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Ed Croft has returned to the city.
Mrs. J. A. Patrick returned home
from Chillieothe, Mo., last Sunday
after a pleasant visit with her mother
and friends.
Mrs. Alma Wiley returned home
from Omaha last Thursday. Her
niece, Miss Gladys Young, came with
her.
The Junior Willing Workers’ Club,
including Miss Flossie Patrick, Mrs.
Marie Patrick, Mrs. May Morris, Mrs.
I, . Kennv, Mrs. Alma Wiley, assisted
by others gave a big feast at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wiley’s
last Thursday night. Many tickets
had been sold to white friends, who
responded, and many of our folks. All
enjoyed the vocal selection by Mr. J.
E. Jeltz at intervals. The club netted
$63.25 which was turned to the Mt.
Zion building fund.
Mrs. John L. Wright, her daugh
ter, Florence Reid, and Miss Cleo Ross
spent Sunday in Omaha.
Mr. J. E. Jeltz, Mrs. L. Jeltz, Mrs. I
V. Lewis and Mrs. Laura Johnson
went to Sioux City Tuesday to attend j
the annual session of the Daughters of
Bethel lodge.
Miss Mabel Scott of Beatrice was
a Lincoln visitor last week.
Remember the Utopian Art club of
Mt. Zion Baptist church and Sunday
school picnic in F street park next
Thursday, August 24th.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Malone and
Rev. W. A.McClendon left Monday
for Chicago to attend he National
A. M. E. church congress.
FOR REN T—Modem fur
nished room for gentlemen. Mrs.
J. N. Williams, 2135 South 10th
Street. Phone F. 2643.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Shelby. Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Malone, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Thomas motored to Weeping Water
Sunday and enjoyed a concert bv
Prof. Jackson and his Jubilee singers
at the Chautauqua there.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Browne were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wiley
last Saturday, being entertained at
dinner. They returned to their home
in Kansas City Sunday.
Seivices at Mt. Zion Baptist church
were well attended Sunday. The pas
tor preached his usual grand sermons.
The Sundav school was fairly well at
tended. The R. Y. P. U. had a fine
service. Sunday being rally day the
amount taken in from all sources was
*161.65.
Prof. Jackson and his Jubilee sing
ers from Alien Chapel, Kansas City,
Mo., spent a few hours in the city
Sunday, giving a concert at the A.
Ilf. E. church Sunday morning. They
were shown over the city in autos.
Mr. W. F. Smith of Fort Riley, Kan
sas, is visiting his mothere here.
Count Wilkinson, editor of The New
Era, was in the city Monday on bus
iness.
Rev. W. A. McClendon preached
fine sermons to his people. The Sun
day school and semces were well at
tended. The musical given on Friday
night at the church was a success.
The supper at Mt. Zion parsonage
Saturday night was a success.
Prof. Jackson's Jubilee singers with
the Red Path-Horner Pioneer circuit
are touring Nebraska and Kansas,
giving concerts at chautauquas, etc.
The singers are eliciting much ap
plause.
Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of How
ard university, Washington, D. C., ap
peared iigfore a fair audiedce of white
and colored at Temple theatre last
Wednesday night. C. W. Malone,
chairman of the Men’s club of A. M.
E. church, announced the program,
viz: Selections by the Stanley sex
tette; Invocation, Rev. .1. B. Smith;
introduction of the speaker by Rev.
Gray, who made a few remarks on
the speaker’s works. Prof. Kelley
Miller spoke with usual manner on
his subject, “Next Step to the Negro
Problem”, which he handled in a most
convincing manner, bringing out many
thoughts for persons to think on.
Much applause was accorded him at
the close of his lecture.
Dr. A. Porter of Kansas City, Mo.,
is in the city this week on business.
A number of master masons left
Tuesday to attend the Nebraska
Grand lodge A. F. and A. M. at Grand
Island.
SIOl'X CITY, IOWA, NEWS
The local branch of the N. A. A.
