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The lady managers conduct the business and pay all expenses such as for rent, fuel and lights: to meet these expenses they re- serve twenty percent of the cash sales as mentioned above. Those paying one dollar in advance are entitled to membership and have the privilege of entering any amount of goods without further ex- pense above the regular twenty per cent discount for expenses. Anyone not holding a membership may enter articles by paying an entrance fee of five per cent. This store is located on Second Main Street, one door north of the Butler hotel. This is an excellent place to either buy or sell good things to eat and to buy or place on sale all kinds of fancy work in embroidery and lace. pictures. art work of any kind, and bric-à-brac.
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GIVENS' LAKE Photo Loaned by Dr. Giveus
A favorite and oft-frequented resort of the young people and sportsmen of Fayette and in summer time the scene of many happy "outings."
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VICTOR GRIGSBY'S GOLDEN PHEASANT
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH-RAYMOND B. HELSER. Pastor
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THE Fayette Christian Church Was organized about 1830. In ity pioneer days, the members were few in number. Having no house of worship they met in the old court house. The early records of the church were not preserved but from 1830 to 1850 we find among the pastors and evangelists who served the church, the following: T. Me- Bride. Joel Hayden, T. M. Allen, Joel Prewitt, Allen Wright, Mar- eu- P. Mills, D. P. Henderson, S. S. Church, H. L. Boon, Jerry Lancaster and Dr. W. H. Hopson. Since 1851 the following brethren ministered, viz: John W. Mc- Garvey, W. C. Boon, Jonathan Atkinson, Thos. N. Gaines, W. Il. Blanks, W'm. Featherstone, E. A. Pardee, J. M. Tennyson, James Randall, Junius Wilkinson, T. J. Marlow, S. D. Dutcher, A. J. Gar- rison, Samuel MeDaniel, S. G. ('lay and E. M. Richmond. Ray- mond B. Helser became pastor in August, 1904, and is serving the church at the present time.
The present church building was dedicated November 28, 1846. The membership numbers about three hun- dred. The following organizations are doing effective work, viz: Christian Wo- man's Board of Missions, Ladies' Aid, Senior Y P. S. C. E., Junior Y. P. S. C. E., and Sunday School. Elders: F. M. Grimes, Sr., Solon Smith, J. R. Gallemore. Deacous: Wm. M. Pryor, Juo. W. Gaines, E. A. Lawrence, Tully B. Chenoweth, Samuel Grigshy, Win. Geery, Leonard Street, Ruben Long, W'm. Shaw, Charles C. Walker and W. S. Pearson.
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FAYETTE'S THREE GREAT BISHOPS
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BISHOP ETHELBERT TALBOT Photo Loaned by Mrs. Num Major
B ORN in Fayette, October 9, 1818. Educa - ted at Central College, Dartmouth, and General Theological Seminary, S. T. D. from Seminary in 1887, an : L. L. D., from Uni- versity of Missouri, same year; D. D from Dartmouth in 1888. Ordered deacon and or- dained priest in 1873. Married to Miss Dora Harvey of Roanoke, Mo., November 5, 1873. Rector of St. Jan es'church, Macon, Mo., 1873- 87. Consecrated bishop of Wyoming and Idaho in 1887 and transferred to see of C'entral Pennsylvania in 1887, where he still remains.
BISHOP EUGENE R. HENDRIX Photo Loaned by Mrs. A. F. Davis
B ORN in Fayette, May 17, 1847. Educated at Central College, Wesleyan University and Union Theological Seminary, Re- ceived D. D. from Emory College in 1878, and L. L. D. from Universities of Missouri and North Carolina in 1888; same degree from Washington and Lee University in 1892, Mar- ried to Miss Annie E. Scaritt of Kansas City in 1872. President of Central College, 1878- 86. AAuthor of "Around the World." Bishop in Methodist Episcopal Church, South, since 1886. He makes his hone in Kansas Cury.
BISHOP ABIEL LEONARD Photo Loaned by Mrs. Wm. Leonard
B ORN in Fayette, June 26, 1848. Died in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 3, 1903. After attending Central College, grad- uated from Dartmouth in 1870; A. M. in 1873. Graduated from General Theological Semi- nary io 1873; S. T. D. there, also from Gris- wold and Bethany Colleges, Served in the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church in Missouri and Kansas until 1888, Married Miss Flora T. Thompson of Sedalia, Mo., Oc- toher 21, 1875, Consecrated bishop of Salt Lake, Utah, January 25, 1888.
