Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-03-05


der since few thing outside the im'
mediate family gain uoh direct &C.
cess to a human beings heart as
lousy, neay. mangys WORTHLESS Sheep
kiIng, egg-sucking dog. The politi
clan a tinker with the tariff and re.
wise the currency laws and enact ru'
raj credit legislation, but when hs
tackles the law which ~prescribes ths
liberties of a dog he tTeads on ex-
tremely t~reacherous ground
We are glad that Judge Ewart has
r5-opened this subject for the reason
that it is high time to agitate the mat
ter in Henderson county. It is
question in which the people are vi
tally interested.
We need a better law than the
present one and while large portion
Of the people desire it, 1t is doubtful
if the county as a whole is prepared
to receive it. Sentiment has to ma
ture on this subject as was necessary
with the good roads question. Only
a few years ago it would have seem
ed unreasonably radical for a man
with an eye open to the future to
have agitated a Henderson county
road law similar to the one in opera
ton, but slowly the people were edu-
Gated to the needs of better roads, and
now a man opposed to road improve
mont would be considered almost q fit
subject for the State asylum at Nor
canton.
With the present dog law the farm
ers will not be inclined to encourage
sheep. raising, but since it is possible
for this t. become one of the profta-
Ele industries of Henderson county IL
is highly necessary that the people
become more enlightened on this Ques-
ton as rapidly as possible.
Sheep are needed on every farm.
They are needed to use things which
ether animals will not consume. They
fill in between other animals like peas
in a barrel. They are profitable. A
certain number of sheep can be kept
without materially decreasing the sup
ply of feed for the other stock.
1t is a well established fact that
sheep-raising cannot be successfully
conducted where dogs are allowed to
roam, therefore the people are face to
face with the issue as to how to dis
courage dog culture and encourage
sheep raising. The question is vital,
for there is a sentiment, yea a devo-
ton for the fawning, cringing, worth
less dog. This love for the dog is in
nate in mankind. 1t is in every strata
Of society, from the wealthy city ma
tron that coddles her poodle, to the
mountaineer who sits on frosty nights
In the doorsof his cabin, entranced,
listening to the music of his hounds
as they turn the mountain crags in
hot pursuit of the fox. 1t is a senti-
ment inherited from the ages when
the dog cheered, the dark caves IN
which our ancestors lived, amused the
family feas while the people slept
barked at the approach of danger and
thereby worked himself into the fiber
Of the human heart.
If a sufficiently heavy tai on the
present generation of dogs will NOT
solve the problem the solution lies in
the fact that man only loves his own
dog; he does not love those yet UNI
bern. The idea is-reSpect the love
and affection which people have for
the present generation of dogs and al
low these friends of the family to
grow old and die in peace; but shut
CT the everlasting supply of new
dogs which take their places. Make
the tax so high that there would be a
good excuse for the next dog that
sees the light of day.
In i've years most of the dogs now
living will have lost their teeth and
their ambition. In ten years the pres
emf generation will have vanished
Then the mutton problem will be ar
easier one.
We invite the people to let us havs
their written views on this important
question.