoln as a President,
E. B, Hall Lincoln's Anecdotes, S.
Joe Brown Gettysburg Speech, Bessie
Reeves.
We received a beautiful anniversary
inv tation of the Golden Eagle Lodge
No., 11 of the Knitfhts of Pythias of
Pythias of Boone, la ,held Jan., 20th
1000, giving a list ol officers, beneficial
members suspended members also the
executive committee, Past Chandler
Commanders, the compliments of
Grand Chancellor L. W. Williams.
Mr. Harrison .Gould's Invincible
Base Ball Team emerged from the
long winter sleep last week and spent
an evening at the beautiful home of
its founder Mr. Gould on Center street
talking over plans for tbe coming sea
son a very nice lunch was served by
Madame Gould and her assistants the
boys adjourned' voting unanimously
that each one would go in this season
to win every game that the manager
would bill them for.
Two Colored Men Get Pro
motions in ConsuloT
Service by
Roosevelt.
Herbert R- Wright who has
been Counsulor to the part of
Utilla. has recently been ap
pointed by Presidant Roosevelt
as Councellor to a port in
Venezula, S. A., Mr. James W.
Johnson of New York has been
promoted the Consul at Corinto.
Nicaragua he is a brother of J.
Rosamond Johnson^ ol.the-XIaLe
& Johnson minsteral* Both have
been confirmed by the Uniied
States Senate. We congratulate
those men for being- thus pro
moted-
Mr. Rufus Logan of Colum
bia, Mo., editor of the Profession
al World has been named as one
of the marshalls of the big- parade
he will be a member of the staff
of the 3rd division. We congrat
ulate those race mem, both are
deserving and will do credit to
the race.
MARSHALLTOWN NEWS.
Mrs. Isaac Brown who has b^en ill
at her home on Oth, avenue and
Woodbury street is able to be around
again.
Miss Gracie Brown was entertained
at 6 o'clock dinner Tuesday evening at
.the home of Miss Clara Carter on Fred
icka street.
Mr. A1 Walker was a Cipitol City
visitor Sunday.
Mrs. A. Gil more gave a surprise
party on her brother Mr. Walker in
honor of his birthday at his home on
Fredieka steeet, quite a number of
young people was present and an en*
joyable time was reported.
Friday Marshalltown was visited by
ore of the most terricffiblizzards that
has been known in this part o^ the
county for quite a while a goad deal of
damage was done to the phone wires
and plate glass windows.
The services Sunday at thxe Second
Baptist church was well attended.
The pastor preached an able sermon
both morning and evening.
The Sunday school is improving with
Mrs. B. R. Palmer as superintendent.
Mrs. Williams of Enterprise has
moved to this city, and will remain in
deflnently with her son Mr. A. Carter.
KEOKUK NOTES,
The funeral of the late Mattie Wood
ard, who died Janury 87th at 8:30
o'clock p. m., of cancer of the liver,
was held from her home Sunday morn.
iDg
at 8:30 o'clock conducted by Rev.
Searcy, the O. E. S., chapter and the
Heroines of Jerico performed their last
rites. The services was very im
pressive, the floral offerings were pro
fuse. Mrs Woodard was a splendid
church worker and very acurate in the
performance of her duties both in the
church aud other societies and will be
greatly
missed. Tl.o«e left to mourn
her loss is
a
husband Hampton Wood­
ard who has He sympathy of the en­
tire
community, and
O:JC
neice.
Mr E. Goens whose illness was re
ported in last week's Bystander is
still very ill, no hope is entersained
for her recovery.
Mrs. Isabella Kasc Goodwin who
underwent an operation at St. Joseph
hospital is greatly improved. She
taken home last Saturday
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Mr. Robert N. Hyde of Des
Moines one of our enterprising
and leading Colored race men in
Iowa has just been selected as
chairman of an auxiliary commit
tee to the public comfort at the
inauguration of William Taft in
in March. Mr. Daniel Murray
notified Mr. Hyde of his selection
Mrs. Norah Rusii demons left Sat
urday for her home in Hoopsin, III
She will move here in the near future.
ENTERPRISE NEWS.
Rev. Joseph Coleman of Oskaloosa
is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Wells.
