The Bystander from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 2

WM Boost Pay and read Bystander XXV No. 50 Bov. One of her sons, Frank Bryant, is the only one of them now living here. He is a good, reliable, steady man, having work for one firm for 25 years. He is now manager of the U.

S. Express Co. office, owning his. own wagons and team and owns good property. W.

Griffin is a repair mechanic in an automobile company. The Mr. John and J. A. Draden are new people here, but own their homes, doing well.

Mr. L. W. Jackson and Mrs. M.

A. White are still here. The former a well digger and says that has all the work that he can do. Our next stop was Creston. Here live only a few colored people.

Hawkins is still running the shining parlor. Mr. H. Grant and M. Young are enrolled as new subscribers here to the Bystander.

Mr. Ealey Baldwin, mother and. brother still live out oii their farm about two miles east of Creston. They are farming as usual on a large scale. They control 417 acres of some of the best land In Iowa.

They are one of the modern, up-to-date Iowa farmers. They have a seven passenger Overland car and ship their cattle and hogs direct to Chicago by the car load. This is a fine family to meet. We next rest our weary feet in Clarinda at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.

Wm1. Headley. Here lives about 500 colored people, a prosperous, most all owning homes. Mr. H.

H. Clark still lives here, doing well. Mr. Joe Jones is working at the large Berry Seed also is Mr. Headley and Ed Pemerton.

Dr. Gipson is still running his feed barn and veternarian barn. He is to knowledge the only colored veterinarian in Iowa. He is well fixed. C.

Williams, Past Grand Chancellor of the K. of is still in the restaurant and confectionary store, doing well, from his physical appearance we believe him on this point. Mr. and Mrs. R.

T. Lane are still running the Bogy Bee restaurant and hotel. They oje fine people. They have had some sickness this winter. One of the most progressive colored men in business here is Mr-.

Farrier and George Jones, who are operating a first class auto paint shop On one of the main streets the. city and I am they are the f- -Jest painters in this town, and from T.T.7W«ny"* EDITOR'S OBSERVATIONS (Bj John L. Thompson.) Again the time of the year 1919 has when we must begin the great work of collecting the annual subscription from our many hundreds of subscribers located in the great northwest, however arduous and unpleasant it may be vet somebody must do that work along with that work a question with the Bystander that the collector shall observe in each town the progress that our leading men and women are making in their various cities and town and so inform our many readers throughout this country. We think such observations when published are indeed appreciated by our readers and the facts stated is true and reliable. Therefore these observations by your editor are beneficial to the colored race in many ways, at least there are three positive in observation: 1st.

It encourages the colored person to live right and strive harder to become an influ ential citizen in his community. 2nd It acquaints us with what our neigh be rs are doing. 3rd. It seeks to give a brief yearly history or report as llfittce one that they are master workmen Messrs. Fred Slater, their line of trade.

The firm 1 "1ft vto immigration or emigration of the race. With pencil in hand and bicycle on the C. B. Q. By.

we left Des Moines Monday, but just before we got out of the city limits of Des Moines ye editor did not know nor perhaps did many of our Des Moines readers know that out in South Des Moines near the Great Western round house there lives and houses in box cars a colony of 21 colored families in a community to themselves, and they have been here for more than two years, employed mostly by the Chicago Great Western By. working in the round house and on the section "with colored man as foreman. As we do not have our city note book with us we cannot give the names of all the leading men here, however we remember a few. Mr, John Blackburn, who is foreman of a section gang. He owns a well fixed.

They have one child, a talented little Mr. Duncan, Mr. Smallwood, Mr. Quinn, the two brothers of the "Whites, Mr. Duncan and many other families 'whose names that cannot noweaiL have an organization known as United Brotherhood of Railroad of America with headquarters in Chicago.

Will tell more about this community later. Our first real stop was in. Osceola, the county 45th, 1919 seat of Clark county, a beautiful located town of about 3,000 inhabitants, about 100 colored people, with one church, the A. M. pastored by Rev.

