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ERECTING HIS
OWN MONUMENT.
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How Lestar Bryant, the Boy Champion
Corn Grower of Kentucky, Will
Buy His Own Memorial With
His Record Crop of Corn.
One very frequently hears the re
mark. "That fellow In erecting his own
motument." No one In the Rockfield
neighborhood last summer ever thought
that Lester Bryant's record crop of
corn would be the means of building
him a memorial. No one watching a
vigorous youngster put his life and
soul into the work as he did could
have forseen 6uch an event, and yet if
The following sketch written
years ago by niy Father, Rev
J. B. McGinn, of Versailles, may
be of interest to members of the
"D. A. R" of this city.
ANNA D. LILLY.
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LESTER BHTAT.
the plans of the Hon. J. W. Newman
carry, and they are sure to, the boy
will have erected his own memorial.
At the funeral of Lester Bryant a
few days after his tragic death at
Washington Mr. Newman outlined his
plan to a few close friends. The plan
was so unique and so easy of handling
that it was soon after decided upon.
Mr. Newman has bought Lester Bry
ant's crop of fine Kentucky tested,
Boone County White seed corn from
the boy's father and had Dr. Mutchler,
the government expert in charge of
the Boys' Corn club movemeut. pick
out fifty bushels, of extra seed corn.
This carefully selected stock seed corn
will be offered for sale as the Lester
Bryant strain of Boone County White.
It will be sold at $1 per ear. All the
money realized from the sale of this
remarkable corn will be placed in bank
at Frankfort to the credit of the Les-
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Rent
Preparation
Seed
Planting ...
Manure ....
Fertilizer ..
Cultivation
Gathering .
of land. ,
.$ 5.00
. 3.50
! J25
V 4.37
. 3.90
. 2.00
Total cost $19.02
143 bus. and 55 lbs. at 60c. 89.20
Profit ...$70.18
wter Bryant memorial fund. As there
will probably be at least 3,50 ears in
the fifty bushels f corn, a magnificent
ironument is sure to rise in the Bowl
ing Green cemetery, where the boy is
All orders for the corn should be
sent direct to Mr. Newman's Frankfort
office. The corn will be shipped to
those ordering from Bowling Green-
Kentucky's Boys' Corn Clubs.
The Boys' Corn 'club movement Is
only two years old in this state, and
yet big things have been accomplished.
The Corn club boys, several thousand
of them, are enthusiastic; but better
than enthusiasm are the results that
have come from the work.
When the ' state champions met In
Washington this winter with the ex
perts who had charge of the work In
the rarlous states, there was naturally
a feeling of Intense rivalry. Twejveof
the southern states that had been push
ing the Boys Corn club Idea for 'sev
eral years, had records of 442 boys that
had grown over 100 bushels on an acr?.
Alabama and Georgia each had over
100 boys with this record to their cred-
It, but both of these states had been
organized for clnb work for the past
eight years. It Is very gratifying to be
able to write that Kentucky, -with an
organization of only two years, made a
pplendld record. Fifty-seven boys In
Kentucky vthls past season grew over
iOO bushels of corn to the acre. How
laany adult farmers did that well?
HE following incident in the
life ofj General Nathaniel
Greene is told by Clement, in his,
"Noble Deeds of American Wo
men:" When General Greene
was retreating through the Caro
liiias after the battle of the Cow
pens, and, while at Salisbury,
N. C. he put up at a hotel, the
landlady f of which was Mrs.
Elizabeth Steele. Added to
his other troubles was that of
being penniless: and Mrs. Steele
learning this fact by accident, and
ready to do anything in her power
to further the cause of freedom,
took him aside and drew from
under her apron two bags of
specie. Presenting them to him
she generously said, "Take these,
forjyou will want them,and
can do without them."
"Barnes' History othe U. S."
gives an account of the incident
similar to the above. The B. F.
Johnson Publishing Co., Rich
mond, Va., in "History Stories of
N. C." relates the incident thus,
"Soon he came to a large house
by the roadside. He decided tha
he would stop and ask permis
sion to stay all night. He dis
mounted and knocked at the
door. A lady opened it. "You
see at your door, madam," said
he, "General Greene of the Amer
ican Army, homeless, penniless
and almost friendless."
"General Greene, is welcome to
this home and all that is in . it,"
said the lady. She then called a
servant, who took the General's
horse to thel'stables. "Come in
General Greene, and I will have
tea prepared for you. I am Mrs.
