The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-20

is staged for advancement along thes,
/ lines. The principal water courses
Of the county are Moores Creek
|, Pond Greek, Horse Lick Creek, Stur.
geon and South Fork Creeks, with
Rockcastle river touching on the
southwest. The regretable part OF
the county's history IS its roads, as
there Is not one mile Of turnpike in
the county and, excepting several
model pieces Of dirt road built by
community clubs. there Is but little
graded road in the county. A hope
er tiers here that the county will in the
near future begin to construct roads,
as the sentiment is growing rapidly
for good roads, which has been
brought about largely by the work
that has beer done by school children
and communities in tee construction
Of small pieces Of good roads. The
county has voted 1925 900 road bonds
and as soon as the state rad depart
ment gets the financial part Of the
state road bill adjusted. we expect to
make improvements along this line.
The courtv's hest buildings are the
county iail, GRAY Hawk Hospital,
High School building at Mckee and
the Annville Institute building at
Annville. The county has a Fair As.
ISOLATION. Incorporated. and holding
verv successful fairs each year, which
is certainly great agency in Great
ing a sentiment for better live stock
and better farm products as wei as
home craft. and especially the display
f howe woven goods. which is at
tracing buyers to this fair from dis
tart places. and il Is sad that this
county excels all others /, this "home
spun work" Plans and specifications
are now out for a new courthouse
to be erected at Mckee. and il is ex-
pected tn be erected within the next
year. We have three terms Of cir
cut court per year. twelve terms of
county court and quarterly ard Fiscal
courts. We have Ii LAWYERS. z do"-
tors. Al ministers, and approximately
30 merchants two strong substantial
banking institutions in the county
with ovor 500 600 on deposit Thru
the combined efforts of the Sup0rin-
terde-t If Schools and Educational
Board, working with the COUNTY
AGENT there has been established
wore thin fif-v communitv clubs in
the courtv. which are doing great
things toward maxine home better
nlare to live and keeni"g the young
neopie IN the farm. We also have
county, health board which IS doing
GOOD work. but in snite Of them
efforts the mortality statistics for the
rn"ntv last wear We're alarming.
Thore we've % deaths due to tnbercu-
losis, 6 of pneumonia, two Of menin-
pit's and four If lagrippe. Out of
tHta' If 90 deaths "a died from pre-
ventable diseases. There were 42l
bir.hs in the county, which denotes
rapid increase in popu'ation. jock
son courty has 1.346 farms free from
mortapaees or membranes Of any
kird and 1873 with mortgage debts
against same and 300 not renorting.
jackson county had 2.054 farms in
1920 as compared TO 1,709 in 1900.
OF this number Of farms 1887 were
operated bv males and 81 bv females. I
One farm is operated by a negro and
ore bv a FOREIGN born. The average
value of each farm in the county is
81 ,497. Jackson county is bordering
on a great oil field and has already
several producing wells in the county
and the Oil journal gave the outuut
for August at 166 barrels, which is
a cred table showing. taking into con-
sideration the few wells being pump
ed. We believe that the near future
will develop this c"unty's riches in oil
and coal, and il will be among the
leading counties Of any in this re-
spect This county is conveniently
ocated to three great schools, viz;
Sue Benrett Memorial School, Lon
ION. Kv.: Berea College. Berea. Kv.,
State Normal School, Richmond, Ky.
am glad n say that manv of our
BOWS and girls are attending these
schools and are qualifying for the de-
hands Of the future.
The first county Judge Of Jackson
county was Judge Faubus and the
irst circuit and countv court clerk
was Jas. Woods, who held the posi-
ion for several years. and thousands
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