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THE CLINTON CHBONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. ' '111 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1932 lauMsinf ft License Tftx 0» Persons ^5^ bifftfe ift. Prosecute or Cftrry ‘On Any Bftsiness nr Prof^ion In Tiw Town of Clinton. ^tftte of South Caroline, County of Laurens, Town of Clinton. IBE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUNTON. Section 1. That no person, firm or corporation shall, after the first day of January, 193?, enFrajre in, prosecute or carry on any business, trade, occu pation or profession wholly or partly j within the incorporated limits of operating one Town of Clinton, S. C., or solicit or-| annum or canvas for orders in said fttion who acts as aA inter- mediaiy between buyer and seller for the consideration of a commission, with or without warehouse Broker in lumber — not carry ing stock, per annum .... ness. Blacksmith shops, whose gross annual' income is $750 or less, per annum . Blacksmith shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum For each additional forge op erated in a blacksmith shop, the license shall be increased per annum according to in come. 15.00 25.00 7.50 10.00 daily income is $50 or less, per day And each wagon operated , shall be deemed a separate business. Dealers in green groceries sell ing. from car Qr common car rier, who8e^,;gTOBs daily in come is $500 or less, per day And each car operated shall -be deemed a separate busi- Dinner houses whose gross an nual income is $2,000 or less, per annum .1. ...‘ Dentists whose gross annual ’ income is $1,000 or less, per 10.00 25.00 030 or less from sales, per annum .... W^hose gi^s annual income is^more than $10,000, on each additional $1,000 or less, per annum By income is meant the amount of goods sold by the licensee and sworn statement must accompany payment. Machine sellers and venders, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum .... Whose gross daily income is ^ $1,000 or less, per day 1 Marble yards or agencies. 26.00 5.00 2.50 20.00 1.00 dei-s, Town, without having first paid spec ial license tax therefor. The amount of said special tax shall he the amount placed oppo.site each occupation, busi- .ness, profession or trade hereinbelow named, respectively, except as provid ed in Section 8 of this Ordinance, and the amount shall be the cosH of said special tax per annum, unless other wise specified, to wit; Advertising by wagon or other wise on the streets, including i distribution of handbills or circulars or other advertising ^ material or bill posting, per annum $50.00 Per day Provided, 10.00 40.00 the provisions hereof shall not apply to any jH-rson, firm or corporation maintaining a regular place ■ lof luisine.ss in the Town of ('linlon when .such advertise ment is restricted to the ad vertising of saiiLhusApess by the person having a license to operate said husine.ss. Agents for laundries, per an- anum Agents for Oil Kofiniiig Com panies. per ai|num Architects whose gross annual income is or less, per annum Auctioneers wh<tse gross an nual income is $1,(HK) or less, .pv-r anaum — Whosi* gross daily income is $25.00 (*r iess, per day Auto filling stations, first pump operated, per annum Each additional pump oper ated, per annum 10.00 Where stock of accessorie.s and supplies are kept for sale arT'aUHTCurngt dtaige renuu For each additional chair .... Bill posters, whose gross an nual income is $.T„000 or less, per annum . Whose gross annual' income is' more than $3,000, for each additional $1,000 or less, per annum .... ivhose gross daily income is $25 or less, per day Book agents, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week Whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day 2-**^ Bakeries, whose gross annual income is $1,000 .or less, per annum Bicycle ^^palers, whose 'gross annual’ income is $1,000 or less, per annum Bowling alley.s or box ball pro--, prietors whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 7.50 2.50 35.00 1.00 35.00 5.00 5.00 l6.00 10.00 5.00 1.00 25.00 7.50 10,00 I' 5.00 2.00 15.00 ed, per annum Auto Washing dejmts or shed not connected with other bus iness, per annum Automobile repair shops whose 'gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Automobile hacks, whose gross annual income is $1,600 Or less, per annum Whose gross daily income is $100 or le.'