Show old time kentucky Hen tucky 1 feuds buds an unmerited atmosphere of 0 romance has I 1 been e en thrown about feudi feuds by fanciful writers the plain truth is that they were n remarkable only for brutality most 0 of the killing was done from ambush all sorts of treachery were practiced open fig fights lits rarely occurred unless one side had big odds and the other get away human fluman life simply bad no noi value alue and there titer were hundred hundreds of inen men in the mountains ready to accept employment as retainers tor for any man who was able to pay them for committing murder and to put up tip money to protect them afterward recently in it trial of a murder case brought brough tto gotlie the federal court from that legion region to this c city ty a mountaineer stated on the wit ness item stand that a man mail had bad offered him mu asu to kill an tin enemy for him the witness wi tiler haggled over 01 er the price the proposed t vic it ahn was an important character lin lie said ami and he be thought the jot ought to be worth sm A but the old condition cond it ions sare are fast ast pissing passing away in the mountains the light of chiv Is t leaving fewer dark corner corners for lurking feuds railroads run through tigh bell breathitt and rowan counties the mineral land syndicate has invaded eve aery Z I 1 mountain nook thero there are nev newspaper sp apers sit in II arlan and three of ta n in hell bell the sale of whiskey Is forbidden by vote te of the tile people themselves in mot most of the counties where feuds raged tho the law Is I 1 more respected breathitt and rom glowan are especially peaceable and the tile embers ill 0 of f the tile feud are dying d ing elsewhere the tr trade ade of murder unprofitable since the chance s of bein called to account have so multi 1 plied piled I 1 mountain rows that would be gh given en little attention if occurring elsewhere elbea here arestile ar are still estill written up in laming flaming style as feuds but in truth the day of the genuine kentucky feud is gone there are put outlaws law and mur derous quarrels but there is little pros prospect pe c t of any more long sustained feuds C cor 0 r st louis globe democrat |