French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-24
HENDERSON COUNTY, HER PEO-
FILE AND @JUST WHERE WE ARE.a
(By Thos. ]. Rickman.)

Editor Hustler:
There may be some readers and
doubtless there are, who are not and
cannot be interested in the has beens'
and the "~are-to-be's" of Henderson
county and we hardly expect every
body to be Interested in all the things
we are saying. If we want to con
vert people to our way of thinking, it
would be unreasonable for us to ex-
pect the feat to be accomplished in
one day. or even one year.
Remember kind Henderson county
reader nobody is trying to convert
you to any particular doctrine, or any
way of thinking, unless it be to aid
and encourage you to do a lot of good
and shine just where you are" 1t is
quite possible for any and all of us,
in these days, to learn things we do
not already know, while under the
Christian formulas, recently given us,
by the reviValists. New heights we're
gaining every day-Lord plant our
feet on higher ground"
Referring to the recent proposition,
for more abundant water supply for
the beautiful HendersonvilIe and
bringing the same in pipes from the
waters of Big Greek, this writer fears
the distance is too great. Instead d.
the II or Is miles DISTANCE suggested,
at least ten miles should be added, and
taken into the expense calculation, for
WE now have vivid ~recoIIections, of
horseback rides, taken in early life,
over a large part of this identical pipe
line route, should the same come from
Big Greek. To Justify and meet the
expense of such a line, from this dis
lance, would call for a town of least
thirty thousand Inhabitants. :.
What about increasing the existing
plant and supply. by a line from the
head waters of Finley Mill Creeks it
not practicable to get the head waters
that Greek into the present reservoir,
or to connect with the existing water
mSin?
In dealing with such questions, we
are not all SO visioned as to see things
alike, for what one man reads as
black, another man will read as white,
and where one says can" another
says, cant" The thing to always
keep in mnid in such matters, is the old
English law adage, Let the other side
be heard" let all sides be heard, let
all be heard, for who 'hears but one
OSAAS AOoAS Du( OAO SOuAAuR ouu III
public matters, we always owe as
much to n mind, as to another.
When the Creator evolved this earth.
"a one of the orbits in the solar sys-
tenn, and in the developments of the
surface, while ages have gone by, He
certainly was kind and good to the
Blue Ridge section of North Carolina
and especially to the Henderson coun-
ty part of this up-country region. It
follows therefore, that we who have
been blessed by having our lots cast
in so lovely a land, should do our part
Eobly.
These mountain springs and streams
are ours, and or our use and benefit,
not only now, but for the peoples who
come after us;-therefore when they
are needed, in the beautiful City of
Hendersonville, let us go after them,
IL the legal and equitable channels
provided by law and for the expense
and unremitting toll, all will be amply
repaid.
We hear the slogan, that air, water,
fire, Light, ETC., are free, fol all alike,
and SO they are, but we must let the
light in at our windows, we must
bring water to ourselves, we must fur
nish fuel in order to have fire, we
can Light our houses and the streets
of our cities.
AS has been often said, God helps
the man who helps himself, and every
nan who prays must make himself the
chief agency for the answer to his own
prayers. This is said in r%everent
spirit and the most devout reader,
after measuring himself up on the sub
ject, will take no issue with us. If
more water, for Hendersonville, pipes
are needed, gentlemen, go after it and
bring it, the water is there for you,
and the facilities for bring it have
been provided.
This year 1916, comes to excite us
with State and National elections and
if the country fails to go republican,
we are lost, and if it fails to go dem
o~cratic, we are gone to the bow-wows,
| but this writer serves notice now, that
neither Jeffersonian principles, or
H~amiltonian doctrines prevail, he is
In the swim and go for either veal
OF woe. More anon.