The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-16
: tITI COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING GIVEN FTREMEN, RE.
SUITS IN DISMISSAL OF
MEMBER OF DE-
PARTMENT.
Sno ID. Lennon Recommended for
Pshasc Cotton weigher from Large
Lax of Applicants--Other Matters.
From The Daily Item. Dec. II.


From The Daily Item, Dec. IL.
City Council met last night for the
spsoinc purpose Of hearing an appeal
by Aiva Keeis. member of the fire
dssrtment. from suspension by Council
and to clear himself OF a charge of
ooisterousness brought against him
by Capt. p. p. Finn. general manager
OF The department.; and to recommend
. public cotton weigher to take the
place Of the late J. b. Rancid.
When council met there were prac-
tscaliy all Of the nremen present on
behalf Of Keels. who admitted the
charge Of being drunk. but denied the
charge OF being boisterous. He
brought up other members of the de-
garment to show that he was in bed
at the time stated In the charge
against him and that he had not made
any noise after one o'clock, as II was
alleged. He and others stated that
two OF the drivers had been drunk
aAa had made noise after he had gone
- bsA Capt. Finn stated that this
tas the second time that Keels had
neen drunk. and as to the noise. he
knew OF that only by hearsay Of the
drivers and othors.
Chief wilder at the request Of the
mayor recommended that Keels be
ssspsnded for thirty days and then
rslnstatsd with the understanding that
u he violated rules In future. he
would be dismissed. Mr.. Booth
thought a he had been notified
once already. by the city manager as
- his conduct. another warning
abould not be given. and moved to
make the suspension permanent. Mr.,
Howland concurred In this opinion.
Mayor Jennings voting for one months
s1opsnsion.
: a protest Was made by Manager
Murphy Of the Western Union Tele-
Graph company that he should be
uaads to pay the rent for water used
% both ground and second floor of
sbs building In which his ofice was
oeestsd. Mr.. McKagen was notified to
require the users at this place to pay
TOR water. a. at other places.
4 4 value Of 1-2 cents an hour was
a14d - the working rate of mules in
Ne estimating OF the accounts of va.
ttVos departments.
. Ar. Booth was authorized to look
out for man to aid In the scavenger
DEPARTMENT and at the pumping sta.
tion.
The rate Of pay Of day iaborers was
rsduced from @1.25 to 800 and from
800 to 7S cents. beginning Decem-
bsr 18th.
q The city clerk was instructed to
write the Tourney Hospital concerning
q emergency patient taken to the
lhs6pitai. Council did not think that
cAarge should be made In case like
tlaS. - the hospital had It's water
Ne .ef rent. and stated that 1, such
1Adsah were charged for. the city
seesad charge for use OF water at the
n6<bitsi.,
Applications for the position of cot
ton wetxher were received from the
foIiow,As: Barlow Walsh. Jr.. Alfred
oven: r.. A. Dixon. ID. J. Aud. L. r..
JsnnAnss. Alex T. Haynsworth. e. T..
noColium. H. v. Frierson, Jno. D..
hsmmen. e. o. Ingram. w. Y. Sann
4 ID: Cox, c. w. Kingman. Robt ID.
beadford. Jno. J. Team. NJ. b. Par
ham. H. J. Hicks. s. J. Myers. II. A..
Bradley. Jas. ID. Graham. f. l.. Du-
com. II. II. Wells. s. w. Rafiield. s. Y.
Ds'sar.
q. Council went into elections and Jno.
ID. Lennon was recommended for the
place.