The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-10-17
OFFICERS ELECTED
CITY COUNCIL NAMES ALL THE
CITY OFFICIALS.

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CITY OFFICIALS.
.AM the Incumbents Who Applied for
Reelection Were Reelected With
out Trouble.
The regular meeting of City Cour-
,.cil was held ON last Friday evening.
Mayor Sain and Aldermen Bryant,
Jennings, Fairey, Salley, Smith and
Crum were present This is the en-
tire board. The fact that all the city
officials were to be elected drew a
large crowd, the Council chamber
being pretty well full of interested
citizens. After the reading of the
regular monthly report of Clerk and
Treasurer Wannamaker and the ret
port of the Commissioners Of Public
Works, both Of which were received
as information, an invitation was ex-
tended to any citizen who had any
matte- to bring before Council to do
SO.
MI. J. w. Smoak, on behalf of the
Orangeburg County Fair Associa-
ton, presented a petition from a
large number of citizens, asking
that South Railroad Avenue to a
point near the grounds where the
County Fair is to be held be put
in good condition so that visitors
will have easy access to the grounds
when the County Fair is being held.
The petition further requested that
sWhaley street be continued across
the tracks of the Southern Rail
way and be put in good conditions,
that water mains be run on the
grounds, and that the electric wires
he also run ON the grounds, so that
water and lights could be had by
the Fair Association. The petition
was referred to the several COM
mittees of Council under whose
jurisdiction the several matters
mentioned/ in the petition came
with power to act.
There being no other matter
brought to the consideration OF
Council, the election of city Off
cials was gone into. There being no
opposition to City Attoreny W. L
Glaze, Clerk and Treasurer L. H.
Wannamaker, Assistant Clerk and
Treasurer W. w. Dukes, Street
Overseer J. 3. Ethridge and Chief
OF Police A. Fischer, these old and
faithful public servants were re-
elected unanimously. There were
number Of candidates FOR the seven
positions of policemen, and on the
first ballot the following were elect
ed: F. A. sehifhey, R. F. Jennings,
J. 8. Gibson, W. H. Edwins, E. c.
Fairey, c. H. Williamson and ]. Fl.
Spears, Messss. Williamson and
Spears are nav men. They were
elected in the place Of Mess:s Guy
S. Fickling and j. L. Segrest, who
were not candidates for reelection.
All the policemen have faithfully in
that position for several years.
This completed the election Of
city officials and Council took up
routine business The first matter
that was taken up was a report
from the coramittee of City Prop
erty, who reported the city stables
in such bad condition that it was
unsafe to keep the city stock in
them. It was also stated that q
complaint had been made by MT.
X. Ffnklestein in reference to the
stables with request that they hs
moved to some other locality. The
matter was referred back to the
committee with instructions to Sc
cure safe quarters for the city
stock.
A report from the Committee on
the Fire Department embodied re-
quest from the Young America
Steam Fire Engine Company to be
given permission to mortgage their
building on Courthsuse Square to
raise money to purchase an up-to-
date fire fighting apparatus, and after
the purchase of the new machine,
that the company be placed on the
same basis Of other companies IN
the department in the matter OF
appropriations. After some little dis
cussion, the request was granted.
The Young Americas, which is the
oldest company in the fire depart
ment, will now equip itself with
a fine machine for the protection of
the property of the citizens.
Several routine matters were
then taken up and disposed of.
Among them being the fixing OF the
bonds of the City Clerk and Treas
urer and Assistant Clerk and Treas
urer at $4,000 and $1,000 respec-
lively, the election Of the Board OF
Firemasters at the next regular
meeting, the refunding OF the taxes
of the Young America and Elliott
fire companies. A request from the
Board of Health that joint meet
ing of the Board and City Council
be held to consider some important
matters in connection with the
health of the city was granted, and
next Friday at noon was fixed as
the time for the meeting.