The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-22
Defense of the Mountain People,

A recent editorial in the Washing
ton Post has aroused the ire Of
Representative ID. c. Edwards, who
looks upon IT as an unwarranted re-
Election on the people whom he has
the honor To represent He con
siders this editorial the acme Of
unjrstifiable and untruthful news
PAPER fiction Mr. Edwards wrote
the following self-explanatory let
ter to the Washington Post, which
that paper refused TO print;
'Teb. 5, 1907.-Editor Washington
Post. Washington, D. C Dear Sir.
/ called at the editorial rooms OF
the Post on Sunday evening and
also Monday evening, for the pur-
pose of calling your attention TO
an editorial in the Post on last
Sunday, headed, 'Footwashers and
Muddy Heads but was unable
! to find anyone in who could give
me the facts or the information up
on which the article was based.
This editorial states, in sub
stance, that in Perry county, KY,
there are two branches of the Bap-
tIst church, known as the Footwash-
ers and Muddy Heads; that after
they had jointly built church they
fell out over the matter Of dedicat-
ing same and met at the church on
Sunday morning, the women in
bright dresses and every man with
gun and fell stock of ammunition
that the firing lasted nearly half
an hour, and three Footwashers and
Two Muddy Heads were killed and
about dozen wounded; that in
the end the Muddy Heads won out
and captured the church, but they
fore no hard feeling. and once the
theological controversy was settled
they proposed to postpone the ded-
ication and substitute a dance, which
was unanimously agreed to, and
The festivities lasted until early
Monday morning. The funerals
took place later and the dedication
followed in due course.
This is a most unreasonable ant
vicious attack upon 8 civilized com
munity, and is so absurd upon its
face that it needs no contradiction
and the people of Perry county need
10 defense, as there are no more
peaceable, lawabidlng people in any
community in the country.
''Pesides tie regular six months
term OF public schools as provided
by the laws of Kentucky, Perry ooun'
ty has two splendid colleges, one
situated at Hazard, the county seat
n the North Fork OF the Kentucky
Iiyer. and the other at Buckhorn
on the Middle Fork of the Ken
lucky river
THE sale of liquor is prohibit
cd by law; no atheist was eyei
reared in Perry county and no an
arcList was ever known. The PEG
PIE are of the purest Anglo-Saxor
Hood, are loyal and brave, ant
have furnished more than theil
Quota in all the wars to sustain
the flag, and have not had feud
in a quarter of century.
Perry county and all other noun.
tain counties OF Kentucky have
often been misrepresented and alan.
derec, but they are now too busy
developing the great timber and coal
resources, building schools and church
os and better homes, to take time
to refute these unreasonable stor-
les But as j have been con.
slant reader OF the Washington Post
ever since my official duties brought
me to Washington, and looked up
on its editorials as being reliable
and the paper in general as beinl
one of the great journals without
the tint OF yellow" take the
liberty OF offering you this correc-
ton OF the editorial referred TO-
Yours very truly,