Tbe enteitainment given by the
Butterfly Sewing circle at Mt. Olive
Baptist church was a sucaess.
News was re'ceivad of the death of
Mrs. Bettie Bowles of Hiteiaan the
mother of Rev. James Bowles of this
place.
Mrs. Lottie Williams lef on the 3rd
in^t for Evans to pake heir home with
Major Barber.
Beautiful Light Court of Calantha
No, 257 was iniated in Entarprise by
G. D. W. G. of Buxton, la., Mrs. Lelia
Davis. December 17th.
Mrs. Stella Trent who has been sick
is able to be out again.
CLINTON NOTES.
Quarterly meeting will be held Sun
day at Bethel A. M. E. church presid
ing elder Phillips is expected to be in
attendance.
James Morelaud of Chicago is the
guest of his sister Mrs. Holland Will
iams.
Friends in Clinton regret to learn of
the death of Miss Baraba, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Boyd at her home in
Roeltford last week, we extend our
sympathy to them.
Tbe meetings which have been held
for the past two weeks at Bethel A.
M. E. church will be continued
through this week the meetings have
been full of interest with fair atten
dance.
Rev. D. E Butler conference miss
ionary filled the pulpit at the A. M. E.
church, preaching two very interesting
sermons. Monday evening he also
preached at the prayer meeting ser
vice.
The following persons were elected
officers for the ensuing six months of
the Y. P. S. 0. F: president. Miss Miss
ouri Dozier vice president, Mrs, Gliss.
Thompson recording secretary, Miss
Esther Culberson corresponding sec
retary, Mr. A, A. Bush treasurer, Mrs.
Holland Williams organist, Miss Es
tella Bush 'librarian, Carl Culberson
assistant Mrs W. H. Emerson. Revs.
E. E Butler and S. L* Birt were enter
tained at supper at tbe home of Miss
Dozier on Tuesday evening.
SIOUX CITY ITEMS.
The revival meetings which have
been in progrees at the Mt Zion Bap*
tis church for the past week closed
Sunday night with grand success,
three were added to the church and
one soul saved, and members spiritual
revived.
Rev. Durden of Des Moines who has
been carrying on the meetings at the
Baptist church has won many friends
in our city and his good work as a re
vivalist will ever be cherished in our
memories he is one of the noble fathers
in the ministerial work.
Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Newman enter
tained a number of their friends at
dinner Tuesday evening in honor of
Rev. Durden.
Our city was visited Thursday by a
genuine blizzard we did not only hear
it but felt it, and was one of the worst
blizzards that ever visited our town.
Mr. Guy Singleton of Minneapolis
arrived in our city to take charge of
the work of inspection in the whiskey
distillery which has just opened at
Crystal Lake, ,,
The Professional Men's club will
meet at the A. M. E. parsonage with
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R. N. HYDE HONORED.
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VOL. XV, No 35. DES MOINES. IOWA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909. Price Five Cents,
and ask him to name ten mem
bers of his auxilliary committee.
Mr. Hyde received similar honor
4 years ago at the Roosevelt
inaugeration at present Mr. Hyde
is the chief man in t^e House
cloak room at the Capitol during
the Iowa Legislature.
Rev. Durden of Des Moines gave a
lecture Monday night at the Mt. Zion
Baptist church to a nice size audience,
his subject was "Problems of Life," all
present enjoyed it very much, he left
for his home Tuesday.
There will be baptizing at the A. M.
E. church.
There will be a special program at
the A, M. E,church Sunday evening,
to celebrate the estate given the church
by the deceased Mr Edward Mutton.
The A. M. E church has enrolled
on its membership list seven new
names.
Quarterly meeting will be held at
the A, M. E. church Sunday Feb.
14!h., at which tima presiding elder
I. N. Gordon will be present.
NEWTON ITEMS.
(Special to Bystander.)
Mrs. Martha Miller died at her home
in Newton, la.. Jan 25th. Mrs. Miller
was born in Ray County, Missouri, in
1855, on Dec., 25th she was married to
Mr. John Miller who survives her the
anion was blessed with four children,
she was a loving wife pnd devoted
mother. She has been a member and
ardent christian worker in the A. M.
