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The past presidents have served in the following order: Mrs. F. C. Tingle, Mrs. David Smith, Mrs. Charles Myers, Mrs. Curtis Withrow, Mrs. M. E. Leffingwell, Mrs. S. E. DeHaven, Mrs. Alton Trusler, Mrs. H. T. Silvey and Mrs. C. O. Melhorn.
ADELAIDE PROCTER CLUB.
The formal organization of the Procter Club was effected on November 13, 1896. To three ladies belong the honor of the club's existence, namely : Mrs. J. F. Carlos, Mrs. Austin Ready and Katherine Nevin. Mrs. Carlos was chosen the first president and held the office for three years. At first the club began as a small and weak organization, the purpose of which was the study of literature and to promote the spirit of sociability among its members. But with the progress of time the club has become one of the strongest of the numerous clubs in the city. The field of research and activ- ity has been so extended as to include music, civics and charity. The club was federated in 1908. A notable feature of its membership is that mother and daughter sit side by side, each taking part in the programs with the same zeal and earnestness. The club is especially gifted in music, nearly every member being able to take an active part in the musical programs.
Time has wrought many changes in the club during the last few years. Only four charter members are now on the roll, namely, Mrs. J. Carlos, Katherine Nevin, Mrs. E. W. Ansted and Mrs. Sue Meyers. Death has invaded the ranks of the club but once, taking one of the charter members, Mrs. Margaret Doyle. The membership of the club is limited to twenty-five.
THE TRI-KAPPA SORORITY.
The Tri-Kappa Sorority, a state organization whose aim is charitable and social, was organized at Connersville on June 22, 1910, with the follow- ing charter members: Mrs. Ruth Hull Barrows, Mrs. Edna Pfafflin Wil- liams, Mrs. Meda Krell Bosler, Mrs. Gladys Lockhart Hassler, Mrs. Nancy
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Conwell Thompson, Inez Lockhart, Blanche Robinson and Mrs. Bess Williams Pittinger. The presidents of the sorority have been Mrs. Ruth Hull Bar- rows, Inez Lockhart, Edna Pfafflin Williams, Helen Havens and Lois Hig- gins. The present officers include the following: Inez Lockhart, president ; Mrs. Nancy Conwell Thompson, vice-president ; Mary Rieman, treasurer ; May Cain, secretary ; Louise Keller, corresponding secretary.
The chapter has been very active in charitable work. The organization has furnished a room in the city hospital and has contributed one hundred dollars to the new hospital. Besides donations have been made to the fund of associated charities. During the winter months individual cases of want are carefully watched and proper attention given. Money is raised in various ways, but mostly through markets, charity dances, bazaars and the like. Dur- ing the summer of 1916 the sorority helped manage the Lincoln Chautauqua movement and thereby cleared one hundred dollars. During the state cen- tennial week in 1916 they had charge of the sale of the pageant souvenir and cleared a neat sum.
THE CAMERATA.
The Camerata of Connersville was organized in January, 1914, with the following membership: Miss Edith Brown, Miss Kathleen Carlos, Mrs. J. F. Carlos, Beulah Campbell, Lois Campbell, Mrs. B. W. Cole, Mrs. Wilhel- mina Fettig, Mrs. Lewis Heeb, Loretta Heeb, Mrs. L. V. Hegwood, Ruth I.englade, Margaret MacDonald. Mrs. Estey Scholl, Josephine Sturwold, Mrs. N. G. Wills and Mrs. C. E. Walden. Vera Phillips, Helen Men Muir.
The first officers included the following: Loretta Heeb, president ; Mrs. Estey Scholl, vice-president; Mrs. C. E. Walden, secretary ; treasurer, Kathleen Carlos.
There are two classes of members, active and associate, the active mem- bership for 1916 being as follow: Edith Brown, Kathleen Carlos, Mrs. J. F. Carlos, Beulah Campbell, Myrtle Campbell, Lois Campbell, Mrs. B. W. Cole, Wilhelmina Fettig, Mrs. Henry Guttman, Mrs. Lewis Heeb, Loretta Heeb, Mrs. L. V. Hegwood, Edna Johnson, Estella Keller, Opal Krautter, Ruth Lenglade, Mrs. C. L. Lenglade, Mrs. Myron Levinson, Mrs. Virgie Lugar, Margaret MacDonald, Grace McKee, Mrs. Estey Scholl, Josephine Sturwold, Mrs. F. E. Tingley, Mrs. N. G. Wills, Mrs. C. E. Walden, Mrs. Ralph Leming, Vera Phillips, Helen Men Muir, Mrs. C. C. Smith and Mrs. Aster Beeson. The associate members are Katherine Nevin and Elizabeth Sheehan.
