Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1897-03-02
TH|RTIETH ANNIVERSARY!
Thirty Years To-Day Since a Republican
Paper Started in MaySviI|G!
TINES woNDRoUs CHANGES

taken place Since lnlS llsL was mdue, leC
us pause moment.
OF the 46 whose names are subscribed,
2S are known to be dead-Dr. G. W. Mar
tin, Charles S. Rogers, N. B. Smith, John
L. Gels, Samuel MAIDEN, Geo. H. Wheeler,
W. Writ Nolin, Alex. Billstein, (W. B.
Kahn & Co. } r. Albert, N. Shafer, Cap.
tain w. Joe Ross, DR., John Shsckleford,
Henry Johnson, Daniel s. Boutwell,,
Charles A. Love, ]. NJ. Ricketts,, Ezekiel
Dimmitt, r. G. January, Samuel Howe,
w. E. Neal, Morris A. Hutchins, Colonel
D. L. Roberts, Hugh Power George T.
Wood, Colonel L. B. Goggin, DR.. s. M,
Cartmell, Benedict Kirk and jackson
Sweet.
Hon. Sam Mckee is in Louisville; T. b.
Brickel in Sedalia, No.; John A. Seaton
in Cleveland; Joseph F. Brodrick in Mis-.
souri, D. e. Roberts, Jr., in New Rich.
mond, O.; Thomas w. Mitchell in Ash
land; W. H. Squires in New Orleans;
John E. Blaine in Cincinnati; Peter d.
Courtney in Nashville; and G. c. Han
cock in New Richmond o.
This leaves 10 who are now residents
of MSysville-Henry G. Smith, John j.
Brosee, j. Il. Rains, John NJ. Rains,
Charles G. Cady, Charles Phister, Viii.
liam w ormald, T. G. Campbell, N. Cooper,
Z. B. Powell and James Smith; and it is
a pleasure to note that all of them are
still among our patrons.
There are very few of those who were
in business then that are in business to-
day; and there is but single merchant in
all the city who now occupies the store
as he occupied it then-the venerable
James Rice.
There isn't single dwelling or bust
ness house on either side OF Second street,
from Limestone to Wall, that hasn't lost
an occupant by death, and in many
cases there have been three or more to
the house.
And our Cities of the Dead-whose
population never diminshes.
Thirty years ago the site of Maysville
and Mason County Cemetery was occu-
pied by Nursery; now it contains the
sacred dust of nearly 2, 600 former citizens,
while quite as many have found repose in
the beautiful Maysville Cemetery.
Among the latter are both the original
employees of the Editor-George W. Slitts
and Robert c, McNeeley, two as loyal
helpers as ever served any man.
"TIMEs THAT TRIED MEMS SOULS"
1t would take. too much time and space
to recite the incidents attending the first
few months of the papers eXistence-how
some of the "boys" whose names had got
ten into print 1aid' for the damned
Black Republican Editor" as he was so
endearingly called; how he was twice
threatend with the luxury of free ride
on a rail; with what genuine Southern
generosity he was rendered magnificent
overcoat of tar and feathers; and the
more serious episode when couple of
gentlemen made a seventeen mile ride for
the express purpose of filling him so full
of lead that he would make an anchor for
a man-of.war
Those were times when it took nerve"
to be an ontspoken Republican in Mays
vile; and it is fortunate for the mass of
the present generation that they have
lsng passed. Their crimes against liberty
of thought may be forgiven, but they
cannot be forgotten.
PURELY PERSONAL.
We may be pardoned, it is hoped, for
transferring TO these columns a personal
sketch of the Editor, taken from recent
issue of The Louisville Post;
Thomas A. Davis, Editor and owner
of THE NASHVILLE DAILY PUBLIC LED
GER, was born in Maysville, Ky, January
18th, 1870 He began his apprenticeship
at the printing business on the old Louis.
vile Times in 1885, subsequently worked
for j. f. Brennan and The Louisville
Journal under George d. Prentice. In
1857 he worked in Memphis, and steam.