Georgetown, Kentucky - The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County (part 2 of 3)

A Noted Educator Dr. Arthur Yager

R. ARTHUR YAGER, Chairman of the Faculty of Georgetown College, was born in Henry county, Kentucky, October 29, 1858. lie received a common school education in the schools of Campbellsburg, the little town in which he was born, and came to Georgetown College at the age of sixteen. He graduated in 1879 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Following his graduation I)r. Yager taught for three years in the Preparatory Department of the College, and in 1882 went to John Hopkins University, where he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1884. On returning from the University, Dr. Yager was selected to fill the chair of History and Political Science, which was created just at this time. Dr. Yager has held this chair since that time. Dr. Yager, in 1892, married Miss Estill Lewis, of Fayette county. He has three children, two boys and a girl. Since his connection with Georgetown College Dr Yager has always taken an absorbing interest in the affairs of the institution and possesses the rare faculty of looking at college questions from the standpoint of the student, as well as the faculty. He has been a prime mover in everything that has been to the advantage of the College in the past twelve years, and a firm believer in having the boys cultivate body as well as mind. As Chairman of the Faculty I )r. Yeager was chosen Acting President, and has performed the duties of that position in a way that has proved eminently satisfactory to all concerned. He is a kindly, courteous gentleman, whom all connected with the institution sincerely admire.

Georgetown Female Seminary

Tbe Legislature passed an act in 1,835 incorporating the Georgetown Female Seminary. This inttitution was conducted for a number of years very successfully by Mrs. Thornton F. Johnson. The act and the names of tbe incorporators will be found on tbe following page.

Names Of The Trustees, Style Of Incorporation

Sec. i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky , That Job Stevenson, J, F. h ibinson, R. M. Fwing, J. Huraplit'eys, J. T. Johnson, M. F| iris, William McDaniel, M. V. Thompson, B. B. Ford, :n Smith, Henry Johnson, M. W. Dickey, A. Hooper, V'illiam Johnson, Willa Yiley, Henry Haun, Walter Birch, J tel Johnson, Hiram Stevenson and James Clark, shall be, id they are hereby consiitu ed a body politic and corpordesignated and to be known by the name of the Trusts of the Georgetown Female Academy, and by that name si ill have perpetual succession, and a common seal, with p : wer to alter or change the same at their pleasure.

The Academy To Be Located In Georgetown

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said Academy ill be located in the town of Georgetown, in Scott county, atid the trustees shall hold their sessions in the said town, tl ; first session to be held at such time and place as any tlj'ee of the said trustees may designate.

Trustees To Elect Their Officers, Agents, Etc

Sec. 3 Be it further enacted. That the said trustee;, or a Jnajority of. them, shall have power to elect a president of the said board, and such other officers as shall, in their opinion, be necessary or convenient to transact the business of the said body coiporate, and also an agent or agents to cc lect and obtain funds and donations for the benefit of the sajid Academy.

What Number To Constitute A Quorum, Etc

nsact any busines , and members shall be necesy to form a quorum, or to sell, alienate or convey any I estate, or rents of any real estate, the property of said :ly corporate.

Authorized To Purchase And Hold Lands, Etc

Sec. 4. Beit further enacted, Tnat the said trustees or thnir successors, by the name aforesaid, shall be capable, ai 1 they are hereby empowered in law to purchase, receive l hold to them and their successors, for the use and beneof the said Academy, any lands, tenements, rents, good?,

May Sue And Be Sued

Sec. 5. Be it further- enacted. That said trustees, by the name aforesaid, may sue and be sued, plead and be impl aided in any court of law or equity in this state, and they mr.y, from lime to time, make and establish such by-laws, ;s, regulations and ordinances, for the benefit and govmeni of their institution, or appertaining to the same, as they may deem necessary or expedient, but not contrary to conslituti m or laws of th:s commonwealth. And he id of till tees shall, by ballot, supply any vacancy, which f occur in their own body, or in that of the officers apnted by them, when by death, resignation or removal, vacancy shall happen.

May Elect Tutors, Professors, Etc

Sec. 6. Beit further enacted. That the faculty, tutors, ron, and all officers of the said academy, shall be elected he Board of Trustees, and shall be subject t) the rules,

, made and established by the said board, and shall cont i nKJi s in office during good behavio-. 1 he President ot the d of Trustees shall, at any time, have power to call a utin<r of said Trustees to toim a Loaid and when lested by the Principal or President of the faculty, or by three members of the board, it shall be his duty to call a inci ting, and on his refusal or neglect so to do. any three ijnbers of the board may call a meeting, which call shall mperative on all the members of the said board.

Funds Not To Be Loaned To Members Of Board

13EC. 7 Beit further enacted, That it is herebyex- ,ly provided that no portion of the funds, which may required by the said body corporate, by purchase, de- , legacy, gift or otherwise, nor any part of the profits "eeds or interest of the property, real or personal, which become the property of the said body corporate, for use and benefit of the said Academy, shall be loaned to member of the board, or in any manner, be so applied a interest individually in the fiscal concerns of the boaid member thereof. ' [Approved February 3, 1835.]

Bacon College Established In 183S

Colonel Thornton F. Johnson married Miss Margaret Fauntleroy, of Georgetown. He now has a son, Col. Billy Johnson, until recently a prominent man of Dallas, j Texas. He held several important offices in Dallas, but his age has told on him to such a great extent that he was compelled to retire from office. His eyesight has been failing him.

At the recent celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the union of Kentucky University and Transylvania, Lexington, Prof. A. R. Milligan, in an address setting forth a detailed history of the University from its inception as Bacon College, gave the following sketch of Colonel Johnson, which will doubtless be read with interest by his pupils of the Female College and Military Institute, who are living :

"In the October vacation of 1836 information | came to Professors Thornton F. Johnson, Samuel G. | Mullins and a third, who was doubtless Dr. Samuel f Hatch, that their acceptance of the plea which Alex- | ander Campbell was then making for the restoration | of primitive Christianity on the basis of the Bible as f: the only rule of faith and practice was to cost them 1 their places in Georgetown College. The three pro- f -fessors anticipated dismissal by resignation."

"Meanwhile Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson, the real founder of Bacon College, had passed from its faculty j into its board. Born in Orange county, Virginia, j May 26, 1805, and reared there in a family whose near J connection included eminent men, he was in 1823 ad- i mitted a cadet of West Point, where he remained jl until 1827. Coming to Kentucky in 1829, he became a charter member of the Christian congregation at Georgetown, and was professor of mathematics and civil engineering in Georgetown College until the establishment of Bacon College.

Prof. Johnson bought a large brick dwelling which stood, until its destruction by fire on December 21, 1885, on the South side of Clinton street, opposite the lot that is between the rear portions of the grounds on which the Baptist and Christian churches now stand. This house stood on the ground on which the house owned by Gleason Bros, now stands, and was owped by the late 'Squire Lemdn at the time it , was burned.

In 1837 he carried out his earlier intention of establishing a female seminary in Georgetown. To this successful undertaking he added another when in 1847 he opened the Western Military Institute. In the autumn of 1849 Col. Johnson removed his Mili- : tary Institute to Blue Lick Springs, and the next spring his Female Collegiate Institute to Millersburg. The seminary he abandoned when in March j of 1851 he again moved the Military Institute, in ; whose corps of instructors were James G. Blaine, ' Bushrod Johnson and Robert Dale Owen, to Drennon Springs, in the county of Henry, whereon the fourth day of the following October Col. Johnson died in the forty-seventh year of his age. His remains rest in the Georgetown cemetery beneath a marble monument which commands the town of whose educational history he was an important part.

The Western Military Institute was founded by Col. Thornton F. Johnson. Its first session was held in the fall of 1846 or spring of 1847, in the house on North Hamilton street now occupied by George W. Fitzgerald as a residence. From this place the Institute was shortly afterward moved to what was then known as the Warren place, being a large plot of ground with a handsome residence in its center, and bounded on the north by Main street, on the west by Military street, on the south by a dirt road, now Jackson street, and on the east by Maddox street and the property upon which ~ an old log house now stands, then owned by Mr. Eastham. This property was well adapted to the purposes of the Institute by reason of its ample parade and drill grounds.

The above is a likeness of the Western Military Institute and ground. Part of this house was frame, which has since been moved away. The old mound still stands in the center, on which stood the flag -staff. It is now owned by Mrs. Risk.

Western Military Institute

doubt, by the Institute's lack of endowment, and being compelled to make some move which would be for the best interest of the Institution, and having received some encouragement from outsiders to that end, moved the Institute to Dremon, Ky. Unfortunately there Col. Johnson became involved in a difficulty in which he lost his life. His body was brought back to Georgetown and buried with military honors by his cadets in the old grave yard.

Col. Johnson was a great educator. He had a great love for the Western Military Institute and he had also been successful, several years before the Institute was founded, in building of a Female Seminary, which occupied what is now known as the Moore House, and the ground upon which the Presbyterian church stands. This Seminary fell with the Western Military Institute. This Ssminary was taught by his wife, Mrs. Thornton Johnson.

The distinguished lawyer and statesman, and the nominee of the Republican party for President of the United States in 188a, who was defeated by Grover Cleveland, the Democratic nominee, was a tutor in the Western Military Institute.

It was about 1848 or 1849 that Hon. James G. Blaine, then a tutor in the Institute, and quite a young man, fell in love with and married Miss Stanwood, a teacher in the Seminary. My recollection

Lecturing His Class On Electricity

It was from Col. Johnson I first heard about the telegraph. He was in his office lecturing his class upon electricity and he spoke about putting up poles, stringing wires upon them and then by means of electricity, sending messages great distances over the wires. It seemed at the time somewhat mythical.

The Cadets Took Part A Great Loss To Georgetown

The loss of the two Institutes was quite a loss to Georgetown. I have heard old people say that Col. Johnson founded Bacon College in Georgetown, which was afterward moved to Harrodsburg in 1839, and moved to Lexington and incorporated into the Kentucky University.

