Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-06
BUT FEW CHANGES.
THE COUNCIL CHANGES SALA-
RIES AND SELECTS OFFICERS.
Reductions Amounting to $50 Year
Made In the Paw Ro1I-Two Meetings
Necessary TO Finish the Business
List of Offices.

The new city council met Tuesday
night and after attending to routine
business adopted an ordinance fixing
salaries for the next two years as fol.
lows:
Clerk, $500 instead of $500.
Treasurer, $500 instead of $3.50.
Attorney, $3.50 instead of $500.
Assessor, 5000, no change made.
Sexton, $3.50, no change made.
Teamster $500, no change made.
Street supervisor, 5000 as hereto
fore.
Chief of Police, $40 instead of
5000.
Policemen, $500 instead of $500.
Firemen S66, no change made.
Collector 81 per cent. of collections.
After this business was finished, on
motion of Anderson the council
went into executive session and after
the room was cleared the election of
officers was begun. Three candi-
dates were voted for in the clerks
race. The contest opened with Ware
Pool and Anderson voting for Fl. w.
Tibbs; Holland, Perry and Flack for
G M. Meacham and Dalton for Luz
clan H. Davis. After three or four
ballots Flack voted for Davis with an
occasional vote for Meacham and
Anderson alternated between Tibbs
and Davis. Sixteen ballots were
taken without a result being reached
and then a motion was adopted to
drop the hindmost man on the next
ballot. On the 18th ballot Anderson
returned toTibbs and Flack voted for
Davis, keeping him from being drop
ped. The ballot stood Tibbs 3,
Meacham 2, Davis 2. Nobody was
dropped and the deadlock was allow
ed to remain until the following
night.
For treasurer, Buckner Leavell, w.
2. Winfree and III. D. Wallace were
voted for. On the third ballot Mr..
Leavell was elected, receiving four
votes to three for Winfree.
j. b. Allensworth, W. S. Withers, W.
R.Howell and Jno. Phelps were voted
for in the attorneys race. The race
narrowed down to the first two and
Allensworth was elected, receiving 4
votes to 3 for Withers.
John A. Twyman was reelected
street supervisor without opposition.
L. @. Cravens was chosen tax eel
lector on the first ballot, receiving 4
votes to 2 for r. M. Hurt and l for
r. M. Woodbridge, Lee Morris, city
teamster, and r. Roark, cemetery sex
ton, were each chosen on the first bal
lot without opposition.
Geo. Bradley was elected assessor
on the fifth ballot. His vote was to
3 for j. T. Greer. There were several
candidates in this race, before the
contest finally narrowed down to
Bradley and Greer.
After considerable wrangling the
salaries of the police force were slight
ly reduced. The chief was put at
$40 instead of $500 and the police
men will be paid $500 instead OF $500.
The election was then resumed and
on the first ballot the entire force was
selected as follows: j. Sol Fritz,
Chief; n III. Layne, T. L. Smith. j.
M. Cravens, Geo. w. Walker, and
Sam Walker.
The meeting then adjourned
on motion of Flack, leaving the
clerks race unsettled.
The Board met again Wednesday
night to try it again, and one
ballot served to settle the long drawn
out race. Meacham's name was with
drawn by Holland and his two re-
votes divided, Holland going
10 Tibbs and Perry to Davis. This
would have elected Tibbs, but sur
prise was in store. Anderson, the Re-
publican member, threw Tibbs, at the
last moment and voted for Davis, Civ
ing him the necessary. votes. ..
Mr.. Davis is book-keeper for G. M.
Latham and is very capable and
deserving young man. He is a
brother-in-law to Councilman Dalton.