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AN ORDINANCE Granting Special License by the City of Union, S. C., for the Fiscal Year Beginning May 1, 1916. Section 1. That the following Special License Ordinance is hereby adopted and Ordained by the City Council on the 9th day of March, 1910, for the Fiscal Year, beginning May 1st, 1916. That every person, firm or corporation engaged in or engaging in any trade, business or profession hereinafter mentioned within the limits of the City of Union, S. C., shall upon engaging in said trade, business or profession on or before May 1st, 1910. first obtain a license from the Clerk and Treasurer thereof, upon the order of the Mayor, and all licenses hereinafter mentioned, shall be non-transferable, except by written permission of the ( ity Council, endorsed on said license, and per annum. if not otherwise specifically provided. and all annual licenses shall expire on the 1st day of May, 191(5. Any license may he revoked at any time bv the Mayor or the City Council. Sec. 2. Every itinerant, trader or person (except licensed auctioneers) offering for sale or attempting to sell by sample within the City at public outcry or otherwise, any goods, wares, fancy articles, spectacles, jewelry, pictures, notions or other articles of lfke character or kind, shall pay in advance a license tax of no. less than Five Dollars ($5.00) per day; Twenty-five Dollars ($*25.00) per week, or Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per year, and no plea of advertising or selling for any person, firm or corporation of the City of Union, shall relieve the said itineranl trader or person from the payment of said license. Sec. 3. Every itinerant physician or vendor, seller of medicine, patent or of his own make, or practicing as an itinerant his profession or calling shall nav a lb-onsc tav nf nnf le<*,? than Ten Dollars ($10.00) per day or Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per week, and no plea of advertising or selling for any person, firm or corporation of the City of Union, shall relieve said physician, vendor or seller from the payment of said license. Sec. 4. Each dray, carriage, buggy, automobile or other power vehicle, and each hack for public hire, conveyance or transportation, shall have a number thereon and the driver of such vehicle shall keep that number exposed on such hack, dray, carriage, buggy, automobile or other power vehicle and every driver thereof shall wear a duplicate number in a conspicuous place. The Clerk and Treasurer shall issue for each such dray, carriage, buggy, automobile or other power vehicle and hack and driver, such numbers at the issuance of license and place the number on the said license. Sec. 5. The maximum fee to be charged for each passenger within the corporate limits of the City of Union by such hacks, buggies, carriages, buggies, automobiles or other vehicles, shall not exceed Twentyfive cents (25c) from any point within the corporate limits of said City to said passenger's destination; provided no fee shall be charged for any passenger under five (5) years oi age. The maximum fee to he charged lor carrying baggage by hacks, carriages, buggies, uutomobiles or other power vehicles or drays shall not exceed Twenty-five Cents (25c) for 300 pounds; Fifty Cents (50c) for 301 to 1,000 pounds, from any point within the City of Union to any destination within the corporate limits of the City of Union; and upon any violation of the charges as above limited by any such public hack, carriage, buggy, automobile, power vehicle or dray license; such licensee shall upon conviction be fined not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) or imprisonment not exceeding twenty (20) days with or without hard labor. S?c. 0. Any driver or owner of any such hack or fe rriage or buggy or automobile or other power vehicle ior hire as aforesaid, including Livery, Feed and Sales Siables, who shall run any such hacks, carriages, .