The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-01-06
OUR EX-OFFICIALS
AND THEIR SERVICES


nally disposed of, and by-the-way,
while speaking Of Dillis Ward, we
would pause to remark that quite a
few of us have been speaking of Mr..
Ward during the past year or two,
some, in fact the greater number
simply because Ward has seen his
duty and done it," That is the long
and short of the matter and as a mat
ter of course we too often fail to
give the strict performer of duty our
hearty approval. especially IL it hap
pens TO cost us a bit. Mr. Ward has,
we think, conscienciously tried, with
out fear or favor to perform his
sworn duty, to an extent beyond that
to which any of his predecessors have
gone, and we say that with no desire
or intention to detract in the least
from some mighty good men who
have previously filled the position
formerly designated as County AS
SCISSOR" In the years to come, Ward
will be spoken of as a real, sure
enough Tax Commissioner. The man
who assessed property and did not
permit the individual taxpayer to
get off with just any sort of q meas
ley valuation he saw fit to place up
on 1t. Hence quite few of us have
been talking about Ward, but in the
years to come, for the other and
much better reason we will be refer
ring to Ward as the pioneer of Ohio
County Tax Commissioners.
Claud Blankenship has finished s
years of good service as Clerk of thu
County Court, and AL, who have had
business to transact in that office
can freely say that Blankenship has
made good and efficient officer,
and more people have business with
the County Clerk and have it more
frequently than with any Of the oth
er County officials. perhaps We have
more dealing with that officer than
all the others combined. There be
ing but little in the nature of pub
lie business that the County Clerk
does not handle in some way. Mr.,
Blankenship has not yet decided as to
what he will do, but for the present
he will remain in Hartford, being
recently elected as Mayor Of this
City, which will occupy but little of
his time, he is more than likely to
engage in some business in the near
future.
A. C. Porter, the retiring Circuit
Court Clerk, and the only Democrat
OF the "Old Bunch" has made splen-
did officer and'a record up to stand
ard. He Is we'll beliksd by all who
have dealt with him and the Court
of which he has been clerk during
the past 6 years.
At present Mr.. Porter has not de-
cided upon his future line of activi-
ties, or at least has made no an
nouncement as to what he will be
engaged in. 93
The County Judge that was, Mack
Cook, lost no time in engaging in
other work, he having accepted po-
sition in the office of Sheriff G. A.
Ralph Judge Cook has labored
faithfully to serve the people in the
capacity of Judge of the County Court
and has, at all times, obeyed the
dictates of a clear conscience in his
decisions. No higher compliment
could be paid anyone.
S. A. Bratcher the outgoing sh eriff
will be employed during the next few
months rounding up his business. AS
to just what he will follow we are
not advised. Mr.. Bratcher has
measured up to expectations in handl-
ing the duties of the sheriff's office,
and has rendered worthy service to
the County and State during his
four years of service as tax-gatherer
and peace officer
Arthur d. Kirk, who has been
serving as County Attorney during
| the past four years, and more, has,
in creditahle manner performed the
many and varied duties for the pub
lie, many of which the average lay
man can have but little If any knowl-
edge Of His administration, or
rather execution of the duties Of the
office has been along intelligent lines
and faithfully performed. His SER
vices can be truly commended. Mr.
Kirk is local Attorney for both the
l. C. and l.. & N. r. r. Companies
aside from having a large private
practice. So the ex-County Attorney
is to be as busily engaged as ever
e. S. Howard who relinquished the
position Monday, of County Super
intendsnt of Schools has been an ef-
ficient officer, always doing that for
which he conceived to be to the best
interest of education in Ohio County
\ IL ;o caid TINT hts Wardshin in the