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firt |jrrBlII an0 Jem, \ ' ^ | Entered at the Postoffice at New! berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, January 16, 1020. j. *?> < > <$. <?><$<$><$><$><&$><?><&<$ <*s- <$ <$> J > Watch the label 011 your paper and renew before the i time is out. We can not send ^ notices. All subscriptions ex- <?- : pire on the first and fifteenth <?> j ? <?> of the month. We are forced ?'!; to adhere strictly to the cash <s>! $> in advance system. When <$ <? your time is out the paper -y _ ^ will be discontinued if you j have not renewed. We would ' ?> j be: pleased to have you remain j 3> with us. *> If you desire to remain in ^ i * i the family, renew promptly ; and you will not miss an issue. \ <$>. < > j MCENSE ORDINANCE! _________ .. j For the purpose of meeting in [ part the current expenses of the!? Town Government of the Town of j' dewberry, in the State of South:, Carolina, for the fiscal year begin- Ji ning January 1st, 1920, and to meet!, in part such other indebtedness of i < said Town as may become due in said; j fiscal year; Therefore, Be it ordain-;' ed by the Mayor and Aldermen of1 the Town of Newberry, in said I ' - -1 State, in council asscuiuicu, anu uj i authority of the same: ! That no person or persons, firm, { corporation or corporations, shall en-1 gage in, prosecute or carry on anyj' ?ailing, trade, business, occupation or j profession hereinafter mentioned j within the corporate limits of saidj Town at any time during said year, without having first paid to said Town a license or privilege tax there- j( for as follows, to wit: "A" j{ Agents for, or dealers in fertilizers for sale $ 20 00 < Agents for, or dealers in pia- j' r?nc nromrts nVlonf)P,rat)hs. I "V,J1 v> i x graphaphones or other mu- j sical instruments (either or all), other than the licensed merchants who ; deal in same 25 00 Agents for, or dealers in sewing machines (con- : nected with other business j or alone) 25 00 j Ag6nts for, or dealers in lightning rods 25 00 : Agents for, or dealers in coal (connected with other i business or alone) 25 00 ' Agents for, or dealers in maps, books, newspapers, i periodicals and other like j( articles (other than licensed merchants who deal in j same), per day $5.00, j' per year 25 00 i Agents for, or dealers retail- j ing medicines, liniments or ;{ extracts (except regular j ( . licensed merchants or j' druggists) per day $50.00, per year 500 00 j Agents or dealers selling mules or horses at public auction only, per day j $50.00, per year 150 00 ; Agents or dealers selling cat'" ? tie or hogs at puonc auc- f tion, per day $25.00, per ; year 75 00! Agents or dealers (other than licensed sales stables) ! selling mules or horses, !1 either or both, per day $6.00, per year 25 00 I Agents selling tomb stones or monuments 10 00 * + P /">V <^OS>loV5 spllinc i' vegetables, fruits, etc., j wholesale or retail (except farm products raised on the farm of the parties g same and except re^jlar licensed merchants) per day $15.00, I per year 150 00 Agents or dealers in fruit * trees per weeK $::.uu, per I year 10 00 j Agents or dealers (other than licensed merchants) selling other goods, per day $15, per year 100 00 Agents, or other person or persons, firm or corporation conducting salvage or bankrupt sales 50 00 Auctioneers, per day, $10.00, er year 25 00 I Agents for, or dealers in Real Estate (other than licensed I lawyers) on the same scale as that hereinafter fixed for Dentists. Automobile repair shop or i < i garages, where not more than two persons, including j' owners, are engaged in the work; $io.00 per year or where more than two, including owners, are engaged therein $7.50 for ] each additional person over !' two engaged therein in addition to the above license. All dealers in automobiles or motor vehicles, repair parts or accessories or sup- ' plies shall pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedule i of gross sales (cash and j credit) and upon sworn returns; the gross sales for the year ending December Slot, 1010, shall be the bar's on which said license or" privilege tax shall be computed and paid same as merchants. Where piers sales ; mount 'o n:c.