{"id":15886,"date":"2014-10-26T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=15886"},"modified":"2018-11-25T23:40:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T04:40:37","slug":"in-old-kentucky-stories-of-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15886","title":{"rendered":"LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK In Old Kentucky: Stories of the Mountains &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Pine Mountain Settlement School<br \/>\nSeries 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes<\/h5>\n<h2><strong>LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK In Old Kentucky &#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In Old Kentucky: Stories of the Mountains and Anecdotes of the State,&#8221;<\/strong> <em>Lexington Herald<\/em>, \u00a0June 6, 1920<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0[1920]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Governor Edwin P. Morrow describes mountains where he was born ; &#8220;native vein of religion&#8221; ; &#8220;primitive virtues&#8221; ; &#8220;pride in his elementals&#8221; ; &#8220;ignorant of letters and the softening of civilization&#8221; ; mountaineer is honest ; Lihu Bruce ; Laurel Fork of the Cumberland ; Molly Bruce ; foodways ; mountain hospitality ; Jellico Mountain ; Amos Skidmore ; personal debt ; grand juries ; Piney Grove church maples ; Stephen Decatur ; patriotism ; Breathitt County ; McCreary County lead nation in per capita subscription ot Liberty bonds ; Poncho Villa ; letter from Silas Sullivan living in Denmark, Kentucky ; moonshine stills in Kentucky mountains ; infringement on liberties ; still house is the mountaineer&#8217;s club ; Hump Davids banjo player ; Bill Sisemore [Sizemore] and fox hounds ; \u00a0&#8220;take no &#8216;underholds&#8217; in your dealings ..&#8221; with mountain men ; feud stories ; Lige Parsons ; \u00a0Possom Trot, Kentucky ;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15886 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15887'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_025-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15887\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15887'>\n\t\t\t\tIn Old Kentucky: Stories of the Mountains and Anecdotes of the State. Lexington Herald, June 6, 1920.  Page 25a\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15888'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/local_hist_album_025a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15888\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15888'>\n\t\t\t\tIn Old Kentucky: Stories of the Mountains and Anecdotes of the State. Lexington Herald, June 6, 1920.  Page 25b\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>TRANSCRIPTION [pending]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Edwin p. Morrow of Kentucky the other day told the St.<br \/>\nLouis Post-Dispatch about the people of the mountain district\u00a0in<br \/>\nwhich he was born and reared and still lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Physically,&#8221; the &#8220;Governor began, &#8220;the mountaineer is raw-boned; muscular, limbed.\u00a0 He has a deep native vein of religion and the greatest<br \/>\ndebates to this day in the mountains are debates on religious themes that<br \/>\nour present-day pastors out in the world think they settled a century ago. The Mountaineer has the pride of primitive virtues still clean and unsullied, pride in his elementals, and his elementals are excelled by no race or, clan or class or creed anywhere in this world. The mountaineer may-be ignorant and the mountaineer usually is ignorant of letters and the softening. of civilization, but he is<br \/>\n&#8220;Is honesty la, \u2022are virtue? The\u00a0mountaineer is honest.<\/p>\n<p>Once on a saddle-journey through the mountains, as night approach\u00e9d, I came to the Cabin, the \u2022 single roomed log cabin of. &#8220;Bruce on the Laurel ForK of the Cumberland. &#8211; Molly Bruce; about 73 years old, came out at<br \/>\nmy. hello and wanted to put-up&#8217; my horse. Not being permitted to serve<br \/>\nme to that extent; she began the immediate preparation of meats, corn pone and shuck beans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just as I was finishing, in came &#8216;Lihu, who had been &#8216; across Jellico<br \/>\nMountain to the co\u00fcnty &#8216;seat, and gave me a simple salutation. After supper<br \/>\n&#8216;Lihu, Molly and I gathered about the open log fire in silence. I could see<br \/>\nthat something was troubling &#8216;Lihu and that he and Molly wanted to talk\u00a0and that he and MO<br \/>\nSo I asked for my bed. Mountaineer homes usually contain beds in three<br \/>\ncorners and a dresser in the fourth. I went to my corner. &#8220;It was only 8 0&#8217;clock and could not fall asleep, but, after a time, Lihti and Molly thought) I had, and &#8216;Lihu began : &#8220;Molly, you &#8216;Elember last summer Amos Skidmore come over a-wantin&#8217; me to go security that note for $300 \u2022yes,&#8217; Molly answered him, \u2022an&#8217; r, told you not to do it.&#8217; &#8221; &#8216;I know you did, Molly,&#8217; &#8220;Lihu re-<br \/>\nplied, &#8216;but he were a neighbor boy and I signed. Now he&#8217;s gone and he<br \/>\nain&#8217;t paid it and they brung suit again me. I went to t6wn Ytoday to<br \/>\nsee &#8216;the lawyer, and he tol&#8217; me \u00e9to let &#8211; &#8217;em git&#8217; judgment,<br \/>\nthat- they couldn&#8217;t take nuthin&#8217; we had, that the -Cee \u2022<br \/>\nbeasts and the homestead and they can&#8217;t Ridin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>ON P GEO stXJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pine Mountain Settlement School Series 27: Scrapbooks, Albums, Gathered Notes LOCAL HISTORY SCRAPBOOK In Old Kentucky &#8230; &#8220;In Old Kentucky: Stories of the Mountains and Anecdotes of the State,&#8221; Lexington Herald, \u00a0June 6, 1920\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0[1920] Governor Edwin P. 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