Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-13
"An Youmorist."

Our ClarksVlllc nelghO0r, the To-
bacco Leaf, is very much exercised
over paragraph that recently ap-
peared in our columns, which was
construed rs an intimation that VIC
regarded the ultimate completion OF
the Clarksville and Princeton rail-
road as being little doubtful. Our
friend even recklessiy proposes 10
find u man who will stake his wealth
to the enormous extent Of 500 upon
the proposition that the road will be
built and that il twill MT 70 by the
villag, of iluplin3viir." Tii,re is 4
touch Of huiHor in this l'ricHdly little
bllif, but it was ia the subsequent
portion Of his article that the writer
blosSomcd out as Il full-blown hui
morist "of the purest ray serene. "
After Gliding the IIopkinsville press
for not advocating the building of
the road he straightems himself up
with "now look at me- air, and
warbes thusly:
The Leaf is Il friend of not only
Clarksvillc but of all. 1t promises
now TO aid with all its ability any
railroad enterprise which promises
good to ANY portion Of Montgomery
county or any other county in this
State or Kentucky"
The idea that the Leaf was actua-
ted by a desire to benefit Christian
county i'll part or in whole is simply
ridiculous. The whole thing is q
Clarksville scheme to break down
IIopkinsville, by diverting the wheat
and tobacco ofsouth and west Chris
lian and Trigg counties to Clarks-
vile, and if this could be accom-
plished the people and press of
Clarksville would be happy, even if
the people along the line should i'm
povcrisli themselves to assist in
building Il road so small that good
sized billy goat could butt the train
off the track. The facts are well
known that GAINESVILLE all along
has been actuatcd by selfish,
cut-tlIroat motive. Her press has
maintained a jealous and warlikc at
titndc towards Iiopkinsville and has
appealed to the prejudiccs and pas
sions of the people of Christian colln-
Iy, through which the road is TO pass
and has done all it could to build up
ClarkSville, not upon her own merits.
but by dcvising means to suck the
lilc-blood from lIopkinsvillc, which
is portion Of the same Christian
county to whose best interests our
philanthropic nelghbor has consecra-
ted itself GAINESVILLE by her own
and imported speakers, has made in
cendiary appeals to the citizens of
South Christian to cause them TO
hate their own county scat. In some
instances she has taken good citizens
up on the mountain tops and told
them that all they bcheld should be
theirs if they would bow down and
worship her. and unlike the Savior
when similarly tempted, they have
believed her, in some instances. So
well have these orators and other
cmissarics succeeded that a promi-
nent citizen Of South Christian said
to us few days ago, II would like TO
sec the whole id town of Hon
kinsvillc taken up and hauled off,"
These are facts which our contcmpo-
rary knows are true.
As to the South Kentuckian's at
titude towards the road: we have
never opposed it in our columns, but
have been mere loOkcr-on. We
have never believed that the road
would do llopkinsville any irrepar-
able injury, oven if it should be
built and we have paid but little at
tcntion to il. lit is built it will of
course have its effect, but it will only
serve TO make IIopkinsvillc exert her.
self a little and build road inter
secting it in one or more places.
llopkinsville and Clarksville have al
ways been rivals and Hopkinsyillc
has always beaten Clarksvillc at ev-
she has undertaken. We
wen beat her big fire with big
gcr one. Our city is able to take
arc of herself and she will do il. |
She will do it too in an open, honor
lblc way and would scorn to adopt
iom2 Of Clarksville's peculiar meth
IDS. Aud IN conclusion, Brother
Brandon, when the babies of TODAY
'un over to GAINESVILLE in 1900 to get
married they will be told that the old