\ v 3.000, $1.00 cv t.ie ih.;t 5 J-.000 o; ? 'es r d Si.CO p.r U . 1 T* * . t ' o * < i oaaiwi'.nv+i ^ i j v O Ox ? - C > * Automobile or motor vehicle dealers not regularly eng-apred and licensed by the year $25.00 on each vehicle sold. Architects 15 00 B. Bakeries shall pay on their snips n.r?rovdir!<? to the scale of rates fixed for merchants on sworn returns made in the same way and on the same basis. Banks $1.00 on each $5,000 capital surplus and undivided profits as shown by their books on December 31st, 1919. Barber shops for the first chair, $5.00, for each additional chair, $2.50. Blacksmith for each shop $ 15 00 Bill poster or sign tacker, per day $1.00, per year 15 00 Boot blacks, in barber shops, hotels, or elsewhere, each 1 50 Boot or shoe shops, making or repairing alone or in connection with other business $5.00, if done by hand alone, $15.00 if done by hand and machinery. Bottling works, bottling soda water or other drinks, $15.00 for each foot crowning machine used, $50.00 for each automatic crowning machine used. Building and Loan associations, loan saving or investment companies or corporations (except licensed banks) engaged in the sale or purchase of real estate or otherwise 25 00 Boarding houses taking transient boarders 5 00 Bull, for service 5 00 Bowling alleys 50 00 r-w -II DOX r^aii alleys, w ccn. $10.00, per year 50 00 Broker (other than licensed lawyers or real estate agents) dealing in stocks, bonds, etc 15 00 "C." Can.iy manufacturers alone or with other business $ 10 00 And in case that candy manufacturer also sells enmp must Dav an ad ditional license 011 all sales on scales fixed for merchants. Chiropodists, per week $3.00, per year .*... 10 00 Circus, with or without menagerie, per day with street parade 300 00 Street parade alone $100.00 and for each side show $25.00 per day. Cleaning, dressing or dyeing (other than licenced tailors or pressing clubs) 15 00 Coal dealers (alone or in connection with other business) 25 00 Concerts or shows, except such as are given in opera house, churches, schools or college building, per day.... 3 00 Moving picture shows not included in exception. Contractors or builders for contracts under $500.00 5 00 Contractors or building for contracts over $500.00 and not exceeding $2,500 10 00 J ? j?? contractors oi~ uuuucis mi contracts over $2,500 and net exceeding $5,000 15 00 Contractors or builders making contracts for over ?5,000 each, shall pay in addition to the above license, $1.00 on each additional $1,000 or fractional part thereof. Commission Merchants or Commission Brokers, each or each firm and for each place of business SO 00 Cotton Mills or Factories, for each $50,000 or fractional part thereof of its caital 25 00 OVVVU Cotton Seed Oil Mills alone.. 75 00 Cotton Seed Oil Mills that also manufacture fertilizer 100 00 Cotton Gin and Press, 1 to 5 gins inclusive 15 00 Cotton Gin and Press, over 5 gins for each additional gin over 5 2 00 Cotton "Weigher 25 00 Conveyances, drawing deeds, mortgages or contracts for compensation (other than licensed lawyers) 15 00 Collectors, cf rents and accounts on commission (other than the licensed lawyers or real estate agents) 5 00 "D." + oil fsTiflll LyciinoJ an pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedule of gross income (cash and credit) and upon sworn returns; the gross income for the year ending December 31st, 191U, shall be the basis upon which said license or privilege tax shall be computed and paid. Gross income of $1,000 or less 5 00 Gross income of $1,000, 60 cents per hundred for each $100.00 in addition to the license above fixed. Dray, one horse 5 00 ilrav. two horse 10 00 Dray, one ton or less motor truck 10 00 Dray, over one ton motor truck 20 00 Druf^ists, license on same scale as merchants. DeaieiS m nesn meats, including fish and oysters, per year 25 00 "E." , Electricians or contractors in electrical work $ 20 00 Express companies, each for business done within the Town of -dewberry, and rot including business done for the united States Gov CVr.IIltiit, o i any u u^iutw do.:'i to and {r*? pc'its bevond the iii-iits is 12: co x i?'r r y 1 of $10 per week..., | Fresh Fish and Oysters, deal( ers in 10 00 (Feather renovators, per year 25 00 j Flour and Roller Mills 10 00 Filling stations for supplying j gasoline, oils, etc.. (other i than licensed merchants, j gararres and auto dealers) ?"0 00 (?Q ?! ! Gun shop $ 15 00 j j "H." 