The Hazard Herald, 1911-12-21

and pay money to citizens for thousands of acres "of c mineral land which will probably never yield a dollar in the world espetP tally if they must pay an undue high rate of taxes bn it year" by year' W ' Tjiese instances and results must certainly 'bear relation to each' other and there is 'another which comes close to the contro controversy - versy controversy first mentioned Shortly after - the announcement was made that Letcher county would sue the railroad " company for three hundred thousand dollars in the 'matter of roads another announcement was made that a new town to be called McRob McRob-erts - erts McRob-erts will be' built in - Letcher county' not for : from Whites Whites-burg - burg Whites-burg and that it will be backed as strongly as Jenkins is The ill effect on Whitesburg of aj live business and - mining'! town - not for from It can easily-be ap appreciated - preciated appreciated Whether or not this has any connection "with the pro proposed - posed proposed big suit it would be diffi difficult - cult difficult to say - Some have said that the sum of three hundred thous thousand - and thousand dollars would " rebuild every road ' in : Letcher county several times over and is amusingly out of proportion to the actual dam damage - age damage to the one road along the riv river - er river ' ' Possibly the men who are spending hundreds of thousands at dollars to improve and devel develop - op develop Letcher county4 from which every citizen in the -county must profit' are inclined far feel that the people are trying to "gouge" them hard whence it may be that they are preparing to hit back-: - ' - -r Close observation ' throughout this section ' seems to indicate conclusively that where the peo people - ple people deal fairly with the men who are spending the money to im improve - prove improve and 'develop the country thesb men do all they can to help along that 'particular section or county and where they are dealt with unjustly or unfairly they seem tobefighting backin such manner as they can' Another instance is Knott coun county - ty county where the people have always shown' themselves fair and just and the Beaver Creek railroad is already built- into': that county and another is said to be headed toward lt! 'v 'v-The - The 'v-The situations seems to revert to the old maxim : tliat "honesty is the best policy" find fair deal deal-injg - injg deal-injg the samey 4: 7 ' AILBANKS MT0C0MB1ME Cfinsolidatlon Of Badcs In Jack--: son - To) MakeOae Strong General Banking House - "V 1 Z w- A- y HASlfONIZE OFFING D1TERESTS v4 j v 1 T s - - K' - iA mbvement has -beeii worked out to ccmsolidate all the banks at J ackwni and f or" rii one strong general bspk which will meet al the reqUirefnents ofall'thebusi nessin and tributary to Jackson andwas (n8um mated Wednes Wednesday - day Wednesday vlhe obiectpf this move is to haniibn ize hitherto opposing interests Heretofore when any anything - thing anything of impOrtMioe- to 5 Jackson Cameupithas usually' beenfoy ored bythe followiug 'pf- sbmp bne bank' and J oppewedby foQbwing of n6theJt7:This hindered

Soggestlras Being "WrigbedBy the Officlali Of the Lexing-- tns k Effirtern Ky Co:" VT COMMKNdAL SEXVICE TO BEGIN Word 1 received hero that the officials of th'e L & AH B Ca mve ' already been considering he suggpstlm1 6ontaned in a re recent - cent recent article in Thk Hazard Hkb Hkb-Ald - Ald Hkb-Ald that-commerdal I service be nit on to the new station Mc McDowell - Dowell McDowell at the "mouth cf Trouble-" some and that it will be done as early In January -- as possible Two places in the road between Quicksand and McDoweU are not yet safeenough to warrant the railroad pompany to take the risk of hauling oommerdal traffie over hem' but the railroad officials are having these' worked down aa rapidly as pra&ticable and will probably he able to operate trains some time in January with alow orders at only oite place Tiis will be a groat boon to the wagon traffic up thla way and arrange arrangements - ments arrangements will no doubt be ready in due time to transfer igoods across the river from the depot to the store of Watts A Son at the mouth of Troublesome It is expected that track will be laidrup - to the mouth of Deorge's branch eight and-one-islf mileshelow Line tunnel be be-ore - ore be-ore the end of this week- Bridge 3 spans the river at this point and the false work - for: laying that bridge is already practically n place'- ao that' the railroad officials expect" to avoid any ' un unexpected - expected unexpected delays there such as materially hinderod progress at Bridge 2 above the mouth of Troublesome ' ' 5

