French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-31
TWO DOORS OF HOPE; GIVING
CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY,

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NJ Ia ats wisdom to submit to the peO-
Rle OF ire State two Constitutional
dnfenoFaents The first amenduoent,
will secure to every ch1id in he STATE;
~ opportunity to attend public scHeof
sax T0Slti8s in the ear This Asses
Ine opportunity o fthe child Tor edit
odtio1-3ust hfIy per cent: 1t is haFG
- 'n94feVe that any mar in the Stare
wou4u BE willing to deny to little. ehhl
urea TINS larger opportunity TO deEal-
op All the faculties with which 4fhs
CREATOR has endowed them. !
A Ghance for Every Man te OWn-His
Own Home
Lac second amendment provides
bFat notes land MORTGAGES given IL
good faith for the purchase price OF a
nome, when said purchase price does
not exceed three Thousand dollars.
ano1 said notes and m0utgAgesGraIn for
at least i've yaars and dc not carry a
rate OF interest exceeding 5A&per cent,
snail be free from taxation.
h manifest purpose of this amend
ment is 10 enable a pa9K man to Dor
row money at a Low rate of interest,
n on long time, with which to buy
a nome Tbs adoption af his amend
ment will enable every honest, indus
trlOHS II RG0mmicR ucitssEn to be-
come q home owner.
n amendment is in line with In
augufS1 Address of Governpr Beckett.
in which he said, 81 shall. neither resi-.
nor permit the State to rest, until eE-
cry h@neA, Industrious, andffrugal man
VINO Illls the soil las a derent chance
to own it"
The amendmenttapplies TO the hnnnc
In the country, or the home in town.
If Ta oIuSO1Ir%m1 y
acter, and h been endorsed by the
North Carolina Press Association. 10y
the Farmers Convention and by q
host of men who have devoted study
et0 this prDHem.
! Just as the SchHOl amendment opens
"a SdhN6lhGTse tbG oeVevy child this
amendment opens a hnHne to every
imam.
Charity and i1lildren."' is a news
paper daVEEed ,te the aIEpIift OF the
home and to the welfare of the chile,
sand in the issue of July Is, 1913, is
the following editTial upon this
homestead amendment:
~ThR purpose Rf this amendment lis
ito enable the small farmer or labor
ing man to borrow money for the puT-
of a hone- Under the present
I7aw money lenders do not care to lOaE'
heir money on real estate BECAUSE
the EE1R off taRd1anGomHN1es and mart
cages is SO high as to reduce the rate
.Of interest, to three or. foul pei cHnt,
but with THE rRtifcatimm this aMRnG
s-nent the interest on the loan Will be:
exempt from taxation and lenders viii
he glad to furnish prospective buyers
AL the money they need. The man
1Xho owns his home is a better citizen
than the man who rents He is mesrc
and progressive IN peace anG
more courageous and patriotic in war.
Beckett, in. his Inaugural Al
used these words which are
!Weigby end wise
+. The h~Omesteader is the most
conservative and at the same time
the most militant force in our civ
ilizatian. He Is a lover of peace,
a pioneer in progress, bit a very
demon in battle, when danger
threatens the land he loves. The
small farm owned by the man
who tiIIs it is TIE best plant-bed
in the world in which TO grow q
pctriot. Such a condition brings
wealth to the soil and health to
the souls Of men. Every consider
alton of progress and safety urges
us to employ all wise and just |
measures tO get sur LANDS into |
the hands of the many, ans fore
stall that most destructive Of ali
monopoIies-the monopoly Df the
soil
every man who WIS his " home
to the strength Of the State. one
of the greatest perils that confront us
is the tendency in many sections LOT
landowners TO desert their cnuntrJ
homes and more to town, and leave
their lands in the hands OF tenants.
we have heard much Ofiate OF tfe ne