Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-06-30
mills POINT TO
THE Big SANDY"
Covered By Malcolm Bayley,
Of Louisville, In Address To
Press Association
(By Associated "ress)

ors OF Kentucky not to forget
the stories with the flavor Of the
soil that are typical Of Kentucky,
was made at the midsummer
meeting OF the Kentucky Press
Association here today by Nal
colin w. Bayley, column conduc-
tor Of the Louisville Times. Mr..
Bayley took as his text From
Mills Point to the Big Sandy"
the title of his daily column, and
paid his respects to the editors
of the state Individually from
enc end to the other.
81 would like to make one sug-
gestion to our Kentucky edit
ors," he said in conclusion. 81
want to appeal to them not to
forget that this is Kentucky;
not to lose that homcly Kentucky
flavor which has made them so
beloved. Undoubtedly the busy
editor, especially when time
presses or the advertising claims
his attention, often overlooks
and does not print many good
stories with the flavor of the
soil because he regards them as
commonplace and not worth the
space. Don't overlook them
They arc typical Of Kentucky
alone. They are the life of your
people. Writers such as NJ. z.
Small, Of the CarrolIton News; !
Edward Gregory, of the Breck-
1nridge News; ]. w. Rggle, OF
the Falmouth Outlook and the
Galloway correspondent of the
Mlddlesboro Thrce-States arci
doing much to preserve these
stories for future generations. |
There is a peculiar charm to
stories of Kentucky. They have
a distinct flavor, like its tobacco
and its liquor. SO many of them
dcvolve about some custom.
some particular institution, ex-
preston or inanimate thing pc
crllar to the old commonwealth
alone, that they have become a
very part of Kentucky, like the
vine which has cIung so long to |
the tree that it has become I'M
bedded in its trunk.
Don't forget that YOU are |
Kentucky, Don't forget to live
up to your name. To the outsidei
world you are all of Kentucky. i
The world looks to you to up |
hold its traditions. i
What greater thing than toI
be country editor in the grand
Old Commonwealth? Envied byI
many, looked up to by all, though !
your pecuniary rewards may notI
be as great as the L. & Ms, orl
even the bootlegger's, be con-
tent in the thought Of the greatl
good you are achieving as YOU,
battle for the right, struggle
with the forces Of evil i'll and
cut Of Office, strive for better
roads, better schools aud better
lfFtiJJlg FgtiJJlg conditions in Old Ken
tacky." ," 'a-Ii
Starting with an explanation
that his column was built largely |
from material furnished by 9th
crs, but with the brand of the
original workman left intact, Mr..
bayley said that the title Of his
Column was originated by the
late J. I. 5. Blackburn, as a po- /
iltlcal phrase Starting With
newspapers in the Jackson Pur-
chase, Mr.. Bayley paid his trib-
ute to editor after editor in a
tanciful journey across the state.
The first editor to whom he
paid tribute was L. w. Wear, oil
the LaCenter Advance next was
Henry Lawrence, legislator edit
or OF the Cadiz Record; T. C.I
Underwood, Of the Hopkinsville
New Era; Urey Woodson, dean
Of Kentucky journalists and ed
Itor and publisher of the Owens
boro Messenger; Leigh Harris,
editor and publisher Of the Hen
dcrson Cleaner; the Misses La
rue and editor Sam Maxey, Of the
franklin Favorite; Col. Jim
Richardson, editor Of the Glas-
gov Times, and William Henry
Zones, editor Of the Glasgow Re
Wallace Brown, Of the
Bardstown Standard; Harry
Sommers, of the ElizabethtownI
News; John ]. Berry, of the
Rolling Fork Echo Dave Dun
can, of the Brandenhurg Mes
senger; Sherman Hall, of the
Breckenridge Record-Press; De !
sha Breckenridge and Enoch Gre
han, of the Lexington Herald +
John D. Babbage, of the Clover
port News; Keen Johnson, of
the Elizabetlltown News; Aitchy [