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CENTENARY CHAPEL-BUILT IN 1884 Photo by Grigsby
THE CHURCH stands on the western side of the beautiful campus of Central College, with Science Hall to the north, Cupples Hall to the east, and the Academy to the southeast. The building fronts on one of the principal residence streets, and, thus, it is easily accessible to both the college students and the citizens of the town. Preaching ser- vices are held upstairs in the auditorium while the lower department is used for the Sun- day School and League meetings of the church and as a lecture room by the colleges.
CENTENARY CHAPEL-S. H. C. BURGIN, PASTOR
N PIONEER days the itinerant Methodist preacher was accustomed to come to Fayette and fill his appointment. The preaching place was the home of some good man who was glad to have his neighbors gather at his house to hear the gospel. The first Methodist "meetin" house was built in Fayette about 183%. This passed out of their hands within two years. After this they used either a school house that stood near the Front steps of the Central campus or the college itself until that was burned in 1854. Then they succeeded in building the frame church now occupied by the colored Methodists. In this they worshipped until 1869 when they went back to the College chapel which they continued to use until C'entenary chapel was completed in 1884 At this time the membership was about two hundred and fifty. Fayette did not become a station until 1869. Prior to that date it had been on the Fay- ette circuit. Many good men made their itinerant rounds in all those years, among them being John Travis, Joseph Piggott, Jesse Walker, John Scripps, A. MeAlister, Jesse Haile, J. Keyete, David Sharp, W. W. Redman, Uriel Haw, S. Casteel, Jas. Bankson, W'm. Shores, Joseph Edmondson, Robert Jordan, Wm. Ketron. J. K. Lacy, A. W. Arnington, Thos. Wallace, G. W. Bewley. David Fisher, Andrew Monroe, Joseph Boyle, Tyson Dines, B. F. Johnson, P. M. Pinkart, W. F. Bell. S. W. Cape. W M. Sutton, E. Robinson. to by REV. S. H. C. BURGIN Meredith Since the church became a station it has been served by the following pastors, the number of years being in enthesis after the name: W. G. Miller (1), J. H. Ledbetter (I), Wmn. Newland (1), Wm. in (I), H. P. Bond (1), E. M. Mann (1), W. W. Jones (I), J. R. A. Vaughan (+), Wm. n (1), J. H. Ledbetter (3). Wm. T. Bolling (3), W. F. Packard (1). John Anderson (1), W. Hanna (2). Thompson Penn (2), B. W. Fielder (1), T. E. Sharp (3). G. M. Gibson (3). F. rvin (3). Rev. S. H. C. Burgin is the present pastor. The membership has increased from hundred and fifty in 1884 to about five hundred and seventy-five and the charge is consid- l one of the best in the Missouri Conference. All of the societies of the church are main- ed-the Epworth Leagues. the Mission societies and the Sunday School.
REV. B. D. SIPPLE Cut Loaned Presiding Elder of Fayette District
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ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
This Sketch is Furnished by One Who Loves the Church and Has Worshipped in It for Many Years
Photo by Miss Luna Tindall
HE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. built in 1-48, is one of the quaint old landmarks in Fayette, reminding us of the simple taste of fifty years ago. The interior bas lately been partly refurnished. the outside repainted. through the liberality of a member of the church who left a legacy of $300 ; a new granitoid walk decorates the front of the yard. laid there by a subscription of friends : but the quiet. simple edi- five is unchanged, and appears as it did when it was cousperated by Bishop Hawks in November. 150. Plain and uupretending. yet rich in memories, its records adorned with some of the best names, names of those who have helped to shape and elevate and brighton the history of the town : men who have left behind them" the purest treasure mortal times afford-a spotless reputation. " Such meu as these formed the leading founder- and promoters of the scheme to have the service of the Episcopal church permanently established in Fayette, and to preet a building for that purpose: Dr. John AA. Talbot, Judge Leland. Judge Leonard. Isaac Pearson and Benjamin Smith. At that time there were only two Episcopal church build- ings in the state-Christ Church. St. Louis, now Christ Church Cathedral, and the church in Boonville.
The old yellow documents connected with the building of St. Mary's church form a curious collection. A lum- ber dealer in Boonville in sending his bill for lumber February. 147. says. "h will be sent over across the river on the ice in a wagon, " then follow- the agreement between Mr. A. B. Nipper and the above men. all the measurements, etc .. ete .. all of them filed and kept by loving hands among the "sacred archives of the past." That you may have an idea how erude and new this part of the world then was you may refer to history and find that the first telegraphic connection with the East was a line to St. Louis, completed in December. 1847. Kansas City was barely a settlement where the treacherous river could play havoc unfettered : the memory of the great flood of 1544 was still fresh in the minds of the people. It was the day of Col. Thomas H. Benton and Calhoun. perhaps age and distance gild these days.