>uggies, automobiles or other power vehicles, who shall leave hi's, or her or their hack, or carnage or h* -gy or automobile or other power veh?cle before mentioned, for i distance ' eater than ten (lb) fee' in soliritatim of any passenger o* othe wise a.. any | depot within t.ie City of I nion, o. who shall leave his, her or tneir hack, buggy, carriage, automobile or other jower vehicle standim* miatt.in/io/i within one block of any depot or up* .1 Main street from the court house to the Baptist church shall pay a fine of Five Dollars ($.r>.00) or lie imprisoned for a period of ten (10) days with or without hard labor, in the discretion of the City Council. Sec. 7. Any person or persons holding license, convicted of selling, transporting or storing whiskey, or other alcoholic liquors said license shall be revoked. Sec. 8. The following schedule of license fees is hereby adopted and made a part of this Ordinance. A Auctioneering in house or on street, not less than, per day - $ 1.00 In discretion of City Council. Automobiles or other power vehicles kept for public hire or transportation of passenA i Iters, each 25.00 Or per day not less than $3.00, or more than $10.00 at discretion of City Council. Autumobile dealers 10.00 Automobile repair shop 15.00 Agents, or agency, persons, firm or corporations using trading stamps 100.00 Agents soliciting employees or laborers for manufacturing companies, railroad companies or any companies or individuals where such employees or laborers are to work outside of the corporate limits of the City of Union, S. C. 100.00 Ammunition: Each person, firm or corporation dealing in ammunition, whether load ed or unloaded, balls, shells, cartridges, etc., each 10.00 It Barber shop, for each chair __ 5.00 Barber shop in suburbs, each chair 2.50 Bicycle, repairing or renting-- 5 00 Bill posters, or agents, posting or tacking or distributing, per annum 25.00 Bill posters?itinerant, posting or tacking or distributing, per day 1.00 Billiard and Pool Room, each__ 100.00 Pool room in suburbs 50.00 Book agents selling maps, books, periodicals and other like publications, per day, Five Dollars ($5.00) per yr. 50.00 Boot or Shoe Black, with privilege of chair on street, each 10.00 Boot or Shoe Black, with privilege or chair on street, each per month 1.00 Boot or Shoe Black in barber shop or in building on Main street, year 5.00 Boot or Shoe Black in barber shop in suburbs, year 2.50 Bottling Works, or agents, therefor 25.00 Bowling Alley or Ten Pin Al. ley, each 50.00 Butchers?Each and every dealer retailing fresh meats, such as beef, mutton, pork and the like, shall pay a license of Fifty Dollars oer year; and shall have a fixed place of business, which said place shall be mentioned in the license, and said dealer shall not be permitted to sell from any other place; Provided that this section shall not apply to persons selling any of the aforesaid kinds of moats in quantities of not less than one-quarter of the animal. Such person shall first make and file an affi davit with the Clerk and 1 reasurer ot the City Council setting forth the name and postoffice address of the person proposing to sell. Second, That the animal butchered was raised upon the farm of the proposed vendor. Meat Markets in suburbs 25.00 C Cotton Seed Agents, each buying seed for shipment out of City of Union, per annum _.$ 50.00 Cotton Seed Oil Mills, each __ 100.00 Clothes cleansing or pressing establishments, per annum._ 25.00 Circuses, dog and pony shows, etc., each not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) per day, in the discretion of City Council. Carnival Shows in the city, per week .150.00 D Dance hall, when run for gain_$100.00 Drays, each dray, cart or wagun, wiui unts norst, per annum 10.00 Drays, each dray, cart or wagon with two horses, per annum 15.00 Dealers in second-hand merchandise of whatever kind, per annum 10.00 Dealers in pianos and organs, (itinerant) per day, $5; per annum 25.00 E Express companies transacting and dr'nt* business in this City and other points within this State for corporations other than the Government of the United States, its officers and agents, per annum 100.00 Employment Bureaus, each person or firm, per annum._ 25.00 Exhihi'ion 'airs, concerts, festivals or parties on street, per day or night in the discretion of City Council, not to exceed 150.00 Flying Jc-,ny or Merry-GoRound, per month 25.00 Flying Jenny or Merry-GoRou...' per week 15.00 Fish and Oysters, agents or dealers, ner day 