Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-13
One OF The Probabilities Be.
fore The Year 1914
Grows Old.
UOOMSFOR COUNTY OFFICIALS
ArmOry, Band Room, Vaults
And Many Other Needed
Apartments.

When Christian county, more than
80 years ago, completed its new court
house, the old one having been burn
ed by Gen. Lyon in the fall of 1864,
it was thought that the building was
adequate for all needs. 1t was ade-
quate for that day, but is not for
the present.
Every frequenter of the court
house when Circuit Court is in ses-
sion knows full we'll that half-a. doz-
en- jury and consultation rooms are
needed. The court cannot well do
without more rooms. Often, both
jury rooms and the single consulta-
ton room are in use, and when Wit
nesses have to be segregated there's
no place to put them until they are
called to testify. This paper has
called attention to this more than
once.
But there is a chance and a proba-
bility of the Fiscal Courts taking
steps in the matter during this year.
A representative of this paper APP
preached one of the most active and
progressive members of the Fiscal
Court a few days since and was told
that he believed the present court is
composed of men who will fully
measure up to the demands of the
day and that before many months
the court would get together on a
plan, not for charging the court
house, but to build an annex, and
thus furnish all the officers of the
court with quarters and also to give
Judge Hanbery the rooms he so
much needs.
The member of the court did not
90 into general details but gave a
brief outline of what he hopes will
be accomplished by the Fiscal Court
during the year, which, briefly, is as
follows:
The old clerks office is to be torn
down and in its place a large and
handsome brick building, three sto-
ries high, will be erected.
This building will contain, in adj
dition to the half-dozen jury and con-
sultation rooms, quarters for the Su-
perintendent of county schools, the
Assessor, a room for the county
court to hold its sessions, rooms for
the Assessor, the Road Engineer, the
Trustee of the jury fund, the Road
Supervisor, the County and Com
monwealth Attorneys, the Constable
and several other officers that now
have to sponge" on others for room.
The second floor will probably be
arranged for an armory. The court
well knows that the Kentucky State
Guard is something that will contin-
ue, if not for all time. until many
generations have passed. The court
has to provide an armory for the mill
itary company. There is no way of
avoiding it. The county and city
have to pay every year from $3.50 to
$3.50 for a room in which the compa-
nv can drill and store its arms and
equipments. When the new build
ing is erected this yearly drain on
the county treasury will be at an end.
There is no question about the SOL
der boys being located in the new
building, the floor best adapted for
the purpose is the only undecided
point.
And then there's the outlay Of
about $3.50 a year for a practice
room and storage room for the Third
Regiment band. This body is anoth-
er part of the State and National
Guard and the county has 10 take
care of the members. The quarters
of the band will be, most probably,
be on the third floor.
Another great demand cannot long,
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