Scott County, Kentucky - The whole text, 1905 (part 4 of 10)

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.

Mrs. Oliverr Wallace Gaines

the battle of Buena Vista. He was elected one of the Generals of the State of Mississippi and a Confederate until the seige of Vicksburg, wheu he came home and died in August. 1863. The funeral services were held at the Christian church and were conducted by Rev. John A. Gano.

Nomia married Wm. AVhite and moved to Covington, where she onlv lived a brief time when she died. She was a most estimable Christian lady and beloved by all who knew

She was born in this town, and was the daughter of O. W. and Polly Gaines, and lived here all her life until about one year ago, when she moved to Covington . For many years she suffered with pneumonia and under this hopeless disease she pined and languished and died. She was loved by her many friends here, who grieved, as did she, to be separated in her last moments, but she had lived a Christian, and died with the blissful hope of meeting them again and of a glorious future, where

Parents Of B. O. Gaines

Mrs. Gaines was born near Centreville on July 27th, 1843 and was the daughter of J as. Brock and Elizabeth Ann Collins and the granddaughter of Col. Peter Moore, one of the wealthiest men in Bourbon county, and from whom she inherited a large amount of money, land and slaves. She suffered a large financial loss by her Trustee. Jas- Sliarfe was conducting a shoe making establishment in Centreville and he says he made the first pair of shoes she wore and continued making them until she was married and came to Georgetown. On January 10th, 1861, she was married to Oliver Wallace Gaines and came to Georgetown, where they resided until their deaths. They lived all their lives in but one house - the Gaines home. They had seven children - four of whom are now living - James, America, Lucinda and William Oliver, alias B. 0., all born in the old house and the latter one now conducting a printing establishment in the house erected on the same lot where the Gaines home stood. He was for a number of years associated with his father in conducting a livery stable on West Main street, where G. H. Nunnelly's store stands. He suffered a heavy loss, as the stable was raided fourteen times during the war. Ten head was the lowest and twenty-seven head the greatest number of horses taken in the raids. Wm. Holland sold him seventeen head of horses at one time.

There never was a man more modest, more honest, more truthful, than was "Young Oliver," as he wras called- He was every inch a gentleman, a devoted husband and a kind hearted and loving father. The writer was too young to remember him or to know what a father was, hut even in the hours of sadness, sickness, and trouble it is consoling to know that he was a gentleman and our father, and that Mary A- Gaines was a good woman and our mother. To show that she was the best woman God ever made the following mentions of her death are sufficient evidence of that fact and theesfeem in which she was held and how well site

To review her life as a resident of this place would be almost unnecessary, as there are few households in which her name is not known and loved. With her are associated memories only of good, charitable, kind acts. Into the cottages of the poorest people who ever came to this town has she gone as an angel of mercy to nurse the sick or care for the dead. No disease was too loathsome for her to nurse, and with never a thought of any recompense. In a most modest, retiring way she went into the homes of all in distress or sickness, never allowing her kindness to be told. Her tender, sympathetic nature won all who knew her to love her, and the hearts are many who mourn her loss. In the calm, quiet manner in which she lived she died. Not a groan or struggle marked the close of her earthly life, but instead, Death came as quietly as the dew kisses the upturned faces of God's fairest flowers. As a benediction we would say :

As the family ties are broken on earth may they be bound in Heaven, and may the mantle of kindness which she possessed fall upon the sorrowing children and enable them to show forth to the world the graces which beautified and adorned her life, and at last make an unbroken family around the throne on high, where there will be no more parting or shedding of tears.

She was a genial, kind hearted woman, and her big heart showed itself most readily when sickness or trouble came to others; and she was always ready to tender or give her services .

Mrs. Mary Agnes Gaines was stricken with paralysis at her home on South Broadway, Sunday morning, April ioth. She quietly passed away Tuesday evening April 13th, 1898, never having regained consciousness.

Last Sunday morning, while the populace of our city was assembled at the various churches, choirs were chanting lyric festival music, and the community was engaged in sacred revel, commemeratory of the resurrection of "Him who died that the world might live," the cruel hand of Fate burst into the family circle of a happy home and struck down with paralysis a mother, whose kind deeds and generous acts have made her name immortal. The Easter lily with its snowy whiteness and fragrant odor, the melodious harmony of the Easter anthem, were fitting ushers to cosily guide throughout the pearly gates of the mansions of our Heavenly Father the soul of a woman so pure, so divinely sweet, so generous, so benevolent. Her death was a calamity to the community, one which will be sincerely mourned. No truer nor more faithful friend ever lived; no kinder nor more loyal martyr was ever given creation. The writers have known her for years - known her as a friend, an adviser - known her censure and her praise, known her to worship her. Her demise will be keenly felt by us, but we bow meekly to the will of our Almighty Creator, realizing that she has been called to a seat in the realms, where "Night and sin are never known,

The Newspapers Of Georgetown

IT is said that when your mother dies you lose your best friend; that the newspaper business is the hardest, causes more worry and work and is less profitable than any business in which one can engage ; that a newspaperman is born and not made; that a smart man can start a paper, but it takes a fool to run one. The writer can vouch for the truthfulness of some of these statement and the account of the number of papers published here is sufficient evidence for the readers to draw their own conclusions.

