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WILMIKGTOK,N. C, SUXMY MORKESTG, MAY 29, 1910.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,307.
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL
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Illustrating the tendency of many
cities to adopt in whole or In part
the Galveston, or "commission" form
of government. Dr. Horace E. Plack,
in today's installment of the series of
articles being reprinted by courtesy
of the Baltimore News, discusses the
new charter of Colorado Springs, the
latest adherent to the Galveston plan.
Colorado Springs.
(By Horace E. Flack.) :
Colorado Springs has one of the
most recent charters, the present char
ter having been framed by the Char
ter Convention, elected January 19th,
19u9. and ratified by the people May
llth. Several innovations have been
introduced, but in general it may be
said that the Colorado Springs char
ter is quite similar to that of Berke
ley. In fact, it would seem that the
Charter Convention had 'at hand the
results of the labors of the Board of
Freeholders of Berkeley. There was
ewdently little objection in Colorado
Springs to the change, for the vote
was :!.000 to 300 in favor of It, and
the 'Galveston Idea" had gained a
new adherent.
Has Home Rule.
According to the Charter Conven
tion, the charter provides that the
legislative, executive and judicial pow
ers of the city shall' extend to all
matters of local and' municipal gov
ernment, and preserves every valuable
feature of the laws of the State, In
troducing only such new methods or
machinery as were deemed advisable
and necessary in the assumption of
home rule. Colorado, like California,
confers upon her municipalities the
very important power oi iraming ana
adopting their own charters. The pow
ers of the city are vested in the elect
ive officers of the city the Mayor
and four Councilmen except as they
are reserved to the people by the In
itiative and referendum features of
the charter. The Mayor and Council'
men are elected at large for a term
of lour years, two of the Councilmen
le' n a; elected every two years. The
executive and administrative powers
are distributed among these five de
partments: Department of Water, and Water
. works. N, 1 .
Department of FlnanceV
Department of Public Safety. :
Tk-varlmeift of Public -Works- and
Tvoivtv. '
Department of Public . Health and
Sanitation. " '
Mayor's Wide Powers.
The Mayor is the Commissioner of
Water anil Waterworks, the Counci
designating by majority vote one of
its number to be commissioner of
each of the other departments. The
Mayor is the chief executive officer
of the city. and. upon recommenda
tion of the commissioner of the ap
. propria te department, appoints the
heads of such department and all the
employes in the service of the city.
He is also allowed to remove or sus
pend any officer or employe when, in
his .judgment, the public interest de
mands. In case of removal, if the of
ficer or employe so removed requests,
the Mayor shall file with the Clerk
a written statement of the reasons
for removal. The Council, by affirma
tive vote of four members, may also
remove any officer or employe. The
Mayor also prepares the annual bud-
get. and the Council may reduce or
omit any item, but cannot increase
anv item. The Mayor Is given more
power than Is found in most charters.
Employes' Debts. , ,
The charter provides that the fail
ure of any officer or employe to pay
anv indebtedness contracted while in
the service of the city shall be deemed
sufficient ground , for removal. The
Mayor is ex-officfo member of each
hoard or commission created or au
thorized by the charter or by any or
dinance. He is also given the power
to veto any or every item contained
in ordinances making appropriations.
but such veto shall extend . only to
the items vetoed, and those which ne
approves shall become effective. No
doubt this provision is expected to ex
pedite business and prevent logrolling
in appropriation ordinances. His veto
fan be overcome only by the votes
of four members of the Council, which
means that every member of the Coun
oil besides himself must vote to pass
the ordinance over his veto. It
is also provided that no officer or
employeother than policemen or. fire
men on duty, shall directly, or inai
recti v accept any frank, free ticket
or other service from any public utii
ity corporation.
The Council is reaulred to provide
a system of uniform accounting If
Hie Council fa'l to make the tax.leyy
in any year, the rate last fixed shall
li" the rate for the ensuing year. The
debt limit of the city Is fixed at 3
per cent., but indebtedness for water,
Jinht or public utilities, "or works from
which a revenue Is der'ved. is not to
be included In determining the debt
Jmiit.
Renulates Publie Utilities.
