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R. S. MARTIN Prominent Manufacturer of Tobacco, Brodhead, Ky.
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J. J. MARTIN Prominent Farmer. Stock Dealer, and owner of Mines, Sullivan, Ky.
MRS. J. J. MARTIN Sullivan, Ky.
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I. S. MCELROY. D. D.
Secretary Executive Committee on Ministerial Relief (Presbyterian ): educated at Union Theological Seminary (Va.): has held pastorates in Mis- souri. Kentucky, and Florida, and served as Moderator Kentucky Synod. Dele- gate to Pan-Presbyterian Congress at Glasgow, Scotland, 1:96.
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W. P. MCCARTNEY. M. S .. LL. B. Prominent Lawyer and Inventor, Paducah, Ky. Mr. McCartney is a member of the State Bar As- sociat on, and makes a specialty of Mining Corporation Law.
JOHN O. MCREYNOLDS
Elkton, Ky. Physician and Bank Director. Dr. Mc- Reynolds was mainly instrumental in founding the Bank of Elkton, the strongest finan- cial institution in his county.
J. W. MCCULLOUGH
Prominent Distiller. Owensboro, Ky. Mr. MeCul- lough's brands received highest award- Gold Medal-at Paris in 1900.
DR. G. W. McMILLEN Prominent Physician, Goforth, Ky. Taught in Public Schools of Pendleton County; graduate Ken- tucky School of Medicine: has been successful in commercial pursuits.
HON. C. U. MCELROY
Prominent Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, Bowling Green, Ky. Represented his county four times in General Assembly, and served as Presidential Elector for the State-at-large in 1880.
W. A. MCKINNEY, M.D. Prominent Physician, Milford, Ky. Chairman County Board of Health; member of Bracken County Democratic Committee.
E. LEE MCINTYRE Prominent Physician, Fredericktown, Ky. Graduate Kentucky School of Medicine, and leader in commercial interests of his section.
WILLIAM DUDLEY NOWLIN
Pastor Upper Street Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. Graduate Southern Baptist Theological Semi- nary, Louisville, and University of Chi- cago. Dr. Nowlin is one of the best known lecturers and most gifted preachers in the State.
W. L. MCCARTY
Prominent Merchant, and proprietor King's Mountain Cannery, Kingsville, Ky. He is also one of the most successful farmers in Lincoln County.
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LEWIS S. McMURTRY, A. M., M. D. President of the Faculty and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Abdominal Surgery, Hospital College of Medicine; owner Dr. McMurtry's (formerly Jennie Casseday) Infirmary, Louisville, Ky.
GEORGE C. NORTON Member J. M. Robinson-Norton Company, Wholesale Dry Goods, Louisville, Ky.
W. H. NUNN, M. D.
Graduated in Medicine at the University of Tennessee. Nashville, Feb. 22, 1581. Practiced medicine in Crittenden County till 1891; removed to Henshaw, Union County, and has built up a lucra- tive practice.
REV. J. K. NUNNELLY
Prominent Baptist Minister. Georgetown. Ky. Rev. Nunnelly is Secretary Board of Trustees Georgetown College, and Secretary Baptist General Associa- tion of Kentucky.
DR. WARREN E. NASH Prominent retired Physician, and owner of Stock Farm; member F. & A. M. Fraternity, and I. O. O. F. Worthville, Ky.
JOHN NIEHAUS Prominent Druggist, and youngest Member of City Council, Paducah, Ky. Mr. Niehaus is a grad- uate of Louisville College of Pharmacy.
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HON. W. E. OFFUTT Frankfort, Ky. Born, reared, and educated in Logan County; one of its most extensive landholders: prominent Democrat and Member of the Legislature.
PROF. JAMES K. PATTERSON, PH. D., LL. D. Fellow Royal Historical Society, Great Britain: Fellow Society of Antiquarians, Scotland: President State College of Kentucky since 1869. Lexington, Ky.
DR. D. N. PORTER Prominent Physician and one of the best known citizens, Eminence, Ky.
R. B. NEAL Prominent Evangelist. Debater, and Writer, Church of Christ, Grayson, Ky.
J. M. POYNTZ, M. D.
Successful Practitioner of Medicine for 10 years. Rich- mond, Ky .: Major-General Kentucky Division U. C. V., and Member State Medical Society: holds high rank in Masonic Order.