THE first newspaper published in Georgetown was the "Patriot." It made its appearance in June. 18 - . The assistance the State gave it with printing was not sufficient to keep it going and it suspended in 1813.

The "Telegram" was the second newspaper started and it suspended in 1816- The editor was Shadrick Penn. Both of these papers were printed on paper manufactured in Georgetown by Elijah Craig at his mill, which stood on the Big Spring branch, where Capt. A K. Lair's mill now stands.

The "Herald" was the third to venture on the rough sea of journalism in Georgetown. It was no doubt the most successful paper ever published here. It was started some time in 1820 or 1830 and was conducted successfully for years. A number of copies of 1846 and 1848 can be found now. The publishers, French and Wise, were men of ability and the "Herald" was well edited. According to our judgment it was the best edited paper ever published in Georgetown. With the printing business almost revolutionized since that time and with such an establishment as the B. 0. Gaines Printery in which to print a paper, the "Herald" of 1846 will compare favorably with any newspaper now published in Georgetown in any manner, typographically especially. The publishers were not mealy mouthed in telling the people that while it was receiving the support of nearly every citizen the amount of money was not sufficient to keep it going. When the call was made on the citizens they were equal to the emergency. Cassius Clay, R. M. Johnson, John C. Breckenridge, 0. W. Gaines, Win. F. Gaines, Captain Forbes and John Elgin put up j?50 each to keep the paper going. As old Captain Forbes said, "A county without a newspaper is in a back row of stumps, to come forward ; that ino citizen of the county wlm luul the means could make a better investment." The time of the ''Herald's" suspension could not be learned. The Georgetown "Journal."

Civil War caused it to suspend. It suspended early in August. 1861. Georgetown "Times." The Georgetown Times was started by John A. Bell in 1869 and has been successfully published ever since-

The "Every Saturday" was started by Judge James B. Finnell and Prof It. L. Garrison in 1874 and conducted successfully until they sold it - to Preston Ridsdel. He conducted it for several years.

The ''Scott County Democrat" was established in 1885 bv Thos. E, Johnson and Harry Montgomery. In 1887 the firm dissolved partnership, Mr. Montgomery retiring. Mr. Johnson then formed a partnership with Mr- .T. It. Garnett, editor of the Corinth "Enterprise." The name of the paper was then changed to the became a printer's "devil" at a salary of one dollar per week and continued as such until the firm dissolved partnership in in 1890. Mr. Garrett retiring. Several months later Mr. Garrett began the publication of

"News-Enterprise. The office was then located in the Lancaster Hotel, in the room now occupied by Gleason Bros, as a meat market. The partnership between Garrett and Johnson was dissolved in 1890, Mr. Garrett retiring, and Johnson Bros. - T. E. and F. Johnson - became the publishers. The office was moved from the hotel to the second floor of Mrs. Lizzie Kenney's building on East Main street, over the room now occupied by J. W. Thacker. The paper made its first appearance under the new management on Washington's birthday, February 22, 1890, as the Georgetown News.

Office Of The B. O. Gaines Printery

Georgetown. The writer was in his employ as a printer, drawing a salary of four dollars per week. 'and put the first issue out. In 1891 the writer accepted a position with Johnson Bros- as a compositor, which position he held until 1893, when he purchased

It was a semi-weekly paper then and continued as such until 1898. The office was moved in 1893 from Mrs. Kenney's building on Main street to the first floor of the building of Mrs. Mary A. Gaines (the editor's mother) on South Broadway, where it has been published ever since.

No publisher ever entered upon the journalistic sea with as poor a Craft as the Georgetown "News" was at that time. The sea, too, was rugged, and not any too smooth now, but the determination of the writer to ride those waves, sink or swim, made that craft sufficient in sir.c that it requires no searchlight to find it now. The little office with a fewstands and cases, and a limited number of fonts of type and an old Washington hand press, as seen on Main street in 1893 and twelve years after is seen on South Broadway in two rooms, eighteen feet wide and fifty feet deep, making a floor space of 3fi.\100 feet and is known throughout the State as the largest and most complete printing establishment in Central Kenaasaaessa tacky. In making this statement it is not through any braggadocio, for it has been a dear success. It has cost gallons of midnight oil, nights of toil and worry, and possibly health. It was not a success of health nor wealth.

