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tft* mit K. II. AUM? HDitor. THE LICENSE ORDINANCE. The Herald and News has said nothing in regard to the license ordinance recently adopted by council. We did not know that council was considering such action until the ordinance was adopted. We understand that nearly all the cities and towns of this State have some sort of a license ordinance, and that the city attorney, in the preparation of the ordinance adopted h\ council had several of the ordinances of these other towns and cities before him for comparison, and that the license charges in the Newberry ordinance are much lower than in most towns. When the ordinance was published a number of citizens immediately began to proles1:. Soon petil ion was circulated calling a citizens meeting to consider tin ordinance. The constitution of tin State guarantees "the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government or any department thereof for a redress of grievances " No one questions that right. The citizens' meeting was largely attended. The action of this meeting is given in detail in another column. We do not see much need of these citizens' meetings, for we are sure that council would be glad to listen to any complaints or to make any amendments to the ordinance which may be just and proper. That there are inequalities in this particular ordinance is true, and there will be after the citizens are heard, as there have been in all systems and plans of assessment and taxation since government was organized and taxes laid and will be until human society reaches a much higher plane than it is on at present. It looks to us, for instance, that if the license is to be laid in proportion to the business done or the capital stock that it is not exactly equitable that an institution with a capital of $50,000 should be charged $50, while another institution with $400,000 capital should be charged only $100. Then a real estate agent who may sell only one piece of property in twelve months has to pay as much as lawyers who may do a practice ol $10,000 a year and sell all the real estate they please and make transfers. Hut these defects, it they are defects, can be remedied from time to time and we are now inclined to think the license ordinance is the proper way to raise some revenue rather than increase the levy which would be necessary, because an increase of the levy would fall on the business men who had property while it would let others who had no property come inhere and transact business and take money away from the town and leave none here. It is necessary to have more money and a license tax is preferable to an increase of the levy. In fact the levy cannot be increased as it is up to the limit, though two years ago it was fixed above the limit and 110 one protested. There are those who think it will do good to have these meetings in order to get at the exact financial condition of the town. The city council has published during the past year quarterly statements of the financial condition ol the city showing the sources of income and the expenditures. And the books are open at all times to any citizen, but it can do no harm to have an investigation and it should extend to all the finances of the city. For instance, we would like to see a full statement from the commissioners of public works. The city has to pay $5,000 for water and lights for the streets and besides the price to the individual consumer is higher than most towns and cities of similar size. In Greenwood, the individual eo "Mimer pays i.?'- cents per 'thousand gallons tot water and in tlie same proportion tor lights while \yc pay 30 cents per thousand gal ions for water. In Greenwood the city does not have to pay lor water or lights. The plant is owned h\ j the city just as ours is, but the water and lights to individual con sinners pay running expenses and at about half the rate we pay. and yet the town here pays 55.000 per year, and in addition it costs about ; $1,000 for kerosene lights. We suggest that this committee advise the people of the cost of op-rating the plant here and why it should he so much more that: in other places. The Herald and News is yla'.i that something lias happened which Ims gotten the business men together. We have been trying ;'ov n long time to get them together, hut with little result. When you touch the pocket you touch tinmain spring of action. So we look tor good to come out of all of this 'and there is no necessity for any one to lose his temper. The people have a right to assemble to petition I for a redress of grievances, real or imaginary, and to call upon their i servants, the officials, for a state metit of the financial condition of ^ the city and this can be done with! out the slightest intimation of re(flection upon any one. A public I officer should at ail times be ready | for the fullest investigation, and we ! have no doubt this is true of the J officials of this city, so let us all ; keep in a good humor, ?.nd call down to see the city treasurer and put up the coin for the amount of the license fixed in the ordinance. Till: