The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-26
SUNDAY LAWS

"No Sunday law means in little while no Sum-
day for the masses; Sunday means no religion
for the masses; no religion means no morals for
the masses; no morals means no competency or
stability in the masses; no competency stability
in the masses means no Democracy in short time;
and no Democracy means dictator pretty SOON
so asserted DR.. Charles NJ Boyd in a sermon yes
terday morning at Westminster Presbyterian church
on "Blue Laws and Democracy"
A portion of Dr. Boyd's sermon about Sunday
laws follows:
Democracy is rule by the people in that they
make their own laws and elect their own officers
Democracy is opposed to kings, which does not
make much difference now. Halle Selassie is gone.
Democracy is opposed to dictators, which makes a
great difference now Mussolinl is still here.
Hold some facts in mind about Democracies,
One is that in Democraces, the majority controls.
Another is that certain socaled CELEBRITIES" have to
be surrendered To run the red lights, or to pa
rade down the street hilariously drunk, to keep
goats or pigs in the parlor or in the back yard if
you live in the city, are some liberties that have
to be surrendered in a Democracy.
"To send ones children to school with the itch or
without their having been vaccinated against small
pox are some more liberties that have to be sur
rendered, even though to be vaccinated be against
some folks religion, as it has been here in Char
lotte. And likewise one has to surrender his lib
erty' to commercialize the Sabbath day in a De-
mocracy sometimes, even though that be against
ones lack of religion.
"But Democracy has ever had to fight for her
existence. We fought the to make the world
safe for Democracy. The Gar and the Kaiser were
dethroned, but Hitler and Mussolini enthroned.
What is more most writer's you read in our news
papers declare that we are in fight to the finish
over the ideal of government and not few see a
very definite trend away from the Democracy of
the America of the fathers
Joseph Cook is reported to have said that Eng
land, Scotland, Switzerland and America best OBJ
serve the Sabbath laws and the only countries
that have Democracy worth the name.
"Let the open Sunday advocate explain if he
can. 1 doubt if he can. doubt if he will But
there is an explanation. Stable government must
have stable rulers. Stable rulers must have intel
ligence and morals. Intelligence and morals must
have time off from work for development. More
over morals must have religion as a background.
Religion must have time for worship, social wor-
ship. Social worship must have common day.
"a day. common Sunday if you please, must be
provided by the State, with greed ever grinding
humanity into dollars, there will not long be day.
With the day gone the masses will soon be at work.
| they will not long be intelligent nor moral, there
will not long be Democracy.
1--WE would better keep our Sunday?-Charlotte
Observer.
No man can cheat you as badly as you can cheat
yourself. s<:-
Would highways seem lonely if all fool drivers
were kept off them? Az
| Henry Ford said "history is the bunk?" How
would he describe campaign speeches?
| Income tax laws fundamentally wrong when
written with the idea that any business will show
a profit every year.
Any man who studies his expenditures will reach
] the conclusion that he must reduce them in
crease his income. ..t ~....
| Young man, which do you think more important
ito own home or car? Your future can be
gagged by your answer to that question.