The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-07-01
THE CITY TAXES :
ARE NOW $3.50
Increased From One Dollar Ts
Above Amount. Money
For Chamber of
COMMERCE AND Y. M. C. IA

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The city fathers held q very fEter- |
esting meeting last night. Mayor Hill
presided ,xnd the aldermen were all
present.
There were a number of nEiZens
also present .&ome of them len talk
over the budget for the coming year
with ttH City Fathers and consider
The proposition of the town authori-
tias to increase the tax rate for the
city ttn 81 so. After much discussion
and views PEE and con it was decid-
ses1 to 8ncrease the rate to A.30. IT
-xras -Ezinte6 out that the present
J ate fSor Wilson only 81 leO on the!
500. 0.6O.-Nsluation is lower than
amy tyEwn lat it's size in ttbe State.
Some of thaIn runndng frnaa $1.51 to,
$2A
! Delegations were alse presented
from theGCkz4mber OF Con merce andI
/ The E Me A. These .as1ed for as!
sistaBce uPcsn the gaOIrnH that the
1 Institutions were engaged in the mp
| buiERng 6f4l he city artd the moral
and spiritual devgaopn ent of cur
could be made than TO hslp these in
.stitum oRs. The Board decided To
vote $125:eS every quarter to the
s>Chanlber of Commerce and S25 0e
per month for the Young Mem9
f'Christian Association
Il
;,zmainrpurpose of the meet ng tonight
sis todhscuss' 1ale budget with the peo-
1 ;nte cof Wilson, and To get their views
regarding same. He stated that he
inptieed a nuEA Der present and asked
the audience Aaf there was anything g
they desired. He won1d dispose of
these FIR st befSre going irno the mat
ter of taxes.
The first ma ter up was the re-
QaIest tof a NUM- ber OF citizens who
per month for i1he support of the
Chamber of Commerce. It's praises
We're eloeuently sung by AIR. T. r
, Pettus who at length reeited the
numerous ways in which the Cham
ber Bad been of service to iHhe COM
it had brought ito Wilson.
r WBen he had Hnished Mr.. R. A.
burlington stated that he and Others
were there ito ask fer help for the Y.
M. c. a He praisad Mr.. VEST and
the work he Is doing and the help he
!, is giving the boys of the city lin a
physical, moral and spiritual way
He asked for an appropriation OF
$25.OO per ma2th
a Mr.. Spiers spoke ,for both enter.
fprises and praised the good fhey
iIWere doing He said tSis town Sae-
Longs to the people, it is Gheir money
and the members of both are giving
OF their money and time for the im-
pEovement of the community He gave
a description of the playground on
the Coast Line lot which had been
fixed up at a cost of $500 which had
been paid out of the funds of the or
ganization. This playground was
doing the boys and girls of the mill
district great deal of good.
Alderman Lewis favored helping
the Chamber of Commerce. He felt
this money belonged to the peo
pie of the city, the tax payers, and
the Chamber is engaged in the up
building of the town. They are Civ.
ing of their time without cost, an,I
whatever good came to the city
through and by the Chamber helped
every citizen of the town. - -,
ed voting the money.
4 Alderman Killette was not so ca
, ger to vote the money. He went OF
to say that the town was in debt
That it had about $4,000 of deb
: as the result of high prices and in
!, creased cost of running the town.
!. The folks would come up and asl
for money for different things an'
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