The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-10-17

There's a passage IN Scripture which
says, The laborer ii worthy of his hire"
and another that says YOU must "earn
your bread by the sweat of your brow
therefore, he that earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow i d laborer aud Is
worthy Of his hire, There are some
people, however who never read the
Scriptures,or if=they do, they prof not
thereby. We cite, as an instance Of this
lack of seripturat knowledge, the action
Of the Court OF Claims at its October
session, in which IL allowed THE HER
AID the paltry sum Of twenty dollars
for fifty dollars wotth Of work. The
HERALD published the delinquent tax
| list aud list Of claims and sent in bill
to the county for $50, an exceedingly
low rate. The two lists occupied two
and two.third columns of space, and
contained 10000. ems, actual measure
ment, which putting the price of COM
position ut the low rate Of thirty cents
per thousand, would make the actual
cost of typesetting So more than the
amount they first agreed to allow us.
After heated debate some large heart
ed brother raised the bet 81 more, still
leaving us 81 shy on the actual cost of
typesetting. They argued that this was
a munificent sum and, as representatives
of the taxpayers, they must economize-
and DO it at the expense of the printer
Judge Carson, Republican, but fair
minded man, nevertheless, recommended
that we be allowed at least $40, and it
was so Ordered-we suppose under pro-
test. There is no place other than Ken.
lucky on Gods footstool, where the rate
for legal advertising is fixed by lot of
people who wouldn't know a nonpareil
line from brick house; the rate is fixed
by law in other states Here in Ken.
lucky, however, the publisher is left to
mercy of Court Of Claims, and if he
don't stand in with the powers that be,
or is a member in good standing of the
Noble Order of Ring Politicians, why
his claims are shaved as close as a Chi
naman's head, and counts himself lucky
that the honorable court don't hold him
up for an entrance fee. Another beau
tifuI feature connected with Wolfe
county's legal printing is that a year
rolls by ere the publisher gets his fingers
on the ''shecklcs." The price of pump,
kins may fuctuate and corlwood be a
drug in the market, but that old claim
goes on and on at the old ratio of Is
chances to that you won't get it for
five years, and the editors patent inside
reyolts at the thought of subscriptions
paid in garden truck and lives in the
hope that the red tape Of the Circumlo-
cution Office will unwind sufficiently to
enable him to get the money on his
claim, while the honorable court winks
the other eye, looks wise-and concludes
we are growing rich at the expense Of
the taxpayers. Ye gods! A man can,
not run a paper without substantial en-
couragement, and this county would.
still be largely our debtor if it allow us
double the amount of our claim. We
have struggled here for eleven years, en-.
deaVorlng to exc out an existence, and
have devoted our time and what little
talent we may possess in advertising the
advantages Of Wolfe county. THE
HERALD has gone forth as a missionary
among the people of other sections and
told OF the wonderful resources of This
c unty-and il has never cost the
taxpayers cent; it was purely a labor
of love, and yet when we ask for what
is justly due Us for labor performed, the
honorable court Of claims cry extortion
and shave $40 off of an already ridicu-
lously low claim, There is no glory in
running q country newspaper, little
money and great deal of hard work
connected with il, and we do not pro-
pose 10 be made a convenience of by the |
honorable Court of Claims, or any one
else. The county will either pay our
rates for its printing or she don't go in.
See? We are not a suppliant for favors
at the throne of any one, nor do we bend |
the knee to any man or set of men. |
of the honorable Couat of |
Claims listen to our ultimatum: If you |
want THE HERALD 70 do your printing
you will have to pay our rates. Our |
prices are reasonable, not exhorbitant,
and, as We said in the beginning, ''the
laborer Is worthy Of his hire.n So, if |
youcan't pay the freight, gentlemen,
get thee ton printery that's more guilt
BE than THE HERALD. -.