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r 0 * hV[ ' \ j ,1 Thursday, January 1, 1948 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three 10.00 50.00 2~0'0 10.00 10.00 1.00 25.00 5.00 10.00 hibilions, .whose gross daily income does not Exceed $500.00, per day r $25.00 SODA FOUNTAINS— ;.L Soda Fountains, with or without store, whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $1,500.00, per year and $.50 for eacji^twfditional $1,000.00 erf gross income. SOLICITORS AND ■CANVASSERS— ' ^ All ipersons canvassing- or solidfling any o r-d e'r for gfrods, wares, merchandise y boohs, literature, or solicit ing orders for any commod-. ity or thing whatsoever to be delivered at future date, .whether any^part of the pur- chase price is collected by any* such solicitor or can yasser or not, per year ..7 .... Per day * * - STABLES, SALES, FEED AND LIVERY— Stables, sales, feed and liv ery, whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year 25.00 and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. _ .STREET TRUCKS DOING DRAYAGE— Street trucks doing draya whose gross annual inpdme does not exceed $1<000.00, per year and $.50 for eadi additional $1,000.00 oLgross income. STREET MLAGONS OR DRAYS— Street wagons or drays, per year : —: ^ Per day SHOOTING GALLERIES— Shooting Galleries, whose gross annual income does not exceed $2,500.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $500.00 of gross income. Whose gross weekly in- come does not exceed $500.00, per week 10.00 -- ^nd $.50 for each additional $100.00 of gross weekly in- vjome. Whose gross daily incojne does not exceed $10.00, per day and $.50 for" each additional 10.00 of daily gross income. SHOE SHOPS— Shoe Shops whose gross an nual income does not ex ceed $1,000.00, per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. STORAGE BATTERY CHARG- IgfG STATIONS, per year .... 10.00 TAXI CABS, per yea* 40.00 No person, firm or corpor ation Shall let or hire or operate any taxi cabs or hacks automobiles or other — vehicles for tran 1 i n .g - o r transporting passengers within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton with out first obtaining a license ' therefor from the Town Clerk. As a condition precedent to the granting or issuing of any license for the opera tion of any taxi cab, auto- «# mobile, hack, or other ve hicle for hauling or trans porting passengers for hire within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton, the* applicant for such license shall first be required to file -with the Tjwn Clerk of the Town cf Clinton a policy or policies of insurance issued by a company or companies doing business in the State ... .of South Carolina upofl each ^ taxi cab, automobile or ve hicle to be Operated under such license, covering liabil- tty in an amount •of not less than - $5,000.00 for injury io any one person and in an amount of not less than , $10,000.00 for injuries to any two or more persons as re sult of one accident, and in-4 an amount of not less than $5,000.00 fo* damages to the property of any person or persons. Said insurance shall be of a type and shall be . carried in a company or ‘ companies to be approved by iherTown Council of the TowrTTof Clinton and shall be maintained in full force ./at all times during the term of any license issued here under, and it shall be un lawful for any taxi cab, au tomobile dr . v e h i c 1 e for transporting or hauling pass- r engers for hire to be oper ated in the Town of Clin ton at any time without having such insurance in full force and effect. TAILOR SHOPS— Tailor Shops, ladies or gents, " •whose gross annuST Tlifcome does not exceed $1,000.00 per year and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. TIN AND TINKERS SHOP— Tin and Tinkers Shop whose gross annual income does not exceed $1,000.00, per year TELEPHONE COMPANIES— Telephone Companies, local, each for business done ex clusively in the Town of ~ Clinton,/ S. C., but not in cluding business done to or from other points without the State, or for the Gov ernment of the U. S., whose gross annual income does * not exceed $10,000.00, per year T50.00 and $.50 for each additional SLQOp.OO of gross income. TELEGRAPH COMPANIES OR AGENCIES— Telegraph Companies or v Agencies for business done . in the not including business to or from podnts. without the Stfite, dr for the Govern- ent of the U. S., whose gross annual income does not ^jcceed $5,000.00, per y^ar * . •*.; TRANSIENT-DEALERS IN FRUITS, : Transient dealersXjn fruits, etc., bread and cake§-7meats or merchandise of whatso ever character and .kind, ^ selling from car or common • carrier except as hereinbe fore or hereinafter provided, per year .