North Carolina Newspapers

.the Leather Rain or snow nd colder tonight Coldwav weil porUo , PUBLISHED EWERV AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. XVI No. 286 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915 STAUHTOfl, VIRGINIA ORIGINATOR SOF THE city Staunton, Va., was the first twon In the country to adopt the "City Man ager Plan." The present manager is S. D. Holsinger. Mr, Holsinger in a letter toThe Free Press states that the idea was adopted there on Janu ary 13,1908. The State laws were in the way-of Staunton having a com mission form of government, so the FOUR PAGES, TODAY 28 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS hi o u uut uiucers oi Doin are paid to give their entire time and at tention to the affairs of the City in any other feature They differ in the following points; fThe General Manager is appoint ed by a Council or Commissioners erected by the people. "Commissioners of the Commission Plan are elected by the people. OAK RiOGE INSIITOIE ' : " IS WEIL PATRONIZED 'TARGET FOR TURKS' "FRIENDLY" SHOT , (Special to Free Press.) OhK Ridge, N. C, Jan. 22rti are as many if hot more students at The General Manager has only ad- ak Rid8r Institute W spring than ministrative functions and not legis-1 were here last fall. This ift very lative. I irratifvln. in view of th fin"n.i.,i . . i - """"" Commissioners are clothed with condition1 of the fcn..tn oom uminisirauve ana legislative The new building has been com- luncuons. I niot,i a ; -,.ii in the ueneral Manager Tlan ad-1 and comfort. Th ministrative authority and responsi- purchased for the literary societies p.my are not aiviaea out piacea upon have been received. These chairs were given by seudents of the school,! old and new, and the name of the giver stamped on a metal place, will be placed on each chair. Literary! society Work has, for thirty years or J more, been one of the leading features! of the school. The school grounds have not been entirely cleared of cubbish, but, with the coming of spring, it is hoped to put the campus in shape, and to park I the fine body of original oak forest I one person. "In the Commission Plan they are committee appointed to devise a bet-1 divided among several persons. . a. .1 ii I ..rr-i . si m w ter plan oi government umn mo ex-i - me general Manager nan is isting one hit upon the "General Man-1 strictly a unit government so far as ager scnema. uuet cuipuinuuus iiiu Business ena is concerned, it is had General Managers, why not a this end of city government that has city. No classified accounts were kept suffered and needed a remedy. The previous to the establishment of the I legislative end has always had suf- offlce of General - Manager, so Mr. I ficient attention and really has been Holsinger would not assert that the I overworked. Neither function of nresent plan is the most economical, I city government should be disregard but tne lax rows i woi ivweicu cu nor one cumuunuc-u wun me oin-i lying- to the front of the school build to ?1.30. city council selects tne city er. iney are notn vital, separate and jn The underbrush will be cleared Manager, and to that body, mostly distinct in their natures, and to sep- awav. walks anil' driven PnnEtniPt,i legislative in its offices, he makes his Urate them by placing them in the This can be made one of the most reports. He is appointed lor one hands of different bodies is the most beautiful Darks and relation year, and does not have entire charge I healthful for both and the most pro-l grounds in the State of the appointment oiBUcn ordmates. ductive or good results. Misapprop- The church on the campus is re Following is tne story or tne aaop-1 nations anu arbitrary acts can tnus tion of the Gneral Manager Plan by I be restrained and controlled. The clos Staunton and the enabling ordinance ler the public's representatives are in full: I bound to it safer and the better gov- "So necessary is better municipal I ernment Citizens at large connot ex government that the whole country is I peditiously handle business or adopt preach in the tne church. now engaged in a study of the ques-1 law,s. They have their representatives tion. During the last ten years many I to act for tnem, and tnese representa- cities Have adopted new forms in place I tives should be so clothed with author of the old ones. Radical changes I ity that all public affairs can be hand- have been made. The first is known Med in a fair, safe, intelligent and ex as the Commission plan, and then fol-1 peditious manner. They should not be lowed the City or General manager I so cramped or hedged with restric Plan. Galveston, Texas, was the first I tions that they cannot act freely with city to adopt and successfully operate authority delegated to them. No syst FIRE THREATENED KIH COTTON MILLS FRIDAY VINDICATION t . 