The Nevada County picayune., 1919-11-20


 Williamsburg one might eAsfly obtain An erroneous impression when one studies the map of Kentucky.
 Williamsburg is the county seat of Whitley county down in the south SNstsrn corner of the Blue Grass State where the Cumberland Mountains ramble around at will and help to sep arate Kentucky from Virginia and Tennessee
 One can hardy help recalling the wonderful tale of John Fox, Jr.. and the wanderings and doings of the Lit. tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come. comes to mind without effort. and places him in a receptive mood for the romance that a visit of Williamsburg will dis pei.
 From scenic standpoint he will not be disappointed. Nesting down amid the foothills of the Cumberland range. with the Cumberland River piercing a wondrously beautiful valley end adding to the beauty of the land seape. the capital of Whitley county s mighty appealing to ths vAsitos.
 But if he be looking for pisturesoss people. and the moro picturesque stills. presided over by the "moonshinsss." he must needs look in vain. Dur there is no such tA3ns A Whitley county. There is wsaltA tAsrs. much of 1t. There is culture there. too. but is not spelled with TX" rhess ays good streets, fine business section, and a residence section that will coO- pare more than fa~orabiy with . city that can boast & population many times in excess cf Williamsburg three thousand.
 Perhaps 1t is the institution that ts the pride of all Williamsburg that has 30 refining an influence on the people of that section. Nearly . century ago groups of Christians who believed iA the cause of education founded in that city what has developed into Cumber- land College. In the start 1t was de nominational. But that is past now, and hundreds of students from many states each year gather in this beauti- education, regardless of the church with which he may be affiliated
 They raise B sturdy and intelligent class of men down in Southeast Ken. lucky. Alexander w. Bryant, a prod. uct of Whitley county. and resident of Williamsburg since his early youth, is fair specimen. Another Is k. E Pritchard, whom Woodrow Wilson named as postmaster for the little city, and who Is as popular there as though the county was not nearly ten to one Republican.
 Bryant is yet well under 70, and he looks even younger than the years that he owns.
 When Bryant was a lad of F he left to gain his education. He did this. and when he was only Is years old the Spanish-American War came on and he enlisted as private, and served for eight years, eight months and fifteen dayN He was in Manila and participated in ls battles. escap- ing without . scratch.
 After his soldering days he returned to the home of his youth. married and embarked on . business career. The money he savsa Curing his military service started hiN h business In . modest way. and he has been fortunate in all of his vcatures.
 'tI am just as patriotic today as l was when was buying Liberty Bonds.' said Bryant to the Savings Herald man. but will admit that 10 only one of the reasons I am now buy. ing my limit on the Treasury Savings Certificates. One reason l am buying is that I cannot see anything like as good and as safe an investment any- where. If the government is 10 bring back | the country to the normal 1t must have | large sums Y money to pat every | branch of industry to work 10 the ut | most, and 10 create foreign demand | for American products. and to pave | the way for the citizens of this coun. try to participate in the reconstruction work, not only here, but in Europe.
 The only way 1t can obtain this | money is through the savings of the | people The present conditions arc really deplorable. Many who never be | fore earned anything like the amount l they are now earning are spending | khe money as rapidly as 1t comes in. and are giving no thought for the morrow, They are not only treating them. selves unfairly but they are retarding ahe welfare of the entire country. When increased production of essen tials are vital the though'less are spending the money they earn for lux. uries and non-esssntials.
 "Evsry cent of money that h spent for these useless articles leaves the community. never to return. If the wage sArner would only start . sys tematio saving. by buying War Say. inss stamps and Treasury savinss aN.-rA~-S>~ k~ -rxxtA ~nn~ ka =