January 16, 1902… James B. McCreary last Thursday won the caucus nomination for U.S. Senator on the first ballot. Wheeler and Smith withdrew, and Judge Cantrill was McCreary’s lone opponent. The ballot was 67 for McCreary and 32 for Cantrill. The latter then moved that the nomination be made unanimous. McCreary was a Lt. Col. under Morgan, Bragg and Breckinridge. He was elected to the Legislature from Madison County in 1866 and elected Governor in 1875. He was then elected to six terms in Congress. Democrats hold 99 of the 138 legislative seats in Kentucky. Midway’s seven oldest citizens are R.H. Davenport 90, Mrs. Mary Moore 89, Major Warren Viley 85, F.B. Harper 78, Jesse Martin 78, Mrs. James Martin 78, and Mrs. B.A. Owsley 76. City council has set the following salaries: Marshal Ed Stephens $50 per month, Clerk W.B. Cogar $75 per year, Treasurer John Wise $50 per year, and the assessor will be paid $30 per year. The City School class in trigonometry has six pupils. January 18, 1923… Citizens Bank of Midway shows resources of $315,791.76 and deposits of $215,747.99. H. L. Martin is president and M. O. Offutt is cashier. Henry L. Martin Sr. resigns as member of the school board. John T. Mitchell is appointed to serve the unexpired term. Martin is known around the state as Woodford’s Grand Old Man. An executor’s public sale of stock in the Citizens Bank of Midway will be held on Jan. 29. The 70 shares of stock come from the estates of Capt. John A. Steele and Capt. J. Breckinridge Viley. Citizens Bank directors reelected include John C. Durrett, Dr. B.F. Parrish, C.B. Patterson, W.G. Lehman, H.L. Martin Jr., M.D. Offutt, Milton M. Davis and H.L. Martin Sr. Mrs. Ed Ledridge sold her farm of 134 acres near Nonesuch to J. C. Redman for $10,000. J.A. Steele and wife sold to E.S. Rose a house and lot in Midway for $3,000. James and Amy Freedy sold to E. L. Mitchell 213 acres on Clear Creek for $6,000. Will and Amie Woolums sold to Everett Dozier a lot on Douglas Avenue for $500. Versailles businessmen are considering organizing a Rotary, Kiwanis or Lions Club to help boost the city. Clarence L. Walker has been appointed county oil inspector by Judge R.S. Hawkins. Robert Ford, guard at the Belle of Anderson Distillery, opposite Clifton, battled three whiskey thieves Sunday night and finally drove them off. The new consolidated school at Millville will be dedicated on Jan. 15. Prof. Shields and wife are the teachers. Ulysses Grant Willis has received the long-awaited appointment as postmaster at Versailles. He succeeds Judge Wilhoit. Mrs. Cordelia Felix Dale, 79, widow of Charles P. Dale, died Tuesday of double pneumonia. She leaves two sons, W. Lee and Dr. Felix Dale, and two daughters, Mrs. John A. Davis and Mrs. Alice G. McCauley. Albert B. Scott, 78, died Saturday after a long illness. He lived on Green Street, was a Confederate veteran, serving in the 9th Kentucky Cavalry under Col. W.C.P. Breckinridge and Gen. Morgan. He leaves his wife; two sons, Owen T. and Marshall; and two daughters, Mrs. Clara Scott and Mrs. John W. Maginnis. W.H. Edwards, recently reelected road engineer for Fayette County, held the same post in Woodford for 17 years. The Clipper office is on Railroad Street and the phone number is 24 (Fayette Home Telephone).