'Automobiles, used for hire....$ 15 00 i 5 Hacks, using horses 10 001 rT ' r Ail I | Harness snops, etc ;> uu ; j Horse or Mule traders (other than licensed sale j stables) 25 00 j i Hotels, each 20 00 j j Horse or Mule traders, tran! sient per day 6 00 : House painters, per year 5 00 j | Hat. blockers, $3.00 per week, per year 10 00 i , Hair Dressers, $2.00 per ; week, per year 5 00 i 44 j ! Insurance Companies. Life....$ 17 50 ] I Ice dealers, retail, each house * r l r. AA i or place 01 Dusintss o w : ! Insurance Companies, Fire, j each 2 per cent on all prem j iums collected. ! Ice manufactui'ing plants 5 ! tons capacity or under 10 00 i j Ice manufacturing: plants 5 ! tons capacity, or over 35 00! "J." 'Junk shop, or scrap iron j dealer $ 7 50 'Jewelers, licensed as merj chants. j Jack, each, for services 25 00 : "K." j ! Kerosene, gasoline or other - - i. -1 _ j Oil companies or wnoicj sale dealers therein having an agency or office in the j Town of Newberry, or a i stationary or portable tank j or tanks for receiving and storing oil, selling or delivering oil within the limits of said town, each....$150 00 j ! Kerosene or gasoline oil com- j i panies-, or agencies or wholesale dealefs therein I having no stationary or portable tank but selling j in original packages, each i connected with other busi' ness or alone 75 00; J Knitting Mills 20 00 j i "L" i Laundry, or agent for laun" o 1 o r A ! i dry ?? i & ov i Lawyers shall pay on their I income according to , the scale of rates fixed for dentists. : Lumber yards, ov dealers in j building material or lum i ber according to the scale of rates fixed for merchant?. Livery, feed or sale stables.... 25 00 ; Livorv, feed or hitch stables 5 00' Lunch counters and stands.... 5 00 . "M." , Machine shops $ 10 00 1 I Marble yards 10 00, Merchants: All retail merj chants shall pay a license I rkv rwivilpcro in Y a i'f?ord ins1" Vi. e, j to the following schsdules I of gross sales (cash and credit) and upon sworn i returns; the gross sales for the year ending December 31, 1919, shall be the basis upon which said license or privilege tax j shall be computed and paid: j Sales amounting to $1,000 or I under 4 uu Sales over $1,000 and under | $2,000 6 00 j Sales amounting to $2,000 j and under $3,000 8 CO {Sales amounting to $3,000 | and under $4,000 9 50 {Sales amounting to $4,000 ! and under $5,000 11 00 i Sales amounting over $5,000; i S1 00 on each additional $1,000 of sales in addition j to the license fixed above. Wholesale Merchants: All I wholesale merchants shall i pay a license or privilege i tax according to the following schedules of gross i sales (cash and credit) and ^ 1 I upon sworn returns; the ! gross sales for the year ending December 31, 1919, ! shall be the basis upon I which said license or privi! lege tax shall be computed and paid: j Sales amounting to $l,UUU I or under 1 00 i Sales over $1,000 and under | $2,000 1 50 Sales amounting to $2,000 ; and under $3,000 2 00 I Sales amount!to 82,000 ! and under $4,000 2 40 ! Sales amounting to $4,000 and under $5,000 2 75 iSnlAs nrnnnr!tin<? to over j $5,000; 25 cents on each j additional $1,000 of sales in addition to the license J i fixed above. j Merchants: All merchants j who may not come within any of the foregoing classj es by reason of their not | having been in business during the whole of the i fiscal year ending Decern- j j ber 31, 1910, but have ; been in business in said j town during a part of said | year, shall pay a license or ! privilege tax upon the estimated gross sales for the year, said estimate to be made or computed upon the basis of gross sales, upon sworn statement, for time such merchant or merchants have been engaged in business in said town during