CIGARETTS VERSUS THE MEN. ; "To cigarette smoking by boys is j attributed by a high medical expert j in Ivngland the deterioration of the j classes among which recruits must! !be sought for the British army, j The majority of the new soldiers sent to South Africa are reported as i |ot low intelligence and it is said J that three years of good feeding j wi.. impaired to make them capaj ble of a day's work. "Headaches, bad memory, slow ness of thought, dyspepsia, poor I blood, short breath, pains in the heart and bad temper are among the! [ pleasant consequences officially attributed to the cigarette habit. It I may be added unofficially from gen - ! era! experience that the paper burning fiend makes himself an ill savojied and unpleasant associate ft 1 1 those foicetl into his presence on j crowded street cars or other places |'out of the open.'"?New York World. . pectfully referred to the presjdent and faculty of Trinity College, the hot bed of free thought. Spartanburg Herald. It might with equal propriety be referred to the thousands of young j men all over the country who are addicted to the cigarette habit. 1 ^ here is as much reason for making j war on cigarettes as there is for j fighting whiskey, if not more, for j whiskey has some good uses to I which it may be put and we have ! not heard even the cirgarette fiend undertake to give any good reason j for the use of the cigarette or any i good it does. We had never thought of it beI lore, but the city is paying for lights ! for the streets over $6,000 per year and then we have only a moonlight schedule. We are afraid the license ordi| nance is going to break up the "boneyard." That has been a part ol salesdays for many years and we regret that the ordinance will act as prohibitive. We protest against this. The Legislature meets itext Tuos* day. This is a good time to subscribe to the Herald vK News We | shall endeavor to keep our leadcis posted by a special letter in each v issue of the doings ot this hod v. Senator Latimer has introduced his good roads hill, which we pub- \ lish iu anothet column. It' it goes t through, and the chances are it will, we should place ourselves in'< position to get some of the appro- , priftion. The question ot" road improvement is a national question and is being agitated in all the States. j * The citizens' meeting protested ( against an increase of taxes and at the same time passed a resolution j unanimously requesting council to make an expenditure of from $1500 ^ to S^.000 for the purpose of preventing a panic in case of an alarm ( of fire. This is a proper thing to ( do but to do it will take an outlay U of money. ^ t nder the new license ordinance the horse and mule dealers ho ( come here from Kentucky and ( other places have to pay a license (( to do business just as ?>ur own citi /.ens have been doing all along. Heretofore these traders, while thev 1 may have done as much business as 1 our local men, paid no tax at; I all. When you come to look at it ! ] the ordinance is alright. Notice. r WILL RECEIVE SEALED BIDS X f?r Henderson's and Gordon's ferries I on or before January '23d. JNO. M. SCHUMPERT. 1 County Supervisor. NOTICE. 1 will receive bids until the 22d of January for keeper of the county home, and for physician to give medical attention when called upon, county to . furnish all medicine. J. M. Schumport, Dounty Supervisor. LICENSE ORDINANCE! STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THE , TOWN OF NEWBERRY. TjTOR THE PURPOSE OF MEETING 1 Jj in part the current expenses of the Town government of the Town of New- J berry, in the State of South Carolina, for the fiscal year beginning January 1 1st, 1904, and to meet in part such 1 other indebtedness of said Town as may ^ become due in said fiscal year; Therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Newberry, iu said State, in council assemlled and by authority of the same: Suction 1. That no person or per sons, firm, corporation or corporations, shall engage, in, prosecute or c arry on ' any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession hereinafter mentioned within the corporate limits of said Tow 11 j at any time during said year without ! ' having lirst paid to said Town a license ! 1 or privilege tax therefor as lollows, to wit: _ _ 1 Agent:; for, or dealers in fertilizer for sale $ 20 00 ' | Agents for, or dealers in pianos ' and organs (either or both)... 10 00 J j Agents for, or dealers in sewing machines (connected with other business or alone) 20 00 Agents for, or dealers in lightening rods 25 00 Agents for, or dealers in coal... 5 00 Agents for, or dealers in maps, books, newspapers, periodicals and other like articles (other than licensed merchants who deal in same) per day $5.00 or per year 20 00 Agents for enlarging pictures 1 per day $5.00, or per year 20 00 ! Agents for retailing goods per day $5.00, or per year 100 00 ' Agents or dealers selling mules, or horses, or cattle, either or ! all three, at public auction only, per day $25.00, or per ! year 50 00 Agents or dealers (other than 1 licensed sales stables) selling mules or horses, either or both, per week, $6.00, or per year... 25 00 I Agents or dealers in fruit trees > per week $2.00, or per year .. 