The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-02-17
THE BuNcoMBE srocK LAW.

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The Boards of Commissioners ant
Justices of the comfy have me-
heard and decided the questions in.
volyed in the Buneombe Stock law
According to their decision, all the
county save Black Mountain and
| Ayery's Creek townships and tn,
South kHominy section of Upper
Hominy township is embraced with,
in the Stock or No-Fence law, anc
the law will be enforced within thu
territory named, and'is now in full
force and effect. The settlement O
the territory is not altogether salts.
factory to some sections, we regret
to know; but we hope our people
throughout the county will lay aside
all preiudices. look upon the mat
ter upon its real merits, and give
the law fair trial. IF an honest
effort is made to get all the good
the law can give out of it, and 1by
.ueighb bqEl i CO operation strip ih1ot
all thu hardships II mig ss
eild then should it be discoaered to
besunsuited and ,hurtful to our Sec
ton, there would be no trouble to
secure its alteration or repeal. If
the law is as good as so very many
believe, and honestly believe. and as
all who have tried it testify, then as
an intelligent, progressive people,
our citizens should be willing to give
it a fair, unprejudiced trial; and
the incidental expense now incur-
red to test the experiment may be
money well spent. Our people spend
money and labor more OF less every
year on experiments to better their
condition, to slighten expenses and
increase returns of their labor and
effort.
This fence law as an experiment
in this section, is well worthy the
earnest consideration and trial of
our people. 1t has greatly bene-
fitted every section trying it, and,
for the life of us, we can not see
why, on general principles, it will
not benefit our people; and if it
proves benefit we cannot believe
they, Or any large number Of them,
simply from prejudices sug-
gested by other matters not connec-
ted directly with the merits of the
question will Disregard and reject it.
1t is matter solely which appeals
to the best business judg-
ment and interests of all of our peo-
pie, and we sincerely trust all may
as sincerely endeavor- to try and
judge it. Suppose physician
were to meet man and say to him,
s'you are not doing as well as you
ought. and unless you take some
medicine you cannot survive long,
and recommend so and SO; and
the man concludes Il am still liv-
ing, as have lived, and will not
take the medicine ;" in a short time
he grows worse, and finally APP
proaches his end, and death or loEg
life of severe suffering IS before him /;
would he ard his friends not feel
that the failure to give the advice of
the physician a fair trial had brought
about the trouble and dangers which
threaten him? If a man were to
suggest to farmer, plant a crop
of so-and-so, and it will pay YOU"
~ ell. SAYS the farmer, Il have
never tried it, but it may be worth
the experiment: Ifit will pay l
ought Il, have it; and l can only de-
eide this by fair trial. | will try
it. Should he find after fair trial,
that it does pay he will stick to it;
if not profitabie, he will discontinue
it. Just so with the fence law. Give
it fair trial, just as YOU would give
any other matter affecting your per-
sonal interests; and if it proves sat-
isfactory. all well; if not. thenlet it
be repealed. Like all other crops
or experiments, this matter cannot
be decided in a day or in a month
or year; but requires some time.
Give it fair trial, and then decide
upon its merits.