The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-02
Mayor Tate Writes Regarding
High Points Interest in
A LEGISLATIVE CANDI- :
DATE.

| MT. EOlLOI
I desire the courtesy of suffi-
cient space in the columns of
your valuable paper in which to
briefly present a matter which in
my opinion should be of vital in
terest to every citizen and tax
payer in Our community.
Before any person from this
section of the county has an
nounced himself a candidate for
membership in the next General
Assembly, [ wish to give express
sion to few thoughts which NAV
be Of. value to, and worthy of Sc
rious consideration by the voters
of High Point. -.,>..
First, the crying need for new
county is so apparent to those Of
us who have taken sufficient in
Fterest in the almost unbearable
situation as it exists today, that
it seems to me little Or no argu-
ment is necessary to show where
in our community would be bene-
fitted by the creation of Aycock
county. If we would positively
and effectively break up whiskey
selling, gambling and other vices
which are such annoyances to the
law-abiding element of our peo-
pie, then we must have final juris-
dict1On such as superior court
would give. in these matters and
establish our own convict road
building forces, without appeal
and show to the lawless element
in our midst that when they break
the law today. they may expect
to be breaking rock in stripes and
detained by a ball and chain to-
morrow.
i It is not that we love Green's
boro and Guilford county less that
we should cut loose from present
| conditions, but that we love the
prosperity and general welfare of
eur own canaraa,nity more. -s..-.Ss,
The intolerable burden of in
| Convenience and expense which
Our citizens have to suffer at this
time, ought to be sufficient rea-
son for a united demand by our
citizens at the next session of the
legislature for relief and to go in
to details now, after our people
have so unanimously endorsed
this proposition seems to me un-
necessary. There has never vet
been any sound argurnenA ad-
vanced against the new county
and | presume there never will
be.
Second, there will be subnitt-
! ed to our taxpayers within the
next few months, the vital ques-
;; tion Of placing our city govern
ment upon real and genuine
commission form something sim
liar to the ideal method now in
force in Greensboro and other ci-
ties: and at that time we will
undertake to demonstrate in
manner unanswearble by any
lwho may see fit to oppose the
plan, that in order to properly
govern and administer our muni-
cipal affairs form this time on,
we must adjust ourselves to the
rapid and widespread growth of
the city.
High Points proper develop
ment, prosperity and manage
ment, demand the united, busi-
ness-like cooperation of every
'citizen, without regard to politics
or factions, and reorganization
upon approved lines, with the
mayor at least, devoting his en-
tire time and talent to the man
agement of our municipal affairs,
is a public necessity, paramount
to any issue before Our city at this
time.
I shall speak at length on this
subject at some future time and
Il believe [ can convince every
citizen Of open mind that the
c1ty's interests as a whole can best
be subserved by the adoption of
this plan. Selfish, personal in
terests and ambitions should be
put behind us in an honest en-
deaVor to do the greatest good to
the greatest number of our eiti-
zens.
Now the foregoing remarks
lead to the vital question which
we must first face