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Pajre Twelve , / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE — V FARMS... AND FOLKS . ' * By J. EJLEAZER ■Clemson College Information Specialist CHANCE Back in October I attended a yieeting on darrjing in Columbia It was called by Clemson for improv ing and further developing our at tificial insemination program in' till AjJent Jones of Greenville how it was going there He said, "Fine, just as good as anywhere else.” That was* late October and they were still cutting- hay from it. up there, he said. So, Coastal Bermuda begins to ^ I , Another state group was meeting^ '°P ^rass for hay and in the next room. It was on the fu-/! >- iraz ' n S * n a *' ports of the state. The Clemson Agronomy Handbook says of it: "Sintable on aj.|.._sail types in South Carolma‘except wa ter-logged soils." ture af cotton here, called by ou; Farm Bureau Yes, I can well remember when cotton was king And if there was a- staU* meeting on ahything" agricul tural, ten to one it was about it But in the changing scene, cotton s posi tion has been altered mightily. Its acreage of almost 3 million has shrunk to-a bare half million. And, if folks mean* what they say. it will be less than that another year. Theibest time to sprig this grass in'according to Hugh Woodle is w hen there's plenty of unoisture, j specially in the early spring BOYS ARE THAT WAY As a kid 1 alw ays liked the luster of a new year. * > , , It .brogght .a. clean fresh calen- Paimng, beef cattle, hogs, poul-|(jn-r fhst hung by the clock on the try. soybeans, grass, and trees have, maI)Ut , And . WNV almanac that grow n lhto major importance here alW a Vs hung from a nail'there over Some-of these are still jockeying, the firep i at . t , H ow fresh,-new, and for positions in our changing farm inlerostin ^ thev were . Neu pic , M-tup All show promise. And when Uin ,. And th , nuigu . arrjv of d , vs they get established fully, alonr, ha . t r a almanac told all about, ' with such cotton'and tobacco as we kld> So , KV (i go i can grow, we will have an array <>f, uu-ouuh the almanac, pick out the' cash cro^ unexcelled in any area swm predictions, and write 'em on 1 ountv agents will soon be calling .j,,. ca)en<iar< w bere wed set 'em' agricultural committees together to. d>(llv , don't think they *proved plan and set-goals for the new year- u , rv ,, u ., m ; s wjU hit in this changing agriculture m tibn of handbills, circulars, o r otherwise advertising mat or bill posting, whose gross annual income is $3^ 000,00- or less for e'ach additional $1,000.- - no of gross annual income Provided, the provisions hereof shall not apply to any person, firm or corpo ration maintaining a regu lar place of-business when s u c h advertising is re stricted to the advertising of said business by the per son having a license to op erate said business. ‘ ADVERTISING AGENCY— Whose gross ahnual hrromg. • is $10,000.00 or less fof each additional $1,000 00 of gross annual income ADVERTISING AGENCY, REPRESENTATIVE OF PUBLISHED. ADVERTIS ER FOR PURPOSE OF BUYING OR SELLING AD VERTISING SPACE: Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 00 of gros§ annual income AGENTS-FOR LAUNDRIES— Whose gross annual income is $2,000 00 or less for each additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual income ARCHITECTS-' Whqse gross annual income . is--$lli,000 00 or less for each additional $1,000 00 of gross annual income o. .75 $0 00 .75 30 00 .75' 20 00 30 00 75 50.00 10.00 5 00 15.00 75 5.00 30 00 .75 ! very accurate, but some time, and wi> Once we developed use know-how \\ntl> in them believed fer few new f.*r cotton Now many arc .needed Then there.were the And that comes slow. But expen ^ things we had gotten for Christmas, ment and experience are gaining it wnh all of the. kinfolks we had i Whose gross annual income ’ ls $1,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of. gross annual income AUDITOR8*^0R CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000 00 or less ' for each additional $1,000- 00 of gross annual income 15 00 75 30 00 * »- * through that seasot\,. there was lit- i AUTO FILLING SI A BROILERS tie time to enjoy the pocket knife, | HONS— The eight South Atlantic states! whi:s,k ‘' sling-hot, or air rifle we! First P um P operated, now grow about a third of the broil : had K otten - And there-were usually) -'ear ers produced in thi;> country. The sonk ' badly needed new clothes,; per heaviest production i> centered in lo,> Shoes were a big item, and! 