The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-02-14
Splendid RALLY.
Congressman Stanley the Chief Speaker
at X. N. c. Affair.

students ana lrlenuS OF tne Ken
lucky Normal College at the court
house his city on Saturday night
last. 1t had been announced many
days before that Congressman John
w. Langley, of the Tenth district,
and A. o. Stanley, of the Fifth,
would be in Louisa on that date
and address the public in the be-
half of the K. NJ c. This was suf-
ficent to create deep and wide
spread interest on part of both
fttizens and the student body. NJ.
Lang'ey's devotion to the K N c..
had been manifested on more than
one occasion, and this, coupled with
Mr. Stanley's reputation as an ora
tor, was sufficient to compel very
large attendance on the meeting.
So, long before the appointed hour
OF seyen-thirty the spacious court
room began to fill. Early in the
evening the students of both sexes
assembled at the college building
and were organized into divisions
representing the various counties
from which they had come. These
divisions, with designating banners,
marched to the place of meeting
which was already comfortably filled
with scores of our citizens. BY six
O'Clock standing room was at a
premium, and long before the form
al opening of the meeting the big
auditorium, the space outside the
court room door and the stairway
were packed.
Waiting the appearance of the dis
tinguished guests, the audience was
entertained with short addresses by
various citizens and with. singing by
the students of the college and the
pupils of the public school. 1t was
no easy matter to keep the crowd
quiet, made up as it was Of SO many
different elements, but everybody
was in fine good humor. The col
legian with his megaphone was pres
ent, the college yell was in evidence,
but there was not the slightest show
of anything but a desire to keep up
the enthusiasm and the interest OF
the occasion.
About half-past seven Mr.. Stanley
and some personal friends made
! their appearance and were loudly
cheered. Much to the disappoint-
ment of the audience Mr.. Langley
hou peeH uetdihSu III w oohih6ton
by illness.
Before the formal exercises OF
the occasion began, and at other
times during the evening, a local
band of colored musicians added to
the enjoyment of the occasion.
The Rev. C. M. Summers. of the
Christian Church, offered an appro-
pirate prayer, and at its close Mr
/ Il. u. SULLIVAN, in few well chosen
/ words, introduced Mr. Stanley, the
orator oil the evening. Mr.. Stnaley
is an admirable speaker. He has a
/ spienoid voice which he uses very
effectively He has been Il pubic
! speaker for years, has the gifts
of the orator and the rhetorician,
and these. with the stimulus of mis-
| splendid audience, ,cOnspired to make
him effective at this great gather
ing ofn'the devotees and friends OF
| education. He spoke of the almost
| lillimitable wealth of the region and
of its wonderful natural wealth and
advantages. He also spoke of the
dark shadow which has hung over Il
the shadow caused by its high
| rate OF illiteracy. 1t was the work
of the young men and women be-
/ fore him to lift this shadow and to
make mountaineer proud of the
| fact that he is one. Plant these
banners and X. N. C.'s from the Vir.
ginian and West Virginia lines to
Tennessee, and feuds and broils
would cease.
! A mere sketch of Mr.. Stanley's
mastery effort on last Saturday
evening would only weaken it, and
the NEWS will not go further. He
was listened to with great atten-
tion and was loudly applauded at
the close of his address.
When the speaker had finished
some remarks were made by citi-
zens, appealing to those to whom
the college was indebted to aid it
still further by canceling the evil
dences of such Indebtedness, and
the appeals were not lacking in
good results.
This latest rally of the X. N. G..
was a delightful and memorable oc-
casion
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