The lights of the city are carefully
niarded in the matter of public Iran
chises and utilities. The charter re
tains in the people the. right to, con-
T"i public utilities, and requires tna
provision shall be made in every, fran
chise hereafter granted perraiting the
' rifv to purchase at a physical valua
tion such utility whenever the people
,lf-eni it. best so to do and vote in
favor thereof. It Is also expressly pro-
med that all disputes arising on ac
f,fmnt of anv ambiguity &hall be con
rtrued in favor of the city. -No fran
cltisp can be granted for a longer pe
r"d than 25 years, nor can one be
renewed before one year prior to Its
epilation. Furthermore, it is provid
ed that no franchise shall be exclu-
sive and tiat no public utility shall
Issue securities in excess of. an amount
fixed by the Council or without Its
consent. '
In addition to the above safeguards
the Council Is practically constituted
a public utilities commission, for it
gives power to regulate the rates,
fares and charges of all public util
ity corporations, including the right to
require unirorm. convenient and ade
quate service. Of course, the people
can .secure such regulation through
the initiative and .referendum in case
the Council fails .to do so. A unique
but no doubt valuable feature is that
requiring all public utility corporations
to submit not later than CO days after
the first day of January an annual
report showing in detail the amount
of authorized capital stock and bond
ed Indebtedness and the amount of
each issued and outstanding, an item
ized statement of receipts and expen
ditures, the amount paid in dividends
and as interest, the names and the
salary paid each officer and the
amount paid as wages, a full descrip
tion and the property and franchises
and the book value of each franchise.
A complete, non-partisan system for
the election of municipal officer has
been ..provided, the framers evidently
being of opinion that the party label
was not necessary to secure efficient,
government. All nominations are to
be made by petition, but the person
so nominated must file his acceptance
within five days from the filing of the
petition of nomination. In his accept
ance he must make affidavit to the
fact that he has not become a candi
date as the nominee or representative
of or because of any promised sup
port from any political party or com
mittee. There shall be no political or
other designation on the ballot to in
dicate the source of candidacy or sup
port of any candidate. A similar pro
vision to that in the Berkeley charter
in reference to a second election in
case no one receives a majority in the
first is to be found in this charter.
There is also included a very strict
provision in regard to corrupt prac
tices.
The initiative, referendum and re
call provisions are almost identical
with those of the -Berkeley charter
and seem to mark; an advance in the
war of. direct legislation. These pro
visions, together with that creating a
Civil. iS'ervice Commission, no doubt
account for ' th- almost unanimous
vote which the charter- received. Mu
nicipal administration should be ren
dered more prompt and more effective
under the new charter, for a concen
tration of power tends to expedite
business. Concentration of power al
so secures the location of responsibil-
ty, and this is regarded by students
n general as one f the essential
features of any efficient form of gov
ernment '
GOOD GOVERNMENT PAYS.
Memphis Illustrates Merit of National
.Municipal League Campaign.
Memphis, Tenn., May 28. One of
the arguments advanced by the Na
tional Municipal League for the selec
tion of right-minded public officers is
that "it pays", and in proof thereof
s the administration recently closed
of James H. Malone, Mayor of Mem
phis. Some of the things accomplish
ed during his administration were:'
Sixty miles of streets permanently
paved; the construction of certain sub
ways and the passage of ordinances
for the construction of others, to elim
inate railroad grade crossings; the de
velopment of the greatest park system
In the South; the expansion of the ar
tesian water system, now worth twice
as much as the city paid for it; the
extension of the city limits; the doub
ling of the fund for school purposes;
the improvement of the health depart
ment until Memphis now ranks third
among the cities of the United States
In point of health; radical reforms in
the methods and results of the city
courts and the increase in the revenue,
the improvement in the Keeping me
accounts of the city in the collecting
of revenue.
While all of these things have been
accomplished, the tax rate actually
was lowered during Mayor Malone's
term from as high as $2.88 in the prior
administration to $1.76 in 1903. When
he entered office, the city's current
debt was $200,000; when he retired,
the city was doing business upon a
cash basis and had no unpaid ac-
counts. Memphis increased its prop
erty valuations from SKb.uuu.uuu to
$84,000,000, with a great increase
population.
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CATTLE QUARANTINE.
Recent Conviction for Violation in
Federal Court at Asheville.
