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Show WAR ENDED KENTUCKY FEUDS Youths and Mountaineer Parents Who Were Estranged, Brought Together Togeth-er at County Reunion. The war has brought peace to the embattled mountaineers of the famous feudist counties of Garrard and Lincoln Lin-coln in Kentucky. For more than a generation these neighboring but not neighborly counties were estranged the inhabitants of one being sworn enemies en-emies of the natives of the other and many were the brushes between them, which, though not bloodless altogether, altogeth-er, happily produced no fatalities. Then came the war and the youth of Garrard and Lincoln counties marched off together. They went overseas together and fought the Roche together, sharing together the dangers, discomforts and great moments mo-ments of battle. The sea stood between be-tween them and the old quarrel at home. Little by little the ancient grudge faded away until the boys from Lincoln and the boys from Garrard were actually fraternizing in the rest billets back of the line. They came home together. For the moment they had had enough fighting. They could see no point in keeping alive the traditional quarrel between their respective counties. So, recently recent-ly officers of the American Legion posts of Stanford, county seat of Lincoln Lin-coln county and Lancaster, county seat of Garrard county, got together and agreed upon a grand reunion and "peace" celebration of the residents of both counties. The affair was held under the auspices of the Legion and old feudists whose sons shared the same shell hole together in France, shook hands for the first time in their lives and called it quits. |