The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-07
A VOICE FROM wIcKLIFFE.

The Bulletin has cause to consiler
itsFlf unfortunate in not having the
Ballard Yeoman upon its exchange
list The Ballard Yeoman is a bright
weekly newspaper published in our
very tioufishings neighboring city Of
NSckiiffe. Ky, and It's is edited with
more than ordinary. brilliancy by
Hugh Oyerstreet with William Htn-
derson as associate editor
The Yecman has large circulation,
as a matter OF course. and although
The Bulletin has not the favor of its
smile, there are number Of people In
Cairo who really could not get along
very well without ii, and so they re-.
ceiye it, and it was npon the kindly
interest OF one of these that The Bull
letin had to depend for copy of the
paper containing very unkind edi.
torial by way OF comment upon a
news item which amp AIRED In The
Bulletin some time ago telling of the
seeming determination Of the anthori-
ties In Wickliffe TO shut out the ferry
UQdL ~ tAiooiiH a pa Outb.tlNt AdA
upon the boat. After ridicuing the
suggestion that this action was
prompted by business jealousy Of
Cairo. the Woman editor relieves his
feelings as follows,
"A metropolitan 90 daily with al
stick and a half Of press spatchcs
and handsaw editor making
such assertions shows the depth Of
the brain capacity that controls the
Cairo Bulletin But since it has
started IL, let's see how they wind up
and where. Cairo, as our people all
know, Is only a hole in the ground.
a Niger hole at thar. and only fiji
for niggers. the kind thar inhablt il.
the lowest type of them. But before
we leave 1t and get inJo the boat AMI
business proposition. lets know
what we are talking abo t. Let.
find out exactly what Cairo is. That
little dirty hole in the ground, the
one spot on the globe that Tie NJ.
ker of the universe himself threw |
down and called it the "leavings" or |
hand when the rest of the world wa"
now said to have a pop !
ulation of $4,000 people. what is ito I
Had you ever seriously thought 4
about it? Well it's a very small 20 |
tato. Take from it the saloons. the l
saloon buns, the pimps, and the
gamblers. the niggers. and the solicit
doves of the different varieties and
the dive keepers. what f. there left,
Had you ever thought about IL? II is
possible that we are jealous Of this
place? Heavens. no; we are above
i not only in altitude. but in morality
decency.
.'Not only that. We are going 20
-un our affairs to suit ourselves #
i suits our fancy to put a prohibi-
i've tax on the boat, that's our own
business and well attend 70 It Ia
Kentucky farhion: If We see fiji to
protect the railroads who pay taxes
W three millions of property In our
county by forcing competing boats
o pay taxes too or quit. that's our
lffairs: If il suits us TO say 10 Cairo
hat she shall not dictate to us, wen
'ay ID and dent you forget it; and
We have already said II and stand
-eady to back il up.
Ballard county did not run the So
cons out Of wickliffe. Wickliffe PEG
lie did II themselves. They voted it
nut and expec. 10 keep il ont. and
We do not propose that your devllish
lives shall Il 81 on city with r.
build your road to Barlow or where
yer You pleaHe. but mark yor II yoH
and here you'n do # on our terms
aWe are dead next To yOu indeei
We are. Cairo. We know that shoes
'oa sell our people for $3.50 and $500