The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-07-06
County Could Have Killed
Him More Cheaply Than
He Did il.
Real Tombstone Proposed for
Pauper Dead.
FISCAL COURT IN SESSION.

Allowance of accounts was the
principal business before the fiscal
court, which met In regular session
this morning, and little other BUSH
ness was before the magistrates.
Bills rolled in from every quarter.
George Freeman Is responsible for
the disbursement of 1924 by the
county. Constable A. c. Shelton was
allowed $50 for the erection OF the
scaffold, while SIS was allowed the
Louisville Research Laboratory for
the analysis of the stomach. Drs.
Horace Rivers and w. ]. Bass were
allowed $25 each for assisting County
Physician Young ia the effort to save
the negro's life. and DR.. X. c. Gore
was allowed 81 for a visit to the
county sanitarium while DR.. Young
was working with the negro. A bill
for tubes of oxygen amounts to $12
and DR.. Nollau was allowed 500 for
conveying the stomach to Louisville.
Mrs. Grace Henderson was allowed
50 for taking the evidence. This is
exclusive Of the regular fees.
A bill of Schmaus Brothers for
1850 for flowers furnished to deco
rate the court house yard was allowed
over the protest of Magistrate F. F.
Gholson. County Judge Lightfoot
stated that during the last six years
the county had expended at least
s1,216 for flowers and he considered
the money well spent.
Road Committee.
Magistrate Emery reported that the
road committee had decided TO locate
the new Clark's river bridge four feet
west of the present bridge. Mrs. C.
II. Brooks will permit her land to be
used for a right OF way. and will do
nate dirt to make a fill. Mr.. Bichon,
on the opposite side of the river.
agreed to sell the necessary land for
the assessed value. The court con-
CURED in the report.
IL was decided to gravel the Oaks
station road when the residents con-
tribute $500. A paper is being
circulated by the land owners and in
a short time It will be presented to
the court. The road is an important
highway in the county.
r. c. Potter and T. II. Torian were
awarded the contract for graveling
Twenty-eighth street from the May
field road to the Hinkleville road for
25 cents a lineal foot. w. L. Yancy
was awarded the contract for the
erection of a small concrete culvert
on the street for $175. 8. B. Ghol-
son offered to gravel the street for
27h cents foot. and George A.
Gardner offered to erect the culvers
for $3.50.
The salary OF the county health
officer was fixed at $500 a year. DR..
Horace Rivers holds the position.
Magistrate Dunaway reported he
has purchased right of way on the
Houser road from Mrs. Minnie Hag-
gin for $50, and asked that William
Jones be paid SIS for the destruction
of his crop. planted on the new road.
The court ratified the report and or
dered payment when the deed is
filed.
Small tombstones will be erectai
at every grave in the county Gene
terry. w. S. Downs was allowed
s66.O5 for the tombstones.
The county treasurer filed his re-
port, which was received and filed by
the court. In the road fund there Is
a balance Of s3,244.11. and in the
county levy fund a balance OF So
S73.76.
County Judge Lightfoot presided
over the meeting and Magistrates
Emery, Gholson. Brooks. Knott. Bur-
nett, Dunaway, Bleich and Broadfoot
were present.