The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-24
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The Auto Record In Respect to Acct.
dents.

The Auto Record In Respect to Acct.
dents.
Editor Intelligencer:
A few days ago prepared an article
for the Intelligencer, the purpose of
| which was to call attention to the
reckless and dangerous speeding of
| autos. In this article were found many
| sweeping statements which / did not
| intend to be taken too seriously. /
did not wish to offend anyone OF
course an auto is something to be Ge-
sired, inasmuch as it greatly facili-
| tates travel and is a means OF quick
and cheap transit from one place to
| another, while at the same time 1t
affords to its passengers no little
| amount of pleasure and comfort and /
| also think to ride in an automobile is
one Of the best things for ones health.
The greatest OF blessings are often the
| ones that are most greatly abused.
So'it was not the owning and running
or automobiles that / was attacking
but their abuse.
| So / now wish to say few things
and leave it to others to say whether
l am right or not. want to say
something about the accidents caused
by autos either by frightening animals
Or running into vehicles. ;rhe acci-
dents that / shall notice occurred on
| a stretch of road six miles long, begin
ming at First Westminster Baptist
| church, which stands just at the east
ern corporate limits of the town OF
Westminster, and Auds at Bethel Bap-
tist church. whicn is one-half mile
east OF Oakway. On this stretch of
road there have occurred within the
| last two years six accidents, an aver
yNf NM Hon 20 ll@ T,,
| these accidents one lady was killed.
one mans mule ran away, badly dam
aging mis- buggy. ana hurting his hand
| so he could not work for some time.
| An auto ran into buggy driven by
| an old man who lacked less than three
years OF reaching the age of three
| score and ten; in the same buggy was
crushed into, and they were both
thrown out of the buggy but not hurt;
a negro was thrown off loaded
| wagon and crippled; man and his
mule was run over. the mule was
killed and the mans ankle crushed;
| and last, young mans mule became
frightened at an auto. ran away, threw
| the young man from the buggy and
rendered him unconscious for some
tep or twelve hours, and he was not
at himself again for several days. A
fearful record as this Is, but sample
of what is happening all over the
country.
shall now give one or two in
| stances of reckless driving Of autos.
On the afternoon of the fifth of Sep
tember q negro, on the outskirts OF
| the town OF Bolton, was driving q
one-horse wagon. Just as he was
crossing a bridge and was on the ex-
treme right end OF the bridge. while q
buggy occupied by two ladies was In
Into the wagon, wreching IL and driv-
through the body of the buggy In
front; and yet the auto never stopped
but dashed on. One other instance and.
am done. An old man and little boy
had been to church and had almost
reached home. Behind them was q
youth on horseback. he was just about
to pass the buggy by going to the
lright-tLis OF course threw the buggy
further from the right side of the road
| Just at this instant. An QUITO horn in
rapid succession sounded five times.
l The youth suddenly Scried auto, and
quick almost as thought IL seemed IT,
auto rars into the buggy and tossed It's
inmates out Just above this place
were Two or Ihrse curves, YET IN
Iroupding these not once did the alto
sound his horn. When he had passed
the last curve and sounded his horn
/. he could not have been more than rs
yards behind the buggy. yet he did not
tsiow mp but crashed into the buggy
and then claimed that he wass not to
blame, MN. MTTCHELL. 81
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