The Drum Corps

One of the interesting features with the boys of jj the Military Institute was the drum corps. The fifer was a noted character, Uncle Jack Luke by name, whom they thought to be about the best fifer in the world. Another noted character, Uncle Tom Lloyd, held forth on the little drum, and he was a wonder, only excelled by his brother, Littleton. John Luke, a son of Uncle Jack, beat the bass drum, and the boys felt proud when marching down Main street lead by this corps. Uncle Jack Luke, when not in service, almost always had a bundle of hickory walking sticks for sale, which he had cut and made on Eagle. JAS. Y. KELLY.

Some Of The Pupils

Some of those who attended Mrs. Thornton John- : son's Academy were : Mrs. M. P. Sinclair, Mrs. John Duncan, Mrs. S. E. Barlow, Mrs. T. Y. Lyon, Mrs. Henrietta Williams.

The Cadets

Only two of the cadets that attended the Western Military Institute can be found, and these are Judge Jas. Y. Kelly and John Will West. w _i

The Corps Instructors The Teachers Of The Female Seminary

As a great number of people have often asked and are anxious to know the names of the teachers of the Female Seminary employed by Mrs. Johnson, every effort has been made to secure them, but not until the above was put in type and printed. Mrs. Sallie Barlow, who attended the school, gave us the names.

! The teachers were Caroline, Sarah and Harriett Stanwood, three sisters. The last named became the wife of James G. Blaine. It was through James G. Blaine that E. C. Barlow, "Pappy Cal," received the appointment of Postmaster of Georgetown.

Established In 1846 By Prof. J. E. Farnham

tIN 1846 Dr. J. E. Farnham, Professor of Natural Science in Georgetown College, organized the Female Seminary, which from 1846 to the time it burned in 1865, was one of the most noted institutions of learning for young ladies in the South. The late Dr. Gano in his sketch of Georgetown, written and published in 1882, says : "It was first located in the corner building known as the Georgetown Hotel. He had able and accomplished assistants as teachers. In 1847 he erected a large and commodious building in the southeastern part of the town on Hamilton street, on the grounds now occupied by Prof. Arthur Yeager's residence. It was conveniently arranged, and contained from thirty-five to forty rooms, and was capable of accommodating one hundred pupils; it cost $25,000. It was conducted with great success for twenty years, drawing large numbers of pupils from the South and West, besides a very liberal patronage in the neighboring counties. No female school in the West enjoyed a higher reputation, or offered better facilities for acquiring an education of a high grade. It was burned down in 1865, and Prof. Farnham disposed of the property to Col. Rhodes Estill. After the destruction by fire of the seminary building in 1865, that had been successfully conducted by Prof. Farnham for twenty years, a temporary management was made for Prof. J. J. Rucker to take charge of a female school on his own property."

Prof. Farnham as a female seminary was burned. Prof. Rucker came to his rescue, appropriating bis own private property until better premises could be obtained. Perceiving that be had undertaken too much by assuming the additional duties as Principal of the Seminary be sold the property and school to Prof. J. B. Thorp, who continued its management for two years. Prof. Rucker in the fall of 1869 again became the Principal of the Female Seminary. The seminary is now' used for sleeping quarters for the students. On September 10, 1866, he was married to Miss Mary M. Allison, of Bourbon county. Mrs. Rucker died in 1884 and left three children to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, who are as follows : Mrs. L. L. Bristow, Messrs. Eugene and Benjamin L. Rucker. In 1886 Prof. Rucker married Mrs. Bettie Higgins (nee Miss Bettie Porter), a sister of Mrs. G. H. Nunnelley, and they now reside in a beautiful home on South Broadway.

ROF. JAMES JEFFERSON RUCKER was 11^ born January 27th, 1828, in Randolph county, BIV Mo. He entered Georgetown College in the "i" spring of 1852. Here he remained a student, teaching at intervals a school in Bonrbon county, until June, 1854, when with the honors of bis class he graduated as an A. B. In the fall of 1855 he entered upon the discharge of bis duties as Principal in the Academy of Georgetown College. On the 21st of November, 1855, he was temporarily appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the Chair of Mathematics for Georgetown College. The Board of 'trustees met the following June and elected him permanently to ths office, which he filled until 1893, when the college became a oo-educotional institution for young men and women. In 1865 the building OcciTptedTy

The Rucker Seminary After The Fire In 1869

In 1869 anew seminary building Was constructed on the grounds of the college, adjoining the President's house, and owned by the college. Prof. Rucker had charge of the same and continued to conduct it until Georgetown College became a co-educational institution for young women and men.

By Whom The Following Card Was Issued In 1875

Ji for the Seminary, I have not changed my .views as to " the superior methods of instructing the young, nor do I expect to abate my efforts to secure the services of such a teacher. That department will be opened next Monday, under the supervision of Miss Lulu Manly, who will devote all her talent, energy and tact, with such facilities as I can place in her hands, to make it as near a success as possible without special training for that kind of work.

Between 1870 and 1897 this institution, like the College, flourished like a green bay tree. The school term closed in June and the commencement week was looked forward to with great eagerness by the people. It was the week for June roses and sweet girl graduates. The closing exercises were lirst held in a large tent pitched on the College campus.

On Monday night, June 6th, 1874, the Euepian Society of the Seminary was holding its anniversary, when a high wind came up and blew the tent down. The tent was crowded, but no one was injured. Below will be found an interesting comment on the "Literary Leaf," read by Misses Summers and Rankins, and signed ''Aliuuis:"

"Oilier hands will probably record the doings of commencement week - the hot days, the merry crowds, the speeches by the boys,' the excellent addresses delivered to them, the procession, the graduates, the wind that prostrated the big tent in the night, so as to prevent its use, and shut us up in the narrow limits of the church with all the events of the grand occasion which crowds and illuminates Georgetown once a year- But 1 am going to appoint myself chronicler of the brightest and prettiest part of the entertainment - I mean the exercises conducted by the young ladies of Prof. Rucker's Female Seminary, 'The Literary Leaf,' read by Misses Summers and Mai Rankins, was charming, as it always is ; while the music interspersed did not merely furnish a sort of rest, as is often the case, in which the attention might be diverted, but presented new attractions, riveting the attention afresh and pleasing the ear. Miss Tucker's 'Laughing Song' especially delighted everybody. She laughed in all the keys, and with all the variations possible. It was laughing in trills, in runs, in pearly showers; it was in time and measure, yet it seemed to be as graceful and natural, as if she just wanted to laugh right then "

After the tent was blown down the exercises were held in the Baptist church until the completion of the Court House in 1878. Then they were held in the Circuit Court room until the new College building was completed in 1894, where they have been hehLsince. The interest has abated wonderfully with the country people since the change from the Court House to the College. During commencement week the stables could not accommodate the rigs and horses. The old hitch rack that stood in front of the Court House was lined from one end to the other with horses. Standing room was at a premium in the Court room when the exercises were held. The exercises are now* attended by twice the number of people and greater interest manifested than ever before, but the country people do not attend in as great numbers.

The following is a copy of the paper furnished by Dr. S. F. Gano, at the laying of the corner-stone of the new College building: "The first church and school house was built in Georgetown by the traveling Baptist church from Virginia, led by Elijah Craig and two brothers, more than one hundred years ago. They settled on the Big Spring branch. A school house was built back of where Roland's shop now-stands, and the church on the grounds now occupied by tire Christian church- The first Baptist preacher in Georgetown was Joel Biggs- The second Baptist church was built where the First Colored Baptist church now' stands. It was built by Baptists of Georgetown and surrounding county."

STI-IE City Schools are in keeping with the other educational advantages of the place. There is at present an enrollment of 430 children in the white school. They are divided into ten grades and are instructed in the various branches of a common school education bv capable and efficient teachers. The two upper grades in the school are High School grades and here the pupils are prepared to enter the Freshman class at College. During these two years they finish algebra and arithmetic and plane geometry, and are given instruction in book-keeping, physical geography and other kindred branches. They finish Caesar, reading the Gradatim and are instructed in Latin grammar. R. L. Garrison, the father of the graded school system in Georgetown, is the Principal of the School. He is a native of Boone county, being born there November 24th, 1846. His parents moved to Owen county when lie was three years old and he obtained his early education in the country schools. ITe came to Georgetown when a young man and entered the College. He was in attendance at that institution for nearly four years, leaving college in his senior year in order to accept the position of Principal of the City School. He began teach in g.'in an old dwelling where there were two rooms given up to the school. Lie had one assistant and there were sixty children in attendance. The present school building is situated in the northern part of the city and is located on the same lot on which the old building stood. It originally cost $6,000, but since its erection in 1882 that sum has been expended upon it in additions and improvements. It is well furnished, containing eight rooms- An adition of two rooms is being made for the primary department.

Historic Oardom Now A Convent

HE beautiful place known as Cardome, tlie home of / I the late Gov. James Robinson, ana 'nowlused by the Sisters as a convent, was built by Col. Benjamin Chambers, who was elected in 1817 as Clerk of Scott and after serving two terms, being defeated for the third term by Col- John T. Johnson, was.appointed a Notary Public by Gcv- John Adair in 1823. Pie was the father of Mrs- Annie Chambers Ketchum, who became noted as a poet. A likeness of her and also one of her productions, "Semper Fidelis," will be seen elsewhere. Below will be found, two orders of the Scott County Court :

At a session of the County Court in 1817 the following order was made : "B. S. Chambers, Clerk of this Court and of Scott Circuit Court, produced the amount of money received by him for taxes on deeds, writs and seal as follows and was sworn to this agreement to law, which is ordered to be certified to the Auditor of Public Accounts. B. S- Chambers added to committee heretofore to settle with the Sheriff "

At a session of the County Court in 1823 the following order was made: "B. S. Chambers this day produced in Court a certificate from the Governor as Notary Public in and for Scott county and took the oath required by law and with Elijah Hawkins, his security, entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of $1,500. conditioned according to law'."

