Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06


sources of Christian county are
far and beyond those of all other
counties in the State of Kentuc-
ky is no exaggeration. No coun-
ty has greater variety of soils,
or soils more fertile, or more di-
versifed, or more certain in the
production of crops; and no crop
can be grown in the Northern
States that may not be grown un-
der more favorable conditions in
Christian county. Here are an
abundance of raw material and
rich soil, upon which all fruits,
and all the crops, and all the ami
mails necessary for mans sup
port and convenience, can be
raised with less expense than in
a higher latitude. Here are riv-
'tS ers and flowing creeds and purl-
ing rivu1ets, gushing springs of
Sparkling water, suitable for pro-
pelling machinery, for stock, for
dairy and household. Here IS
climate so congenial to the physl-
cll man that the very eXuber-
,-gance of his spirits doubles his
pleasures, and robs adversely of
half it's woes. This is the ideal
Home of the farmer and skilled
workman. Land is cheap and
productive, skilled labor is high
and in demand. There is an err
ror that prevails to some extent
Samong the people of the North
and which should be corrected.
1t has been industriously circu-
lated to Kentucky's prejudice,
by class of pot-housc politicians
who bank upon prejudice, and
whose occupation would be des-
troyed if the truth were told
that the people of Kentucky
do not respect laboring men.
There was time, per-
haps, when labor and servants
were associated somewhat to-
gether; but the fiery crucible
through which her people have
passed has reversed public SEN
timent in this particular. The
horny hand and brawny arm and
stalwart form, if connected with
honesty, intelligence and moral
worth, augment rather than di-
minish respect. The truth is
being clearly recognized that the
man or the State, incapable of la
Dor, is incapable of greatness;
that labor is the living soul of ma
tons, as of individuals; that in
proportion as men discard labor,
just in that proportion do they
revert to the condition of the
savage; that without it, Ciyiliza-
ton itself would be lost. The
pernicious doctrine that it is not
respectable to labor, has ceased |
to be taught; on the contrary, the
disgrace of Incidence is fully dis
cussed. The respectable idler
is becoming scarce. His sup
ports are growing smaller, each
wear. Whether as a lawyer, a
doctor, a merchant, mechanic,
or a farmer, if his Incidence is so
great as not to make a support,
he is considered disgrace to So
ciety, Stunned and despised by
all. On the other hand, diligence,
Aeconomy and attention to bust
yness, will soon assure high place
in the estimation of the commu-
nifty. Some of the brightest per-
sons in the South were once
farmers and mechanics.
The County Roads
and turnpikes will compare
favorably with those of any coun-
ty in Kentucky. The county
has erected many handsome
bridges, wood, stone and iron,
over the various streams, and
there are about 90 miles of turn
pike centering in Hopkinsville.
There are about 80 miles OF rail-
road in this county, about 50
miles of which is owned and OPP
Grated by the L. & N, the bal
ance being the property OF the
Ohio Valley h. h. Co., and ope-
rated by them; the latter giving
an outlet to the South via Mem