The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1896-10-14
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HARDlNSBURG.
Bonds Against The County Amount to
1925 O0-C.L Pate Elected Poor
House Keeper.
School Teachers Received Their Pay
Saturday, Morris Beard Purchases
a Lot.

Clint Hooks baby has been quite SICK
for the past week.
Rev. +. L. Pate and family left Friday
morning for Brandenburg.
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Beard were visit
ing near Rosetta last week.
Mrs. Carlton, OF Rosetta, was here last
week visiting Mrs. j. A. Witt.
Mrs Sneed, Of Louisville, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Clint Hook.
Jesse Eskridge addressed the Republi-
cans at West View last Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Beard, Louisville,
were here last week visiting Major Hor-
ace Scott.
Rev. S. X. Breeding, the new pastor Of
the NJ. +. church South, arrived last
Wednesday.
Mrs Ed Wright, of Louisville, came
down last Saturday to visit her father,
Judge Mercer.
Crit Hambleton, the colored barber,
who was so severely cut some time ago is
able to be out again.
Prof Arch Bannon, OF Dayton. Ohio,
was at Garfield last week, visiting his
sister, Mrs. Isaac Norton.
The first quarterly meeting of the NJ.
+. church South will be held here the
first Sunday in November.
J. II. Lennin and n. Nc. G. Mercer
made several speeches in the county
last week for Bryan and silver.
DIR. Savage, agent of the American
Bible Society, was here last Sunday in
the interest of the Bible cause.
Our merchants were doing good
business last Saturday. Trade is much
better than it was a few weeks ago.
Morris Beard has bought lot on
Louisville street opposite Lonnie Smiths
and is arranging to put dwelling on it.
" The County Court has awarded the
contract for making the poll books for
the November election to the News job
office.
Last Saturday was pay day for the
school teachers of the county and Super
intendent Driskell was busy all day
issuing checks.
The teachers association will meet in
Hardinsburg, October 81. All teachers
in this district are requested TO attend,
The program will appear in this paper
next week.
A petition with the requisite number
OF names for local option vote in this
district has been lodged in the county
clerks office aud an election will be call
ed December 5.
The Hardinsburg Public School has
been in session now six eks. The
number of pupils now in attendance
number one hundred and thirty-six.
Profs. Hartman and Avitt are giving
entire satisfaction as teachers, AMI are
doing good work among the pupils.
Several OF the higher branches, such as
Latin, Bookkeeping, Algebra etc. are
being successfully taught by these men
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
Sandy Butler was exonerated from
work on the roads in the future.
Commissioner Morris Eskridge made
his report showing bonds held against
the county amounting to Sl5,925.00.
DR.. A. Kincheloe was continued as
poor house commissioner for the ensu.
ing year.
The following parties were exempt
from paying poll tax in the future, viz
Frank Cullen, Ed Horsley, Frank Miles,
Aaron Mobly, Elijah Carman.
Mr. c. l.. Pate was elected poor house
keeper for the ensuing year His
opponents were Phillip Greenwell, PIE.
sent incumbent, Walter Jarboe and
Samuel Walker. Mr.. Pate was elected
on the second ballot, by decided ma
jority.
b. +. Beard was allowed $4,000 for
his services as commissioner of the rail-
road tax district for the past two years
II. A. Walker was appointed a COM
missioner to contract for and receive a
bridge across Tar Fork creek on the
Cloverport and Oak station road.
y II. A. Walker and Rosco Eskridge
were appointed commissioners to view
a site for bridge across Tar Fork, on
the greensboro and Hardinsburg road
Judge ALL and II. N. Miller were
directed TO take insurance on the court
house to the extent Of $4,000 for a
term OF three years.
{ The following is the grand jury 7. b.
Henderson foreman, grand jury, John
ii. McGavock, l.. ii. Atkinson, T. b.
Henderson, j. NJ. Parr, Vol Tucker, l..
J. Mattingly, Geo. ii. Barley, John II.
Elder, VIM. Bennett, James Furrow,
James Johnson, and w. T. Cannon.
Jesse r. Eskridge will address the Re-
publican club at Bewleyyille on satur-
day night, Oct. II, at o'clock. Every