Washineton. D. C.l 'May 28. In or
der to prevent, the spread of the di
sease known as Southern splenetic,
or Texas fever of cattle, and to fur
ther the work of eradicating the iicks
which convey this disease, the United
States Department of ' Agriculture
maintains a strict quarantine on the
infected region and endeavors to en
force this quarantine by court prose
cutions when necessary. In a recent
case in the United States court for
the Western District of North Caro
lina, at Asheville, one W. W. Ander
son entered, a plea 1 of guilty ' to a.
charge of violating the law and . regu
lations, and 'a fine of $100 and costs
was imposed by the court. The of
fense consisted in driving on foot cer
tain cattle from Fannin county, Oa.,
through Polk county, Tenn.,' which
two counties were under quarantine,
into Cherokee county, N. C, which
county was" outside the quarantined
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INTERNATIONAL AUTO TOURS
Over 60,0Q0 Miles of Routes Mapped
Out in America, Touring Club Now
Invades Europe Orphans'
Day.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
New York, May 28. Having map
ped out over 60,000 miles of automo
bile routes which are constantly m
use by tourists in the United States
and Canada, the Touring Club of
America is about to inaugurate a cam
paign of route making for motor tours
in Europe; An itinerary of 5,000 miles
which may be increased to 8.000 has
been laid out which will begin at Liv
erpool about June 8th going througn
the most picturesque and historic
country of England and Scotland, then
atfross the channel to France and con
tinuing through Holland, Belgium,
Western Germany and Switzerland..
As the result of this long tour dur
ing which more than 100 individual
tours averaging 100 miles or under
will be prepared from actual odom
eter measurements, the foreign' de
partment of the Touring Club of Amer
ica will be broadened and firmly es
tablished. The . club (already has representa
tives in all the leading foreign coun
tries and cities, but by inaugurating
its live ' map system Americans plan
ning an automobile trip abroad will
be enabled to secure before sailingr
route directions for any tour desired.
Thos. W. Wilby, manager of the for
eign department of the Touring Club
of America,, sailed yesterday for Eu
rope on the .Carmania' and next Wed
nesday. Joseph W. Jones, a director
of the Touring Club, and the inventor
of the "live, map system, will sail on
the Mauretania accompanied by his
wife. They will take their car with
them and the route making expedition
will start from Liverpool immediate
ly after Mr. Jones' arrival.
The first run will be to London by
way of Chester, Litchfield aad Cov
ington.. The entire country around
I -.Ml 4- k sx Innlnjitiir
a trip on the old stage coach road
to Brighton, thence along the south
coast of Lands End, then through the
King Arthur country and the Lorna
Doone section, taking in the River
Wye and .Tintern Abbey, then"' branch
ing . off . through North, and .Central
Wales. -. 1 ' ..
The trip will then' continue north
ward through' Scotland going "through
the Thomas ' Carlyle country and the
entire section rendered (interesting by
"Bobby'V Burns and te Edinburgh
district -While . on the return trip
through England particular attention
will' be' given' to the historical Pilgrim
Fathers', .country including ,. Scrooby
and Bawtry. '
During' the trip the entire Shakes
pear' country, -including Oxford and
Cambridge, will be thoroughly cover
ed, while from loiulon an interesting
tour will be made over the route to
Canterbury made memorable by Chau
cer and his pilgrims.
At Folkestone the car will be ship
ped to Boulogne from which point
tours will be made to Paris, thencs
branching off through the most popu
lar sections of Europe.
In view of the widespread interest
which this route making expedition of
Europe has aroused among prominent
motorists and members of the Touring
Club of, America, a testimonial lunch
eon was tendered to Mr. Jones and
Mr. Wilby last Thursday at Delmoni
co's by the representatives of th?
leading automobile organizations in
New York City, among those present
being Percy S. Jones, Carl H. Page,
George L. Holmes, W. B. Lasher, Al
fred Reeves, Logan Waller Page, of
Washington. D. C, Col. P. R. Hawkins,
T. A. Matthews. A. L. Westgard,
Frederick H. Elliott, Thos. S. Barrett.
C. F. Dieckmann, R. H. Montgomery,
F. Du Casse, F. H. MacFarlin, John
H. Gerrie, W. P. Callaghan, Frank Fin
ney and H. Hottinger.
An invitation has been extended by
Secretary Elliott of the Touring Club,
to the members residing in Greater
New York asking them to participate
in and loan their cars for the sixth
annual automobile "Orphans' Day'
outing on Thursday, June 2nd. The
orphans from, the various charitable
institutions in New York and West
chester counties will be taken to Co
ney Island where a luncheon will be
served to the children. The touring
Club of America is endeavoring to do
everything in its power toward mak
ing this occasion an enjoyable one tor
the several hundred children for whom
this annual automobile outing is one
of the red letter days of their lives.