^s, daily The licensee shall be allowed to operate only one automo bile hack undet each license issued to him. Any public service driver or drivers, either of a hack or automobile, plying the streets for hire, who shall be con victed in the City Court of transporting, having in pos session. selling or otheiwise violating any of the whiskey ordirmnees of the city, or any public stM vict‘ driver or driv ers, either of hack or auto- nu^uile. who shall transport fn ni [dace to filace within the t'ity of ( linton, any w'o- nian or women for immoral purposes, their license to do liusinCs.-; in said eity shall be immediately revoked by the .Mayor and Finance Commit tee of ( oiineil. and no new li cense shall be granted to them during tlw* calendar yea I to engage in the same character of kind of business. Automobile dealers or agents, w ho.se gross annual income is $1.5(»U or less, per annum Balls and dances w fie re a«ly[X,is- sion i.s eliarged, per day Buses (.sch<H»l bu.se.s excepted) using the streets of the Town of ('linton foi taking on or putting off passengers, for fjTSt bus, per annxmr For each additional bus Per day Butcher.s, or dealers in fresh meats*whose) gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, |)er annum Dealers in single beef or hogs, or offering for sale in wagons may take out si>ecial license by the day fh*? fol lowing Fates; Those whose gross daily in come from single beef or hog amounts to $20 or less, iier day .. Dealers in calves, mutton, ahoat or kid, may take out apecial license by the day at the following rates:' Those whose gross daily in come for each calf, mutton, ahoat or kid ia $10 or less, per day — Provided, however, that the licensee shall not have the right to sell under his daily Ikense more than one ammal. Bagging and Ties ^ Bagging and ties reworked* including ealton mill waste products .. ^ndeers dealing in stocks and 10.00 10.00 25.00 25.00 ■).00 Each alley operated shall be deemed and taken to be sep arate business. Bottling works, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Bootblacks, where the fee charged for shining shoes is .05, per annum Where the fee charged for each shine is ,10, per annum ('anvassers or jH'ddTers ~seirrnir goods, wares or merchandise of whatever character or kind not listed, per year Per day Co.tton brokers, factors or mer chants or exporters, each place of business .(’hiropi actic - same as doctors, (' a r pen ter shop keeperT" annum .... T. 15.00 Whose gross annvial income is more than $1,000, for each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Express companies maintaining an agency whose gross an nua) income at such agency arising from business done wholly within the State qf South Carolina, is $1,000 or less, per annum Electricians whose gross an nual income>,iR $1,000 or less, per annum Fire insurance companies, on amount of net premiums col lected, per annum Fruit tree or other tree and plant ^gdnta, whose gross annual income is $500 ojf less, per annum Fresh fish dealers without other business, w’hose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum Hay, grain, provisions or mer chandise brokers who carry no stock of goods in either warehouse or store room, whose gross annual income is -$Et)00-w -k»stv^jer annum Hair dressers or manicurists, 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... Mechanics, working on automo biles who do not maintain a regular place of business, per annum Moving picture shows, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .... Newspaper, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or le^,^ per annum '. 25.00 Opera house hall, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or les^, per annum : Organ grinders and itinerant musicians, whose gross daily income is $100 or less, per day Oil and gasoline companies or agents, whose gross annual income is $15,000 or less, per annum Whose daily income is $J00 or le.ss, per day Occulists^ or opticians, itiner ant, who.se gross daily in come is $50 or less, per day Opticians or occulists on their own account, or working for others, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 7“^^^ 10.00 10.00 30.00 1.00 25.00 2.50 5.00 10.00 2.00 20.00 whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum Whose gross daily income is $50 or less, per day Harness shops, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less per annum Hawkers or peddlers, selling or offering for sale, goods, wares and merheandise, ■ 'wlrogF“gTOss-vlaHy $50 or less, per day 10.00 1.00 i 25.00 peT' year ('ontractors or firms or such, employing, taking or offer ing to take contracts not to 5;oo Log dealers, whose gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Whose gross monthly income is $500 or less, per month Hotels Whose gross annual in come is $5,000 or less, per —annom i.i — Paint shops, per annum Pawn shops or money lending shops, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per i annum i F^laning mills, who.se gross an- 10.00 ! nual income is $1,00 or less, per annum .. ! 