The writer is the son and youngest child of the late W. and Mary A . Gaines ; born February 22nd, 1870. In ,1 uly. 1899, he married Miss Lillie Dale, of Cynthiana- She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dale, of that place, and to this union one child was born, Oliver Wallace, whose likeness appears on the preceding page of this history. He is now five years old and it is to be hoped that some day he will be found at the head of the B. O. Gaines Printery. The few members left of the Gaines family have this consolation - that out of the great number of male members, who were either piofes-

The Composing Room Of The B. O. Gaines Prinjlery

In September, 1904, the publication of the Scott Democrat was resumed hy B. 0- Gaines, as was his intcn when 1 1 1 is purchase was made, but on account of the chan in the price of paper hy the Paper Trust no live-year cont could he made for paper and the publication was do until the time stated above.

This was the first Republican newspaper printed in Georgetown In 1898 D. W. Clark became the editor and cond-d to publish the paper until 1904, ' when he nbaiu erned, t and moved to Barbourville, where he is now publishing the "Advocate.." In 1899 Mr. Hopkins Moore and Mr. . -

V ml after being interrupted with a change in the publishers, Mr- Moore suspended the publication m 1900 and sold his entire plant to B. O- Gaines.

The Press Room Of

THE Kentucky Press Association met in Georgetown in .Tune, 1896. Some seventy - tive or more of the leading editors of the State were present and many of them said it was the most successful, as well as enjoyable, meetings ever held. The meeting of the Kentucky Press Association is a time when the offices of the weekly newspapers of the State are left in charge of the devil and the office cat. If the devil don't go to a baseball game and the cat don't fall in the kegot ink the paper appears and in some towns the subscribers regret that the Association only holds one meeting a year. Below will

This Is One Not On A Rural Route

"The Kentucky editors have had their '96 outing, assembling in the beautiful city of Georgetown, "The Belle of the Blue Grass Region." A reception was held in the College building, where the brain and brawn and beauty of the College City met the editors with their wives and daughters and their sweethearts. It was a meeting between those that were to receive honors and those that were to bestow them. Nothing was omitted that human ingenuity could invent to make pleasant the visit of the Kentucky editors.

"Georgetown is a city of less than five thousand inhabitants. Its people are thrifty, energetic and public spirited. There is no other city of its size in the State in all that go to make a real city. It has water works, electric light works, an ice plant, and an electric sti'eet railway, all in successful operation. Tobacco warehouses can be seen at its railroad center, while its educational institutions are second to none in any city.

"They were given everything that was not nailed down, or out of sight. Everything was marked free, and it was accepted with the same freedom it was presented. Congressman Owen, in the name of Georgetown, delivered the address of welcome to the "Kings and Queens of the Quill," and right well did he perform his duty. Mr. A- Y. Ford, managing editor of the Courier-Journal, responded in a few well timed remarks in behalf of the association. Receptions were held everywhere, Mrs. Mary Cecil Cantrill extending an invitation to the association for lunch. There true Kentucky hospitality was dispensed. Entering the great hall the ladies were ushered upstairs, while the gentlemen were inducted into the parlor- Immediately appeared Mrs. Cantrill and a number of young ladies, who after the usual introduction, were directed to the punch bowl, when all that were thirsty were soon satisfied with the contents of cut glass goblets from the hands of the young ladies. The elegant mansion, with its contents of mementoes, was thrown open to the guests, where lunch was served to everyone. The visit was enjoyed by all, and none will ever forget their visit to the Cantrill mansion- There was a reception going on at Rucker Hall all day. It was given bv the principal and his charming wife. Professor Elrod, assisted by Mrs. Sarah A. Henton. of Louisville. The banquet was the finale to the entertainment, the guests being served by the pretty young ladies of Georgetown."

The Press Given Its Freedom It was not until July 1st, 1851, that Congress passed an act for newspapers to be carried free of postage by mail to all points in the county in which they are published ; letter to any distance less than 3,000 miles, three cents if prepaid, if not prepaid, five cents.

The life of a country newspaper as a rule is short. The publisher labors for others, not for himself, and the publishing of a country newspaper is the hardest, most thankless and expensive undertaking that a person can assume. Still the old saying is true. "If a man ever gets printer's ink on his hands, he never gets it off." It is a business that requires more capital than any other business in which one can engage. The printing offices are numerousand the prices of job printing have been so ridiculously cut and slashed until there is nothing in this branch of the printing business. The time is here when the enterprising business men of the country realize that the only legitimate advertising is that through the columns of the newspapers.

The following notices copied from an issue of the Georgetown Herald of April 21st, 1853, will be of great interest to the readers of this history, also the merchants at that time- The paper was edited by H. R. French and the subscription price $2.00- The following collections on subscriptions just as they appeared in the Herald for that week:

Will be paid for the arrest and conviction of the individuals who were engaged in rioting on the streets of Georgetown on the night of Monday last: or $25 dollars for postive information as to who the said parties were. M. S. ALLGAIER.