E. church. Her death is keenly felt
in this community.
The funeral service was held at the
Methodist church, Rev. A. L. Johnson
officiated, Interment was at the New
ton cemetery.
She leaves a husband and three
children.
DUBUQUE NOTES
The trustees and stewards gave a
joifat dinner Thusday Jan., 28th and
received axcellent returns netting
$84.20, which was divided between
them.
Presiding elder Phillips came on hi-»
second quarter on Thursday, he will
remain over Sunday.
There was preaching at the church
every evening this week with good at
tendance,
Mrs. J. E. Johnson of Burlington is
visiting with her sister Mrs. Edward
Martin.
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G. Newman Thursday even-
Rev.
ing,
The election of officers of the A. M.
E. Sunday school was held Friday
even'ng at the parsonage, thr follow
ing officers were elected: superinten
dent, Mrs. Etta Grant assistant sup
erintendent, Mrs. Pannie ^Green sec
retary, Miss Mary Thompson assis
tant secretary, Harvey Grant treas
urer, Mrs, Anna Roberts .libarian,
Stanley Ewans.
A da&ce was g'ven last Wednesday
night by the Watkin's Band at Simeon
hall, a large number attended.
Kev. R. Knight has bepn confined to
his home for the past weejk with a
severe cold.
Tlie W. chnrcK'i@e}f eTe£-~
tion of trustees last Wednesday nicht
the followiug men were elected: Geo,
Washington, Addison Lee, and Joseph
IN
orris.
Mr. James Lewis who farms at north
Riverside is seriously ill with bright's
disease.
Message has come to our ears that a
knot has been tied, Mr. John Patterson
and Mrs Mary liurges secretly stole
aWay and were married iu Dakota
City Saturday. We congratulate them
and wish them a long happy marrifd
life.
Mrs. Florence Crawford and her
daughter Miss Emma spent Sunday in
Sioux Falls the guest of Mrs. Geo.
Coleman they returned home Monday
The semister year has ended aud one
of our young people Marcillis Morgan
has finished the high school,
1
The stork visited the home of Mrs.
and Mrs. Edward Martin and left a
bouncing 10 pound boy, mother and
child are doing fine.
Our population has begun to in
crease. Mr. O'Neil of Evanston is em
ployed at the Elks Club as assistant
Mr James ^Martin, Mr. McGulre also
Evanston has also accepted at position
at the Lange Tonsorial Parlors.
Everett Jones has taken a position
as porter on the I. C. R. Mr. Max
well resigned.
FORT MADISON NOTES.
W. H. Yeiser, one of our talented
young men in the matter of debates
addresses and etc., is raising quite a
little excitement with his latest ad
dres, entitled "In Ilis Steps." This ad
dress was written by Mr. Yeiser at the
the request of the Baptist Missionery
Society some time ago. Mr. K. Jack
son president of this society at the re
quest of the society asked Mr. Yeiser
to send it to our paper so that the race
could have the benefit of it The ad
dress opened by saying doubtless some
would be surprised at such an address
by a sinner and according to Rev.
Chamers, all were surprised for Rev.
Chambers said it was almost a sermon
in itself. Mr. Yeiser with Mr. Wm.
Harper the young man who won so
many debates last winter as to be
called invicible in this vicinity.
Mr. Sterling HawkinB of Keokuk was
the guest of Mr. Yeizer who is quite a
friend of Mr. Hawlrins, Mr. HawkinB
was sent by the society of Keokuk to
invite Mr. Yeiser to make his address
there next Sunday. Mr. Yeiser had to
refuse owing to a contemplated visit
to Kewanee next Sunday, but prom
ised to speak there two weeks from
to day. Mr. Yeiser has also promised
to epeik at Burliogton and Mt.
Pleasant in the near future.
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THE YOUTH'S COMPANION IN 1909
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CAPITAL STORIES
Including Six Serial stories Humorous
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UP-TO-DATE NOTES
On Current Events, Recent Discoveries
in the World of Science and Nature,
Important Matters in Politics and Gov
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ONE-MINUTE STORIES
Iniminable Domestic Sketches, Anec
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Miscellany. The Weekly Health Arti
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Timely Editorials, etc.
