The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-02-01
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
EXEMPTION ASKED FOR MANU-
FACTORIES BUT REFUSED
BY COUNCIL.
Work ON Church Street To Proceed
Council Thinks Commission Form
OF Government A Good Thing for
Sumter-Mayor Gibbes OF Column
bia to be Asked Here.

h fcSui ScSolou at u CiOCh Will all
members OF council present except
Alderman Rhame, to discuss many
matters OF interest to the people of
the city.
Mr.. Il. l.. witherspoon and Mr.. ID.
ID. Noise appeared on behalf of the
manufactures of the city. to ask that
2 council remove the license tax placed
upon them, especially for those man
ufactories which did most OF their
business outside Of the city as did
the Witherspoon Coffin factory and
the Sumter Smoothing Iron company.
which they represented. Mr.. Nc
Keiver stated at this point that he
had been to the City Clerk few days
before for the purpose of paying his
license aud found that he was not in
cluded In the list for license tax. He
said that he made this statement so
that those present would know that
the mistake had been made
and that II was not through any
fault OF hts that IL was left off. He
said that at the time that the license
schedule for 1911 was passed he was
certain IL was on the list and that it
must have been left of through some
error I'm getting the schedule printed.
The matter OF license fees for the
manufactures was taken up In the
regular order OF business and after
some discussion II was deemed ex-
pedient To- allow the license to remain
as II was.
Mr.. Rosenbloom. a travelling ped
dler. then asked that the license for
him be lowered to its former amount,
$500. as ne had commenced business
here last year and he had now a
great many outstanding debts which
he would have to pay the license to
collect. or IL he continued to do bus
mess I'm the town. His request was
taken up later during the evening
and IL was decided not To lower the
license.
Mr.. ]. r. Singleton asked that
council do something towards alleviat-
fng the stencil which had formerly
arisen from the sewage where 1t
emptied into Green swamp. lie said
that ne lived very near the swamp
and that ~ the sewage was allowed
TO empty so near him he would be
obliged to move away as would his
brother and Mr.. Hoffman. his next
door neighbor. Mr.. Singleton stated
further that his cow refused to stay
In the swamp and eat the grass when
the sewage emptied into the swamp
and that. besides, he was deprived of
the FISH which he had formerly caught
In the Stream. He suggested. in an
swer TO a question from a member OF
council as to the best solution of the
proposition, that the city pay him and
his brother for the land SO that they
would be enabled to move away. He
said that he owned two acres OF land
near the swamp and seven more acres
farther away for which ne considered
$500 a fair price. lie sai3 tnat his
brother would take like amount for
his land.
Council. after some discussion OF
the matter decided that II was best to
refer II 10 the Police and sanitary
Committees for investigation to re-
port back To council al its next
meeting.
AIR. l.. C.. Dove appeared In behalf
OF tho Buckeye oil company TO ask
that he be given rebate on the Ii
eensc which he had paid To the city
when ne began business for the Buck
eye OH company In September. He
said that he would be out OF business
practically until next fall and ne
would like To know what action Coun-
ell would take In the matter. This
matter was inadvertently omitted
later In the evening.
Frank Robinson asked that Purdv
avenue be extended across the rail-
road so that those living on Hudson
street might have more convenient
opening to the city. lie said thnt the
people In that part OF the city had
never asked for anything except this.
but that he had asked for this street
sometime ago and came before
Council u ask II again as 40 action
had been taken. lie said that Hud-
son street was nothing more than a
railroad embanGment and "A railway
right-of-way, but that II had been In
use up to- the present time by the
people OF that part of the city. Re
Gently a double track has been put
there and II could not be used longer
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