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The officers for 1916 include the following: Mrs. B. W. Cole, presi- dent; Mrs. J. F. Carlos, first vice-president; Edith Brown, second vice- president ; Edna Johnson, secretary; Josephine Sturwold, assistant ; Myrtle Campbell, treasurer, and Mrs. Estey Scholl, librarian.
The object of the society is to advance the interests and promote the . culture of musical art in Connersville, and for the mutual improvement of its members. The regular meetings of the society are held on the first and third Thursday of each month during the month of October to May, inclusive.
THE WAYSIDE GLEANERS.
The society known as the Wayside Gleaners, a charitable organization, was organized on October 18, 1906. Originally the society was the Sunday school class of Mrs. Scott Moore, a lady who was dear to everyone and quite commonly known as Mother Moore. On the date mentioned above, Mrs. Will Burhle extended an invitation to the members of Mrs. Moore's class to the Grand Avenue Methodist church to meet at her home for the purpose of organizing a society, the object of which was to raise funds for the benefit of the poor and needy. The following names were enrolled as charter members: Mrs. Will Burhle, Carrie Becker, Mrs. Arthur Coe, Mrs. Joseph Hauck, Mrs. John Lee, Mrs. Charles Murphy, Mrs. Scott Moore, Mrs. Benjamin Riggs, Mrs. Harry Riley, Mrs. Alfie Riggs. The first officers were as follows : Mrs. Will Burhle, president; Mrs. Harry Riley, first vice- president; Carrie Becker, secretary; Mrs. Arthur Coe, assistant secretary ; Mrs. Charles Murphy, treasurer. The present officers are the following : Mrs. Joseph Hauck, president; Mrs. Sadie Wymore, vice-president; Mrs. Dora Seward, secretary, and Mrs. Otis Arnold, treasurer. The society is com- posed of thirteen members.
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND CLUB.
The Merry-Go-Round Club is one of the most prominent social organi- zations of the city. The club was organized by Mrs. Herman Munk and Kate Heron in 1890 with the following members: Herman Munk and wife, J. M. Heron and wife, J. E. Roberts and wife, J. H. Fearis and wife, Kate Heron, Cornelia Conwell, Dr. Frank Chitwood and M. E. Dale. All of the original members are living, with the exception of Mrs. J. E. Roberts. The first officers were Mrs. Herman Munk, president, and Kate Heron, secretary- treasurer. The present officers include the following: Mrs. J. R. Mountain,
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president; Mrs. A. E. Leiter vice-president; Mrs. J. M. Heron, secretary ; Mrs. A. W. Hotchkiss, treasurer.
The origin of the name "Merry-Go-Round" as applied to the club is quite interesting. At the time the organization of the club was being dis- cussed the question of a suitable name arose. It so happened at the time that a merry-go-round was running in full blast at the lower end of Western avenue. Hundreds of people flocked to this place of amusement each even- ing and in watching with delight the crowds wend their way to and fro, the name "Merry-Go-Round" occurred to Kate Heron as very appropriate for the designation of the club. A friend who was in the presence of Miss Heron at the time thought the name very apt. In the evening paper on the following day was an announcement that a name for the club had been found. Hence the name, Merry-Go-Round.
THE LABYRINTH CLUB.
The Labyrinth Club is the only literary club in the county whose mem- bership contains both men and women. It is the outgrowth of the Yankee- town Alumni Association, which was organized in 1893. For four years the association continued to hold regular meetings, but as the members married it was felt that it would be wise to change the original constitution of the association so as to admit others than graduates of the school. Consequently a committee was appointed in June, 1897, to revise the constitution, and at that time the name Labyrinth was adopted, the name by which the club is now known.
The membership is limited to twenty, and there is only one member of the club unmarried, Hope Kerr. The club meets on the last Saturday even- ing of each month in the year at the home of one of its members. A regular literary program is given at each meeting, followed by a social hour. One open meeting is held each year, usually in the town hall at Harrisburg. Three of the original charter members, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Robinson and Dona- van Robinson, are still members of the club. James C. Rea is the only mem- ber who has been lost by death, the other members having moved from the neighborhood. Practically all the members have been residents of Harrison township.
The present membership includes the following: Mr. and Mrs. Willard Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. James Eby, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Florea, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brookbank, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Donavan Robinson, Mr.
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and Mrs. Chester Kerr, Mrs. Joseph Foster and Hope Kerr. The officers for the current year are as follows: President, Donavan Robinson; vice-presi- dent, Hope Kerr; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Paul Caldwell; assistant secretary, Mrs. Charles Florea. The club is affiliated with the sixth district association of clubs.
