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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1908
Page
3
Sedalia churches announce Taylor Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church services with Sunday School at 9 a.m Preaching at 11 a.m Close-meeting at 2 p.m Epworth League at 6 30 p.m Preaching at 9 80 p.m Prayer Meeting each Wednesday evening Rev B Davis pastor residence 107 E Cooper Street
Cairn Chapel A M E church announces morning worship at 11 a m Sunday School at 2 p m class meeting at 3 p m evening service at 8 p m prayer meeting Wednesdays at 8 p m teachers meeting Fridays at 8 p m pastor P Thurman secretary H R Brown parish notices indicate regular weekly religious services and church leadership details.
Morning services at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 2 p.m. Class meeting 3 45 p.m. Epworth League 4 80 p.m. Evening service 7 45 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesdays and Christian Band Fridays. Welcome from Rev. T L Scott pastor and Mrs Mamie Walker secretary.
Morgan Street Baptist Church invites all to Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. with an 7:30 p.m. preaching at night. Wednesday prayer meeting welcomes all. Also SUAWS Chapel Free Baptist Church offers Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. preaching first and third Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday prayer meeting, Friday Covenant Meeting. Rev. J H Downing. Rev E DL Burns. Zula Whitley, Mabel Williams listed as officers.
Four underage girls already reside at the newly opened Home for Negro Girls on Oak Street. Mrs. L A McCampbell leads the facility, planning to expand to twenty. Juvenile court covers $50 monthly. remaining costs rely on local Black donations. Inmates expected to contribute via sewing and washing.
Letter from Earnest Paxton and Aeury Paxton responding to a May issue item on the Paxton brothers. They recount extensive world travels from New Orleans in 1894 to Central America six years, then Cuba two years, and Peru starting in 1902, listing ports and destinations.
The Honorable Jes Hur Guy discusses Negro journalism on the 21st addressing issues in publishing and race era press dynamics. He outlines aims of fair reporting and challenges faced by Black journalists in the field.
The Negro Teachers Institute for Central Missouri convenes June 15 1908 at Lincoln High School Sedalia for ten days. Teachers passing exams will receive certificates to teach without further testing. Lecturers include J M Harris Homer G Phillips H L Billups W H Huston F S Bowles C C Hubbard and others. Special lectures by G V Buchanan J P Gass C R Luckett and more. Accommodation is excellent and further information available from C Hubbard. Watch this paper for announcements.
A collection of brief personal items mentions Mrs Florence Calwell Miss Mildred Moore and other residents with visits orders and lectures. Notes include F A Hughes returning to lead the Circulating Department, Ruth Bucker convalescing and Prof Bowles lecture to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, along with local property improvements and family travel. Minor names and places reflect community ties in Sedalia and surrounding areas.
Citizens report at our office about a station ry push for the O'd Colored Soldiers Re-Union at Pertle Springs near Warrensburg Mo this summer. Sodding by G. M. Robinson at the Bush home adds curb appeal. Armory Halls May 21-22 event led by Jackson and Williams with Band and Prof. Channels providing music. Kidnapping tale of Annie Smith on North Osage Avenue. Conservator notes. Mrs. Julia Borda dies after long illness. funeral at Taylor's Chapel officiated by Rev. R. Davis under Royal Sons and Daughters of Douglass. Mrs. A. J. Siemens birthday May 14 with 26 guests. Rev. Dowing Toast Master. Eva Parker music. J. T. Murray among guests. wedding bells hoped for Mrs. A. J. Stennens.
A Word From Mexico The St Luke M E Church in Mexico Missouri reports its first months work under Rev Dr J M Harris. Accessions to church eight. donations for all causes one hundred one dollars. Minister salary raised from five hundred to six hundred dollars. The church building repaired. Epworth League Junior League Sunday School Teachers Meeting and Woman's Home Missionary Society organized. Preparing for District Missionary Convention June 17-18.
Grand Master Bruce spoke to the United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Tens led by Juve City Conest Bane at their Ta ders Cha ple lodge on Sunday May 17. He urged advancing good, responsible men and women, noting the lodge as a leading Negro organization in the state and calling for a rioting department and a bank to aid youth.
The passage argues both races share opportunity and faces equal penalties for theft. It also praises Prof. C.C. Hubbard principal of Lincoln High School as a capable, hustling young Negro and Grand Secretary with strong educational ability.
Independence Missouri events mark the Oak Street M E Church anniversary led by Pastor Rev C A Johnses. Programs include praise meetings May 1 3 PM for surviving members Violet Turner and M F E Caldwell, May 19 8 20 PM with Rev Preston Overton and Rev Leras Woolrich, May 30 8 20 PM Prof A J Tompkins, May 31 3 PM Willing Workers Club meeting and May 31 8 20 PM Rev B D Dixon with various church leaders and programs across the week.
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