'sorth Georgia, not far from Clem- we usually got a-pair then. Some! son. in the Gainesville area That had brass toes - 'alutHi them section, too. was once all cotton.! and ,he - v a bttle more' But the boll weevil came and soon As soon as we kids got a new pair disposed of the crop of late cotton in uf shoes, we wanted to see if they d, the small fields of that rugged area, turn water We didn t have over- ' AIN'T SHDl Each additional pump op- erattKi, per year Where stocR.of accessories is kept for "sale, an addi tional tax, ixt yeah AUTOMOBILE REPAIR shop; $ody shop or 75 15 00 1000 10.00 Things. w-qre rather stagnant for a while Thehv.came chickens. And how it blooms With a new glory. Broilers are produced there in such millions as never seen before in a^y, area of earth < Broiler production is on the risV in South Carolina, too And We now- have dressing plants in all parts of the state. To start with, they had to get most of their chickens from Georgia But more and more of shoes Shoe' would receivb inter- ; Whose gross annual.income mittent applications of mutton >' $3.500 00 or less grease or something to waterproof- k,r fm'h achntional $1,000 - them As 1 recall, this did good.! 00 of K ross annnual income but did not'accomplish its full pur AUTOMOBILE AGENTS.OR pose. The first time I'd wear new DEALERS— shoes out. we boys would try ’em in Automobile_agents or deal the mud That sometimes resulted in a switching But the lure was* there, often tpo great to resist Kids wore hats then. Wool ones for'winter and straw hats for sum-1 25.00 .75 tfceir kill is coming from the sur- :mer - Th e latu ' r «err u|aally made at home from wheat straw or chgap rounding areas. *> • * * EATING HABITS CHANGE Ever think of it, how much our eating habits change"’ Compared with about 20 years ago. we are eating 38 per cent more tomatoes. 16 per cent more palmetto ones bought from the cross store and lined with cloth to make 'em last I got a wool hat one Christmas with a little red feather | in it. That was one of the rarest i treasures f-ever had, envied by all' of the other kids. And a knife with 1 a chain, that came from J Lvnn 25 00 75 green leafy vegetables, and 24 per & Co., away off somewhere, was cent more other vegetables. a ( treasure, too. A constant tragedy On the other side o« the question, amon g us was, losing knives With in thi.scountry wg are now eating 61 ! b''t chain. I couldn’t lose that one per cent^ less sweet potatoes and 20 per cent less Irish potatoes per per son than we did back 20 years ago. That increase ( in tomatoes and leafy vegetables is surely all to the g&od, from what the .nutritionists have be£n telling us But it's hard on' taters And look at the changes in farm set-ups all of this called for’ COASTAL IN THE PIEDMONT Coastal Bermuda grass made most of its early history here in the lower part of the state* on the sandy lands But of late it has been planted clear into the foothills of the mountains. I asked County Dr. David T. Mixon —Optometrist— * 201 N. Broad Street PHONE 1308 Office Hours: 9-5:30 License Ordinance AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A LI CENSE TAX ON ALL PER SONS. FIRMS AND CORPORA TIONS WHO ENGAGE IN OR CARRY ON AVY BUSINESS OR PROFESSION IN T H E CITY OF CLINTON. SOUTH 'CARO LINA. \ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLINTON. SOUTH C A R O- LINA. IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED: Section 1 That no person, firm or corporation shall after the first day o'f January, 1958, engage in. prose cute or carry on any. business or profession hereinafter named, with- irr the corporate limits of the City of Clinton, without first having paid a special license tax therefor The amount of said special tax shall be the amount played opposite each oc cupation, ' business CV profession, hereinbelow n a m e d, respectively, and the amount shall bA the cost- of said special tax per anirum unless otherwise specified, to wir ADVERTISING— Advertising by mofor ve hicles or otherwise on the' streets, including distribu- 1000 10.00 50 00 35 00 .75 65 00 75 MX BOTTLE CARTON tfW* PEPSI-COL4 BOTTLING CO. , Greenville, S. C. efs having a sales room or service department in the City of Clinton on which additional Town license tax is paid and whose gross an nual income is $5,000.00 «r less for each additional $1,000.