Jones. They have a nice parsonage, Mrs. Anna Williams is one of the oldest colored citizens here, having lived here nearly 55 years and worked at one place, the old Howe Hotel, for almost 40 years. Mrs. J.

Bryant is another pioneer settler here, having been here more than a half century. She has recently moved to Minneapolis, to make her home with her youngest son, WS, Capitol UlrtB T-: been in the paint business here for the past seven years. His wife will be the Bystander official reporter for this year. Mrs. Laura Jones, who died here several months ago, is greatly missed as one of the society ami church workers here.

We stopped over in Shenandoah, Iowa, one hour while making train connections. Here we found our old friend and citizen, R. P. Caldwell, and wife still living here, also R. L.

Collins, who is still working in the U. S. postoffice. He has the unique distinction of having four children to graduate from the Shenandoah high school and two more ul the school. Two of his boys are students in the Coe College and have won many honors for their "College in the athletic field.

Two were in the U. S. service. Mr. J.

S. Jenkins and wife are chief at the Delmonico Hotel. Arriving in Red Oak we only had abouf two hours here st our observations must necessarily be limited. Mr, P. S.

Everhart is still here in his fine piano and music store. This young man grew up here, beginning life as a newsboy about 30 years ago and has managed now to own the largest and most up to date piano and music house in Red Oak or southwestern Iowa. His rise in life reads like a novel, at one time he owned a string of music stores in this part of Iowa. He has recently married a daughter of a well to do colored farmer living about 15 miles from here. He has a large patronage and the highest esteem of the best people here.

C. W. Chappell has bought him a home and is repairing it. W. A.

Baker is still here. Thos. G. Jones is still in the automobile washing and cleaning business, having a thriving trade. Mr.

O. A. Davis and Mr. Ed Stewart are also two progressive young men with families, doing We next found shelter in Council Bluffs, Iowa. AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

Community-Religious Meeting at Union Congregational Church. These meetings will be by the community, for the community, and of the community. The singing is expected to be given by the best talent in the city and will be made up from the audience. The topics for discussion will be taken from the people directly and they will follow the following lines: "Righteousness, Social Life," Industrial'' ian.d,:-''Political.No creeds or rules will be discussed. We at developing the people.

We expect hearty cooperation The first meeting will be held June Rev. H. E. King. KEOKUK, IOWA.

(Special to Bystander.) To the Editor of the Bystander: Will you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to announce our second and third quarterly conferences which was held in Bethel A. M. E. church, Keokuk, Iowa, Monday evening, May 19, 1919, presided over by Rev. N.

J. McCracken, the P. E. of the Keokuk district. We feel that God has wonderfully blessed us in this charge for the past six months.

He brought us through another winter, every department of our church is alive. Tabulated report: Trustees raised iUUUlttbCU a Mrs. C. R. Waters left this morning for Chicago to visit mother, sister, daughter, son and grandson.

She will be there about two weeks. A. W. Drain, Sec. Trustee Board.

IOWA CITY, IOWA. (Special to Bystander.) The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is making a state wide campaign to encourage young women to enter the State University. We would be glad to correspond with any one interested. Address Ola E. Calhound or Helen D.

Beshears, Delta feigma Theta House. Miss Mamie Diggs represented the sorority at the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs at Marshalltown last week. Misses Helene Lucas, Mamie Diggs and Mrs. Helen Dameron Beshears attended the Junior Breakfast Saturday morning. The Junior Breakfast is an annual affair given by the Dew of Women and her assistants, the staff and Adele Wilson was a guest at the Delta 'Sigma Theta house for several davs having been called here by the of hfr daughter, Imogene Wilson.

Miss Wilson returned home with her mother Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Beshears spent Sunday 1 Cedar Rapids. Rev. J.

