The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-11-14
Where Nature Smiles
and Men Are Brave

fortune to have an acquaintance with
Williamsburg one might easily obtain
an erroneous impression when one
studies the map of Kentucky.
% Williamsburg is the county seat of
Whitley county down in the south
eastern 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 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
scape. the capital of Whitley county is
mighty appealing to the visitor. 800 g
But If he be looking for picturesque
people, and the more picturesque stills,
presided over by the "moonshlners,"
he must needs look in vain. For
there is no such thing in Whitley
county. There is wealth there, much
of it. There is culture there, too, but
is not spelled with *" There are
good streets, fine business section,
and residence section that will COM
pare more than favorably with city
that can boast a population many
times in excess Of Williamsburg's
three thousand.
Perhaps it is the institution that is
the pride Of all Williamsburg that has
so refining an influence on the people
of that section. Nearly century ago
! groups Of Christians who believed III
the cause of education founded in that
city what has developed into Cumber-
land College In the start it was de-
nominational. But that is past now,
and hundreds of students from many
states each year gather in this beauti
full and sequestered city and gain an
education, regardless Of the church
with which he may be affiliated.
They raise a sturdy ald Intelligent
class of men down in Southeast Ken
lucky. Alexander W. Bryant, a prod
uct Of Whitley county, and a resident
of Williamsburg since his early youth,
is fair specimen. Another is E 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 40, and he
looks even younger than the years
that he owns. .,
Which Bryant was lad of IL he left
his home in the mountains and set out
| 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 a private, and
served for eight years, eight months
and fifteen days. He was in Manila
and participated in 10 battles. escap-
ing without a scratch.
After his soldering days he returned
to the home Of his youth, mar: led and
embarked on a business career. The
money he saved during his military
service started him in business in a
modest way, and he has been fortunate
in all of his ventures.
Il am Just as patriotic today as l
was when | was buying Liberty
Bonds" said Bryant to the Savings
Herald man, n"but will admit that is
only ore Of the reasons am now buy
ing my limit on the Treasury Savings
| Certificates. One reason l am buying
is that | cannot see anything like as
good and as safe an investment any
| where.
IF the government is to bring back
the country to the normal It must have
large sums of money to put every
branch of industry to work to the ut
most, and to create a 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 it 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 amopnp
| they are now earning are spending
the money as rapidly as it comes in,
and are giving no thought for the
morrow.
'THh.cy are not only treating them,
SELVES unfairly, but they are retarding
the welfare of the entire country.
When increased production of essen.
tials are vital the thoughtless are
spending tie money they earn for lux
| uries and non-essentials.
EVERY cent of money that is spent
'or these useless articles leaves the
community, never to return. If the
wage Garner would only start a sys-
tematic saving. by buying War Saw.
ipgs Stamps and Treasury Savings
| Certificates. he would soon have nest
egg that would serve him well in after
years, and he would at the same time
aid his government in solving the
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