The undersigned, appointed by the Chairman and Board of Trustees for Georgetown, as school agents, hereby notify parents and guardians, within the limits of said town, that the Schools now taught by Rev. F. W. Phillips and Mrs. Emily Jenkins, are established as the Common Schools of said town, at which all the children between the ages of six and eighteen years, may attend for the space of three months from this time; and receive the benefits of the School Law. CHARLES NICHOLS, A. H. OFFUTT ,1 Ordinance.

Be it ordained by the Chairman and Board of Trustees of Georgetown, that any person who shall, within the limits of said town, without a license therefor, directly or indirectly, sell by retail, in any quanity less than a quart, any wine or spirituous liquors, or the mixture of either, shall for each offense be fined the sum of Fifty Dollars. A true copy, Attest:

James Y. Kelly

Two negro boys, suitable for plowing, active and smart: one smaller, io years old. Also a negro Girl, a good house servant, about 13 years old. Apply to the subscriber, on the Lexington and Newtown turnpike, near Lemon's Mill.

Somerson Green was , announced as. a candidate for the Legislature. Few counties can boast of as many distinguished Sons as Scott County, as the following brief of the Scott ( lounty bar will show.

The Bar

[The following history of the Scott County Bar was written by Mr. L. L. Bristow for the book called "Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky," published in 1897.J the days when old Judge Jesse Bledsoe wore tile judicial ermine, and Henry Clay and William T. Barry came over from Lexingington to break legal lances on each other's shields, on down through a long line of famous men, the Scott county bar has done its share toward maintaining the high reputation of Kentucky for legal and forensic ability.

Lawyer Samuel Shephard

Among the very early members of the bar here may be mentioned Edgecomb P. Suggett and Judge Samuel Shephard. Probably a little later, although, contemporary with them, came Carey L. Clarke William Warren, John C. Miller, Uriah Chambers and Robert P. Henry, all of whom are well remembered by the oldest residents of the Blue-Grass region as men of more than ordinary ability. But the two Johnsons of that period, John T. and Richard M., both lawyers, attained national reputation. Richard M. Johnson was a congressman from 1807 to 1819, and from 1829 to 1837, United States senator from 1820 to 1829, and vice-president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. John T. Johnson served two terms as congressman, from 1821 to 1825. In later life he became a prominent minister of the Christian church and a co-worker with Barton W. Stone and Alexander ( 'ampbell.

Able Lawyers Become Distinguished

Hmt devout Baptist divine, Silas M. Noel, each began life as members of this bar along back in the early part of this century. To this era may also be added the Flourneys (Notley and General Thomas C.) the latter famous in murder trials, and, if living now, would be an ardent Prohibitionist, as he was then a temperance orator. It would hardly do to close this poriod without mentioning the name of Henry P.

I Harn, another Georgetown lawyer, who went from here to California and represented that State for several terms in the United States Senate.

Caused Bitterness

So it will be seen that the beginning of the bar in * Scott county was propitious. The next era was | equally so. It was the period of the "Old and New j Court" controversaries. In 1825 Madison C. Johnson obtained from the "Old Court" a certificate of ability to practice. His brilliant examination caused them i to grant the certificate with added encomiums as to his fitness. Hon. Robert J. Breckinridge made the motion for his admission at the next term of the cir- I cuit court and was met with an acrimonious refusal | from Judge Jesse Bledsoe, who was an advocate of | the "New Court." "Young man," said he, glancing jj over his glasses at Johnson, "this court doesn't know 1 any such body as that spoken of in this paper." CAUSED BITTERNESS.

This occurrence will illustrate the bitterness of | the great controversy then being waged in Kentucky. | The "body" referred to by Judge Bledsoe was coin- -' posed of John Boyle, William Owsley and Benjamin j, Mills, - constituting the "old court" - three of the | brightest jurists that ever graced the court of ap- 'j peals bench. This incident will also explain the brilliant additions to the bar during that period. The controversies arising out of the "Old and New Court"

