Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-26
DUTIES OF BUSINESS MAN
AGER.
Comprehensive Idea of What May
Be Done to Advance the Inter
ests of Greater Henderson Vile

ests of Greater HendersonviHe.
The following is a speech writ
ten by MI. w. u. Carmichael who
was an applicant for the Office of
business manager of the. city of
Hendersonville. He has defined
the duties so well we decided to
print the speech in full:
Mr.. Mayor and Gentlemen of the
Board Of City Commissioners:
/ appear before you in the most
difficult hole / ever undertook,
trying to put my claims before
you for the position of business
manager in such a manner that
you vii not consider me boastful
or egotistic and yet, at the same
time, SO presenting my views that
you will get some idea of my abil-
ity to fill the position | I'm seek
ing at your hands.
On the 9Th of last March the
town of Hendersonville ceased to
be and the City of Hendersonville
was born in it's stead. The Legis-
lature of the great state of North
Carolina made Hendersonville a
! City in name; but left it to her
citizens to make it a city in fact.
To my mind it has opened up the
greatest opportunity to advertise
Hendersonville any city has ever
had, if the business manager uti-
Lies all the opportunities as they
pass.
Hendersonville's greatest need
is more capital to develop. her
many latent resources and the
business manager must learn all
these and tell of them so well that
capital will come and not only de-
velop these, but vii open up work
for all our idle citizens.
We need a City Hall large
enough to attract first class the
atrical troops and it will be the
duty of the business manager to
keep this fact so advertised that
we will be put on a regular cir
cult, at least during the summer
months, for this is the dull "a
son IN the greater part of the
country and the best talent can be
secured at this time at a reasona-
BILE price. A handsome play house
will draw talent and good talen
will please our visitors and we all
know that pleased visitors pay.
Other needs are Y. M. G. A. and
Y. w c.. A. While I hail with
extreme delight the new library
and think tina THE city is under
lasting obligations to the donors,
yet from personal observations,
after seeing the good these insti-
buttons have done and ire doing,
/ am thoroughly convinced that
next to the church, these institu-
tons are doing the greatest
amount of good These institu-
tions can be had here at no great
cost to us, with the proper negoti-
atoms.
Another need is~a first class
market for the farmers to sell and
and our citizens to buy farm pro-
ducts from, and the city to realize
from the deal.
There is a need ofscloser bust
er business relations among our
citizens and between our city folk
and country folk, for no city can
grow. fast with knockers inside or
near her gates. Every one should
be a booster.
We need more cement side
walks and our high school needs
the 18th grade added to her curri-
culum.
City parks and plazas are other
necessities and the city of Hen
Jacksonville is amply able to have
all these and will have them ii the
question is properly agitated.
The city needs cleaning up and
making her more attractive and
to have this done, the business
manager should see every house
and it's surroundings once each
month, except in the summer, then
twice each month. Organizing
the young people into societies
and good government leagues will
help in this work and we have
some special talent among our
young people, as was clearly de-
monstrated in the state high
school essay contest and the clos
ing exercises of the high school.
Our slogan should be 1O,OOo peo-
pie in 1915 and extend our city
limits.
I am sure that no member OF this
board doubts for a minute the
ability of any of the candidates
TO collect taxes and water rents