The Adair County news., 1922-10-24
Visit to jamestown


public square In jamestown for few
hours 1t had been two years since
he visited the place and he was agree.
ably surprised at the improvements
made in the town since his last visit
The erection of the new school
building, on Monticello street, is per
haps the greatest and most needed i'm
proVement. 1t is large, commo-
dious building with rooms for all the
different grades and the structure
Well-flled with pupils with a compe.
tent set of teachers. jamestown has
been needing such a building for a
number of years and we are glad that
the pupils Of Russell county now have
an adequate building in which to pur
sue their studies.
Prof. J. A. Jones, of Adair county,
is the principal and he has a very
competent corps of assistants. Miss
Lille Judd, of this place, who is very
competent instructor, a graduate of
Georgetown College, teaches in the
high school department. We talked
to number Of citizens Of jamestown
about the school and they all spoke in
the highest terms or it and the prog
ress it was maklng-to further advance
the young men aud yours ladies of
the county, There is ho real reason
to send boys AID girls au,.y from home
to acquire higl. sonool education
when they can be educated right at
home
Siuce our last visit the Russell.
County News has been established at.
Jamestown, and we we're informed
that the paper was being we'll receiV-
ed and that the subscription list was
growing
Another thing was very noticeable
to us-the laying of concrete walks,
an improvement that Q town can not
well do without. There is room for
more concrete, and the work should
not stop until every street in the town
is laid with this character of walk.
jamestown is the home of Hon.
Lilburn Phelps, who is the Republi:
can candidate for Judge of the Court
Of Appeals. He addressed the court
room full of people, making a very
clean speech. He paid his opponent,
Judge D. A. rMcCandless, the Demo
cratic candidate. a high compliment.
he stated that be was splendid gen.
tlsman, q good lawyer, and was fully
competent for a Judge on the Appel,
late bench. Russell is largely Republi,
can and naturally Mr.. Phelps will re-
ceive large vote in the county. We
were told that the Democrats gener.
ally would support Judge McCandless
at the November election. .->
Mr.. Sipple, the Democratic cAndi-
date for Congress, in the Eleventh
district, was billed to speak, but he
failed to put in an appearance.
Both the petit and grand iuries are
composed of some of the best men in
Russell county, and the grand jury
went TO work in the afternoon of the
first day, Immediately after Judge
Carter had delivered his instructions,
covering all the crimes known to the
law.
- Mr.. A. A. Huddleston arrived in
the afternoon of the first day and
at once entered upon the discharge oi
his duties as States Attorney.
During the day we did not see a
man who was intoxicated, nor did We
smell whisky on the breath of a per,
son In town. This speaks well fol
Russell county. In olden days a great
many stills were operated in thi'
county, and apple brandy was almost
as plentiful as water. Them days art
gone forever and sobriety reignl
throughout the county.
1t has always been pleasure to u
to visit, Russell county. More hospi
table people can not beiound in Ken
: tucky The latch string is on thl
outside OF the farmers door, and yol
hear the welcome plaudit, ''come fl
and make yourself at home," upon al
occasions.