Steele and my neighbors will tell
you whether I am a Tory or a
patriot." In a little while a
bountiful supper was ready and
while Greene was eating, Mrs.
Steele took out from a safe a bag
of gold and gave it to him."
The facts in the case are these:
Elizabeth Steele's maiden name
was Elizabeth Maxwell. She was
twice married. Her first hus
band was Robert Gillespie, by
whom she had one daughter.
Margaret, who married Rev. Sam
E. McCorkle, son of Alex Mc-
Corkle and Agnes Montgomery.
Her second husband was Wm.
Steele, by whom she had one son,
John Steele.
Mrs. Steele did not live in Sal
isbury, but in a large farmhouse
a short distance from Salisbury.
Nor was she at the time of
General Greene's visit a widow.
General Greene reached the
Steele residence about dusk, in a
cold rain. Steele, surprised at
seeing him unaccompanied by his
staff, asked if he was alone. The
General replied: "Yes, hungry,
friendless, penniless." Mrs.
Steele overheard this reply.
There were two young men stop
ping at the house, waiting an op
portunity to join Greene's army.
After supper, Mrs. Steele pre
sented these two young men to
General Greene and the two bags
of specie, .saying, "General you
are now no longer hungry; friend
less or penniless."
Years before this, a brother of
Mrs. Steele's had presented her
with the portraits of George III;
and Queen Charlotte. These
portraits Were hanging in the
halL General Greene turned
their faces to the wall and wrote
on the back of King George's
"King George, hide thy face and
mourn."- - V '
These portraits were' inherited
by my grandmother, Margaret
IcCorkle, and from her by my
mjother. My. mother gave me,
wrien I was a boy, the portrait of
Queen Charlotte and to sister
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Margaret that of King George.
Chapel Hill University, having
heard of these portraits, desired
to possess them, and my sister
presented the University with
the ' portrait of the King. I re
fused to part with the Queen.
After evangelizing in West Ten
nessee and the Kentucky Pur
chase for six years I took charge
in 1858, of a small church in Pa
ducah. v I was unmarried and my
mother sent me many things to
furnish my room, among other
things this portrait of Queen
Charlotte. In the Spring of 1859
something suggested the idea of
uniting the King and his' Queen,
after long years of separation.
I wrote to Govenor: Swayne,
President of J Chapel Hill Uni
versity, in regard to the matter.
In looking over some old pa
pers a few days ago, among them
I found the original of Governor
Swayne's letter, which I here
give:
v Swaynes Letter.
; "Chapel Hill, 22d March, 1859.
"My Dear Sir: Your favor of
the 2d Jwas duly received and I
have been looking carefully
around to ascertain in what way
I can most carefully and safely
avail myself of your kind offer.
"The portrait of George the
third with the autograph of - Gen
eral Greene has always been re
garded as a most interesting
relic, and one for which we were
greatly indebted to you The
portrait of his royal consort will
be welcomed as a valuable con
tribution to our collection, and as
peculiarly appropriate, in connec
tion with the former; not merely
as a ; pictorial representation of
royalty at a, most important per
iod, but for the association con
nected with the two portraits and
the family by wjiich they have so
long heen preserved.
"Bishop Otey and the Rev.
Richard Hines, of Memphis, are
both graduates of the University
and both ; (especially the latter)
are in familiar correspondence
with friends in N. C. The por
trait, if safely put up and sent to
either will be carefully and punct
ually transmitted to us. v
"With very sincere thanks for
these repeated manifestations of
patriotism and kindness!
"I remain, very sincerely yours,
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'Rev. J. B. McGINN." j
YNE.
Laundrymen to Meet in
April
At a meeting held in Lexington
by- the executive committee of the
Laundry Owners' association of
Kentucky, the dates of April 17
and 18 were fixed for the conven
tion of the association, which will
be held in Lexington this year.
The members of the committee
who a ttended the meeting were
S. A. Asneth and George Deuser,
of Louisville, and ; George T.
Graves, of Lexington. Mr. Graves
was .made chairman of the enter
tainment committee, which will -be
composed of Lexington laun
drymen. There are about 100
members of the association, and
it is believed that practically all
Of them and a rmmhor rf nfkm-
-r uniuvi . VI UHltl
visitor. will attend the convention.