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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
2
Public notice stating the publication is entered at the Sedalia Post Office as second class matter each Saturday morning. Rates shown include annual and semiannual advances, with single-copy price information.
The June issue of The Neon for June claims 17 000 copies and markets itself as the greatest Negro publication in America. It notes plenty of rainfall and a favorable harvest year ahead for corn, wheat, hay and other staples while urging better treatment of teachers for colored youth and stressing the need for high teaching standards.
People tend to overvalue distant newcomers while underrating local abilities. Communities should protect and nurture home talent by giving credit to neighbors' sons and daughters and supporting their growth. Encourage local youths to reach the front rather than chasing external glare, fostering a culture of inner uplift.
Sedalia’s elite enjoyed a June 2 Dixie Jubilee Concert Company performance led by William Buckner and Mira Buckner with Sopranos Hawker and Hawkins Buckner. The first class ensemble, praised by a large well behaved audience, and Quinn Chapel A M E church welcomed the event.
Barnum's Epigram refers to Shook of Ohio and a literary devotee who studies famous sayings. The seeker asks which Lincoln speech contains the line You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but not all the people all the time.
Mr Snook, a Democratic representative, sent a query to the Library of Congress and learned the famous sentence attributed to Lincoln is not in his writings. Assistant Librarian Spofford noted the line is not found in Lincoln’s papers, with Nicholay, Lincoln’s secretary, confirming it as spurious. Spofford attributes the line to Barnum, a popular stump line for decades.
The 6th annual Washington school commencement took place at Kraus Opera House with a credible program. Music by Prof. W H Smith of Sedalia and Misses Minnie Pear Smith Nannie Lueviel Rogers Grace Estelle Rogers. Graduates from grammar grades were Oliver Moses Turner and Lincoln Arthur Turner. Editor W H Huston of Sedalia presented the diplomas. Teachers A J L Maris and Miss Stalla Christian noted a successful year.
Correspondence from page one notes Walter and George Wilson earned the first degree of Mastenry on Saturday night. The pair celebrated as the gout did not affect them. A somber young man laments the town's closed public school. Charity Cooper and grandson Luther visited Mrs Lucy Nelson. Many attended Decoration Day services at Salt Pond.
Mrs Maria Robertson of this place is visiting in Buncton with Mrs Clara Still. Guss Still of Olathe Kansas and his two children are visiting his mother. In Chicago on May 30 1908 Federick Douglas me Gentry White is able to be out again and plans to go to Sedalia soon. Flavy Walker returned home from Sedalia Sunday night.
The Temple has made wonderful progress both financially and socially. Mere Hawkins will likely prove a worthy successor. Arthur Freeman of Clinton visited relatives here Sunday. Rev Wo Berry attends District Convention at New London. Rev C W Howell, traveling secretary for the 1 PA, visited town last week. OJ Johnson and Richard Woods of Higginsville were in town on Payette fair business. Clifton Bradford and family moved to K for contracting and building work. Mrs John Hayden, ill, is improving. Mrs Arthur McGee of KC visits relatives and may spend the summer nearby. Mrs James Hops returns home after visiting Sedalia.
Reverend G W Jennings who has travelled through Egypt Palestine Syria Samaria and Judea will give verbal descriptions of his observations in a series of lectures across Central Missouri churches. Those wishing to arrange dates should contact him in Sedalia Mo care of the Conservator.
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