Catholic Mutual Benevolent Association—No. 20. First Thursdays at St. Louis College Hall. Werner Nass, secretary.
Knights of Columbus—Sacred Heart Council, No. 723. Second and Fourth Thursdays at Hall, 511½ Commercial street. William T. Jochems, financial secretary; Charles Smith, recording secretary.
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association—No. 602. First and third Tuesdays at St. Louis College Hall. Agnes Langan, secretary.
St. Joseph’s Benevolent Society—Second Sundays at St. Louis College Hall. Joseph Tinschert, secretary.
Odd Fellows—Abdallah Shrine Club—Meets at call of president. J. E. Henderson, secretary.
Masonic Charity Association—Meets at call of president. A. W. Nicholson, secretary-treasurer.
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association—No. 942. Second and fourth Tuesdays.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE.
EARLY DAY CONDITIONS—THEIR ADVANCEMENT—PRIOR DICKEY—HENRY C. BUCHANAN—EUGENE L. BELL—CHARLES INGRAM—CHARLES J. FERGUSON—HENRY DICKEY—DR. FRANK ADRIAN PEARL, M. D.—DR. W. W. CALDWELL, M. D.
The story of the African race in Atchison county makes an appeal to the thoughtful and intelligent student of history. It is not a mere platitude to say that the negro has made marvelous progress in many lines, and not the least striking illustration of this assertion is to point to what he has accomplished in this county under circumstances that have not been altogether propitious. The record of African bondage here is not voluminous, but it is sufficient upon which to base a story of his development. As early as 1856 a reference to slavery in Atchison county is found in the Squatter Sovereign, which on September 16 of that year contained the following advertisement: