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THE COLORED COLONY IS GHA HAM COUSTY.The influx of colored people from Mississippi and othef States this spring has aroused a good deal of interest and speculation among the people of Kansas as'to the probable outcome of the movement. Some seem to be very apprehensive of it Others—and in these we include, the'great majority'.of the people—look upon-it with comparative indifference, believing the State is large enough to absorb all who may come. In this connexion the ^.condition of the colony, of colored people at Nicodemus, in Graham county, becomes a matter of public interestWe find the following concerning that colony in the last number of the Smith County. Pioneer: Messrs. W. Ill Smithed' TbbinasAvim 'Hlkrlravill A, ‘Ttfrlri* startedcountry, made their report 4QM^EMK)rt^amrculatfd all, Tenalssee aid Kflhtuckyfcand' crejioly shoft spate of t beta of the cnlorw peoj States wfere foundinakj to dome to Klknsaal ___ ___In September, 1877, the advance column, containing some fifty or sixty persons, from Lexington, Kentucky, came out and made the first permanent settlement. In March, 1878, Elder Silas) M.Lee. of the Baptist Church, arrived with the second column, of about eighty persons, from Georgetown^Ken* tucky. In May, 1878, A. T. Hall and E. P. McCabe, from Chicago,' Illinois, came out and settled at Nicodemns, and went into the land business. They are both young men of refinement and culture, and are among the leading men of the colony. In the same Month —May, 1878—Beverly Herne, Edward Grimes, Jr., and Jackson Scruggs arrived from Georgetown, Kentucky, with another column, numbering some seventy-five .persons. In February, 1879, the fourth column arrived from Mississippi, under the leadership of the Rev. Mr. Goodin, of Norton county. They all settled in Graham county.The colony now numbers some 300 souls, all settled in and around Nicodemns. Among the leading and most influential men in the colony are J. W. Niles, Elder Silas M. Lee, A. T. Hall, E. P. McCabe, Geo. D. Brown, Derrick Butler, Bluford Williams, Rev. Daniel Hickman, Jerry Scruggs, Elbridge Combs, George Washington, W. H. Smith, Thomas Harris, apd Rev. Jerry Miles. J. W. Niles is president of the colony.Nicodemns is located near the east line of Graham county, and about the center of the county north and south, on the south fork of the Solomon River, in a beautiful and fertile section of country. It now contains thirty-five dwelling houses; one general store and post office; one real estate office; one hotel; two livery stables, .and two churches—Baptist and Methodist. The Baptist Church contains forty members, Elder Silas M. Lee, pastor. The Methodist Church contains twenty-five members, Rev J. Miles, pastor.The colony, as a,whole, is in a prosperous and nourishing condition, but there are instances of great destitution and want. Quite a number of them are without teams or any o'her means of support, and they are in great need of aia. Mr. Lee, who bv the way is a very intelligent and honost-looking man. is now canvassing this county in the interest of the destitute members of his church, and we trust that they will be kindly and liberally remembered by our citizens.In conclusion, it may not be out of place to remark that the entire colony with the exception of Hall and McCabe, and the younger children, were slavesErevious to the war. .They all know ow to work, and are not afraid to do it. In a few years we expect to see Nicodemus one of the most prosperous communities in the State.A BRITISH DISEASE.The most marked peculiarity that will impress the American traveler when he walks the streets of London for the first time, is the great number of excessively fat people whom he everywhere meets. He at first supposes these persons to belong to the nobility, on the same principle that he would pronounce them aldermen or barbers if seen in Boston or New York. In brief, he labors under the popular though mistaken impression, that obesity is invariably the combined result of laziness and high living: while in reality it is a constitutional disease. Until very recently there was no known remedy for this uncomfortable disease, and its victims were obliged to submit to the vexation and not unfrequent mortification that it occasions. Allen's Anti-Fat is the only remedy for this disease, and removes the abnormal condition by purely natural means. 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Lawrence Republican Daily Journal
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1879
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