The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
License Tax To Be Imposed
on Suburban Merchants
Doing Business in the
City

At regular meeting Of council.
there were present Mayor Jen-
ninys and Councilmen McCallum
and Rafield. The minutes of the
regular meeting of February 14th
were read and approved as cor
rected.
Councils attention was called to
the fact that merchants, pressing
clubs, meat markets. etc, located
beyond the city limits were doing
business within the city without
license in competition with others
in similar lines who had paid their
licenses. Council directed that an
ordinance be prepared by Record
er Hardy covering such licenses, TO
be submitted TO the members of
council for approval.
The clerk was directed TO notify
Mr.. Robert Shelor. manager Of
the Sumter Telephone company.
that they had no right to make
any charges to patrons other than
the regular service charges and
moving telephone from one part
of store or dwelling TO another
part Of the same store or dwelling.
that council docs not conStruc the
instructions received by the telc-
phone company from the poSunaS-
ter general in November Of 1918
and June 1913 as having any bear
ing upon present. conditions, and
that charges made by the tcle-
phone company in accordance With
such instructions should be dis
continued at once.
Supt. McKascn brought UP the
matter of extension of water line
on Salem avenue to Dinslee street.
and placing a hydrant on the cor
ner Of said streets. This matter
was deferred for further handling.
Mr.. McKagen also brought UP the
matter Of sewer connections on
various streets of the city through
which sewers have been laid but
no connections YET made by prop
erty owners. Council directed that
notice be sent TO all such parties
who have not yet connected with,
the sewer that connection must be
made within the next 80 days after
date Of such notice. and If con-
nectiOnS are not made within that
time. warrants must be taken out
for all such. delinquent parties III
accordance with thc-law on the sub
ject Mayor Jennings and Coun-
Gilman Raffield voted in favor OF
enforcing the. law. while Council
! man McCallum was disposed to give
q further: extension Of time on ac-
count of financial conditions.
MI Mckagen also stated that he
had taken up with the proper. par
ties at Kendall Institute the matter
of sewer connection for that insti-
tute. and that they had agreed
that if the city would pay one-half
Of the cost for laying such sewer
the institute would pay the other
half. 1t was further discussed as
to the advisa bility Of putting in a
! larger sewer TO take care Of future
extensions. Council thought well
! OF this proposition. and directed
that Mr.. Mckasen get further in
formation on the subject.
The Palmetto and Fidelity Fire
Insurance companies of Sumter
have been allowed rebate of !
per cent on taxes for ten years
dating from the time the first re-
bate was authorized. except the
u mills collected for school pur-
. poses. Councilmen McCallum and
Rafleld voting in favor OF the re-
bate while Mayor Jennings oppos-
ed stating that he thou hit the re-
! bate had already been granted fol
a long enough period.
Brown g. Scarborough saw mill
| of Sumter was granted an eXemp-
tion from taxation for ) years from
! January 1st. 1922, exclusive Of the
school levy for . II mills.
After discussing other routine
matters, council adjourned.