HONORSJVT MEBANE.
Medals and Other Distinctions An
nounced During Past Week.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Bingham School, Mebane, N. C.
May 26. The successful winners of
prizes, medals, scholarships and diplo
mas at Binham, are as follows,- name
ly: Penmanship prize, Leonard Paul
Wessell, of New Hanover county. Com
mercial prize, Robert Waldron Frank
lin, of Virginia. Prize to the neatest
cadet, Morris Hilliard Caldwell, of
South. Carolina, and Paul Perkins
Gwyn, of Surry county. Prize to the
best drilled cadet, William Eugene
Holmes, of Alamance county. The
Science medal, Miss Isabella Y. Gray,
of Orange county. The Mathematics,
Latin, History and acholarship med
als, Mr. John Albert Holmes, of Ala
mance. The Bible medal, Robert Wes
ley Guthrie, .of West Virginia. Penman
ship medal, Ralph Newi.cn Guthrie, of
West Virginia. The English medal,
Luther Pearce Sykes, of Orange coun
ty. -
The winners of University scholar
ships are as follows: The University
of North Carolina scholarship, John
Albert Holmes, who made an average
of 98 5-6 on all studies for his senior
year. . .-;';
The Washington & Lee University
scholarship - to Mr. Ralph Wendell
Holmes with sC grade of 98 .1-6.
The Tulane University scholarship,
Thomas Lacy Morrow, with a grade
of 94.
University of Tennessee, Mr- James
E. Holmes, with a grade of 94.
The Debater's -medal. Carl D. Moore,
of Mecklenburg.
The athletic prizes were delivered
as follows: ' Pole vault, Frank A.
Jones; running high jump, Joseph
Cromwell Long; 440-yard run, running
broad jump, baseball throw and potato
race, Leonard Paul Wessell; 100-yard
dash, Donald Winchester .Powell;
standing broad jump, John Allie Cor
bett; putting 16-lb. shot, Edgar Swain
Woodley.
What Everybody Wants.
Everybody desires good health
which is impossible unless the kidneys
are sound and healthy. Foley's Kid
ney Remedy should be taken at the
first indication of any irregularity, and
a serious illness may be averted. Robt
R. Bellamy.
Something
Summer Goods in All Departments
New Ready-to-Wear for Summer.
New House Furnishings for Summer.
New Traveling Goods for Summer.
New Sun Shades for' Summer.
JuaGrecque Agents Standard Agents
Wilmington will have the rare
pleasure and privilege this week of
entertaining1 an army of representa
tive traveling men who penetrate eve
ry nook and corner of .North and
South Carolina and portions of other
States exposing for sale every article
known to the wholesale dealers. The
occasion is the annual meeting of the
Grand Council of the Carolinas, Unit
ed Commercial Travelers, that great
and growing fraternity of the genial
"knights of the grip", which meets in
this city Friday and Saturday. The
traveling men, many of whom will be
accompanied by members of their
families and friends, will begin to ar
rive as early as Thursday and every
incoming train until Friday evening is
expected to be crowded with members
of the organization.
Everything is in readiness for the
big meeting and Cape Fear Council,
No. 374, which will be the host of the
gathering, is only awaiting the arrival
of the travelers. The local commit
tees have made elaborate preparations
for the meeting and everything point9
strongly to the greatest convention
this organization has ever known. The
people generally of Wilmington have
joined the committees in arranging
for the entertainment of the visitors
and the people generally will join in
giving their guests a big, hearty and
sincere welcome to Wilmington and
the beaches. The city will simply be
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jiu me uauus oi me travelers ior mose
two days and as many additional days
; as they may be persuaded to spend in
Wilmington with side trips to the
; pleasure resorts. The visitors will be
i greeted by the true far-famed Cape
Fear hospitality, which is only another
way of saying that when the sessions
of the Council are over and the visit
ors are ready to depart they will de
clare with all the emphasis they can
command that truly the meeitng was
the grandest and greatest ever held
by the organization.