the fiscal year ending December 31, 1919, the rate of li""""n 1->?? flio cftrnp n? I LCUCC I-/ ^ UiV that fixed in the foregoing schedule for merchants. ; Merchants: And all meri chants not embraced in i any cf the fovc^oirg c!a:-si es who may bcgn business | in ?n:d town on cv ai.cr I *'-0 His: (.ay cf J -aaa.y, P. I)., 19C0, the! pay a lic-once or privljere tax of liC-.OO fev <j>oi0.00 or ; : t*M :vvct';d ar d tiona) part thereof, invest- i ed. ' ! Manufacturers of Coffins 25 00 j Moving Picture shows 50 00 s Manicurers and Hair Dress- ! ers, $2.00 per day and p?r week 5 00 "N." | Newspapers, eoch $ 5 00 ' Newsboys, selling papers on ?f-r?pts. c;it?h 1 00 "O." : Oculist or Optician, per week $10.00, per year ..$ 20 00 "P." j Palmist, $25.00 per day, per year $200 00 j Printing oflice, job 5 00 Piano or Organ tuner or repairer, per month $5.00, per year 10 00 ! Photographers, for each place of business 15 00 j Photographers, itinerant, per week 5 00 j Physicians: All physicians shall pay a license or privilege tax according to the following schedules of the gross income (cash and [ credit) and upon sworn returns; the gross income ; for the year ending December 31, 1910, shall be i the basis on which said license cr privilege tax shall be computed and paid. Gross income of $1,000 or less 5 00 ; Gross income of over $ 1,000; 40 cents per $100.00 for 1 each $100.00 of gross in- ? come on each SI,000 in ad rJifion lipon<;p fived above, Pool or billiard room, either or both, $50.00 for the first table and $50.00 for each additional table, per year. Plumbers 25 00 Pressing Club, either with or without tailoring 20 00 Pawn Shops 100 00 ; Peanut roaster and selling same 17 50 "R." Restaurants, if business less than $5,000 per year $ 15 00 Restaurants, if business over } $5,000 per year 50 00 ' Railroad Companies, lor business done within the . Town of Newberry, and not including any business ; done for the United States government or any business clone to or from points beyond the limits of this State 125 00 "S." Stables, sale only $ 25 00 j Si?7i painters, per day $1.00, per year ; 5 00 Stock yards, or cattle or hog dealers, per week $3.00, per yeir 15 00 Skating rinks, per year ....' 10 00 Shooting galleries, per week $5.00, per year 25 00 Stallions, for service zo uu Surveyors or civil engineers, engaged in surveying or making plats 5 00 ' Tailor, merchant, not cleaners or pressing club 5 00 j Tailor, not merchant, engaged in making and repairing, or either . 5 00 ; Telegraph Companies or agen cies, each for business done j 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 50 00 j Telephone Companies, for business done exclusively within the Town of Newberry, and not including any business done to or from points beyond the limits of this State 126 00; ~ f r\ a i Tooth extractors o uu j Typewriter repairers, $5.00 per week, per year 15 00 ! "U." Undertakers or Embalmers, either or both $ 15 00 Umbrella repairer, per day $1.00, per annum 5 00 "V." Veterinary surgeon, per day $2.50, per annum $ 6 00 Car of Ten ; here Monc I fancy ones Also some on hand. ! i BBBWaBBMBBBBBi ^MM^ . f f A / I -7'U I I 1 sCZ~. i \ 5 Veterinary surgeon, itinerant $2.50 per day Vulcanizing plants 10 00 ! "W." Warehouse, for storage of co'ton by the public, as follows: Capacity of not over 1,000 hnl(?s $ 35 00 ! Opacity of 1.000 bales and j not over 2,000 bales 40 00 ! Capacity of 2,000 baies and not over 3.000 biiles 05 00 i Capacity of 3,000 bales and not over 4,000 bales 75 00 i Capacity of 4,000 bales and not over 5,000 bales 85 00 Warehouse with capacity of over 5,000 bales .shall pay $10.00 additional for each thousand bales or fraction thereof. Warehouse other than cotton 10 00 Wood yard 5 00 That for any calling, trade, busi-! ness. occupation or profession not! enumerated or provided for in this I ordinance or any other ordinance of said town now of force, the li-1 cense shall be regulated and imposed by the Town Council of said Town j at any meeting of the same. That the Town Council of said Tovri hereby reserves the right to refuse or revoke any license for any cause which may