In a pamphlet issued by the Sisters in 1900 styled the "Silver Jubilee," the following appeared : "In the year 1821, the corner stone of Cardome was laid by the gentle hands of Mrs. B. S. Chambers, whose husband, Major Benjamin Stuart Chambers, had been an officer in the war of 1812. When the house was finished, Major Chambers mounted the scaffolding and laid the last brick on the tallest chimney, repeating the prayer he had offered when the corner stone was laid, and and naming the estate "Acacia Grove." When Governor Robinson purchased the place he named it Cardome ( Cara domus) and the present owners have not altered that title. On September 7th, 189G, the Sisters of the Visitation purchased the place from the heirs of Mrs- Carrie Robinson.

Historical Cardome

A graduate, Miss Anna C. Minogue, of Cardome, has this to say: "Cardome! It is a name to conjure witli in Kentucky. So long ago that it has grown faint in the memory of the not 'sad historian of the pensive plain,' the foundation of this house, destined to withstand the ordeal of time and change, was laid. It saw the forests fall and the Elkhorn creep under strongly built bridges and past fields of grain. It saw the rudely constructed, primitive houses of Georgetown give place to modern, handsome structures and grow from a straggling village to a prosperous city. It saw the first railroad and telegraph that brought this portion of the Bluegrass country into direct and immediate connection with the great commercial centers. It saw political upheavals, national expansion, government division and reunion. Wars with foreign foes, civil conflict, religious strife, birth and death of parties, intellectual and commercial progress, and all the great changes that three-quarters of a century ring in on the world. Cardome has witnessed since the wife of asoldierof the war of 1812 laid its foundation stone. It knew three masters until its purchase by the late Governor Robinson, from whom it received the endearing title 'Cara Domus.' With him for its head, it became famous as one of the great social centres of the State. The nation's most honered guests, visiting Kentucky, were entertained here, as were the nation's own great men. Here Southern wealth and intellect, youth and beauty, congregated to partake of the pleasures of social intercourse ; then followed a great change. The world of fashion and society was banished and prayer and education took up their abode in Cardome when the holy and learned daughters of St. Francis de Sales removed hither their convent and academy from White Sulphur. "ANNA C. MINOGUE."

Mount Admirabilis

HE school now located at Cardome was founded in 1875 White Sulphur. Few of the educational institutions of our country have more interesting settings, historically considered, than did our ''Mount Admirabilis." White Sulphur is inseparably associated with the history of the church in Kentucky ; and it likewise represents a page ot the State's social life. Pupils of "Mount Admirabilis" will remember the old Sulphur Spring in the narrow dell just beyond the convent grounds, and the pile of stones on the hill above, the ruins of the hotel built for the accommodation of guests when the White Sulphur Springs of Scott county annually drew large crowds to their healthful retreats.

It was at White Sulphur that one of the first churches in Kentucky was built. For a number of years the little 1 oer structure did service ; but increasing member-hip and prosperity enabled the congregation, in 1815 to build a new, more substantial and appropriate house of worship, which was placed under the patronage of St. Pius. Thirtyeight years afterwards the Covington Diocese was erected, with the Rt. Rev. G. A. Carrel as first bishop. The retirement found at White Sulphur was congenial to the scholarly prelate, and here much of his time was spent. He built an episcopal residence near the church and opened a school for boys. The instisution prospered until the breaking out of the war for Southern independence, when the students laid down their books to take up arms for the South and her cause, or against it. An asylum for orphan boys succeeded the college, but this, too, failed, and in 1875 the Sisters of

For twenty-one years the Sisters lived at White Sulphur, a distance of nine miles from Georgetown, but realizing the importance of being nearer the city they purchased the beautiful estate of the late Governor Robinson, and there established their school on a new basis. Our of the twentyone Sisters there when this school was founded only four are left.

Cardome, too, is historic. Under the title of Acacia Grove, it became, in 1821, the home of* Major Benjamin Stuart Chambers, who had been an officer in the war of l8l2- In the ante helium days the house was the home of hospitalisy. Here the elite of the South assembled. Here La Fayette and Webster and Clay, with many other distinguished guests, were entertained. When Governor Robinson purchased the place he named it Cardome. - Catalogue.

Academy Of The Visitation

CARDOME, one mile from town, is one of the most beautiful spots in the '' Blue Grass Region." Formerly the residence of Governor Robinson, it is now' the home of the Sisters of the Visitation, who, in 1895 m ved their school from White Sulphur to its present commanding site. Here, surrounded by eighty-seven acres of cultivated land, large buildings have been erected. The original dwelling house, almost hidden by modern structures, is still in excellent preservation and serves for music rooms and other offices. The dormitory building, contain- ing dormitories, study hall, play room, etc., is unpretentious in style, but is commodious, well lighted, well ventilated and comfortable The latest addition to the group of buildings is, in every respect, the main feature of the establish ment. Its architectural merits are of a high order. A beautiful Romanesque chapel occupies the central portion of this building, and there are also parlors, library, studio, class rooms, refectories, and an entire wing for the Sisters' apartments.

Valedictory Read By

Miss Proctor is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Proctor, of Lexington, formerly of Georgetown, and was a graduate at Cardome in the class of 1905. She is a granddaughter of the late Mrs. Mary Agnes Gaines.

In a spirit of sheer joyance, madly uttering their shrill cry. All the sleeping earth awakens and the forests seem to ring With a welcome to these favorites, fair, bright harbingers of spring.

In their love of lofty soaring they disdain to touch our earth Save for shelter or in danger, loath to interrupt their mirth. And they fare on swarming midges as they ply the perfumed breeze

A Graduate Of 1904

Till they chase each other wildly to their cabins for the night. But at last their merry labors and their frolics wild must end, For the early frosts of winter bid them seek a distant land. Tho' 'tis not without reluctance, yet with courage they embark

On their long and perilous journey. How fearlessly they start Over forest, held and hamlet,, over crowded cities, where Untold grief and sore temptation, sorrow, pain and wearying care

Gnaw like cankers at the restless, ever turbid aching breast Ofsinfulman, Yet onward, onward, never heeding his unrest, Each bright day's succeeding darkness and each night's returning day

Lofty thoughts and high ideals of the beautiful and good. Which alone can lead us onward to a noble womanhood- In this lofty sphere of learning, far above the luring charm Of all worldly foils and fashions, we have found those friendships warm,

But we bear with us a treasure, as we brave the ocean's crest; 'Tis the love, the gentle guidance of a mother's tender breast. She will guide us far above the taint of fashion, sin and woe; Teach us that terrestrial sufferings, borne in peace, sweet peace bestow.

A Kentucky Celebrity

Who claims her father, Major Benjamin Stuart Chambers,1 erected Cardome. She was a great poetess, as some old newspaper clippings say of her:

"Mrs. Annie Chambers Ketchum, the justly celebrated poetess and authoress, long a resident of Memphis, Tenn., but a native Kentuckian, is now on a visit among her relatives at Lexington. Mrs. Ketchum's genius as a poetess is second to that of but few Americans, living or dead. The Lexington Press says : 'Mrs. Ketchum comes rightfully by her genius. .1 udge Bradford, her grandfather, established the old Kentucky Gazette in this city, the first paper published west of the Alleglianies; and was not only a writer of finished elegance, but a jurist of unbending integrity. Mr- Chambers, her father, was a barrister of brilliant oratorical powers, whose Lively wit and eloquence made him alike the favorite of the forum and the drawing room. MrS. Ketchum s Christmas ballad. 'Benny,' which has become a household song in all lands. alone, would immortalize hey, but her later poems bear evidence that she has been an earnest and enthusiastic student. '-Semper Fidelis.'hn the October number of Harper's Magazine, is pronounced one of the most finished productions of American literature as yet, and 'Dolores,' 'Waiting,' and 'AmabareMe,' are genisbf the finest'type-"" .. , - '

In 1875 My?. Ketchum announced that, she,would spend the coming winter of that year in Paris, France, in the pursuit of her literary .labors. .. , . ,

The Poet

While Kentucky is noted for fast horses, beautiful women, good whiskey, soldiers, statesmen and orators let us not forget our great poets, among whom was Henry T. Stanton and last but not least Mrs. Annie Chambers Ketchum of Scott County. Mr. Collins gives a brief sketch of her, and the old Lexington Press published her poem in full which will be seen below.

Was born in Scott county, Kentucky, near Georgetown, about 1830; her father, Benj. S. Chambers, a lawyer of brilliant oratorical powers and lively wit; her mother a daughter of one of the brothers Bradford, whose enterprise and public spirit, when other efforts failed, established the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies, the Kentucky Gazette, at Lexington, Ky., in August, 1787. Her educational advantages were of the very best. She was twice married; about 1844, to William Bradford, and about 1859, to Leo Ketchum, of Tennessee, who gave his life to the "Lost Cause" on the fatal field of Shiloh.

Of her genius as a poet, the Lexington Press says : "Mrs. Ketchum's Christmas ballad "Benny" has become a household song in all lands, and alone would immortalize her ; but her later poems bear evidence that she has been an earnest and enthusiastic student. "Semper Fidelis," in the October number (1873) of Harper's Magazine, is pronounced one of the most finished productions of American literature; and "Dolores," "Waiting," and "AmabereMe," are gems of the finest type." A volume of her poems is passing through the press at New York (April, 1874).

Semper Fidelis By Annie Chambers Ketchum

She stands alone on the rose-wreathed porch, Gazing with star-like eyes On the white moon lighting a silver torch In the glowing western skies,

What though he urged that the demon Pride And the tryants Chance and Youth Forge chains that forever should be defied For the deathless spirits ruth ;

Shine on her softly as she stands To catch the signal light From a father, who waits beside the sands To see o'er the waters bright A ship sail in from the classic lands With a gallant child to-night.

* The familiar name - derived by the Spaniards from the Indians - for the beautiful lotus flower that adorn the lakes and lagoons in all tropical countries of the Western world.

