Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-24
BOWMAN TELLS OF HIS
VISIT TO RICHMOND
Woodford Sun Editor Greatly
Pleased With New Presbyp
terian Church Here

in Richmond for the dedication
of the new First Presbyterian
church, and in his paper last weel
gave his impressions of his all to,
short visit to Richmond. Man,
of his friends did not know h
was in town, he came and left 81
quickly. But what he said of hi
visit here, will be read with inter
est. He wrote:
On Sunday morning | wen
with some friends over to Rich
mond to be present at the dedica
ton of the new Presbyterian
church. AS we rode through tn,
smiling country, it spoke of sucl
peace and plenty that it seemed
impossible to believe that blu,
grass farmer could be aught bu
prosperous. And it is true that il
spite Of such financial pressure a:
the farmer has been subjected
recently, wealth is more evenly
distributed. and actual want
the need Of food and clothes anC
fire-is less felt in Central Ken
tucky than, perhaps, iii any other
spot on the earth's surface. Virgi
must have seen the blue gras,
farmer with prophetic eye wher
he wrote: "Not his the misery o
another's need, nor envy Of hi,
abundance"
The new church at Richmond
is a very fine example Of church
archltecture--a comfort to the
eye-and has = noble organ. The
'uilding and equipment cost roe
than $4,000 and understand
hat Mr.. Waller Bennett gave
about third of it, When | thinE
Of Richmond, | always think o.
the Burnams and Bennetts:Thosc
two families are living witnesse,
to the potency of heredity. They
produce generation after genera
tlon of men and women of strong
character, clear thinking, hig'
principles and d social conscious
ness which makes them lea>ler
OF and vital elements in the wei
fare of their community. Their
are a number of such families i,
Madison, which has more than it
quota of fine, sound, substantial
people.
On every hand heard of hov
Mr.. Telford, Iastor Of the Pre-.
byterian church, is beloved am
the new building seemed to b
considered a sort Of testimonia
OF affection for him. | saw niue
evidence of the warm feeling O
the various bodies of christian
IN Richmond toward each other
| was delighted to meet the Rev
Q. O. Green, 50 long pastor of the
Baptist church at Versailles. He
looks young, prosperous and hap
Py and Richard has grown to be
a fine young man.
The new church was built D,
the Selden-Brcck Company. O
St. Louis, (of which Daniel H
Breck. brother of Mrs .LucasBrod.
head, is president), through thei-
local representative John Shack
elford. Mr.. Breck's father. tn,
late Rev Robert /. Breck, was ;
beloved pastor of the Richmonc
church for ten years, including
the period of the Civil War.
After the dedication service wa.
over, | was indebted to Richmont
hospitality for one Of those din
ncrs which constitute one of thu
fondest memories Of old times il
Kentucky, but which cannot Of
ten be enjoyed at the present day
outside of Madison county.
1t has never been my privileg,
to visit the new building which
Shelton Saufey, editor of tn,
Daily Register, built some tim,
since, but drove past it Sunday
and from its exterior, imagine /
to be the finest country newspa
per office in the state. The bes
is none too good for Shelton.
The new streets Richmond ha
constructed since Twisted tn
city last are a most wonderful
Improvement, and with unusua
width of her thoroughfares, Civ
her a spacious appearance.
Later | went out to the Rich
mond cemetery-a most beautiful
spot-and stood by the graves o
some who were dear to me an,
thought of the time when "man.
of them that sleep in the dust o
the earth shall awake .
AS we turned our faces home
ward, the country looked eve,
more alluring in the setting su
than in the morning. $50" as MI
Pepys would have said, 'home t
! supper and tc bed : A. A. I