The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-04-09
And a Dual Government
Now Prevails. y
TWO JUDGES SIT IN CONFLICT
Contest In McCreary County
Brings Up Complications
Hard To Unravel.
BADLY MIXED MUNICIPALITY

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newly created county of McCreary,
which was carved out of remote
portions of Pulaski, Whitley and
Wayne counties, seems to be max
ing a reputation for itself as a
dual county For some little time
it has had two Executive County
Committees in both the Democratic
and Republican party, now 1t takes
another step forward in that direc-
tiQn and has two County Judges,
omen Democrat and one Republican.
Both, so reports from there say,
are transacting legal business and
presiding in courtiy manner. This
latter duality comes about by rea-
son of a recent decision of the
Court of Appeals which held the
election of November, when j. +.
Williams, Republican, was elected
County Judge, as legal, and directs
Gov. .McCreary to issue Williams a
commission. Gov. McCreary. how
ever, is allowed thirty days in which
to file a petition for rehearing and
will not issue any. commission to
WiHiams until said petition has
been passed on, either overruling
his motion for re-hearing of the
case, or else granting such motion,
and, in the meantime, Harry Jones,
who was appointed County Judge
by Gov. McCreary, is still retaining
his judgship.' Williams, after the
Court of Appeals rendered its de-
cision, it seems, has also taken up.
the reins of government as County
Judge and the new county now has
two men claiming to be the real
goods when it comes to the judy
ship of that county. Just what this
WHY lead to and what kind of a
tanlgle the court records will be In
when the matter is finally deter
mined is difficult to foretell.
Most of these Qualities come
about by reason of the keen rival
ry between the two contesting
towns for the county seat. Pine
Knot and Whitley City. Whatever
and whoever one of these little
towns is for, the other is dead sure
to be violently opposed to.
Williams, who was elected Coun-
ty Judge on the Republican ticket
at the November election. is resi-
dent of Whitley City, while Judge
Jones, McCreary's appointee, is
resident and strong advocate of
Pine Knot.
In the election for the selection
of a county seat, Whitley City won
by something less than 200 MAORI
ty, but the election was contested
on the grounds that the same was
not Iegal and the matter. after a
hearing on an interlocutory matter
before one member of the Court of
Appeals, is now before that body
proper for final adjudication.
There was also suit filed in the |
Wayne Circuit Court some time ago
attacking the constitutionality of
the act creating McCreary county. |
and asking that 1t be annulled. but
this case has not yet been tried out
In the lower court
The fight to get the new county
created was one of the hardest ever
made before a legislative body. 1t
is kr@wn that the committee In the
Senatel on the night before the last
day OF the session OF that body.
voted to report the bill unfavora-
BILE, but all the machinery of the
got Immediately in
behind it and had another meeting
of the. committee when the bill was
reported out and passed the Senate
late In the afternoon of the last day
Of the session OF the Legislature
and was signed by the Governor In
a few minutes after its passage.
Eysnts In the new county have
been following thick and fast.