•! ... Apple Wagons, per day This license applies to any other fruits or vegetables such as cabbage, oranges grapes, etc. TRUCKS, DELIVERY Delivery trucks, delivering goods, wares, couon, mer chandise or aifiy other com modities into the Town of Clinton/and over the* streets or cMteys oif the Town from side of the Town, each truck, per year 50.00 Each truck, per day r 2.00 • Provided, however, that., wholesalers delivering goods, to retailers in the Town of,, Clinton shall not be charged' a business license by the said’ Town of Clinton unless such wholesalers maintain within the Town of Clinton a ware house- or mercantile estab lishment for distribution of the wholesaler’s goods. }*■; ■ , UNDERTAKERS— Undertakers’ whose gross an nual income does not exceed or corporation for which a license is required^ (3) The apnount of business pro-i posed to be done during the current | year and in those cases in which j such information is, required, the| amount of business done during the] $50.001 previous year in the same occupa-., tion .trade, business or profession, the same was carried oh or prosecui-; ed the previous year. — I- s * The Town Clerk shall thereupon assess and collect the proper license tax as provided for in this Ordi-j iN #» I — — —»•«# ♦A** «*r* mwmem mmtnL Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulslon felierea promptly, be cause it goes right to the seat of the p loosen and expel germ re to sooth© trouble to help loosen and „ laden phlegm, and aid nature < V EW, YEAR S DAY is mqre gen- and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial * \©rally celebrated throughout mucous membranes. Tell your druggist ±= ' the world than any other .holiday fo y? u * ^ r ® oinu ^ on 1| h t h ^desmte the fact that the new year the understanding you must like the )vqd respite me lact^nai me nf w^ytar way lt q^^jy aiiay, ^ cough qj. back. fiance, and'upon such tax being paid, ^emOTaWe day^n ttfsto^y ^ oes not begin’ January, 1 in many areVhave youTmLey j shall issue to the applicant the pro-, countries. - 1 -r- ' LA I I I C Ift kj began 3i> Advent oi the new/year is hailed c W' TJ universally^with good will, celebra- oue ^ s * Cold$^ Bronchitis it. license, Q ^ [ uiii v gji ad iij^ w i til ginju win, v.cieyui o- King Edward 111,/of England. An- t‘bns, hospitality and, in many ^»un nihilated the French before Cal- i. If*® 8 , with an exchange of gifts. l the' events that stgnd out are: 25 00 creation 9. For any business, travel ^ h e era of the Caesars 2 oo. oc P u P^P n or profession not enumer ated in Se^uion 1 of the Ordinance, the license shall be fixed by the May- icm-u uyiu.c ,, , , . —. dr and he is hereby giv^n full'>sw , er ms, 1349. / Origin, of the New ^ ear s celebra- and authority to ftx same and such Paul Revere was born, 1735. _ , tion is lost in antiquity. About 3.000 license-therefor as shall be fixed by' Relsy Ross, horn, 1752. years before the birth;/>f Christ the the Mayor shall be asVbinding in ! Gedr ge Washington unfurled the people of Babylonia kept a New every respect as though itNyas spe-l. ^ rst Union flag of 13 stripes>L776 Year’s festival which lasted for 11 or cificaliy enumerated^dr designated in' Ireland was^united with Britain toi-12 days. ..this Oi^dipance. L 1801. ~ > l n the days of the Roman Empire Section 10. The license taxes here^R 3 **' 30 Independence Day, 1804. , th e y ear had only 10 months, begin- in imposed are levied for the. pur-1 Jackson turned back the pose of raising funds to meet the British at New Orleans in 1815. annual ordinary expenses of , the| Abraham^' Lincoln's emancipation Tcpyn of Clinton for the fiscal yeari proclamation issued, 1863. commencing on the first day of JartU- Greece gainstqdependence, 1882 ary, 1948, .and for the purpqse of New York City df^ve boroughs ui-, paying in whole or in part any legal; corporated, 1898 md^r.edness of the said city incurred Commonwealth of Australia united, for ordinary expenses thereof falling' I 90 !- due during ’the said fiscal year. 1 U- S. pure food law >pyt into' All annual licenses must be paid 1907. rn or before January 31st, 1948, on’ Republic of China founded, 1912. penalty of an additional 10 per cent, -U.S.S.R. formed. -1923. charge aiter Jtuvuary_31st. If license United Nations .Rsclaration signed, 1 is not paid by February 15th^ 1948,' 1942.