The municipality has appropriated
$500 and more than $1,000 has been
raised by private subscription for ad
vertising purposes and for the enter
tainment of the visitors. Realizing
the importance, of the meeting, from
the standpoint of an advertisement
(for Wilmington the city came forward
mtu lug ouiuuui. aancu iui uj uie uuiu-
mittee and appreciating the value of
the traveling men as commerce build
ers the business men gave an amount.
sufficient to give the visitors such an
entertainment as they have never
known before on a similar occasion.
The souvenir programme for the
convention has just been issued and
will be widely circulated. It contains
16 pages, and in addition. to the full
details of the features of the conven
tion is replete with cuts and interest
ing information regarding the impor
tance of Wilmington in the commercial
world. The cover is attractively fin
ished in blue and gold and bears the
inscription, "Grand Council of the
Carolinas, Wilmington, N. C, June
3rd and 4th, 1910." together with the
crescent and grip emblem of the or
der. Each visitor to the convention
will be given a copy of the programme
and copies will be sent to eevry Coun
cil in the United States and Canada,
476 in number.
The First Day.
As stated above, the visitors will be
gin to arrive in great numbers as ear-
' ly as Thursday and by Friday morning
WINDOWPHANING
A substitute for stained glass. An expert here to do
the work. For offices, residences, business houses
where an artistic window and a subdued light are de
sired. Exhibition all this week.
Second Floor The Little Store.
Call and examine the work.
Piatt &Haar
several hundred are expected to be
here. The opening session, to which
the general public is invited, will be
held in the Academy of Music, and
will convene at 9:30 o'clock. Follow
ing an overture by Kneisel's Orches
tra, which will furnish the music, pray
er will be offered by Rev. W. E. Cox,
rector of St. John's Episcopal Church,
after which the address of welcome in
behalf of the city of Wilmington and
Cape Fear Council will be delivered
by Herbert McClammy, Esq., city at
torney, who is an able and pleasing
speaker, and upon this occasion he is
expected to be at his best. The res
ponse will be made by Mr. C. H. Jones,
of Columbia, S. C. The public meeting
will then adjourn and the delegates to
the Grand Council will go to the hall
of Cape Fear Council, in the Murchi-
son National Bank building, where, at
10:30 a'clock, the first business ses
sion will be held. Another business
session will be held at 3 P. M. and if
the business is not finished at this
meeting a third will be held at 8:30
P. M. There will be in the city a large
number of traveling men who are not
delegates to the Grand Council and if
they are not interested in the regular
business sessions they may enjoy
themselves during the afternoon and
evening 'by attending the basehmJl
game and moving picture shows, free
of charge, admission being by badge.
During the baseball game in the af
ternoon music will be furnished at
League Park by the Metzers' Band
from Charleston, S. C, and the Char
lotte Drum Corps.
Saturday will be a busy day but will
be given over entirely to entertain
ment of the visitors. The events of
the day begin with a street parade.
At 9:30 o'clock the Councillors will as
semble at Council Hall, Front and
Chesnut streets, where the procession
kwill form. The uniform to be . worn
in the parade is white duck trousers,
blue or black sack coat, regulation cap
of the order, official badge, and um
brella in colors of the order blue,
white and gold. The Parade Commit
tee of the Grand Council has request
ed that every person in the parade
wear the uniform as stated above and
local "members are earnestly request
ed to provide themselves with the
white duck trousers. The visitors
will have their white duck trousers
and it is hoped that local members
will do as well in carrying out the re
quest of the Grand Council committee,
otherwise they may look odd in the
grand processipn. The procession
will traverse the principal streets of
the city, the exact route to be an.
nouhced later. There wil be three
bands in the parade, as follows: Met
zers' Band of Charleston, S. C; The
Charlotte Drum Corps and the Reser
vation Band from Fort Caswell, mak
ing a grand total of 75 pieces. Head
ing the procession will be a platoon
of mounted police, immediately fol
lowing will be the Charlotte Drum
Corps of 30 pieces, then the Grand
Council officers in automobiles. The
Charleston band will be placed about
midway the parade and just preceding
members of the local council, who will
bring up the rear, will be the band
from Fort Caswell. After traversing
the principal streets of the city, the
travelers, members of their families
and friends, will go to the foot of Mar
ket street, where at 11 A. M. they will
board the steamer Wilmington for a
trip down the historic Cape Fear riv
er. At 1:30 P. M. the party will dis
embark and be taken through one of
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