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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
4
Are You K of P The Knights of Pythias with over 4 000 members in this state is described as the most progressive Negro organization today It has four departments Abordinate Lodges caring for the sick dead burying Endowment paying out thousands to widows and heirs Uniform Rank trains youth for military education Ladies Courts educate wives widows daughters and sisters
Missouri jurisdiction lists 66 subordinate lodges and 10 uniform bank companies. Over ten years 55,000 paid to heirs, 11,500 for Pythian Home at 3137 Pine Street, St. Louis. $3 weekly sick dues per lodge, endowment funds totaling about 6,232.93 on hand. Knights Pythias statewide include 47 Ladies Courts and 2,000 members with endowment per death around 10 and 2,614 endowment funds on hand. A W Lloyd, Grand Chancellor, 3137 Pine St, St. Louis.
A Missouri lodge invites any lodge in the state to organize boys into Cadet companies. They request parties write to Cor Wu H Huenes at 3513 Bernard Ave, St Louis, Missouri for information and to act promptly. The notice emphasizes statewide effort to organize Pythian children into cadet units.
Directory lists lodge meeting times and locations across Missouri for Pythian lodges, with names of chancellors commanders recorders and seals. Entries cover St Louis Kansas City and towns like Salisbury Mound City Springfield Warrensburg and more with meeting nights at eight o clock on various weeks.
The report lists payments to families of deceased brethren from multiple states totaling 30 960 25. States include Colorado Georgia Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Missouri New York Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Washington West Virginia with individual amounts ranging from 50.00 to 6 400.00.
The Institute for the Colored Teachers will open Monday morning June 3 1907 in Sedalia Missouri at the Jacob Huh School Building Sedalia. Pettis Bates Benton Cass St. Clair counties are invited plus other teachers. Prof H L Billups Wiley University Marshall Texas and Editor W H Huston Sedalia Weekly Conservator will instruct. Enroll Monday morning June 3. Your presence is respectfully solicited.
Samuel Keys chancellor commander and William H Johnson keeper of Fayette No 35 lodge Fayette Lewis Williams chancellor commander Laurenzo Leonard keeper of Zenith No 64 Rocheport William Sexton chancellor commander A E Robinson keeper of Zenith fragmentary listing of lodge officers and locations
Dr. E. P. Brown a wealthy Black physician from Greenville Mississippi visits Muskogee to arrange two new business blocks on South Second Street. One three-story site south of the Town building, the other four stories at Elgin and Second near Midland Valley station. Total cost about $40,000 with Brown also owning farm land in Indian Territory valued around $150,000. Local Black leaders praise him and have named him a member of their commercial group.
Al G Wheeler, progressive tensorial artist, adds a fine bath room with hot and cold water to Lia shop at 103 North Lamine. There is no need to be dirty when baths are available at a reasonable price. Call and see him.
Raw Valley No 54 Kansas City John H Yates chancellor commander W E Burdette keep Flora No 15 Poplar Bluff William L Carter chancellor commander S E Townsend keeper Richmond No 20 Richmond William Moss chancellor commander Benjamin Waugh keep Anchor No 31 Cape Girardeau George Walls chancellor commander A M Oliver keeper of rec Greater Sedalia No 42 Sedalia AC Maclin chancellor commander George M Williams keeper of records and seal
Elder J B Banks baptized 22 candidates last Sunday with Elder Rhodes of Clayton. A large crowd attended after a St Louis excursion. Lew is Hawkins, a blind boy, praised God in the water. Mrs Lucile Raglin returned from St Louis after a Pleasant visit with her parents. Mattie M Shackelford left for Tipton. our school closes. Miss Hattie M Shackelford taught. J W Green of Pond Mo attended the event.
Fraternal list notes Excelsior No 3 St Louis with Chas Parks and Arthur Turner as keeper, Harrison No 12 Huntsville with A L Davis and W L Toney, Golden Star No 27 Ardmore with William Campbell and H Crutchfield as chancellor commander and keeper of records.
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