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AN ORDINANCE State of South Carolina, Co The Town of Newberrv. For the purpose of meeting in Co part the current expenses of the Town government of the Town of Newberry, in the State of South I Carolina, for the fiscal year begin- CO ning January 1st, 19o6, and to meet in part such other indebtedness of! said Town as may become due in said fiscal year; Therefore, be it Co ordained by the Mayor and Alder- Co ien of the Town of Newberry, in I said State, ii ouncil assembled and CO byf authorit% i the same: Section i That no person or Co persons, firm, corporation or cor porations, shall engage in, prose cute or carry on any calling, trade, Co business, occupation or profession I hereinafter mentioned within the Co cOrporate limits of said Town at Co any time during said year after the Co ptiblication of this ordinance with out having first paid to said Town a license or privilege tax therefor 1 *as follows, to wit: A. De Agents for, or dealers in fer tlizer for sale, $ 20 Agents for, or dealers in pi anos and organs, (either or both), 10 00 Agents for, or dealers in sewing machines (con- Dr nected with other business or alone) 20 00 Agents for, or dealers in E lightning rods, 25 00 Agents for, or dealers in coal 5 oo Agents for, or dealers in maps, books, newspapers, periodicals and other like articles (other than licens ed merchants who deal in same) per day $5.oo or E per year, 25 00 Agents for enlarging pic tures, per day, $3.oo or per year, 20 001 Agents for retailing goods per day $5 or per year 100 oo~ Agents or dealers selling mules, or horses, or cattle, *either or all three, at pub lic auction only, per day Fl * 25, or pc-- year 50 001 Fl: Agents or dealers (other1 than licensed sales sta bles) selling mules or IFr horses, either or both, per week $5 or per year, 25 oo0G Agents or dealers in fruit trees per week $2 or per H year, 10oo He Agents for, or dealers in real H( estate: selling or renting H<~ (other than licensed law yers), 5 oo~ B. H( Bakeries, $ 5 oo H Ball, public (when admis-H sion fee is charged) per night. 2 oo I Banks, capitalized at S5o, ooo, or less 50 oo~ Banks. for every S1o,ooo Ini capital in excess of $5o, 0o0. 100oo Barber, for each shop, 5 o00J Blacksmith, for each shop 5 oo Bill poster, 7 50 Bootblacks. in barber shops, hotels or elsewhere, each 1 00 Boot or shoe shop, makingK or repairing, 5 o Bottling works, soda water or otherwvise. 10 00 Building and Loan Associa tions; loan, saving or in vestment companies, and all companies or corpora tions (except licensed banks) engaged in the sale Kc or purchase of real estate or loaning money on real estate or otherwise, 25 00 Boarding houses, public, 5 00 Kr C. Chiiropodists, per week $3; .L per year, $ 10 00f Circus, with or without me- L nagerie, per day with street parade, 100 00 Street parade alone $50; for each side show, $xo Lu per day.Li Cleanigg, dressing or dye-Li ing '(other than licensed tailors, 2 50M Coal dealers (alone or in. connection with other business), 50oo Contractors or Builders for contracts under $500, 5 00 Contractors or Builders for I contracts over $5oo and not exceeding $2,500, 10 00 ranractors or Builders for :ontracts over $2,500 and niot exceeding $5,o00, 15 00 ntractors or Builders for :ontracts over S5,000, 25 00 mmission Merchants or .ommission Brokers, each )r each firm and for each >lace of business, 25 00 tton Mills or Factories, Eor each $50,0oo or frac -ional part thereof of its :apital stock. 12 50 tton Seed Oil Mills, 50 00 tton Seed Oil Mills that iianufacture fertilizers, 6o oo tton Gin and Press, i to 5 gins inclusive, 10 00 tton Gin and Press, over 5 gins, for each additional Yin over 5, 00 tton Buyer, for each place )f business. 10 00 tton Seed Buyer, 5 00 tton Weigher. 500 nveyancer, drawing deeds rnortgages or contracts for compensation (other han licensed lawyers), 5 00 D. ntists or tooth extractors, $ 5 00 ogs, upon each and every log, the owner or person upon whose premises the ame is kept shall pay the um of 50 uggists, licensed as mer hants. E. xhange, bucket shop (firm, individual or cor >oration) carrying on the )usiness of dealing in op :ions or futures in cotton, rain, provisions or other supplies, on margins or )therwise, $ 50 00 :press Companies, each, For business done within :he Town of Newberry, nd not included busi iess done for the United tates Government, or any >usiness done to and from points beyond the limits >f this state. 50 00 F. ring Jenny, $ 50 00 ring Jenny for less time :han one year at the rate >f $10 per week. esh Fish, 10 00 G. in Shop, etc., $ 15 00 H. iks, used for hire $ 10 00 rness Shop, etc., 5 00 tels, each,. 