1.00 Fish and Oysters, agents or dealers, per year 15.00 Each person, agent or dealer shall have a fixed place of business, which said place shall be mentioned in the license, and said dealer shall not be permitted to sell from any other place; provided further, that it shall be and is hereby declared to be unlawful for any and all person or persons to sell or offer for sale or expose same for sale in or upon any street or sidewalk within the corporate limits of the City of Union, S. C. Fruit dealers, wholesale, and retail. at discretion of City Council. H Hacks, buggies or carriages for public hire, one-horse kept for hire outside of Livery Stables 10 00 Horses or mules, selling by auction, whether from a regular license or sale stable or otherwise, per day 50.00 t I Ice cream saloon, or dealer in 5.00 Ice cream on streets, each person peddling or selling 100.00 Insurance companies, each, life 25.00 Insurance companies, each, fire 15.00 Insurance companies, Casualty, Accident, Fidelity, Guarantee, Liability or Plate Glass, each 10.00 K Kerosene?Any merchant or merchandise broker in oils or agent of oil companies, or other person receiving illuminating or lubricating oils, either in carloads or less than carloads, and selling and re-shipping the same in quantities of HO gallons and upwards, shall pay a license fee of, per annum $'150.00 L Laundries 10.00 Laundries, each resident agent soliciting for laundry outside of City 10.00 Lightning rod agents or dealers in 25.00 Lunch dealers, exclusive of Sundays, per annum 25.00 M Moving picture shows, per day 2.00 Moving picture shows, per wk 10.00 Moving picture shows, per yr 50.00 O Optician, per year 25.00 Optician, per day 5.00 Onni'o KAlien nor nnmim H AH Oyster Saloon (not including: sale of bulk oysters) per annum 10.00 Oyster Saloon (including sale of bulk oysters) per annum 15.00 Oysters, fresh in sealed cans 5.00 P Pawn brokers, each 100.00 Photographers, each 10.00 Photoraphers, itinerants, each, per day 1.00 Plumbers and Tinners, per yr. 10.00 R Restaurants, cafes and lunch dealers, each, per annum 50.00 Restaurants, cafes and lunch dealers in suburbs, per year 25.00 Restaurants conducted in houses according to hotel plan and which do not keep, offer or expose for sale, any stock of goods, soft drinks, etc., may serve meals where meals are prepared and served on table on Sunday, No lunch dealer, restaurant or cafe shall be allowed on Main street from court house to High School, except those in a building conforming to the Fire Limit requirements. Roasters?Peanut or Popcorn on street (other than at place of business of owner) not at all on Main street, each 30.00 Railroads, for business done within the City of Union and within the State, and not including that done without the State, each? Southern Railroad 300.00 Union & Glenn Springs R. R. 200.00 S Stables, livery, feed and sales, including street carriages, hacks, buggies and drays, per annum 50.00 Stables?livery, feed and sales, in suburbs without privilege of street carriages, hacks, buggies and drays, per year 25.00 Soda Fountains, each _ 5.00 Shooting Galleries, each 25.00 No shooting galleries will be allowed on Main street. Skating Rink, each, per month 5.00 Skating Rink, each, per year... 15.00 T Telegraph Companies transacting and doing business between points in this city and any point or points in this State for individuals or corporations other than the Government of the United States, its officers and agents 50.00 Telephone Companies transacting and doing business between any point or points in this State for individuals or corporations other than the Government of the United States, its officers and agents 100 00 Sec. 9. For each and everv b"*! ne?s not specified a'T a 'icevip shell be charged in the di .cretio" of the City Council, not exceeding One Thousand dollars ($10?'\00,?. T1 t all license foes h?'-<>in ?^-^nt:oned a due and collectable on May 1st, 1915, and the said licenses ere subject to inspection by Mayor or policemen a' any time. Sec. 10. Any person, "orsons. company, firm or corporation embraced or mentioned in any of the fore oirg section or sections of this ordinance and required therein to obtain Vcense or to pay for the performing or carrying on cf their respective business o?