THE REVIEW CLUB.
The Review Club, a literary organization of twelve members, was organ- ized by a number of the women of Harrison township in 1909. It meets every two weeks in the afternoon at the homes of its members. There is one all-day meeting each year for the benefit of the husbands of the mem- bers. Mrs. Willard Robinson was the first president of the club, but is now only an associate member. Mrs. Frank Florea, another of the charter mem- bers, is also now an associate member. The present membership includes the following: Hope Kerr, Mrs. Ollie Kerr, -Mrs. J. C. Foster, Mrs. E. M. Stone, Mrs. H. M. Broaddus, Mrs. H. T. Thomas, Mrs. Ernest Maurer, Mrs. Orris Ludlow, Mrs. Orris Williams, Mrs. Charles Florea, Rosalind Tingley and Lillian Tingley. The president of the club for the current year is Hope Kerr.
In addition to the Labyrinth Club and the Review Club in the rural districts of the county, there are a number of other clubs, some of which are literary, while others are of a purely social nature. Two of the prom- inent rural clubs which have been in existence for some years are the Mothers Club and the Twentieth Century Club.
CHAPTER XX.
THE CITY OF CONNERSVILLE.
The annals of Indiana are rich in stories recounting the settlement and development of many industrial and civic centers within its domain, but none eclipse in interest the marvelous growth of the city of Connersville, county- seat of Fayette county.
Connersville is picturesquely situated on the west bank of the west fork of White Water river, occupying what forms a natural terrace to the streams and river bottoms. Its western and southwestern boundaries are dotted with a range of hills, rising about one hundred feet above the valley, and whose summits are crowned, at irregular distances, with antique and more modern suburban homes, from which is obtained a pleasing view of the city and sur- rounding country. The city is located near the center of Fayette county, and by rail is distant 67.2 miles, a little south of east from Indianapolis and 57.I miles northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, lying in latitude 39 degrees 36 minutes north, and longitude 7 degrees 54 minutes west.
THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
John Conner, the proprietor of the original plat of the town, some time between the years 1804 and 1808, had established an Indian trading post at this point. Hence the name Connersville. On March 4, 1813, the city was laid out by John Conner, though the original proprietor of the land on which the original plat was made, as shown by the original entry book, was A. Tharp, who entered the northeast quarter of section 25, township 14, range 12 east, April 4, 1812. The original plat comprised only sixty-two lots, which were bounded on the west by Monroe street (now Central avenue), on the east by Water street, and extending from a little beyond Head street (now Sixth street ), on the north to a little beyond High street (now Third street) on the south. The place was laid out in Franklin county and the plat there recorded, which it seems from the records was not transcribed on the records of Fayette county until October, 1841. Attached to the plat is the following descriptive heading and certificate :
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Part of town of Connersville first laid off by John Conner. Laid out on the west branch of White Water, on the north side of the river, on part of the northeast quar- ter of section 25, township 14, range 12 east, second principal meridian ; course of street running up and down the river and north 25° east, commencing at the lower end of the town, and the other north 65° west, extending from the river, and all of them four poles wide; the alleys are one pole wide. The public grounds contain two blocks or four lots. The lots are five poles front and two poles back, each containing fifty square perches of ground, and laid down by a scale of ten poles to the inch by me, Enoch McCarty .- March 4, 1813.
Indiana Territory, Franklin County, ss :
On the 1st day of October, 1813, personally came before me, Benjamin Smith, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, John Conner, aud saith on oath that the within plat is a true representation of the within described town of Conners- ville, and further saith not.
BENJAMIN SMITH, Justice of the Peace.
ADDITIONS.
In 1817 Joshua Harlan made additions embracing lots extending above Boundary (now Second) street, east of Market and south of the alley above Head (now Sixth) street. The same Joshua Harlan in 1818 made further additions embracing lots west of Market street to Tanner, south of Madison, and to one street further west north of Madison, extending from Boundary along Market to an alley between Harrison and Head streets, the northern boundary of these lots consisting of a line from said alley on the south to an alley on the north between Madison and Harrison streets; and again in 1819 by the same, embracing lots south of Boundary street. In 1818 by Dale; in 1819 by Jonathan McCarty ; in 1819 by John Conner. The ground comprising the public square, on which are now located the city hall and court house, bounded by Central avenue, Market Court, and Fourth streets, was a part of the Harlan plat of additions to the town.
On February 17, 1819, Connersville was selected as county seat by the locating commissioners designated by the legislatve act of December 28, 1818.
