Blue-grass blade., 1892-02-20

The purpose of my article will
be to eliminate and cancel Soul
Smith, as a factor in Lexington
politics and religion. He is a
Democrat and a Presbyterian.
For the last issue of the Blade
my news boy Fred Donaldson at
Paris, telegraphed me for 100
extra copies, above his usual al
lOwance, and the news boy at
Millersburg wrote me that he en-
gagged fifty more than he could
supply. Parties telegraphed to
my printer w. S. Marshall, and
sent special postage rapid delivery
letters for single copies.
| do not want to go to the ex-
pense of printing an addition that
is unnecessarily large, and yet l
want to supply the actual demand,
and would like for the news boys
at different places to give me as
nearly as they can, by Monday
morning February 22nd. an esti-
mate of how many papers they
can sell, of the issue of February
9th.
All news boys from all the diff
ferent parts of the state who have
written to me up to this date,
asking to be made agents for the
sale of The Blade will be supplied,
and Georgetown especially will be
supplied in addition to its usual
allowance.
l will print $500 or 5000
copies, if it seems necessary.
The article will contain nothing
vituperative of Smith.
Alter making the argument
that | have made to prove bis
statement maliciously false, l had
concluded with some personal
reflections, but upon reconsidera-
ton l have eliminated everything
that, in my judgment, was of a
personal nature, further than is
logically necessary, in a dignifed
manner, to show the moral, or
immoral, qualities of the man.
That no personal animus,
should specially appear in the
article, Think is specially proper,
as, entirely at my o'cn suggestion, and
until the appearance in print of this
article, unknown to Rev. McGarvey
l assume to defend him against
this, in my judgment, libelous at
tack upon his spotless reputation,
immensely valuable life, aud, es-
pecially recently, his heroic battle
for the purity of our society.
Soul Smith is the first of the
two Judges, who have met me on
the streets of Lexington, called
me liar, and threatened to kill
me, for what 1 have said in my
paper. AS to whether what
have said has been endorsed, by
good Christian people, including
ministers OF all denominations
Protestants and Catholic, l leave
the public to judge, from the Leg
ters that | have printed over ting
own signatures.
Soul Smith is the man wAo
while in the City Council of Lex
ington presented to the Council
all the petitions for license of "a
loon-keepers, and then, as the
Judge of the City Court, got what
l have heard pronounced by high
Democratic authority, the highest
salary in the state, for the time
involved, for setting in judgment
upon crime, of which Judge Jery
Morton, Democrat in a recent
instruction to the grand jury has
said that" three-fourths or four
ffths" are the result of the liquor
traffic.
Smith, within the past year, has
for some time disappeared from
Lexington. Think, it is a com.
mon supposition among the people
Of Lexington, that he did this to
recover his health from the effects
of liquor drinking.
Mr.. Lancaster of Lexington, re.
tired merchant, of the former firm
of Appleton, Lancaster & Duff, a
gentleman in high standing, who
has no reason, so far as l know
to feel any special friendship for
Rev. McGarvey or for myself, aad
no reason known to me, for any
personal enmity toward Smith,
said to me twenty four hours br-
fore | write this. "You can not
afford to go into a contest with
him. (Soul Smith) 4 4 X x x =
"Do you suppose he was drul k
when he wrote that piece?"
1t is Just to Mr.. Lancaster to
say, that he had not seen, or hea ID
of the article, but that he got III:
impression OF it solely from hy
representation of it.
Two ladies of the highest social
standing in Georgetown, when the
paper containing the article
headed "Falcon" appeared in
Georgetown met. They are beth
distinguished for their literary cul-
ture.
One said to the other, "Have
you seen that piece of Sou
Smith's?" The other replied 81
have seen it, but did not read it.
because there is something so re-
pulsive in the appearance of the
man, and in what he writes, that
never read anything from hir..'
These words are put in quotation
marks, and though probably not
. rbatim, are almost certainly as
"cariy so as such quotations ire
commonly given in newspapers.
1 will not to anybody give the
name of either of these ladies.
An extract from the piece OF
"Falcon" that will be given in the
Blade of February 27, the persons
alluded to being Rev. McGarvey
and mysel, is as follows.