Georgetown City School

IN attempting to give a historical sketch of public education in Georgetown, there is no data of any value prior to the year 1879. In this year the first printed report was published and a complete file lias been preserved since that date. From these records the following facts have heed obtained. The catalogue in 1879 shows that 113 pupils were enrolled and taught by the Principal and one assistant teacher. At. this date - the school was being taught in an old brick residence situated on the same lot now occupied by the new building. In the fall of 1881 the construction of a . new building, costing $6,000, was begun, and was first occupied by the school in January, 1882. The new structure. consisted of four rooms and two halls. Since this date five new school rooms have been added and a large auditorium sufficient to seat the entire school.

At the present date there are 430 pupils attending the school, taught by thirteen teachers, two of whom are special teachers of vocal music and drawing.

The course of study and discipline will compare favorably with any school in Central Kentucky, Boys and girls are prepared for college. Every year the graduates enter Georgetown College, the State College and the Kentucky University. These institutions of learning have granted to the City School free scholarships. Georgetown was one of the first cities in the State to organize a graded system of schools. The various School Boards of the city have sustained our public school system loyally. In the growth of the school from 1879 to 1905 new teachers have been added whenever the crowded condition of the schools demanded it.

During the past thirty years the following teachers have been elected to fill various departments : R. L. Garrison, Principal ; Geo. H. Craft, E. P. Halley, Jr., R. E. Warren, Graham Kemper, Assistant Principals. Grade Teachers - Mrs. R. L. Garrison, Emma Jenkins, Laura Hamilton, Bettie S. Bradley, Emma T. Gasner, Johanna Mahoney, Lillian Griffith, Nora Lee Chapman, Anna C. Glenn, Ella Sinclair, Dora Macey, Lizzie Viley, Jean Holloway, Mrs. Kate Bristow, S. L. Hockenberry, Allen Kimbrough, Jennie Quinn, Mattie Hickey, Carrie Rogers, Jessie Moore, June Dudley, Bessie Goodnight, Kate Plummer, Willie Anderson, Mary Bradley, Denis Pullen, Miranda Burgess and Mrs. V. AV. Dorriss. During the period of time from 1879 to 1905 there have been but five School Board Presidents: Noah Spears, Dr. J. A. Hamilton, S. M. Davis, Thus. S. Gaines and John S. Gaines.

The Colored School

GEORGETOWN has an excellent graded school for the colored children. The present building is situated near the Midland depot and © @ first consisted of but four rooms, when it was @ originally built in 1894. Since then, however, four additional rooms have been added. The building cost about $6,000. There is a daily attendance of 365 children. These are taught in nine grades, tlieupper or ninth grade being a normal grade in which the higher branches are taught and instruction is given in psychology, theory and practice of teaching, and other normal studies. School lasts throughout the day, there being a morning and afternoon session. This is done in order that more time may be devoted to instruction in each of the classes. The school is in charge of Prof. Charles Steele, who has been teaching in the public schools here since their establishment. He was born in Huntsville, Ala., in 1854, but was reared in Ohio, and obtained his early education in the Cincinnati and Portsmouth schools and graduated at the Portsmouth High School.

He came to Georgetown in 1873, and for two years taught what was known as the Boston School. He was then appointed principal of schools, and has taught since that time. When he began his instruction, he was the sole teacher and the instruction was given in a little upstairs room in an old building still standing near the present site of the white school. The school has since grown to such proportions that there are now eight teachers and classes of from ten to twelve are graduated each year.

The closing exercises of the school are held annually in the month of June in the Circuit Court room of the Court House. The pupils form a line at the school building, headed by a band, and march down the streets two abreast. The room is crowded to its utmost capacity.

The School Board meets the first Thursday night in each month. The Board of 1905 was composed of John Gaines, T. K. Shuff, Geo. Hambrick, J. E. Faulkner, J. S. Wilmot, John A. Herring, R. H. Anderson ; 1906 - R. H. Anderson, W. D. Scott, T. K. Shuff, W. S. Mefford, J. W. Traylor, Jno. S. Montgomery, J. W. Chowning.

Prof. Chas. Steele

prominently connected with the educational work of Kentucky as a teacher. And such has been his work during his long tenure of service in one locality, unprecedented, it is believed in the state, that one may say that, in a sense, he is a part of the system, - especially that part of it that touches Georgetown and Scott county.

He has "held to the horns of the altar" in one place for 3*2 years - but those who know something of the strenuosity and uncertainty of the teacher's life and are acquainted with the methods of school trustees, will marvel how the deed is done."

It was through his efforts this school has steadily grown in size and in effectiveness of work done, until now, housed in a beautiful modern brick building of eight rooms and a principal's office, eight regular teachers, and a special teacher in drawing are employed on a course that extends through the second year high school. Besides, the school has a splendid library of more than 800 volumes, embracing standard works in history, fiction, travel, and works of reference, all of which may be credited to his energy and enterprise.

The school has graduated 112 young people since 1880, nearly all of whom are creditably and profitably filling positions as teachers, lawyers, doctors, preachers, and skilled artisans of different kinds."

HE following sketch of Prof. Chas. Steele, ilL principal of the Georgetown Colored School appeared in the Southern Teachers Advocate published in Lexington:

To confess, not to know "Charley" Steele, the veteran school-master of Scott, is to confess, one's self not known. For, since 1873, when he taught his first school at Great Crossings, Scott county, np until the present time, he has been intimately and

The Negro Race Rather Play Base Ball Than Work

ASE BALL is more popular with the gentlemen 4|n of leisure than any other field sport. Their %{* suits are always "flashy" and the games are usually attended by great crowds. The games pass off quietly and pleasantly, and are interesting until the Georgetonians cross bats with the Bostonians. Then things are as lively as a Republican convention being held to select a ticket for city officers. Boston is a negro settlement just outside the city limits and "the boys" out there rule the roost in everything from sport to politics. A good illustration of a game of base hall between the Georgetonians and the Bostonians at a time when the game became interesting can be seen below :

The Umpire A Bostonian

There is no race of people who try to imitate another race more than the negro. The heighth of their ambition is to ape the white people, more especially in the way of dress, but after all a host of negroes deserve a great credit. Many of them have worked for three dollars a week, raised a family and bought homes. A good negro is entitled to more respect than a mean white man.

With nice churches and good schools and many other advantages could the negro of the present be compared with the slave of the past? Is he as comfortable? Is he as honest? Does he receive the same respect? And does he live as long? Not much.

At the close of the war the negroes became very much enthused over religion. Protracted meetings were constantly being held and from one to two baptizings were on for every Sunday. They lost no time in erecting churches. On Sunday, March 14th . 1869, over 117 negroes were baptized in Georgetown as members of the First Colored Baptist church.

Georgetown is peculiarly a religious town and has within its limits a number of churches. With its population of 4,800 there are a total of ten churches, seven white and three colored.

The Baptist Oh U Roh

The church was organized in 1811. just 94 years ago. with twelve members, who were as follows : John Hawkins, John Thompson and wife, William Hewitt and wife, James Betts, James Chalk and wife, William Hutchings and wife; John Thompson, clerk; William Hewitt and James Betts, deacons. Mrs. Alice Betts was the first person united to the church by baptism, in 1811. At the beginning monthly meetings were held in the old Court House. In 1811 a brick house of worship was erected in the north end of town, on the site of the present colored Baptist church, and was occupied until 1842. when the presnt church was finished. The building was commenced in 1841, and on the 23d day of June, 1842, just 63 years ago, it was dedicated. From the organization of the church until the new house of worship was erected the following ministers did pastoral duty in the order named, covering a period of thirty years : George Buggs, Theodoric Boulware, Samuel Trott, Philip Fall and Wm. Spencer jointly, Jacob Creth, Sr., Jacob Creth, Jr., Wm, C. Buck, John Bryce, Addison N. Lewis (J, S- Bacon and B. F. Farnsworth as supplies), James D. Black- In the first year of the meeting of Rev- Buck (by the way, one of the most eloquent ministers of his, time) one hundred members were added to the church.

The following notice appeared in the Telegraph, a newspaper published in Georgetown in 1811: "At a meeting of the Commissioners in Georgetown, on Saturday, February 9, 1812, for the purposeof carrying into effect the building of a meeting house in said town, upon examining the amount of subscription papers, find that upward of $1,000 is already subscribed. All good citizens, who feel themselves interested in the accomplishment of this laudable undertaking, are again called on for their assistance. "M. HAWKINS, Clerk."

As stated, the new church was commenced in 1841, at which time Rev. Howard Malcomb was President of the College- He and the young ministerial students at the College helped dig the foundation and grade the lot, the latter possessing limited means giving their labor in place of money. Mr. Malcomb was the first pastor of the new church. In 1842 he was succeeded by Rev- George Sedgwick. Rev. D. R. Campbell, then President of the College, served as pastor from 1846 to 1850. and under his ministry occurred a revival that perhaps did more to build up the church than any other in its history.

The present church, situated at the corner of South Hamilton and College streets, was erected in 1891-92, at a cost of $20,000. The work of tearing down the old church began June 22d, 1891. The first services were held in the Sunday School room on January 22d, 1892. It has a seating capacity of 700 and is provided with library and baptistry- The main tower is 100 feet high, the second tower 60 feet. It is built of pressed brick, with stone and galvanized iron trimmings. It has a slate roof and is certainly an ornament to the city. A parsonage has recently been erected at a cost of $5,000.

From 1850 to 1852 Rev, J. L. Reynolds (also President of the College) was the pastor. Rev- J. M. Frost, Sr., next served as pastor for one year, but on account of failing health was compelled to retire from pastoral duties. Rev. S. W. Lynd was the next pastor for three years and was succeeded by Rev- A. W. Larue for the same length of time. In 1859 Rev. T. J. Stevenson was chosen pastor and served until 1865, through the stormy period of the Civil War. Rev. A. C. Graves and Rev. Cad Lewis then served the church as supplies for a short period each. Rev. Dr. Crawford was the next pastor and was President of the College at the same time, and was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Tharp. Rev. Henry McDonald was the next pastor from 1869 to 1876 and he was succeeded by Rev R. M. Dudley from 1877 to 1879, Rev. G. C- Skillman then served from 1879 to 1883, and he was succeeded by Rev- W. J. B. Cox, who after a service of four years resigned, and was succeeded by Rev. Z. T. Cody, who resigned in 1901.

