The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-05-17
THE WAR council
meeting At LOUISA
peasHINc's WOUNDED SOLDIERS
ARRIVED TOO LATE FOR
DAY PROGRAM.

Louisa on Tuesday OF TINS week uh"e.
re direction OF the State and National
Council Of Defense was attended By
large crowd. composed OF men and wo-
nnn from all parts OF the county. Az
ior an almost continuous downpour q
rtln on Monday, the weather cleared
np and Tuesday was an ideal day.
The program started At 10 o'clock
A the court house. and the building
~as filled 20 its capacity. Hon. X. {.
Mcclure Of the Local Council OF De-
Tense. presided over the meeting.
The first speaker was Hon. Stanley
Reed OF Mayavine. who delivered q
very fine address on the subject OF the
wnr. He reviewed the history OF the
wrr and OF the preparation and am
I|fion OF Germany extending back to
..rIIcr days. The audience listened
Win close attention throughout the
speech and frequently applauded the
speaker most heartily.
Al the conclusion OF his address Mr.
X. 1. Varney, the District Agricultural
Agent. addrcssed the gathering along
The line Of work IN which he u engaged
He urged upon the farmers In the
strongest possible terms the importnnce
a producing every possible pound OF
product thla year. He II well known
here ana n one OF tho most Interest,"
ing and versatile speakers We have IN
this part OF Kentucky. on this occa-
sion he was ~ his best and made
nort impressive appeal 70 the patriot
.r-. cf the farmers, which he declared
could Be beat shown by their efforts
10 increase the production Of food FOR
ne soldiers and our AllieA Mr.. Var
nrr n doing great work for the Govern
m&nt. ana n ali men employed In the
u. B. we're as effective and faithful AZ
IL IN their several lines. there would
b no need 70 worry about results
throughout his interesting address ne
hnd the closest hearing from the large
audience.
olfte and National Departments had
assigned two Of Gen. Perahings woun-
do1 soldiers 70 come 20 Louisa on this
ntcnnlon and give the people first hand
information about theif experiences
and the conditions on the battlefront
IN Europe. These men failed TO ar
rive on the morning train and the To-
caI committee got busy 10 find out
What had become OF them They
called the Ventura Hotel In Ashland
and were informed that two soldiers
supported 10 be the ones In question had
STAYED there over night and checked
out IN time for the Big Sandy train
A second effort &c -. .he h.ssfei 70
look them up and see why they did nci
come was met with a very abrupt and
dInrourteous refusal on the part OF the
hotel. Other persons In Ashland were
then called on the telephone and they
went TO work trying to locate the men
The local committee hoped 40 get them
here on the N. q w. train at 2 o'clock
hut when the train came the soldiers
ala not appear. When the c. a o
train arrived at f.40 .. m. the two men
stepped off the train and explained
that they were miainformed about ths
time Of the G. & o. train In Cincinnati
the night before, and had missed the
train. They claimed to have teie-
Ffaphod the local committee Tuesda,
morning but no telegram was receiv-
al. The committee and the crowd
were considerably disappointed by tht
failure OF these men TO arrive but 4
una one OF those unavoidable accidents
that nobody can be held responsible
Tor. The two men appeared before
large audience Tuesday night.
At o'clock In the afternoon tns
crowd ronnscmbled and Hon. w. ID
Cochran: OF Maysville. was introduc.
"a a. the chief speaker. His address
was historical, classical. and fuil ot IN, IN
formation pertinent TO the great %oris
crisis through which we are passing
II was very able address ana wa
thoroughly enjoyed by those VINO near'
4.
Although the crowd was disappoint'
Cd At the failure OF the soldiers TO ap
pear, we heard quite a number OF peo
pie say that they had been well repaid
for their trip by hearing the rin'
speeches delivered during the two ses
sions. Patriotic songs We're sung a
different times during the day and ev
erybody joined heartily In this part o
the exercises
Pershino's Soldiers.