Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-07-02
MANY ARRESTS REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF SPEED MANAGES
Although the Court is Replied to in
Technical Auto Terms he Sees no
Need for Needless Noises.


With the sparse threadlike growth
closely shorn from his head so as to
make the delightful summer zephrs
more pereeptible, Mayor M. M. shep
herd gently rubs his well-nigh bald
Uranium as he nearly every day pre-
sides over the municipal court, the
docket unusually being featured with
some automobile causes, and although
ne poses as no automobile expert he,
has a bunch that some noises are un-
necessary, therefore to gain further
enlightenment asks the defendant.
What kind of a noise is that when
the machine says trullerlerlerler?"
Illustrated more effectively by a wild
ejaculation of the right arm. Chief
OF Police j. W. McCarson chimes in
for little. further information.
thusly: What causes that Ioui
zoo-o--oo-oo-oo when you press youri
foot on lever?" effectively emphasize
ing the character of the noise by the
rapid revolution of the right arm.
Technical terms like ''the acceller-
ator, cut-out, exhaust, high, and in
termediate low gear" ct cetera, and the
IKE come in rapid response from the
trembling defendant who is vainIv
epdeavoring to show the Judge and
police that it is absolutely necessary
TOT his machine to thunder and emit a
Fomme of blue smoke like live vol
cano In order to navigate effectively
Judge Shepherd f1ips the leaves of
MS brand new book of ordinances
Just issued from the press of the Wes-
tern Carolina Democrat and reads
the law to the defendants with refer
ence to automobile traffic. The evil
dence is all in and the law is upheld.
consequently fine and another an
tcmob1list realizes the fact that tbe
speed limit in Hendersonville is only
~ miles per hour, only four miles at
street crossings and twenty-five miles
Ill the country, and that the country
must not be alarmed by unnecessary
noises. II
Business men, professional men and
tourists are being haled to court to
answer for violations. While there Is
an element in the city that apparent.
~ dlsrespects the automobile ordt- |
RANGES, there is another that wishes |
to comply with the law in eyery re-
spect. 1t is the latter who will not ba |
VISITED by the police, but the break
Heck, speed-maniacs are in crave
danger of having to pay fines Chief |
McCarson informs the Democrat that |
about twenty-five persons have been
summoned to court to answer for viz
iations and while these proceedings
nave apparently created bad taste in |
the mouths of some they have served |
to show that the law is not a dead |
letter.
Inc off1cers are unable to catch all |
the offenders but they are reducing
the number and would make the de-
crease more marked had they the full
operation of those who would tend |
. cc1tleise rather than report the yio-
lators. The town commissioners hay. |
gone on record as opposing the high
speeds and useless noises and Mayor
Shepherd co-operated with the police
p me exte7t of making complaint
gainEt the driver of machine. The
would not submit the case
lerefo-a the mayor showed a dispo-
sltion to testify before magistrate.
re finally showed mercy and let the
iasts zee serve as warning u the