5x N "-x -s J 4 "t. x vx J x5 y U s x, Vt? WM-ZJJi&x t i ' T 11 ! Wx, 1 his is the launch of the U. S. S. Tennessee at which a Turkish fort in tno narnor or, bmyrna Bred a shot, which afterward was declared to bo only a inenoiy warning that the harbor was mined and closed to alien vessels. ceiving its finishing touches this week and on Sunday the first services will le held in it by the pastor, Rev. L. W. Garringer. On February 4 the president of the M. P. Conference will The Free Press was unavoidably de layed today by an unexpected mechan ical trouble, which local mechanics Jliave been unable to remedy.' Hence it necessary to send out this incomplete edition. The trouble occurred early in the day, and hence very i little local ard ployees of the City. He shall make P'acucaiiy no telegraph news was itt all contracts for labor and supplies We hope our readers will make allow and in general perform all of the ad- ance. TheZudora story and other Sat urday's matter will be run in Monday issue. ministrative and executive work now performed by the several standing committees of the Council, except the Finance, Ordinance, School and Aud iting Committees. The General Man- the Commission Plan, and Staunton, I em should be adopted the tendency of ager shall discharge other duties as Virginia, was the originator of the which would be to evolve a city "Boss" may from t;me t0 t;me i,e required of General Manager Plan and the first lor Dictator, and all chances or op to adopt it. i . I portunities for evil or wrong-doing "The General Manager Plan was put f should be minimized into effect by the City of Staunton "The greatest evils of municipal fiee( sha exeCute a bod before the by Messrs. WTP, Anderson and Ralph under the passage of an ordinance by I government are the misappropriation the Council on January 13th, 1908. 1 of money and the improper supervis- This ordinance and its adoption are the I ion of expenditures. Misappropria- result of the work if a special com-1 tion is mostly due to lack of know mittee headed by John Crosby, Chair-1 ledge of its needs; and wasteful ex mart, Hugh C. Braxton, H. L. Lang I penditure to lack of supervision by a and J. M. Spotts. This Committee had I responsible person. So to cure the him by the Council. " 5. The General Manager, before entering upon the duties of his of- Clerk of the Council in the penalty of $5,000.00 with good and sufficient surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his of fice. "While the ordinance is written in a general and comprehensive way, yet CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT OF WILSON WAREHOUSE. Wilson, Jan. 22. A big deal has just been made here wherein the Wat son Warehouse changed hands. Here tofore the business has been owned Pitt. Mr. Anderson has sold his half interest to Mr. II. G. Whitehead, the consideration being $35,000. JUDGE G. H. CONNOR OUT OF HOSPITAL Wilson. Jan. 22. Judsre Gsorcc W. been appointed by the Council lor tnei ins or municipal government is to aa- jt js sufficiently clear and specific to Connor, who has been in Johns Hon . . I . i .... - -H -I.- - x 1 i I purpose or investigating ana report- minister tne meaicme to tne uusiness define accurately just what the tion-1 kins Hospital for the past several ing updn the expediency of creating I end of it eral Manager's duties are. He is plac-1 weeks, recuperatinir from over-work a more efficient and economical admim-1 "lhe uenerai Manager nan oners i e(i jn fuu charge of the administrative arrived in Wilson vesterdav . stration of the City's affairs. I the solution, ine uenerai Manager i affairs and given control of all de- - jrivpannnon was mane dims an onicer in tne imnua ui uie wu- i nortmnnf hnrii pmninvopa. wnrK. I .m-b .;inc, a m.H,,,., . . i . IT C7 I - I 1. 