One of the most colorful figures in Cave City years ago was Adolphus Franks. Mr. Franks and wife resided on First Street about where Handy and Reynolds coal bin now is. When oil was discovered near Glasgow years ago it was hauled to Cave City in barrels and unloaded into a tank that stood where E. T. Ford's warehouse now is. Mr. Franks pumped this oil from the tank into railroad tank cars by hand. The seepage from the tank was said to have ruined one of the finest water wells in town which was in the street near the corner of Hotel Dixie Garden across the street from the oil tank. The first water well dug in Cave City was dug by Jack Gavin, an Irishman, in the year 1865 just below the North end of the park and almost on a line with the center of Duke Street. The second water well was dug by the same man in 1873 or '74 at the Southwest end of the freight depot. The Cave City Baptist Church was originally "New Hope Baptist Church." The New Hope Baptist Church stood on the farm of Mr. Charlie Monroe about one mile East of Jennie, Ky. The plot was deeded to the church by Matthew and Polly Crews on the 31st day March, 1820. This deed is of record in Deed Book "1;" Page 267, Barren County Clerk's Office. The above church became a part of the Cave City Baptist Church when the latter church was organized in March 1867. For a number of years the Baptist congregation worshipped in the old Presbyterian meeting house but in 1879 it was decided to buy a suitable lot and erect their own church building. Mr. Elkanah Dickey has preserved the original subscription for the first Baptist Church building in Cave City and the following is quoted from the above mentioned list: (To be continued) M. Dean Hunt Louisville, KY