10 00 | Agents for, or dealers in real ' estate; selling or renting (other than licensed lawyers).. 5 00 ' I Bakeries 5 00 i Ball, public (when admission fee is charged) per night 2 00 1 Banks, capitalized at $50,000, or less 50 00 I Banks, for every $10,000 capital in excess of $50,000 10 00 Barber, for each shop ,'i 00 I Blacksmiths, for each shop 5 00 | Bill poster.... lo 00 | Bootblacks, in barber shops, hotels or elsewhere, each 1 00 Boot or Shoe shop, making or reI , pairing 5 00 I Bottling works, soda water or I otherwise 10 00 I Building and Loan Associations; savings or investmer.t companies, and all companies or corporations (except licensed I banks) engaged in the sale or ^ . 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" purchase ofl real estate, or loaning monoy on real estate ov" o! t iv? 1io?.' 25 00 i ioarding house, public 5 00 look si '.vs, licensed us movchants *liit<*potlis?is?? per week, 3 00 | per your 10 00 | Circus, with or without menugerie. per day. with street pni ado .../, 100 00 >treei parade alone 50 001 'or each sid>> show, por day 10 00 1 "loaning, dressing or dyeing clothes tot her than licensed tailors) 2 50 >oal dealers, (alone or in conneelion with other business) 5 00 "out raetors or builders, (for cont racts under $500) 5 00 j Contractors or builders, for eontraots over $500 and not exceeding $2,500 10 00 : ' "ontraetors or builders for contracts over $2,500 and not ex- ' < ceeding $5,tH)0 15 00 j Contractors or builders for eontraots over $5,000 25 00 M Commission merchants or commission brokers, each or each tirm andtoreaeh place of busi- I I ness .. .. 25 001 Cotton mills or factories, for 1 each $50,000, or fractional part thereof of its capital stock 12 50 ' Cotton seed oii mills 50 00 ' ' Cotton seed oil mills that manufacture fertilisers 00 < Cotton trin ami press, 1 to 5 gins V inclusive 10 00'' Cotton jrin and press, over 5 gins. for each additional gin over 5 1 00 Cotton buyer, for each place of business 10 00 i Cotton seed buyer 5 on Cotton weigher 5 00 Conveyancer, drawing deeds, mortgages or contracts for compensation (other than licensed lawyers) 5 O0 dentists,or tooth extractors each 5 no Jogs, upon each and every dog the owner or person upon whose premises the same is kept shall pay the sum of 1 00 Druggists, licensed as merchants Exchange, bucket shop (firm, individual or corporation) carrying on the business of dealing in options and futures in cotton, grain, provisions, or other supplies, on margins or otherwise 50 00 Express companies, each, for business done within the town of Newberry, and not including business done for the United States Government, or any business done to and from points beyond the limits of this State 50 00 Plying Jenny 50 00 Plying jenny for less time than 1 year at the rate of $10.00 per week. Fresh fish ... io 00 Hotels, each 15 00 Horse or mule traders (other than licensed sale stables) 25 00 Horse or mule trader, transient per week 0 00 [ee dealers, retail, each house or place of business 5 00 i Insurance companies, each, life, fire or accident 10 00 i funk shop, or scrap iron dealer 5 00 ! Jewelers, licensed as merchants Kerosene or other oil companies having an agency or office in the town ol Newberry, or a stationary or portable tank or tanks for receiving and storing oil, selling or delivering oil within the limits of said Town, wich 100 00 ! kerosene oil companies or agencies having no stationary or portable tanks, but selling in original packages, each x 50 00 ! Knitting mills 20 00 Laundry, steam, or agent for steam laundry 10 00 : Lawyers, each.. 5 oo Lumber yards, o- dealers 10 oo Livery, feed am ale stables 25 00 Marble yard ly oo Merchants: All merchants sliail pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedule of gross sales (cash and credit) and upon sworn returns the gross sales for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1903, shall be the basis upon which said license or privilege tax shall be computed and paid: Sales amounting to $1,000 or under 5 oo i Sales over $1,000 and under $3,000 10 00 I Sales amounting to $3,000 and under $5,000 12 00 j Sales amounting to $5,000 and ^ under $10,000 15 oo ! Sales amounting to $10,000 and under $20,000 20 00 1 Sales amounting to $20,000 and under $30,000 25 00 Sales amounting to $30,000 and under $10,000 HO 00 I Sales amounting to $-10,000 and under $50,000 ;J5 00 Sales amounting to $50,000 and under $(50,000 40 00 | Sales amounting to $00,000 and under $70,000 45 00 Sales amounting to $70,000 and under $80,000 50 00 Sales amounting to $80,000 and under $00,009 55 00 Sales amounting to $90,000 and under $100,000 00 00 Sales amounting to $100,000 and under $110,000 65 00 Sales amounting to $110,000 and under $130,000 75 00 Sales amoonting to $130,000 and over 85 00 Merchants: All merchants who may not come within any of the foregoing classes by reason of their not having been in business during the whole of the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1903, but have