Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-02-25
GAINESVILLE FEELING BETTER.

GAINESVILLE FEELING BETTER.
Our neighboring city over the line
"a becoming more cheerful as bust
ness conditions improve, and the
panicky feeling subsidies. The Leaf
Chronicle in a double loaded edito-
rial says:
1.-The business outlook for Clarks.
vide is decidedly more encouraging
ihan it has been for many months.
The causes which brought about de-
preston are, one by one, being re-
moved. A more confident tone in all
directions is quite noticeable. Mer-
chants talk more hopefully as trade
seYiYes, due to the circulation of
money that has heretofore been tied
up. That we have passed through an
unusual season of depression is also
true; but that we have the crisis well
behind us no one doubts who has
closely studied all these things
There were men here formerly of big
brain and indomitable enterprise.
There are still men here of big brain,
but who, unfortunately, have not
the public spirit of their fOrbears,
that love for their community which
is essential to growth and progress.
We have men Of wealth also. What
Ws lack most is leadership, concen
egation, cooperation, cohesion. If
we had all of these, with our natural
advantages, we could in a few years
bring about marvellous changes in
ahis community"
The people of Hopkinsville have
al along felt a genuine sympathy
Eor GAINESVILLE. Two years ago they
we're beset by similar troubles from
within and without. The two cities
pursued exactly opposite courses.
HOpkinsville took a firm stand
against every form of lawlessness,
Eyen when committed under the plea
aaat it was necessary to insure the
success of the association. 1t defied
ME night riders and when attacked
pat up the best fight it could and
p9rsued the invaders into their own
ferritory. There was a divided sen
Gment in the city, but the business
men with scarcely an exception stood
s9uarely for the right, shouldered
guns when necessary and patrolled
ahe streets at night after working
n their stores all day.
The women-God bless them
hacked up their husbands and ia
ahers and when threatened with the
same boycott that inundated
darksville, the business interests as
sne man stood for law and order and
waited for reason to re-assert itself.
Tbey did not wait long. God helps
him who helps himself" The people
as a whole admire the game fighter
and Hopkinsvile is today the best
advertised town in America and so
far as the Black Patch is concerned,
rs the only town on the map"
GAINESVILLE petitioned while Hop
kinsRiiie defied. Her business men
1eso3uted when they might have de-
nounced lawlessness. They entered
into agreements that were humii-
ating to a courageous minority.
They were tricked on every hand
and the city suffered at every turn.
4 few brave men like Ben Sorry, DR..
Marable, Ed Shanklin and others
saved the day for the terror stricken
atty and after awhile Clarksvlle be-
gan to recover from her nervous aud
financial prostration. GAINESVILLE has
thanked herself for being permitted
" i've, while Hopkinsville has pros
pered through it all and last year
paid off nearly $40, 900 of her public
debt and is starting out for boom
IN business this year.
And never an inch has Hopkins
8ille yielded in the fight for law and
order. All the while there has been
no antagonist to the good that was
in the association and the last tri
nmph of the "Hopkinsville idea" in
the ''Hopkinsville agreement" has