The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-06-04
DESHA DEEPLY DEPLORES OUR
SATURDAY NIGHT PARADE

yesterday morning, Editor Desha
Breckenridge, in an editorial, which
he says was left over from Sunday,
weeps over the sins of Bourbon
county people, and their utter lack
of self-respect in permitting the
parade" Of Saturday night, with
which we are all familiar by this
time. Deshay regrets the occurrence
very much, as almost bearing on law
lessness, at the same time forgetting
that Lexington isn't smelling like a
rose, by any means.
Deshay gets a case of Indigestion
pretty often and imagines he has
been Heaven-sent as corrector of
wrongs and a purveyor of righteous
ness for all the neighboring towns.
Our advice to Deshay is that Paris
and Bourbon county will always be
amply able to take care of their own
affairs, and if a counsellor is needed
it will not be Deshay. Take care of
your own redlight districts, gamblers,
gambling dens, saloons, thugs, stick
up men and numerous other things
that might be mentioned while we
hold our fingers to our nose. Bour.
bon county will take care of it's own
affairs, Deshay.
Suppose, Qeshay, you pay a little
more attention to your Thrift Stamp
business" Get over your crouch
over not being appointed Collector of
Internal Revenue. We were an ap-
plicant for the Paris postoffice, but
we had no crouch when another COM
And forget about that little occur
renee when your relative was set
down upon in the War Department
Follow Campbell Cantrill's advice,
''Stick to pink teas, where you are a
wheel horse" Woman's Suffrage and
the like, and let the management of
the war and politics go to someone
else. Don't you recall that Camp
Zachary Taylor was located in Lou
isville and Secretary Baker retained
as Secretary of War in spite of your,
1--WE, I, Us and Ourself' editorials?
And don't forget that you can not
manage Bourbon county affairs in
your editorial columns. Better put in
some of your time discounting the
bad effects of County Judge George
Batterton's and John Stoll's letters
that were addressed to you.
Don't forget, too, Deshay, that
Bourbon county didn't come to you
for editorial advice as to how she
should manage her Red Cross and
Liberty Loan campaigns, in which
the county went over the top and
almost forgot about it while you
were making apologies and explana-
tions in The Herald for Fayette's
campaign progressing slowly, and
1.-The farmers not responding as they
should" We repeat that Bourbon
county will always take care of its
own affairs, and will not feel the ne
cessity of calling on Deshay to be-
come manager. Go to, Deshay, and
clean your own house before you try
to sweep the floor of Bourbon county.
And do you recall, Deshay, that
the Federal investigation of vice
conditions in Lexington, showed from
statistics that your city, according to
population, ranked third in the Unit
ed States as a vice center, Chicago
being first? Pretty tough for you to
criticize '1awless acts" in Bourbon,
Ell! We are thankful we are not in
the Chicago class, Deshay.
The tragedy" which you fear, as
expressed in your editorial, will never
come, as the people of Bourbon
county will see well to it that it
does not come. Keep your nose out
of our affairs, Deshay, and learn the
truth Of that well-worn and oft-re-
peated maxim, "The meddler in other
peoples business always comes to
grief" Goodbye, Deshay, and may
you realize in time that we Of Bour-
bon county will take care of what
happens here.