The first Episcopal service ever held in Fayette was in the old courthouse in 1535, by Bishop Jackson Kemper. bishop of all the northwest in which Missouri was included. The first minister in charge was the Rev. Mr. Peake, "who was also superintendent of the Female Academy, " the record states. He was followed by Rev. Mr. Mead in 1541. Rev. Mr. Reed in 1846 and Rev. Mr. Dann in 1947. Mr. Duon drew the plan for the building as it now stands.
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He started a Mission in Glasgow, held service there once a month, and walked the distance on Saturday walk. ing back Sunday afternoon to be ready for school work on Monday, he had a boy- school through the week. He can- vassed the town with subscription to build the church, and finding it would not be sufficient, went East and solicited funds, one of his members also went East for the same purpose, begging from wealthy friends in Boston.
In 1850 the building was completed and Bishop (. S. Hawks, the first bishop of Missouri, consecrated it. He married Ada, daughter of Judge Leonard, and much of his time in his latter days was spent here. He was greatly be- loved by all-even the children in the parish considered him their especial friend. He was possessed of rare gifts. crowds always assembled to hear hiseloquent sermons, for he was one of the linestorators of his time. Men who rarely entered a church would come and listen to him. while his ser- mons would be discussed amongst them for days afterwards.
The church suffered a severe loss in the death of Mrs. Leonard, widow of Judge Frouard, in 1895. Not only the loftiest char- acter in the church. but the sympathizing friend of all. the dispenser of kindness and generosity to the whole community, and al- most the finanical support of the parish. Her loss will always be deeply mourned, and keenly felt by the church she loved so well. and so abiy assisted. The sons and daughters of St. Mary's are scattered far and wide. till only a few remain. yet their love for the old church burns fervid and true. Kind friends remem- ber with gifts and memorials. enhancing the value of the property already hallowed by as- sociation- and memories of four generation-, the only building in town which has been worshipped in so long. Gray haired men and women join in the same old chants and hymns their fathers and grand- fathers sang before them noder the same old roof where they too "worshipped the Lord in the beauty of holiness."
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THE BAPTIST CHURCH Photo by Weight
The Baptist church, established in Fayette in 1839, was an out- growth of the old Mount Moriah organization. The present pastor Is Rev. A. P. Turner, who succeeded Rev. r. A. Buchanan.
MEMOIRS OF DR. PECK
T HE BAPTISTS were among the very first to establish churches and conduct religious services in the wild- of Howard county. Some of their experiences read like romance. We give extract from the very interesting memoir of James M. Peck. D. D. a pioneer Baptist preacher who traveled in the county in 1818: "On Monday, December 22. 18]s. I rode through the country to Franklin. found a Baptist family by the name of Wiseman, where I had been directed to call. A hasty appointment was circulated, and | preached to a room full of people. Among the emmigrants, both from Loutre and Kentucky. were not a few Baptist families and two or three preacher -. . \ church had been organized which I think took the name of Mount Zion. Soon the hostile Indians broke into these remote frontier settlements. It was in July, 1810. that a hostile band of Potawatomies came stealthily into the settlement on the Loutre and stole a number of horses. A volunteer company was raised which followed the trail across Grand Prairie to Boon's Lick where they discovered eight Indians who threw of their packs of plunder and scattered in the woods. Night coming on, the party diste- garded the advice of their leader. Stephen Cole, an experienced man with Indians. He advised setting a guard, but the majority exclaimed against it. and cried cowardice.' About midnight the Indian well and the death-dealing bullet aroused them from sleep. Stephen Cole had taken his station at the foot of a tree, and if he slept it was with one eye open. When the attack commenced he killed four Indians and wounded the fifth. though severely wounded himself. Wm. T. Cole, his brother, was killed at the commence- ment of the fight, with two others. Next morning the survivors reached the settlement and told the dreadful tidings, and a party returned to the spot, buried the dead, but found the Indian- gone."
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Photo by INTERIOR OF CENTENARY CHAPEL Grimsby Showing the large auditorium in which the students from both Colleges and the townspeople gather for worship.
Photo by COOPER'S CHAPEL-METHODIST Grigsby
Built in 1881; located righteen miles southwest of Fayette bear the site of the famous "Cooper's Fort ." Pastor, Rev, John Holland.
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Located four miles West of bavette; built in 1823 and said to be the oldest brick church west of the Mississippi River.
