The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-09-21

funds voted for a public school build
ing. He was advised by the best judges
of law, that he and the council had
control of it. He was determined, and
rightly so, that it should not be put in
to- brick and mortar, furniture, car
pets, mating, wall paper, pictures,
blinds and bric-a-brac until the proper
tribunals passed upon who was the
legal custodian of those funds.
Two articles in one issue. Holy
Moses! The scribe next delivers him
self of an undigested heap and unfurls
another leg into Citizen"
He first calls Tommy Moore a liar
and turns around and thanks him for
telling the truth. Oh, how that
twevle hunrded hurts. Let us pause
and go back little.
Paris: Small, dirty, dark, noisy
and unholy on Sunday, unprogressive.
Mayor, Hinton. Three hunrded dollars
per year.
Ten or twevie years later:
Paris: Growing, thrifty, clean,
light, quiet and orderly on Sunday
progressive. Mayor, O'Brien. Twelve
hundred per year.
How it has progressed since O'Brien
took hold. O'Brien realized, the coun-
eli saw and the people understood that
no man could afford to take upon HIM
self the duties devolving upon the May
or to conduct Paris as it should be for
three hundred dollars year. His du-
ties were enlarged, his labors more
than tripled naturally his salary should
be commensurate. By his untiring
and conscientious efforts he has taken
Paris out of the scribe's class of ideal
little towns, where the Mayor and
Council work for nothing and nothing
is expected of them and placed her in
to the class where she rightfully be-
longs, when the Mayor and Council are
paid and held strictly accC untbale for
an honest and efficient exc cution of the
many arduous duties placed upon them
just as is done in every other city,
where thrift and progress prevail. No
one seemed to care so powerful much
for this Office until Paris had been
completely and miraculously changed
from village to city, made possible
only by young man of energy. homes
ty good judgment and a salary sufFi-
clent to enable him to apply himself
and devote his time to his duties.
Then and not until then. after O'Brien
has won his spurs and the gratitude
and admiration of the citizens of Par
is, does Hinton come along and ask for
all the salary and division of the
laurels.
Just one other thing and thereby hangs
tale. Here's the rub. Hinton and his
scribe have never forgiven O'Brien for
placing In the city treasury several
years ago. the back taxes the Banks
owed Us. That was pill hard for Friday
and his master to swallow. That mon.
ey, amounting to fifty-five thousand
dollars, was as much the property of
the city as her city school is her prop
erty. Hinton and his vassal caused
the city TO expend thousands of dollars
IN litigation to collect these back tax
es, which the highest courts in the land
decided were properly ours. Your in
rerests are far better safe-guarded
when in the hands of one whose per-
sonal interests do not come in conflict
W it'll yours.
Why should we retire O'Brien. who
mas made the city, and advance Hin
ton. whom the city has made, who has
no need for the Office on the surface
But listen Look out for the under
currents.
To progress and thrive. energy is es-
sentlal. The world is fast realizirg
land statistics bear Il out) the supt RI