The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13

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County School Superintendent with
out opposition, and o. NJ. Wilson,
Democrat, was elected County As-
SCISSOR.
About rs per cent of the Republic
can voters Of the county are negroes
it has been estimated, but they know
their places and are not offensive or
assertive.
Fine School System.
j. C. Waller, is superintendent OF
city schools here, and is said to have
made an enviable reputation in that
connection. Hopkinsville is proud Of
its school buildings and efficiency Of
its teachers. The High School build
ing here, formerly known as the Bel
mont school, was erected at cost Of
100000, and is one of the handsOnK
est structures of it's kind in the State
The Virginia-street School and the
West Side School are both handsome
structures, modern in every respect.
and cost approximately $4,000
each. The old Mclean College pro-
'erty is also being used as city
school building.
Christian county has about 275
miles Of macadam roads, SO miles. of
which is in fairly good conditienj ac
cording to F. NJ. Handy, County En-
gineer. Both County Judge Champ
in and Mr.. Handy would like for
he Legislature during the coming
session to change the present State
aid law so that all auto license fees
up to a certain amount, would go. to
the county instead of to the State
Judge Champlin would base the nuns
Der of license fees collected by the
county on the county's population,
permitting all fees in excess of the,
amount eollectable under a proposed
law to go to the state for distribution
&...:cng the pauper counties. He ia
kvors having the State build and Baiu-
tain all inter-county seat roads, how
ever.
/ v. NJ. Williamson win represent
tChristian county in the lower branch
of the General Assembly this winter
land Frank Rives, follower, win sep
resefE this senatorial district, made
! up of Christian and Hopkins e6un-'
ties.
Asylum Hit BY H. c. L.
Here in Christian county, short
distance from Hopkinsville, is the
! Western Kentucky Hospital for, the
~
; Insane, in charge of DR.. Fred G La
Rue, formerly of Livingston county
He was appointed during the early
party of the Stanley administration.
His chief assistants are DR.. ]. c..
Sullivan, Graves county; DR.. T. b.
House, Galloway county, and DR..
Louise Miller. There are 1883 pa 81
tients and 1875 officers and employees
Since March, 1918, the State has.
been apprOpriating for maintenance
of the institution $3.50 a patient bui
this Legislature will be ASKED I'd III
crease this appropriation to at ,Ieas.
$225, DR.. LaRue finding it impossi-
BILE, he said, in view of the pres6Rt
high cost of living to maintain the
institution properly on the present
allowance.
Connected with the institut:,s ~
721 acres of ground, about COO
acres Of which are under cultivation
or n pasture. A large dairy hero
is aintained
christi"p county folk do not think
much Of the proposed plan to broad
an the powers Of the Railroad Com
mission by placing under its juris-
dietion all public service corpora
ions' according to John C. Duffy, de
.eated in his race for the Democratic
domination for Railroad Commission
r from the First Railroad District
y Mayor Frank N. Burns, Padueah