Small-Town Lawyer, on Hearing the People of Carter County, Kentucky, have Voted not to Open a Library

SMALL-TOWN LAWYER, ON HEARING THE PEOPLE OF CARTER COUNTY, KENTUCKY,

HAVE VOTED NOT TO OPEN A LIBRARY Roy Seagraves swears he's fine in the factory, says, "Us rural people out here would benefit very little from it. We pay plenty taxes already." Roy left eighth grade and makes eight hundred a week stamping plastic bumper guards for cars. The Bible, encyclopedia, and a few magazines suit him just fine. He's fifty and makes, maybe, in the low thirties. He doesn't know the joke of Marilyn Monroe receiving a book as a gift and saying, "No thanks, I have one ...