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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1907
Page
2
Sedalia Weekly Conservator lists subscription rates with W. H. Huston as editor and publisher. One year of 52 copies costs $1.00. six months of 26 copies costs $0.65. The paper is published every Monday morning and entered at the Sedalia Post Office as Second Class matter.
An editorial denounces perpetual idleness and lenient punishment as breeding grounds for criminals. It calls for decisive policing, enforced saloon laws, and removal of loafing gangs to prevent Sedalia from becoming a haven for crime, noting the impact on vulnerable groups.
Jefferson City Feb 14 Leaders in the House expect the Jim Crow car bill to fail with no Republican support and about 10 Democratic votes against it. Twelve Democratic members reportedly may vote against or abstain, effectively defeating the measure. Negro church prayers and eloquent protests before the House Railroads Committee accompanied a well organized, non offensive plea by educated Negro speakers.
The crowd at Lincoln Institute heard G. B. Vashon, J. T. Caston, G. N. Grisham, George E. Stevens, Leon H. Jordan and others denounce social equality with whites and warn that a Jim Crow bill would degrade Negro advancement. They noted the 42 years since emancipation and contrasted white education with Black social barriers.
The Missouri House approved Mr Johnson of Pettis County’s bill creating county supervision of schools in each county by a 72 to 51 constitutional vote. Dale of Gentry switched from no to aye, delivering the exact required tally. The emergency clause failed, so the law would not take effect this spring unless the Senate approves, as Capital notes.
NEW FRANKLIN reports Rev A M Todd a Geo R Smith College student preached at the AME Church Sunday Feb 1 to a large audience. Miss Hicks who has taught in Portland MO stopped over Sunday Feb 10 spending a few hours with Mr and Mrs J A Kingebury. Miss Clennie Jones returned home from Sedalia ill last Tuesday night. A big rally is planned at the AME Church on the 3rd Sunday in March. Miss Della Watson had...
E W Whaley, long serving Burns Chapel Sunday School superintendent in Kansas City Missouri, died January 24. Born near Williamsburg Missouri about 48 years ago he moved to Mexico Missouri then to Kansas City in 1887. He leaves a widow and two sons Rev Q E Whaley and Roscoe. Funeral held at Burns Chapel Kansas City with burial in Mexico.
The committee of Supreme Chancellor Starka met a Knights of Pythias group from the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in New York City. They drafted articles of agreement awaiting signatures of heads of both bodies signaling unity and a single supreme jurisdiction in the order.
Columbia Daily Tribune notes protests at Kansas University over a Negro student representing the school against Baker University in a debate. The piece contrasts football hero status with debates, arguing all students should have equal opportunity if state laws permit nonwhite attendance.
Local dispute reveals Mra Abbott and Lylu Abbott delaying a residence move while a neighbor dispute over pieces prompts refuted claims. Community friction centers on household arrangements and dates, with no resolution stated.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, noted as a Lady Lecturer, prepared for The Race visit to Se Dalía on the 21st. She was an American delegate at the International Congress of Women in Berlin, June 1904, where her German speech drew praise for fluency and poise.
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