The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1917-10-19
"BLOGGT" BREATHITT (
A NATIONS LEADER
OLD "TEUD" COUNTY BECOMES
CoUNTRY'S CHAMPION IN
VOLUNTEERS.

known TO the WOrlu as DlOOus
Breathitt"! All honor to the mer
there who. though they may some
times have been guilty of mountain
feuds and have sometimes fought
with objectionable fury, have heard
the call of civilization to protect the
women and children! They have
rushed TO the army in way which
probably surpasses the record of any
other section OF the United States.
The story of what has been done
in Breathitt, as published in the New
York Herald. should be read through
out the land II is story of patriot
ism that knows no limit The pop
ulation Of the county is about 49,
coo. but the Herald's story says that
the county has given more volun-
teer soldiers than Arizona, Delaware,
New Hampshire. North Dakota, Ver-
mont or Wyoming.
Alexander Hamilton Hargis. a
banker of Jackson. in that county,
says that about one of every four
voting lsen in the county has already
gone into the army, and that the
rest of the voting population is ready
Il the country. needs them, and he
credits Lee, the adjoining county, with
having the same spirit and its people
with doing the same the men Of
Breathitt have done. There is no
hyphenism down here" said Mr.. Har-
gis. land we do not know what it IS.
At the beginning of the European war
we regarded it as a matter of indif-
ference, and at that time we thought
il wise TO let Europe fight its own
battles. No one liked the Lusitania
business, but still people kept quiet
and went on farming. But when
stories about the way Germany was
treating women and children and
chipping old folks into slavery began
TO come over here, things were diff
ferent. Then it became our war"
And then comes this interesting
and suggestive sentence: There
were two or three persons around
about here who defended Germany
for short while. but they stopped.
There won't be any more"
Col ]. l.. Mccoy. owner of the
Jackson Times, who has been vigor-
Gus in his campaign for patriotism,
Is quoted as being deeply worried
lest the Allies give Germany breath
ing spell, for that he asserts is all
that Germany wants, and that is why
her people are talking peace.
"The world must give Germany
licking" he said. She has trampled
On the rights of the world and Of
humanity. She is a beast. She has
genius, of course. So has a bank
burglar or a. clever horse thief. II
Thomas A. Edison had spent his
time porfeCting schemes or devices
for robbing vaults he could be rich /.
er than the RothsChHds and Morgans
combined. If the United States had.
spent all her time figuring out WAYS
20 kill and suhjugate and had grown
70 practice treachery and deceit, she /.
could, lick the. wosld With one hand
tieI around her neck. Germany does /.
not deserve any credit She is a
gmmau gone crazy. She has muir (
dered, pillaged, ;rayaged and outrag .
ed, and now that she is caught up an 4
ally, her hands dripping and her gun
smoking, she wants the world TO lis
ten while she says: Come on, now. I
I'm through. I've killed your wOm- I
en- and children, but my ammunition /
is 81 GONE. so let's call it all off and 4,
begin whore we left Off. Maybe |
wont do # all again.
"You know what we would DO with
a man i'm Kentucky who acted like
rhat don't you? OF course, every
one aoss. Well, that's what, the
world ought 20 DO to Germany. When
d man uses !nuckles you cant yet
anywhere lighting him with feather
pillows. That's what The Allies
nave been doing. We ought to drop
bombs pa. all, their cities, ,GiYe
hem - good as, they send.
we live up in the mountain5
mere, but VIC get The papers from out
side, and we know what Germany
has been doing We are, for the adj
ministgaton-ey man and wom-
an Of MS, We are ready TO 80 to war
every man and woman Of us, We
know it's the worlds light. Some
times away down here ! have blue
moments, when think that maybe
the world will let Germany settle uD
without getting punished hope
cot" .r
The Hcrald's writer says:
In many ways the region is prim-
tive; it is primitive in its patriot
ism; It is primitive in is rugged hon
esty. A thief isra thing unknown.