Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-10-24
BOTH PARTIES N
cH|lDREN's Drive
Plan 10 suIId Farm nsms Fss
Kentucky Waits Ssppsrssd'
BY candidates
BUSINESS PROPOSITION

There are q number Of thines OF
which the Republican and the bepo
cratic parties of Kentucky disagree
but there Is one thing for which both
are working during the turmoil just
before election time.
1t Is for the campaign to raise yAOO,.
900 to build the new "village OF cot.
tages" on q track Of land ten miles
from Louisville, In which to care fol-
the destitute children Of kentucky
School children all over the stDte are
contributing their savings for the new
home.
Anything that our own Riddles are
for. Is not 10 be overlooked by either
party" declared one prominent can,A
date Of the state as he closed q stump
speech. THAT 10 one reason why
am pushing for Q drive. and that Il
Why our opponents are doing the sumo
But that II not all the reason.
The new Children's Home Is q thing
that u needed for our own public vel.
fare. The present location Is congest.
I'd, and the surroundings are \ detri.
ment to tho moral and physical vel.
fare Of homeless and helpless children
Of our state. They deserve good care
under good surroundings. out on q
wholesome farm where they can work
and play under favorable conditions
and become good citizens
Business With Charity.
~It Is a business proposition to put
them where the older children can
work and learn scientific farming and
6airying. ana make me Institution self.
supporting. aud. ut the same time, do
veiop theme AYys 30 that they can b.
adopted Into homes where they can be.
come useful to the family and to the
community.
And II Is a business proposition to
every citizen In every county. The
Kentucky Chlldren's Home Society
takes the destitute children from this
very county and cares for them,
where otherwise they would be kept
at the county poorhouse. where they
would be an expense to the county. In
the first place. and q menace. to us
after they grow up as psuperA under
such sOrdid conditions. That was this
way conditions we're twenty i've years
ago before the Kentucky Chiidren's
Society vas founded. There may be
charity in 4 thing like tAis-snd 1t 10
charity In the case OF tho school chill.
drsn who are giving their savings for
tbs cause. hat for ysu citizens. for
myself. and for my political opponents,
II 10 q pure case Of dug and sound
business"
In sumo says. hswsyer. the political
situation 10 detrt.aental 10 the driya
secssdinS to George l.. Schon. supsrie-
tsadaat Of the ksstocky Chiidren's
Home Society. In the turmoil Of the
campaign May pss0ineot meo Of the
state sho Otherwise wsuld be devotins
their whole time to the CAiirea's Home
Drive are busy In party wost. The
drive, which viii take place from Oc
tober n to 81. u right on the eve 81
the election. when the citizens Of the
state are keyed up 10 other Interests.
III will be for the childnep and fss
the individual citizens 10 20 forward
and see II through" Mr.. Sehon said
at has the Endorsement OF the Cover.
nor AND other prominent o6ieisls Of
The state. Ministers Of all depominA.
tisas are deyotins . sermon 10 the In
tsrsst VI the cause that sneets Us ALI
II will 20 through successfully. but 4
vti nssd ear e0-oDs~tioa"