A Pioneer Minister

John Gano settled in Kentucky in 1788. He was one of the most eminent ministers in his day. He was a native of New Jersey. He spent many years as an itinerant, traveling over the United States from New England to Georgia. He was pastor for about twenty-five years in the city of New York and his labors were greatly blessed. During the Revolutionary War he was chaplain to the army and by his counsels and prayers greatly encouraged the American soldiery in those times of peril which tried men's souls.

Many interesting anecdotes are related of him. several of which we will quote from Benedict, One morning, while in the army and on his way to pray with the regiment, he passed by a group of officers, one of whom (who had his back toward him) was uttering his profane expressions in a most rapid manner. The officers, one after another, gave him the usual salutation. "Good morning, Doctor," said the swearing Lieutenant. ''Good morning, sir." replied the chaplain, "you pray early this morning." "I beg pardon, sir." "0, 1 cannot pardon you ; carry your case to your God." soon afterwards convinced that the task belonged to him and took up the ax to perform it. Before, however, he had commenced Mr. Gano stepped up and asked for the ax. "0, no," said the soldier, "the chaplain shan't cut wood." "Yes," replied Mr. Gano, "I must." "But why?" asked the soldier. "The reason is," answered Mr- Gano, "I just heard you say

While he resided in New York he was introduced to a young lady as the daughter of a very prominent citizen. "Ah!" replied he, "and 1 can tell a good match for her, and he is an only son.'' The young lady understood his meaning. She was, not long after, united to the son, and: has, for about forty years, been an ornament to his cause-

Edward Bagby Pollard is a native of Virginia. Pie was' educated first in the public schools of Baltimore, Md.,to which place his parents had removed. On his return to Virginia he entered Richmond College, where he graduated a B. A. in 1884, and M A. in 1886. After teaching a year in Virginia he entered the Southern Baptist Theolo-gical Seminary in Louisville, from which he graduated in 1890. For three years lie did graduate work in Yale University and won the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. While in New edwahd bagby pollard. Haven, Conn., lie became pastor of the Howard Avenue Baptist Church. From New Haven he was called to the First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Va., where he remained three years. After a short course of study in Berlin Universityy, Germany, Dr. Pollard became Professor of Biblical Literature and Semitic Languages in the Columbian - now Washington - University, Washington, D- C., where he remained six years. From Washington he removed to Georgetown in 1902, as pastor of the Baptist Church. He also holds the chair of Biblical Literature in Georgetown College- In 1895 he was marrird to Miss Emily Mason, of Washington, daughter of the distinguished ethnologist, Prof. Otis T- Mason, of the United States National Museum. In 1901 Richmond (Va.) College conferred upon him the degree of Doctorof Divinity. Dr. Pollard has been a frequent contributor to theological journals and the religious press.

By Rev. J. L. Waller

HE Baptists were the pioneers of religion in Kentucky. £ I They came with the earliest permament settlers. The Rev. JohnL. Waller prepared thefollowing historical sketch of the Baptist church in 1847, which appeared in Collins' History of Kentucky, and of which we reproduce a portion, which is as follows : ''In 1875 three associations were organized, viz: The Elkhorn, comprising all the Baptist churches then north of the Kentucky and Dix rivers; the Balem, comprising all the churches of that order south of those rivers, and the South Kentucky, comprising all the Separate Baptist churches in the State."

"Th revival of 1801 had the happy effect to bring about a union between the Regular and Separate Baptists. These distinctive names were imported from Virginia and mean the same as those of Particular and General Baptists in England - the former meaning those who hold to Calvinistic and the latter those holding American sentiments. Several unsuccessful efforts had been made to effect a union between the Regular and Separate Baptists in Kentucky; but the 'Great Revival' removed all obstacles. Melted into love by its influences these kindred parties then mingled into one- In 1801 terms of union previously agreed upon by a committee appointed for the purpose were ratified by the two parties in their respective associations. The names Regular and Separate were to be laid aside, aud that of the United Baptists used in their stead. Thus was consummated the 'General Union.'"

''About 1804 Carter Tarrant, Daniel Barrow, John Sutton, Donald Holmes, Jacob Gregg, George Smith and other members of less note, with many of their members, declared for the abolition of slavery, alleging that no fellowship should be extended to slaveholders, as slavery, in every branch of it, both in principle and practice, was a sinful and abominable system fraught with peculiar evils and miseries, which every good man ought to abandon and bear testimony against."

"In 1809 a respectable and highly influential portion of the members and churches of the Elkhorn Association withdrew, not only from that body, but from the General Union of Baptists in the State, and organized the 'Licking Association of Particular Baptists.' This schism had its foundation in a personal difficulty between Jacob Creath and Thomas Lewis about a negro trade! The former was pastor, the latter a member of the Town-folk church, a few miles west of Lexington. The matter was not allowed to remain in the church, where it belonged, but became a topic of general conversation and of the printing press, and other churches became involved in it. It gathered other matters in its progress, when finally it was thrust upon the association and schism ensued."

The Particular Baptist Church Erected In Georgetown In 1832

The Particular Baptist Church at Georgetown was organized on the 2Sth day of August, 1832- The presbytery in the constitution of the church were Elders Thomas P. Dudley and Lewis Corbin. The constituent members were : H. Rankins and wife, Elizabeth Rankins, James Sullivan and wife, Mary Sullivan, Thomas Graves and wife, Emily Graves.

For a short time the meetings were held at the homes of the brethren, among whom as above named in the constitution was a sister, Sophia Breckenridge, and E. Craig, where meetings were held. The December meeting in 1832 was held i in the Court House, where they continued to meet until May 27th. 1837. Elder Thomas P. Dudley was pastor from the or-

Elder .1. Taylor Moore, was ordained to the work of the ministry March 29th, 1875, and has served the church since as pastor, for five years he served as assitant pastor of the four ' churches of Elder Dudley's charge.

The first meeting of the church in their own building was held Junp 24th, 1837. During the seventy-six years since the church was constituted she has had but two pastors as | above named, and three clerks, viz: H. Rankins, R. A. Long, f and her present clerk, A- M. Bradley, ,Tr. The presbytery at the ordination of J. Taylor Moore were Elders Thomas P. Dudley, J. F- Johnson and J. M. Theobald, with help sent from other churches.

At the first meeting of the church Brothers Graves and H- j Rankins were appointed to prepare a letter to be sent to the Licking Association which met on the second Saturday in September. The same two brethren were also appointed to bear the letter to the association asking permission to enter into correspondence.

"Rev. Thomas Dudley, who has been pastor of the 'Old Baptist Church' in Georgetown for over fifty years consecutively. filled his pulpit yesterday. He is nearly 87 years of age. There was in his congregation a lady 88 years of age, and who rode five miles in an open top buggy to hear her old and loved pastor. His nephew, Rev. R- M. Dudley, is pastor of the Misssionary Baptist Church in Georgetown."

The Pioneer Baptist Preacher Rev. Thomas P. Dudley

'Tf* LDER THOMAS PARKER DUDLEY was born in Fayette county May 31st, 1792. He was the son of Ambrose Dudley, who emigrated to Kentucky from Virginia in 1786, settling at Bryan Station. At the time of his death in 1886 he had been a minister of the Baptist church for fifty years or more. When the split came between the Baptists he stuck to the old faith, and could not see as the Missionary Baptists saw it. He was present when the Particular Baptist c hurch was organized in Georgetown in 1827 and was its pastor until 1880, when he resigned on account of his age. This church never had but two pastors, Elder Dudley and Elder J. Taylor Moore.

"Rev. Thomas P. Dudley, of Fayette, one of the most eminent Baptist ministers of Kentucky, can show a record of continuous ministerial service which will challenge comparison with that of any other clergyman in any country. He has been preaching to Bryant's Station church for fifty-five years; to Elizabeth, fifty-three years; to Mt. Carmel, forty-five years; and to Georgetown, forty-four years. His father, Rev. Ambrose Dudley, was the pastor at Bryant's Station church - one of the oldest in the West - for forty years before him, so that the two have ministered to that congregation for ninetyfive years. Although in his eighty-fifth year, he is hale and vigorous and attends to his churches as regularly as forty years ago, preaching twice a month to each church, they being ten to twelve miles apart, attending calls, visiting the sick of his flock, preaching funerals and solemnizing marriages."

"After the impressive imposition of hands, the Rev. Thomas P. Dudley, who has grown old and gray in the Master's service, but whose tall, straight form seems still to tower in the strength of manhood, and whose keen, pleasing and earnest manners, so unmistakably betoken that high moral rectitude which should characterize the life of every one who stands upon Zion's walls to proclaim that gospel which 'is not after man,' proceeded to deliver the charge to ' preach, reprove and rebuke' in such concise and scriptural language that caused the conviction to every one that his mind is still as fresh and vigorous as in the prime of manhood."

Elder J. Taylor Moore

Tf* LDER MOORE was ordained to the ministry in 1875. At the ordination services Elder Dudley >W delivered the charge. Elder Dudley died in 1886. The biography of the grand old minister was written by Elder Moore and put in pamphlet form and contained 121 pages.

" Messrs. J. D. Smith, Jesse Webb and Milton Burch started to the wedding of Elder J. Taylor Moore, in Clark. At Paris they met the venerable editor of "The Kentuckian," who went along to show them the shortest and best way. As a consequence, they got on the wrong road, had their rockaway turned over, were compelled to walk some distance in the darkness, and after numberless perplexities reached the home of the bride about midnight, several hours after the wedding ceremony had taken place.