10.00 Photographers or artists, whose gross annual income is $1,000 -oe lesK, -per annum Per day ...' Physicians, whose gross annu al income is $1,000 or less, per annum Printing office, job, whose 11^00' gross annual income ia $1,000 or less, per annum ...^ ... Plumbers, whose gross annual income is' $1,000 or less, per 2.00 5.00 25.00 Whose gross annual income is more than $6,600, on each additional $5,000 or less, per annum ♦ *- 10.00 1.00 exceed $50.00 Exempt I Horse and mule ^traders, trans- 7.50: 20.00 1.00 100.00 50.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 From $50.00 to $500.00 per annum From $1,000 to $2,000, per annum From $2,000 to $5,000, per annum Each additional $1,000 or less {(’irciises, first ring I Fiach additional rinjf I Whose gross daily income is more than $5,000, fier day, on each additional $5,000 or less ... (’ileus parades, where exhibi- tion.s are hold out of the city limits ’ 250..00 ('ollectioii or claim agents, whose gros.s annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum 10.00 ('otton mills, per annum 150.00 Cotton ginners, first gin, whose gro.ss annual income is $1,000 or les.s, per annum Each achlitional gin Cabinet and general repair shops, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Cleaning, dyeing or pressing clothing, per annum (.’old drink stands, per annum Contractors for moving houses, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum . Coal companies or agencies, where the gross annual in come is $2,500 or less, per annum Conveyancers or scriveners, who.se gross annual income is' $.500 or less, per annum . 5.00 ient, whose gross dail^y in come is $1,000 or less, per day .. 12.50 Horse and muse tr^tders, tran.s- ient, whose gros.s monthly in come is $10,000 or less, per month Insurance companies, life, acci dent and health, maintaining agencies doing business with in the City of Clinton, whose gross annual income from such agencies is $1,000 or less, per annum Ice dealers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Ice cream venders selling from carts, whose gro.ss annual in come is $1,500 or less, per annum Ice cream venders selling froni wagons, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .... Ice manufacturers, per annum Jewelry, watch and clock re pairers, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .. Jewelers, itinerant, offering for sale je.welry, watches, clocksi, I etc., or repairing same, whose gross daily ipcome is 10.001 $100 or less, per day i I.«undries, run by hand, whose I gross annual income is $1,500 ! or less, per annum 25.001 laundries, run by machinery, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Ijawyers, whose gross annual 5.00 5.00 15.00 25.00 15.00 1.00 15.00' 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 5.00 15.00 5,00 15.00 2.00 10.00 35.00 50.4)0 2:).oo gj-aiO > A' Cotton seed oil mills with —4H)0,000 w less Invested,-per-y d. I income iif $1,000 or less, per —— annum 15,00 annum 150,00 ‘ Lightning I'od agents or deal- annum Plumbers, whose gross-income from one job is $20 or less, per job ... • •• ! Public w'eighers other than cot- j ton weighers, whose gross I annual income is $500 or less, per annum Restaurants or eating houses, whose gross annual income is $1,500 or less, per annum .. Railroad agencies, whose gross annual income from business done exclusively within this state is $100,000 or less, for the first track, per annum 100.00 For each additional track .. 