The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-10-08


There is much s.Ik and many reports.
both in the gress and conversation. in re-
gard 20 the development Of sosthsast
Kentucky. AZ the same time the press.
both politically and reiigioosly. is doing
more TO rssrogrsde tssa 20 advance de-
vsiopmeni
We kno~ too seil that We are Gar from
being saints- and that there Is vide
range foF social improvement no one viii
question. We have our faults a. do all
peoples bat that Is 40 reason whv We
should bear faisehoods ths, i reported
By the renegades Of the press
We are Asssiied with every eudgel that
the unscrupuious press can coueoct to our
detriment
We kno~ that there are some bad
people that roam these woods. bu, the
trouhle Is that Il some one OF our ~bad
uus" do a crime the hog cared press take
us uP aud Kick Us, woilop as snd besmere
as ~ish al the vile faisehovd that their
undseioped Uranium car devise. Thev
make the whole po .ulssion to suffer FOR
the acts Of few.
The cra~hsh papers and snaper-jack
tops are not satisfied With asssilinr as A.
20 our nesHoess bat must reach out end
kick as about our education. They are
not willing 10 aid us In lining ourselves
up and in building up our institutions Of
learning by speaking good word where
il is meFited, but accuse ms Of being I'll.
most ignoTau, clsss Of people IN the whole
country.
IL IL well knovn that this fH.rlsn)
county has, in the last thirty years. arose
from an unenlightcncd condition g. tha,
Of education where sine would compare
iavorably with any county in the union.
Her boys and girls are putting forth every
effort 60 rise above derisson from those
who speak 100 OF us. Almost ever, wear
the SONS and daughters Of Harlan rount,
can he found IN the schools OF Louisville. Z
Lexington, Richmond, williamsburg. !
Nsahviile, Tenn, and other great educa. /
honsl conicrs Of che country striving 90 I
make men ard women ut fhcmscfses I
worthy Of the great name of Harlan /
county. They are going far toward re- /
moving dcrision from our county and IL /
does ns good 10 stand boldly for the de- I
icnce OF such noble sons and daurhters 4
81 our county
II T. not possible 20 develop any COM
mnhity that rests under the bone Of de-
ftsiou until the clouds are removed from
The country We, ssa mountain pronie
are used as scapc-goat for both political
ana religious purposes, aud We ind that
'"lh the political sud religious press use
our supposed reputation Co advance their
pcrsouai case or that OF thc ones thcv
Represent iai- 3, au wrong az unrone
"iih O. reasonable mind must admit.
IT o.. wei knoru that rcrrcscutatfves of
the religious prcrs haVc Travelled fhrou-h
ih'sc hiiis aud Boz reporting thc condition.
'i inc people, have passcd dozcn- OF re.
7pe,ia'te farm houses ~thout a single
word oi No., to light on single howell
900 - column or more about &c and
''r Innate aud palm 10 ca as a iust rcr.
J-seatatiVc 81 Che vutirc country. l. ftI
insi ana right that such should be ,he
'Asci What other motive could the
cniidfcu of ~ God have ga such rerori.
Than that oi gainl Would 90 God that au
our people we're servants of Christ. Luf
can we convert them 10y telling fsl.shood.
ih regard Co their condition. No.a thou-
sand timcsno
10 we would develop those moanfain.
We must first develop truth and noihina
nni me truth in reporting them io thr
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