The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-28
Letter From the People.

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Taking Police to Task.
TO the Editor of the Daily Intel
ligencer:
| don't desire to be crouch,
for of all the most contemplate
people in this wide world, think
a real crouch is the objectionable.
Nor do wish to become chronic
fault finder, because all thinking
men are aware that Shakespeare's
words were true when he said,
"lt is easy fault finding" 1t re-
quires no brain, no talent, nor self
denial to set up in the grumbling
business, but it seems to me that
| have run across a problem that
is unexplainable unless some OF
our wise city fathers come to the
rescue. was always taught that
what ever was sauce for the gan
der was sauce for the goose. 1t
seems as if it is different in our
fair city. Our wise police de-
partment is so good as to furnish
a patrolman for all busy points on
our streets, to see that people OBJ
serve the Drive to the right" or
dinance. This is wise precau-
,tion perhaps, but it does look odd
to see two we'll groomed men
standing oui in the street all day
long just for the purpose of tell
ing the few stragglers that failed
to know that such an ordinance is
on the book.
I | thought they had the inter-
est of the city at heart, to say
the least of it, even when they
called on man about my size
and personal appearance, to ex-
plain why he had neglected to
block or hitch the horse that
pulled the express wagon, while
he went into a store to deliver a
package. Even when the record
er called on him to pay into the
city treasury five hard earned dol
lars, ! only thought that the Of
ficrs had been dreaming of the
awful wrecks that could SO easily
be caused by the staid old horse
running away with that heavy
wagon down Main street.
/ know that such careIessness
has really been the cause of the
death or serious injury of help
less women or poor innocent lit.
tie children. for this reason made
really no kick about the fine.
just proceeded to learn how to
block a horse. | think by this
time am adept at this art if moth
ing else. do know how to fas.
ten my horse every time before
leave him, even for one single
minute.
j AS a boy never objected to
seeing the bottle dance" or ioin-
ing the several secret societies
for which fun loving young folks
are notei; because | was ALWAYS
4 thinking ,>f the fun soon to come
to me OUT of seing. the other feI.
low como through. That is the way
II felt when that hard earned
] "fiyer" slipped from my fingers.
said deep down in my neart then.
would not be the, only goat
and really got little pleasure Out
Of anticipating seeing the other
} fellow frown when be, too, had to
take double dose of recorder
quinine.
1. Ever since that memorable day.
have watched to see the frown
!; settle on the other fellows face
did not do this because / was an.
! Mous to see any one get in trou.
} bic, but in so much as it was 10
happen thought 1t no harm to
see the spectacle. Not a single
day has passed but what seyeIal
unsuspecting driver went 10 anS
left their horses absolutely foot
j loose on the square. ] tried to
make myself think that the traffic
policeman as well as the Others
q who were passing about swera Z,