The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-04-16
THAT "MISSTATEMBST"

Our friend. Rev A D. Litchhell,
through the columns Of our con-
temporary, belabors US with indi-
grant severity, because Of that lit
tie squib" in last weeks Herald
relative 10 the convention or con-
ference. or whatever it was, which
he says was everything but true
statement OF facts. Affirm atively
reasoning. then, II was a plain or
dinary falsehood. From this prem
Uses Rev. Litchfeld begins his de-
fense Of the truth" OF the matter
BY misquoting us in the very be-
ginning. He quotes US as saying
the convention was failure. We
have read said "squiJ" through
several TILl5s Giz1 f-1T 20 s,z1..r ;..l1
statement The first sentence
reads. The convention held here
last week was quite success
From this standpoint We casually
mentioned that IL was poorly AZ
tended and much indifference was
shown which was tTu-. W- did
not care 10 make -lss-a-s-
By saying Il was attended ly over
flown houses 10 each service.
The Hartford Republican ~ .--s
sane week says el.,g-.a..y. The
reception FOR returned soldiers.
staged Lare the lrzt Jar, g: rae
we. was poorly attended and rl=
soldier boys themselves displayed
only a1 Indifferent interest .l che
event" This agrees ia substance
exactly with what we said sure
ly IL, editor Of the Republican,
who IS au experienced newspaper
man. and our self only a novice in
Journalism. both saw crCss-eyed in
regard 20 the attendance and in
difference. At least rlis would
seem 20 be Rev. LirchLel5's infer
ence. such being a "missta-ement 90 .
Rey. Litchfeld is far OF Ills box
when h. accuses US Of trying 10
injure the !. NJ C.. A We have a.
ways supported this Institution
both By word Of mouth and duau-
ciaIiy. and because We did not
choose 10 boost meeting beyond
the truth. he takes occasion 10 &C
cuse rs Of "lauCiug the y. 81 G. .
A. And the statement that We 4
knocked the good women who
helped al the banquet is too prepos
ferrous for credul.ty. In fact the
brother Is stretching the rope Of
assumption almost TO the breaking
point.
He further says. that there were
about I25 soldiers present, most
of them the entire time" On the
second day OF the convention, at
the morning service, there were
twenty-seven persons present. ten
of whom wore the khaki, 50 We are
Informed We wonder what had
become Of that other ll5, most Of
whom were there all the time? In
fact there were not 100 soldiers in
town the second day nor all Of the
first day Another conference has
been billed for July, ith. And on,
we suppose, to an endless eternity,
at regular intervals. We have
been informed that a good part of
the funds for this banquet came
from the Red Cross treasury. II
such is the case, many such conven-
lions will soon grow expensive, and
at the same time unpopular with
the people who have given their
money 10 the Red Cross for dis .
tress work and not 10 furnish en-
teTtainments.
We are as anxious TO see the
boys receive entertainment as Is
our friend. but we believe 1t should
be partly done by public subscrip-
ton. at least and not all out OF the
Red Cross treasury. The people
who gave to the Red Cross gave
with the understanding that the
money was TO go to the relief Of
soldiers, not in conventions or COM
munity gatherings. AS an eyid-
ence OF the interest taken in the
by the town, a request
was sent out asking all the bust
ness men TO hang out flags and 9TH
decoratiins. We did not see but
two new flags appear and they have
become permanent. In regard 10
pur knocking the good ladies. we
lid not mention them, hence this