The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-07-16

is particularly strong on the motor
c. Gle T ats what said, that one OF
them two-w@ eeled things could and did
make more noise than for,y automo-
biles. Now listen what the News and
Courier has to say in the editorial COL
umn:
Reckless Motorcycles.
Some people say there is no such
t ing as luck, but these people have
never had occasion to note the way
some of the motorcyclists of this city
operate their machines. If it is not
luck which Las prevented the killing
or manning Of a great many persons
in Charleston as a result ofsreckless
motorcycle driving, we do not know
what it is.
There are some motorcyclists who
seem to be mindful of their obligations
as members of a community tie other
members of which have right to
make use of the streets. There are
others who are continuing menace as
we'll as offensive nuisance. The prac-
tice of cutting out the mufflers of mo-
torcycles so that the machine makes
almost as nue. noise as locomotive
going up heavy grade is obnoxious
enough; but the practice of dashing
at breakneck speed along certain of
our streets, flying past corners without
slowing down in the slightest and
without blowing horn, is dangerous
in the highest degree. 1t is time an
other effort was made by the aut- ori-
ties to put an end to it.
And then here is the Charlotte OBJ
server on "The Unnecessary Noises"
And pleading for the "quiet zone"
Listen to wnat it has to say:
The Unnecessary Noises.
Every once in a willie the city
makes up its mind to put a stop to
the unnecessary noises, and the
nuisance has been periodically abated,
only to-. stteonh again" with gathered
strength. In it's expressed determina-
tion to once more go after the people
responsible for the unnecessary noises
the city has taken/a step t5at should
| have. the encouragement of the whole
town. The Observer would take oc-
casion to renew the oft-repeated sug-
/ gestion for the establishment of
"quiet zones" in TIE vicinity of hos
pitals, and for the benefit of drivers
OF automobiles the standard system
of placarding "go slow" zones for
schools, dangerous curves and cross
ings should obtain in Charlotte and
IMecklenburg county.
Now I would like to know what
you are going to do about these half
broken down wagons when they, get
to rafting over some of t2ese brick
paved streets. 1 am frank to admit
that l like little noise because it
has always been evidence to me that
there was something doing. When
things get too still there is stagnation
and s.agnation is death. Then did
you ever read tat little story about
the canary bird in the coal mine. It
is a pretty little story and very ap-
propriate at this time. l found it On
one of the circulars boosting the chau-
tauqua which is to be neld in New
berry the latter part Of U1is month.
There is a picture of the canary bird
in a cage singing for dear life and
the miners working just like work
was real pleasure. And then on the
next page are the following para
graphs which I 13ink are good and
are WOl III p4AAL4AS. VI COoASS' JoS"
now this is a sort, of advertisement
for the g. -autauqua, but I hope the
editor will let this pass and maybe
tie committee will send The Idler a
season ticket and that will be some
compensation. When the atmosphere
of the mine got. so bad that the can
ary could not make the: noise neees-
sary to sing it became dangerous to
human life and the miners had to
get out. When the atmosphere Of "a
town gets so bad that the birds fean's
sing then there is something neces-
sary to be done to save t5at town,
and the sooner it is done the better
for that town. And now, this is a
clever story and it has moral from
which every town may profit, and
even though it be an advertisement OF