D. Peterson and Mr. K. Crawford were guests at dinner Tuesday at the Delta House. The Delta Sigma Theta and Kappa Alpha Psi will picnic Decora- "Thfjanior "Hawkeye," the Hnivcrsitv Annual, contain, pictures of Mimm Helen Lucas, Mamie Diggs and Mrs.

Helen Beshears. elen jaesneaio. est painters in this town, and from The this year-by high class cars that they had con- represent J. K. Titus Amaw(a $378.93 special fund, $67.19 stewards She was accompanied by a pliy1 1 a iyf All raised, $626.25 Sunday school raised $99.83 Carnation Club raised, $108.03 Sewing Circle raised, $14.00 Sunshine Club raised, $47.90 Stewardess Board No.

One raised, $52.90 Stewardess Board No. Two raised, $53.40 Allen C. E. League raised, $3.82 grand total, $1,452.25. L.

Crawford and Funeral. 1 Mme. C. J. Walker died from chronic nephritis (or Bright's disease) and artorio schlerosis (or hardening of the arteries), complicated with uraemia, blood pressure varying from 220 to 260.

Mme. C. J. Walker, the world's wealthiest colored woman, the foremost manufacturer and philanthropist of her 1 Le Waro, at Irvington on the Hudson, from a complication of three diseases, any one of which is fatal. To that end a corps of eminent specialists, including the world famous Jacobi, and eminent physicians of.

her race, including Maj. "Ward, Dr. Leo Fitz Nearon and Dr. Louis T. Wright worked with might and main to prolong her life until the arriva 1 of her daughter, Mrs.

Lelia Walker Bobinson, racing by steamer poration founded and owned by her mother, cabled from Colon that she would arrive in New Orleans first steamer out, due in the Crescent City at 5:30 p. m. Monday. From there she came direct by train to Irvington. Mme.

Walker's illness dates from a breakdown two weeks ago while in St. Olie vvito Mme. Walker's Biography. From toiler at the washtub in St. Louis 18 years ago to mistress of a $250,000 mansion in New York, was the remarkable achievement of Mrs.

Sarah J. Walker, and a fortune estimated at $1,000,000 in real estate and investments. Mme. C. J.

Walker was born at Delta, Dec. 23, 1867, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Both of her parents dying she became an orphan at the age of six. When 14 years of age she married and bpcame a widow when 20 years of age. From the.

union resulted one child, now Mrs. Lelia Walker (John Robinson. Moving to St. Louis she received a meagre education at St. Louis, which she gradually and constantly perfected by reading and traveling.

Inspired by a dream to begin the practice of beauty culture for her people she introduced a hair growing preparation and began its manufacture in 1905. She then moved with her daughter and her business to Denver, where she remained one year. After two years of traveling and prospecting for a suitable business location, settled in Pittsburg in 1908. Leaving her business in charge of her daughter and continning the selling of her products on the road, she finally settled in Indian- -flj. MADAM C.

J. WALKER, GREAT PHILANTHOPIST, LAID TO REST- Daughter Had not Arrived from South her business has developed a thousand Damatna TTqnlf AviatK-linnF flivniimil li A mnr. Americ Remains Placed in Vault in Woodland Cemetery, N. Y. Dr.

W. Sampson Brooks Officiates at manuraciurer ami pimauwirupiat ui uor ufiue, cuuuunuuiuu umgumOTin race, passed awav a.fc h'er hills the am Tf BWOflfta fnA surrounding country. It sweeps the WaiAtT JlUUIIISUUj lUCJiiy UV SLVUIilt-i ttiiVA new and rail from Panama, South structural tile with an outer cover Mrs. Robinson was on a South ing of cream colored stucco, and has 34 tour for the famous beauty culture cor- rooms. In the basement are a gym 011 the KJJ where her decline was uninterrupted and sure.