[debates, brought out the best abilities of the respective followers of the two sides of the question. Coincident with the admission of Madison C. Johnson was that of James Fisher Robinson, for many years the mentor of the Scott county bar, and who in August, () 1862 became governor on the resignation of Beriah | Magoffin. He was a pupil of William T. Barry; he v* was ever a careful pleader and a strong advocate, but | his old instructor caused him to lose one of his first I cases in a most unexpected manner. Robinson had ll brought suit on a promissory note, which differed in | no wise from the ordinary note of hand. He proved | his case conclusively, even the defendant admitting : that she had given the note for value received; but , the defendant was the plaintiff's mother. On cross [!. examination, Barry simply asked the several wit- | nesses as to the kinship between the parties, and on this rested his case. When he arose to argue, the bar I was at a loss to understand how he could proceed, j He began by delivering a eulogy upon the self-sacrijj firing devotion of mothers to their children, and from this led up to the case before the court. Pointing with pathetic eloquence to the old gray-liaired mother, he claimed that in raising so worthless a son she , had paid all the debts she could possibly owe him. i He depicted, her long, weary days and sleepless nights of untiring care and devotion, and closed his , speech by turning the batteries of his wrath upon the plaintiff, who cowered beneath the fire of the lawyer's pitiless castigation. The jury were wonderfully ; moved and the tears were trickling down old Judge Bledsoe's cheeks. Robinson presented the law, which | was clearly in favor of the plaintiff, but the jury brought in a verdict for the defendant.

Became Distinguished Statesmen

BECAME DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN. Contemporary with them between the years 1825 j and 1850, were the following well-known, and in some ' cases brilliant, lawyers : Manlius V. Thomson, Robert J. Ward, William G. and Jefferson Craig, Joseph Lisle, Lucien B. Dickerson, Alvin Duvall and Euclid L. Johnson (a brother of Madison C.). Robert J. Ward became prominent in politics, and was for several terms speaker of the Kentucky legislature.

! Thomson was lieutenant-governor under Robert P. Letcher. Lisle was a law partner of Alvin Duvall's, and like him, delighted in a forensic encounter. Duvall will be best remembered in connection with the Court of Appeals, of which he was for several years a distinguished member. Lucien B. Dickerson is credited with having been one of - the - ablest lawyers of his period, but lacked the energy that brings success, and so gravitated into the easier birth of the Clerk of the Court.

The Younger Set

While the above named attorneys were in the prime of their practice, another younger set were beginning to gain a foothold at the Georgetown bar. Among these may be mentioned John C. Breckinridge, P. L. Cable, Marcellus and Jefferson Polk, Benjamin E. Bradley, George W. Viley and Milton Stevenson. Breckinridge soon removed to Lexington. Cable was a quite, studious lawyer who came here from the north. He was more at home in the chancery branch of the practice. Benjamine F. Bradley, who died recently, was a partner of Cable's. Major Bradley led an honored career, both as a lawyer and as a public official ; he has served his county as Circuit Clerk and State Senator, was also a member of the Confederate State Congress for Kentucky. Jefferson Polk is still living and is a member of the Des Moines (Iowa) bar. Cable also went west, where he acquired both fame and fortune. He is better known through his son, the Hon. Ben Cable of Chicago. Stevenson is still in practice here. He has given to the bar two sons, who are leading attorneys of Iowa, both having begun their practice here, viz., Judge T. F. Stevenson, of the Des Moines circuit, and Judge Evan C. Stevenson, of Rockwell City.

About the beginning of the war several attorneys were added to the Scott county bar who afterward gained considerable reputation in legal circles. Of these William S. Darnaby, George E. Prewitt, Joseph F. Adams, Samuel Long and James Y. Kelley were the most prominent. Judge Prewitt, before coming here, had been a member of the Missouri bar. He is still in active practice. Aside from his career as a successful attorney, he filled the office of Master Commissioner of the Scott Circuit Court in a very satisfactory manner for a number of years. Colonel Darnaby was one of the best advocates at the bar. He was a logical, forceful speaker, and a ready, tactful pleader. Long succeeded Prewitt in the office of Master Commissioner. He and Darnaby were each in the prime of successful practice when removed by death. Major Adams served as Commonwealth Attorney for this judicial district for several years after the war, and then emigrated to Texas, and is now a leading attorney of Fort Worth.

Practiced At Other Bars

Of those members of this bar who have come into the profession since the war, may be mentioned Henry V. Johnson, now United States District Attorney of Colorado; Mat. S. Bradley, of the Chicago bar; Frank and Evan Stevenson, above referred to; Homer S. Rhoton, whose official duties as City Judge and County Treasurer took him out of active practice; and Senator R. A. Board, whose recent death was greatly deplored by his constituency.

The Present Members

The scope of this article will admit only a brief mention of the present members of the bar. James E. Cantrill, twice a member of the Legislature, and Lieutenant Governor 1879-83, is now (1897) the presiding Judge of this judicial circuit; George V. Payne, County Judge of Scott county for several terms, is still an active practitioner; Hon. W. C. Owens has been County Attorney, member of the Legislature, Speaker of the Kentucky House, and member of Congress from the Ashland district, 1894 to 189(5; James F. Askew, late member of the Constitutional convention, is at present Master Commissioner; other active, estimable practitioners are James B. Finnell, the law partner of Hon. W. C. Owens, and late nominee for Attorney General on the Prohibition ticket; II. P. Montgomery, a careful and successful lawyer; Victor F. Bradley, the present County Attorney; Hon. R. E. Roberts, late member of the Legislature; James K. Glenn, County Superintendent of Schools; T. S. Gaines, formerly Judge of the Municipal Court; J. C. B. Sebree, Frank M. Ford, L. F. Sinclair, Nathaniel S. Offutt, John M. Stevenson, Ben T. Quinn, Judge James Y. Kelly and L. L. Bristow. These constitute the present bar of Scott county.

