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mm t ' - - 0- "aad French t. . I . VOL XXI 1, NO 15 HEHDEHSONVILLE, N. .C - THURb.VL APRIL 22,"! 1915 C1.00 PER YEAR, 111 ADVATCE 7 7 V V facts io mm OF THE BUSKS; mwmwmmm JUSTICE SUBMITS FlUFKES SII OWING THAT MODERN METHOD IS MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL JIIAN ANTIff QUATED FORM OF MUNICIPVL GOYERNMENT. Hendersonville changed its methods of doing business two years ago by ap pointing a business manager to co-operate with the other, officers iar coo. ducting the affairs of this... growing city. Hendersonville was first or- among the first of the municipalities of North Carolina to experiment with this plan of government. During the past few weeks some of the larger cities refus ed by election to adopt the method, telieving that it was a failure, and in the light of these facts : first-hand in formation as to its success in Hender- Eonville is interesting. . - Knowing that Business Manager fiforee W. Justice was in closer touch than any other person with the affairs j cf the citv and the merits or demerits of the present plan of looking after its interests ,the Democrat requested him io furnish some facts. and. figures as to what had been done during the past two years by the present administra ticn. . . - The statement, which is a most in teresting one and one in which the tax payers of Hendersonville should be in- terested, follows, comment thereon' teine found in theeditorial columns: . i - -t . - 4 - J pieLca-..- x i?o iDauauig ci-: mis roau re Statement of Manager Justice, jquired- an$ntire - re-location J filling As general information to the public npver: 1,090 eet of mud creek aMp, I herewith submit some figures taken -bunding-two j new :bridgeirttn : con fromthe auditor's report of tHe city cf w crete abutments! .clearing the right of Hendersonville for the: year ' endipg vay through" the ""woods for over one Uune 6th, 19!3aiul MayEV'I3W Tbese figures 'are pieatea:5fteretnffM& pariBon as"ani-ai2 .in CetermlaLg . whether the present btirtss. xnanaser j tlan oi conducting the ajEfaira of tlio ! city olfers any advantage prer ine old I is system replaced. Receipts for ordinary pur- poses in 1913 ....$24,774.01 Receipts for ordinary pur- poses in 1914'. .'. 28.1280 Receipts for 1914 in excess of those in 1913 ....V.Y eiWwa upenses ror ordinary pur poses in 1913 24.757.28 Expenses for ordinary pur- - -Poses in 1914 . 25,859X2 Expenses for 1914 in excess. of 1913... ..1,1024 Net gain in favor of 1914 .... 2,252.65 The most interesting item Is found ia comparison of the receipts of the ty water department. Receipts for water rentals for - 3 648 05 ' " . 1913 $ Receipts for water rentals including taps for 1914.... Total receipts 1914 in excess 5.949.00 of 1913 2,300.95 During the early summer of 1914 the city installed an additional water sup ply at a cost of $1,300.00 still leaving a fain of $1,000.00 over the 1913 ac count. ... A comparison of the method of the iresent administration with that of former years is interesting when you consider that the . office of city-, busi ness manager takes over some one half dozen other duties performed by as fcany individuals. Under the. present I' You know the -menSHo are fn "Husiiiess- iri this community. You have knoWn thenlbr rfumber wz years. lou Know mem as ueing iiunuiauic am uPnght in every dealing you have had with them rvnowincr them m'this wavl are vdii wilhngr to EfO to their stores and .pay.tp uiem money ;f of mer chandise of which they can show you Only and for which you must jvvait; from- oneveek to a nionth after they ..have rTOdyedy our"1 mpney ? -: Of course you are not. JVV'y?: But you are doing that very same thinnwith People you do hot inow when you Jsend- your ney to the mail-orderlhouses of the cities. You "aye only a picture of a brief deriptioh of an arncle from which to detennine its Value. After you have sent your money you must trast to the telligence of a poorly paid boy or girl to send you in return the : merchandise u .wanlt;;: The neonle nf this rnm mn hitviwho persist I -1 -JF JL m A A Atp lmg with the mail-order houses are doing. both -i!cives and tins town an injustice. . Merchants AsEOciation. of . Hendersonville 1 I I MTVk I 1 1 , ' - suppi mm method the office of the business man ager takes over the following post tions: ;f Manager Fills Many Jobs The 'city!t'4:coRector salary of $1,5QQ; street-oyerseer,-MsaIar3r- of -$660.00; chairman of street committee $75.00 ; (now receives $25.00) ; chair man of the water works department' $75.00 (now receives $25.00) ; the city engineer has been costing the city ap proximately $500.00, making a total .of the above mentioned officers :$2700.00 per year.. --fPT'': .'::r; ..' Saves About $600 in Salaries. The salary, of business manager and city clerk cost the city during tb? year 1914 $2,100.00. Make your own deductions draw your own conclu sions; here are'the figures: ? - Some Things Accomplished. , ; It 'is not amiss just here , to mention a few 'things which have claimed the attention of theV present administration over the ordinary routine.vwork of, the city affairs. ; ,' . Jv -'in-the early summer of 1913 the con struction of the Spartanburg, or locally Known ;a stne; .Barker roaawas com- .ox .i.wix ceived from putsldet sources, the city payins:oi:t cly. c9 third cf tie ccst of tne road. yet. every foot of tlie road m tne ciiy iimws. Early in the same-year the admin istration' installed an additional water supply,-without which oar city would have been short of water in the midst of the summer season, a situation which' needs na comment. 4 This water - taken from v the North side of dump - Vii muttnmiii) wuuuvivtt u gravity : through terra-cotta pipe for 6,600 feet to an intake which was in stalled in. the year of 1904. Thig sup ply "howeTer . is only temporary and taken together with our total supply Is totally inadequate, for the needs of our rapidly growing town. However the council is wide awake to the city'f nAeds and is workins to that end. Another item of especial interest to the public is the recent development and attention given to Oak Dale ceme tery, .which was sadly negiectea lor years. The city purchased .an addi tional four acres adjoining the old cemetery on the west and within the last year the same, has been cleared, removing .-the. trees and . stumps with the exception of an occasional shade tree. The same ' has been surveyed and lotted up, giving the city an addi tional 320 choice lots for burial pur poses. '1 . If - -vT -: ' " The . new part of the cemetery wa; developed in connection with the pjd (Continued on Editorial-Bage.) in W A - . - - - - - ' --- - - If You Hope to r? ft -5 - a. Wl4lATTO.-D.OTJ Screen your-windows and doors.9 Ccreca'all fo3, especially milk. " Do not eat food that lias been in contact wth flies. -J;! 'y-- P--:-:'.. Gcreeifthe babyVbed and keep flies away from the baby's botUe and the baby's food.: ... V1"-, ::-'-"V-:-" lv Keep files away, from the sick, esptclally those ill with typhoid fever scarlet fever diphtheria, and tuberculosis. Screen th patient's bed and kill every fly that enters .tlie room.. . . Q ' - Disinfect nd dispose of all discharges. - . . . . i : ; : - V CatcIr the flies as fast as they appear. Use liquid poisons, fly paper, traps and SWAT those that you. can't Catch. ;-. ' :' . '". ''"'-v- "i-;:L- ' -. - ' r, ijq ; teaspoonfuls of formaldehyde in a pint of milk and water (equal par ts) , and , sweeten with sugar. ? This is -a good fly poison, keep out of reach nf children. : - v ; - , - "-. " - ..,.:V Z-: . '- Flies breed In flltn. Allow no filth or decaying matter of any kind to accumulate on TOUR premises, fcl-i Inkle disinfectants over garbage and contents fif privy vaults. i Keep garbage receptacles tigatl covered. . .-. - Keep the ground around garbage receptables clean.. " , ' , A -. " . : Sprinkle once a day all manure and JTan ure Clean cuspidors every day.' Keep a ; :1 - . ; , '. - , " JTe Dirt, Ko FUes. : ;-; .-1. ; Z; '. Flies tare the most dangerous insects known to man, they are the filthiest of all Insects, they are born in filth, live on filth and carry filth around with them. They are' no respecter of man; if you keep your place in a filthy condition.- They come to your kitchen and dining room fresh from the privy vault, , garbage can, cuspidors,; and manure' pile- They do not clean their feet before lighting on the baby's bottle or on the butter which you are about to eat. They like to wallow in the sputum from tuberculosis and they also like to crawl over and eat nice sweet things you have fixed for baby. They like to feast on the.exreta from typhoid patients and then come to your sleeping child and wipe their feet on his lips. - " ... ; " ';' . :.; ". C: 'y0 Protect yourself and your childrenby keeping your place clean. A flv will lav about 120 eggs, which will hatch in about ten hours, producing about, four or five days, reaching the Swat the Murder oos Hvf Be Is ft Arch SHAW I you will say. Files 1 How absurd! Harm less insects of no par ticular importance) Now, if it should be wolves