The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-01-12
JUDGE PAYNE'S
RESIGNATION
Compelled to Leave Office Ow
ing to Health of His Family;
Expresses Appreciation of
Having Been Elected.

] take this means of informing the
citizens of Breckenridge county OF my
resignation as County Judge. to be
effective Jan. 1921. 1t is source of
regret to me to resign, but owing to
the physical condition of members of
my family, | feel that my duty to
them should come first and for that
reason | am resigning and expect to
take my family to another climate for
the present.
| thank the citizens of Breckenridge
county for electing me to the high
Office of County Judge and it has been
real pleasure to me to serve in that
capacity. The duties of a County
Judge are many. but | have at all
times considered the interest of the
county first-which my record shows
| am proud OF the advancement made
in the road work and the interest
many citizens have taken in it. | feel
that | am safe in saying that there
has been more road work done in this
county in the past two years than at
any previous time While it is true
that we have been handicapped in
a way by reason of the price of every
! thing more than doubling in price.
Road tools have been more than twice
as high, hard to get, labor more than
double and very hard to get at any
price and dynamite more than three
times as high as heretofore In fact
everything used in connection with
road work has been higher than ever
before and harder to get-which is
true in every line OF commodity. In
the face of all that we have done an
abundance of road work and the
vouchers paid for said work are filed
in sthe Office with an itemized state
ment and account showing to whom
each one was paid, the amount, time
worker and date and his endorsement
thereon. We have not done as much
as we would like to, but we have to
be govcrnd by the amount of money
collected for road purposes.
Expresses Appreciation.
And, | want to thank my fellow
County Officers for their friendship
and help and regret to leave them
! because | consider them good bunch
of competent. energetic men. Also,
| deeply appreciate the kindness of the
citizens of this community, and all
of the attorneys of the bar-and can
| tIuciy Say tldt HeNeT llNeu Ill d
more hospitable place.
| Ny work has at all times been
pleasant have enjoyed the relation
ship among the officials and the cit
liens OF the county which had here
! tofore never been, my pleasure as an
official and which regret to give up
but after mature deliberation over the
matter for some time--l deem it my
duty to give my attention to my
/ family first. While | could get leave
of absence for few months. dc
not feel that | could do the office
justice and myself, too.
| At this time | do not know who my
! successor will be. but | am sure he
will be man capable of dischargins
the duties of the office in an efficient
way and | trust that the citizens will
cooperate with him as they have with
me. | hope to be able to return to
this county within few months and
again take up my home here.
Thanking the citizens again for
electing me and giving me their CO.
operation in my work. | am,
Very respectfully,
s. b. Payne, County Judge