- . ■ . face tQ the business will be closed by the Hirohito disavows divinity, 1946. ' b ecai Police Department, and action brought in the Town Court, under Section 5 of this Ordinance for the! $5,000.00, per year 35.00 mi f d ,f mean °r of doing business with- ^ out license. Section 11. If any word, clause, sentence or section of this Ordifiance be declared unconstitutional or in contravention of any law or laws of the State of Soutji Carolina, such shall ning with March. When the months of January and Feb ruary wefie added to the calendar, Jan uary 1 was desig nated as sacred to Janus who, accord ing to mythology, had two faces. Ro mans believed Janus looked backward over the past year and turned the other future. When the Rd- Christians, the festi- _ Dr. Felderimifh Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 126 EAST MAIN STREET . South Side Public Square HOURS FOR EYE, EXAMINATIONS: 9:00 to 5:30 Wednesdays 9:00 to 12:J0 Phone *91 for Appointment and $.50 for each additional $*,000.00 of gross intxime. V VULCANIZING AND RE CAPPING SHOPS, per year... W WOOD SHOPS AND WAGON MANUFACTURERS— Wood Shops and Wagon Manufacturers whose gross annual income does not ex ceed $2,000.00, per year, and $.50 for each additional $1,000.00 of gross income. WAREHOUSES— Warehouses kept for/SToring cotton, grain and other com modities, whose gross annual income does nqLq'e x c e e d $2,500.00, per and $.50. for $1,000.00 of g Seirtion 2. A one day only 15.00 New Year QUOTES 15.00 “The object of • new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new ‘soul and a new nose; new feet, a new not effect any other word/ backbone, new ears, and new eyes, clause, sentence or section hereof, j . . . Unless a man starts afresh Section 12. This Ordinance shall go; about things, he will certainly do. 4 . , , , . into effect, on the first day of Janu- ; nothing effective. . . . Unless a man' ! he *’ orld ®el®bra- arY - A - D - l be born again, he shall by no means Uons bo * m on New Done and ratified by the Town enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Council of the Town of Clinton, S. C., in Council assembled and the cor i porate seal of the said town of Clm-"' , I fon hereto affixed this the second day; . of December. A. D., 1947, .and in-the! ! 0ne Hundred and Seventy-second *1 Year of the Sovereignty and Inde- 35 00 l )endenc ® the United States of j America. L: E. BISHOP, Attest: Mayor. ! WM. B OWENS, (City Seal) City Clerk and Treasuner. val still was kept although it was ‘ observed as a day^of prayer and 1 fasting. _ The modem trend of festivities and merrymakings to herald the new year has been in vogue for three or four hundred years. In America and throughout most of : COMMERCIAL HOUSEHOLD WIRING Electrical Appliance Repairing: and Electrical Construction Work Floor Plugs A Specialty ARNOLD M. CANNON 29X Owens St. Tel. 245-J Year’s Eve. ch additional :s income. licenses issued for all be double the amount above mentioned for Satur days, show, days, Christmas days, and other days of public gatherings. Section 3. That all-licenses Issued under and by virtue of this Ordi nance" shall be nan-transferable, and except a license for a day, a week or month, shall terminate and end on December 31, 1948, but may be re-; voked aL any time by the Town No New Year . s ResoluUoil For Council of the Town of Clinton, on -G. K. Chesterton. # • • “New leaves, to be "sure! Let them turn them that are ashamed of their old ones ” ! no l® 59 than three prominent -Edward Payson Arner.cans who hav. played a v.tal Powell 1 ro e in development gi /their 1 • , ' • i t country. “ , Vpir Year Marks the , Birth of Great Men JANUARY 1 has marked the birth J of NOBODY'S BUSINESS B, GEE McGEE satisfactory cause being shown. Ex cept license issued for a day, a week or month, -annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued prior to June 30th, 1948, three-fourths the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued after June 3Q, 1948, and prior to September 30, 1948, and one-half the annual rate tor all li censes issued after September 30th, : “Ring out the old, ring in the new. Ring, happy bells, across the snow; i The year is gqing, let him go: Ring out the false, ring in the true.*V 1 —Alfred Tennyson. [ .