Among The Prettiest Churches In The State

fl, with Mrs. Sarah Tomlinson, Mrs. Cassandra Steven- 1 son,' Job Stevenson and wife, Michael Goddard and \ wife, Phil B. Price and wife, William Shellers, Sr., ] John Shellers, Joel Peak, For many years they met in pri- \ vate houses, the Court House, and occasionally in the First Baptist church. They had preaching from the circuit preachers, which was seldfim, as the circuit then organized was very large- The Rev- William Burke, H. McDaniel, Jonathan Stamper, John Ray, Harris, Gunn, Edward Stevenson and others who itinerated the circuit. Their first house of worship was erected about the year 1820, and stood on the east side of Mulberry street, south of Main. It was a plain brick structure, with ample room for the congregation. Here Bishop Crouch, the Rev-PIenry Bascom, in his earlier days. ! Rev, George Light, and the Rev. Joseph S. Tomlinson, the j great revivalist Maffit and others supplied the pulpit, while J others were added to the church. [The above was taken from | Dr. Gano's history.]

In 1847 the present house on Hamilton street was built The I Rev. Evan Stevenson was mainly instrumental in its erection, | From time to time many and large additions were made to the church. In 1849 S, S. Deering supplied tne church, and in 1850 Rev. Evan Stevenson was the supply, in 1853-61 Rev- W. ; F. F. Spuell, in 1857-58 Stephen Noland, in 1855-56 Hartwell J. { Perry preached for the church, 1867-68 P, L. Henderson and \ William McD. Abbott, in 1869-70 S. Noland, in 1871 James ; A. Henderson, in 1872 James E. Letton, in 1873 H. W- Abbott, \ 1874 Richard Deering, 1875-76 John Reeves, 1877 George D. : Turner, in 1878-79.

Considering the number of members this church is ! among the finest in the State. It cost $14,000 and is paid for. ! Miss Maggie Story, a devoted Christian woman, whose ances- ! tors were among the first pioneers of Georgetown, gave her entire estate, which amounted to $5,000, towards the erection of this new church Time and again she remarked that she had only one desire on earth, and that was the erection and completion of the new church. This desire was granted. On July 23rd the church was dedicated and she attended the services. On the morning of the 29th, five days later, she was found dead in bed.

Chairman: N. F. Baumstark, Secretary: I). It. Henderson, Treasurer; If. C. Wolfe, J. T. Creamer; Trustees - IT. Hambrick, T. J. Jenkins, D. It. Henderson, N. F. Baumstark, J. N. Penn. '

James Melvin Fuqua, the present pastor, was horn June 30th, 1873. at Owensboro, Ky. Atan early age he entered Kentucky Wesleyan College at Winchester. He then attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.. after finishing his collegiate course. He began his theological work at Boston University. Boston, Mass. He entered Conference at the session held in London. K y.. 1902. On September 12th, 1905, the Conference sent him to Georgetown.

The Presbyterian Church Corner East Main And Mulberry

EV. JAMES WELCH, from Virginia, was ordained ik pastor of tlie Lexington and Georgetown churches in 1796, in which charge ''he continued until 1804. He was obliged to practice medicine for the support of his family. In 1799 he was appointed Professor of Ancient Languages in the Transylvania University, which station lie filled for several years.

The Presbyterian church of Georgetown was organized June 15, 1828. by a commission of West Lexington Presbytery, the Rev. Eli Smith presiding. The Ruling Elder's name is lost- The following are the names of the leaders who went into the organization: Mrs Eliza Finnell, Mrs. Sarah Lyle, Mrs. Hannah Henderson, Mrs. Jane Brown, Miss Martha Adams, Mrs. Nancy Eeklers, Mrs. Isabella Dickey and Miss Sarah Ann Lyle- In the spring of 1829 these ladies, with the assistance of William Brown and Baruk Offutt, commenced the erection of a church building, which was not completed for several years. The first sermon in their new building was by the Rev Dr. Edgar, of Frankfort. The Rev- Nathan Hail, the Rev. John Blackburn, the Rev. Mr. Harrison and other ministers preached occasionally to this congregation until 1831. when the services of Rev- S. Salisbury were secured for one-half his time In August. 1821, Joseph Philips was ordained and installed a Ruling Elder. Seven persons were received into the church by profession and eleven by certificate. of which number were Mrs. Lavinia Kenney, Mr. Joseph B Kenney and Mrs- Mary Buford Duke. During the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Salisbury and Rev. William Scott, covering four years, the church added to its efficiency by the election of John Bond. John Wilson, William Herriott and James Anderson as Ruling Elders, and Chas. Eckels and Joseph B- Kenney as deacons.

In 1838 Rev. James K. Burch began his work as a stated supply- During the three years he labored sixteen were added to the church, and James H. Daviess and James C. Baker were installed Ruling Elders. September 12th, 1841, the Rev. W- R- Preston, of South Carolina, commenced his labors here, dividing his time with the churches at Georgetown and Versailles. He added twenty-six persons. His successor was the Rev. E. Iv. Lynn. April 17th, 1846, Joseph B. Kenney, Charles Eckels, Charles Nichols and Thomas H. I.ambe were ordained Ruling Elders. Rev. Samuel J. Barnd was pastor at a salary of $600 per annum in 1846. Rev- H. D. Nevins.was pastor from 1850 to 1554. For the next three years Rev- N. G. Hand and H- E. Thomas were the pastors. Rev. Daniel P. Young was pastor until 1857. Dr- William Sutton was pastor in 1863. James H. Kenney and Alfred D. Offutt were deacons.

Rev. William R. Brown was pastor from 1865 to 1870. During his pastorate was built a handsome new church, which was dedicated .1 une 16th, 1870. November 19th, 1865, Alexander Offutt and Henry Stevenson were installed Ruling Elders, and M. E. Nichols and Chas. B. Lewis were chosen deacons. William Brown resigned February 15, 1870. The Rev. J. E, Hunter was pastor in 1872. October 26, 1873, Alfred D. Offutt, Dr. John A. Hamilton and M. E. Nichols were ordained Ruling Elders; James IT. Moore, William N. Offutt G. Glackner, rm* HIS is a stone structure in the Gothic style and will £ I seat 350 persons. The building was commenced in Spetemher; 1866. The cornerstone was laid by Assistant Bishop (the Rev- George D. Cummins) in November, 1867, and consecrated by him in June, 1870.

The parish was formed, and the articles of association and also the petition for admission into the Diocese of Kentucky, was signed in March, 1861, by John Clark, G. Schultz, Henry Clark, R. A. White, Tyson Bell, William F. Pullen, Elie B. Swearinger, Jr-, William H. Fitzgerald, Mrs, Beatrice Clark, Miss Agnes Clark, Mrs. Julia A. Clark, Miss Laura E. Clark, Miss Sarah Bell, Miss Eliza C- Bell, Mrs. Rebecca Bell, Mrs. Cornelia Barkley, Mrs- Maria A. White, Mrs. A. D. Webb, Miss Roberta Webb, Miss Annie E, Webb, Miss Lilly Kearney, Mrs- Mary H. Pullen, Mrs. A. Kearney. Miss Josie Cole. Mrs. Eliza W. Johnson, and admitted the same year. The first Vestry chosen after the Parish was recognized was Henry Clark, senior warden; G. Schultz, junior warden, and John Clark, Tyson Bell, Hon. A. Duvall, ,T. Stoddard Johnson, Dr. B. F. Elliott Gano.

Rev. John W. Venable was the rector from its formation to 1882. Since that time several rectors have served, the present one being W. P. Reaney. The church has twenty members. The Vestry is as follows: John A. Herring, senior warden and treasurer; T. C. Bell, junior warden; IT. A. Bowne. S- R. Sneed.

The Old Catholic Church

'JFJt HE Catholic church was established in Georgetown III in 1869 bv the purchase of the old Presbyterian church on South Broadway. Here the services were conducted until 1892-93, when a new church was erected on the corner of Main and Military streets at a cost of $15,000. The Presbyterians erected their church on the corner of Main and Mulberry streets in 1870, where it now stands. THE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH deacons. November 4, 1877, ,1. F. Musselmae, E. N. Offutt, Jr-, and Elley Blackburn were chosen deacons, and November 25th Joel C- Tarleton was also chosen deacon.

The Church Of The Holy Trinity

A likeness of the oltl church on Broadway appears on the preceding page and was made from a photo of the building when Senator Cantrill was using it as a warehouse. It was not the first Catholic church established in the county.

The ISt Pius Catholic church at White .Sulphur, established in 1815, was the first in the county. It was the first Catholic church erected in the State. A likeness of this church will be found in the early history of White Sulphur, which appears elsewhere in this book. Father Halley was the priest when the church was established in Georgetown in 1869 and is the present priest. The late Dr. Gano claimed that Father Bow was the first priest of this diocese.

"The Rev. John Frazer, having produced a certificate from James Gough and Jere Tarleton, Trustees of the Catholic congregation in Scott county, agreeably to law. orders that a license be issued authorizing him to celebrate the marriage ceremony." [Order Book A, page 131.]

Mr. Fielden Bickers

Fielden Bickers was born in Scott county, Ky., March 15, 1825. His wife, Mary Ann Bickers, was born October 11, 1827. They were married by the Rev. Elkanah Johnson in 1844. They have eight children, thirty grandchildren, and thirty great-grandchildren. They became members of the Mt. Pisgali Methodist Episcopal church at the age of fourteen years, and have continued members until the present time, making sixtyfour and sixty-six years of membership, respectively. In all these years they have been faithful members of the church.

Mrs. Fielden Bickers

Their home has been the home of the preachers, and their hospitality freely dispensed. A very keen interest is displayed by this venerable couple in all the affairs of the church. On a recent Sunday they drove twenty miles to the Quarterly Conference, and the writer heard them in the iove-feast say that they commenced in the service of God determined to serve him unto the end. Their home is nowin Williamstown, where they joyfully and confidently await the Master's call.

The first Christian church was erected in Georgetown in 1S1S. It was built of brick, where the present church now stands, on ground previously used as a burying-ground. Rev. Barton Stone was the pastor.

Third Christian Church

The third Christian clutrch was built in iS;)4, at a cost of #30,. nuo, and is one of the finest churches in the State, as the likeness above shows. Rev. Victor Dorris is the pastor.

