The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-04-03
EAST POINT.


The weakly preverslon" OF
raintsvlne, complains that al
though he has given the East
Point girl prominence on hi> cdi-
torisl page for three weeks, there
has been no response eNceptannlh-
er compliment to that able, con
servativc, respectable paper, The
Herald, OF the same town. We
are but one among thousands who
are proud OF The Herald, We /
should only be too glad to have two
coudty papers on level with the !
best intelligence of our people.
Shed off your slime, pique, spleen
and prejudice, as snake sheds his
old skin, and come up with us, The
Herald, and bask in the ever
Frightening sunshine of"cul-rhau.n
You have accused us OF being
Goebel Democrat. Girls of four
teen have no politics, but they have
very pronounced views OF assas.
sins, whether the victims be Dem
ocratic Governors or Republican
Presidents, and these views attach
to all who aid, abet or condone
such beastly murderous c0wardice,
whether they be behind the gun or
behind the quill. 1t would be un-
safe TO have an office or sum OF
money which such people might
wish to possess. lmplacable poll
tics is bad politics. You are young
and have bright future, II you
divest yonrself of much. and add
what is right. You are mistaken
II you believe majority of your
party in this county believe in
murder. We are no exception to
the ruiz. that what Kentucky girls
most admire ia men are truth and
courage. They 90 hand in hand
: as 90 ignorance and prejudice.
Now we are certain you ARE auN
ious to share our good opinion, else
why should you have fits when We
: praise your neighbor, The Herald
Now what we ask, Is this: Get
together what | have writer
which offended you; and then Eut
beside it what you said | wrote
Look over it carefully and ash
yourself i'y on are not eligible t.
s the presidency OF tlourishing An
j anias Club? Earnestly craving
y pardon for noticing illusions borr
OF personal spleen and nasty, rabiC
r partizanship; ana should We writ,
II anything in the future whicl
would seem to warrant the censor
: ship OF the "weakly perverSion,
pitch your controversy on a highe
y plane and the girl,-"Unpopular,
"No influence" "Wrlter Of slop!
a nothing,"-will be at home to al
: callers. TIL then-Finis.
Mr.. Fred Hager and Miss Die!
v Arrowwood were recently unitet
5 in marriage at the residence o
e Judge Rice.
The &. & o. folks have sent t
d Virginia for a large number o
d hands. Our people have all gon
to farming, so hands could not b
s bad here.
The new sawmill OF Hackworth
n Conlcy & Co, has just been remove,
e to Len Conley's branch and vii
= saw all the timber on his place
o First Mr.. Conley is to have hous
pattern and the balance will he Gu
d into ties and other lumber an,
L stacked for sale.
DR.. Williams was in our neigh
y. borhood Monday. He has jus
taken a post graduate course a
n Chicago and is fast forging to tn
u front rank OF his profession.
Peaches are said TO he killed ii
l. this community.
d The farmers say the soil condI
n ton is the most unfayorable 70
n several years at this period. Cla.
y soil is all run together.
Railroad men are all the rage
A young man from Hard Scrabble
Buncombe county, can put on blu
overalls and shovel dirt on tn
!" railroad few days and he's strict
" ly In the swim with our girls. b
the same course OF reasoning tn
johnson boys could do little wor
. on Eikhorn. Distance lends en-
chantment TO the view,
:, Mr.. Clayton, monument man {
- Louisa, passed through here Ell
route to Oil Springs few day
- ago.
=. Jake Rice, of Asa, was at III
y, Point, the guest OF his son San
= last week.
ne Milt Mayo, Judge G B. Hill,
10 Frankfort, and Mr.. Rickord,
II Wisconsin, have been examinln
w coal on Rockcastle and in tn
in neighborhood.
err From present appearances
n number OF our citizens will lear
d. a few lessons In law next circu