The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-10-18
LET THE PEOPLEOF LAM
CASTER TAKE WARNING.


VIII the voters meet in Lancaster
now. ne greeting h. ''Arr you for the
odd ui New Buard?' The issues are Of
sullic Vt importance h. Justify this in
trest a I,,I" hand bill circulated.
slgret 10y the New Board. says that
the 'iu1i issue is. "-hall T.. IL Heron
be Cii. Marshal. We do not think
that Tue holding of an office by any one
mar 10 this city should bee Of sufficient
importan to make real issue As
for that il could not be an issue because
Mr.. l. T.. Heron Is now the marshal
and h. been FOR about year. and the
present Board has no thought of dis
chhYir . him as long ma he soberIy and
prspei v attends to his duty, although
they have the power ~ discharge him
any dag But the old Board if elected
Will not have any one to ill the position
of marshal. tax collector. and superint.
endant Of the watefworks "a proposed
becausa no one man is able or COM
petent to fill all these positions at one
time. Mr. Heron and others have
tried rad failed to give satisfaction.
Last year with the two position under
the same officer our city was without
water for three months With no more
rain fall this wear but with man right
on the Oh the city has an ample supply.
all due to the 'act that the positions
have ueen -rp"rated The present
Councl tried it with Mr.. Heron hold
ing both jobs and we had "A dry lake.
II was tired with Mr. Buck holding
bott jobs and we had a dry lake You
now have two men on and YOU have
good or Ter and uIruty OF water for your
city.
Mr. Voter take your choice between
the Old Board and plenty Of water and
the New Board and a dry lake for
months
In addition to the general aud indet
nate promises made in this signed land
bin the air is full Of misleading state
ments and promises in favor of the
New Board. some made in honest mis-
take of the facts. others wilfully to de-
ceive the public These are no, of suf-
fcient importance TO notice. but we
think that much of this is done to cover
up and hide the real thing that is plansd
to be done by those behind the New
Board Ii is our opinion that some of
the candidates on the New Board really
don't know why they are being run
The real issue is the future handling of
the Telephone matters of your city and
county. Ii is not only the one big ques
ton in your city but in your county
also The statements made IN this
hand bill shows either total ignorance
of the questions or wilful effort to
mislead the people. The position set
out is II complete evasion for the fol-
lowing reasons:-
The present city administration pre-
sided over by Mayor l.. &. Davidson,
has given the people telephone service
for four years, for Sl.O0 per month.
The Telephone Company demanded a
franchise with rates of 81 ,65 for resi-
dence and s.. 80 for business phones.
The council stood pat on the present
contract for Sl.OO service When the
Company undertook to raise the rates
in violation of contract and refuse to
give the service, the present admins
tration, by injunction suit compelled 1t
to perform its contract in these suits
the courts have decided that AS long as
this Company sees fit to do IA telephone
business in this city it must serve the
public at $l.00 per month. Instead of
being "timid. as suggested, the
present Council has held and and has
settled this part of the question
Yet in the face of these court records
the settlement is made in this hand
bill that If the present city adj
ministrition will hN the rates in the
next two meetings in this year the
New board. il elected. will not change
the rates. The simple answer is that
the rate already fixed 10y contract be-
tween the Company and the city at
81. 90 and the courts have upheld that
contract and the present administration
will not raise It on the people AS the
New Board is charged with planning TO
do, which is indicated by this hand-bill.
The voters of this city know the
splendid record made by the present
city administration in regard TO the
electric light franchise II has taken
care OF the telephone question for four
years for the interest OF the people
alone. Handling the telephone ques-
tiou "along equitable lines" as pro-
posed by the New Board may mean
that some nay 81 80 for phones m the
near future. The voters OF this city
should look into this matter ana be-