S48 The Changes In Bar

Since the above was written by Mr. Bristow, some changes, which time always causes, have taken place. Judge Cantrill has been elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals; Hon. W. C. Owens has gone to Louisville to reside; Judge Askew has resigned as Master Commissioner, and is now devoting his entire time to the practice of law ; Mr. Bradley is holding no office, hut is giving his attention to his profession; Mr. Glenn arid Mr. Ford have died, and Mr. Stevenson has moved to Winchester. The new members are W. S. Kelly, James B. Finnell, Jr., James and John Ford, James Bradley and Craig Bradley.

James Yateman Kelly

JAMES YATEMAN KELLY, son of Thos. Conway Kelly and Penelope Kelly, was born May ii, 1831. Alex Kelly, the greatj: grand father of Thomas C. Kelly emigrated from Wales to Jamestown, Va., his son James Kelly settled in Westmoreland County, Va., and his grand son, John Kelly, father of Thomas C. Kelly settling in Faquier County, Va.

Thomas C. Kelly was born in Faquier Countv, Va., December 2ith. and was educated in the private schools of his native state. Hi the spring of 1822, together with his brother George

1 Kelly, and a classmate, he came to Kentucky, on horseback, making the trip in 14 days. After arriving in Kentucky, he taught school in Franklin County for two years. He was married in 1825, his wife dying in the year 1840. He also taught school in Georgetown for one year. In 1842 he became a citizen of Georgetown, Kentucky. From 1844 to 1852 he was Deputy County Clerk under John T. Johnson, after which he moved to New Orleans and engaged in the cotton commission bhsiness with Col, Pres. Thompson until 1854, when he returned to Kentucky, and became Deputy Circuit Clerk under Maj. Bartlett at Covington, in which capacity he served until 1863. He made his home during the last ye its of his life at Georgetown, Kentucky, and died April nth, 1889, being in his 90th year, j James Y. Kelly lived from 1835 to 1841 on the farm now owned by Mr. George Carley and on the farm opposite, on the Lemon's Mill road. Both of these farms adjoin, or nearly so, the limits of Georgetown on the east. A n old dirt road, now Jackson street, ran by what is now Offutt's elevator and the C. S. depot to the latter farm, where it turned due south and entered the Lemon's Mill road, now known as Carley school. In 1840 he attended ; school at the Academy of Georgetown College. From 1841 to 184G he lived near Roger's Gap, in Scott county, and in 1846 he became a citizen of Georgetown. He united with the Christian Church and was baptized at Dry Run March 1844. In the early part of 1846 he began writing in the Clerk's office of Scott county, and from August 18th, 1846 to August 1851 was deputy County Clerk under John T. Johnson. From Nov. 5th, 1851 to July 5th, 1873, he : was Clerk of the town of Georgetown. He was Deputy Circuit Clerk under Tres. Thompson from August 1851 to August 1856, when he became Circuit Clerk by election and served as such until August 1862. He was admitted to the bar of Scott county May 18th 1863, was Police Judge of Georgetown during the years of 1866 and 1867, and in 1873 was chairman the board of trustees.

He was a charter member and elected cashier of the Deposit Bank of Georgetown, April 1st 1867, in which capacity he served until July 1st 1882, when he resigned as cashier and was elected president, from which latter position he resigned July 1st, 1904. He now resides in Georgetown, on what was once Ihe Gover- [ nor Desha place, located just inside the city limits on the North- | west, where he has resided with his family since the year 1875,

In 1857 he was married to a Miss Kitty Osborn daughter of Bennett Osborn who died in July 1873, during which time he resided on Main street at the place now owned by Mrs. Finnell. No children were born of this union.

