Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-06-17
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cratic members. OF the board have been
heard to say that they believed the
city manager plan practical for Hem
Jacksonville.
Republicans Want Primary.
In their objections to the men Stat
ed Tor appointment by the democrats
the republican commissioners propos-
ed that there beNa strictly democratic
primary for the purpose OF selecting
the appointiVe officers, but the demo-
cratic members would not submit to a
free and public expression of the DEM
ocratic voters on a question which
vitality concerns them.
After Mayor c. e. Brooks called the
meeting to order and stated that it had
been called for the. purpose of consul
ering petition with reference to the
Office OF business manager, Commits
sioner *. @. Morris was named secre-
tary and requested I'd read the petition
asking for the continuance of the
office Of business manager and for the
appointment 0fHPs R:.ePatton to- The
position. z ,4s eg =
y Me- Wilcox Talks.
Remarks were called for and Rev. e.
N. Wilcox made the first talk He
told the commissioners that neither
they nor the public should impugn the
motives of each other, that he had, no
axe to grind and that he had never
sought Office and had no intention of
doing so. Mr.: WILCOX declared that
the city needs an up-to-date business
manager to take care of its intersLs
and that in his opinion Mr.. Patton was
the most efficient man in the city for
the position and that his appointment
would mean keeping him in the city,
otherwise he would accept O position
offered him in Greenville, s. C. He
declared that Mr.. Patton had accom-
plished great things for the small
amount of money expended in road
building and that as result his Worta
had been recognized and other people
wanted him. He said that Henderson,
vile could not well spare Mr.. Patton
and that the people of the town wanted
the Office Of business manager contin-
ued, and that the commissioners didn't
owe It 20 the town to turn it down. - 20
MT. Shipman Says Once is Needed -
:. ]. E. Shipman was the next speaker !
He said that in his belief the abolition.
of the Office of manager would; be q
great mistake, a long step backward
and one that the city could not afford
to take. He said that Hendersonville;
had the reputation of being a progress.
sive and wide awake city and that by
reason of such progressiveness,t the
city adopted the new plan two years
ago and that no fair minded man could
sey that it made a mistake in having
such an office. He said that it had
been rumored that for the next year
there would be nothing to do to justify
the Office, but declared he didn't know
how people could arrive at such COM
clusion for the reason that great i'm
provements seem indispensable; that
the city had authorized water supply
an dthat it would be the height of folly /
not to have manager to look after
such business, which could not be
done successfully without one. He
said that the members of the board
could not afford to give their time to
the work in that they will have to
make many personal sacrifices at4the
best. Mr.. Shipman spoke of Mr.. Pat
tons efficiency and his road workout
said it was unnecessary to praise him
since all knew him. He said that If
the old plan of iemploying a tax col
lector, street oyerseer, ETC., is adopted
there will be no economy in city ex-
penditures. M. Shipman said that
all officers should be appointed not for
a definite time but so long as their ser
vices would be satisfactory to the
board.
Med. Ray Opposes Office.
The speechmaking was all on one
side so in order to represent the other
side Med. Ray spoke against the bus
iress manager plan. He said that the
people before election had an impress
sion that there wouldn't be a manager
this year and that in his opinion the
city could dispense with one; that the
Office was not what 1T was cracked up
to be and that as result of it's ineff-
cheney the. streets were in worse con.
dition last winter than he had seen ia
worse condition last winter than hez