The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-02

The Ordinance passed by the Town Conn-
ell the latter Part of October imposing II
license on persons for selling apples, chest
nuts and pindnrs OH the public streets of the
town hns provoked no small amount of
comment and criticism on the part OF the
citizens of both the town and county, and
inasmuch as the Ordinance is 81 generally
misunderstood In consequence of misrcpre-
sentations as TO its provisions, we have coll
cluded to republish SO much ofthe Ordinance
rs relates to the license, that it may bc prop
erly understood by all, without discussing
its merits or dement's. The Ordinance reads
as follows: "Thcie shall be paid in advance
Il license of one dollar and fifty cents per
diem by every person selling or retailing on
the public streets of the Town of Anderson,
$. c., or in any other public place in the
Town, except store-room or shop, any
dpp!c', chcstnuas or piadars in quantities less
than one-hlJ Jushei." 1t will be seen that
the Ordinance does not require license TO
sell potatoes. cabbagcs and such other coun-
try produce as is usually brought to market
Dy Tie farmers, as represented 10 the citizens
residing outside of the town. 1t will also
be noticed that the Ordinance does not re-
quire license for selling these articles in
quantities of half bushc or more. We
have said this much simply to correct the
misapprehensions Of the intention of the
Ordinance that is evidently SO widespread.
1t was our pleasure last week 20 attend
the annual meeting Of the South Carolina
Baptist State Convention, which convened
i'll The Town OF Camden, the capital of
kershaw County, OH Thursday morning
and remained in session until Sunday night,
when it adjourned The good people of
Camden gave the delegates and visitors to
the Convention q most cordial reception,
and entertained them in handsome style.
This kindness and hospitality was highly
appreciated, and nearly everybody seemed
to think that they lad been particularly
favored by the committee whose duty it
was to provide homes for the delegates and
visitors. We were favorably Impressed
with Camden as place of business. 1t has
some very fine business houses. oil Of which
were we'll filled with merchandise of every
kind The merchants are men of enter
prise and public spirit, and have n sharp
eye to permanent Improvement and the
development of the resources of their Sec
tion. Their receipts Of cotton last year
amounted to between 10000 and 25OOO
bales, though this year, we were told, it
will hardly amount to quite so much, from
the fact that the merchants Of some of the
ncighboring county seats are now better
enabled to compete with them for the trade
Of the country. The town is we'll laid of,
and is probably the biggest place in the
South to its size, Its proportions are sim
ply immense, and while it has only about
1900 inhabitants, it could as easily accp.n-
times the number. Among the leading
establishments of the place is that of Messrs.
S. A. Arnstein & Co. Mr.. Arnstein was
formerly citizen of Anderson, and is yet
one of the proprietors of the New York
Cash Store at this place. While there we
had the pleasure Of meeting Mcssrs. II. j..
Beard. of the Kershaw Gazette, and G. G.
Alexander, of the Camden Journal, and
were pleased to know that their excellent
journals are i'll prosperous conditions. To-
gether with large number of Others we
lett on the Monday mornings train for our
home, after most pleasant visit among n
people for whom we shall ever retain pleas
ant recollections.