THE EARLY VILLAGE.
Dr. Philip Mason, an early pioneer and well-known historian, who died April 26, 1869, published the following :
I came to the valley of the White Water in the Spring of 1816, and early in the summer of that year I visited Connersville. A small tract of land had been laid off by John Conner into town lots, which lay along the river bank on Water street and along Main street, and a few log cabins had been erected. The most of the land which
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comprises the present site of the town was then a dense forest. In traveling up the river to the place there was now and then a small opening to be seen, with an inhabited log cabin on it. John Conner, after whom the town is named, and who owned the land on which it stands, had built a mill just above the town, and not far above the site of the present mill now owned by A. B. Conwell. The town had but one small retail store.
The keeping of the first store at Connersville has been credited to Joshua Harlan. This, of course, is excepting Conner's trading post, where he had been bartering with the Indians for several years. The first business house built on the town plat is said to have been a log building which stood on the west side of Main street (now Eastern avenue), on or near the corner of the alley on the site of the dwelling house formerly occupied by the widow of William Bunnell. He is known to have kept a store at that point in 1815. Mr. Harlan, who had been a judge under the Territorial Government, was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, born in 1763. He lived for some years in Kentucky and Brookville, and in 1813 came to Connersville. He has been described as a tall man, fully six feet two inches, and of strong and clear mind. About 1820 he built a brick house on the northeast corner of what is now East- ern avenue and Fifth street. Here Judge Harlan kept one of "ye olden time inns" for a number of years. He died at Connersville on September 15, 1827.
AN ATTORNEY WITHOUT MONEY.
Newton and Solomon Claypool, young unmarried men, came to the village in 1817 and for a time carried on a bartering trade with the Indians and the few white settlers. Newton embarked in the tavern business, and Solomon engaged in farming. The Hon. Oliver H. Smith, a United States senator from Indiana, in alluding to Mr. Claypool as a landlord, said: "When I arrived at Connersville in May, 1820, I stopped at the hotel of Newton Clay- pool. He was about my age. I had been licensed to practice in March before, and was looking for a location. My last dollar had escaped from the top of my pocket. Breakfast over, I met Claypool in the bar-room; as we met I remarked: 'Look me over and see whether you will risk me for my board for a year.' 'Who are you? Where did you come from? What is'your trade and how do you expect to pay for your board?' 'My name is Smith; I am from Lawrenceburg; I-am a young lawyer, and I expect to pay you from my prac- tice.' 'Rather a bad chance, but I will risk you.'" The board bill was paid.
It appears from an inscription on a tombstone at Connersville that the Claypools were Virginians; that, with their father, Abraham Claypool, they migrated to Scioto Valley, Ohio, in 1798, thence to Clermont county, same state, in 1808, and then to Connersville in 1817.
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Silas Ford, a wheelwright, came to the village from Virginia in 1817. Here he followed his trade, and for a time he also kept a house of entertain- ment. A young man from Pennsylvania, by name Joseph Nelson, and by trade a saddler, settled in Connersville in 1819, and at once opened the first saddlery in the place.
In 1819 Austin Bishop opened a store on the northwest corner of Eastern avenue and Fifth street. The building was erected by Benjamin Berry. Absalom Burkham built the Heinemann corner. The same year were built the hotel of Joshua Harlan, a house for Charles Mount, the old United States Hotel, which stood on Central avenue opposite the court house, and a house for George Reed.
TAVERN LICENSE GRANTED.
Jonathan John, from Kentucky, settled in 1816 on the site of the McFar- lan residence, on the western border of the city. The father of Amos R. Edwards, from Pennsylvania, settled in Connersville in 1817, and in 1819 came Douglas Burton and family from Kentucky, though previously migrat- ing from South Carolina. At this period those engaged in keeping tavern or merchandising were required to make application for a license for same. In 1819 the county commissioners granted-a tavern license to Newton Claypool and George Reed, and in 1820 to Joshua Harlan and Archibald Reed. The rate charged per annum was ten dollars.