Everything that could be done was done, all to no avail. A last desperate operation has been contemplated, depending entirely upon the strength of the cheerful conscious, optimistic patient. Last Act to Fight Lynching. After her arrival home, Mme. Walker wrote a check for $5,000 and sent it to the National Association at the antilynching conference at Carnegie Hall on Monday, May 5.

Her death was due primarily to the long and constant strain and concentration on her mammoth business. A year ago Mme. Walker had her first nephritis attack. Despite the advice of her physician, Dr. Fitz Nearon, she continued her devotion to her business as well as the affairs of her race.

8 fold, extending throughout North America, the West Indies and South America. The Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co.

now employs 15,000 agents, her annual business exceeding $100,000. Her Irvington home is worth a quarter of a million dollars. Her Beautiful Home. For her home she could hardly have chosen a more attractive spot. The site is in the most exclusive part of Village, on Broadway near Fargo Lpne, commanding a magnificent view Hudson for miles about, and may be plainly viewed by pleasure craft passing up and down the river.

The structure, a three story and basement nffair with roof of red tile, is in the Italian renaissance style of architecture and was designed by V. W. Tandy, a colored architect? It is 113 feet long, 60 wide and stands in the center of a four and a quarter acre tract. It is fireproof, nasium, baths and showers, kitchen and pantry, servants' dining room, power room for an organ and storage vaults for valuables. The main entrance is on the north side.

The visitor enters a marble room, where a marble stairway leads to the floor above. On the first floor are the library and conservatory, a living room a liuruij' UI1U CUllBL'l atui sician and a trained nurse, to Irvington, 21 by 32 feet, furnished in Italian style, wrTtnvA Ttnv T.mno YV a In rr rnnm 1R hv 4-f) DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919. Price Five Gents 9 iuviu a Louis XV drawing room 18 by 45 feet, and dining room with a handpainted ceilingi. Adjoining the drawing rooms is a chamber for an $8,000 organ, which may be played automatically or by hand. Mme.

Walker likes music. When the organ is played soundiug pipes will carry the strains to different fooms in the house. The second floor contains bedrooms, bathrooms, showers, dressing rooms, sewing! rooms and two sleeping: porches. On the third floor are servants quarters. The owner employs eight servants.

Had Distinguished Friends. Mme. Walker was a member of the colored committee that visited President Wilson to protest against the East St. Louis riot. A few months ago she was deeply interested in a league of darker peoples, and offered to contribute $25,000 toward such a league, was to fight for the world-wide rights of darker peoples.

The picture in which she is shown, taken in the WaldorfAstoria, Jan. 7, at a conference with the Japanese delegates to the peace conference, is her last photo ever made. She is paying the expenses of several students at Tuskegee Institute and she is assisting colored people in other institutions to get an education. She numbers among her friends professors, teachers, physicians, lawyers, merchants and preachers, and also had many friends among the poor of the race. She is self-educated, of course.

Her taste in books runs to history, especially American history. She regularly reads the works of colored authors. Her interest in politics, commerce and current events was always in her conversations. Her recreation were the theatre, baseball, football and basketball. Mme.

Walked became ill in St. Louis last Easter Sunday, while visiting at the home of C. K. Robinson, editor of the St. Louis Besides Drs.

Ward and Kennedy at the bedside when death occurred were: Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ransom, Edna Thomas, Mrs.

Lulu Thompson, madam'ft SuTto. Aapetta, Mat- tie Breedlove, of Oakland, who arrived at Irvington Saturday morning, and Mrs. Prosser. Most of those in the big mansion did not have to dress when word was sent around that the madam was dying, as Dr. Ward the night before had said she could not last longer than Sunday.

Sunday morning dawned bright and warm. Outside, where the trees and lawn were green and pretty, the flowers blooming and the birds merrily singing, all was gayety and happiness. Inside, where several people gathered around a beautiful four-pbsted bed and watched a magnificent soul go into eternity, all was grief and sorrow. Notwithstanding her provious sufferings the madam left this world in peace and quietness, and not until Dr. Ward turned to those around the bedside and said, "It is over," was it really known to all that she was dead.

