The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-05-28

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Obituaries, per line .O5
Irrespective Of political aiiiistor,
irres rcltive e their station IN life,
high AM low, rich and poor Of Garrard
COUNT, gIieye the loss of her fayorite
son, Se.a.o- William O'ConneIl Bradley.
The great ~ part of his life was spent
in Garlald county. he was in touch
with nearly every person in. the county
ct one time or another, and ali with
whom he ever came in contact have
kindly recollection of him. Prince and
paupsr came in for the same treat
ment a. lis hands, he knew no dis
tinction among his home people; suf-
ficient for him that they came from
"old Garrard'' as he delighted 10 speak
Of his OIL home. No one ''from home.
ever appealed TO him in vain; though
2 strong partisan. when it came to
doing favor for his home people,
party lines were leveled and there re
NAMED the sole fact that one Of his
pe5p'- was seeking his aid, and it Was
invasital.y forthcoming.
Nor WIS il always necessary to ap-
peal to him for aid, when times we're
hard, when the winter blast was chill
and B.. naw that the poor were having
, hard line to keep the wolI from the
, door, his thoughts ever turned to the
needy poor in his old home, and sing
ling out a favored few, most times
several worthy old colored people who
for long mad profited from his bounty,
and specifying that they especially
should be cared for. ne would send here
a check for liberal amount to be dis
pensed for the relief of suffering and
distress Such a man was Senator
Bradley, kind hearted to fault,
thoroughly unSelfish where those he
loved were involved, his greatest de-
light was in doing some service for
them.
His deeds of kindness was not con-
fined to the poor, many people in more
pretehtious circumstances have come in
for'fav0rs at his hands. many of our
people VINO are now making d success
in the world, owe to Senator Bradley
the Oppol tunity to make start on
their successful career. Next to his
loyalty to lis frie1ds, bis it.diL. ,laI-
acteristi. was his pride in his: home
town and county, an be never missed
an opportunity to secure for them any
things obtainabie which ne ,Eougl,
would be- Of benefit to them. \ hand
some new custom house which viii be-
fore the lapse of many months be cree
ted in Lancaster, viii Le monument
10 his efforts in our behalf, and not a
person that looks toward it ont win
remember with pride ana gratitude
that but for his efforts we would not
have had this structure.
His death is nation wide cala-..g.
the persons Of note from ali over -.a
country who attended his funeral, al
tested to this fact. but aside from the
grief Of his own immediate family.
there was more genuine sorrowing
right here among those VINO knew HIN
best aud loved him, than anywhere
else. There are those here in Laucas-
ter who perhaps We're not financially
able to attend the funeral, whose grief
was far more poignant than that of
many who Travelled hundreds of miles
10 be In ATTENDANCE. Those who have
known him .ong ana well, have par
taken OF MS bounty, and who realize
that in his death they have lost friend
who could ever and under all circum-
stance be depended upon to aid and
assist them. an who will forever ard
ever lovingly cherish his memory.
We sorrow deeply at his passing, but
we are consoled by the thought that he
died IN the performance Of his duty, At
worh al his de,A, perhaps, VINO knows,
Seeking to do some good for others.
when the death illness struck him.
Our hearts swell with pride when we
read the newspaper comment attesling
to his briliiLncy, and the esteem in
which he was held among his colleagues
in the upper house OF Congress, when
We read of the great Difference that
was paid his utterances, and we re-
member that he was ours, that this
was once his home, that he was a pro-
duct of old Garrard, and that up to the
very time that the breath departed
from his body, he cherished the very
greatest interest and affection for
everything pertainingsto Garrard and
her-people.