15 00 rse or Mvule Traders (others than licensed sale tables), 25 00 rse or Mule .Trader, :ransient, per week, 6 00 use Painters, per year, 5 00 I. :Dealers, retail, each iouse or lace of busi ess, ,~ $ 500 urance Companies, each ife, fire or accident, 1O 00 ak shop, or scrap iron ealer, $ 5 00 delers, licensed as mer :ants. K.. rosene or other oil comn anies having an agency r office in the Town of \ewberr, or a stationary r portable tank or tanks for receiving and storing >i1, selling or delivering >il within the imits of the ;aid town each, S 100 00 rosene Oil Companies or Agencies having no sta :ionary or portable tanks nut selling in original ackages, each, .50 00 titting Mills. 20 00 L. undry, steam, or agent for ;team laundry, $ 10 00~ wyers, each, shall pay on heir income according to :he scale of rates fixed or merchants. mber yards, or dealers, 10 00 rery, Feed or Sale Stable, 25 00 M. irble Yard, $ 10 00 ~rchants: .All merchants hall pay .a license or privi ege tax according to the ~ollowing schedules of gross sales (cash and cred t) and upon sworn re urns the gross sales for he year ending December ;I, 19n:- shall be the basis upon which said license or privilege tax shall be com puted and paid: Sales amounting to $r,ooo or under. $ 5 oo Sales over $i,ooo and under $3,000, 10 00 Sales amounting to $3-ooo and tinder $5,000, 12 00 Sales amounting to $5,ooo and under $i,ooo 15 00 Sales amounting to So,ooo and under $20,000, 20 00 Sales amounting to $20,ooo and under $30,000, 25 00 Sales amounting to $30,000 and under $40,ooo, 30 00 Sales amounting to $40,000 and under $5o,ooo, 35 00 Sales amounting to $50.000 and under $60,000, 40 00 Sales amounting to $6o,ooo and under $70,000, 45 00 Sales amounting to $70,000 and under $8o,ooo, 50 00 Sales amounting to $8o,ooo and under $9o,ooo, 55 00 Sales amounting to $90,ooo and under $ioo,ooo, 60 oc Sales amounting to $1oo,ooo and under $i1,o0, 65 oc Sales amounting to $110,000 and under $13o,000, 75 OC Sales amounting to $13o,ooo and over, 85 00 Merchants: All merchants who may not come within any of the foregoing class es by reason of their not having been in business during the whole of the fiscal year ending Decem ber 31st, 1905, but have been in business in said Town during a part of said year, shall pay a li cense or privilege' tax upon their estimated gross sales for the year, said es timate to be made or com puted upon the basis of gross sales, upon sworn statements, for time such merchant or merchants have been engaged in bus iness in said Town during the fiscal year ending De cember 31st, 1905, the rate of license shall be the same as that fixed in the fore going schedule for mer chants. Merchants: And all mer chants not embraced in any- of the foregoing class es wvho may begin busi ness in said Town on or after the first day of Jan uary, A. D. 1906 shall pay a license or privilege tax of 15 00 Manufacturers of Coffins, 25 00 N. Newspapers, each, S 5 o0 Newsboys, selling papers on streets, each, I oc 0. Oculist or Optician, per week, $3.00, per y-ear. $ 25 00 P. Printing Office, job, $ 5 00 Piano or Organ Tuner or Repairer, per month, $3.00 per year, 8 .0c Photographers, for each place of business, 5 00 Photographers, itinerant, per week, 5 00 Physicians shall pay on their income according to scale of rates fixed for mer chants. Physicians. itineran , per month. 10 0o '' R. Restaurant, $ 5 0 S. Stables, sale only, $ 20 oo Sign painters, per day $1.oo, per year, .5 0o Stock yard, etc., per week $3.oo per annum,3 10 00 T. Tailor, merchant, $ 5 00 Tailors, not merchant, en gaged in making and re pairing, or either, 5 00 Telegraph Companies or A gencies, each for business done within the Town of Newberry, and not includ ing any business done for the United States govern ment, or any business done to or from points beyond the limits of this state, Too 00 Telephone Companies, foi business clone exclusively within the Town of New berry, and not including an busine dlone to or from such service shall hereafter be 30 exempt from the charge of any li cense for the carrying on of any business or profession within the state, or any city, town or village yo therein; Provided, That such sol dier or sailor shall file with the clerk of court of the county in which he to resides the proper evidence of his )o service in the Confederate war: g, Provided, further, That no part 0 nership shall exist in any business d or profession with any person not a bona fide soldier or sailor of the Df Confederate states." .d es11 There Is j WI orl-W er WE SHOULD HAVI lis We fill your prescriptions the Doctor directs it to be < in We handle first-class good is We generally have what 3 Ily You can get your preser or might by telephoning No. 10 ly You can get your money I GILDER 8 se ~ss n n n or he' dThrOUgh Pullma on All Thro o Convenient Scd or ~LocalT hWinter Tourist F alleffect to all F ? For full informat I-Routes, Etc., c< Southern Ra )r. Agen ts Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, ty ' Atlanta, Ga. rt.' SE AB' al AIR -LINE nNORTH -SOUTH to Two Daily Pullman Ve ce~ Between SOUTH a of FIRST-CL.ASS DINI e The Best Rates and Ro Via Richmond and * w Norfolk and Stearr SC