The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
ONE or MOST
SUCCESSFUL YEARS
AT CAMpMEETING
Everyone Is Enjoying Himself and the
Services Are Above the Ordinary
Carl DOdds Has Great
Choir.
(By J. H. RI


The camp is being favored today with
visit by Mr.. Robert Boggs and sis
ter of Mt. Sterling, Ill. Mr. Boggs in
the long ago, lived just adjoining the
campground. This is the first time
he has been here for thirty-one years.
Of course he notes the many changes
in the grounds as we'll as those camp
ing Very few of the campers of that
time are here now. He. and Mr.. /. M.
Lane and others of the older camp
ers were going over old times this af-
tornoon. This section was not so
peaceable in those days as now. Many
were the fights and disturbances in
those days. 1t seems as though Mr..
Boggs was the hero in one or more of
those scrimmages, cleaning up on a
lot of drunken roughnecks who were
trying to disturb the campmeeting.
There is no question but that this
campmeeting has been a great factor
in bringing about better conditions in
y : community. At the present time
there is no better community any
where, and disturbance of any kind
is almost unknown.
Rev. F. w. Harrop was in the camp
COR the day, leaving late in the after
noon for Ashland. He is busy as
bee, having been made financial agent
for Union College, Barbourville, and
is on the lookout for one hundred
thousand dollars with which to endow
the college. Anyone who knows Rev
Harrop will understand that if there
$ a dollar to be found he is the man
to get it. Rev. Harrop will also en-
tertain the annual session of the Ken
lucky Conference in his church at
Harlan. 1t isn't any wonder that he
is kept busy.
Or A. o. Taylor, wife and child, and
Miss Bessie Johnson of Maysville, and
Miss Katie Blatterman of Atlanta, Ga,
spent the afternoon in the camp. On
their return to Maysville they were
accompanied by Mrs. Carl Dodds who
goes home for a couple of days.
After an all-nights rain the camp
has been just a little gloomy today,
but the afternoon brought the sun
shine again. Perhaps the wet grounds
vas partly accountable for such
crowds to the church services for the
day.
Revs. Don NJ Nichols, the evange-
list of Cincinnati, and G. n. Jolly, d,
D.. of the West Ohio Conference, ar
ived during the afternoon to remain
until the close of the meetings.
The writer is in receipt of letter
today from Rev. S. X. Hunt, former
pastor of the Third Street N.
church. He is now stationed at Camp
Johnson near Jacksonville, Fla, in
the Y. NJ. c. A. work for which he
Just finished his special training al
Blue Ridge, North Carolina. lie
states that he is much in love with his
work Mrs. Hunt and the children are
pleasantly located at Green Cove
Springs. Fla, distance of something
ike twenty miles from the camp He
has q Ford and ig able to spend
little time at home each week
A short note fram the venerable II.
C.. Northcott with a request that some
Maysville papers with the campmeet-
ing news be sent him, was received
today. Brother Northcott who is low
ingly referred to as father of Ruggles
CaSlpmeeting is nearing the century
mark in age. 1t has been several
years now since he attended but there
is no diminishing of his intense in
terest in the meetings.
The Annual Association meeting
will be held tomorrow at a. m. This
il the one very important business
session of the meetings. The Board
of Directors will be elected, the finan-
cial affairs of the Association gone
over, and plans for the future of the
campmeeting will be discussed.
1t was the privilege of our campers
10 hear a great sermon this morning
The Rev. A. P. Smith of West Union
Ohio, was the, preacher Brother
Smith is our biggest preacher, has the
biggest voice, and this sermon could
he easily classified as one of the big
Gest of the meetings Our hearts were
stirred within us as we sat under the
power Of his message.
The afternoon service was a rouser.
Rev. E. r. Overley was the man ap-
pointed to conduct these services. No
word has been received from him, Not !
appearing the superintendent has |
drafted the Rev. Cheap for this big
job, and he is filling the bill very sat
isfactorily. Brother Cheap has the
happy faculty of being able to enter
tain and instruct in the things of the
Bible at the same time His method
appeals to the young people, Should
Brother Overley fail to come Brother
Cheap will continue.
We have all looked forward with
great expectancy to the coming Of the
evangelist DR. Nichols, and to hear