100.00 For each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Renovators of feather beds, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum j Whose gross monthly income I is $150 or less, per month ! Real estate agents, whose ' gross income is $1,500 or less, per annum Scriveners, whose gross daily income is $10 or less, per day Shows, perfoi niances, exhibi tions of all kindsi except cir cuses or similar exhibitions, whose gross daily income is $500 or. less, per day .. Soda fountains, ^without or with store, whose gross annual in come is $1,500 or less, per annum Solicitors and canvassers — all persons canvassing or solicit ing any orders for goods, wares, merchandise, books, literature, or soliciting or ders for any commodity or thing whatsoever to be deliv ered at future date whether any part of the purchase price is collected by any Shoe shops, each bench, whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum ...4 .... ,[ Each additional bench j Storage battery charging sta- , I tions, per annum 10.00 ' Taxi cabs, per annum 25.00 No person, firm or corpora tion shall let or hire any hacks, automobiles or other vehicle for hauling or trans porting passengers, within the corporate limits of the town, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Townti Clerk. Tailor shops, ladies and gents, ' whose gross annual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... Tin and tinker shops, whose gross annual income is $750 or les?, per annum ^... Telephone companies, local per annum 100.00 40.00! Telegraph companies, or agen- - cies, for business done within this, state, and not including that done without the state, whose gross annual income from such business is $2,000 or less, per annum .... Transient dealers in -fruits, bread and cakes, meats or merchandise of whatsoever character and kind, selling from car or common carrier, except as hereinafter providr ed, per annum Apple wagons, per day This license applies to any other fruits or vegetables .such as cabbage, oranges, grapes, etc. Delivery truck.s, delivering goods, wares, cotton, mer- chandi.se or any other com modities into the Town of Clinton and over the streets Orulteysr of the said Town of Clinton, from outside of the Town, per annum, each truck Per day, each truck Undertakers, whose'gross an nual income is $2,500 or less, per annum . Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Vulcanizing shops, per annum WiMKljilmpa-.mnd_»agoiL.jnanu_'. facturers, whose gross ,an- nual income is $500 or less, per annum .... Wood dealers or brokers, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Wheelwrights, whose gross an nual income is $1,000 or less, per annum .... • ’Wirvhuuae—kept—for 40.00 5.00 25.00 2.00 business, profession or occupation. S^tion 7. That every person, firm, company dr corpo^tion, required by this Ordinance to pbtain a license to engage in business, trade, profession, or occupation for which a license is required, shall at the time of apply ing for ^SUch license, make, a state ment under oath, before an officer qualified to administer oaths, and file said statement with the Town Clerk, setting forth: (1) His or her name, style, of firm, name of company, or corporation. (2) The trade, business, profession, or occupation for which a license is I required. j (3) The amount of business propos ed to be done during the current year and in those cases in which siich in- fonnation is required, the amount of business done the previous year in the same occupation, trade, business, or profession if same was carried on or prosecuted the previous year. i The Town Clerk shall thereupon as- - sess and collect the proper license tax as provided for in this Ordinance, and upon such tax being paidj shall issue to the applicant the proper licen.se. Section 8. For any business,, trade, occupation or profession not enumer ated in Section 1 of this Ordinance, the license shall be fixed by the May or and he is hereby given full power and authority to fix the same and such license therefor as shall be fixed by the Mayor shall he afe binding in every respect as though it was spe- '■1 V- i I ^ j cifically enumerated or designated in 'this Ordinance. 2.00 20.00 10=00 5.0O I Section 9. The license taxes herem. I imposed are levied for the purpo.se of (raising funds to meet the annual or- I dinary expenses of the Town of Clin- I ton for the fiscal year commencing I on the 1st day of January of any year i hereafter and for the purpose of pay ing in whole or in part any legal in debtedness of the said (Hty incurred 50.00 2.00 35.00 15.00 15.00 for ordinary expenses thereof falling due during the said fiscal year. All annual licenses must be paid on or before January 15th of each year, on penalty of an additional 10 per cent charge after January 15th. If li cense is not paid by February 15tk the business will be closed by the Bolice Department and action brought t in the Recorder’s Court, under Section |tj -©f- thta Ordmance -for- the- nttade-- I meanor of doing business without li- 16 00 j Section 10. This Ordinance shall go (into effect on the 1st day of January, jQ QQ A. D., 1933. 