- - 00 of gross annual income Aiitomiobile agents or deal ers having r\o sales roi/m or , service department in the’ City of Clinton a n'd whose gross annual income A $5,000.00 or less 100 00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income 75 BARBER SHOPS— ' Barber Shops, operating one or more chairsr per chair, per year BEAUTY SHOP— Beauty Shops, each opera tor, per year BUILDING AND LOAN AS SOCIATIONS— ' Per year BAKERIES— Whose gross annual income is $5,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 • 00 of gross annual income BUTTLING WORKS- Bottling works using auto matic capping ■ machines, per year on sales of not more than $10,000.00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of sales Itinerants or .those not having a bottling plant in The City of Clinton and de livering from trucks and other motor vehicles shall pay on sales of not more than $10,000.00, per year - for each additional Sl.opo - 00 of sales .BOOTBLACKS— ' Bootblacks, first chair..per year for each additional chair, per year BUS STATIONS OR TER- M INALS— BUS stations or terminals where tickets are sold or offered for.sale, on sales of not, more than $1,000.00, per.year CANVASSERS OR PED DLE RS- Canvassers o r peddlers sfcliiag goods, wares or merchandise of whatsoever character hose gross an niial income is $5,000*00 or lesls for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income, per day CEMENT BLOCK OR READY MIXED CON CRETE DEALERS—. Whose gross annual income is $10,000 00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gkdss annual income CONTRACTORS— Contractors', residents ’ o r non-residents, for paving,^, h p u s e building, • termite , proofing, -glass installation, painting, heating plants, •plumbing, or any type of construction or repaid work. V Where contract does nbt . exceed $25,000.00 ' 50.00 Where contract exceeds-. $25.000 00 - 75.00 65 00 .75 5.00 250 25 00 00 75 20.00 .75 3 jr0p 75 30.00 75 50.00 .75 50 00 75 35 00 .75 CHIROPRACTORS AND * CHIROPODISTS- Same as physicians CIRCUSES- ■ > * At the discretion of the Mayor rand majority of City Council. Circuses having one ring only, per day , . 100 00 Circus parades where ex hibition is„held out of the corporate 1 i tn i t s of the City of-' Clinton > * * 250.00 CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY OR BUREAU— Whose gross annual income isJ10.000.00 or less for each additional $1,000,- 00 of gross annual income COTTON GINNERS- FirsL gin, per year for each additional gin, per year COLD DRINK STANDS- Per year COAL OR WOODYARD OR ICE DEALER- Whose gross annual sales are $1,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of sales DEALERS IN FRUITS— Dealers in fruits, felons, or vegetables, selling from car by itinerant dealers, I each car, per day 7 51 DELIVERY VEHICLES— All out of town delivery ve hicles delivering merchan- d i s e, including laundry, but excepting ice, which is covered by another clause, per year DENTISTS-. Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less for each additional $4,600,- 00 of gross annual income DIAPER SERVICE— Whose gross annual income is $5,000 00 ot r less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income DRY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRIES— Doing business in Clinton: Whose gross annual iqcome .. is $5,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income ELECTRICIANS, PLUMB ERS, ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING CONTRAC TORS, TINNERS— Whose gross annual income is $5,000 00 or less for each additional $1,000- 00 of gross annual income E X PR ESS COM PAN I F5s OR AGENTS— ‘ Each for business done ex clusively in the City of Clinton, S. C., but not in cluding business tlone to or from points without the State of South Carolina, or— for the Government of the U. S , whose gross annual income Ls $3,500.00 or less for each additional $1,000 COp of gross annual income FINANCE COMPANTES- Persons, firms or corpora tions in money lending bus iness whose gross annual inegme i* $5;000:TXr3r less 75.00 for each additional $1,000 - ' 00 of gross annual income GENERAL REPAIR OR RADIO OR ry SHOPS— Whose_gross,rannual income is $5,000.00 or less foi* each additional $1,000- 00 of gross annual income HATCHERIES— Whose- gross annual sales are $10,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gro^s annual sales HOTELS, MOTELS. TOURIST HOMES, OR ROOMING HOUSES— Per room, per year INSURANCE COM PAN- IES- Ufe, Fire, Sick Benefit, Casualty, Accident, Fidel- i t y, .Guaranty, Liability, Boiler and other like insur ance companies represent ed by transient solicitor or agent, with weekly gross income of $500.00 or less, per week for each additional $100.00 of gross w eekly income, per week INSURANCE COMPANIES (CASUALTY)— Insurance companies hand ling accident, sick benefit, fidelity, guaranty, plate glass, boiler, liability, live stock, casualty or other like y insurance, whose gross an nual income is $ 750 00 or less y for each additional $100.00 of gross annual income, per year ’ INSURANCE COMftVNIES (IFIRE)— Each company doing bus iness in the City shall pay an annual license