The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-11-03
1AE MouNTAlNEER.

and West Virginia mountains are re-
garded elsewhere as very picturesque /
class. outside newspapers never ure
Of presenting their ideas of our people
and they nearly always miss the mark
We often have. cause to protest against /
he word pictures drawn In city edl- I
torial rooms, but usually we look up
on these cffusions with amusement,
that those poor slaves are
forced to grind out something every
day to fill the yawning space on the
editorial page We mountaineers must
take our turn IN furnishing texts for
these city fellows. I
The following editorial from the
Courier journal Is Pointed here for the
delcCtatiun of the mountains. The
that. a kentucky mountainoer is par
writer is not wrong in his statement
ticularly severe in his condemnation
Of a man who invites u guest to his
home and shoots him IN the back Are
We to infer that more cultured tand
therefore less picturosQuel sections
look upon this crime more lightly? II
IS true that the real spirit Of hospital
ity lives in the hearts of the native
mounraineers.
Quite Unconventional.
..C,,o,, CrJ,,sL,. If pro,,hitt cuunty.
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,,,,.,I ~, T,,,,'y. Sborjfr Hudson on
E,,:,I--l ,.,i ,f,ar , rou,,rJ NJ
son6 IA ho,.,, ,,r,sr.J nv Govarpo,.
-, H.. ,,.rs+ h. ch,r,,od vim
having violated the unwrlltcn laws Of
hospitality.
The formal charge preferred by the
,rE. Sr,ro. = VA, ,nrrrrrrl win social
.ti,,ro,,, TO ,r, S,,tta {, ,rn,ars that
,l,,,, r,ri,,s,,,. rIu,5 w." Gndsa,
and hat - vl,. y. WINS ,rarrpd Hnt
no I,cl;so,, Tins .,vs.
,rbc crime win vLicb Grirshv il
,nar,o5 .rn,,scd mis- srr,f,r nf tho
sent ua irvirnd Godscv to his
house and sbo, him in the bnck it
10 rn,rrad
Tho onnrp,it,- Of tho crime alleged
yo,,Id ipnrrss md ,rnuse any section
~ or,, Sto,e mn powbere ,vo,,Id =
.r,,rres ftsarr rno., -. ruhIic mind
more deat,I,. ,b,r in Rrro+Ijrt and the
section Of The Stot. in. which Hrratb
II, los
HosnitaIjtv remains a daen- saated
virtua and graceful and gracious
crstou In tho Ler,ucLv mountains
II has not he,ome decodent and for
mai as II has in MANY communities
sunnIied more abundantIv win the
means ~ nrovfdinp lavishIv for gues.s
In many instances the bosnito'itv ~
the poIite world is a fair but intensely
Nhnsi,ess-Ijl,a exch,npa batwnen bosrs
and disnIav NJ silver and 'cut- 90
ind other pIitterfny nrorIainers az
material welfare mite ovarwhcImfnp
| m tho occasional yrast who ,s ur,,arJ
70 snIendor II not actually designrd IN
wheIm rho entire ronnanv
| In tho maintain hosnitaItv ,ra,c
remains something Of tho snirit NJ tho
! legendary Irish chief who fnvitad Tho
/ tIire "a dive vim hin, mo, tho ,,.or,.
! thar the kim Inng unnn tho bu,i
was b,,Dgrv and whose lof,y ,o,,nnr.a
/ IN tJis rjqbross PRAY. maj. M s,,,.,.
| ioI prcnora,ions bac,usc the KIM
( diras Win v,,,.., ,,-,s.. .yl-b,, sbr,,1d -
! E,ood which .ps,olrs mo avar, d,v
! u,i,r r,t sirl,, , Kin, nrce IN , Itfo-
/ riroa n he ha b,,,rrv and ~ h.. h.
more concerned 1bout hove he d,pas
han oho,,, vim ,,-or, no H. nis
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nrida in bis Ia,cbs,rirs, b,r,,f,s, mn,
and a bear,,. vr.lcor,. fnr ,,n W. ~