The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-01
structed to try Mr.. Huggins for one

St uN'Su W tiy MI. lluSSlnS IOT one
month and then, if his services PROV
ed satisfactory. To employ him for a
longer period.
At this point Mr.. Booth stated that
Mr. l.. f.. White. the present street
commissioners. was unfit physically
for work. 1t was decided To pay his
salary To the 18th. as 10 days were
due on his annual vacation. Council
passed a resolution to the effec, that
they were very sorry To hear of Mr.
Whites condition and extended their
best wishes for his early recovery.
n request from the shaw Motor
Company for rebate on the license
of the Chandler Motor Company was
refused on the grounds that a rebate
should not be granted to different
concern.
AN eloquent plea. but Il very poor
subject" was the way one of the
members of council termed pet-
,lon made by Barton Levan for per.
mission to run u pool room outside
the pool room had been termed
nuisance before il had begun opera
ton on Manning avenue. 1t was not
"a nuisance and he asked the consider
alton of council for one month, when.
If the pool room was found to be q
nuisance. ii would be closed volun-
tarily. His request was refused.
MIR. Jennings stated that he had
changed the original text of the con-
tract with the n. C.. l.. Railroad
company for the right of way on
Railroad avenue. and this part of the
contract was read and approved by
council. The matter was turned
over To the mayor and clerk To be
sert on to the railroad officials for
their signatures. The contract calls
for a right of way along the south
ern side Of the track to meet Coun-
Gil street prolonged.
Mr. Wright. Chairman Of the Po-
lice Committee. stated that he had in
vestigated the matter of attorneys
fees for the prosecuting of the blind
tiger cases and the matter had been
adjusted. lie stated that he had not
yet investigated the matter Of SEN
tences being suspended on certain
persons who had been tried in the
recorders court. Mr.. Jennings stat
ed that as a matter of law the re-
corder nor any other Judge could
suspend sentence.
Mr.. Booth asked Mai. Lee To mako
a report Of the work which was be-
ing done on Hauser street and Salem
avenue sewer lines, Mr.. Lee stated
chat ihe work nl Haus.r -ucct was
progressing Slowly out satisfactorily.
He said tiet the sNcovating had been
completed mos, 80 'hc oi.tance i've
huudrad t.rt ..5 ,nat rte 10, had
been laid and reinforced with con-
crete for about 200 feet.
ON Salem avenue the work had q
set back of about week due to q
break of the ole line into the new
excavation. The stream had been
blocked number of times and. Of
course. the workmen had to stop at
such times To clean out the old line
before they could go on with the by
pass. He thought the repairs would
take several weeks To- he completed
as the work had to progress very
slowly.
Mr. Lee advised that council order
an investigation and tests of the
s,wer line all the way along from
Hampton avenue on down Salem ave-
nue.. as he had reason To believe that
there were breaks and cracks i'm the
line lie stated that he thought the
Wnoie me ought Ia be reinforced with
concrete. a. doing this would he
cheaper than repairing one or two
more breaks such as that he now
had To- contend with.
Mr. Cuttino, for the fire commit
tee. stated that eight pair of boots
and eight rubber coats. hcsidcs those
alrca0N on hand. were needed by
the fire department. The fire commit
tee was ordered To- purchase these.
Ite stated that lac had been given
dcrwritcrs Association calling attcn-
'i"m of the great fire risks which were
run at the Lyric and Savoy The
matter WAS discussed fn, SOM. tiu,c