Second Christian Church

The likeness above is of the second Christian church, which was built in 1845-46, on the same ground where the first one stood. While it was being erected, the members were given the use of the old Particular Baptist church for' holding their services. Judge Jas. Y. Kelly says our grandfather, Oliver Gaines, took great interest in the erection ot this church, giving both time and money.

HE Christian church at Georgetown is the result of a C. I j union effected in Christmas week, 1831, between those who were seeking the restoration of the New Testament Church, with its apostolic doctrines and ordinances, under the instruction of Alexander Campbell and others, and those under the instruction of Barton W. Stone ana others, whose aims were of a strikingly similar nature after many previous consultations held between «Campbell and Stone; consequently, the Georgetown Christian Congregation claims to be the first congregation in what is known as the "Reformation." Main Street Congregation. Lexington, being the second one.

Those associated with Stone met for many years on the present site, previous to 1831, in quite an .old house, but in 1845 46 a very good brick building was erected, having four large columns in front, with a fine bell- The bell could be heard at a distance of six or seve miles. This building had a seating capacity of about six hundred, but it was torn down in 1894 to make room for the present commodious and elegant* structure. The lot is an old burial site, and is at present occupied by the remains of many of the early members of the congregation, but the graves are now all obliterated.

(The bell of the old church was sold to the Frst Baptist church (colored) for S100. It's original cost in 1847 was $250. 1 he present costly edifice dispenses with the bell. A place was made for chimes in the cupalo, but no further provision has been made for them.]

In the days previous to the union, and for many years aferwards, the members were noted for their zeal, brotherly love and knowledge of the Scriptures- They were simple and orderly in their worship, always joyful in their meetings, mmifesting their love and fellowship for one another by a special grip of the hand, and kindly inquiries about the welfare of each. The Lord's Day meeting and the Communion service seemed to be the chief and most impressive service. Almost eyery member was a diligent reader of the Bibli; this study of the Scriptures being earnestly impressed on every convert when received into the congregation: the church through its preacher or elder, publicly presenting each convert with a copy of the Word of God.

When a confession was made. the hand of encouragement was given, a song being sung, and the members coming forward and extending the hand, and when the membership was taken, the hand of fellowship was given in the same manner. This custom continued until about 1885. In their meetings and services they generally had from six to eight songs nearly every one taking part in this service, and seeming to sing with the spirit and understanding. Instruments or organs were not in any favor, and an organ was not introduced until 1887. Even at that time its introduction caused much trouble.

.The congregation has had many preachers since its organization, some very able. It has been ministered to by B. W, (Stone, John T. Johnson, Stephen Marshall, the Creaths, John A. Gano, - -Brown, Thos. Allen. B. F. Hall, Raccoon John

From the old records of the Scott County Court we find that a Christian church had been established here years before 1817. This church stood somewhere near the Big Spring and it was called the Republican Meeting House. The reason it was given this name was because of the joy of the Declaration of Independence being declared and the pioneers becoming so jubilant that nearly everything in the way of public places was named Republic or Republican. The Big Spring for years after 1776 was called the Republican Spring for the reason given above. At a session of the County Court held in 1817 we print this order:

"The Reverend Alex. Jackson having produced credentials of his ordination and of his being in regular communion with the Christian church at the Republican Meeting House, it is ordered that testimonials be granted him to celebrate the rites of matrimony to any persons regularly applying to him therefor in this State and thereupon said Jackson with oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth, and with Erasmus Burton. his security, entered into bond conditional as the law directs-"

Churches And Ministers Pen Sketch Of Rev. Barton W. Stone

E* young, his mother in 1779, with a large family of children and servants, moved into what was then called the "backwoods of Virginia" - Pittsylvania county', near Dan river. He attended school there to an Englishman, named Sommerhays, and was pronounced a finished scholar. In February, 1790, he entered an academy' in Guilford, North Carolina, under the care of Dr. David Caldwell, determined "to acquire an education or die in the attempt." His design at that time was to qualify' himself for a barrister.

When he entered the academy, about thirty of the students had embraced religion under the labors of James McCready. a Presbyterian preacher. After a long and painful "experience" he became a member of the Presbyterian church, and turned his thoughts to the ministry. In 1793, at the close of his academic course, he commenced the study of divinity under Wm. Hodge, of Orange county, North Carolina. Here Whitsins in the Trinity was put into his hands. The metaphysical reasonings of this author perplexed his mind and he laid the work aside as unprofitable and unintelligible. He heard of Dr. Watts' treatise on the "Glory of Christ" and embraced its views. The venerable Henry Patillo, who at the next meeting of the Presbytery examined the candidates on the subject of theology, had himself embraced Watts' views of the Trinity.

In April. 1796, he was licensed by the Orange Presbytery, North Carolina, and shortly afterwards directed his course westward to Knoxville and Nashville, in Tennessee, and thence to Bourbon county, Kentucky, where, about the close of the year 1796, he settled with the congregations of Cane Ridge and Concord. About eiglitv members were added to his church in a few months. In the fall of 1798 he received a unanimous call from those congregations to become their settled pastor, which he accepted. A day was set apait by the Presbytery of Transylvania for his ordination . Having notified the leading members of the Presbytery with respect to his difficulties on the subject of the Trinity, also on the doctrines of election, reprobation, and predestination, as taught in the Confession of Faith, when he was asked, "Do you recieve and adopt the Confession of Faith as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Bible?" He answered aloud, so that the whole congregation might hear, "I do, so far as I see it consistent with the Word of God," No objection being made, he was ordained.

Early in 1801 "The Great Revival" commenced in Tennessee and Kentucky, under James McGready. Rev. Stone visited the Presbyterian camp meeting in Logan county, where he first witnessed dancing. Filled with the spirit of revival, he returned to his congregations and protested bitterly against dancing, and urged the sinner to believe now and be saved.

Robert Marshall, John Dttnlavy, Richard McNemar, B. W. Stone and John Thompson, all members of the synod of Kentucky, renounced the doctrines of Calvinism and taught that Christ died for all. The Presbytery of Springfield, in Ohio, first took McNemar under dealings, and from that Presbytery the case came before the synod of Lexington in September, 1803. When they discovered, from the synod, that its decision in Me- Nemar's case would be averse, the five drew up a protest of the proceedings and withdrew from their jurisdiction. In 1805, Houston, McNemar and Dunlavy joined the Shakers, and in 1807, Marshall and Thompson, after vainly attempting to enslave their associates a second time to a creed, returned to the Presbyterian church. About this time Barton W. Stone and some others began to conclude that baptism was ordained for the remission of sins, and ought to be administered in the name of Jesus Christ to all believing penitents. He died November 9th, 1S44, universally beloved and regretted by ail who knew him,

A worthy Methodist preacher in Jackson, Louisiana, remarked : "I know Barton W. Stone well, having lived neighbor to him for a considerable time in Tennessee. A lovlier man, or a better Christian, in my estimation never lived." The gentleman who bore this testimony was Mr. Finley, son of Dr, Finley (a former President of the University of Georgia). In the department of poetry his talents fitted him to shine, had they been cultivated. There can hardly be found in the English language a lovlier, sweeter hymn than one from his pen, written during the revivals about the beginning of the present century, and universally admired by the Christian world ever since. Be it known to the orthodox calumniators of Barton W. Stone, and to all men who have souls to feel the power either of religion or of poetry, that he is the author of that soul inspiring hymn, in which the orthodox world has so greatly delighted for nearly half a century, viz : "The Lord is the Fountain of Goodness and Love."

HIS was written in Dec., 1846, by Eld. Jas. Shannon, in Collins' History : "Among those of the Baptists who zealously advocated the teaching of A. Campbell was John T. Johnson, than whom there is not a better We lived together in Georgetown. We preached the gospel and agreed to unite our energies to effect a between our different societies."

"A meeting of four days was held at Georgetown, embracing the Christmas of 1831, and another at Lexington of the same length, embracing the New Year's day of 1832, The writer had the happiness to be in attendance at both these meetings-"

"Elder John Smith and the writer were appointed by the churches as evangelists to ride in this section of Kentucky to promote this good work- In that capacity we served the churches three years."

A Powerful And Trusted Leader

"Elder John Smith, familiarly known in Kentucky and to many thousands of people elsewhere as 'Raccoon' John Smith, was one of the most remarkable men of the 'Current Reformation;' born in Sullivan county. East Tennessee, October 15, 1784, and died at Mexico. Mo., February 28, 1868, aged 83; education limited, but thorough ; joined the Baptist church in December, 1804, and from 1808 to 1828 was a preacher in that connection, and for the next forty years one of the most eloquent, powerful and trusted leaders of the Church of the Disciples of Christ. Upon his tombstone is inscribed, "By the power of the Word, he turned many from error; in its light he walked, and in its consolation he triumphantly died-" Lawyer Becomes a Preacher.

Elder John T. Johnson, eighth child of Col. Robert Johnson, was born at the Great Crossings, Scott county, October 5th, 1788, and died at Lexington, Mo., December 17th, 1856 - aged 68 years; was well educated; studied law and practiced; Volunteer Aide to General Harrison and at the battle of May 5th, 1813, near Fort Meigs, had his horse shot under him; represented Scott county in the Kentucky Legislature in 1814-15-17-18 and again in 1828; member of Congress four years - 1821-25 ; a judge of the "New Court of Appeals"-for nine months from December 20, 1826; joined the Baptist church in 1821: in 1831 embraced the principles of the Reformation and began preaching; in 1832 was co-editor of the Christian Messenger, in 1835 of the Gospel Advocate and in 1837 of the Christian : aided in establishing at Georgetown in November, 1836, Bacon College - new Kentucky University. He was an eloquent and faithful preacher and received 3,000 persons to the church. His ministerial labors were mainty, if not always, gratitious.

Churches And Ministers. J27 Joshua Comes To Town To Meetin'

The following, under the head of "The Modern Meetin' House," is reproduced from an old newspaper clipping, and there is as much truth in it as there is poetry. 1 n fact, it has an abundance of both :

1 was in town las' Sunday, an' my heart an' me agreed To go to meetin' - if you wait I'll tell you what I seed- The bells were tollin' lively on the balmy mornin' air,

He likes to see His children kneel - an' loves to hear 'em sing For what; He lives the angels sing, and Christians git thar dues! His music costs Him nothin' an' he has no rented pews.

