The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-09-04
IN OUR OWN STATE
ENDORSE BECKHAM

Hundreds of Democrats from Lewis,
Elliott, Rowan, Boyd and other north
eastern counties attending the Car
ter County Fair expressed their posi-
ton on the next Senatorial race as
being strong and solid for J. C. w.
Beckham. Mr.. Beckham spoke at
Grayson, County seat of Carter Coun-
ty, to about 5000 people last week
and while his speech was non-politi-
cal everyone took the opportunity to
assure him of their support which
was attested by their prolonged ap-
plause at the close of the Introductory
remarks of Frank Powers. The peo-
pie in this section consider Beckham
as being the best governor the State
has ever had and are ready to send
him to the United States Senate at
the first opportunity.
BECOME PROGRESSIVES
That the Progressive party is not
dead in Kentucky is proved by the
fact that ten precinct chairmen of
the Republican County Committeeman
of McCracken County handed in their
designations. They declared that they
were duly elected by the Republican
voters of their respective districts be-
fore the organization of the Progress
sive party but they now desire to
desert the G. o. p. and cast their lots
with other forces.
UNIVERSITY ADDS NEW DE-
PARTMENT
The officials Of State University
have closed a deal for the purchase
of a printing plant which is to be
established as "a new department of
the institution. When established
the department will not only furnish
a large amount of work for students
in putting out the University htera-
ture, catalogs and other publications
but will also be used as a foundation
for a school of Journalism which the
University proposes to establish in
the near future. A special represen-
tative is now studying the plans and
courses of study being given in the
Pulitzer School of Journalism in New
York with the idea of planning a
similar course for our own State.
CAN THE PARTIES FUSE?
The right Of parties to fuse in To-
cal elections is question at issue in
several counties. Hart and Hancock
in particular. In Hart County the
Republicans and PrOgressives both
nominated a ticket. Fearing the
Democrats with unbroken ranks will
carry the elections they now propose
to recall the original tickets and
join in making up new ticket COM
posed of the most successful Of both
parties. The Democrats are on the
lookout and County Clerk Briggs has
referred the matter to the Attorney
General for an opinion. In Hancock
neither party put out ticket in the
primary but one is now under way
which involves the same question as
has arisen in Hart 1t is argued by
the Democrats that such is an eva
sion of the spirit of the Primary law
and further action awaits the deci-
sion of Attorney General Lagoon.
20 LOSE RIGHT TO TEACH
Twenty of the Fayette County
school teachers lost their right to
teach, Monday, when Mrs. Mamie
Faulconer, Superintendent of the
Fayette County Schools, revoked
their certificates. She based her ac-
ton on the fact that the persons in
question failed 10 attend the Teach
ers' Institute last October. The sta
tute in regard TO attendance states
that the certificate of any teacher
failing or refusing TO attend the
County Institute shall be revoked.
While the teachers lost the right 70
teach they have the right TO carry the
matter before the State Superinten-
dent or the State School Board I'M
less they prove to have been sick or
give other equally good reason the
action of Mrs. Faulconer stands until
another examination next June.
MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS
Following the splendid success of
the moonlight schools in Rowan Coun-
ty, seventy of the public school
teachers of Montgomery County vol
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