IRA G. PROFITT, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon, Vortex, Ky .; served faithfully as a Union soldier in Civil War; has held high county and Federal offices, and is a prominent Mason.
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DR. G. W. PRUETT Prominent Physician and Druggist. Mannsville, Ky. Dr. Pruett has been indefatigable in his efforts to benefit his county and has succeeded well.
ALLEN POWELL Superintendent of Schools, Jackson County, Alcorn, Kentucky.
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PORTER PRATHER, M. D.
Prominent Physician and Surgeon, Lexington, Ky. Dr. Prather has been for several years First As- sistant Physician at Eastern Kentucky Luna- tic Asylum; he is a member of the Mis- sissippi Valley Medical Association and several secret orders.
JESSE PHILLIPS Cashier Earlington Bank, Earlington, Ky.
DR. J. W. F. PARKER
Prominent Physician, Somerset. Ky. Member of State Senate from 1866 to 1:69; Assessor of Internal Rev- enue for 8th Congressional District from 1869 to 1873: member of American and Ken- tucky State Medical Associations.
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J. W. PRATHER Merchant and Minister, Valley View, Ky. Mr. Prather is one of the best known and best .loved men in his section.
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J. C. PIRTLE, A. M.
President Kenyon College, Hodgenville, Ky. Kenyon College is the leading educational institu- tion in its section of the State.
JAMES T. PETERS
Clerk of the Bath County Court, and a leader in the commercial interests of Owingsville, Ky.
T. W. PIRTLE, M. D. Prominent Physician, Home Valley, Ky.
S. S. PERRY Prominent Citizen, Talmage, Ky.
DR. W. K. PRICE
Prominent Physician. Edenton, Ky. Dr. Price is a graduate of the Eclectic Medical College, and for many years has been a leader in promoting the best interests of Madison County.
O. C. QUIREY
Secretary Sturgis Milling Company, Sturgis, Ky. Mr. Quirey was formerly owner of Giles Elevator Company, and is one of Sturgis most progressive citizens.
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J. A. QUISENBERRY Cashier Citizens National Bank, Danville, Ky.
REV. ULYSSES A. RANSOM Prominent Minister. Hopkinsville, Ky.
W. K. RAYBURN Merchant, and President People's Bank; one of the oldest citizens, and an official member of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Adairville, Kentucky.
EDWARD ROWLAND Vice-President Carter Dry Goods Co. Born in Mobile, Ala .; came to Louisville in 1869. Louisville, Ky.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS RIGDON Prominent Lawyer and Merchant; Representative of Bracken County in State Legislature, Germantown, Kentucky.
CAPT. FRANCIS M. RYAN Master Steamer "Morning Star," L. & E. Mail Line. Louisville, Kentucky.
HON. GUS W. RICHARDSON Reared in Meade County. Three terms in the House of Representatives. State Legislature; present Senator from the counties of Meade. Breck- inridge, and Hancock; Secretary Demo- cratic Campaign Committee in 1896, and Assistant Secretary in 1900.
HON. CHAS. REED
Proprietor Reed Hotel, Paducah, Ky. Mayor of Pa- ducah for eight years; at present a member of the City Council.
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C. C. RICKETTS Cashier Lebanon Junction Bank, Lebanon Junction, Ky.
T. P. REED Representative 18th District, State Legislature, Parksville, Kentucky.
HON. H. H. REYNIERSON
Democratic Representative from Marion County, Brad- fordsville, Ky. Mr. Reynierson is at present traveling salesman for Grauman, Hen- chey. Cross & Co. ( Louisville), his territory being South- ern and Eastern Kentucky.
JOSEPH A. REARDON
Dentist, Newport, Ky. Educated in Newport Public Schools and St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati: graduated from Dental Department University of Cincinnati, 1899: has a large practice.
SYLVESTER RAPIER President Sylvester Rapier & Co., Bankers, New Haven, Ky. This institution is one of the strongest and most useful bank- ing institutions in the State.
KARL RUSSELL, M. D. Allensville, Ky. Graduated with high honors from Medical Department Vanderbilt University, 1897 ; now Practicing Physician at Allensville, Ky.
