Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-13

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PURSLEY-Three direct descend
ants of the man in whose house the
Baptist church was organized have
assisted in building the additions to
the church this summer. The origi-
nal church was organized June 6,
1918, in the house of John Pursley,
near the western limits of the pres
ent Hopkinsville. A house 45 by 30
feet was built on the Terrell School
House lot and it was called New
Providence Church" The name
was changed about 1886. Some
time afterwards the church was
moved to the brick house of worship
now used by Mrs. Fannie Hille as an
apartment house with business
houses underneath. In 1894 the
present stone building on Main and
Fourteenth street was erected. The
additions now being made will double
the Sunday schools floor space, add
ing ten rooms, one Of which will be |
% x 80 feet and can be thrown into |
the auditorium by raising a rolling |
partition. Among the carpenters
who have worked as house finish
ers are John w. Pursley and Chas.
Pursley, grandsons of John Pursley.
) Sam Pursley, the young sor of Chas.
; Pursley, has also worked with his
father. Since 1918 the church has
q had the following fourteen pastors;
, James Payne, 2 years; VIM. Tandy,
3 years; VIM. Warheld, years;
Robt. Rutherford. 6 years; J. M.
@ Pendleton, 3 years; John Hubbard,
! l year; Ed. Anderson, 4 years; T. G..
( Keen, 1871 to I845; Samuel Baker,
o 1845 to 1850; A. D. Sears, 1850 to
n 1864; T. G. Keen, 1864 to 1887; ]. N.
g Prestridge, 1887 to 1890; Chas. H.
o Nash, 1890 to 1906; M. A. Jenkens,
o 1906 and 1907. The church was or
gained with 10 members. 1t now
is has725.
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+ COOPER-Mr. r. E. Cooper re
10 turned Thursday from a stay of tw
Il weeks at the camp of the Meachar
is Construction Co., near Jonesboro
is Tenn, of which company he is presi
D. dent. The company is engaged il
" concrete construction on a new rail
le road IN the mountains. The mana
1T ger, Rodman Y. Meacham, will b,
y home tomorrow for a stay of thirt!
. days, looking after some bis
as contracts. One of them will b,
2 the concrete pavements around tn,
II John c. Latham summer home.
r. COTTRELL-Mr. Ellis A. Cottrel
" will resign his position with J. H
n Anderson & Co., this fall and ente
f the Baptist Seminary at Louisvill,
to benin his actual preparation fo
$ the ministry. Mr.. Cottrell is {
| young man of more than ordinar!
- gifts and of deeply religious charac
- ter. He is we'll qualified to ente.
upon the study of theology, and hi
friends feel confident that he will
} succeed in the ministry.
McMATH-Herbert McMath, wht
recently :esigned as city clerk t,
= accept - sition as custodian of tn,
} Elks Club. IS making a success in hi
, new place He is quite populal
with the entire membership and ha
demonstrated his fitness for the DO
sition by conducting several large
. "feasts," notably the one at the re
cent social s. ,Sion.
HARRISON-Prof. VIM. H. Har
rison, late president of Bethel Col
, lege, Russellville, one of the most
4 capable educators in the state, will
, quit teaching He has made bust
ness connection with an insurance
company and vii move to Louis
vile. His family will soon arrive
here to make q Visit to Prof. and
Mrs. Edmund II rrison.
H AMLETT Prof. Barksdale
Hamlett left this week for his old
home in Nirpinia II make q visit of