The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-03-22
Jury Awards $4,000 DAMAGES.

After celebrating for one hour and
fifteen minutes the jury in the case OF
Calvin Elam's administrator against
the Paris Gas and Electric Co. and the
Bourbon Home Telephone Co.. return
ed verdict for the palintiff in the
sum of Sc. 600 against the former and
50. 900 against the latter company.
The case was damage suit institute
ed by Elam's admins traitor growing
out of the death Of Elan which occur
red last April while he was in the EN-
ploy of the Bourbon Home Telephone
Co., in the capacity of linenan ana
while ascending a pole on Walker
avenue came in contact with a live
electric wire, the current knocking
him from the pole and in the fail his
neck was broken death resulting
instantly.
The trial Of the case was entered IN
to Tuesday morning and has consumed
the entire time in Circuit Court since
that day. The evidence was concluded
yesterday morning when arguments
we're made and the case given to the
jury at four o'clock yesterday after
noon. Judge Denis Dundon and Hon.
G. M. Thomas represented the defend
ants and Talbot & Whitley the plain
tiffs.
The grand jury made its final repurt
Wednesday afternoon and was dis
charged from further service. The re-
port was signed by Clarence Kenney
as foreman, its principal features be-
ing certain structures upon and recon-
mendations relating to the FisIal
Court, on which subject it contained
the following:
much complaint from citizens and
taxpayers of the county has been made
to US because of failure for several
years past on the part of the Fiscal
Court of the county to comply with
the requirements of the law with ie-
ference to publication in a newspaper
IF statement annually, showing the
financial condition of oul county.
Members of the Fiscal Court have
been before Us and explained that
such publication was not made because
it seemed to them that the S137 to SLAB
fol such service asked by the news
papers was unreasonable. This grand
jury thinks that such reporr should be
published annually as the law requires,
AMI many of our best citizens have
appeared before US and are insisting
upon our Fiscal Court doing their duty
in the matter. Our people want this
report published annually so that they
can sit in their own respective homes
and know how much OF the taxes paid
by them has been expended and to
whom the money was paid. Another
grand jury should bear this matter in
mind and unless the Fiscal Court has,
between now and the convening of
another term of this court, published
such a fnanc ial statement for the pre-
ceding year, each member Of the Fis-
cal Court failing or refusing to cause
same to be published should be indict-
ed and compelled to pay the penalty
prescribed by law.
There is general complaint from
all sections of the county with refer
ence to the condition of our country
roads. The county authorities say that
the revenue collected for the purpose
of keeping up the roads has been ex-
pended for that purpose, and the best
that could be dune with the means at
hand has been done. Citizens have
complained that the pixies need to be
ditched and the culverts cleaned out
and by the lack of such work being
timely done and in a proper manner,
some of the roads are washing and are
being greatly damaged.
1--WE feel that the county is not get
ting full value received for the amount
of money collected for the upkeep of
our roads, and our Fiscal Court should
commence now and more carefully
apply themselves to seeing that each
dollar paid out on that account brings
in dollars worth of road"