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SILAS F. REYNOLDS
Prominent Minister of Baptist Church for 25 years. Mr. Reynolds did faithful service and was wounded in the Civil War; he was a Lieutenant in the 16th Vir- ginia Cavalry.
R. E. SMITH Prominent Merchant, Connersville, Ky.
R. M. SALMON
General Manager and Secretary and Treasurer Crab- tree Coal Mining Co., Ilsley, Ky. This com- pany ships coal to all principal points on I. C. R. R. between Louis- ville and New Orleans.
DR. C. J. RENFRO One of the most successful Physicians and Surprins in the State, North Pleasureville, Ky. Dr. Renfro was a Confederate sollier and was wounded during Morgan's first raid into Kentucky.
DR. JOHN D. SMITH
Graduate of the Memphis Medical College, Tennessee. Four years a Surgeon in the Confederate Army, and now Chairman of the Prohibition State Executive Committee of Kentucky; for forty years a liberal contributor to Medical Journalistic Literature.
C. L. SEARCY
One of the most progressive business men in Madison County. Widely known as a manufacturer of first grade Tile Roofing. Waco, Ky.
WILLIAM SIMMONS President The Peoples Bank, Shepherdsville, Ky.
U. S. SHACKLETT Manager and Treasurer of Shacklett-Thomas Hard- ware Company, Fulton, Ky.
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DR. J. B. SETTLE
Prominent Physician, Berea, Ky. Dr. Settle has taught school with considerable success.
F. M. SHEARER Superintendent of Schools of Wayne County.
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J. N. SHEHAN
Prominent Physician, Maud, Ky. Graduate Medical Department University of Louisville. Dr. Shehan has built up a high reputation as an able prac- titioner and successful surgeon, and is also a writer of great force and brilliancy.
DR. A. J. SLATON Physician and Surgeon, Leitchfield, Ky. Graduate Bellevue Hospital Medical College; holds chair in the Medical Department University of Tennessee, and is also Vice-President Grayson County National Bank.
J. L. SHADOAN Prominent Dealer in General Merchandise, Frazer, Ky.
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WILLIAM LONG STORY Prominent Druggist, Albany, Kentucky.
W. H. STROTHER, M. D.
Prominent Physician, Big Spring. Ky. Graduate Louisville College of Pharmacy and Medical De- partment University of Louisville : member American Medical Association and several State organizations.
ISAAC A. STORY
Prominent Baptist Minister, Albany, Ky .; was a mem- ber of 12th Kentucky Regiment Infantry Volun- teers, U. S. A. He has taught successfully and has preached extensively in Ken- 'tucky and Tennessee.
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REV. J. A. SAWYER Methodist Minister, Dover, Ky. Rev. Sawyer served under Gen. Lee during the Civil War and was wounded seven times. He has been successful as a teacher as well as a minister.
REV. THOS. J. STEVENSON Prominent Baptist Minister, Georgetown, Ky. Grad- uate Georgetown College: has held professorship in Georgetown College, Georgetown Female Seminary, and Shelbyville Female Col- lege. He is a preacher of marked ability.
DR. S. W. SHELTON
Prominent Dentist, Greenville, Ky. Dr. Shelton enjoys a large practice in his own and adjoining counties.
EDGAR BROWN SULLIVAN Minister of the Gospel, Wickliffe, Ky .: has done a great deal of Missionary Work in his section of the State.
OLIVER H. STRATTON Lawyer; author of "Philosophy of American Poli- tics," "Republican Mirror," etc. Louisville, Ky.
REV. GEORGE GRANT SMITH Assistant Rector Christ Church Cathedral ( Protestant Episcopal), and Secretary of the Council, Louisville, Ky.
EMBRY L. SWEARINGEN President Kentucky Titte Co. and Kentucky Title Savings Bank, Louisville, Ky.
JAMES B. SPEED J. B. Speed & Co., Salt, Cement, Lime, etc. Louisville, Ky.
W. J. M. SMISER Prominent Merchant, Skylight, Ky .: graduate Ken- tucky School of Medicine, and practiced medi- cine successfully for several years; now a prosperous farmer and merchant.
