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


Iouiea ON Tuesday Of this week under
the direction OF the State and National
Council OF Defense was attended by
large crowd. composed OF men and wo-
mon from all parts OF the county. Al
ter an almost continuous downpour OF
rain on Monday the weather cleared
40 and Tuesday was an ideal day.
The program started at 10 o'clock
IN the court house. and the building
wan filled TO It's capacity. Hon. X. e
Mcclure Of the Local Council OF De-
Tense. presided over the meeting.
The first speaker was Hon. Stanley
Reed OF Mayaville. who delivered a
very fine address on the subject OF the
var. He reviewed the history OF the
var and OF the preparation and am
milton Of Germany extending back to
rnrIier days. The audience listened
With close attention throughout the
speech and frequently applauded the
GpcAker most heartily.
Al the conclusion OF his address MT.
X. L. varney. the District Agricultural
Agent. addressed the gathering along
the line OF work In which he 10 engaged
He urged upon the farmers in the
strongest possible terms the Importance
q producing every possible pound OF
product this year. lie Ii well known
here and il one Of the most Interest,"
ing and versatile speakers we have In
fhia part Of Kentucky. on this occa-
nlon he was at his best and made a
most impressive appeal to the patriot
lam OF the farmers. which he declared
could be best shown by their efforts
10 increase the production OF food for
IN, soldiers and our Allies Mr.. Var
neg n doing great work for TIE oovern-
monf. and n al men employed In the
u. 8. were AZ effective and faithful az
he In their several lines. there would
b no need to worry about results.
Throughout his interesting address ne
had the closest hearing from the large
audience.
state ana National Departments had
aarlrned two OF Gen. Pershing's woun-
dod soldiers to come TO Louisa on this
ocrnaion and give the people first hand
information about theif experiences
nnA the conditions on the battlefront
In Europe. These men failed TO ar
rive on the morning train and the To-
cal committee got busy to find out
what had become OF them. They
called the Ventura Hotel In Ashland
ana were informed that two soldiers
supposed 70 be the ones in question had
STAYED there over night and checked
out In time for the Big Sandy train
A second effort 10 get the hotel 70
look them up and see why they ala not
come was met with a very abrupt and
dlacourteous refusal on the part OF the
hotel. Other persons in Ashland were
then called on the telephone and they
went 10 work trying to locate the men.
The local committee hoped 40 get them
here on the N 4 W. train at o'clock,
hut when the train came the soldiers
aid not appear. When the c. o.
train arrived at $40 y. m. the two men
stepped OFF the train and explained
that they were misinformed about the
time OF the G. & o. train In Cincinnati
the night before, and had missed the
train. They claimed TO have telt-
rrnphed the local committee Tuesday
morning but no telegram was receiv-
cd. The committee and the crowd
were considerably disappointed by the
failure Of these men to arrive but II
was one OF those unavoidable accidents
that nobody can be held responsible
for. The two men appeared before a
large audience Tuesday night.
Al o'clock in the afternoon the
crowd reassembled and Hon. w. d.
Cochran. OF Maysville. was introduce
"a as the chief speaker. His address
WINS historical. classical. and full of in
formation pertinent TO the great world
crisis through which we are passing
II was a very able address and was
thoroughly enjoyed by those who heard
Il.
Although the crowd was disappoint-
ed at the failure OF the soldiers to APP
near. we heard quite number OF peo-
ple say that they had been well repaid
for their trip by hearing the fine
epeeches delivered during the two SEES
sions. Patriotic songs We're sung al
different times during the day and ev-
erybody joined heartily in this part Of
the exercises.
Pershine's Soldiers.
The court house was packed Tues
day night 10 see and hear the two
wounded soldiers who were sent back
to the United States less than three
weeks ago in party of 50 to tell the
people about conditions at the front
Sergeant Jos. Petrush. of New Jersey
and Langhorne II. Barbour. OF Virginia
we're the men assigned to Kentucky
petrush volunteered four years age
and was In Mexico before going to Eu-
fope. Barbour Is only 10 years old
Both men were just about ready q
leave the hospital when selected &c
como home for few weeks
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