of 2% of the gross amount of pre miums,' including renew als, collected during the' preceding calendar year by the Company or agent or representative thereof. l._That for the purpose of copkouting and collect ing the license tax ,on any fire insurance company having an agent or agents in the City of» Clinton or doing business in the City , of Clinton, jor issuing poli cies of any nature covering any property, real or per- • sonal, or covering any risk: fa) The City shall com- • pute and collect two (2%) of gross amount of all pre- - miums collected by the- agent of the company, whether the property or risks be located in the City or not. Provided, that no such computation or collection shall be made .75 25.00 .75 20.00 .75 1.50 15.00 2.00 75 1500 2.00 y op any premium collected upon a risk located in an- othe r municipality within -the State of South Carolina upon-w'hich such other mu nicipality assesses and col lects a business license? (b) The City shall com pute and collect two (2%) per cent of the gross amount of aljf premiums charged by any such insur ance company for the issu ance of any policy which covers any property, real or personal, or any risk lo cated within ‘the * said 1 City, whether t h e* pre mium be collected by an- agent doing business in the City or by any other ajjent^.of the Company wherever residing. ( 2. On or before February 15th of each year all agents ,sl\ajl file with the City Clerk a statement under -oath shovying all premiums . collected by the gant and premiums originating from policies countersigned by the agent, covering any risks located within the City of Clinton although the premiums are not ac tually collected by such agent 3. Each insurance com pany issuing any policy ‘or policies covering any prop erty or risks located in the City of Clinton shall file \yjth_Jhe City Clerk on or before February 15th of each year a .statement un der oath showing all pre miums collected for insur ance policies issued during the preceding j^ar-by said company ana covering any property or risksytocated in the City. Slich statement, however, not ~ to include any premiums reported and shown upon the/sworn statement of its ^ent, but all others. 1, 4. It is hereby • declared -that it shall be conclusive ly presumed that the ^pre-’ nuum charged for the issu ance of any policy covering any property, real of per sonal, or risk within the City, was collected with in the City. * INSURANCE COMPANIES - i LIFE)— Each life, insurance com pany having a gross an nual premiufri income 'bf $500 00 or less, per year living gross annual premium income of more than $500 00, 4hit inoU more than $5,000.00, per year Having grass annual premium income of more t h'a n $5,000.00, but not more than $10,000 00, per year Having gross annual premium income of more than $10,000.00. year This section shall apply only to premiums collected or renewed on the lives of persons residing w ithin’ the corporate limits of the City of Clinton, S. C. JINK DEALEKS- Dealers in junk or used iron, metal, paper, cloth or other materials, buying, selling, processing, or .cut ting same, whose gross an nual income is $10,000.00 or - less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income LAWYERS— Whose gross annual income - is $10,P00.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income MERCHANTS, RETAIL— Retail merchants and all persons, firms or corpora tions selling at retail at an f established place of busi ness articles of trade or merchandise for which a sperial license is not re quired, whose gross annual sales are $10,000.00 or less, per year for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual sales MERCHANTS, WHOLE- SALE- Wholesale merchants and wholesale dealers in hay, grain, provisions, goods, .w a^e s, or merchandise, w ho chrry a stock of goods within a -warehouse or storeroom, whose gross annuhl sales are $25,000.00 or less, per year * / for each additional $1,000.|- 00 of gross sales The basis for ascertain ing the amount of, the., li- ■ cense tax due shajl be the gross amount df all sales, cash or credit, for the pre ceding year beginning Jan- TSry 1, 1957, and ending December 31, 1957. MACHINE SELLERS AND VENDORS- Dispensing candy, gum, nuts, drinks, U^facco prod-, ucts, or machines used for amusement . One cent in slot machine, per year " Five-cents in slot machine, per year Ten cents or more tn slot machine, per year *1 Separate license to be obtained for each such ma chine and in each place of, business where machine is operated, properly display ed at all times for inspec tion. Operator of said place of business to be responsi ble for license without re-' gard to the ownership of the said machines. MEDICINE SELLERS— 10.00 .75 500.00 50 35.00 15.00 40 00 60 00 75.00 .