1.00 10.00 atormg 1.00 50.00 .50 On each additional $1,000 in vested, i>er annum j Directories — Each and every person compiling city direc- 25.00, lories, per annum* Dealers in junk, per day Per annum ...„ . 1.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 Dealeis in fruits, melons or 10.00 1.00 25.00 io;oo par UMittm ae — maan- «r aorpor- 15.00 15.00 vegetables, selling from car by itinerant dealers, each car or fraction thereof Dealers in stocks and bond.s, per annum Dealers in wagons and other ^ / vehicles, other than manufac-^ tuiers, with or without busi ness, whose gross annual'in come is $7,500 or less, jier annum .. .. » ......... Dealers in pianos, organs, sew ing machines, iron safes, well fixtures, and tombstones, not connected with stores, whoee gross annual income is $1,000 or less, each i>er annum Dealers in soap, jewelry, mer chandise or other goods on the streets, whose gross .dafly income is $100 or less, per .day Per.annum . Dealers in green groceries, sell ing from wagon, whose gross 20.00 2.001 26.00 ers, whose gross annual in come is $2,000 or less, per annum ,/ - /■■■■ Whose gross monthly income is $500 or less, p,er day l.^ng distance telephone com panies operating in city or agents of same collecting toll, per annum ... Lumber yards, selling planks, shingles, framing laths or moulding, whose gross .an nual income is $5,000 or less, per annum Lumber yards or dealers selling other kinds of building mate rial other than the ones last before enumerated, whose annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum Lunch counters, per annum ... Machine shops and foundries, whose gross annual income is $2,000 or less, per annum Merry-go-roun'ds, whose-gross w’eekly income is $250 or less, per week Merchants or all persons, firms or coriwrations selling at re tail articles of trade or mer chandise for which a special license is not required, whose gross annual income is $10,- 25.00 5.00 cotton, grain, etc., whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum .. Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum .... ... Wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, - goods, wares, or merchandise, who carry a stock of goods either in a warehouse or store room, whose gross annual in come from sales is $50,000 or less, per annum Each additional $1,000 or less, per annum Section 2. .All licenses issued for one .day only shall 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 I under and by virtue of this Ordinance 5.00 shall be non-transferable and ex cept a license for a day, a week or a month, shall terminate and end on 15.00 j the 3Lst day of December of the year jin which they were issued; but may be revoked at any time by the Town 1.00'Council of the Town of Clinton on I satisfactory caUse being show,ii. Ex\ ' cept license issued for a day, a week, or a month, annual rates shall be I charged for all licenses issued prior 25.001 to June 30th of any year, three- 1 fourths the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued after June 30th of any year and prior to September 30th of any year; and one- ! half the annual rate for all licenses issued.^' aft.ei’ September 30th of any year, and prior to December SIst'of ; any year. Section 4. That every person, cor poration or partnership, required by this ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, profes sion or occupation, for which a license is required, shall at the time of ap- Done and ratified by the Town 1 Council of the Town of Clinton and 5 001^^® corporate seal of the said Town of ! Clinton hereto affixed this the l5th ~ tday of Uecembef, A. D., 1982, and in the One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh year of the Sovereignty and Indepen- 35 00 fdence^of the United States of Amer ica. i Attest: H. Y. ABRAMS, Mayor, D. C. HEUSTESS, ('ity ('lerk and Treasurer. 10.00 50.00 40.00 such solicitor, or canvasser or not, per annum .... 