or great rats, it astonish you, would it shock you, to be told that thousands of children are slain by flies each year? .Would yon be sur prised to learn that Jn one dty of the United States over 7,000 persons lost their, lives from intestinal diseases be lieved by certain scientists to be trace able to the f harmless Insect" that is now buzzing on your wlndowpane or against -your screen door? Suppose It were solemnly stated by scientists ot International repute that anterior po liomyelitis, or Infant paralysis, of which one hospital In Kew York alone re ceived and treated hundreds of cases In one recent summer, can be carried by one of the .kinds of flies you pass by.: as of "no particular .'Importance." What" would you say then? ; And it i9 true, every word of It. Walk into your kitchen and observe the . number of flips there. Are there a hundred, a 7 w . - . possibilities of disaster are not: much greater, says Dr. Pease in Good House keeping.'' . " . ." ; ;;; . . - Iankidd Enemy if : Dealing Fly III m s - N ill "4 r -.fv .:;;-:: v. ....... -,:x . . vf ,-. JJ . . .. : :.-:-'X-..- Dd it early and keep, them up, until snow animal bedding with powdered borax 7Iust be Removed Every SeTen Days at little carbolic acid and water in thens pupa; then in about four days more, I Don't Regard the Hy Lightly; His- :i 4 ' i Touch Is Death YOU hav been har . boring a potential m u. r derer in y o u r home. You have i .. ' been! exposing yourself, your children, your entire family, in fact, and the visitors who come to an ateaesin nearly as auccees ful a a poisoner as . Luerezia Borgia was, and he's there today. Even while you read these - lines he may - be at work. Glanee up from the page to where your baby crawls In the sun shine or slumbers in his crib. Is there buzzing fly . upon hie chubby cheek or hovering above . his ruddy . parted lipsf . peetrey It and lose not a- mo ment In tha doing, a ays Dr. Herbart D. Pease in Good Housekeeping. During countless ages "ths fly has fceen tolerated, smiled at, brushed away gently or slapped at violently, aocord ing to the temper of his victim. He has been sung In jingles by minor poets who might have been better em ployed, acclaimed as a comedian for the amusement of .: infants,' used as a vehicio for the paragrapher's shafts ,of wit, even eulogized by pseudo-scientists as a benefactor of the hi$an race without which we were doomed to ex tinction. And all-during. the years he has been industriously, at work killing us right and left. . - . ''' - - . :-The Democrat?! annually. ' . j ''AiS' mywxt- inning VVfUl ;IHlJ.lrt!BS?- GET -"y-:'v A.m mm mi RID OF FLIES failsr, 'j- Least. ' . . all the time. maggots ; . these maggots grow we have a new crop of nies. Various Methods ,OftEulffi;lie INSECT powder ;- burnt "in a house' stupe fies flies untH they may ' be swept up and d e s t r o y e d, states the report issue d by the health board of a southern state. Twenty drops of car bolic add put on a hot shovel or other hot iron create a vapor .that kills flies, making a simple and effective remedy. - Another . remedy . which for an par poses' probably has n o equal is a so lution of a teaspoonful of formalde hyde and' sweetened water in an open dish. This mixture should not : be placed within the reach of children. 8ticky fly paper, fly. traps and wire paddles, or swatters, help to lessen the number of the pests.' - . -i y- - The swatter Is expected to play a big part in the warfare on the insects this summer, 1 as it is indorsed by all the municipal health boards which have considered the problem, .of how to elim inate the disease spreaders.'. What this device is capable of ac complishing can be appreciated when one takes into consideration the won derful reproductive capacity of the fly. It takes teq; or twelve - days for the fly's eggs to develop, which means that a doen generations can be born .m a J single season. . ,"SJ: - v " . :J-J.