Thar ain't no use o' foolin' 'long the road down to the grave: Thar is no way o' dodgin' when you've got your soul to save, Fine churches, orgins, carriages, cloches, rented pews and 'pelf,"

The First Negro Church The First Baptist

HE First Colored Baptist church was organized in f J 1869. It occupies a large brick building on Jefferson street on the site of the old First Baptist church, leased for ninety-nine years. They rebuilt the house at a cost of $8,250- They held services for many years. Rev. Reuben Lee was pastor, and wasa man of fair education, pious and discreet, and one who exerted a good influence among his people. During his ministry large numbers were added to the church.

In 1882 its membembership was 472. The pastor at that time was ,T. L Dudley, at a salary of $550. The deacons were Cliff Prewitt, John Smith, Perry Orr, William Brent, Newt Goodloe, Wash Bland and IV. L. Barley. Good Sunday school : regular average attendance, 90: F. C. Nutter, superintendent: ,T. M. Burley, church clerk: seating capacity of the house, about 500.

The present Colored Baptist church has a membership of about 600. Its officers are Jerry Robinson, William Bailey, Manlius Thomas, Mason Generals, Zacli Adams, Spedden Smith. The present pastor is R. H. Porter.

Wesley Chapel- M. E. Church

ESLEY CHAPEL, the first colored Methodist Episcopal church, was organized in 1866. It has a good hric-k house situated on the west side of Mulberry, north of Main, at a cost of $5,000. The number of its membership is 236: a good Sunday school, average attendance, 69. 0. J Nichols was pastor for several years- Present Officers and Members.

The present trustees are James Bailey, David Miller, Robt. Sharp, Harry Watson, Ed B Davis, Henry Jackson, George H. Nichols, Loney Bailey. It now has a membership of 113. J. H. Ross is the present pastor.

There are three other colored churches in the town - Zion Baptist, Wayman Chapel (Methodist) and Christian churches. The JJion Baptist has a comparatively new brick building on Mulberry street- D. W. Seals is the pastor. Waymafi Chapel is located near the colored school building. S. Lee is pastor- The congregation of the Christian church has not yet built a church, but has purchased a lot on South Mulberry. A. W. Davis is the pastor. On neglect of the officers we are unable to give a more lengthy mention-

HERE are probably more jokes told on ministers than on any other professional men. In early times when pleasure and comfort were sought, rather than style by people, and men were measured from the heart and in their dealings, rather than their bank accounts as now, caused more sociability and happiness and inspired that feeling for all to dwell together and live in unity. Our forefathers had many hardships to endure, but even at that a vast number of the honest men of today if given choice of time of a life to live they would have chosen then and not NOW.

It did not require forty thousand to one hundred thousand dollar churches as a place in which to worship God, nor two thousand to. ten thousand dollar salaries to ministers- Meetings were held in their homes. They traveled-miles and miles on horseback to meetings- The preacher usually came the night before. Brother Craig or Brother Smith would announce that the next meeting would be held at the home of Brother John and Sister Mary Clark's house, giving the location and distance. When the date came Brother and Sister Clark had made all preparations, the fatted calf had been killed and roasted a la turkey, with a large, juicy baked apple stuck in his mouth ; he was then stood on the big meat dish and placed at "the foot of the table-" Dinner was then announced and while the' forty or more members w ere being seated at the table, the hot gravy was just popping out of the shoat's sides and dripping on the brown potatoes. The remark is often made that "time brings many changes - people are not ltke they used to be." That's true, because those old folks were God's people; if they were not those feasts could be had this day. Night services were not held, but the preacher gererally remained over the night to look after that apple that was in that shoat's mouth. Just after supper the "demijohn" Was yanked out of the closet by the Brother wdiile the Sister was getting the hot water in readiness for the Parson to prepare the applejack. On one occasion likethisold Brother "Raccoon" Smith happened to be the Parson present. It is said that he and a Brother had sat in front of the fireplace, with a big log fire, and had stirred those applejacks just to the degree to reach the spot when some one knocked at the door. The Brother answered the call, but the Parson could not wait and he drank to the health of the absent Brother, The Brother stayed at the door too long and Parson Smith drank the other applejack. On returning to the room the Brother asked the Parson "where was liis'n?" Rev. "Raccoon" replied, "Brother, you must watch as well as pray."

At a term of the Scott County Court held in the year 1814. the following order is given : "On the application of the Baptist church at Dry Run to the United Baptist Society and in pursuance of an assembly in such case provided, John Miller and Elijah Buchanan, in conjunction With Younger Pitts, a former trustee, are appointed trustees to recover the title of the church land and property as conveyed by Nicholas Long and wife for the benefit of the church.

N old negro minister, in 1868, in a sermon on hell, pictured it as a region of ice and snow, where the damned froze through eternity. When privately asked his purpose in representing Gehenna in this way, lie said : "I don't dare to tell them people nothing else. Why, if I was to say that hell was warm, some of them old rheumatic niggers would want to be starting down the first frost."

"Iv'e known many a church to die 'cause it didn't give enough, but I never knowed a church to die 'cause it gave too much. Dey don't die dat way! Brederen, has any of you knowed a church to die 'cause it give too much? If you do, just let me know, and I'll make a pilgrimage to dat church, and I'll-climb by de soft light of de moon to its moss-covered roof, and I'll stand darand lift my hands to heaven and say, Blessed are de dead dat die in de Lord.' "

Rev. T. J, Stevenson who has served many years as pastor of the Old Baptist Church, of Great Crossing, resigned since the first volumn of this history was made up and Rev. 0. Cottrell was chosen to fill the vacancy. Rev. Stevenson while he was traveling up the ladder of age and enjoying good health the exposure was too great. Mr. Cottrell is a young man, and with the ability already shown he has every promise of being a minister of considerable note.

The first person baptised in the new Baptist church was Judge George V. Payne, and the first marriage was that of his daughter - Anne to Dr. W. H. Coffman. The Christian name of the groom and the four ushers was William.

The likeness above was made from a kodak picture taken of M rs. Ann Lemon while she was out in the yard of home on South Broadway, attending her flowers.

A Christian Woman Mrs. Ann Lemon

Being among the oldest members of the Christian Church sheandMrs. Miller another aged member were chosen Sunday March 18th 1906 to burn the notes held against the church for $10,000 the amount having been raised that day. On the following Sunday March 25th, I9O6. they performed that duty. Mrs. Lemon is 81 years old. She was horn in Clark county 1825, and married Joseph Lemon a merchant tailor of Georgetown, in 1846 and came here where she has since resided. She is a Christian and a better woman never lived. She is the mother of Mrs. J. W. Traylor, Mrs. Mary E. Cole and Mrs. Tommie Tingle,

Mrs. .Miller is 82 years old and resides with the family of her nephew Mr. John Herring on South Broadway. She has been a member of the Christian Church for 65 years-

While the Christian Church has a number of aged member Mrs- Eliza Thompson, is possibly, the oldest members of that church who was born and reared in Georgetown. She was born in 1821 and is now in her 85th year.

A Residence In Lebanon Station

AMONG the first dwelling houses erected in Lebanon Station - now Georgetown - was the home of Oliver Wallace Gaines. This old house stood on South Broadway on the lot where the buildingo f the B. 0. Gaines Printery now stands. The house was erected in 1797 by a man named Choppling. It was used for a tavern for many years. It was a two-story frame and built of tremendous logs, chinked with rock and daubed with mud. The sleepers of the old house were thirty feet long and eighteen inches thick. The logs were all hewn and put together with large wooden pins. The shingles were put on with wooden pins. The roof did not leak nor was it repaired for more than seventy years. The old chimney, on the south side of the house, contained fifty perch of rock It was the home of James Crawford - the first Jailer of Scott county - for many years. The old house burned in 1887.

Mr. Gaines, a native of Virginia, was among the early pioneers of Georgetown, settling here in 1804. He was the son of O- W- Gaines and was born in Culpepper, Va., in 1787. He was a man of great energy and pride. There was nothing that would advance the interest of Georgetown or Scott couny but what he took an active interest. He was conservative at all times, hut never egotistic, nordid he seek notoriety. In 1816 he married Mary Polly Nash, the eldest daughter of Col. Win. Nash. Col. Win. Nash married Mary Polly Menifee- For many years he conducted a grocery in a house that stood where the Worstell block on Main street now stands. Mr. Gaines had made considerable money and owned a great deal of property at that time. His wife also inherited avast amount of town property from her father. Colonel Nash In 1830 Mr. Gaines purchased the property, containing ten acres of land, where Mr. James Ilarvie Moore now owns on the Lexington pike from Samuel Shephard. Here he conducted a rope-walk for a mfmberof years, selling the place to I'- L. Mitchell in 1840. In 1837 he and Joseph Elgin dealt heavily in Arkansas lands. They gave a mortgage in 1838 for $30,000 to the Bank of Arkansas, which was acknowledged here In the Scott County Court and is a matter of record. No doubt the heirs of these speculators have interests in Arkansas now.

A Thrifty and Liberal Citizen, lie farmed for several years near Stamping Ground and afterwards engaged in the livery stable business up to a few years before he died. He was among the largest shippers of mules. Mr. Gaines took an interest in everything that would advance the interests of the town. He made liberal donations to the newspapers, and he was one of the prime movers in the erection of a brick building for the Christian church. He made a liberal contribution to it. He was a very enthusiastic Mason and he labored faithfully in the Masonic Order. His brothers showed their appreciation of him by electing him to the various chairs of that order. The teachings of the Masonic Order was his religion. He was a very successful man up until a few years of death, which occurred in 1874. He was the father of four sons - Francis* William F., John and Oliver - and two daughters - Nomia and America - all of whom are dead, Francis died in infancy in 1621- William F. married Miss Ann Carter Day, of Vicksburg, Miss.