seem to it just. That any person, firm or corporation, making any false or fraudulent return shall upon conviction be punished as provided. Thcf nnv norsrm. firm or COTOOra tion making any false, fraudulent or incorrect return and paying a license thereon and receiving from the Clerk and Treasurer of the Town a certificate showing that they have been licensed for the year, shall not be relieved from paying a correct license, but the Town Council shall have the right at any time to reopen such cases and upon not less than 5 days notice to such persons, firm or corporation, require same to appear at a time stated and show cause why their return should not be corrected and why they should not be required to pay a license in accordance with a time and correct return, and in case on said hearing the Town Council determines that such person, firm or corporation, should pay an additional license they will be required to do so and the same may be collected in accordance with law, and upon refusal to pay such additional license they shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance and subject to the penalties provided herein. That whenever the term "dealer" j is used the same shall include not only j 0mm i'umw r* hwim ? wMwmmmmmmmmmmmamwmwm Mm rn mm ii "miiii? wiimi iiib imimiiii'i I have just unl Tennessee m the best car c shipped. Be them over be] It is our pleas m _ them to you. C. F.I MOgB^S5SSSBHBa^:!35^SBE3Egj^Ea nessee moles lay. Have i in car, come I erood second 1 i' *S| kL J&tes \f W ? tay W a* T- r r P N- v <1 r* ?-> rs f? r *7 % | k. >_ *>^ - ii \m jj O ?k?' O the principal, but in his, her or their absence shsll include any agent. clerk or employee managing the business respectively referred to; and generally, where a license is herein impcsod upon any business and the .ame is carried on or conducted by an ^ .m rent, clerk or employee, such agent. clcv k or employee shall be subject to he penalties imposed, for its operation, should the said business be car**:c-d on without taking out such lie ense, in the same manner as if he, she or they were the proprietor or J proprietors of said business. ^ Any violation of this ordinance or any part thereof shall subject the offender or offenders each to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollarsor to imprisonment with or without hard labor upon the public works of said town for a period not exceeding- m thirty days, at the discretion of the J1 court. That any person or persons, firm or " corporation, or the agent', clerk or employee in charge of managing the same, \vho shall engage in, prosecute i or carry on any calling, trade, busi- J ness, occupation or profession upon which a license or privilege tax may ^ hereafter-be imposed by the Town I Council of said Town, without havinjr jI taken out a license therefor, shaUr fl upon conviction, be each fined in a H sum not exceeding one hundred dol- V i ? : : 1. 1 iars, or iinpn&uniuciit wiui wiiuout hard labor upon the public works of said Town for a period not exceeding thirty days, at the discretion. of the court. ^ That each day any person or persons, firm or corporation shall violate this ordinance or any part thereof, by reason 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 off- , ense, subject to the penalties provided. That this ordinance shall not operate as a repeal of any ordinance of said Town now of force imposing a license or privilege tax upon anycalling, trade, business, occupation or profession, * except such part or parts only of said ordinance or ordi- ^ nances now of force as may impose a license upon any calling, business, occupation, named or enumerated. This ordinance shall be of force and effect from the date of its passage. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the said Town, this the 13th day of January, A. D., 1920. EUGENE S. BLEASE, Mayor. Attest. T TTT dtiAmrAM d. vv . V/JcaAi"iUAi\, Clerk and Treasurer. 1 in i ? ? ?? mmi?? ?? V oaded 25 nice nine Tkic ic Ul^O? A IIA0 iU >f mules I ever sure and look , fore buying. sure to show i 4 ..athan I * i ??? will arrive some extra :o see them, [land mules f