Tuesday, February 16, 1909 Joe Williams, the jailer of Hardin Co., who is so good hearted that when he has turkey and mince pie on his table, divides with his prisoners. He went to the Lincoln Centennial. He is 6 feet and a half and looks more like Abe Lincoln than any man in Hardin Co. His face has that touch of kindness about it that invariably appeals to men and women alike. He is never in a crowd, when someone needs assistance that he is not the first man appealed to and his good nature and his gallantry especially to the gentler sex always responds to the call. At the Lincoln Centennial last Friday, he had the call of his life. He was standing in the tent besides a good-look- ing lady who weighed apparently about 140 pounds. She was the artist for Collier's Weekly and she was endeavoring to get some pictures with her Kodak for her paper. She was too low in statue to do it very successfully when she spied Joe. She told him what she was trying to do and remarking that she was a lady and that she was satisfied that Joe was a gentleman from his appearance, asked him if he would not let her mount on his shoulders. Joe immediately got down on his knees for her to mount and did it gracefully. The lady had a fine view from her elevated perch. She got just the pictures she wanted. For 40 minutes he held her in that position. When she got down Joe looked like he would fall. He was tired to death, but he never murmured but remarked he was sorry she got through so soon. After- wards he told some friends who saw the performance that he was nearly dead but he would have dropped before he let the lady know it. George A. Kerrick has an old arithmetic, which belonged to his great grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones in Va. in 1744. The book has been in the family ever since and is well preserved. Friday, February 19, 1909 Unique things about Hardin Co.: It does not owe a cent of debt and has $100,000 surplus in the treasury. No other county in Ky. is in this condition. Hardin Co. has more miles of railroad than any other county in the state except Jefferson. It has $40,000 in permanent school fund the interest of which supple- ments the pay of the public school teachers. No other county in Ky. has this. It builds more miles of new turnpike every year than any other county in Ky. probably excepting Jefferson. Hardin Co. ranks 3rd in the state in the production of wheat. Elizabethtown is the largest mule market in Ky. Hardin ranks among the first counties in Ky. in public school interests. Elizabethtown does not owe a dollar of debt. Its water works are owned by the city and pay a net revenue. Rev. J. W. Cunningham now past 90 years old, frequently referred in his letter in the "News" to the fact that Lincoln lived in Elizabeth- town. "I beg leave to say that I am more than 5 years younger than 90 years." It is not quite 70 years since I became a resident of Eliz- abethtown. I was born and reared nearly to my 15th year at Leitch- field and as far back as I can remember I had been familiar with the name and person of Mordecai Lincoln the village, violinist and shoe maker and mender. He worked and slept in a log house of two rooms within a square of the Court House. On the ground floor was his shoe shop and in a room above was his bed. In summer nights he sat on the second floor of his porch and made delightful music for the town people. That house was standing when I was at Leitchfield at the Louisville Conference Session more than two years ago. It was one of only four houses left standing that existed when Mordecail occupied it. It was the only one of the four that I entered and I explained to the lady occupant to whom I introduced myself as an "Old Timer," that I visited her pleasant appearing home because it had been the workshop and residence of Mordecai Lincoln. She gave me a kindly invitation to enter. I went in and talked of the long ago. Mordecai the second and grandson of Mordecai the first, who was the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln the abhored of this generation by many white and colored peo- ple of the U. S. Medecai the third, of Leitchfield had a sister "Patsy" who was the wife of George Washington NEIGHBORS, who was a professional sheriff of Grayson Co. for more than one term; they were the parent of John Robert Neighbors of my age. He threw rocks with dangerous precision at his fellow boys. Once he and I had a contention in words. It was within 50 yards of my home. As I walked away from him he threw a rock that hit me head half way between my ears. I do not know how I got home nor how long I was in bed or walking around with a plaster on my smitten half way place between my ears. If I should have to be 90 years old the crevice in my rear skull will be there. A finger end of any one gently passed over the rear of my head will discover the fracture for which I am indebted to John Robert Neighbors, a son of an own cousin of Abraham Lincoln. Had it not been for skull fracture there is no telling what I might have seen before this octogenarian period of my life. I left Leitchfield for Elizabethtown when I was nearly 15 years old for a place in my brother's store and except a year at school at Bowling Green prior to Aug. 1841, and lived there till Sept. 1844, I never knew anything of my skull cracker after I left Leitchfield. Possibly I may at another time write something along the Lincoln line. J. W. Cunningham, St. Louis, Mo. President and Mrs. Roosevelt stopped over in Cecilian for a 10-minute stop while on the way to Hodgenville for the Lincoln's birthday celebra- tion. He shook hands with the school children as well as the older ones.