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JIM - Gradyville, KY 1902, a town with all essentials A grand hotel, a college, doctors, plenty of preachers and a tooth dentist, were among the assets of this great Adair County community. All they needed was for the Adair Fiscal Court to get through bridging and built a decent road to Columbia By JIM Gradyville: A town on the move, 1902 In April, 1902, Gradyville correspondent W.M. Wilmore gave this thumbnail word sketch of the community he long called home: Our town is gradually improving. We have four stores; two churches, prayer meeting once a week, Sunday School; roller mill, two saw mills; tombstone, cabinet, and millinery shops; carding machine; silver smith and gun shop; shingle machine; college, and one of the best schools in the county; Masonic Hall; two carpenters; two practicing physicians, one tooth dentist; three preachers; and God only knows how many loafers. We trust our Fiscal Court will tax our payers a reasonable per cent to assist in making a road from here to the county seat so we can get to town in winter without much trouble. We dry land people will probably present this question to the court when they are done bridging.Mr. Wilmore apparently was too modest to mention one of his own businesses, the Wilmore Hotel, "no better place to stop...good sample rooms, and a first-rate table. Rates very reasonable. Feed stable attached." The "college" referred to the private high school then in operation at Gradyville, while "the best school" referred to the common (free) school that went through the eighth grade. An ad in the December 25, 1901 News stated that "The Gradyville High School will open first Monday in January. Primary course $1.50, Intermediate course $2.00, Teachers course $2.50. Good board can be obtained for $1.50 for full week, from Monday until Friday, $1.00. Address -- John W. Flowers, Principal, Bliss, Ky." The final line in Mr. Wilmore's entry refers to the steel bridges that had been approved by and paid for through the Adair County Fiscal Court in recent years. Compiled by JIM, one of numerous Gradyvillephiliacs of and from Russell County, KY This story was posted on 2012-01-04 06:16:22
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