“We are bound,, by,’ every rule of justice and equity, to give the New Year^redit for be ing a good one until he proves him- Mr. Chance mr. slim chance, s'r., says he did s ®^ unworthy the not prepare anny new year’s revolu- confidence, we repose in him.’’ tions for 1948, he madp some last/- —Charles Dickens, year at the’request .of his wife, and he found it necessary to break most of them enduring the first week after Of the three, P,aul Revere is. the most famous. Born in 1735 to a French goldsmith named Rivors, who had changed it to Revere."t’aul i followed in his father’s footsteps to j become one of the leaders of the metalware industry in the infant re public. But his chief distinction, of course.■'lay in his historic midnight ride of 1775 to warn the New Eng land countryside that the Redcoats were coming. “Mad Anthony” Wayne, one of Ihe most colorful figures in Ameri can history, was born on New; Year’s Day in 1745 in Chester Coun- [ ty, Pa. A relentless and aggressive „ , , DISCOMFORT* — 35 # Pan Bottle BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING i ■* st* jiyfi'* f ^ ii ■ HEAttNG SERVICE Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE "ft. good old year 1, with the past: i ** h *f r - the arrival of the said new' year. , . _ , mrs. chance requested slim to sign 1948, and prior to December 31. 1948.!., revolution thal he would nol smoke Oh, be the new as kind!" - —William Cullen Bryant. Section 4. That ev porations or part rson, cor- his pipe or a cigarette, newer again. this Ordinance 0 obtain aTcense fo 1 - 811 " 1 ' v " as l . so ^ean’and disagreeably around the house while laying o4f engage in any business, trade, pro fession or (Sccupation, for which a license is required, shall at the time x>f applying for such license bf at’any other time as may be required by the Town Council, furnish to the Town Clerk, or auditor of the city, such: other and further informatibn as may mr - chance allso signed a pledge be necessary for correctly ascertain- to refrain from strong, drink endur ing the license to be assessed and collected. Section 5. Any person, firm, com pany or corporation prosecuting or ^ylncicnt (Custom of chan nin a r n 9 It was once the custom in Britain to extend gifts on New* Year’s of the weed, the familey-and the 4 dogs and the 3 cats and his’nabors could no island him. so he found his pipe, fully loaded, at his break-] bram her of^the fast plate on the fourth morning. 1 and the nh«prvpH thl HaJ 3ttract,ve materials and skillful and the Saxons observed the day l shapeSi Washington. Franklin arid i .at Brandywine, Germantown and White Marsh in the Revolutionary | war, and th.en aided in subduing the j Indians in the west to permit the } settlement of the new country be yond the Alleghenies. j VT EW YEARS Day, 1752. Betsy k ^ Ross was born Elizabeth Gris : com in Philadelphia. Pa. She mar ried the merchant Ross and aided him in, the upholstery business, The^ ancient druids presented gaming Wlde rebbgnition for ’her with gifts and festivities. Adams were among the Ross’ cus- The Roman custom of honoring: tomers so when the Continental the emperor with gifts was ‘ntro-{ Congress of 1777 resolved ^ a flag in / 1947. he got along^o. k., so says duced in Eneland durinff the time I ConRress OI 1111 resolved mat a nag mri. chance, until .hat tnHing, m| ^Hen^ III Queen Bess wal' « ^e ttarteen colon.ea be account low down art 'wmare kent' a » '‘«^ een B . 8 ^i made. Betsy s friends at court h* r** ha . v ' obtamed most, of the. h „ comm ,„i w) e4 for the work. —REMEMBER— Rulonc Got Service It ECONOMICAL! DtJLANF ■ ~1 Carolina Suburban Gas Co. leaurens —'I’hone 508 . . holding a toottle of bondde rye under i jewels and attire of her wardrobe engaging in arty business or occupa- siij^ nose f rom ^ me time, finally 1 from New Year donors, ' tion or profession, or keeping or at i a; . t — s i im got ^ macJt he jerked. / Under the gift custom prevailing maintainangany establishment nam-j the ggjj bottle of rye out of the hands! during the Tudor and Stuart dynas- ed in this Ordinance without havttig ot art ■ c and dl . ank |t| enlire Ues ladi „ recalvod first paid the license tax imposed 1 thereon, or shall otherwise violate any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance, shall upon conviction be fined not -exceeding - one hundred (100.00) dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding thirty (30) days with or without hard labor at the discre tion of the officer trying the case mr. Section 6. Where a license is im-iweeh'. but he bumped his head on posed by this Ordinance upon any! monday and mr. bert skinneris dog 10.00 10.00 business, profession dr occupation, and such business, profession or oc cupation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employee, such agent, clerk or employee shall be subject to all the penalties