He was again married in Sept. 1874 to Miss Ruth Warfield Smith of Island Grove, 111., daughter of James and Ruth A. Smith. The sons and daughters of James Y. and Ruth W. Kelly, all of whom are now living, are Thomas C. Kelly, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who married Miss Cora Davenport, of Georgetown, daughter of Charles P. and Cora W. Davenport; William S. Kelly of Georgetown, who married Miss Sue O. Anderson, daughter of Hugh S. and Elvira Anderson of the same place; James Y. Kelly, Jr., of Springfield, 111,, who married Miss Alice Chenault, of

Judge L. L. Bristow

LOUIS L. BRISTOW, of Georgetown, is a native of the State which is still his home. He was born in Kenton county February 28, 1854, and comes of a family of English origin. The first American member of the family settled in Middlesex county, Virginia, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The founders o: the Kentucky bianch were James and John Bristow, of Buckingham county, Virginia This John Bri tow is the great-grandfather of the present Assistant Postmaster General of the United States. James Bristow sefled first in the "Green River country," and then removed to Bourbon county, where he reared four sons - John, Gideon, Archibald and James, Jr. John never married: Gideon removed to Indiana; Archibald was a prominent Baptist preacher and father of Congressman Francis Bristow, the father of General Benjamin F. Bristow Secretary of the United States Treasuary under President Grant. Janies Bristow, Jr., removed to Boone county. Kentucky, and rea'ed a family among whom were Reuben L. Bristow, the father of the subject of this sketch. Louis L. Bristow's mother was Statira Stephens, daughter of General Leonard Stephens, of Kenton county, whose family came to this State from Ortnge county, Virginia, in the year 18O7.

Louis L, Bristow pur-ued a classical course of study in Geor, etown College, and graduated at that institution with the class of 1876, after which he entered the law department of the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 879. He entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at Covington, Kentucky, in 188O.

In l8g4 he returned to the practice of law and opened an office in Georgetown, Kentucky. He is a writer of merit, and at various tim s has contribued articles to the press.

Judge Louis L. Bristow Police Judge Of Georgetown

In 1887 Mr. Bristow. was united in marriage to Miss Alice Rucker a daughter of Professor Jj J. Rucker, of Georgetown College for whom their only child, J. J Rucker Bristow, is named. Mr. Bristow was given the Republican nomination in 19O2 for City Judge of Georgetown, which office he is now holding.

This biography of the Governor was written by Perrin several years before his death. He died October 31st, 1882. A few months after li.s death the members of the bar had a life-size painting made of the Governor, and by an order of the County and Circuit courts it was placed in the Circuit Court room and fastened to the wall over the Circuit Judge's bench. His wife died in 1895.

HON. JAMES FISHER ROBINSON, lawyer anil farmer and ex-Governor of Kentucky, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, October 4, 1800. His father, Jonathan Robinson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and there married a daughter of Captain John Black, and began his married life as a farmer in Cumberland county, of that State, on a tract of land given him by his father and father-in-law, in the vicinity of their own residence. Shortly afterward the war of the Revolution commenced, and during its first year he volunteered ; was commissioned Captain and served until the restoration of peace. In 1785 he visited Kentucky and bought a farm of six hundred acres in Scott county, upon which he erected cabins for his residence and, having returned to Pennsylvania in the following spring, removed with his family to his new home in Kentucky, where he continued to reside as one of the substantial and influential citizens until his death, in the 86th year of his age. Governor Robinson came of English and Scotch ancestors; his great-grandfather, being a dissenter, located in Ireland, and there his grandfather, George Robinson, was born, and married a Scotch lady. The entire family moved to America and settled in Pennsylvania about the middle of the seventeenth century1. His grandfather, many years after his father, settled in Kentucky, also removed to this State, where he passed his life on an adjoining farm in Scott county, and there died at the age of 87. The "History of Four Counties" says :

