The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-19
From The Daily Item, May Is.

From The Daily Item, May Is.
The hearing Of the retailers on the
matter of selling fruit and other pro,
duce on the streets was the chief mat
ter to come up at Council meeting on
Friday afternoon and Council decided.
after reading the petition from citi-
zens. asking the revocation Of the re-
Gently enacted ordinance, and hearing
what retail fruit dealers had to saw on
the subject, to draw up a new ordi-
nance which would prohibit the sale
Of fruit and other produce on the
principal business streets in the busi-
ness section Of the city and which
place license on hucksters selling
stuff in the residential sections of the
city. provided they already had a
place Of retail business in the city.
This action is in effect practically
what the retailers desired, while it
does not conform to the desires of the
citizens who petitioned that the huck-
sters be allowed to continued their
sale or stur or the streets A H.
cense OF one dollar a day will be
placed on persons selling produce on
the streets In the residential section,
but they will not be permitted on
Main street between Canal and Bart
lette streets or on Liberty street be-
tween Harvin and Sumter streets.
However. no person will be allowed
to peddle produce who does not have
a retail establishment in town. or
course this ordinance will not apply
to producers, who may sell their pro-
duce anywhere in the city without IL
cense.
A request was received by Council
from the ladies Of the Civic League
asking that the city appropriate SIS
month to pay the expenses of oper-
ating the Civic League library and the
library would be turned over to the
city but would be operated still by
the Civic League. The Civic League
stated that there were about one
thousand books in the library and that
the League would promise an addition
al sixty dollars worth of books each
year, should the city make the appro-
priation. The object is to have the
library converted into a free library
for the city, in place Of the Civic
League library, which has been sup
ported by contributions. The request
was granted with the understanding
that IL Council could not see that the
plan was successful. it would with
draw its appropriation at any time.
The Civic League also asked Coun-
Gil to enact an ordinance requiring
stables and other places where flies
breed to be screened and that an in
cinerator be purchased for the de-
struction Of garbage and filth which
breeds disease. The matter was taxi
en- under consideration and Council
will act on it later.
A request from Col. Geo. w. Dick
that he be permitted to make repairs
on his residence and to turn his Of
flee around so as to face Caldwell
street was heard and granted.
DR.. Dick also asked that the city put
Bradford, Hudson, South Harvin and
South CoupciI ctraot, L., ,oud.&.a. -
that mail carriers could use their BIZ
cycles on them in the delivery Of the
mails. 1t was brought out in the dis
cussion that Council had granted the
mail and Item carriers the privilege
OF riding on the sidewalks during the
delivery OF mail and papers.
Supervisor White was instructed to
cut down a tree in front Of the post
office.
1t was stated that the REMEMBERING
Of houses in the city had been COM
menced and was now under way.
Maj. w. l.. Lee appeared before
Council on behalf Of Miss Lucia p.
ROach, VINO asked that Council accept
strip of land in front of her resi-
dence for the widening of North Main
Street and that Council open Live Oak
street and North Harvin street, fo,,
which she was willing to give the city
right Of way. The matter was refer
red to Supervisor of Streets White for
investigation and report back to Coun-
Gil.
Mr.. NJ. B. Bultman requested that
he be allowed to install four gasoline
filling stations in the city at various
points Council decided not to allow
any more stations on Main Street. but
granted his request to place one on t..
Liberty and one on West Liberty
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