The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-07-01

EElD ON Law
[E1lFORCEMENT
H., Laid on Duty Of
Members to Start
/ Cleanup Move
|TIzENS AT LARGE
MIST BE AROUSED

Hp Oh kllf NN~'aNs
- session at the First Bap-
|. ,bprch this morning, and fol
Lr;rs the business session went
Z , conference on the cOndl-
r. If lawlessneSS and law en-
E.smsrt in the county. Rev. !.
Jrstice. moderator. presided
i ,be Rev. W. H. Davis was
H. Of the meeting.
Fp,srious announcement Of the
I,,;rg had been made and invi-
tons 70 attend the conference
I bser extended to city and
,rtv officials and others. Sew
f n iaymeu. including repreSen-
~ 0; the newspapers, were
<ssrt b1, no county or city of
- were present. Judge K. II.
Ion, Of the county recorders
"a sen. a message to the meet
81 stating tina. he was unavold-
ID prevented from being pres
expressing his interest in the
&bblpms under consideration and
kuring Of MS approval of the
trpeses Of the conference.
LANES L. Brown, of Henderson
Ne. was called upon by the mod
htor to open the discussion. Mr..
&cwn read from a morning pape"
sicles detailing how North Caro-
i Young Democrats, in Raleigh
yentiOn. endorsed the legalized
Dor traffic for the State; and,
an article telling about the
] guiding contest conducted by
brewers in Milwaukee. He said
5 Inc church of God can with
Id the evils of the liquor traf'
ari all other evils and lawless,
but the membership of the
fch must first get the right at
ID to these matters. Church
lsrS must start the movement
,eaning up the state anC
D. and they must DO it by see
hat all church members SO
as to give no encouragement
Ena lawleSs and do not partiCi-
Ii / in evil. Mr.. Brown said.
fhe Rev. Broadus E. Jones, pas
Of the First Baptist church,
cu@ed the subject from the
p1onjc standpoint, stating that
Economic conditions of the past
e years have undoubtedly null
Piled crime, The unemployed,
'holt income, and with nothing
employ their time, have been a
rlti1. clasS for the development
bad hbitS and lawlessnesS, Mr..
PIE; ad. He stated his belief
he ministry and the churches
s. return to the fundamentals
isllglon IN a great movement
transformation of the indi-
Wa and Tor reforms in business
0ciety.
Tie Rev. A. V. Reese voiced the
pncnSon that the power of reli-
on working in the lives of church
em'ers and in the world, bring
3 men and women to a knowl-
re Of the Gospel, offers the
transforming force necessary TO
9lnoat the evil in the world and
sSSes
'u'gs FauntlerOy of Saluda, a
:lOef lurlst, now a resident If
- section, spoke briefly on the
ns'aI SUBJECT of conditions of
!. enforcement in this section
/, FAN Of Hendersonville
ra,,; ma; responsibility for in
Ing ,.5 !, taTIessness in this coun-
h. ~. u throughout the state rests
Ir ~ .os allure Of judges, juries,
4 Ia, \, aT enforcement officers
s Saaens. All have fallen short
LIZ enc, nelr duty and some of
II YOU, S.oas classes of citizens
bliSlSely contributed to the
Ia NJ ! Of the lawless classes
spesg.,S in law breaking,
kpr r, ~, but, after all, the
IS u5's Y the responsibility
LEV y \. q citizenship of the
Foy 9eaker quoted Judge
Ind 6ys as saying that
fenderSo.s cent of the people
'bSs eJam ON. saOnty compose the
gen y.sTfot that IS per per cent emit
M Citizen! av abiding and
cent eoni , aat that if the five
e>t 10 p oV1Il Be eliminated this
from J I.ni, be comparatively
ess SP ~ ss declared that re-
"a NJ =; f fne Correctness of the
to o !. Judge Justice, it is evil
dsrserVers that a majority
bidin,'.O WI county people are
"a s,i5 and this majority, the
s, iur;.,, can compel officers,
.dutv ss and attorneys to do
bnest I making it certain that
all w. mort is made to en-
be sr ,as laws. This majority
ndifasoased from its lethargy
FORE fence ! and organized in
lDr rs = lot law enforcement
SCOnt;n,S at law enforcement.
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