The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-17
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
DRYS ARE DOUBTFUL

Tho Record as all readers of these columns
know. has entertained no false hopes concerning
the final outcome of the fight to repeal the loth
Amendment. However, simply because national
prohibition is doomed is no reason why those OF
US who know that grave mistake is beng COM
mitted should retreat from position which con-
science dictates as eternally right. That is why,
although in the final outcome it may make no eS-
sental difference in the national result, we believe
it is thoroughly worthwhile for every citizen OF
North Carolina who is opposed to repeal, to exert
all his energies towards seeing that the full strength
of the drys is recorded in the November election
Such ardent repeal supporters the Asheville
Citizen are advancing specious arguments in which
the theme of the reasoning reaches its in the
query: "What then is the object of the dry CAM
paign in North Carolina. Repeal is already posi-
lively assured. A victory by the drys would be
futile thing in itself. 1t could have no effect on
the verdict of the nation"
In other words, Tar Heel citizens should cast
aside their individual convictions and join the popu-
lar parade!
Too often that seems to be the attitude. How
ever, if The Citizen editor had spent much of
his life voting for minority candidates and defeat
ed issues as this writer he would not feel that it
is so vitality important for one always to be on
the winning side In fact, the greatest personal
satisfaction which has come to many of us, has
been at times when we refused to be swayed by
the tide but stood undismayed on the solid ground
of our own conscientious convictions. That is the
way progress is really registered Minorities make
the fight for right principles and by their unswerv-
ing faith they ultimately win attention and support
and grow to majority strength
IN
is not so much that national prohibition is being
temporarily scrapped, but that its friends have de-
serted its standards. We have no quarrel to pick
with those persons who honestly convinced that
legalized booze is desirable. However, we cannot
but entertain feeling of contempt for men and
women who, knowing in their hearts that the 18th
Amendment should be preserved, do not demon
strate the courage to stand and fight.
There is something wrong when states are given
opportunity for cearcut recording of sentiment
on the liquor issue, and yet less than half many
have voted thus far as cast their ballots in those
states in the general election year ago. In other
words, thus far it has required only about 20 per
cent of those who voted in the 1882 election, to
give the vets majority of all votes cast to date.
If the voting thus far had been unanimous for re-
peal, the vets would scarcely have majority on
the basis of the total ballots cast in these same
states in 1882. If the same rule had been followed
as was laid down when North Carolina school dis
tricts were given Opportunity to supplement the
state school funds with local evies by calling spe-
cal elections national prohibition could never have
been repealed. Yet it was deemed suitable safe
guard of the pocketbooks of the well-to-do to re-
quire vote against the registration when it came
to mere matter of preserving our school stand
ards.-Hickory Record.