Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-06-29
Correspondence
GRASSY CREEK


but should the rain continue long
the frowns will return. The
farmers have been taking ad-
vantage of the dry weather and
have their crops in a splendid
shape.
Ben Murphy and Jim Lyttle
passed thru yesterday with a
drove Of sheep.
Mrs. Maggie Nickel who has
been on the sick list for awhile
seems to be improving.
Jno. M. Lykins has been en-
ployed to teach the Grassy Lick
school.
Some of our merchants are OBJ
jecting to Judge Womack's way
of executing the law, because
he says it is a violation of the
law to sell goods on Sunday. So
on the same basis did King Her.
cd get angry at John the Baptist
just because he told him that it
was a violation of Moses law for
him to mary his brothers. wife.
Some of our officers made a
wry face when the judge said
that it was not lawful for the
Fiscal court to raise their salar-
les above what they agreed to
serve the people for. When
men become candidates for Of
flee it is reasonable to suppose
that they fully understand what
the Office will pay. This being
the case, they run for office ex-
I
pecting to get the full amount of
the salary, no more. nor no less.
Then for officers after elected to
make a strike for an increase in
their salaries, shows greed, and
a disposition to back down from
their contract with the people.
No wonder Judge Hannah said
. that it wasn't lawful, we all say
it Voc 70 tbe man FIN theSf's
} ture) that made such an unlaw.
, full demand on our Fiscal court
. or the justice who voted fol
: such a proposition. They will
hear of that later on.
e We wonder if the grand jur!
n will make an effort to bring vot,
t sellers to justice this session
d There is no violation of the Law
Y so prevalent in this country a
vote selling and there is nothing
so disastrous and misleading il
U it's nature. Some will say, g
S don't know who they are."
d think that can tell you how
" find them out-just announc
p yourself as a candidate for som
office and they will hunt you u
and not talk long before the
{, will ask you if you have dolla
or two that you will loan thel
for a few days. That is aprop,
sition to sell out and there
.e nothing left to do but to hand
= over, so you have got one. H
o is called the cheap kind. Al
- other kind, a little more e,
,e perienced, will tell you th'
III they own a large farm and hay
,e a number of renters that are III
al expressed and that with fiftet
T. or twenty dollars, can carry Il
!. whole thing. So he gets Il
y candidates money and goes
vi every public gathering, buys ;
o. the drinks he needs, smokes h
ten cent cigars and perhaps b.
a gallon or so of whisky al
treat the fellows that he h
wholesaled with himself, al
pockets the remainder. Sor
big, smart dudes will sell M
!. out by the boundary, sometim
" for as much as one thousaI
ay dollars and propose to deliv
In the goods on election day. Th
ee is indirect vote selling. TIL
n all sell but one man gets
:; money. You must underssa
that these things don't all hs
lv pen in the heads of branch,
you will find them everywht
lly and in every profession. 'Th
ne are becoming very bold 1T wol
To surprise you to hear the q
nd testimony of some of these v,
dealers. Men that we wol
lll' not suspect of such a erin
Let's take pattern after Ohio a
)u- go after them without gloves.
be Fairplay
OF MURPHY & EEL.