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A FEW OF LIFE'S PARADOXES.
All True, Though at First They Seem
to R?ad Rather Odd.
Peace we secure by armaments,
liberty by laws and constitutions,
simplicity and naturalness are the
consummate result of artificial breed
ing and training health, strength and
wealth are Increased only by lavish
use, expense and wear. Our miBtrust
of mistrust engenders our commer
cial system of credit our tolerance
of revolutionary utterances is the
only way ot lessening their danger
our. charity has to say no to beggars
in order not to defeat its own de
sires the true epicurean has to ob
serve great sobriety the way to cer
tainty lies thro'.. radical doubt
virtue signifies not innocence but the
knowledge of sin nnd its overcom
ing. The ethical and religious life
are full of contradictions held In so
lution. You hate your enemy?—well,
forgive him, and thereby heap coals
of fire on his head to realize your
self, renounce yourself to save your
soul, first lose it In short, die to live.
—Prof. William James, in Hlbbert
Journal.
Ancient Use*-' of'
Although the use of hlpodhounds
for tracking criminals still survives,
another ancient use of these dogs
seems to have died out. Bloodhounds
were at one time often called upon
to assist an army in the field, the
forces with which the earl of Essex
suppressed the Irish rebellion in tho
time of Elizabeth, for instance, being
accompanied by 800 dogs. In the Scot
tish clan feuds and the wars between
England and Scotland bloodhounds
were regularly employed in tracking
fugitive warriors, and both Wallace
and Bruce were hunted in this man
ner. Wallace Is said to have baffled
his pursuers by kilfing a follower and
leaving the corpse for the hound to 1
find, while Bruce adopted the less
Cruel plan of wading some distance
down a stream and ascending a tree
which overhung the water.
Success.
"Ho has achieved success who hart
lived long, laughed often, and loved
much who has gained the trust of
pure women, the respect of intelligent
men, and the love of little children
who has filled his niche and accom
plished his task who has left £he
world better than he found it, whether,
by an improved poppy, a perfect poem,
or a rescued soul who has never
lacked appreciation of earth's beauty
nor failed to express it who has al
ways looked for the best in others
and given the best lie had whose life
was an inspiration whose memory
a benediction."—Bessie A. Stanley.
Blindness.
"There are various degrees and
kinds of blindness, widow. There is
the connubial blindness, ma'am, which
perhaps you may havo observed in the
course of your own experience, and
which is a kind of willful and self-dam
aging blindness. There is the blind
ness of party, ma'am, and public men,
which is the blindness of a mad bull
in the midst of a regiment of soldiers
clothed In red. There is the blind con
fidence of youth, which Is the blind
ness of young kittens, whose eyes
have not yet opened on the world."rr*
Charles Dickens.
Curious Mexican Indians.
Burled in the heart of a civilized,
powerful and progressive foreign peo
pie, a little handful of Indians have
lived for 300 years and have con
trived to keep during all that time
their national characteristics, their
traditions and their individuality. If
you seek them you will find them In
Amatlan de los Reyes, a village in the
state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. They are
the Amatecas. The Amatecas are per
haps the only people in the republic
thomselves what is practically
government.
Willing to Oblige.
"When you feels any temptations
comln* along," said the friend and ad-*
viser, "you mus' say: 'Get thee behln'
me, Satan.'"
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Mr. Erast.us Pinkley,
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certain times.
The hunter's ghost, they call him,
and the big man on the big white
horse who comes galloping down tho
Lisbon road on the full o" the moon
right up to the side door of Sunny Crest
farm strikes terror to the heart of
the farmer folk as he raps Bmartly
with his riding whip on the panels of
the door. Whenever one appears in
answer to the knock the ghost, ,eo
they tell the story, wheels round and
disappears at a gallop, turning into
the old woods road much used in revo
lutionary times by the soldiers of that
stormy period.
Ghost of the old Cap'n, they call
him, connecting this horseback riding
spook with certain officer of un
savory fame who once haunted the
district of Maine. It is on the hunt
ers' moon when tho ghost rides
abroad, and nervous people on the
Lisbon road are much disturbed by
this galloping horseman.—Lewlston
Journal.
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