Her funeral services were held from her residence at 10:30 on Friday morning, and the eulogies delivered by Rev. Sampson Brooks, formerly of Des Moines, Iowa, and now of Bethel A. M. E. chuch of Baltimore, and Rev.

J. W. Brown of Mother A. M. E.

Zion church, this city. Solos by eminent soloists and at the conclusion of the services her remains wore interred in Woodlawn Cemtcry. Mme. Walker was buried in a handsome bronze casket lingd with satin that cost furnished by Undertaker H. Adolph Howell, who had charge.

Men and women bow their heads in grief for she who had spent fifty-two years of us6fulnesk GALESBURO, ILL. Rev. Garrison is attending the commencement exercises in Wilberforee, Ohio. O. E.

S. was well attended at A. M. E. church Sunday.

Quito a number were up from Monmouth. Misses P. Ashby and A Wilkins were elected delegates to the S. S. convention in Burlington this month.

Mrs. Coleman is visiting in Chicago, 111. which was to be at Allen Chapel has been postponed until a later date. Mrs. E.

Mason of Monmouth was a Galesburg caller Monday. Lawn social will be given at Mrs. J. Bell's Monday, June 16. Mr.

P. Livingston has returned to the Qswlisfe Mrs. C. Anderson spent the Week end in Mt. Pleasant, guest of her brother anfl family.

Mrs. Groff, Mrs. E. Murphy and daughter of Monmouth spent Decoration Day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Hawkins. Saturday, June 14, Allen Chapel will held their second annual tag day. Mrs. B. Berry and children are visiting relatives in Chicago.

Mr. T. Webster, senior of high school, was the only colored graduate this year. A large number from the surrounding cities attended the dance at Central May 29. Mrs.

II. Pruitt is on the sick list. Mr. J. Shoots and J.

Hardin spent several days in Quincy visiting friends. Mr. George King spent the week end with his parents as they left for the coast Sunday afternoon. Grandma Turpin remains the same. Mr.

and Mrs. U. Shoots arc visiting the parental home. AMES, IOWA. Mrs.

S. Joe Brown of Des Moines, Iowa, spent Thursday in the city visiting at the Gater home on Kellogg Ave. In the evening Mrs. Brown in her pleasing manner addressed the ladies of the A. M.

E. Club at the home of Mrs. Walter Madison, 1204 3rd St. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Come to our city again, Mrs.

Brown. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. M. D.

Lowrie pleasantly surprised them last Wednesday evening, the occasion being their thirteenth wedding anniversary. Madam Mattie Brooks and daughter, Miss Aurora, of Des Moines, were the over Sunday visitors of Mrs. Arthur Marshall. NOTICE. To the Ministers and Deacons Union in the program that has been sent throughout the state calling your attention to the thirty-third annual session of the Ministers and Deacons Union of the State of Iowa in connection with the Sunday sehool convention which convenes in Cedar Rapids Tuesday and Wednesday before the third Lord's day in June, 1919.

Hoping that you will govern yourselves accordingly, I remain, very truly yoyur co-worker for the Master's cause. L. M. Brown, Secy. Indians Good Orchardlcta.

The American apple owes much to the care of the Indian farmers, for the Indian was nn able pomologlst. It was not unusual 150 years ago for Indian orchards to have 1,500 trees, which ill bad been duly pruned and cultlrated by the people we are prone to regard as nomadic ravages. The peach und quince were also cultivated by them In later years. To the world the Indian Introduced such as the persimmon, the pawpaw, the pineapple nd the Yersinia.strawberry# 1 Monday night the citizens of Marshall town welcomed the visitors the mayor on behalf of the city, Mrs. Warn on behalf of the churches, and Miss Jessie Walker on behalf of tfro Dunbar Club.