50.OO Per day ^ 2.00 Stables, sales, feed and livery, whose gross annual income is $4,000 or less, per annum Salvage or bankrupt sale man agers, or sale conductors, whose gross annual income is $5,000 or leps, per annum Whose gross daily income is $60 or less, per day ...t Street trucks doing draya^e, whose gross annual income is $500 or less, per annum Street wagons or drays,, one horse, whose gross annual income is $600 or less, per ' annuni Whose gross daily income ia $5.00 or 1^88, per day .... 6.00 5.00 16.00 20.00 16.00 Street wagons or drays, two ' horse, whose gross annual in come is $500 or less, per an num ‘ Whose gross daily income is $7.60 or less, per day Shooting i^lleries, whose gross annual income is $2,500 or less, per annum ...: Whose gross weekly income is $500 or less, per week Whose gross daily income is 110 or less, per day ...'. 25.00 piyinlg for such TTcensi, or jai other time as may be required by the Town Council, to furnish to the Town Clerk, or auditor of the city, such other and further information as may 25.00 j be necessary for correctly ascertain ing the license to be assessed and col- ! lected. j Section 5. Any persortj firm, com- 25.00 j pany or corporation pi-osecuting or engaging in any business or occupa tion or profession, or keeping v or maintaining any establishment named in this Ordinance without having first paid the license tax imposed thereon, shall upon conviction, be fined not ex ceeding one hundred dollars, dr be im prisoned not exceeding thirty days with or without hard labor at the dis cretion of the officer trying the caae^ Section 6. Where a license is im- j posed, by this Ordinance upon any I business, profession or occupation, and such business, profession or oc cupation is carried on or conducted by an agent, clerk or employee, such agent, clefic or employee shall be sub ject to all the penalties herein impos ed should the said business, profes sion or occupation be carried on or prosecuted ^thout the . license im posed having baen paid in t;he same manner as if such agent, clerk or em- 5.00 1.00 5.00 2.00 NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina, County of I,aurens, Mrs. Bessie Chase, Plaintiff, vs. E. M. Ix)hr, Defendant. Pursuant to a Decree of the Court in the above stated case, I will .sell at l)ublic outcry to the highest bidder, at I^urens, C. IL, S. C., on salesjajr in January next, being .Monday, the 2nd day of the month, during the le gal hours for such sale.s, the follow ing de.scribed property, to wit: “All that tract, piece or parcel of land, lying, being and situate in Jacks Township, in the County of I.aurens, and in the State of South C arolina, containing three hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and known as the C. C. Ri.«'er Brick Hou.se tract ^nd bounded as follows: On the north by Buncombe Road; on the south by Wesson Creek; on the ea.«t by old Ninety-Six road; and on the west by lands of William Hatton and W. S. Riser. For more accurate details as to boundary, Reference being thereunto made to plat of same by J. .Roy Crawford, Surveyor, May 11, 1922. The above described tract of land is the same tract that was conveyed to me by deed of W. S. Riser and John W. Riser, dated October 1927, and this mortgage is given as purchase prica of the above described tract of land.’* Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. If the terms of sale are not complied d tn be re-sold on mme or some subsequent salesday on same terrns, at risk of fomer purchaser. THOS. W. BENNETT, C. G. C. P. and G. S., Laurens, S. C. Dated Deceipber 13, 1932.—12-29-3tc. NOTICE OP LOST CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT Notice is hereby given that Certifi cate of Deposit No. 5605 for the sum of $16.68 of the Commercial Bank, Clinton, S. C., issued to Beatrice <0. Crawford on the 10th day of August, 1932, said Certificate payable to the above named party or to H. P. Craw ford. This Certificate has been mis placed, lost or destroyed. We will apply for a new Certificate of Deposit in its stead at the office of The Commercial Bank on or after January 22, 1933. (Signed) Beatrice G. Crawford. (Signed) H. P. Crawford, Parent. December 16, 1932.—l-6-3tp. 25.00 10.06 6 6 6 LIQUID - TABLETS . SALVE Chteka Malaria in S days, CaMi flrat day, HeadaclMs or Nearalgia in 36 ndaatea. 66613ALVE for HEAD COLDS. 5.00)ployee were the proprietor of auchiMofit Speedy ReMediei KbPWB. i,. •n I