MRS. FANNIE B. TALBOT
Principal Sharpsburg Academy, one of the most flourishing schools in the State, Sharpsburg, Ky. Mrs. Talbot has been principal for twenty-three years.
F. J. SUTTERLIN Joint Proprietor Frankfort Ice Company; member of City Council, Frankfort, Ky.
ANDREW E. SEIBERT Bandmaster First Regiment Band and Orchestra ; member B. P. O. Elks No. 8, Louisville, Ky.
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THOMAS J. TOWNSEND
Prominent Physician and Surgeon. Owensboro, Ky .; graduate Medical Department University of New York, and holds honor certificate ; winner of Mott medal : member Public Board of Health, Owensboro, Ky.
DR. T. G. TURNER
i Prominent Physician, Dunmor, Ky.
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CATLETT W. THOMPSON President of The Peoples Bank of Metcalfe County, Edmonton, Ky. Mr. Thompson is one of the most useful and enterprising citizens in his county.
E. H. TAYLOR, JR. Merchant: State Senator, representing Twentieth District ; Senior member of E. H. Taylor, Jr., & Co., Distillers ; former Mayor, Frankfort, Ky.
JOHN F. WAGERS Sheriff of Madison County, Richmond, Ky. Was elected Jailer and served two terms. Mr. Wagers has been an extensive dealer in fine stock, and has made some large shipments.
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JUDSON L. TAYLOR Prominent Physician and Surgeon. West Plains, Ky .: Graduate Eclectic Merlical Institute (Ohio); Member County. District. State, and National Medical Associations; also a successful farmer.
C. F. THORNTON Prominent Citizen, Harrisburg, Ky.
SAM K. VEACH Prominent Business Man. Promoter, and Master Mason, Carlisle, Ky .: instrumental in organizing the Nicholas County Building and Savings Association and is Secretary of the Association, and is also member Board of Education.
R. D. WEAVER
Prominent Physician, North Middletown, Ky .; was a member of the famous Orphan Brigade in the Civil War ; graduate of Louisville Medical College, and has had a large practice for thirty years.
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A. B. WEAVER
Prominent Merchant, Weaverton, Ky. Mr. Weaver is one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens in his county.
SAMUEL M. WILSON
Lawyer, Lexington, Ky. Educated at Centre College and Williams College ( Mass.); was formerly Presi- dent Lexington Civic League and Editor Kappa Alpha Journal; at present mem- ber of Morton, Darnall & Wilson, law firm, and active member of State Bar Association.
W. C. WOOLRIDGE Prominent Merchant and Minister. Tateville, Ky. Mr. Woolridge has taught school successfully in Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana ; he is also a prosperous farmer and extensive landholder.
JOHN D. WHITE
Real Estate Counselor; Graduate Michigan University Law Class, 1872; member Forty-fourth, Forty-sev- enth, and Forty-eighth Congresses ; Member Kentucky Legislature, 1873-0); Prohibition Candidate for Governor, 1900. Office with W. C. Priest & Co .. Real Estate, Louisville, Ky.
JOHN G. WHITE
Prominent Merchant, Winchester, Ky. Mr. White was Delegate from the Eleventh Congressional District to National Republican Convention, 1896. Mr. White has flourishing stores at Jackson and Winchester, Ky.
L. J. WARDEN Secretary Brown-Colburn Machine Co .. Bowling Green, Ky.
EDWIN J. WRIGHT
President Bryant & Stratton Business College: over thirty-five years in school work; introducer of business practice in commercial colleges in Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky.
THOMAS J. WATHEN Prominent Ice Cream Manufacturer. Louisville, Ky. Mr. Wathen has one of the largest plants in the South.
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U. V. WILLIAMS, A. M., M. D. Prominent Physician, Frankfort, Kentucky.
A. H. WILLIAMS
Prominent Merchant and extensive landholder, Alcorn, Ky. Mr. Wilhams has helt several county and Federal offices, and fulfilled his work with great credit to himself.
DR. JESSE F. WILDER Druggist and Physician, Woodbine, Ky. Graduate- Medical Department University of Louisville. Dr. Wilder has also been successful as a teacher.