•If.' V X 50.00 75 .30.00 Per year or fraction of year 100.00 MARBLE YARDS OR • AGENCIES FOR MEM- ORIALS— Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less < for each additional $1,000 • 00 of gross annual income, MECHANICS, working oh automobiles -who do not maintain a regular place Of business, whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less 15.00 for each additional Sl.OOk).- 00 of gros sannual income .75 MOVING PICTURE SHOWS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less, per year 75.00 for each additional, $1,000. • 00 of grosrs annual income ,75 MANUFACTURERS (In- . corporated)— j ' v Having capital s t o c k of $50,000 00 or less, per year ' A 75.00 Having capital stock o f more’than $50,000.00 and not more than $100,000.- 00, per year 100.00 -•-'Having capital stock of more than $100,000.00 and not more than $250,000.00, per year g 250.00 Having capital stock of more -than $250,000 00 and not more than $500,000.00, per year 500.00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of capital stock .50 MANUFACTURERS (unincorporated)— Having assets in manufac ; taring business of $50,000 - 00 or less, per year 75.00 Having assets of more than $50,000 00 and n o t more than $100,000.00, per year 100 00 Having assets of more than $10,000.00 and not more than $25,000.00, per year 250.00 Having assets of more than $250,000.00 and not more than $500,000 00, per -year for each additional $1,000 • 00 NEWSPAPERS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000 00 or less, per- year for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income .75 NEWS STANDS— - - Per year 10.00 OIL AND GASOLINE ‘ COMPANIES— Whose gross annual income is $2p.000 00 or less, per year 1 for each additional $1,000 00 of gross annual income OPTICIANS, OPTOME TRISTS ''OR OCULISTS— Whose gross annual income^ is $10,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income .75 POOL TABLE— , For each table operated, \ pe* year, 25,00 PHOTOGRAPIERS AND i^RTHOTOPjtfiNTINGA- Whose gross annual income is $2,000.00 or less i 20.00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income .75 PHOTOGRAPHERS, t r a n- sient, itinerant or nonresi- dent * Whose gross annual income ,is $2,000.00 or less 100 00 for each additional $1,000 - •00 of gross annual income .75 PHYSICIANS— ' . Whose gross annnal income is $10,000.00 or less 30.00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income .75 PRINTING OFFICE— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less 25.00 for each additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual income RADIO BROADCASTING V STATIONS— Maintaining offices for so li c i t i n g advertising in City of Clinton. Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less * 50.00 for each additional $1,000 - / OOof gross annual income .75 RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND EATING HOUSES— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less ^ 25.00 for each additional $1,000.- , 00 of-gross annual • income .75 RAILROAD COMPANIES ^ -Ok AGENCIES, for busi ness done in the City -of Clinton, regulated by Act of Legislature, Section 65- 921, S.-C. Code of Laws, as follows: Town having • population between 5,000 and .10,000 For firsTl.OOO population 25.00 for each additional 1,000 population or major frac tion thereof- 30.00 RfSAL ESTATE AGENTS OR .BROKERS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less ' ,. 30.00 for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income .75 SHOWS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS otf all kinds, except Circuses or similar exhibitions, whose gross daily income is $500 - 00 or less, per day at May or’s discretion 5Q.00 2.50 SALES BARN- Whose gross annual sales “7.50 are $50 l $Qp.OO or less 50.00 for each additional $1,000 - 5.00 00 of gross annual sales : .75 SHOE SUgPS- Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less 15.00 for each additional $1,000.- • 00 of gross annual incotne .75 SIGN PAINTERS AND ERECTORS- Whose gros annual income is $1,000.00 or less V . ~. 10.00 for each-additional $1000.