Show IN BLOODY KENTUCKY Y the hargis decision throws a peculiar light upon the state ot of kentucky says the bee bed the defendant belv his own father in cold blood nobody entertains the slightest doubt of lils his guilt yet of the jury nine stood tor for acquittal and three tor for conviction vic vc diction tion why because should a jury have convicted hargis tile the twelve would have stood an excellent chance of assassination sassi F nation the people of kentucky are sharply divided the state has sent to congress more statesmen men than any other commonwealth in the union it has produced leading orators and jurist of every generation since ing tons and its culture and hospitality have made its name known throughout the confines of civilization alongside this advanced state flourishes a savagery for which the bla blacks C ks of the congo would blush there are counties in kentucky in which practical anarchy 4 has existed cirice cince it became a state the night riding movement is only ono one of a long series of popular uprisings in which the law was the only topic never under discussion cus sion rion time alone alo ae it would seem can calve the problem the jester believes the kentuckian is a drunkard as a matter of fact the state Is practically prohibition the character of its women is exalted and the relations of the sexes are ideal but for easily traceable causes there lives out outside ide the larger cities a spirit that brooks no opposition and that leads now an individual now an entire community comm unit y into exco excesses ares at which the world I 1 stands aghast |