Nashville, Memph a-Louis, Chicago, Ne Points South and South lland Jacksonville and Sand Cuba. POSSITIVELy THE SHo! of NORTH AN th a'For detailed information 6.man reservations, etc., appL' board Air Line Railway, or ~J Passenger Agent, Columbia, C. F. STEWART, A SAVANNA Wr L. BUnnnUGIIS T..y. from points beyond the limits of this state, ioo U. Undertakers or Embalmers, either or both, $ 8 Umbrella repairer, per day, $i.oo, per annum, 5 W. Warehouse, for storage by the public, S 25 ' Woodyard, Section 2. That for any callin trade, business, occupation or pr fession not enumerated or provi ed for in this ordinance or any ot er ordinance of said Town now force, the license shall be regulat, and imposed by the Town Cou cil of said Town at any meeti1 of the same. Section 3. That the Town Cou cil of said Town hereby reserv the right to refuse or revoke ai license for any cause which m seem to it just. Section 4. That any person, fit or corporation making any false fraudulent return, shall upon co viction be punished. as herein afi provided for the violation of tl ordinance or any part thereof. Section 5. That whenever )this ordinance the term "dealer" used the same shall include not or the principal, but in his, her their absence shall include a agent, clerk or employee managi the business respectively referr to; and generally, where a licer is herein imposed upon any busin< and the same is carried on or cc ducted by an agent, clerk or ei ployee, such agent, clerk or e: ployee shall be subject to the pe alties imposed in this ordinance I its protection, should the said bu ness be carried on without taki: out such license,. in the same ma ner as if he, she or they were t proprietor or proprietors of s business. Section 6. Any violation of t] ordinance or any part thereof sh subject the.offender or offend< each to a fine not exceeding o hundred dollars or to imprisonme w~ith or without hard labor upon t streets or other public works said Town for a period not excet ing thirty days, at the discretion the court. Section 7. That any person persons. firm or cor'poration, or t agent. clerk or employee in char or managing the same. who sh engage in, prosecute or carry any calling, trade, business, occuj tion or profession upon which a cense or privilege tax may he: after be imposed by the Toa Council of said Town. without he ing taken out a license theref' shall, upon conviction, be each fin in a sum not exceeding one hundr dollars, or imprisonment with without hard labor upon the stre< or other public works of said Toa for a period not exceeding thii days. at the discretion of the cou Section 8. That each day a person or persons, firm or corpoi tion shall violate this ordinance any part theref, by reason of a failure or refusal to take out a *license herein provided for, sh constitute a separate offense, a such offender or offenders shall 1 for each day's offense subject the penalties herein provided. *Section 9. That this ordinar' shall not operate as a repeal of a ordinance of said Town now force imposing a license or pri' lege tax upon any calling, tra( business, occupation or professic except such part or parts only said ordinance or ordinances n< of force as may impose a licera upon any calling, business, occur tion or profession herein specifit named or enumerated. Section 10. This ordinance sh; be of force and effect on and a ter the sixth day of January, A. 196. Done and ratified under the cc porate seal of the Town Newberry, in the State (SEA L) South Carolina, this 4 day of January, A. D. 19 A. T. BROWN, Mayor of Newberry, S. C. Attest: Eugene S. Werts, IC. &T. T.C. N. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS EXEM PT Byv an act of the legislature, a proved February 25, 1904, "all sc diers and sailors of the Confedera states who enlisted from this stal -an whower honorably dischargi NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMEN Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will on the 5th day of February, 19o6, make a final set tlement on the estate of M. L. Kin ard, deceased, and will immediately thereafter apply to the Probate Judge for Newberry County for Letters Dismissory as Administra tor of said estate. W. W. Kinard, Administrator. Newberry, S. C., Jan. 8, i9c6. A Reason -iY 1 YOUR BUSINESS arefully. and absohteLy as lone. S. ou want. iptions filled pronptly at ack if dissatisfied. WEEKS. n Sleeping Oars ugh Trains. iedules on All rrains. lates are now in lorida points. ion as to Rates, >nsult nearest ilway Ticket t, or R, W. Huint, Division Pass. Agent, Charleston,.S. C. DA RD -RAILWAY. - EAST -- WEST. stibuled Limited Trains nd NEW' YORK. NG CAR SERVICE. uite to all Eastern Cities Vashington, or via ers.-To Atlanta, is, Louisville, St. w Orleans, and All west-To savannah all points in Florida tTEST I..NE BETWEEN D SOUTH. , rates, schedules, Pull t to any agent of The Sea os. W. Stewart, Traveling S. C. kH, GA, Pass. Agot Columbia S C