The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-07-20
Home Of Colleges, Churches and Gull
ture--Is a FIOuriShing Little city
Of 1900 and the County Seat OF
Rowan COunty---Rapldly
Advancing in Commerce
and Industry.


county. has the reputation of being one
Of the most lively and peaceable towns
in Kentucky. It is situated in the
central part of the county and on the
Lexington and Ashland division OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
II has a population of 1,SOO, with only
fifteen Of that number colored
It has two splendid schools, one pub
lie and one normal, Bible school, which
IS in a lourishing condition and enjoy
ing a liberal patronage from different
parts of the State, as well as some from
other states
Morehead has four churches one
bank and one library. 1t enjoys mod
erp improvements and is lighted with
electricity. The plant is owned and op-
Grated by the city and is proving sue
ccssful under municipal control. she
has dirt streets and creditable side
walks made of concrete and fiagstone
A new and costly depot built of brick
and stone by the Chesapeake & Ohio
* among the recent substantial I'M
movements which serves to show the
Importance of Morehead as a shipping
center.
Noreread has quite a number OF
lourishing business houses, conducted
by industrious, energetic business gen
tlemen. and has also one large whole
sale grocery house. Enjoying splendid
facilities for manufacturing and ship
ping. being the center of fire clay and
lumber interests, several saw and plan
ing mills. heading and spoke factories
are in constant operation there and In
near vicinity.
These active operations contribute
great deal to the progress and pros
perity of Morehead and her enterpris-
ing citizens.
Splendid railway facilities add ma
terially to the development of the cap
ital and the surrounding territory, the
c. G. o runnig through the entire
length of the county, East and West,
and the Morehead & North Fork rail-
read extending South a distance OF 81
miles, penetrating a country rich IN
natural resources, from which More
head, being the trade center OF that
section, drains a large and profitable
trade.
Lying in rich and productive
region, 70 miles from Ashland, the
terminals of the c. & o. Lexil gton
division, and about so miles from Lex
ington, it enjoys a record for CONNER
cial and industrial progress second to
none in Eastern Kentucky.
It's resources in lumber, fire clay,
farm products and gas are large and
her industrial life, as a consequence, is
very active. Morehead's progress has
been steady but substantial. From
little struggling village of about 800
quarter of century ago; storm CEN
ter for feudists, where riot and red
handed lawlessness was rife, she has
emerged and forged to the front rank
in commerce, education and morals.
The feudal days of quarter Of cen
turv ago a~e no more and Is now but
a memory. What a contrast-in then
and now!
A peaceful, prosperous. law abiding
community, blessed with modern
churches and imposing educational in
stitutioqs, modern business houses and
a highly cultivated citizenship, work
ing IN unison for the general uplift of
their home town and county.
Workers for Progress.
The educational and religious senu-
ment that peryades Morehead is of
sincere type and all the churches and
schools are 1ourishing indeed.
All these institutions are modern and
we'll attended added to this, is an edu'
Gated cultured and eloquent ministry,
whose efforts meet with hearty CO.
operation upon the part of their respec-
tive denominations.
All OF which adds beauty and moral
tone to the city itself and makes
peaceful, intelligent and law abiding
citizenship.
Morehead is indeed an ideal home
town and is noted for her educational
and religious progress.
The citizens take special interest in
schools and the pubic schools, con-
Quoted on high plane, are under
splendid faculty charge On the whole,
no town Of its population enjoys more
surprising moral and educational
facilities, and these are thecrowning
jewels in the diadem of ner fair brow.