herein imposed should the said business, profession or occupation be carried imposed having been paid in the same manner as if such agent, clerk or employee were the proprietor of such business, profession or occupa tion. Section 7. Where the amount of! licenses provided for herein are de-j pendent on the amount of incomejf receipts or sales, the basis forS^eq^- taining the amount of said licenses shall be the amount of income, re ceipts or sales Jor the preceding year ending December 31, 1947. Section 8. That every person, firm, company or corporation required by this Ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, pro fession or occupation, for which a li cense is required, shall at the time oi applying tfor such license, make a statement under oath, before an of ficer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the Town Clerk setting Nforth: (1) , His or her name, sfyle of firm, name of company, or corporationv j (2) The trade, business, professionf contents befoar it could be sepper- ( gloves and pins. Sometimes these rated from him. " | gifts wefe wrapped in money, and - I from this, practice we derived the chance made another. 19471 term “pin money.” The young ladies in the receiving line, smilin^^oyiy with every little movemen^^Hbuld present -each comer wjf^HEne little memento of the occasio^Fftlaybe a «ilken badge, a card with mottoes, a metal sou venir. Pinning these on' the lapels, they would then saunter into the I revolution of his own frefe will and accord, it was that he would swear off from swearing and- cussing, he got along fairly well for the first bit hi mon tuesday, and he fell down stairs on Wednesday, and his wife let the bread burn on thursday and then he broke loose, the state of slim was worfee aiter that than it was befoar he signed up. so be says: what's the use. CITY SHOE SHOP Pitts Street Expert Shoe Repairing Clinton and Goldville S. D. Dawkins & Sons Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries. Radiator Boiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. ' Phone 119 G&rj 81. front and back parlor to flatter their host’s ego. Wealthier hosts would have an or chestra, and as the crowd thinned the gay young blades would swirl ’their lynx-like lady ffiends around to the lilting strains of “The Picture That Is Turned to the Wall” or the Baggage Coach Ahead." Wassail Bowl Lotto X.... O Symbol of Merriment The wassail bowl long h?s been a source of joy and' merriment in celebrating the prospects for the New Year. In merrie England, celebrants would stick cloves in theisides of an orange and drop it into the waSsail bowl, where it would be allowed to float and flavor the drink. Spiced ale was a popular New Year’s serving. • Early American colonials whooped it up on New Year’s night. It was the custom in the south for young folks, se^vrfhts and even Ne groes to go ffbm tavern to tavern, drink on..,the house, and wish all wall First to Celebrate New Year's Day Chatham Islands. New Zealand/is th^ first place in the world to cele brate New' Year. A British colony, the islands are inhabited by 200 per sons. largely shepherds. The islands are at .the nearest- starting line of time, and when New Year arrives it is only 42 noon in London and 7 a. m. in New York. As it dawns on the islands, the New Year begins its race westward, along the equator at a speed of 1.000 , miles ’ah hour. .By the tune Newr Yorkers gather to ring in the new year, the islanders are sitting down to dinner. N«#d a LAXATIVE? ''•Uck'Orauglit i« 1- Utualfy prompt 2- Usually thorough 3- Alway« •conomical % X DAWN OP NEW YEAR . . . May It bo a happy om for averyopa everywhere. Watch Your Kidneys/ Help Thera Cleanse the Blood of Harmful Body U ante Your kidB#v» *r* cotm»ntly tllt»rlnf matter Irom the blood ttream But kidneye ai metimea lag m their work do not act aa Nature Intended—’(ail to re move impurities that, il retained, mav Poiacn the •yatvm'-ltne.upeet the who** body machinery.^ Symptom# mav be naning'backache, persistent headache, attacks id diaa:nv*a. — getting up nights, awell^ig. puttme** under the eyee—a teeiing ol nervous ainxiety and loaa of.pep and strength. Other signs of kidney or bladder dis order are sometime* hvirtaing,.scanty or too freuoent urination. . There should he no doubt that prompt treatment n wiser than neglect. I he /hum’s f*i/!e. f>oow's have been wmn.ng dew friends for more than lofty year*.. „ They have a nation-w.de repu atioa. Aiw recommended by grateful people lb* country over. Atk gear •etgAber/ Doans Pills