The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-07-07
Big Sandy Against the World!

| Pardon us for letting out this ia
miliar local whoop in connection with
q semi personal matter, but II seems to
ht the occasion so well that we can
not keep II back.
| The Big Sandy News has again won
| first prize In a contest put on by the
Kentucky Press Association TO de-
termine which is the best local news
paper in Kentucky. .".EH
The annual meeting OF the State
Press Association was held at Crab
Orchard Springs last Thursday. Friday
and Saturday. The award was made
on Friday by Prof. NJ. V. Atwood, OF
Cornell University, New York. who is
a trained newspaper man. He was Sc
lected as Judge OF the contest, being an
outsider and stranger to all Kentuc-
ky newspaper men. .:.- r:
The contest for this year was pro-
posed at the mid winter meeting of
the Kentucky Press Association held
at Lexington during the last week OF
December, 1921, by Prof. Enoch Gre
han OF the Department OF Journalism
University OF Kentucky He person
ally offered cash prizes of $35 to the
$40 to the paper rated third The AS
sociation appointed a committee to
work out the details OF the contest and
the points and percentages under
which the grading should be done. All
newspapers in the State were given a
copy of the plan. II was announced
that early In June an issue of some
week in April or May would be called
for, No newspaper would have any
idea as TO what week would be chos-
en-. ..s. 49, 49,. -...... .. .. .
When the call came on June il was
for three issues, April 2ist and 2Sth.
and May 18th. These copies were sent
to Prof. Atwood, who worked out the
matter before the Association met on
June 29th The copies OF the contest
ing papers were on exhibit at the As
sociation. .... ....~.. .
The rules laid down by the Press
Association provided scoring by points
for the various features making up
the papers. In his report Prof. At
wood says.
After had completed the judging
on the point basis, then went over
the papers in a somewhat different
way. and IL pleased me to see that IL
made no difference in the ranking OF
the prize winners"
The Anderson News, Keen johnson
editor, won the second prize, and the
Oldham Era was awarded third prize
The latter paper is edited by Mr.. Daw-
SON president of the Press Associa-
ton this year.
Naturally, the office force of the Big
Sandy News, those who labor day af-
ter day, week in and week out. TO make
and keep this paper good enough to
stand at the head OF the list in Ken
lucky, find considerable qualification
in winning the first prize again. The
honor has an added value when be-
slowed as the judgment of a man of
Prof. Atwood's attainments.
A goodly share of the honor is due
our large and faithful STAFF of cores
pondents, and We take pleasure in ac-
knowledging this fact just here.
And we want Louisa and Lawrence
county, and the Big Sandy Valley to
feel that this victory is theirs also.
A newspaper is not strictly a private
enterprise; it is emi-public institu-
ton, or should be. Every community
that is to progress must have the SER
vice that only good newspaper can
give. Therefore the success or fail
ure of newspaper is matter of i'm
portance to the entire public within
the limits of its field OF labor.
There was day, not very far dis
tant tand perhaps not yet entirely OBJ
literated) when the mountains of Ken
lucky We're lightly regarded by other
parts Of the State. If the Big Sandy
News, established and continuously
published by natives, has helped some
what TO correct those erroneous ideas
and bring about greater degree of
respect for the mountain people, we
have our reward
This paper has held first prize since
1912. The award this year was made