The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-05-12
PROM JUICE BOGGs

lively flowers are making their ap-
pearance and the birds OF the
valley, are singing their sweet
songs loud and shFin in holy adora-
ton to the God that made them
and cares for them. 50 after sum
ming up the situation we come 10
the conclusion that this Is a grand
/ Old country to live TN. but with an
OF its beauties and the many oppor-
tunities for doing good. NE have
among US the chronic GROWER. and
this character OF gentlemen tries
TO make the people think that some
Of the officials OF the county have
failed TO do their duty. especially
your County Judge. when in faci.the
only trouble is they have not been
getting as much pie as they former
" got. and these gentlemen want TO
make the people believe that they
are prOgressiyes, when in fact they
are only suckers, nov al the close
OF the Fiscal year 1910, after
paving all hte interest on the iudg-
ments and bonds OF the county We
then paid in the neighborhood Of
three thousand dollars on judgments
and bonds. and as both claim courts
have past for Fiscal year 1911. 4
feel sure that We have saved dur
ing this year at least seven thOus-
and dollars. ts7OOOl This win re-
duoe the eountys Indebtedness al
least ten thousand dollars
Nov. these judgments were rem
dered some siX years ago against
the county and the county has been
paying interest on these bonds ev-
er since our present Jail was built.
Also on Judgments ever since they
were rendered some six years ago
Nov. IL | have been unfaithful BY
IealOusly guarding the money OF
the oppressed tax payers OF Law
renee county. deserve to bs held
up TO public ridicule. do not
mean TO be unkind towards anyone,
but know that wrong impressions
have gone out against me. and for
this reason I deemed il proper TO
give an account Of myself and will
further say that there is a rec
ord Of my official acts here al the
county seat, and these records are
public property. You can see for
Yourself.
Now, the road question Is the
most difficult problem Of the coun-
y. instead OF every citizen and
hOusskeeper Of the county being in
terested in a general way they
will undertake to saddle it all on
the County Judge. You all kRoE
that during a wet season like Ee
had last winter and this spring that
the roads sill get bad. become full
Of holes and nobody Is TO blame for
ii but the rain has ceased and the
roads are dryig nout and We caa
now work. and as have told you
before through the News that the
Fiscal Court Of Lawrence IT,. county
has made an order requiring all
the legal road hands Of the couu-
> 70 put in 6 days work OF sh ours
each, as the law directs, andyou mus
DO this, | mean. TO enforce this Law
TO the letter
Now. | want to say to the over
seer OF the county that there are
responsibility resting upon you and
this is notice to you to warn out
the hands allotted to you and give
every man chance TO comply with
order Of the Fiscal Court. The Law
will be enfOrced against you as
well as against the road hands for
nonpeTfOrmance OF your duty. So
let US get busy and have better
roads and better county. After
you have put in your time you must
make a report and / suggest that
you report to the magistrate Of
your idstdriet as this will relieve
me of considerable work. as a have
so much to do will be very thankful
il you will do this And you mag
istrates must issue on every case
and strictly enforce the Law.
VIII say further that on the 5th
Of May, 1911, l appointed the Hon.
James H. Thompson supervisor OF
roads and bridges Of Lawrence ccun-
Y. This appointment will last
u -he next regular term OF the
Fiscal Court and then l recommend
that the Fiscal Court elect one.
And again. when the Sheriff made
his delinquent list for the levy
year 1910. to the Fiscal Court there
were somewhere betwn six and sv-
en- hundred OF them. The law re-
quires that this list shall be pub
lished eVrey man knows for him
self whether or not he has paid his
poll tax for the levy ear OF 1919.
Now, l am going to hold this de
linqdent list up till the LIST OF
JuEe, 1911, and you can avoid all
publicity by coming to the County
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