Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-05-08
LET US HOPE.

Before this article is seen by
the Courier readers the Graded
School election for district No. l,
Morgan county will be over,
The result thereof will be a mat
ter of history. This article is
penned in the hope that all will
end well, and whatever the re-
suit of the election the writer,
as an individual, will be affected
least of all. He has labored un-
selfishly to build up a school at
West Liberty that would be Sec
ond to none in the mountains. He
has given freely of his time, his
means and his newspaper space,
the latter of which is his stock
in trade, in this behalf with what
result let future generations tell.
Hehas cooperated heartily, where
cooperation was possible, with
every influence and every move.
ment which made for the up
building and the betterment of
the West Liberty High School.
Cooperation was not always pos
sible from the fact that certain
influences controlled by well
meaning but misguided people
stood squarely in the way and
thwarted every effort of a man,
who would be honest with him.
self and with all the world, to dc
the good which otherwise in his
power lay. When we were do
ing our very best and bending
every effort to forget the indig-
mites previously heaped upon
us by the churches, and try.
ing to build up the-school despite
the sinister influences which con.
trolled it at that time, we were
beset upon by a prurient little
preacher, a parody on Gods
masterpiece, who had been Sc
lected by the sectarian manage
ment of the. school, to deliyel
lseHRseest f hing the the Deviiff Know
what, to somebody, God know:
who, at the close of the 1910 ses
sion of the school, and given sucl
a castigation as never man o.
our circumscribed circle of oper
ations was the recipient of before
1t was so eloquent and cloth
ed in such well chosen languag,
that even those who had previous
ly been our friends and TO
whom we had gone out of tn,
beaten path to favor and advanc
: their interests, joined with TIN
ominum gatherum, who tool
fiendish delight in listening to op
probriums heaped upon the edi
, tor of the Courier, in vociferou
applause.
But the offenders have neve
, forgiven the offended for tn
wrong they did him. He's bee
too stubborn, they say; he refuse
to kiss the feet that kicked hir
: and trampled upon, what the
5 thought to be his totally helples
body.
{ But let's get back to the sub
/ ject. We Tor y intend to vote
: and when you read this will hav
4 voted, for what l, from tn
, depths of heart that is both fear
t less and conscientious, believ
, to be for the best interests of tn
{ children of Graded Comma
School District No. /, and of tn
West Liberty High School. |
. doing this | will perhaps vote fc
Tor at least with those VIII
S have persistently antagonizedm
in my fight against the wrong
: done me by the churches of tn
town several years ago. Why q
Tor did you do this, you may asl
Because | love the children thu
, are and the children that will b,
5 more than / hate your damnab
1 hypocricy, or the petty orthodox
and contemplate narrowne'
that prompted you to try to crus
d me beneath your feet, depriN
d me of the means of earning a
l. honest livelihood and rob m
S child of her daily bread.
: Call my action what you ma,
e just so you don't call it cowa
=. dice. 1t takes Tor Took MOI
II manhood and more courage tina
!! has been displayed by evel
n church member in West Libert
ID since the band of pioneers gat'