The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-22

The women Of Kentucky "as an Isl
are attracting more attention than
the men that are, not only because
they are more attractive, but for
achievement. A single woman mot
necessarily unmarried) took a
''Truck- garden" for the basis of story
and drama. 1t has given Kentucky
and she and her story are
known everywhere. On the other
hand numbers of men have taken
acres of tobacco patches for the
ground work of their tragedies, but
they are not known anywhere.
Politics is the DamndeSt.
1t would be impolitic to inject
politics into this discussion of the
''is." The appropriateness is not
only manifest, but the ground has
been covered and the matter settled
by that epigramatic poet of the Blue
Grass in one word in the next to the
last line of the concluding verse of
that gem entitled, '1n Kentucky" l
would not think of quoting that
character of language here and have
no thought of using it elsewhere;
however, it is only just to my friend
Judge Mulligan to say that his re-
course to that questionable express
sion did not arise from a careless,
willful or habitual disregard of the
commandment, but that the exigencies
of the case demanded and was re-
luctantly and regretfully forced to
sacrifice reverence to accuracy.
An Illustration of the narrOwness
Of partizanship is shown by CONVEX
sation overheard few days since on
the streets Of Winchester. One gen.
tleman said to another, of our Repub-
lican editor.
where do you suppose Perry is
going?"
ITO church"
"DOes the editor of a Republican
paper attend church,"
"Yes."
'Do you think "well DONE" will be
said to him on the last day?"
mo, not until after he has beer
there a day or two"
immigration and Immigration.
kentucky is the product of two for
ces, immigration and emigration
lOur aiding in the conquest of the
Northwest and the Southwest haC
its reciprocal side. The cost wa.
fully repaid by opening up territor,
for our emigrants. Neither Ohio no
Texas has ground for complaint; for
every Indian driven from Ohio o.
Greaser from Texas we substituted
an emigrant who made an equal,
good citizen.
We who remain are the survival o.
the fittest. do not use the term eft
test as the past tense of fight.
What we Have and What We Lack
Seriously. As the elias Been" was
as the as" is, the evil Be" will be
The past and present. are factors o
the future, What we Kentuckian
seem to lack is moral courage. O
physical courage we have and t.
spare, that is, if it consists in hazar
dous defiance of law and disregardin,
cur own and other peoples lives
Though pages have been written il
flood. Great moral issue await tn
settlement by conscience and not b,
force in the "Will Be-" 1t seems tina
some of them now have the maiorit,
On the wrong side. And while we ar
cOunselled to maintain "a decent re
spect for public opinion" such re
spect should be predicated only upo1
a decent public opinion.
Virtues Outweigh Faults.
Kentucky has her faults but hel
Virtues outweigh them. The balance
has always been in our favor. bu
we have come perilously making al
Overdraft several times. Kentucky
has the purest Anglo Saxon BLOOD
on the continent, descendants of the
old Cavaliers of Virginia, a people
who have made their influence felt
where ever they have gone. MucE
history of this country would moi
have been without our people. We
love those who are here and those
who have gone elsewhere, we love oul
history, our traditions, proud of oul
past and certain of our future. Ken
tue KY as a ''Has Been" from the be-
ginning, as an as" now, and as
"Will Be" to the end, is the best
place this side the skies.