He was an ardent Whig during the Revolution, and served some time as a volunteer during that war. Governor Robinson's education was commenced under a private teacher at his father's house, was continued under the Rev. Robert Marshall, one of the most scholarly among the early Presbyterian ministers of Kentucky, and his academic education was completed at Forest Hill Academy, .under, the celebrated Samuel Wilson. He subseqentjyj entered Transylvania University, where he graduated in 1818. He immediately began the study of law at Lexing ton, under Hon. William T. Barry, one of men Vfclio ever flourished in Kentucky. A afterwards he obtained license and begai practice at Georgetown, in his native co there has continued actively engaged in his profession until the present time, excepting short intervals of political life. In 1851 he was elected, w position, to the Senate of Kentucky, to represent the district composed of Scott and Fayette couhties, and served one term. In August, 1861, after a warmly contested canvass, he was again elected jfrom the same Senatorial district, defeating Hon. James B. Beck. This canvass was made when the clouds of civil war were gathering over the country, and the great subjects of vital importance to the people were discussed : such as the right of secession, the impending rebellion, the value of the Union, and the proper place to be occupied by Kentucky in the inevitable conflict. In 1862 Gov. lyiagoffin, the Governor of Kentucky, resigned the office of chief executive, and, there being no Lieutenant Governor, he being a member of the Senate, was immediately elected Speaker, thereby becoming acting Governor of the State, and as such at once qualified, and entered upon his duties, serving as Governor until the end of the the term. The period of his administration wa.t filled with troubles, difficulties and perils known to not ©t- tier, before or since. His conduct was in accord cwiuli the administration of the National Government^ aii.d his unflinching devotion to the Union, and his 'strong manly guardianship of the affairs- o'f the' State, brought the best possible good out of the evils of the times. Doubtless but few men in the State were better suited to control its affairs1 at such a tame'- reared as he had been, in his school of- patriots,- and from early life having espoused' the "Whig' principles - of National Government, possessing eminent ly the firm, unexplosive and temperate elements of character and withal being greatly attached to the best interests of his native State. He has been a farmer as well ms a lawyer for the last twenty-five years,- and-- now resides at "Cardome" (from cara domus) ; his fine farm consisting of 300 acres, and joining Georgetown, in a part of that most beautiful region called OBltie Grass," he has been without political am hi#6m, /having lived too busy a live to give his attention to /-the higher aims of the statesman, and being unwilling, to become a mere politician ; although importuned to accept public office at different times, he has usually declined, preferring to devote himself to his professional and agricultural interests; as a lawyer, he lias taken a place among the most learned and able . in Kentucky. He has been concerned im many -of 1 the great law cases of the State-, and so thoroughly did he become identified with the interests of his clients, that his business grew to great proportions, and gave him little time to devote to politics, had be : possessed the inclination. Had he given; himself to public affairs with that earnestness, learning and wisdom, which characterized his professional life, be Would have taken rank among the first-/ statesmen of his day. He possesses in a high degree; many broad and noble traits, which not only gave him strength and dignity in the court and before the jury, but, during his difficult- term of office as Chief Executive of the State, enabled him to administer its affairs , with &reat impartiality and justice; firmly suppressing wroiig, and protecting the people, regardless of -their peculiar sympathies, in their just 'demands as, citizens. He is a man of commanding person and noble presence, and probably no man of the old school is now living in Kentucky, who would have been able at any tiirie to add more dignify and honor to any position in the gift of the people. Governor Robinson is now living with his third wife, and has eight living children.

Hon. Victor F. Bradley Son Of Senator Ben F. Bradley

VICTOR F. BRADLEY. - He was born in August, 1854. His collegiate education was obtained at Georgetown College, he having graduated from that institution in June, 1875. Immediately upon obtaining his diploma giving him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, he entered the office of the Clerk ol the Scott Circuit and Common Pleas Courts in the capacity ol Deputy, Clerk. In June, i876, he severed his connection with the Clerk's office preparatory to attending a course of lectures on law at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. At this institution he completed both the junior and senior courses in one year, graduating with a high standard in both classes. There was only one prize awarded to the la v class, that being "The Liw Class Oratorship," which he secured.

He returned to Georgetown in the summer of 1877, and at the first session of court thereafter, was admitted as a . member of the Scott County Bar, and has continued in the the active practice of his profession up to the present time. From the date of his first admission to the practice of law. he has been actively identified with the local politics ot the county. He is an earnest believer in and an enthusiastic supporter of the doctrines of the Democratic party.

In 1878 he was elected County Superintendent of common schools, which office he held for four successive terms of two years each. When taking charge of the office he found the schools all over the countv in a most deplorable condition, as regards the accommodations for both teachers and pupils. By his energy in urging the improvements he found to be necessary, it was only a short while until every district in the county was much improved- He established the practice of giving more thorough and rigid examinations to all applicants for certificates as teachers. By reason of this action and the strict enforcement of it regardless of who the applicant might be, the grade of teachers was so much improved that there are few counties in the State that can boast of a better corps of teachers in the public schools than can Scott county.

October 7th, 1879, he married Miss Maty E. Craig, the daughter of the late James Craig, who is a decendant of Elijah Craig, the pioneer Baptist preacher. To this union two children were born - Craig and Victor. The former is now a practicing attorney at the Scott cpunty bar, and the latter is now taking a course in law at Harvard University.

In 1886 he was elected County Attorney for Sc 'tt, was re-elected to the same position in Augu t, 1890. In the discharge of his duties in this position he is honest and faithful, ever mindful of his obligations and of the interests of the county, both as to its financial matters and to the good order of its citizens At the expiration of his term he refused to offer for re-election, preferring to devote his, entire time to the practice of his profession. He is not only one of the leading lawyers at the Scott County Bar, but is recognized as one of the most prominent men of the State. He ha- been urged to make the race time and again for the

Craig And Victor Bradley

Legislature; the Democrats of Scott - county would at any time give to him the nomination of Representative without him even making his announcement. lie has been urged to offer for Congress but refused. The place of Circuit Court Judge was, right at his finger tips, and all that was needed was the asking, but he desired to continue the practice of law. He is always on the firing line whenever the time comes to battle for the cause of Democracy.