The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-03-31
Stamey, for Mayor,
Gives Past Record
And His Platform

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The question has been asked sew
eIal times within the last month why
any business man desires the office
of mayor with it's many exacting du-
ties, when the office pays less than
SO cents week. Also what this or
that candidate stands for.
AS for myself, I have previously
stated personally and publicly that
| am not seeking the office for the
honor and certainly not for the sal
airy, but with firm and unshaken
belief that | am in position to know
the needs of the city and it's people
and render some service at least for
this city in which I have Hveds, for
over 80 years and in which am vi
tally interested. Here are my great
est earthly treasures, my home, fam
ily, friends and belongings.
Having been member of the city
council for the past two years and
coming in touch with every depart
lnent of the city and the people gen
orally by personal contact and other
wise, and being interested in many
things for the betterment and future
growth of the city, some of which
are under way, naturally [ am anx-
ious to see these become reality,
hence a desire to serve in the fullest
capacity as far as human endeavor
will allow.
! reiterate statements made by me
before that there are absolutely no
seilsh. personal or business" rea-
sons Why I am a candidate but only
to be of service to the city where I
have lived most of my life to put my
shoulder fir1ner to the wheels of pro-
cress and push High Point to a bigger
and better city in every way. My work
the past two years is before you along
this line and speaks for itself.
| a.n a staunch believer that the
churches of our city are the greatest
power for good and that civilization
and certainly Christianity are pre-
served through their great. influence.
and / am aligned with the church, be
ing IN humble member of Wesley Me-
mortal NJ. E. church.
I WELD to no one a greater love for
our educational institutions. ! have
always worked, voted and contributed
for every school measure, and will
providing free school books for all
the children of High Point was pre-
scented by me.
That great forum of health (play-
grounds for our children), was one
of nv first efforts to provide health
and happiness for the young as well
as the old and I believe is one of the
greatest enterprises of it's kind ever
established here, which with the
splendid community service work fol-
lowing as a natural sequence to this
initiative, is destined to work wonders
for High Point.
| saw the need of more adequate
sewer and water improvements In the
out ling districts especially, as well
as better sidewalks and streets and
the illumination of the dark spots and
corners over the city and lent my
heartiest aid to all these projects. In
cidentally the law requiring the IN
stallation of hundreds of sanitary
closets at cost of thousands OF dol
lars to our people who could Ill afford
to pay for them was prevented Dy
campaign for water and sewerage at
the crucial time.
l believe in the right of the city
to require cooperation on the part
Of railroad and others serving the
city. For 20 years permanent rail-
road crossing has been adVocatea,
"cussed" and discussed, and a simple
resolution | presented with a penalty
Of $500 each day brought rellef IN
two weeks, as the splendid rallfoao
crossing here shows, more eloquent
than words.
am particularly anxious to see a
municipal building erected that Will be
a credit, instead of an eyesore to our
city. With the sale of the old prop
erty now used for that purpose, ana
the revenue saved from various rents
now being paid by the city for onlces'
this will go a ong ways towards pay
ing the interest on the cost>of a MOD
ern municipal building or city nall.
| want to see a Y. M. C. A., pub
lie library and home for our SOL
der boys" and it may be that All
these or part of them could De IN.
corporated in the new city adm1n1s-
tTation building, by giving space on
each floor to these various needed IN
st tutions -,
Every citizen Of High Point should
feel very "close" to our cemetery ana
desire it to be one of the most at
tractive" places in the city. Ihere IS
absolutely no way to properly care
for a cemetery except by mun1c1-
pality or an organization, hence
resolution presented by the writer ana
passed by the council, provides Tor tne
proper maintenance and peautlIyllls
Of the cemetery by the city.
We have practically no amusement
of a harmless nature except the.
Fairgrounds and we must not IAN 10
provide places for our children anu
Young men and women to go TO IN Or
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