The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-07
HIGH POINT DEAD AGAINST
POLITICS.
Citizens Do Not Want City Affairs
Mixed With POliticS--Wants to Do
Her Own Voting Instead Of
Legislature Exercising the
Right Of Suffrage For
Her-The Mass Meeting.

, Right OF Suffrage For
Her-The Mass Meeting.
Monday night, Dec. 18th, the au
ditorium was we'll filled with citizens
OF High Point, called in mass meet
ing to have their say in regard tt
proposed changes in the city char
ter, and they said it in no uncertain
terms; the majorities for the matters
passed favorably upon ranging a;
the ratio of twelve to one.
1t is certain by the vote that the
citizens are dead set against any
move that would place High Point
into cheap politics and so recorded
their sentiment in no unmistakable
terms.
Also it is not desired that the
school board be abolished and con-
trolled by set of politicians.
Bond issues and all other matters
affecting the city's interests are to
be placed before the people for rati-
fication at the ballot-box before be-
coming law.
In regard to improving the streets
the stamp of approval was placed
upon the plan to let the city
and AUDITING property owners each
pay one-third of the cost, upon the
request of so per cent frontage Of
property owners.
Taxes will become net January
LIST. after that time the regular rate
of 6 per cent per annum until paid
or advertised and sold.
That $4,000 bond issue for water
and seWetage be asked of legislature,
subject to ratification of voters.
In short let the people rule" was
the slogan adopted and the anti
Brockett Committee sentiment was
decidedly in the majority by ratio
of IL to l, AND 1T WAS A REPRE-
SENTATIVE BODY OF VOTERS,
too, the largest ever gathered at the
auditorium upon such matters.
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF MASS
MEETING.
The mass meeting of the citizens
of High Point convened in &C
cordance with the call on Monday,
December 28th, 1914, at 7:3O p. m,
in the High Point School Auditorium,
the attendance being unusually
large. T. j. Gold was unanimously
elected chairman, o. E. Mendenhall
was elected secretary.
The minutes of the proceedings
of the committee to work out pro-
posed changes in the city charter
were read and made part of the re-
cords of the mass meeting. A
motion followed to take up the COM
mittee's recommendations, as found
in the minutes of them meeting,
item by item, and that vote be
taken separately upon each one of
them. The motion prevailed.
The secretary read the recon-
mendatiOn with reference to street
improvements, viz: That the portion
of the city charter with reference
to street Improvements be amended
to cause the city to pay one-third
of the cost and the abutting property
owners on each side of the street to
pay one-third of the cost of such
improved streets. A motion was
made and seconded that this rec
ommendation be adopted with the
understanding that upon streets
where car lines are located, that the
car company's obligation shall be
deducted from the city's portion of
the expense for said improvement.
An amendment to this motion
was offered, that the city charter be
further amended to require rs per
cent of the abutting footage in pro-
posed improvement present provis-
ion, for so per cent districts, to sign,
instead of the abutting footage. The
amendment was rejected. The orig
inal motion was then put and car
ried.
The recommendation that taxes
be paid in October, net, and that all
taxes unpaid on November LIST shall
bear the legal rate of 6 per cent in
terest until paid, was read.
A motion toreject this and to sub
stitute therefor that taxes may be
paid net until January 1, aud after
s. that the legal rate of 6 per cent per
annum be added until paid, was