City Clerk Candidates Ringo and Gibbons Named
For City Clerk H. M. Ringo and John Gibbons are listed as candidates. For City Assessor W. Taylor Fitzpatrick Jr. is named as a competing candidate.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
4
For City Clerk H. M. Ringo and John Gibbons are listed as candidates. For City Assessor W. Taylor Fitzpatrick Jr. is named as a competing candidate.
The Mt Sterling primary results show most council candidates elected with support for brick streets and sewers. John Gibbons as Chief of Police and W T Fitzpatrick Jr as City Assessor, plus W C Hamilton and H M Ringo for City Attorney and Clerk, appear unopposed and favored for November.
A notice warns property owners not to delay payment of the brick street assessment beyond October 20. If unpaid, the amount becomes payable in ten annual installments with interest, secured by a first mortgage lien on the property.
The document lists financial line items including loans and discounts at 200,183 dollars with small overdraft amounts, cash in vault 16,579 dollars, and due from banks 8,405 dollars. It shows capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits by individuals: time deposits 221,542 dollars, savings deposits 14,779 dollars, totaling 315,945 dollars. A 3 percent interest rate is noted on savings deposits.
In Montgomery County Court Oct 4 1911 a series of questions target Judge O'Rear over his remarks on lobbyists who influence elections citing Bradley and Senatorial influence. The exchange includes references to public statements and potential investigations by the US Senate, plus a separate Sideview precinct cattle at large petition.
Montgomery County Court during September Term on October 4 1911 ordered the Jeffersonville voting precinct to open a poll at the next regular election to decide if cattle or any species shall be permitted to run at large in the precinct. Attest 144 A. A. Hazerrice.
Montgomery County Court term October 1911 presiding judge G A McCormick notes an August 21 1911 election matter involving Robert Howell and over twenty others running at large in Grassy Chick precinct for Grassy Lick district voting action pending in the county court.
A request directs all ballot seating duties to A. A. Hazelrigz, the County Clerk, consolidating authority for election administration.
A fragmentary line cites a question about designating lands within Grassy Lick precinct. The OCR ends with a name Hazelrigg and initials A A suggesting a cited speaker or official.
State Insurance Commissioner Chas. W. Bell alleges Dr. Ben L. Bruner should be impeached and muzzled in a sharp press statement. He accuses Bruner of closing banks under personal grievance and notes a long running feud since Bell probed Citizens' Life Insurance Company, where Bruner served as director.
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