The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-01-02
The Metropolitan Pollce.

The Legislature has passed the metro
politan police bill and It has become law.
. It Is now within the power and discre-
tion Of three men to take charge of the
police of any incorporated town or city in
this State II in their opinion such town
authorities are not enforcing the laws OF
the State; meaning Of course the dispen-
gary law; and to appoint the police OF such
town and fix their pay and make the
towns pay it. This is a direct blow at
the towns, for it makes no provision for
the enforcement of the law outside the
towns, and it is notorious fact that the
dispensary law Is violated In the outlying
districts. A gentle from the county
was in. our Office the other day and he
said there was blind tiger running at
full blast near by him and it was not
very blind either. We do not desire to
be understood TO bei encouraging the
violation Of the dispensary law, but we
do not believe it will be as well enforced
under metropolitan police system as 1t
has been under the present system. The
Legislature that the people sent down to
Columbia made the dispensary law and
now It has given us the metropolitan
police, and II the people can stand it we
shall try to do the same.
K It is rather strange thing to us why
the country people should rejoice at any
thing that is blow to the towns. All Of
them do not, we know, but there are
some who do, and this bill is blow at
the towns. Only the other day we had
occasion to drive out in the country
little way and all along the road we met
wagon AFTER wagon, loaded with different
things coming to town to-sell. Some had
chickens, some wood and some one
thing and some another. Now if you
keep on trying to drive the towns out Of
existence and place the town people in
such condition that they will be unable
to buy this stuff, where will you find q
market? And some Of the people who
are most bitter against the towns are the
ones who most frequently bring things
in to sell and want better prices for what
they have to sell than other people, and
If it were necessary we could name some
OF these. The people who have farms
adjacent the towns had better help to
build them up and thus build up for
themselves market for what they have
TO sell. The more consumers you have
here the better for you who have all sorts
Of things to sell. There is no sense in
this warfare on the towns, for the towns
and the country are mutually dependent
and mutually beneficial to each other.
We know there is not man in town
with a thimbleful Of brains but who
would rejoice at tho prosperity Of the
farmers, and all Of them. Let as then
stop this foolishness of towns against
country, and instead of trying to iDjure
and pull the towns down let US all pull
together to build up the towns, and thus
build up the country. There is room
enough here for all Of US and the times
are too serious to be constantly trying to
injure one another.
The metropolitan police bill is evident
ly aimed at the towns. Why not make
efforts to have the law enforced in the
rural districts as well as in the towns.
So far as the Herald and NeWS is con-
cerned, we want to see the law enforced,
but we do not believe any special legisla-
ton such es this bill will have the desired
effect. But we shall see.-New6e,ry
Herald and NeaDS.