C. P. held a joint meeting of all coun
ties Tuesday evening at Mt. Zion
Baptist church for the purpose of
launching a membership drive for
500 members by Thanksgiving day.
The association will hold a mass meet
ing on Sunday, August 20th, at Mt.
Zion Baptist church, Sixth and Bluff
streets.
Rev. H. C. Boyd preached a sermon
Sunday morning on love which was
given wide publicity in the church
notes of the Sioux City Tribune.
Mrs. Tutt, wife of the newly ap
pointed pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist
church, arrived Sunday evening from
Davenport, la., their former home.
On last Thursday the churches gave
a union picnic for their Sunday
schools at Grabbles park. Everybody
had a grand time.
Bishop Robert E. Jones who motor
I ed to the city from Lake Okobi/i on
Thursday evening and gave a wonder
ful lecture of many phrases of the
Negro race which was well received
by the audience, made up of about
! one half white folks, at Haddock
Memorial church. Fifth and Stueben
streets, Thursday night.
Miss Belle Corch of Des Moines is
in the city visiting friends.
Mr. Crushshon, who has been at
Lake Okoboji the last two months,
returned to the city Wednesday for a
while.
Miss Pauline Token and Mr.
Vaughn were united in marriage Sat
urday evening at 8 p. m. at the home
of the bride, 612% Bluff street.
Mr. Albert Williams leaves Tuesday
fox Sioux Falls, So. I 'ak., on a busi
ness trip in the interest of the order
of F. A. A. Y. Masons.
Elder F. W. McGee of Des Moines,
who has been in this city since July
20th conducting tent meetings relative
to the Church of God in Christ and
who has hod a marked success during
his stay, leaves for Cedar Kapids, la.,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Squire Grant, 612 West Eighth
street, announces that her uncle, At
torney E. J. Barbour of El Keno,
Okla., who is general counselor and
organizer of the Interstate Associa
tion of Negro Trainmen of America,
will give a lecture in this city in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Flemming Brown,
owners of the Brown Cafe of this city,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jones, friends of
thetrs, will leave this week for St.
Paul, Minn., for an xtended tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown returned to j
the city last evening from Neligh,
Nebr., thei i former home.
Rev. .Mr. Jones of Fast Side Baptist
church announced that the congrega
tion would move into their new edi
fice Sunday, August 13th which has
been recently purchased at a cost of
about $3,800.
Rev. R. M. Williams of this city,
pastor of Haddock Memorial church,
and his father, Rev. J. O. Williams
of Marshall, Tex. and his uncle, Rev.
C. S. Williams of Beaumont, Tex., arc
conducting a revival for the next two
weeks at above named church.
COUNCIL BLUFFS NEWS
Tabernacle Baptist church, the Rev.'
J. P. Jackson, pastor, reports the most;
successful year in its history.
William Simpson who has been for J
many years a trusted employee of the
State Savings Bank, is spoken of in
highest terms by his employers. There
was a pleasant renewal of acquaint
ance with him and The Monitor rep
resentative.
The Rev. J. r. Jackson, pastor of ;
Tabernacle Baptist church, united in j
marriage Mr. Olid- Williams of Coun
cil Bluffs and Miss Bessie Teal ofj
Omaha.
John Hammett, porter at C. W. |
Hood’s barber shop, is one of Coun-1
dl Bluffs’ reliable citizens and is a
Monitor booster.
The Suite Undertakers’ convention
in session here has attracted wide at
tention. Among the features of the
program given Wednesday night at
the Auditorium were excellent rendi
tions of Negro folk songs and spiritu
als by the choir of Tabernacle Baptist
church, with Mrs. Jennie N. Moore,
wife of the Rev. William Moore, a re
tired Methodist minister, accompan
ist; and bass solos by H. L. Preston
of Omaha, whose excellent voice and
intelligent interpretation won high
commendation. ^
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