The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-12-16
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ELECTION ORDERED ON pETI.
TON TO ISSUE $4,000 Paw.
ING BONDS.

Clerks Office, and In Court House
PorticO-Large Number Of Matters
Come Up and Number of Them arc
Acted On.
|. City Council held one of its regular
monthly meetings Tuesday night with
Councilman Booth absent. A number
of matters were brought up and acted
upon at the meeting. the most im-
portant of which was the ordering of
an election on the issue of $4,000
pavitg bonds for the city.
Mr.. Mcclure. representing the Bar
Root Shows, asked for special conces
sions, which were refused.
Mr.. A. 8. Merrimon, on behalf Of
~. Clifton Brown, applied for permits
sion to erect a gasoline filling station
In front of his garage on North Main
street. Action was postponed pend
ing time in which a former decision
Of. Council as to the limits for these
stations could be looked up.
The minutes of previous meetings
were read and confirmed.
A petition to hold an election on the
issue Of $4,000 paving bonds was re-
Fceiyed and the election ordered, the
time to be announced later.
- Mr.. Rowland presented q letter
from The Atlantic Coast Line Rail-
road company granting the city per-
mission to n an inch and half
pipe to their pumping station line for
use In cleaning sanitary cans at tho
septic tank.
MIR. Rowland reported a request
from Miss Elliott, asking that the or
dinancs against cruelty to- animals
be enforced and that an ordinance DC
passed requiring the Ten Cent stores
In the city to have seats in their
stores for their clerks and that they
be required to close at s o'clock. Mr..
Jennings stated that he would inves-
tigate TO see II there was q State law
covering the conditions of the ordi-
nance requested.
1t being brought to Councils at
~tention that some Of the houses In
the city had been numbered and 9TH
ers left with their former numbers
On them, Mr.. White was instructed 10
secure the services of q man to COM
plete the numbering at M
1t was decided to take up for fur
ther investigation the charges against
Oficer Blanding Upon the return of
Mr.. Booth.
/ IAN application was received tpent
the board OF health to Increase the
salary Of the health officer and to in
stall a telephone In his residence for
ofncial USE. This matter was postpon-
cd until the next meeting of Council,
Chief Sumter suggested that an or
dinance requiring automobiles to dim
their lights on the streets be enacted.
This matter will be taken up later,
Chief Sumter reported on the recent
raid on alleged blind tigers. which he
stated was not so successful as a pre-
vious raid.
A request was received from pink
Bradford, a paralyzed negro, living on
East Mary street. that he be allowed
to sell soda water, and fruit without
paying a license. The matter was re-
ferred to Chief Sumter for inves,l.a-
ton and action. >
1t was reported that the data for
the proper assessing of property hold
ers under the abutting property pay.
ing act could not be ready for the
city clerk until about the first OF Feb
ruary. The mayor and city clerk were
authorised to borrow. money neccs-
sary in the meantime.
The report of Chief Sumter for M.
vember showed seventy-four arrests;
with sentences of 200 days and fines
received amounting to $685.; dis
missed IL; suspended. 3: transferred,
4; mistrial, 1; total receipts, s57G.35.
The library report showed IA
members, twenty of them having join
ed in November; 9.0O6 books loaned
out, APT in November.
An application was received from
Clarence Haynsworth for the position
Of street commissioner and ordered
filed.
The matter of publishing ordi-
nances was discussed and Mayor len
nipgs stated that the law called Gar
the publishing Of the ordinance two
weeks in a newspaper or posting
IL In a conspicuous place for the same
time prior to the time it should take
effect. He stated that he did no: be-
lieye that the long ordinances publish
cd by the city were read. when pub
lished in a newspaper. and ne thought
that il would he sufficient to post
thpn In IN cnnSntcuaua ,l.na o,1 ,I,..