11 x-1 v. - . . . - . x. , j - - - --? dUin HI UI lilt I UlVOl mi lliuilll ri If, 1 which tir Galveston-Houston plan pie's representatives. Both are charg-1 purchasing and the execution of all taining Oo the city's business come tuTiow it could be adapted to Staun- ed with separate and distinct out- contracts. He is accountable to the ton's needs'. The research did not pro-1 ies the Representative, the legisla- cjty Council and his acts must be ap ceed very far before it was discovered I tive; and the General Manager, the ad- that the cbnstitution of the State 'of Virginia prescribes the plan of govern ment for its municipalities by inflex ible provisions which necessitate the retention of councils, delegating -to them certain fixed and enumerated ministrative. Each helps and checks ths other. In this arrangement lie the greatest protection to the tax pay ers and the most economical and ef ficient methods. "The principle of this plan is exact- proved by it. At the beginning of each fiscal year he is called upon for a report as to the needs of all City de. partments, with his recommendations under his attention, which enables him to make a thorough analysis of all parts, and produce a complete structure without useless, idle and ov er paid employees, and unnecessary, wasteful and overvalue materials. lie THE UNIVERSITY DEBATERS FOR STATE DOG TAX powers. This barrier, of course, made! Iy the same as that of a private corp it imnnsaihln for Staunton to avail it-1 nrntirtn. It is not a new idea but a and detailed estimates. This places can fit all parts together and set prop the City Council in a position to make er standards which will enable him to all appropriations in an intelligent check the records of every man and manner, and thereby avoid misap-1 tell whether the city is getting value propriations. By this means a whole I received for every dollar expended. self of the Commission Plan. This I new application of an old one. Ithasyears wori j9 jaid out and planned. I G00d methods ar6 oi ways productive difficulty really resulted in a benefit been thoroughly tried and found abao-1 t tne close of each year he is re-1 of economy. Through the General to the Committee, it served as' ameans I lutely satisfactory in every respect. I qujred to make to the City Council an Manager Tlan Staunton has reduced of bringing out a new plan which is I not only adaptable to all municipal ities, but is based upon sound busi ness principles. "The Committee conceived the idea "The new application has been high- J :temized and detailed report of all the cost of concrete sidewalks from ly satisfactory to the citizens of StaUn-1 work done and every cent of expend-1 $2.00 and $2.25 to $1.00 and $1.25 per ton and each day the results grow bet- jture made through the year. The cost square yard. The saving was effected ter. There seems to be no opposi- 0f each piece 0f WOr is kept in detail by the city doing its own work, under tion to the office whatever, which is and the quantity done. An account the riirht kind of supervision. While that the business of a municipal cor-1 substantial proof that it has been a j of every transaction ii systematically aH the difference cannot be attributed poration was not different from that of I success and founded on the jight prin-1 kepi; all departments are co-ordinated I to the change, as the cost of materi- a private corporation and what the J doles. The following ordinance wiiltan(i harmonized; and authority andlis j n 80me cases has decreased yet municipality lacked was good com-j show how the office was created here,! responsibility concentrated. The of-1 the quality of work. done now is far mon-sense, business-like methods In I 8nd the duties of the General Manag-1 gce ja reany a bureau of information I gUperio to the contract work. Where the administration of its affairs. In er. for the City Council, the departments contract work is still done it must be the analysis of the two it was ascer- "Jan. 13th, 1908 and the public. The General Manager done at the right price and with f,t)d tained that the only difference was, " Be it ordained by the Council of u reauired to give his entire time and materials and workmanship. The the private corporation had a Gener- the City of Staunton, Va. al Manager and the city did not; oth-J i. That there be appointed by the attention to the best interests of the city's public utilities are run in the city. He is in a position to keep nim-i most productive and economical man erwise thev were alike. The Mayor! two branches of the Council in joint aif i,reast of the times, and inform- nor. ua public buildintrs and other corresponds to the. President, and the! session as soon as possible after the! cj a8 to the markets so he can buy to I property are turned into proper ues Council to the Board of Directors. Now adoption of this resolution, and there- the best advantage. He personally and some of the buildings made to the only" thing that could be done was after annually at the regular election studies the needs of the municipality produce an income instead of being to equip the City with a General Man- 0f City officers in July of each year n(j ig jn eonstant touch with the cit- a dead expense. The fiscal affairs at ager and its governirtent