The Adair County news., 1917-10-24
jamestown Circuit Court.

not as large as usual. However, the
merchants and Grocerymen did a very
good business during the day. The
Bank of jamestown presided over by
Mr.. W. S. Knight and Mr.. Walter
Mckinney, was literally patronized,
and we were told that there was a
good demand for money. This is a
very substantial Institution, its bus
mess being carefully managed.
The two hotels were busy during
the day and at the noon hour there
we're guests sufficient to fill the tables
several times at each house of enter
tainment.
There were some mules on the mar
ket but buyers we're scarce Glenn
Burton, of Adair, we were told, picked
up several head, the prices being
high.
The writer met Prof. NJ. H. Bernard,
the principal of the Graded School,
and also Miss Rose Hyed, of this place,
one of his assistants. They both re-
ported that the school was in a pros
porous condition.
Manifestly there is more enterprise
in jamestown than in former years.
Quite number of new residences have
been erected in recent months, and
some old ones have been given a coat
of paint, giving new life to their ap-
pearance The most needed advance
ment at this time is an electric light
plant. One would do the town more
good than anything else we could call
to mind at present. The town could
take the arc lights and a sufficient
number of residents have their dwell
ingS wired to keep up the expense of a
plant. 1t is said that jamestown is
the only county seat in Kentucky
without plant. Get busy and bring
your town to the front. There are
no better people anywhere than those
who reside in Russell county, and
they should not lag behind in the
world of push and high ideals.
Mr. n. B. Faulkenburg is thorough
ly modern in his ideas, and without
saying disparagiDg word against the
movements of any other citizen of
jamestown, if he was in position to
act, we believe he would put his whole
soul IN bringing the capital of Russell
to the front. He has been about and
knows what it takes to bring business
to a community If he could enlist
W. S. Knight, Walter Mckinney, Lo-
gan Dunbar, J. H. Phelps, Lilburn
Phelps, L. E Scholl and few others,
Jamestown would soon blossom as
rose.
We talked to number of farmers
who reside on Cumberland river, and
they reported that an immense corn
crop was in the bottoms and that it
had not been damaged by frost A
great many hogs are now being fed on
the river.
Road working is progressing fairly
well through the county, but not as
fast as anxious ones would like. The
pike from Russell Springs to James
town has not been completed-two
miles yet to be finished, but work is
being done, but slowly. All efforts
should be made to finish this piece of
road before extreme cold weather sets
in.
One familiar face we missed, Mr..
Frank Jones, who went to his reward
some weeks ago. Ho was one of the
best known men in the county. We
heard his name mentioned a number
of times by men who live in the coun-
try, and who held him in the highest
esteem.
Judge Carter informed the writer
that he hoped to clear the docket by
Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday
return to his home in Tompkinsville
His next court will be held at Burkes-
vile.
There was an unusual disturbance
on the sareet leading to Monticello in
the afternoon of the first day of court.
Pistols and WincheSters were in ev-
idence, but no one got hurt. The
Russell Springs Advance had a repre-
sentative on the scene and was ev-
identity familiar with the names of all
the parties 1t had nothing to say in
its issue of this week, hence we will
not take it up.
Leaving jamestown, we stopped at
Russell Springs fordinner with Col. L
T. and Mrs. Neat, who are conducting
the hotel at that place. They set
very inviting table and both seem
pleased with their present location
Leaving the hotel we paid our re-
spects to the Advance. We found the
editor pumping off one page of his pa
per, and the compositoFs sticking
type In the crew is young lady,
who sits in chair as she manipulateS
the silent messengers. We did not
learn her name, but we asked her how
she liked her business. She answered:
ST am not stuck on IT. 1t Is too dir