been in business in said town during part of said year, shall pay a license or privilege tax upon their estimated gross sales for the year, said ostinuito to be made or computed upon the basis of roas sales, upon sworn statements, for the time such merchant or merchants have been engaged in business in said town during the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1903, the rate or license shall be the same as that fixed in the foregoing schedule for merchants. Merchants: And all merchants not embraced in any of the " foregoing classes who may being business in said town on or aft )r the first day of January, A. D. 1904, shall pay a license or privilege tax of 15 00 Manufacturers of coffins /25 00 Newspapers, each 5 00 Newsboys, selling papers on street, each 1 00 Vculist or optician, per week $0.00, per year ^ 25 00 Printing office, job 5 00 Piano and organ tuner or repairer, per month $.'{.00, per year 8 00 Photographers, for each place of business . 5 00 Photographers, itinerant, per week 5 00 Physicians 5 00 Physicians, itinerant, per month 10 00 Restaurant 5 00 stable-sale only 20 00 Tailor, merchant 5 00 Tailors, not merchant, engaged in making or repairing, or either 5 00 Telegraph Companies or Agencies, each for business done within the'Town of Newberry, and not including any business * done for the United States government, or any business done to or from points beyond the limits of this State .. 100 00 Telephone Companies, for business done exclusively within the Town of Newberry, and not including any business done for the United States government, or any business done to or from points beyond the limits of this State 100 00 Undertakers o:- Embalmers, either or both 8 00 Warehouse, for stox*age by the public ; 25 00 Wood yard 5 00 Sec. 2. That for any calling, trade, business, occupation, or profession not enumerated or provided tor in this ordinance or any other ordinance of said . Town now of force, the license shall be regulated and imposed by the Town Council of said Town at any meeting of the same. Sec. 3. That the Town Council of said Town hereby reserves the right to refuse or revoke any license for any cause which may seem to it just. Sec. 4. That any person, firm or corporation making any false or fraudulent return, where a return is necessary or required under this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, be punished as hereinafter'provided, for the violation of this ordinance or any part thereof. Sec. 5. That whenever in this ordinance the term "dealer" is used the same shall include not only the principal, but in his, her or their absence shall include any agent, clerk or employee managing the business respectively referred to; and generally, where a license is herein imposed upon any business and the same is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employee, such agent, clerk or employee, shall be subject to the penalties imposed in this ordinance for its violation, should the said business be carried on without taking out such license, in the same manner as if he, she, or they were the proprietor or proprietors of said business. Sec. (5. Any violation of this ordinance or any part thereof shall subject the offender or offenders each to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labor upon the streets or other public works of said Town for a period not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 7. That any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent, clerk or employee in charge of or managing the same, who shall engage in, prosecute or carry on any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession upon which a license or privilege tax may hereafter be imposed by the Town Council of said Town, without first having taken out a license therefor, shall,. upon conviction, be each fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labo.. upon the streets or other .public work of said Town for a period not exceedins thirty days, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. That each day any person or persons, firm, or corporation shall violate this ordinance or any part thereof, by leason of any failure or refusal to take out any license herein provided for, shall constitute a separate offense, and such offender, or offenders, shall be for each day's offense subject to the penalties herein provided. Sec. 1). That this ordinance shall not operate as a repeal of any ordinance of said town now of force imposing a license or pr: 'ilege tax upon any calling, trade, business, occupation or profession, except such part or parts only, of said ordinance or ordinances now of force as may impose a license upon any calling, business, occupation or profession herein specifically named or enumerated. Sec. 10. This ordinance shall be of force and effect on and after the first day of January, A. D. 1004. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the 'Town of Newberry, [US. J in the State of South Carolina, wthis 30th day of December, A. 1). |j 11903. \tt?tSI:JNO. W. EAltHARDT, ^.'MbtttMayor of Newberry, S. C. Attest: IVrf T. O. Stewart, c. & t. t. c. n.