The Lexington advertiser., 1933-12-07
NEWS-VIEWS
BY RAfFoRD KILLEBREW

Forest fires have been raging in var
ious parts of the state during the last
two or three weeks. These fires have
caused considerable damage to property
| besides the destruction of millions OF
young trees. Many Of these fires are
caused by rabbit hunters who burn the
grass and shoot the rabbits as they es-
cape from the flames. These hunters
do not care for the rabbits and seldom
eat them but they do this for the sport.
Many of these fires are started by care
lessness about camps and destruction
of used matches. We are inclined to
ignore the Importance of burning old
fields and woodland. But it is fact
that burned over land does not furnish
the abundance of grass that is found on
land not burned over. The time will
eventually come when people will hate
forest fires like a dog hates hickory
limb.
Pennsylvania recently declared an
open season for killing female deer. 1t
is reported that Pennsylvania has more
deer than could be found when William
Penn founded his colony of Quakers.
Pennsylvania does not have any more
difference Is that the people have long
since learned the Importance of preserv-
ing female deer, the only source of deer
propagation, while Mississippians take
delight in killing the females. Holmes
county has nearly twenty thousand acres
Of thick swamp land that could be
regular haven for hundreds of deer.
These deer are not found in this vast
swampy forest simply because people
who are supposed to know better take
delight in killing everything that looks
like a deer regardless of sex or age.
The national government would furnish
US deer free of charge from its great
national forests, but what good would
it do? If an individual or a group of
individuals should take it upon them
selves to secure these deer and turn
them loose in this great forest, chances
are that the deer would be killed inn
mediately. What encouragement is there
to take interest in trying to replenish
our wild life with this kind of COOP
Grafton?
ooiI Hao peeH LIEU III DeHdlI OF Ter
aldine Arnold for the fifteen thousand
dollars reward offered for the capture
of Machine Gun Kelly. The suit was
filed by an Oklahoma City lawyer, rep
resenting two Dallas lawyers. The law
yers had no part in the capture of
Kelly but they will capture the reward
if there is any. The part that Geral-
dine gets will perhaps enable her to
continue her career as a hitch-hiker
Those who offered the reward have
claimed that no reward will be paid
since Kelly was captured by officers
who knew where Kelly could be found.
This is just case of group wanting
to get some publicity and they got it
by offering reward for Kelly. After
his capture, due to little Geraldine
Arnold furnishing the desired informa-
tion of his whereabouts, the offerers of
the reward refused to pay, with the
trumped-up excuse.
Ex-President Hoover was rather caus-
tic in his criticism of Governor Rolph
of California for the stand the governor
took when the two kidnapers and mur-
derers of young Brooks Hart were lynch
ed. The governor answered by calling
the attention of Hoover to the time
that the ex-service men were driven out
OF Washington by soldiers. Perhaps
Hoover did not like this and he will
keep his meddlesome nose out of other
peoples business. Governor Rolph might
have called Hoover's attention to the
career of graft, selling of worthless Sc
curities, thousands of bank failures, and
wholesale stealing from the government
while Hoover was president. Nothing
that Hoover might say will hurt anyone,
About one of the best ways for an Off
Ger to know that he is right is to do
what Hoover says not to do.
Judge Lowell of Massachusetts,, the
judge who denies the right of reouisi-
tion in returning negro to Virginia
where he had ben indicted for mudering
two white women, is dead. In render
ing his decision Judge Lowell claimed
that the U. S. Supreme Court would not
uphold the requisition because there
were no negroes on the grand jury that
returned the indictment. The U. S. Su-
preme Court did uphold the requisition
later and Southern members of Congress-
brought impeachment proce e d n
against the judge. 1t is unfortunate
that some men in both the North and
South will not let dogs stay buried. Both
the Northern and Southern soldiers
fought for what they thought was right.
These old men now meet and talk over
the memories of Civil War as friends,
and why should younger men still try
to revive hatred that does not exist
Even though some will hate to admit
it we are all American citizens.
Whether you like it or not YOU will
at least hear of the legal sale of whiskey
in this country within the next few days.
A majority of those who voted for re-
pealing the 18th amendment did so
thinking that the liquor traffic would
be handled in an intelligent way. 1t is
proposed that the national povarpmon+