- Noxious Fly 7 ITIIT FARMERS SHOULD JOIN " . CITY'S COMMERCIAL CLUB. County and Town Prosper Together or Suffer Apart; Successful Farming t - Means Cooperation With City. ..Fayetteville has what - is commonly termed "a live" Chamber of Com merce, and the latest idea of this or-' ganization for" broadening its field of - usefulness Is to open its membership ' roll to farmers of the ; surroundins ounty and to Invite them in.' Some Ume ago it made farmers eligible and . has a number of rural members, but it wants; an increase in this class. In an article in The Fayetteville, Observer a call 13 . made for 174 "good men and true, to send in their "applications by ... rural carrier. The reason for - want- ing' this particular number at this par-" ticular timev is that it would round out the - membership to a .total 500. C Asking and answering the question as to just why the gentlemen who live in -the country - should accommodate the Chamber of - Commerce, The Observer, says for exactly the same reason that , the - 326 have already joined because they can help themselves and others -by . so doing. The modern farmer is just as much a business man as any- idy else. He buys his supplies, sells . his crop and banks his money in town. . All the currents of business, affect his . welfare. . It is as much a part of sue- cessful farming to look after the mar- -kets for suDDlies.: crons and - money as" - i to see to the sowing and reaping. The country gentleman is simply standing -in his own, light when he. lets his mar-:. ket .town shift for itself. - , fit' would take quite a remarkable man to tell the exact difference be ' ' tween town and country anyway," says- The Observer. "Some ofFay etteville's - leading business men live outside' the city limits,, and that is so of - nearly every - other town. When Hendersons charter was drawn . the limits were set just' 1,600 feet in every direction from a stake in the iniddld of the - town; The clerk that copied that bill wrote It 1,600 miles, and every farmer m -Cumberland county lived in the town of Henderson without know-ing-iU'mr''l::-r- -lt4s truejri as- ThfcXJrYsays.-rs VLut Xq wn.; sndcounty .-Siakeie com- J munity rthat mar prosper . togetlier "or":!- f suffer apart?-The choice is Up ,ix aU. Inhabitants. -The measure of pros perity depends on the measure ot co operaUon. It is a wonder the Fay ctteville idea had not heen born earK . ier and had- a wider .spread. - The commercial organizations that may have been overlooking the farmer as a desirable factor in the increase of" membership havehad .their eyes shut', all this time to a most profitable occu pation. Charlotte Observer. " " BORAX A FLY PREVENTIVE. A Pound Per Horse Per Week C Pre vents Fly Breeding-Cleanlinesa ; - f -so a Good Thing, '(Bulletin by the North Carolina State " V . s Board of Health.) v- Each spring when the anti-fly cam paigns start up . the State Board of Health is . repeatedly called On to rec ommend some , chemical treatment thar " will destroy fly larvae in manure. To findthat, chemical: which "will destroy -the . fly economically and at the same " ' time preserve the fertilizing value of. - the manure appears to be a somewhat baffling Question to-scientists but one. day they are hopeful of 'solving. The fact through a long process 'orexperi mentation .-with different jchemicajs,; ' ,; tne United States -Qep'arfment ot Agri- " culture believes4hat it has found what . . may" be relicdAiJn ; "as an economical,. , ' practical nnd ' jfeifectiT'e larvicide. It is ordina'prax. " . The ; Bu,teUw: of .the United States Department v of Agriculture speaking of the ; favoraberesultc obtained - by -the.!useof borax, says': "It possesses a marked larvicidal action and appears to "exert no permanent injury on the fertilizing 'value-of the manure."- The Bulletin reckons " the cost Of borax treatment, using" ordinary' com- mercial borax costing 5 to 6 cents per pound, to be "one cent4 per hprse per - day, and recommenda,4ibout a pound of borax to every 15 cubic feet or 12 bushels of manure immediately after its removal from ; the stable,, or ia other words, about &. pound per, horse , per, week. ' It further advk?es' the sprinkling of the' borax-ihrough anjj fine sieve over the manutesecially' around the outer edges $f placed in a pile and that the whole. be Sprinkled with three eo five gallons of waiter. ' While the ' State - Board of Healtlr would not for a moment frovmon the " use of borax where borax is nccissaryv or .where for some reason prooap rer". . moval of manure vseems out jof thex-. question, but attention should becall-1" -ed to" the danger of trying to use; same larvicide to the neglect of nbrdinrr cleanliness. '. In .otheiwordstbware'. cf perfume where a bth is needed. '4 -- Where practical manure should oi placed in a tight, tongued groove! " box so : that the' larvae cannot woxli " their way ' down or out through. theA cracks and so that female flies Canhoti deposit more eggs in the manure. Sv.ch a box should be cleaned out .i thoroughly not less than once -every-T five days, or better still twice a wgek." . 1 ! f. ! ' 1 1 i! I ii i t 1 1
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