would be com-1 an officer to be known and designated I jzeng wh0 always make known theirlthe end of the ear are closed with a plete. This was a -very happy solu-aa "General Manager." tion of the problem, not only because j , 2. The General Manager (except it was in accord with the State code j m 'the case of the first appointment wants. He has to be lair ana careiui i balance instead of a deficit and a in his dealings because the citizens bond issue to take up a floating debt. are around his desk and the Council I expenses for public improvements and City Charter, but because it was I under thi resolution, which shall bej, his head. He is the medium be- sucn as street work and extension of a good, if not tha best iorm of 1y I until the next election of City officers I the public and the Council, and! waUr mains are carried within Uhe government. Therefore, ' the I CtoittX er of Staunton was not changttl in th creation of the Gen .lid Manager K&n. ' ' . ' - r' "The General Manager is a new of ficial in city government and his duties v . . tit . V II 1 1 .1 .ffi.. f IhK 1 . 1 . 4n wtniln, ttHMI I f t 1 u . f HA in JUIV. 13vol. snail iwiu vu.v " I as Sucn IS comiwiim w ium 6"ireKUi;ir kiiu uiuiiiarjF umiiiio auu iiu term of one lear and until his sue-1 geryjee and give every man a bquare special assessments are made for them roRr is dulv appointed and tniau-1 ni ln case he does not, there is a 1 "The 'Keystone' of the General Man fied, unless sooner removed by the chanee for an appeal in a practical ager pan a efficiency and 'economy Council at its pleasure. - ;V tray for justice. This is one decided baBed upon a unit government. Coun 9 TK Conoral Manatrer shall be -jMna the General Manager Plan .jia are relieved from lookine after are different from those of any official aid an annual salary of Dot nRg over the Commission Plan. Inthetbe business irregularly and without in the old form. - Cities have had Lra, and he shall have the right to CommjsSi0n Plan the public is the pay Even though councilmen do Uieir their purchasing agents, engineers andHmploy one clerk at a salary of- watchman and in the General Manag- best they cannot afford to take stiffic- other officials, whose duties to a cert-JSMlars per annum, to be paid by the er pan the public's representatives. je;ent time from their own business ain extent were similar to some ofl? the amounts to be hereafter The General Manager must give a to look after the public's affairs as mom or the General Manager but merely- ministerial, covering - detail work in only one or two. capacities. Such officials are subordinates and are placed under the General Manager as part of his staff. . "The General Manager and Com mission Plans are possibly more alike fixedly the Council good account of his stewardship and they should be looked after.; It is a machine room about 1 o'clock this morning sent the deportment al breakneck speed to the Kinston Cot ton Mills, on East Caswell street. The blaze was a trifling affair but very hard to combat because of the difficul ty in getting to it .A small section of the flooring had been burned through when a watchman discover ed the flames and sounded the alarm on the big whistle of the mills. Or dinarily automatic fire extinguishing equipment, which had been installed in the mill, would have stopped the blaze, but because of location of the blaze, in this instance nvailed noth ing. After the firemen had attacked it with their hose it was some time before they could sulkiue the stub Imi n flames. The fire was not an unnatural one. It originated in lint trash, suscepti ble to ignition, and probably had smouldered fo some time. That i was discovered when it was and the quick arrival of the firemen were fortunate. Several hundred thousand dollars' worth of property was at risk. The mills employ several hundred people. Chapel Hill, Jan. 22. -"Resolved, and the fortunes of many would have That North Carolina should adopt a I been affected by the destruction of State-wide dog tax for the benefit of I the big plant. It was but a few non public schools," was the query dis-lutes after the first alarm from th cussed by the North Carolina Club big whistle and almost before thf at its recent semi-monthly meeting, bells had ceased tolling off the num The debate was supplemented by the I ber of tho alarm box at the mill that audience's vote on the subject, which the firemen were engaged with tht favorably voted for a State-wide levy t -H i . . i on hom th. .lotion .tandin. 