Z. TAYLOR YOUNG, JR.
- County Attorney of Rowan County, Morehead, Ky. Mr. Young was preceded in his office by his illustrious father, Z. Taylor Young, Sr., and his two brothers, Allie W. and W. A. Young.
W. S. WHITESIDE Superintendent Whiteside's Bakery, Louisville, Ky.
J. WOOD YAGER Cashier Oldham Bank, Lagrange, Ky.
JULIAN T. YAGER Assistant Cashier Oldham Bank, Lagrange, hy
THE COLORED PEOPLE
THE COMMERCIAL STATUS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY
The disposition of the colored popula- tion of Kentucky toward the industrial development of their race has increased very greatly within the past ten years.
Bureau. The duties of his position re- quired him to investigate, organize, lecture, and encourage the members of his race in industrial ventures along all the lines of use-
N. R. HARPER, LAWYER, LOUISVILLE, KY.
For the first time in the history of Kentucky an effort was made along this line under State authority during the administration of ex-Governor W. O. Bradley, who appointed a colored man. N. R. Harper, a lawyer of standing and ability, in the city of Louisville, and possessing rare qualifications for such work, a member of the State Industrial
J. K. POLK, PASTOR PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, MIDWAY, KY.
fulness, and in this work he traveled over the State for four years, organizing indus- trial societies among his people and lecturing to them upon the advantage of co-operation and industrial development among themselves.
More young colored men are engaged n independent business pursuits in Kentucky, and especially along those
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lines of trade and traffic where they are most likely to receive the patronage of their own race, than ever before, and the number is constantly increasing. While most of these ventures are small, such as retail grocery stores, restaurants, barber shops, and the like, some are more ambitious and go further in stock corpora- tions and combines, and not a few pros- perous companies engaged in many busi- ness pursuits are in operation in various parts of the State.
In many localities in the State fairly
County; a brick and lime company in Meade County ; a number of county fair companies, of which Lexington has the largest and oldest, although the Oldham County Colored Fair Company own their own fair grounds.
Nearly every considerable town in the State has one or more colored undertakers, some of them having been in business for many years ; about seventy per cent of this business among the colored people is carried on by colored men.
Louisville, Lexington, Paducah, Hop-
JOHN H. STANLEY, PRESIDING ELDER, LEXINGTON, KY.
good stores and business houses are thus conducted.
The city of Louisville has two good drug stores, owned and operated by colored companies, one in the east end of the city, and the other in the west end.
Out of twenty good-sized, well-stocked colored stores in Louisville, four of them are organized and managed by colored co-operations.
There is a coal mining company in Ohio
E. E. UNDERWOOD
EDITOR BLUEGRASS BUGLE, THE LEADING RACE JOURNAL, FRANKFORT, KY.
kinsville, Winchester, Mayfield. and Paris are among the foremost localities which show the industrial progress of the colored people, although neatly Bien town and city in the State having att considerable percentage of colored popu. lation has developed a negro in stit character of business on a large or sma scale.
While many of the enterprises carted on by colored men are maintained wholly
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by the colored people themselves, yet there are various branches of business conducted by them which are supported by all classes of citizens. In one of the western towns of the State a negro sup- plies the whole community with coal in the winter and ice in the summer.
There are some few, but not very many, of the old school of negroes who were slaves before the war engaged in inde- pendent business enterprises ; this has been left to their children and grand- children, and what is true of Kentucky in this respect is perhaps true of every other State south of us, that whatever is due the negro himself for the wonderful strides of progress he has made belongs to the generation which has come upon the stage of action since the Civil War, and in view of this fact much of the adverse criti-
cism which is often given to this younger class of negroes for the misdeeds and shortcomings of many of their race falls flat.
Besides the many ventures into busi- ness pursuits by colored men. fully one- half of the farm labor of the State is supplied by negroes. They own them- selves 200,000 acres of land, valued at $1.500,000 ; 8,294 town lots, valued at $1, 431,621, not including their churches. public halls, school buildings, and like holdings. A negro died in Harrison County a few years ago owning fifty tenement houses and several stores. Another died in Christian County leaving an estate of half a million dollars. Quite a number of negroes own fine residences and farms. ranging in value from $5,000 to $ 15,000.
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