French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-08
MORAL SUPPORT GREATER
THAN FINANCIAL AID.

The thing a newspaper desires
sometimes more than money is shown
in the following editorial from the
Mountaineer of Newland, which was
established Ii weeks ago by F. A. Carr.
There j sa good moral for the ordinary
newspaper reader in this story:
Pull TOgbether.
1t is time the people and the editor
should understand each other and
either pull together for better things
or keep quiet together and let things
go. to the devil as fast as they can
and as far as the editor is concerned
he is anxious that the people VINO are
really interested in improvement
should come out from under cover,
get together and pull together. The
MOuntaineer has set the pace and
started the ball rolling and now it is
your W.
We were informed last week by
one of the owners of the gambling
machines in town that they had been
laid away because of information CIV
en- by the solicitor hat they yer
gambling machines and a violation Of
the law and hat their continued use
would result in prosecution. We have
evidence that both have been in OPP
Grafton since court adjourned. We
are told that the editor is the only
man in the county who objects to these
machines running.
The editor located at Newland be-
cause he likes the people and the
country. He was told on every hand
that the people wanted to live accord
ing to law, that they wanted to sup
press lawlessness and that a newspa-
pc rcould help and the help would be
welcomed.
The Mountaineer's effort have been
commended by a great many people
privately to the editor, but so far we
have failed to see anyone come out
in the open and back the editors
efforts.
The editor is not the giving up
kind. He has started in to go All the
way, but if he is forcing his ideas and
wishes on the people Of the county
and none of these people want what
he wants. then he is a mighty selfish
man and the sooner he and the Noun
taineer leaves Newland and Avery
County the better it will be. He is
tired of having people call him off to
one side where no one will hear and
say in effect "Sic 'em, Tige, I'm for
you! If the people of Avery County
want the improvements the editor
wants, if they want the enforcement
of the law and better moral condt-
tions, it is their move, their time TO
come out in the open before the people
and say so.
1t is not a question of money. We
are making that in a satisfactory
amount. 1t is a question of the open
moral support of the people.
The Mountaineer and it's editor are
both wanted elsewher, where the peo-
pie understand our aims and our posi-
ton and are willing to work openly
with us for things that are in the line
of public improvement. If there are
any people in Avery County VINO r
willing to put their shoulders to the
wheel and help for better things it is
time for them to say SO.
The columns of the Mountaineer
are open to unreasonable extent as
far, in fact, as our force can set up
the type. for, articles from those who
oppose him. 1t is the peoples paper.
To those who have been asking us to
do CERTAIN things, however, the time
has come to you to ask it openly in
print over your own signature.
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