The following business interests were represented in Connersville in 1821 : Arthur Dixon kept a dry-good store; Austin Bishop conducted a grocery ; Joshua Harlan was running a tavern; John Sample, Sr., had an inn; Newton Claypool kept a house of entertainment; Archibald Reed carried on a similar house; Absalom Burkham also vended spirituous compounds; Silas Ford con- ducted a hotel; Bartholomew McCleary carried on a general store; Barnet and Jonas Levi had a jewelry establishment ; a Mr. Bouton had a cooperage; Joseph Nelson was the only saddler; Martin Remington was the village blacksmith; one Rankin sold hats to suit all heads; the United States tavern was in the hands of William W. Wick, and David Beck was sartorial outfitter to the com- munity ; William Burnett and Julius Whitmer were carpenters; John D. Stew- art sold shoes; Stebbins & Ball ran a pottery works; William W. Wick and Oliver H. Smith were the resident attorneys; Dr. Joseph Moffit was the only physician; John Conner had in full blast a saw- and grist-mill and distillery ; A. B. Conwell owned a tannery, as also did a Mr. Rees; Asher Cox, Edmund I. Kidd and Hervey Bates had in operation a carding and fulling machine. At this time there was no church building or school house in the village, yet the
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circuit preachers of the Methodist Episcopal church visited the place occasion- ally. William W. Wick, above referred to, was the first attorney in Conners- ville ; he was later a judge and congressman, and also served as postmaster at Indianapolis for four years.
Licenses to keep tavern in the village from 1821 to 1830 were granted to the following : Thomas Murphy and Moses Cox, in 1821; Archibald Reed. Joshua Harlan, Newton Claypool, Abraham W. Harris, Andrew Wallace, John McIntosh, John Sample, Martin M. Ray and John Allen, Jr., in 1824; Abra- ham Bays, in 1826; Abner Smith and Benjamin Johns, in 1829. Licenses to vend merchandise during the same period were granted to: WV. & S. Walton and George Frybarger, in 1824; Joshua McIntosh, in 1825; A. Clark & Com- pany, Robert Swift, Andrew Wallace, Hugh Wooster, Samuel Walton and Meredith Helm, in 1826; William Walton, 1827; Amzi Clark and Theodore R. Lewis, and Daniel Hankins and James Mount. in 1828; Meredith Helm, Robert Cox. Amos Conklin, Charles Shipley and John Picket, in 1829.
Other business interests in Connersville up to 1830 were the tin, sheet-iron and copper factory, owned by J. Dawson ; Hull & Fearis, saddlers; John Wil- ley, meat market ; Merrifield & Miller, hatters: Christian Beck, gunsmith ; H. Goodlander, jeweler ; A. Van Vleet and Hiram Bundy, weavers; John Perin and Lyman Carpenter, oil millers; A. Conklin and W. H. Coombs, chair fac- tory : Thomas Rutter was a hatter; Frisbee, tannery; George W. Parks, blacksmith; George W. Reed, tailoring; Nicholas Baker, shoemaking : J. Hart, tinner ; Silas Ford, spinning-wheels; Robert Griffis, saddlery; John McCoy, hatter, and Isaac Wood, spinning-wheels.
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER.
The first newspaper, the Indiana Statesman, was started in 1824 by Abraham Van Vleet, and was followed in 1826 by the Fayette Observer, under the proprietorship of Van Vleet and Daniel Rench. The Methodists erected a house of worship in 1824: this was the only church in the village up to 1830. A seminary building was erected in 1828, and was the first regular school building in Connersville.
In 1826 John Sample was postmaster ; he requested "all letters and pack- ages to be sent in the mail to be in the office half an hour before the mails closed." That summer the arrival and departure of the mails from the post- office in Connersville were: "Eastern mail arrives on Thursdays II o'clock a. m. and departs west in half an hour. Western mail arrives on Tuesdays
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II o'clock a. m. and departs east at 12 o'clock midday. Southern mail arrives on Fridays at 9 o'clock a. m. and departs north at 10 o'clock a. m."
THE FIRST LIBRARY.
As early as 1820 there was a circulating library in the village, and in November, 1825, the Fayette county library was opened to the public. One year later it contained one hundred and fifty-one select volumes, and this number was later augmented by one hundred and twenty-five volumes. The library was under the management of a board of trustees, of which Daniel Rench was secretary. The library was open every Saturday afternoon from one to six o'clock. An announcement in the Observer reads :
There are volumes in the library to suit the tastes and inquiries of all. The citi- zens, we hope, will not be slow in availing themselves of its great advantages, which may be had for fifty cents a year. All citizens over sixteen years may draw books, by giving bond and security for damages, etc. The rules governing drawers are public in the library room.
The Observer of June 17, 1826. over the signatures of Kidd & Cox, carried the following advertisement :
Wool Carding .- The undersigned return their grateful acknowledgments for the liberal support they have heretofore received, and now inform the public that their machines are in complete operation, and ready to receive wool, which they will card in the best manner and on the shortest notice. Every exertion will be made to accommo- date persons living at a distance. The following articles of produce will be received in payment-wool, sugar, linen, beeswax, flax, wheat, tallow, etc.
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