- 00 of gross annual income .75 STREET TRUCKS- 50.00 .75 30 00 .75 Doing drayage and hauling for hire, each vehicle, per year : • 10.00 TAXICABS, e a cl> vehicle, per year’. , 10.00 No person, firm or corporation shall let or hire or operate any taxicab or motor vehicle trans porting passengers within the corporate limits of, the City of Clinton without first obtaining a license, therefor Worn the City Clerk. ' No taxicab shaiF be licensed to operate in the City'of Clinton un- - less the same is registered with the State Highway Department in Laurens County School District No. 56 and the City of Clinton and unless such taxicab is return ed for property taxes in Laurens County, South Carohna, and un less all delinquent City of Clin ton property taxes are paid. As a condition pre<^dent to the granting or issuing m any'license for the operation of any taxicab, automobile hack, or other vehicle for hauling or transporting, pas sengers for hire within the cor porate limits 1 of the City of Clin ton. the applicant for such license shall first be required to file with the City Clerk of the City of Clinton a policy or policies of in surance issued by .a company or companies doing business in the State of South Carolina upon each taxicab, automobile or vehicle to be operated under such license, covering liability in an amount of f, Jfh Thursday, January 2, 1958 •and end on the 31st day of Decem ber, 1958, but may be revokjed at any dme by the City Council of the City of Chnton on satisfactory cause beinjj shown; and except li cense issued for a day, a week or a month, annual rate shall be charg ed for all ^licenses issued prior to June 1st, 1958, three-fourths of the annual rate shall be charged for all licenses issued after May 31, 1958,, and prior to September 1, 1958; and one-half the annual rate for all ^licenses issued after, August < 31, 1958, and prior to December 31, 1958. Section 3. That every person, cor- pbration pr partnership, required by this ordinance to obtain a li cense to engage in any business,' trade, profession, or occupation, for which a license is required, shall at the time of applying for such li cense, or at any othbr time as may be required by the City Council, furnish to the City Clerk or audi tor of the City, such other and fur ther information as may Be' neces sary for correctly ascertaining the license 'to be assessed and collected,. Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation prosecuting or engag ing in any business, trade, occu pation or profession or keeping or maintaining any establishment named in this ordinance without first having- paid the license tax imposed' thereon, or shall violate otherwise any of the terms or pro visions of this ordinance, shall up on conviction, be fined no( exceed- 20.00 .75 25.00 .75 to any one person and in an amount of not less than $10,000 -. 00 for injury to more than one person injured in one accident, and in an amount of not less than $5,000.00 for damages to the prop erty of any person or persons. Said insurance shall be of a type that shall be carried in a com pany or companies to be approv ed by the City Council of the City of Clinton and shall be maintained in full force at all fimes during the term of any li cense- issued thereunder, and it shall be unlawful for any taxicab, automobile or vehicle for trans porting or hauling passengers for hire to be operated in the City of Clinton at any time without having such insurance in full force and effect. TAILOR SHOPS^- Whose gross annual income is $1,000.00 or less r 10.00 for each additional $1,000 ^ _ 00 of gross annual income .75 TELEPHONE COMPAN IES— Local, .eaclr for business done exclusively in -the City of Clinton, S C., but not including business done ^ l to or from other points .withmi^ the State, or for the Government of the U. NS., whose gross annual in come is $10,000.00 or less 150.00 for each additional $l,0Qg - 00 of gross annual income TELEGRAPH COMPANY IES— whose gross annual income Ls $2,000.00 or less Whose gross annual in come is more than $2,000 - oo, but•>not more than $3,- ' 000.00 Whose' gross annual in come is more than $3,000 - 00, but not more than $5,- 000.00 TERMITE EXTERMINA TORS— — Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual income As a condition precedent to the granting or issuing of a license for termite exter minator, the applicant shall first file with the City Clerk a surety bond in the amount of $5,000.00 in such form as the City Clerk shall approve; further, in the case of applicants who maintain no place of busi ness in the City of Clinton such license when issued by the City Clerk shall be valid only when presented to the City Clerk for en dorsement on each day that such applicant shall '' solicit work within the City of Clinton, such endorse ment to be without charge. UNDERTAKERS- Whose gross annual i n- come is $5,000.00 or less for each additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual income VETERINARIANS— Whose gross annual income is $10,000.00 or less for each< additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual «income WAREHOUSES- Warehouses kept for stor ing cotton, grain and other commodities whose gross annual income is $2,500.00 or lefcs r for each additional $1,000.