Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-06-18
Madisonville Man Appointed
Superintendent of West
Kentucky Asylum.
TAKES CHARGE JULY /.
A Republican Also Succeeds
DR.. Redwine at Lex
ington.

ton from the State Board of Control
of his appointment to the position
of superintendent of the Western
Kentucky Insane Asylum at Hop
kinsville. DR.. Gardiner was notified
of his selection to this important po-
sition by letter which was received
from the Board Sunday.
DIR. Gardiner is one of the best
known physicians of this section of
the state and one of the leading Re-
publicans Of Hopkins county. He
was superintendent of the Western
Kentucky Insane Asylum from April
1, 1897, to June 80, 1900, having
been appointed by ex-Gov. VIM. O.
Bradley. After the Republican par
ty passed out of power in Kentucky
DIR. Gardiner returned to his home in
Madisonville. His fitness for this
place and the record he made while
at the head of this institution was
recognized by the State Board of
Control, which is composed of two
Democrats and two Republicans, and
he was rendered the appointment to
succeed DR.. Stephens, of Todd coun-
ty, who has been connected with the
asylum in various capacities for the
past eight years. DR.. Gardiner in
his early youth was connected with
the Lakeland asylum and is familiar
with all phases of work of this char
acter. He has made no effort to Sc
cure the position and it was in the
nature of a surprise to him.
DR.. Stephens will retire from the
surerintendency of the Western
Kentucky Insane Asylum July l. and
DIR. Gardiner will assume charge at
once. DR.. Gardiner will move his
family to Hopkinsville as soon as
possible, where they will reside dur
ing the time that he is at the head
of the institution.
REPUBLICAN AT LEXINGTON.
Lexington, KY, June 16.-Dr.
Robert Luther Willis, a widely
known and popular physician Of this
city, has been appointed by the State
Board of Control for Charitable in
stitutions, to be superintendent Of
the Eastern Kentucky Asylum for
the Insane, located in this city, to
succeed DR.. J. S. Redwine, who has
been superintendent for the past
eight years.
James H. Reed, who has been for
eight years steward of the asylum,
has also been reappointed by the
board to another term of four years.
Both DR.. Willis and Mr.. Reed re-
ceived official notification of their
appointment today.
DIVISION OF PATRONAGE.
DR.. Willis, while IN no sense a pol
itician, has for about ten years been
regarded as an independent in poll
tics and has generally voted the Re-
publican ticket, but had previous to
that time been a Democrat.
Mr.. Reed has been always a con-
sistent and active Democrat.
For the past seventeen years DR..
Willis has been medical referee for
Lexington and Fayette counties ard
the State Board of Health, and is
member of the Kentucky Medical
Association and Fayette County Med
ical Society, being at one time presi-
dent of the latter. A large part of
his practice has been as examiner of
various insurance companies and he
has the reputation of being an I'M
usually expert examiner and dag
nostician. Dr. Willis is about fifty.
five years old and was born in Madi
son county. He graduated at Beth
any College, West Virginia, and af
terward graduated in medicine at
Bellevue Medical Collegs, New
York. Before coming to Lexington
he practiced for eight years at Win
chester. His brother is superintend-
ent of the sanitarium at Crab Or
chard Springs, and he is brother-in-
law of DR.. B. L. Coleman, Of this
city.
Will Take Charge July /.
DR.. Willis stat tonight that be