The Breckenridge news., 1921-05-18
LIVELY TIMES IN
SIGHT FOR CANDI-
DATES in COUNTY
Who'll Be Next Postmaster in
Cloverport is Local Ques-
ton! County Officers to
Have Interesting Race.

| That the political pot in old Breck-
inridge will soon be boiling over there
is no question, for it has already be-
| gun to sizzle.
Normaly Breckenridge county is
Republican, but not so everytime a
county race is made, and this year it
is toss up. The Democrats are GO
ing to make big showing The Re-
publicans are starting out already with
milestone around their neck
Postmasters for Hardinsburg, Glow
export and several other places must
be filled and as usual hungry horde
of Office seekers is seeking this job.
AT Cloverport the game is growing
very interesting with three avowed
applicants to fill Postmaster c. f.
Lightfoot's place whose term will
expire in June. Marion Weatherholt,
an early applicant for the place, claims
he has it clinched as he is backed by
the Republican committee, but Mrs.
Ethel Hills, widow with several
children, is backed by the railroad
shop men and the labor organiza-
tions. Her husband was one time
foreman of the Louisville, Henderson
and St. Louis Railroad shop here and
was a prominent Mason
David B. Phelps is also an appli-
cant for the place. He is a business
man we'll qualified and has a strong
pull among the business men, To
make things more complicated Post
master c. Z. Lightfoot, who was
paralyzed several months ago and was
thought to be out of the game, is
fast recovering and if the Civil Ser
vice rules prevail he will be up for
reappointment, as the holding post
master does not have to take the |
Civil Service examination.
Two strong wire pulling Demo-
of dope" handed out by Civil Service ,
schools and will throw their hat in .
the ring at the proper time. Most of |
the candidates of the Republicans |
have announced, but only few De-
have come forward. in fact
only strong men, and reliable men
will be put out by the Democrats.
The Breckenridge Hancock county
race for Representative is going to be
a red hot one When George H.
Newman was put out by the Repub
licans it was generally thought it
would be practically useless for a De-
mocrat to make the race in both
strong Republican counties, but de-
show Newman is not as
strong in his home county as he
should be, while Cloverport is smart
ng under the blow it got in the Fed
eral Highway letting of contracts. A
donation on her part of $4,000 to-
ward the road fund was given. Not
4 dollar has been expended in this
section. A bridge ready to fall that
spans Clover creek. The voters are
going to ask for what purpose they
the $4,000.
In the county judges race strong
light will be made. The leading Re-
backed by the Republican
officials is Paul Basham now circuit
,lerk, but the Democrats will center
IN Jesse M. Howard, of Glen Dean, a
PRACTICAL business farmer, clean in
politics, and he is going to be strong
nan to defeat.
The sheriff's race will also be
,ard fought race and the probable
Republican candidate will be w. c.
Pate now deputy, and Lee Alexan- I
lria, of Harmed, who is also a good
,uller on the Democratic side of the
edger. Long before the katy-dids be-
,in their death song, the hills and
lales of old Breckenridge county will
hrob with the voices of the spell
'inders, and forty tom cats with their
ails tied together and hung over
lothes line, won't be in it, to the /
,attle royal now brewing in the Re-
publican stronghold in old Breckin- ;
idge county.-Ed Gregory in Owens
'oro Messenger.