The Jnauguxtktixi of Governor Governor-elect - elect Governor-elect J sunes B McCreary took place at Fnmkfojtdq Tuesday of ast week changing his title from ! ilx-Goveinor fo - Gfoverzior once more - The inaugural Ceremonies were elaborate but were mArred to some slight extent by &e con constant - stant constant rains of last week ?Thbu ?Thbu-sands - sands ?Thbu-sands of people from" all over the State were in attendance mid greatly enjoyed thefestivities of the occasion" : " ' w Governor ' 'McCreary "dipped smoothly vnto the duties 'of the position with which : he wws their oughly familiar nearly'' a genero tion ago He did not take up at once the matter of appointments to State offices which foil to the Democrats as 'part of the incre increment - ment increment of victory but - will work out all such matters with deliber deliberation - ation deliberation and as occasion arises' Robert H Winn who was ap appointed! - pointed! appointed! Governor Willscm a few hours before the dose of his term to "the vacancy on the Court of Appeals bench made by the retirement of Judge E CO'Rear ook the oath of office on- the fol following - lowing following day and mitered immedi immedi-ately - ately immedi-ately into the duties of his new position ' r

Before another issue of The HeraiA another Christmas Day will be added to several others tost have passed away since the Rambler was a believer in Santa Claus coming down the' chimney with presents for i all the good boya and girls Ip the early days of course old Santa trav traveled - eled traveled in 'a sleigh drawn by rein reindeers - deers reindeers but now this year he will come in " an air-ship It don't make' &nj : difference : how : he comes Hambler is going to hang up ins stockings : and ' vjU look forward to finding something in toern" Chris turns morning and hehopes every -boyand girl - old and yomig-r-in- Hazard - will - be visited in toe same way So hero is a Merry Christinas to all and many returns of the season L : ' '-r r'l sab Mr L P Bnshear of the Perrjr County State Bank "whatdb you think of this?"' In his hand was quite a loe of pieces of paper a' claser lookf showed it to be ' parts of a five and several twO-doUar bank 'AQfiea- 'Tlheseecrape will be aent

WnNMMAMVMNNAMMMWMMSSWIMMMVMWWMMWS the business men there desiring to do everything possible to pro promote - mote promote the growth and develop development - ment development of Jackson decided to get together and pulT together here hereafter - after hereafter Mr Mayo and Mr Slemp who have such large interests in this section were called upon for aid in the consummation of thla movement and unhesitatingly gave such assistance as was prac practicable - ticable practicable to"-them The business men of Jackson now expect with this solid front and working to together - gether together that the railroad shops and division terminal will 'be es established - tablished established there and that other important industries will be in auguratod at Jackson in the near future whence their town: will grow in wealth andr importance with' a ' rapidity hitherto un undreamed - dreamed undreamed of : -' Ad Vlnfaat Ttuuicr Accidents

ening similiar exercises -will be " given by the 8unday School pu pu-fils - fils pu-fils of the Baptist " Church and at the-regular Sunday 'School' -hour on Sunday morning the Sunday School pupils ! of the ' Presbyterian church 'will have their Christmas tree exercises" Z vThe program rendered yes ter- day by the primary pupils at the College was greatly enjoyed by all in attendance 'and showed ' much care in the training of the children on the part of " those in " charge : Similiar painstaking care has been given to the prep preparation - aration preparation for all the other enter entertainments - tainments entertainments which will fallow dur- ing the remainder of the week and will be a genuine treat to our townspeople nearly all of whom -will be specially' interested in' some one or more of the children and young folks participating in the various programs "

" The holiday entertainment sod in Hazard was opened ' with an entertainment given -by the Primary Department of Hazard Baptist Institute' at the Ccfile Chapel on-: Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p m -- This evening (Thursday) from 7 to 9:30 pm the advanced pupils will present a play at the College ' Chapel en en-titled - titled en-titled 'TTheTime of His Life" An admission will be charged and the prooeeda will go to the bene benefit - fit benefit of the schooL On Friday ev evening - ening evening the pupila of the Public Graded School will " give : an en entertainment - tertainment entertainment at the Presbyterian Church consisting of songs rec recitations - itations recitations and dialogues Saturday afternoon at 2 p m a brief program will be rendered by the Sunday School pupils of toe 'Methodist Church in con- nection with their Christmas tree exercises On Saturday ev