* for the transaction of the j same who shall fail, refuse or nofloct I to pay the license or amount therein specified in advance, and each anc every person, firm or corporation giving, showing or attempting to give or show any of the performances, shows or exhibitions without having received and paid for their license to do so, and any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any part or parts of this ordinance, shall be required to pay a fine of not less than One Dollar ($1,001 or more thai. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or work at or without howl lakn? not more than thirty (30) days for each and every day so offending, in j the discretion of the City Council. Sec. 11. AH ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting with this ordinance is hereby repealed. Done and ratified in Council assembled under the hand of the Mayor and Seal of the said City of Union, this 9th day of March, 1016. L. C, WHARTON, Attest: Mayor. W. D. ARTHUR, <L. S?) Clerk and Treasurer. 14-3 7 / jjR ; AN ORDINANCE. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Union, S. C., in Council assembled, and by authority of the same: That a tax to cover the expenses and general purposes of the said City of Union, be as follows: 11% mills for general purposes, and r, special levy of 4% mills for maintenance of Carnegie Free Library and to pay the interest on outstanding coupon bonds from the first of May, 1916, to the first of May, 1917, shall be levied and collected in manner and form as follows: Section 1. A tax of Sixteen (16) mills upon every dollar of the value of all taxable real estate, personal property and stock in trade, in the corporate limits of the City of Union, s. c. Section 2. That the taxes herein levied and assessed shall be due ant. collected by the City Treasurer during the month of May, 1916. The City Treasurer shall proceed to collect the said taxes herein levied, and he shall keep his books open from the 1st day of May, 1916, to the 1st day of June, 1916, for this purpose; after which time he shall proceed by distress or otherwise as prescribed by law, to collect such taxes as remain unpaid, with a penalty of twenty per cent (20 per cent) in addition thereto for such nonpayment. Sec. 3. That the basis of value l*o* taxation of real estate, personal property and stock in trade within the City of Union, S. C., shall be taken from the books of the Auditor of Union county, and such assessment shall be the same as levied by the County Auditor in 1915 and 1916. Sec. 4. The sum. of Two Dollars ($2.00) is hereby fixed as a commutation tax for the street or road duty, the said sum to be paid by all ablebodied male persons able to perform or cause to be performed the labor herein required, between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years who reside within the corporate limits of the said City, except ordained ministers and those exempt by law, and any person liable to this tax %vho shall fail to pay the same within the time specified, shall be required to work on the streets of Union four (4) days under the direction of the Street Overseer, whenever required by said overseer during the said period herein before mentioned; and any person failing either to pay said commutation or perform said labor, when so required as before said, shall be brought before the Mayor's court and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not exceeding Ten Dollars ($10.00) or sentenced to imprisonment not p.ypAPf)in(r fwpnfu ? J V-?/ W1VI1 or without hard labor. Sec. 5. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with this Ordinance are hereby declared ' repealed. Done and ratified in Council assembled under the hand of the Mayor and Seal of the said City of Union, this 9th day of March, 1916. L. C. WHARTON, Attest: Mayor. W. D. ARTHUR, (L. S.) Clerk and Treasurer. 14-3 NOTICE OF ELECTION. < There will be held an election in the town of Union, South Carolina, May 2nd, 1916, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Mayor and an Alderman from each ward and a Commissioner of Public Works. Voting Precincts: Ward One?W. D. Arthur Company's store. Managers, E. I). Humphries, W. D. Harris and Laurens Allen. Ward Two -Progress office. Man- , agers, II. C. Lawson, J. B. llollingsworth and J. J. Colson. Ward ! uree?Old Police Headquarters. Managers, E. C. Howze, II. G. Pailey and G. B. Sanders. War*' Four?City Hall. Managers, ' J. r !. ?