The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-11-24
WHAT DOES THE EDITOR THINK ABOUT Ir7

In this issue will be found a letter from mountain man now
in Delaware in reference publication in the New York
World deogory the mountain people. Dr. Frost mentions
and deprecae the article his letter This article within
the last week. and others Of like nature within the last
three months have had rather wide in Berea and the
and the editor has asked time declare
his attitude toward this continual drubbng the mountain people
certain young man from the mountains went to live in
Boston and attended Harvard College City life and New England
and conditions him. He took the morning
papers shocked Mortified daily the the
daboica crimes that part of the Of nights
orgies in the metropolitan dstrctmosy crimes against
too horrible for description He learned vocabulary
Of crime unknown his mountain Businesses and his boyhood days
Contrasting conditions with the religious atmosphere
that surrounded his chdhoodthe uDdsurbed against
the shock his sensbiehe accosed day
by Of his professors Who in effort to get acquainted with his
pupil asked where he from Quick the reply 81 born
and raised in the home Of the Puriansthe Kentucky mountains
This the editors the scurous articles that
from the the vendors of SANDER in of the great
tiers of crimnay Making full acknowledgement OF many notes
in he would ask that few beams ucked from those
of our detraetOrs.
editor has friend recently travelled thru
illustrating mountain conditions accompany article he
asked prepare The pictures sent but they repre-
sentative There pictures good homes
well poorer;
uninvng; beautiful school house and ne
gent looking teacher and pupils well the unaacve bad
road pictured good shady such
many mountain localities was placed alongside of it,
This what the editor thinks of illustrating mountain cond
tons Any other method is to him down right dishonesty and its
only motive mercenary.
The editor has had long with certain school OPP
Grating in This school found
necessary send its representatives out into the aud beyond
funds for its operation These represent
making their plea for help have magnfed the
people instead of their vices They have shown that
they good the descendants of the white slaves
tide section of Revolutionary times They
tested that they not all ca eaters and criminals but that
small minority of the vicious have stamped their reputation upon
whole owing irresponsible aud they have plead
with their audiences of their savings character for
worthy knsmen the Kentucky mountains
This what the editor thinks about the method of obtaining
money for our Mountain Schools
years ago the editor knew splendid young Presbyter
mnisterone of the best he met This
and preached extensively the mountains and did good
and marked contrast to
with contact and with
that udcrou that
pathetic little that he thought rather ouandsh
nay this Ohio and when it learned
the Kentucky mountains
for publication His reply
pie and loved him and tell his with
sport for gain would be trust
posed by their hospitality and of ALL if they should
all good had accomplished years would be blasted
As those into our homes
this what the editor thinks
up this ideal they than those whom they profess
TOW ito