Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1920 — TAKING DESPERATE CHANCES [ARTICLE]

TAKING DESPERATE CHANCES

A fleet of big touring cars passed through Rensselaer about 7 o’clock Sunday evening over the Jackson highway, northbound, at a speed of 35 to 4 0 miles an hour and did not slack up a particle in driving through the city. Should one of the reckless drivers kill some one here while speeding through—and this is precisely what will happen if a stop is not put to this dangerous practice—it might be difficult to control an outraged people and permit the law to take its course. It was a miracle indeed that some one -was not struck at one of the street crossings by one of these drivers Sunday night.