Photo by ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Wright
Built in 1895. The priest is Father Joseph Kroeger, who lives at New Franklin. Services every second Sunday in the month.
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STREAM SHADOW'S ON THE "MONITEAU"
M ONITEAC Creek was once a famous hunting ground for bears. Judge B. H. Reeves, who was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri in 1824, and who helped survey the ofil Santa Fe trail was among those who hunted bears in this region. His daughter, Miss Jenet Reeves, became the wife of Judge Ahiel Leonard. A stream with the odd name of " Hungry's Mother" empties into the Monitean near the bridge, shown in the picture. A member of the Adams family was once lost on this stream and almost perished from hunger. He was able to sustain life by rating the green herbs which grew along it- fertile banks and from this incident the stream was named " Hungry's Mother " Mr. Adams was an uncle of JJudge Washington Adams of Boonville. Mr. Charles Chivens, whose jeture is given in another place in the book, owns a farm of 2,000 acres along the banks of this beautiful and historic stream.
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FAYETTE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM-J. P. COLEMAN, Superintendent
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
President-DR. U. S. WRIGHT. DR. H. K. GIVENS Vice-President R. W. PAYNE, J. R. GALLEMORE Treasurer-J. B. DENNENY, J. W. ARMSTRONG Clerk-W. F. KIRBY
T HTE High School offers a four year's course which articulates with the Freshman year in Central College. There are now seventy-one pupils enroll- ed in the high school and in the entire school a little over four hundred. The enrollment includes a number of non-resident students who have come from a distance to take advantage of the excellent facilities offered by the school. The physical lab- oratories are well equip- ped and thorough courses in the languages and mathematics are offered so that students may here prepare themselves for advanced college work.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY ROOM
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PRIMARY DEPARTMENT-MISS NELLIE HUGHES, TEACHER Grigsby
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
THE LINE Photo by Grigsby
TEACHERS ELECT FOR NEXT YEAR
SUPERINTENDENT-J. P. COLEMAN PRINCIPAL-MISS MAYME THOMPSON ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL-MISS JANET WILLIAMS SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES- MISS ANNIE WRIGHT SIXTH GRADE-MISS BERYL SMITH
FIFTH GRADE-MISS NETTIE WOODS FOURTH GRADE-MISS LILLIE BRYAN THIRD GRADE-MISS WILMA POTTS SECOND GRADE-MISS EMILY OWINGS FIRST GRADE-MISS NELLIE HUGHES
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
CLASS 1905-HIGH SCHOOL
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Carrie Waugh
Sadie Beazley
Effie Besgrove
Fannie Payton Monte Crews
Edna Dow
David Baghy
Robert Carroll
Robert Fisher Fritz Kuhn
Edwin Jacobi Paul Deatherage
Robert Johnston Guy Blakey
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PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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HOWARD-PAYNE COLLEGE-HIRAM D. GROVES, D. D., President
Photo by Grigsby HIRAM D. GROVES, President of Howard-Payne College Since 1888
H OWARD-PAYNE COLLEGE is one of the foremost female colleges in the Methodist church of Missouri. It has a long and honorable history back of it to inspire confidence in new students and to give pres- lige to its graduates. It is to the credit of the school that it > advancement has been steady and gradual from the first : it has not reached a culmination of progress and then de- clined as in the case of so many other schools. Is present condition is the best in its history. Historically. the college is the ontgrowth of Howard High School. established in 1844 by Dr. William T. Lucky who remained at the head of the school for seventeen years, including two years after it had been chartered by the state legislature in 1959. A heavy debt on the property necessitated it- sale in 1869. It was purchased by Rev. Moses C. Payne and generously doeded to the board of curator- and, in consideration of this liber- ality. the board. in 1992. changed the name of the institution to Howard-Payne College. The college offer- a thorough course in the collegiate department, and the Music. Art and Dramatic departments have received especial attention of late years and have been strengthened and enlarged until now they offer the very best courses in these several branches of special study. Physical culture, etiquette and religious worship all have their place in the college life. C'atalogues giving full information concerning the college are mailed to young ladies who are interested in securing a thorough education amidst congenial surroundings and asso- ciated with pleasant companions. Representatives of the college will travel through the state during the summer time and call upon families interested in higher education and give all necessary information and figures.
