The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-01-11
STAY IN YOUR HILLS.

Thw following ~ an editorial from,
tho Iidald Dispatch. Huntington. w
Va:
Iir Herald Dispatch does rot re-
meml er having printed anything In &c
cent months 80 frnnght with pleasant
thoughts or 20 promising IN lis relation
70 the future as the program for "1ir
Eastern Kentucky Mountain Life Con.
ference, 10 be held in Louisa next
week.
II the people OF Eastern Kentucky
can lc brought to discover thcir Mills
Ito realize innt the hills, and not the
city, not The prairie. not the mad wlir'
OF co;imcrco, not the glare OF the
white way offers The richest bless
lnes az !. 4 and the greatest degree Of
security ind contentmcnt. they VIII
nave be9Sme enriched beyond meas
nre.
There people n they would be hap
py aud do the best service for them
selves end posterity, must not go out
into the world 10 seek the comforts ard
mild distraction. the elements OF re-
ilnement and convenience which many
OF them now find painfully lacking.
Thcy must tring good roads. good
schools and productive orcahrds into
tlieis hills
They must not go TO the city to find
conrenial or rrmuneratiye employment
or association.
They must rather cultivate the con-
ditsuns which win make their own
simple eniployments remuneratlve and
fheir Associates as cltured and intelli !.
gent as any people on earth.
Thew muft not go TO the city 10 hea.
great pr.,achers preach and great sing
tfs sing.
They must by revolutionixing their
environment. by building roads, Ly talk
Inc advanced ground IN educational
matters, by making their farms more
profitable than gold mines, by Guilt
vatsng the iine native talent OF their
you:,f men and women induce great
rxponents ot thought and theology 70
cDme into their own places OF worship
and lecfureship.
Tl,e telephone, the daily newspaper.
the ictrola, the piano. the best books
and magazines are already available
With the advent of roads win come the
automobile. already , common sight in
mar. mountain communities. The ad :
vent cf roads will also have remark
able hsaring upon social advancement.
II WIN make the country school better
than the city school. II will quicken the
faiterine pulses OF the country church
ard bring n new lease OF life to the
spiritual community.
Blessed Is the kcntuckihn who IS
IfivilcRed TO engage In 'The Eastern
Kcntncly Mountain Life Conference"
Blessed. thrice blessed. is the young
Krninc's man or woman who is gifted
with ,lie trie vision OF the hills; VINO
car see tho latent beauty. the latent
glory. the almost bursting opportunity
whicl. les In this prospect. God made
the Ellis i'gher that the sunshine might
iinger :ong,r, upon them. They are ti.c
ribs Of I; SArth and the great heart
,of humanity beats warm benratn the:-
Isircles.
Ajhili people. seeking to iehabiliti,te
their hills. TO bring 60 them and plant
,uncn them aud about them the richest
gifts ~ civilization; 10 teach their boys
ana girls that opportunity Is at home
IN tho hnls and that duty calls to the
hills, is tine sign ot a glorious sanity.
The happiest. healthiest. wealthiess
people on earth twenty-five years from
today Will be those WHO have turned
their eyes toward the hills and simple
pursults having brought with them thc
intelligent virtues OF rtfnement which