The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1919-04-11
j. Kennard Young
for Circuit Clerk

The Advertiser has been authorized 70
announce J. Kennard Young as . eandi-
date for clerk Of the eircuit court. subject
10 the action Of the Democratic primaries
in August. Mr.. Young entered the raee
in compliance with urgent solicitations
Iof friends and voters from various parts
of the county. Had he done 50 purely
of his own volition and to crafty per-
sonal ambition his announcement would
have appeared much earlier in the cam
paign. The pressure brought to bear
upon him became 50 insistent and general
that he could not we'll decline without
violating some of the amenities Of life,
particularly as he is in a position to as
sumo the duties and give them his full
time without too much sacrifice Of his
personal interests. Kennard Young was
born and reared in Lexington, He se-
cured his early education in the high
school here, which has ever been main
tanned at the highest standard Of excel
lence He later attended Millsaps Coll
lege and then the University Of Missis-
sippi at Oxford The superb literary and
general education obtained at those nn-
excellcd institutions was added to by q
most thorough commercial course at the
Bowling Green, Kentucky, Business Uni
versity. Mr.. Young is pre-emincntly a
competent office man." and careful Of
details and nethodical. He is expert in
the manipulation of a typewriter, Is
good penTnan and an able accountant.
He can "keep splendid set Of books" and
systematic record Of all transactions Of
his Office. In early youth II was instilled
into him 10 "have place for everything
and keep everything in les plsce.n This
habit has becoAne a second nature with
him, as well as to "never leave OF until
tomorrow what you can do today When
he has a task to perform he tackles" ii
at once, and has become very prompt and
expeditions in all matters within his
province. 1t is simply wonderful what
a vast amount Of work person can do
by promptly attending to the tasks at
hand. A person so habituated win ac-
complish vastly more work and really en-
joy more leisure time than the persistent
procrastinator. Shakespeare never gave
utterance to greater truism than that
"procrastination is the thief of time
This quality Of fully mastering all de-
tails and promptly and cheerfully attendk
ing to all duties falling to his lot is sig
exemplifed in Mr.. Young's
Masonic experience. Upon becoming a.
of the ancient fraternity he
thoroughly familiarized himself with the
secret work and all matters thereto ap-
pertaining with the result that in re-
short time he attracted the at-
tention of the grand lodge officers and
was appointed instructor or deputy grand
lecturer, position he has held for
term OF years now, Mr. Young hea
taken the Is York Rite degrees and SO
Scottish Rite degrees and ID also nem-
Der Of the Mystic Shrine He has also
been active in church work and at one
time held the responsible position Of Sun
day school superintendent, Az the last |
election he was chosen without
opposition aldcrman-at-large. These &C.
tivities are incidentally mentioned az
cvidencing his public spirit, his ability
and painstaking care in all matters with /,
in his purvew. At present he is con-
Quoting prosperous insurance agency,
which he has successfully conduetcd for /,
q term Of years. During the cotton !
season last fall and winter Mr.. |
Young was employed as cotton weigher !
at the lexington Compress and gained
the appreciation and hearty goodwill of
all the patrons by his uniform courtesy