- 00 of gross annual's income W ASHETE R IAS— Whose gross annual income is $5,000.00 or* less for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income WELDING SHOPS, GEN ERAL REPAIR SHOPS, BLACKSMITH SHOPS,* CABINET SHOPS- Whose gross annual income is $5,000.0Q or less . . . for each additional $1,000 - 00 of gross annual income WOODWORKING OR SASH DOOR PLANTS— Whose gross annual income is $5,000.00 or less for- each additional $1,000 - .75 60.00 75,00 12$.00 50.00 75 not less than $5,000.00 for injury* ‘°8 dne hundred doUars w be-im' prisoned., not exceeding thirty days with-or without hard labor at the disc^tion of the Recorder trying the case Section 5. Where a license is im posed by this ordinance upon any business, profession, or occupation, and such business, profession or oc cupation Ls 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 ^‘ occupation be carried" cn or prosecuted with out the license imposed paving be£n paid in the same manner as if such agent, clerk or employee were the proprietor of such business, profes- fession or occupation. Section 6. Where amount of li cense provided for herein is de pendent on the amount of incomii, receipts or sales, the basis for as certaining the amount of said li cense shall J>e the. amount of the in come or sales for the preceding year ending December 31, 1957. Section 7. That every person, firm, company 1 ; or corporation, re quired by this ordinance to obtain a license to engage in any business, trade, or occupation for which a* li cense is required, shall- at the time of applying for such a license {nuke a statement under oath, before an officer qualified t o administer oaths, and file said statement with the City Clerk setiftg forth: 1) His or her name, style of firm, name of company or corporation. 72) The trade, business, profes sion or occupation for which a li cense is required. — j .(3) The amount of busines pro posed to be done during the cur rent year and in those cases in which such information is required, the amount-of business done during the previous year in the same occu pation, trade, business or brofes- sion if the same was carried on or. prosecuted the previous year. The City Clerk shall thereupon assess and collect the proper license tax as provided for in this ordinance, and upon such tax being paid, shall issue to the applicant the proper li cense. Section 8. For any business, trade, occupation, or profession not enumerated in Section 1 of this or dinance, the license shall be fixed by the Mayor and he is hereby giv en full bower and authority to fix the same and such license therefor as shall be fixed by the Mayor shall be as binding in every respect as though it were specifically enumerated or " designated in this ordinance. Section 9. The license taxes here in imposed are levied for the pur pose of raising funds to meet the annual ordinary expenses of the City of Clinton for the fiscal year commencing the' 1st day of Janu ary, 1958, and for the purpose of paying in whole or in part any legal indebtedness of the said City in curred for s ordinary expenses there of falling due during the said fiscal year. < Section 10. All annual licenses must be paid on or before March 1, 1958, or penalty of an additional ten (10%) per cent of the amount here in stated shall be charged after March 1, 1958. If license is not paid on or before March 15, 1958, the business shall be closed by the Chief of Police and action brought in Recorder’s Court for the Town under Section 4 of this ordinance 35.00 .75 30.00 .75 25.00 .75 20.00 .75 25.00 .75 25.00 ,7& 00 of gross annual income Section 2. That ail licenses issued under and by virtue W this ordi- Mayor nance shall be non-transferrable; Attest: t and except a license for a day, a W. B.'OWENS, week or a month, shall terminate Clerk and Treasurer for the misdemeanor of ddSng busi ness without license. “ ‘ Section 11. If an^ word, clause, sentence, or section of this ordi nance be declared unconstitutional or in contravention of any law or laws of the State of South Carolina, such shall not affect any other word, clause, sentence, or section thereof. Section 12. This ordinance shall be effectvie from the date of its passage. DONE AND RATIFIED by the City Council of the City of Clin ton, South Carolina, in Council as sembled and the corporate seal of the said City of Clinton hereto af fixed this the 20th -day of Decem ber, A. D., 1957, and in the one hun dred and eighty-first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the "United States of America. JOE P. TERRYv^ A V v - V \\ fl