The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-12
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Their Cases Befefo tho Mayor--yvhat
Constitutes Violation or tho OrAi-
nance ''Te Liccnse and Regulate Trav-
| oling Agents, Itinorant Statesmen,
yransiont, Persons. or othor Persons
! mot Residones or the Iity."ID
| On Tuesdaylast Mr. John Bluudell, travelling
agent for the liquor house Of G. B. Powell &
Co., OF Philadelphia, and Mr.. George W. Pal
| mer, travelling agent for the liquor house Of
| George D. Bayaud. OF New York, were arrested
| at the Charleston Hotel by OHicers Coates and
Levy upon the charge OF violating tho ordi-
nance So To license and regulate travelling
agents, ltinerant salesmen, transient persons,
| or other persons not residents Of the city, I"
which provides s'that each and every transient
person, travelling agent, itinerapt salesman, or
| other person or persons, rot residents Of the
City of Charleston. or not holding lease, for Q
year or lorg.r. Of store or building in the city,
who shall carry on any faculty, profession, oc-
cupation, trade or employment, or who shall
sell, or offer for sale in said city any descrip-
ton OF goods. wares. or merchandise whatso-
| ever, either by samples, patterns or otherwise;
| or who shall solicit and obtain orders for sup
! PLYING Others with any such goods, wares, OF
mercha. disc. or shall buy and sell any such
goods, wares, MERCHANDISE, produce, or other
| commodity, on commlssion, shall, before en-
| tering upon any such BUSINESS as aforesaid,
make application 70 the City Counc.i, accom-
panied by the recommendation Of three res
n6CtahIa e.; hat No.
cant is fit and proper person to bo entrusted
with such licsnse The person 80 applying
| shall deposit with the City Treasurer two hun
| dred dollars, and, upon the license being
| granted, shall execute bond in the penal sum
OF one Thousand dollars. with two sureties, to
be approved OF by the Commit,eo on Licenses,
conditioned for the true returns of sales and
full payrent OF oity taxes thereon" And fur-
| ther providing that ii any person "shall neg
lect or refuse to comply with the requirements
q this ordinance, he shall be liable to penal
~ OF five hundred dollars, to be recovered in
any court OF competent jurisdiction"
At ten o'clock yesterday morning. the accus.
ed appeared before the Mayor in his private
Office, Colonel Thomas Y. simons counsel,
F,,5 a., THE CASE OF ME-. BLUNDEL1
Was first call ID. Oficors Coates and Levy tes-
titled that they had heard or MIR. Rlundeil SELL
ing goods by sample and had arrested him.
when he admitted that he had been thus en-
gagged.
Mr.. Blundell stated that he was ignorant of
the law ct the city ia regard to his business:
that he had taken one order to the amount of
$500, and that ms he did not believe that his
house would be willing for him to solicit unoer
the restrictions which tho city imposed, he
would cease.
The Mayor stated that the law provided that
tax of three dollars on every hundred dollars
OF all goods sold in the city by persons not re-
sadents. by sample or otherwise, should be
paid. Mr.. Blundell expressed his Willingness
to pay it. did 80, and was discharged.
THE CASE OF ME-. pALMBR
Was next called. Officers Coates and Levy
testified that when they had arrested Mr.. Blum
dell they became convinced that he notified
MIR. Palmer of his arrest. Shortly afterward
they acoosted Palmer, whom they had also
seen soliciting orders on East Bay, and asked
him ii he bad license to carry on his busi.
ness. He replied that he had, aud after some
pariey showed the following, written on let
ter-head sbest Of the house Of Mantouo y Co..
of this city: yT ss ca4 -
Sch ARLESToM, August 8, 1889
"This is to certify that Mr.. Geo. W. Palmer
is empowered to sell goods in this city N our
name, we being the agents of the house which
he represents. MANroUE g. Co."
Officer Coates, noticing the, .'Presbness" OF
the document. asked him when it had been
written, to which MIR. Palmer replied that
it had been written on Che 9th (Mon-
day.) Both officers stated that they had every
reason to believe that Mr.. Palmer had gone to
Mantoue Il Co. and obtained the permit to so
licit, after he had been informed or the arrest
OF MIR. Bundei:.
MIR. Palmer stated that on Monday morning
last he called upon Messrs. Mantoue g. Co.Sand
had told them that he wished to solicit in
their name, and thcy had said 6 it was oil
! right" that they were agents of the house he
represented; that there was no paper between
them. nor was any necessary,
member OF the firm OF Mantou, a. Co. tes.
tilted that Mr.. Palmer had come to them Mon
day and requested permission to solicit in their
name. and they had granted permission; th at
the permit was written on this 10 h s;ead Of
the 9th, as datod; that they were agents OF the
| house Mr. Palmer represented; that there was
nothing on their books to show it. thero was
no paper botwoen the houses, and thai they
had been agents since Monday.i
Tho Mayor said, substantially: This whole
afssir looks suspicious, very suspicious, in-
| deed. and II seems 70 ms that this way Of do
ing business IS very good plan to defraud
tho governms snt; but as oannot discredit the
statement OF Mr.. {the member. Of tho
| frm of Maatoae & 20 y mado undsr oath as
1t was, l must believe that it Is all fair and le-
gitimate; but Will requira Colon,l Simons 10
make out legal papers. showing that this bu-
siness is Legitimate, and th m will pass upon
| them.
The case will, doubtless. remain undisposed
OF for several days.
HINT FOB DULL ImEs - Take, advantage
OF the great reduction in prices, and prepare