22 J, zc- The loss has not yet beer " r i . . a 16. I estimated. It was probably be I.. inn J 5ni ffi The debate on the insistent, ever- lween iw ana iuiiy cov recurring theme produced an effective I ered by insurance. array oi tacts and ligures on both sides of the argument. The enact ment of such a State-wide Iuw would yearly reinforce the cofferk of the ed ucational fund $75,000 levying only GO cents or $1 on each dog. The es timated supply of dogs in the State was placed at 150,000 The effective-, revenue-deriving dog law of Virginia Was the basis around which most of the affirmative argu ment was woven. Virginia repudiat ed the dog tax of assessment county by-cuonty, after repeuted failures, and adopted the stale-wide system. The revenue from this tax nets an nually to the school system of tha State $00,000, after an allowance for all sheep killed and cost of collecting the tax. Similar laws in South Caro lina and Rhode Island, nets each of these States, $00,000. and $30,000. In diana derives $104,000 from a similar tax. OF Id" OF SI0W HILL GAOL !hve M And cow BY SHELL, WOMAN IN THE CROWD UNINJURED Figures tabulated from twenty North Carolina counties imposing a By P. M. Sarlo London, Dec.i 28. (By mail to New York) Thrilling personal experi ences in the Belgian trenches are re lated by Miss Jessica Borlhwick niece of the late Lord Glenesk, whe has just returned to England to en large tho equipment of the field am bulance corps which 6he organized in conjunction with Dowager Lady Suf folk, Lord Methuen and others, anu whose work she has been superin tending. "The other day," she said, "I wa standing in the road on the way to Dixmude talking with an officer when a shell fell, taking off his left arm completely as though it had been chop dog tax, exhibited the fact that Wake pei 0jf w;th an axe, killing five others county receives th6 highest revenue -$515 yearly. Onslow county, levy ing $1, receives the lowest returns. The recent agitation, which assumed state-wide proportions, relative to the county dog tax enacted by Represen tative George Pickard of Orange county brought forth the startling announcement that - the county com missioners, at a single meeting, hon ored bills for cur-slain mutton to the nmount of $270.50. The rate of $200 a month for sheep-killing dogs by si single county was staggering, to say the least. ' and shattering a nearby house to thr ground. A cow Standing near war also killed, but another few yard? away simply looked around and went on eating. For a moment I felt stun ned, but was conscious , of a shower of every kind of stone and dirt. One man, not otherwise wounded, was struck deaf and dumb by the shock." PRISONER TAKEN TO PITT COUNTY FOR TRIAL Jesse Phillips, colored, who wan held here for carrying a conccnled tin. iimio ttitft oven m rv The opposing side of the proposed I mna rhraAilv ftV(llinf. taken indicate that the failure of thecounty tQ Greenvillo by the sheriff in com sysystem for qollect.on of a dog tax & Rn or(1er fron Ju()ge H tual failure of a Stale-wide system. w whedl,eCi dimUng that Phillips in me inline would siifimy me uvi-n The burden of the .tax would dispro- portionally be levied on the poor man. The farmer who owns a dozen fox, opossum, rabbit and coon dogs would share the burden of the $75,000 col lected for the public school system hence the inequity of a State levy. The opposition was convinced that j the masses disfavored such a law.j and that the wishes' of the majority should prevail.. The report of Sher iff R. I). Bain of Orange county, af-j ter tho, enactment of the dog law, showed a falling off of 323 dogs list.-1 ed on the books in comparison with the previous year thus testifying to the tendency of disregarding ine ' re quirement to list actual number own ed. - . . the debate was conducted by stu- be turned over to the Pitt county au thorities. The black was wanted there for crimes more serious than the one held against him in Kinston, among them being housebreaking and larceny. ; a. The General Manager shall de- j ;f t connot he may be easily remov- Btr0ne. reliable, and practical form of dent8 of the University. R. B. House vot his entire time to the duties oi amj another selected. municipal government pasea upon hii office, and shall have entire charge The economies and advantages of und business principles and direct- ttnd control of all the Executive work pJan are innumerable. - By prop- ed by trained men. " - t of the city in its various departments, er methods the General Manager can , s. D. HOLSINGER, . and have entire charge and control of locaU, inefficiency resulting ; either "General Manager, the heads of departments and em- from incompetency or non-union of "Staunton, a.w CREW OF STRANDED . STEAMER TAKEN OFF, mi mm i'f ""'1 turn" ii "P .WIJBV. W -Wilmington, Jan. 22. Capt, Moon and crew of eleven men from the fish ing steamer Mindora, Norfolk to Mo bile,, were landed at Sbuthport late today by the members of the Cape Fear and Oak ' Island life-saving Sta tions, by whom they were rescued from their ship at daylight this morn ing when the Mindora went ashore three miles oft the poitn of Cape Fear Bar, where she now lies deserted. of Halifax county and Marion Fowl er ef Durham county upheld the af firmative; C S. tlarris of Montgom ery county, and S. C. Hodgin of Ran dolph county defended (he negative side of the controversy. . Washington, t). C, Jan. 22. After two days of debate on the general slate of the national defense, the House tonight passed without a roll call the army appropriation bill car rying 5101,000,000. ' R. W. Carlton, the Snow Hill tobac conist, who Monday caubed more ex citement than that town had known ... in months by departing for Kentucky and leaving in the minds of his townsmen the belief that he would -forsake obligations against him and get away with about $12,000, is said , to have fully satisfied;, them'. how of his good faith. Carljoff has fully re- ' established himself in the good graces of the Snow Hillians and nssured them that he will make good his word in; every dealing with them. -A-' 1 1 Carlton Monday left his affairs in the hands of a brother and started to the hurley tobacco, belt of Ken tucky to remnin a short time. ? Snow Hill was Immediately thrown into a furore. He i was twelve thousand dollars behind in his accounts with the tobacco warehouses there, was the news that spread through town with 'lightning-like rapidity. War- : rants Were about to be issued, and the authorities ni five or Bix points in North Carolina and Virginia through which he might pass were actually !' wired to arrest him in case he came their way. The tobacconist got wind of how matters stood when he had got only as far as Goldsboro, and imme diately sent $2,500 to Snow Hil! aa evidence of his good faith. Tuesday he returned there and faced his ac- ' cusers. This morning it was said at Snow tlill that Carlton was nain in the -jood grares of his business acijaaint- , ancos and that they are fully convinc , cd that he had meant to do no wrong.' Carlton is a likeable young man, and is said to have purchased proper ty in Greene county,, and made him self generally popular there during his short residence. On Monday when the news spread of his departure there were a number among tho busi- -v. ness men of Snow Hill who immedi ately championed him and declared their belief that he was guilty of no wrong intent. His return ' Tuesday confirmed their confidences 1 ASOCIAI.CEfJTEFI A Broader Sphere for Religion New Field for the Rural Church, ' : By Peter Radford Lepturi-r National l''armcr8' 0nton The social duty of the rural church Is ail much a part of its obllgationa as its spiritual side, la expressing Ua social Interest, the modern rural church does hot hesitate to- claim that It is expressing a true religious In stinct and the old-time idea that the social Instincts should be starved while tho' Spiritual nature' -Was over fed! with solid theological food, is fast giving way to a broader Interprets tion of the functions of true religion. Wo take onr place In the succession of those who have sought to touke the world a lit habitation for tlie chtldren of man vfhen we seek to "study and understahd the social duty of tho rural chtirch. Tho true chrlstihn re ligion is essentially sot:ial Us tenets of faith being love and brothel hood and fellowship Wail follof ing after righteousness; the church must chat lenge and seek to reform that social Order iu which moral , 'life? is ex-' pressed. . While cherishing ideals of f service, the rural church -which .at tains the fullest .measure of succors Is that WhU h enriches as many lives as it can touch, and In no way caa the' church- como tu as. closer contact . with its mcmccra as through the avenue of eoclel fuuctkms. v Tha country town; and : tho ; rural Community accd a social center. "The church nocd cfTer no apology for Its , ambition to fill this need in the com munity, If an, understanding of Us mission brines this purpose into clear cohficlousness. : .iThe(; structure of a rural community ,is exceedingly com- 1 plex: it contains many social groups, each of which has Its own center, but there are many localities which have but . one church and although eucU a church cannot command the Inter est of all the people, it is relieved from tho embarrassment of rt!is'ious!y divided communities. -