->, A A. Hames and R. B. I Sr. Ci. j Polls shall be opened at 8 a. m. and ; kent ope continuously until 4 p. m. I All qualified voters who are enrolled < on Democ atic roll books are eligible to vote. By o-der of the Executive Commit;ee of Jie Democratic Party. . R. P. HARRY j vV. V- . v'OLTON, Chairman. Se.iftray. 14-3 CITA'I (>N D KINDRED AND C'^DITORS. State n, Vouth Carc'!na, County of Union. Bv Ho". W. W. Johnson, Judge of I'ro1 bate. | Whereas, W. F. Gilliam has made suit ?o me to grant him Letters of Administration de bonis non on the Est-to and effects of J. C. Hunter, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred j and creditors of the said J. C. Hunter, I deceased, that they be and appear, helore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Union C. H., South Carolina, on the 29th day of April, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have. why the said Administration should not be granted. '' Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of April, Anno Domini 1916. W. W. Johnson, Probate Judge. Published on the 14th and 21st day of April, 1916, in the Union Times. ? e>i H> id > Th? Biatttafc 1Mc OKOVH'STil Will?II n? inwn IH? I?; Mood, builds up the whole aralem sod will wo+ derfolly streuctbeu sad lovtMy you to oNhtUM Ibe deptwtitc Hktt of ike hot wamt. Mc. Grocery- Bills S coffee better and i ?that's what comes of using Li fomnn o fnr ifo />????. iu.>?\/uu 4VI uo uavui auu cvuuwl South. Try the entire contents can according to directions. If you with it in every way, if it does i two pounds of any cheaper coffee used?tell your grocer you wa: back and he'll come straight i Write for premium catalog. UJZIAN ; G Tlie Reily-Taylor Ca IS ATA ATA 4TA ATA ATA ATA I To Our ?i T =======? T Beginning April 1st all ice Y will be sold strictly for CASH, tions will this rule be deviatec A Gusiness on a cash basis it will i A the very best service possible. A positive instructions not to sel Y for cash, but we have Ice Book: Y of 50 lbs. for 25c and 100 lbs. f A deliveries for the convenience oi A Our deliveries are excelled bj A are as low as any town or city ii Y cepting those having competitiv 1 Union Ice & A I Worn Out? (1 IV No doubt you are, il II you suffer from any of the ? jg ! numerous ailments to 11 ^ which an women are sub- m.B % ject. Headache, back- /? ache, sideache, nervous- /~1 Y ness. weak, tired feellnc. V / 1 Sare some of the symptoms, and you must nd mU yourself of them in order 11 to feel well. Thousands I 1 of women, who have >.rj u been benefited by this II i remedy, urge you to II m 1 TAKE U p Cardui g I The Woman's Tonic Ir y Mrs. Sylvania Woods, Y' I of Clifton Mills, Ky., says: let U "Beforetaking Cardui, t. r m 1 was, at times, so weak I e could hardly walk, and rent the pain in my back and grad head nearly killed me. After taking three bottles ^ We of Cardui, the pains dis- m and | f;| appeared. Now 1 feel as I city jh well as lever did. Every II suffering woman should I In Ci ^ivJ try Cardui." Get a bottle I anvl II today. E-68 I ??* P ? We i per Make Lasting I ...MEMORIES.... Of your Spring and Summer with an "ANSCO", the beat Kodak made. You will find a complete f line of Kodaks and Supplies at the : i Palmetto Drug Company "The Money Savers" UNION. S. C 1 mailer; xiore of it jzianne Coffee ny all over the of a one-pound are not satisfied not go as far as . U? yuu nave ever nt your money icross with it. ME f QFFEE few Orleans itrons I and coupon books Under no condi- 4 f I from. By doing * ? mable us to render 4 ^ Our drivers have 4 < 1 ice from wagons < 3 in denominations 4 *' or 50c in 10 pound ' T f small users of ice. ^ r none. Our prices ^ o the State, not exe plants. y" Fuel Co. I k. OltO driver our Auto Top leaks, is stop it?Guaranteed also have a No. 1 ze Paint for all es of fences. have the best Roof Stack Paint in the ailing for Paints for thing all ask for lura. guarantee it on paor metals not to k. crack or blister. Union lumbing and Electric - LO. % ? V?