The business of the Federation was transacted Tuesday and Wednesday, at' which time some very important questions were considered. One of the important of these was the plan to assist the young women of the State Univorsity of Iowa after a most touching appeal by Miss Mamie Diggs, a student of the university. Particular mention should be made of the scolarly and eloquent address delivered by the State President, Mrs. Martha White, of Indianola. Mrs.

S.Joe Brown of Des Moines gave an interesting report of the meeting held recently in Now York City by the committee of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, at which time a reconstruction program was outlined. Tributes were paid to the memory of tho late Theodore Roosevelt by the following women: Elnora Gresham, Cedar Rapids Mrs. Helena Downey, Ottumwa Mrs. Geo. Young, Des Moines, and Mrs.

Mattie Lewis of Kansas City. The installation of officers took place Wednesday night. Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Davenport, delegate to the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, gave a report of that meeting. Attorney Geo.

H. Woodson of Buxton paid tribute to the colored soldiers. The following were elected chairmen of committees: Education, Mrs. Gresham social service, Mrs. Nichols music, Miss Marie Williams home economics, Miss Scott young women, Mrs.

Beverly child welfare, Mrs. Brewton temperance, Mrs. Thomas civics, Miss Phillips arts and crafts, Mrs. C. B.

Woods suffrage, Adah Hyde health, Mrs. Marshall. WOMEN'S CLUBS BEGIN DRIVE. The Scholarship Committee of Iowa Federation have been doing much for the education of the girls throughout the This work is being enlarged every year and after a speech by a student from Iowa City at the annual meeting, who explained the difficulties the girls have in maintaining a home, the Federation through its Scholarship Committee launched a campaign to raise money to buy a home for the girls who desire to attejid college at Iowa City. This will put a college education within the reach of every colored girl in Iowa.

There are eight girls in collego now, the rent for a home has been $23 a month. We are going to buy a place now that wiH be a home for generations to come. Will you helpl All clubs and organizations are asked to raise at least ten dollars and send to us by August. We are going to have an honor roll and the names of persons contributing five dollars or over will be placed on this roll and hung in the home. We have money to start the ball rolling, but we want YOU to help us "go over the top'' with our first payment.

YJ AB MF I 18th Annual' Session of Iowa Federation closed May The 18th annual session of the Federation of Colored Women's Clubs which was held at Marshalltown, Iowa, May 26th to 28th, was without a doubt one of the most successful sessions ever held. ttsL UwlsiJ I um to redfccolored I pebple in I Scholarship Committee. Mrs. Helen Downey, Chairnian, 236 Bashaw Iowa. Scholarship Committee.

Mrs. Helen Downey, 236 Bashaw Ottumwa. Mrs. Sadie Young, 1041 16th Des Moines. Mrs.

S. Joe Brown, 1058 15th Des Moines. Miss Jessye E. Walker, 4th Marshalltown. Mrs.

C. B. Lewis, Kansas City. Mrs. Jennie Wright, Buxton.

Mrs. Mattie Hicks, Centerville. For the Relief of Rheumatic Pains. When you have stiffness and soreness of the muscles, aching joints and find it difficult to move without pain try massaging the affected parts wit.K Chamberlain's Liniment. It will relieve ithe pain and make rest and sloep possible.

4 tA gram of condolence was sent to Mrs. Leila Robinson, daughter of Mme. C. J. Walker.

Tho following" officers were elected Mrs. Martha White, Indianola, dent Jennie Johnson, first vice president Mrs. Lulu Horn, Cedar Rapids, second vice president Mrs. Tlieressa Adams, Davenport, corresponding secretary Mrs. Roberta Bailey, Buxton, recording secretary Mrs.

Jessie E. McClain, Des Moines, treasurer Mrs. Grace Humphrey, Marshalltown, state organizer Mrs. Mattie Waurick, Des Moines, parliamentarian Mrs. Minnie Gray, Rapids, statistician Mrs.

Baker, Buxton, chaplain. JT 1 1 IJLJ tf Iffil cHi.