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HOWARD=PAYNE COLLEGE
SECTION OF ART ROOM-MISS MARY LASHER, DIRECTOR
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SECTION OF SCIENCE HALL-PROF. A. P. WARREN, INSTRUCTOR
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BASKET BALL TEAM-"YELLOWS"
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THIE beautiful campus of Howard-Payne offers ample opportunity for all kinds of healthIn) out-of-door sports. A lawn tennis court is located on the south side of the grounds. It is surrounded with shade trees and here in the fall and spring the young ladies find much amusement in playing the popular game. The tennis club is one of the leading organizations among the students. The basket ball grounds are located on the north side of the campus. The two basket ball teams are under the direction of the physical instructor and during the year there are many exciting games. The annual match game, held at the close of school in June, is one of the leading out-door events of Commencement week and always draws large crowds.
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CENTRAL COLLEGE-JAMES C. MORRIS. D. D., President
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CENTRAL COLLEGE was organized in 1854 by the conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Mis- souri. The charter bears date of March 1. 1855, and provides for the highest education of both men and women The formal opening of the college was in September. 1857. Then there was a faculty of four. a campus of one acre, one building, no library. no apparatus. Now the faculty comprises twelve members : there is a campus of twenty-five acres, and there are seven buildings with libraries, laboratories, etc. Over three thousand persons have entered as students and more than two hundred of these have graduated. It offers both literary and scientific courses and stands for the best in educated christian citizenship. Catalogues of information concerning the courses offered mailed upon request.
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R. T. BOND. A. M. Professor of Mathematics Since 1886
O. H. P. CORPREW . A. M .. ... I .. D. Professor of Latin and Greek Sinc: 1871
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The motto engraved in stone above the entrance ; the college's ad- monition to her students:
"Apply Thine Heart Unto Instruction And Thine Ear to the Words of Knowledge.
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CENTRAL COLLEGE
SCIENCE HALL
Projected and erected during the presidency of John D Hammond, D. D. 1888-1896. Here all the college work is done, and here are the laboratories, library, museum, society halls and class rooms. Ite site commands a wide view of most charming landscapes.
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THE JOHNSON ATHLETIC GROUNDS
Donated by Mrs. Catherine Johnson in 1895. Ample for both football and baseball and surrounded hy a natural amphitheatre of sloping grounds. Situated at the northeast corner of the campus. Many exciting contests have been held on this field,
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THE ACADEMY
The original building, erected in 1856 on a site only two blocks from the public square. Until 1895 all work of the institution was carried on here, since that date it has been used by the academy classes. The building was a harricade during the war.
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CUPPLES HALL
The gift of Mr. Samuel C'upples, of St. Louis. Erected in 1898 near the center of the campus. Steam heated, electric lighted. Affords lodging for forty-four and dining room for one hundred and twenty-live. A delightful college home under excellent management. The students board here at a very low cost.
OLD FASHIONED WELL
LD FASHION- od wells over call to mind "those good old days of belles and beaux. of pow- dered wigsand silver hose, " of which our grandmothers tell. The well shown in the picture is on the farm of Mrs. Lucina K. Tindall, five miles west of Fayette. While many of the wells around Fayette have been demolished a few still re- Photo by Mirx Leann Tindall main in use and one always listens with delight to the splash of the bucket in the cool water below and watches with eagerness the turning of the windlass that brings up the brimming pail. There is little difference in the example shown and the one so proudly pointed om to visitors at Mount Vernon.
INDIAN REMAINS NEAR FAYETTE
THE red men once built their camp fires along the streams which are known to us and their war eries once echoed in the woods where we have wandered. Once the land was theirs but now a few mingled heaps of bones, of arrow head- and beads and treasured trinkets are all that remain of their long supremacy. We think of their ervelties and their . bloody deeds with horror but still we that know they were of the chilired of meu and as we stand above their lonely graves we hope that they are now wandering in a hunting ground much fairer than the one they lost.
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INDIAN MOUNDS In the Yard of David Railsback's Country Ho.ne, Which Have Never Been Opened
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"THE DAVIS INSTITUTE"
M RS. AUGUSTA DAVIS, known to her students by the affectionate name of "Aunt Gus," moved into this bouse in 1879 and established a private school which she called "The Davis Institute" and in which she taught young children, preparing them for entrance to the public school or the colleges. Mrs. Davis had great success in teach- ing young children and is now greatly loved by all of those who have been her pupils. Many of those whom she first started upon the road to knowledge have now won posi- tion and bonor in life, and though she is now eighty years old she is familiar with the whereabouts and the success of her "children" and speaks of them with pride. Those of us who have seen her only once or twice have been affected by the gentleness and the sweetness of her spirit and the inspiration of ber words. She is still interested in edu- cation and still loves children, - both young and grown up. Her - pupils have been scattered far and
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