The Hazard Herald, 1928-05-11

- If- plans " of r the City ' School Board materialise' LiTthair-will have 'a ' new school building for - next f year A lot : was bought this week and plans for the build- i -1 -'" m i 'ing are being drawn up v "At the montiily -meeting of the Board the deal for the lot 'was closed with Messrs John and Grant Combs 'the owners 'The new 7 school - will ' be located be - tween the Power Company and the i' Algoma Commissary - on : the Coal company switch' and near the res res-idenceof - idenceof res-idenceof Supt Dav Pritchard - 7 - It will : face i the State Higli- way but will be reached from the street on which the 'Lothair Meth odist Church faces ' Tijvo houses f belonging 'S to the S Algoma Coal y Co will be moved to make ? room for- the -new a buildings f 1 Sjjrf Ten ' or twelve rooms : will' m- prise ' the ' building ' sufficient : to take care of the' school needs" of the 'community 7 for many 'years The1 building will f be constructed of brick and will havcall modern converienceLHiI y ! i U : j Ll jKjii Frankei lot' the j Franklin Franklin-':'J - ':'J Franklin-':'J burtia Cb-i -Architects r of Lexing Lexing-a - a Lexing-a ton ind' Mr Markam engineer for Scuddy (Coal Co presentcil tentative plans 1 of ihe building to the Board andweje ortlered to 1 draw 1 up -definite ' plans' and make ' sketches to " be - submitted at an : early date V" - s- It is hoped tb be able to start construction - about the middle of - next month and to-have the build build-ing - ing build-ing - completed and ready for use by October The budget-for the coming year was presientetif to - the Board and the tax levy -for schools was set at $126 the Same time' Uiat it ' has ' been 'for: the past two years y- All the old teachers who 'applied ' were given - positions at the ' last meeting 'To fill vacancies several 'V' iAAu - - UIma1 saa1r

the high school piny : on - Monday night when a nominal charge of fifteen and - twenty-five cents will be made to -help cover :the ex expense - pense expense of the other '-programs1 The commencement programs will not be quite asfiitl as it was planned to havetheni - on!'accbunt bf the large number who have not been able to-attend school the last two or three 'weeks because : of the flu epidemics : rTMs commencement' brings to a don a very i successful ' year for the - First : CreekschoolAThe : atZ tendancchas been large and -fairly constant' The daily and month-! ly percentages:! have - been i 'very satisfactory The- aim is a school no interesting that all children will wnt ! to be ''there'! and : where coercion is hot necessary 'O ' -VManyS books have ' been added to the ! library during ' the year A 'good many of these have' been popular hooks of ' fiction by the best mbderii authors' and- that they have served tiieir purpose is evidenced by tho'-great '- improve improvement - ment improvement : in reading thruout the en tire hooLV-The latest book to' be added was The Lincofn Library of Essential Inf ormation -which has attractedsuch wido - aCciairn by lihrariiyL orllfuils'1 atm? V 1 wvw wirrg

Kram f roi& Dr"'A"' T' IicUninfk! Uua mftemooa' saying that the House has voted inwnlmmMljr mud engntuhtins Perry County on its good fortune Sateen other mountain counties will also receive benefits The county officials had put the bill thru at Frankfort and had gone to Washington to put this bill thru They paved the way for success of today The entire Kentucky delegation of Ck)ngressmeti especially 'Mrs Langley Vinson Iiarkley and Sackett with' Governor Fields and1! Dr Mc McCormack - Cormack McCormack is to be congratulated on their good work 'v The bill strueje a snag when it was started improperly The Perry County Fiscal Court started the hall rolling and the bill Was finally put thru the Budget Bureau in the prop proper - er proper way -for final passage The entire amount of the appropriation for Kentucky is $188999400 For Perry County it means that plans will go ahead for 'surveys of roads up and down the river and for de- strayed bridges ' Hie' work will be under the supervision -A' of Federal authorities and the money will be spent with r'"r their approvaL j

The Flood Relief Bill for Eastern Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky roads and bridges destroyed by flood last Spring was passed by a unanimous vote by the House this afternoon and went to President Coolidge for his signature The Bill which would rebuild roads and bridges in Eastern Kentucky counties had passed the Senate on last Saturday The signature -of the President is practically assured as he approved the bill a few days ago when it was taken buck before the Budget Bureau after having passed the Senate a month ago ' It is also combined with a relief bill for New Hampshire and Vermont the latter the home state of the President 1 Perry County will get $550000 of the money for its roads and bridges destroyed by the flood - 7 A similar bill passed by the State legislature to meet this amount also gave Perry County $550000 a combined total of $1100000 :' 7 Jubilation was felt by County Judge K N Salyer

to pay toll to pwe thru ' private property v & V" -!- Speeehei were made by County Judge I Salyer County - Attorney Campbell Sheriff Gmett Sqiiire Dick Cornett and Buck Combfl Judge : J A Smith ' Leslie Hogg and j otheni ' j'7 'It was explained' that of the last half million dollar bond issue only $160000 had ! been approved and sold asthe county valuation would not warrant more at present v- - 'The salvation of the upper coun country - try country seems to depend - on the ' fate of - the floor - relief - bill ' for Ken Kentucky - tucky Kentucky - now before Congress ' The Herald '' received 'a telegram1' from Mrs Langley last week ' stating that the bill had passed the Sen Senate - ate Senate again after being put on the right track- and was due to come before he House on Monday It apparently-' did not' as no - news has been received from Washing-

A well-attended road -meeting of citizens-in the up-river country of Perry' County - was held Wed Wednesday - nesday Wednesday night at Viper County-officials and 'ritizens in interested - terested interested in road building attended the meeting with more than forty men present'! Leaders from Com Com-ettsville - ettsville Com-ettsville Dakota Viper Coolidge RockhoiiiBe and' Leatherwood were present! v - ! H £L Adkins of Dakota : acted as? chairman pf the meeting' The purpose - gf the meeting - was- to map out a road program for ' that section ' of the county - which was so hard hit ' by the flood Three bridges at Fuson Viper and Cornetts ville y were destroyed by the flood and the entire river road ' was -practically destroyed making ? travel Impossible except In the riyrCIt w'as -reported

afraid to t speak of it sooner 'A gang it was' said" visited him the' same night is the other fam- f The i Bullitt County fiscal court tirted the rewards ' unanimously and suggested that the Governor might post a sum- for the State Walter Smith secretary to Gov Flem Di 7 Sampson indicated that the Governor would follow suit Among the 1 fiscal court" mem members - bers members yoting $800 for information lading to further -arrests ' and convictions was Magistrate John Bolton' 60 one of the seven al already - ready already charged with conspiracy to intimidate - a - federal government' witness- All denied complicity' in the crimes which were the kill killing - ing killing ' of Mrs Kate" Browning 60 and the maunding of five of her relatives by a mob nar Shep-

-Rewards of $300 apiece were offered Monday for each additional person arrested and convicted in connectVm ( with' the slaying1 and burning last week at the Lou Browninjg home in Bullitt county Seven '7 persons- arrested Sunday by federal officers were released on bond Monday - ' An attempt-to fire the house of Henry Browning half a mile' from that pf his relatives was reveal revealed - ed revealed Monday afternoon when Brown Browning - ing Browning was 'approached with a sub sub-poeha - poeha sub-poeha 7j! He showed r the Sheriff