The announcement several weeks ago by the County Board of Commissioners that they were going to dispense with the motorcycle policeman after April 1st brought about quite a bit of criticism and caused many petitions to be sent to the board to reconsider their previous action. Whether or not sentiment of the public has anything to do with it, there seems to be little likelihood that this county will be without a motorcycle cop except for a few days after April 1st. The whole truth of the matter is that the board does not look with any especial favor upon Smith, the present officer. It seems that his extravagance in gasoline and cartridges to his pistol, besides his lack of mechanical knowledge of his motorcycle make him an expensive man for the county. Not wishing to offend his sensibilities, the Board of Commissioners didn’t fire him but decided to declare the job vacant after April 1st—for a few days at least. And in the meantime, they are looking for a good man for the job.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922
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