The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-03-19
TEMPERANCE
Meeting Held and Delegation Sc.
lscted to Visit Boyd
County.

A number OF citizens Of this coun.
~ and several ladies assembled at
the Court House last Monday at
one o'clock In response TO the call
Published last week for a meeting
OF those who are in sympathy with
the effort TO vote liquor out OF
Boyd county.
Judge r. r. burns was elected
chairman OF the meeting and J. l..
Weymouth and NJ. f. Conlty we're
made secretaries,
The chairman read a letter from
Judge A. J. Kirk, OF Johnson eoun-
~. and stated that the object Of
this meeting was to cooperate with
the other counties Of the Big
candy Valley in a movement 10 assist
tie temperance forces Of Boyd codn-
~. Judge Burns made a cry strong
and interesting speech in support Cf
the position taken by the Bis
Sandy people in this matter He
showed concluslvely that our peo-
pie have a right 10 hearing In
this fight Il was CatlettsbuIg IL
qnor that brought about the death
OF Frank Blevins and John Whitaker
AZ well as the tragic deaths Of more
than score OF other citizens II the
upper valley within the last fewt
years. Liquor from the two Boyd
county cities causes more trouble
IL the Big Sandy Valley than any
: thing else.
A committee on resolutions was
appointed, and while awaiting for n
report the meeting was addressed
by several persons Al the equest
Of the chairman r. C. Mcclure read
an extract from speech made by
Ex-Gov Hanley. Of Indiana.
The committee reported the follow
iig resolutions and they were adopt
ed unanimously:
Resolved, that we appreciate the
efforts being made in the counties
OF Pike. Floyd. Martin and Johnson
10 use their influence to secure q
majority vote against the sale Of
spirituous. yinous or malt liquors
IN the cities OF Ashland AMI Catlctts
burg. Kentucky. at an election to b
held In these dties on the 9Th
day OF April, 1909; and we hearth,
join with said counties in this
laudable undertaking, and will heart
lily cooperate with them.
The whiskey sale in Ashland ant
Catlettsburg has done and is still
doing our section, and the ehtir,
Big Sandy Valley, great and irrel ar
able injury, and we trust by thi,
united effort OF these Big Sandy Cour
ties that we may get the good peo
rle Of those cities to rec the iniur,
Icing done us, and thereby, ard b.
their votes refuse to license Bai'
wrong and evil; and we hereby ap
Joint r. T. Burns, NJ. f. conley, n
C. Mcclure, f. F. Freese, Rev q
&. Hutchinson, Rev. G. G. Riggar
Rev DR.. Hanford. Rev, Andy SWORD
Professor Kennison, Rev. II. B, Au
ktte, DR.. ]. F. Hatten, Rev. w Bal
Rev. A. H. Miller, Rev. INndsa!
Copley, jeff Wilson. Rev. J. F. Ric,
o. G. Smith ]. S. Peters, A, J
Scott, Eli J. Moore. Henry Preston
J l.. Weymouth, John Hughes, JaI
Casey, Jas. Johns, Farrow Marcun
Judge T. s. Thompson, w. M. Ston,
J,hn Vaughan, Thos. Luther. job
Wellman, Jas Vinson, A. l.. Burton
w. T. Cane. J. w. Wallen, B.
Rule, Brack Holbook. John Mu1c!
q. ]. Roberts, w. J. Vaughan. J. {
Burns, f. T. d. Wallace and Barne
wellman, and especially all the ladi'
of the county, and all other temper
ance citizens of Lawrence county I
committee to cooperate with nc
committees as our sister countie
above named may appoint
Resolved that these resolutions !
published in the Big Sandy New
the Sandy Valley Courier, the Ash
land Independent. and the Catlett
burg Tribune.
G. w. Castle.
NJ @. Berry
A. H. Miller.
VIM. T. Kane,
G. w. Wroten.
COMMITTEE
The Chairman announced tn
Judge Kirk viii be notified hi
the Lawrence county delegation VI
be notified that the Lawrence eou
ty delegation win be ready to 10
those Of other counties on an
date fixed BY him or them, and ma