December 12, 1904… Col. Tobias Gibson, a lifelong resident of here, died suddenly at this home in Lexington Sunday night. He had moved to Lexington from here about three years ago to be nearer to his daughter. He was a member of the Bar and represented this county in the Legislature with great credit. He was the last of six sons of Tobias and Louisiana Breckenridge Hart Gibson. All six had served in the Confederate Army, five of them in the same regiment commanded by Gen. Randall Lee Gibson, and one, his brother Col. Hart Gibson, served under Gen. John Morgan. Tobias was born on Aug. 6, 1838 in Lexington. Tobias had in his veins the blood of the Gibsons, Prestons and Harts. His father was one of the South’s most influential planters. His mother was the daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna Preston Hart. She was named by her mother’s favorite cousin, the immortal John Breckenridge, who linked the names Louisiana and Breckenridge. Tobias was an editor as well as a lawyer. He leaves a wife, Eva Bright Gibson, and a daughter named for his mother, Louisiana Breckenridge Hart Gibson.

Mrs. C.C. Alford offers for sale or rent her residence near Midway, known as the Mitchell Place.

The drouth was broken Saturday. The rain started that morning and changed to sleet around noon. While it did not put any water into the streams, it was a great help to the tobacco men as they get ready for shipping.

Rev. H.B. Polk, the new pastor of the Baptist church here, has taken rooms at the Jones Hotel.

H.P. Waits will leave soon for El Paso, TX, for his health.

Misses Annie Lewis, Maud Dwyer and Oscar Donavan are each slowly recovering from typhus.

The C&O freight trains have been running with two tenders since water is so scarce along the way between here and Louisville that they are forced to do this to keep going.

A primary has now been scheduled by the Democratic Committee for Jan. 15, 1905, to fill the vacancy on the ticket caused by the unexpected and sudden death of Judge L.W. Parrish who was the nominee.

December 11, 1924… 

Precinct committeemen elected by the Democrats from the four Midway precincts last Saturday are: #1, L.F. Sutherland; #2, Charles Steele; #14, Dr. A.J.A. Alexander and Miss Kate Rodgers; and, #21, R..C. Richardson.

The high winds on Monday afternoon blew down to tobacco barns, one on H.L. Martin’s place and the other on the Davis and Turner Farm. The Martin barn contained 13 acres of tobacco, of which one-half had been sold and the other half in bulk, none of which was damaged. The other barn contained 12 acres of tobacco. The trees in the woodland of Mrs. Annie Swope on the Versailles Pike were badly damaged. A buggy in the yard of C.W. Hawkins was carried some distance away.

Mrs. W.E. Risque will return home soon from a month’s stay with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Harper and Wallace Harper III, of Cave Springs, FL.