The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-16
A TRANSFERRING NEIGHBORS
r. VIEWS

The communication in Fridays IlmeS-
News, signed by Mr.. G. H. Holmes OF
pryon, inaccurate as it is in some partlcu-
lars, is important because it presents the
views of nonresident property owners as
to conditions in Henderson county. 1t $
also a fair sample of the publicity this
county is getting among outsiders:
AS to the views expressed by Mr.
Holmes, in a general way similar views
have most often been voiced to The Times
News by residents and citizens of the
county. The Tryon gentleman, therefore,
has ample local support for his position.
1t is not a fact, however, as Mr.. Holmes
asserts, that no efforts of law enforcement
have been made by county officers against
house-breakers and thieves, and that no
arrests and convictions have been secured.
The records of the county disprove this
statement 1t is fact that efforts IN the
past to curb and eliminate this growing
menace in the county have not been sue
cessful and conditions have been steadily
growing "OISe. L Ills COllltlIIOl 10 o"N 80
much to the, attitude of indifference on the
part of citizens of the county as it is to
failure of officials.
The Times-News believes that official
policy in the county has not been sufficlent-
II vigorous in dealing with this menace
cpurts and juries have failed in meeting
the challenge of the lawless; and a cltI-
zenship that, in large degree, was utterly
obliviouS of the menace Of increasing
lawlesSness, are altogether responsible Tor
bringing about situation which outsiders
and many citizens of the county oelleVe
demands extraordinary action.
The effects of conditions which have
been allowed to develop in this county
have been called to the attention of the
neople from time to time by this news
paper. Our views have been supported by
the discerning few among our citizens
Warnings have gone unheeded The Times
News has been as voice crying in an un-
Inhabited wilderness. Only one citizen not
directly concerned in the results of lawless-
Ness, has spoken in the columns of this
newspaper for law enforcement over d
period of several months.
The people of this county, and of every
other county, get what they permit frorr
lAw-breakers. If 95$per cent of law OBJ
serving citizens of Henderson county arr
perfectly satisfied to allow five per cent
to violate the laws, the five per cent viii
smash all the statutes on the books, anC
murder, steal, rob and otherwise abuse tbs
rights of the 95 per cent, at the pleasure
of the lawless.
Involved in the matter which chiefly
concerns our Tryon neigbor, however, is j..
business policy&as well as the problem Of
law enforcement. The investments, the
property, of non-residents, anI their righ
to protection for their property in thi.
county, are involved. That is where the
interests of non-residents are involved
The interests of citizens of the county ar.
tied up with them in an extensive and i'm
pprtant degree. In a section chiefly d..
voted to the tourist business the matter OF
primary Importance is to deal with the
public in a way that will remove oppor
tanity for just criticism and keep the pa
irons of the tourist section satisfied.
In Henderson county for more than a
hundred years one of the main sources