The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-10-25
OHIO C0UyTY'S TITLE IS
CLEAR TO AMERICAN
Pure Saxon Stock Pre-
walls; Only One Out OF a
Thousand Foreign Born.

doubtful III Kent or surrey or even
the hills of Northern England are
more definitely Anglo-Saxon than
Ohio county in Western Kentucky.
The same general statement is
true of scores of other Kentucky
counties-both eastern and western.
illustration of Kentuckys purity of
Z racial stock.
Ohio county occupies 5S4 square
miles. In this large area only one
resident in every thousand is for
eign born. The total population is
26,473. The number of foreign
born residents is exactly thirty.
In America, 1.-The melting pot of
all nations" this is truly an extra
ordinary condition. Where else, in
radius of 5S4 square miles, can
you find percentage of .001 foreign
born of total population?
Quite as remarkable is the fact
that Ohio contains only fifty-seven
whites whose parents were not ma
tfves. There are SIS colored citi-
zens. So that out of the total Of
26,473 residents, 25,S5S are native
whites of native parentage, percent
I age of 96.5.
The vast majority of the last
named are descendants of the hardy
conquerers who originated on the
/, shores of the North Sea and who
have carried their influence to every
part of the world.
In the every day life of Ohio coun-
ty this condition of racial purity
means a great deal. 1t promotes un-
derstanding and good fellowship. In
business and soiea contacts these
people know what to expect from
each other.
Generations which have always
known the same traditions, wor-
shipped the same God, played the
same games and sung the same
songs feel a kinship and a closeness
which cannot be developed in any
other way.
Ohio is one of the heaviest coal
producing counties in Western Ken
tuky. 1t employs in this industry
some 1000 men. These men are
drawn almost solely from the native
population. Parenthetically it may
/. be said that the drafts of labor from
farms to mines have created in many
Western Kentucky counties serious
condition of farm labor shortage.
OF this labor, coal operator re"
Gently said: 81 believe that no in
dustry in the country has a higher
grade of worker than we have. TIE
fine qualities of these men make
them ideal workers. They are hon
est and they are intelligent. While
under no circumstances can they be
driven or oppressed, they always
give the best they nave in them
Ohio County
Ohio county is 100 miles south
west of Louisville by railroad. Its
. county seat is the charming. old town
of Hartford. The main line OF the
Illinois Central traverses the coun-
tys southern end, while the l.. & N.
enters All the center of its western
border and leaves the county in the
northeastern part. There also are
found lines of the Illinois Central
and the Henderson Route. The
county is drained by Green river,
which forms goodly portion OF its
southern and western borders, and
by Rough river, which is locked and
damned from Hartford to its mouth.
BY far the county's principal ac-
tiyities are agriculture and coal min
ing. Nearly a million bushels OF
corn is the normal yield and some
thing like 100000 pounds OF to-
bacco. One thousand acres are de-
voted to sorghum. The county has
two cream stations and. sixty-four
tractors. Much progress has recent
ly been made in the cultivation OF
the soy bean and in the development
of the poultry idustry. The county
has an assessed acreage OF sSs,55o
and / .0S4 miles of public roads. The
construction of drainage bitches has
reclaimed thousands Of acres OF the
county's best land. Some oil has
been found In the county and $4,000
barrels have been shipped away, but
the industry yet has not reached
large proportions. Compared with
surrounding counties and With some
which are considered educational
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