The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, January 15, 1902, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextWhat Different Businesses Will Pay the City as Special Tax Dur ing 1902. Very Few Changes Made by the Council . in the Ordinance of Last Year. At their recent moeting the city - eour cil atopted the following specific “2gx orainance for 1902: SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the mayor and city council o Dawoon ““that, from aond after the passage of ‘this ordinance, every person, firm or zorporation who exercises or may €x "~ ereise within the ecity any profession, trade. calling or business of ‘any pa ture whatever shall annually register " in books to be kept for that purpose " by the elerk of suid city council their \names and professions, trades. calling or business, and their place of busi pess (if any) within the city by the 15th of January, 1902. SperTioN 2. Be further ordained, that all persons commencing aoy busi saess of any kind after the 15th of January 1902 shall register their busi ness as soon as they shall commence the same. SEOTION 3. Be it further ordained, that whenever any person or persons having no fixed places of business within the city but nevertheless exer cise within the city any business what ever, such person or persons shall be required to register their names and business and shall be subject to the same or-like taxation on their busi ness as is levied by the mayor and council upon persous following a likel business and having a tixed place of business. ' SecTioN 4. All persons, firms, cor porations or manufacturing companies having either their business proper, or their general or hranch offices or agencies lecated within the corporaie jimits of the city, r who are represent ed in said city by officers or agents so licitng or transacting business for them within the corporate limits of the city, shall be required to register and take out the nccessary license for said business prescribed in this ordinance, and in default thereof the ofticer or agenu for such person, firm or corporation or manufacturiog company shall be subject to the same penalty as other persons who fail to register and take out license. SECTION 5. The mayor and council shall impose such taxes from time to time as they may deem just and equit able upon all local and itinerant trad ers or agents, or other persoos not specially mentioned in this ordinance. This ordinance shall be subject to al teration and repeal in wgwle or in partat any time, and no such amend ment or repeal in any particular shall be construed to deny the right of the counncil to assess and collect any of the tax or license charges prescribed. SECTION 6. Transient tuvraders in goods, wares and merchandise of any description whatever, also agents or canvassers for the sale of any article whatever, itinerant physicians or sell ers of proprietary articles or nostrums before exposing or offering the same for sa'e shall first register and nay such special tax as is tixed in these or dinavces or that may be hereafter or at that time prescribed by the mayor and couocil; and in default of such registry and paymeant shall be puaish ed by a fine not to exceed one hun dred dollars or imprisonment or work on the streets not to exceed sixty days, either or both atthe disccetion of the mayor. SECTION 7. S)»much and such parts | of ordinances as heretofore passed as! provided for the issuing and enforce | ment of any execution for any tax or| assessirent required by such ordinance | or that imposed fines and penalties furi the non-payment of such tax, or for| the faiiure to register or take out li-| cense provided for in said ordinance or | ordinances, shall continue and remain ! of full force until such tax shall hel fully paid. | Agency or agent. real estate, i selling or renting, ver an- ! B v 8 1500 Agent, sewing machire, per ’ Shham oo 21600 Auctioneer, or vendue master, | PREADDER . . .isv o weas or SBQOO Auctioneer of live stock, per day $35, per annum......... 25000 Agent or agents not specially mentioned from $250 to $lO per week. Bill posters, per anpum .. .... 10 00 Banks. bankers, corporations or any individual doing a banking business, per an- RO 50 00 .Billiard, pool or bagatelle ta ble or games of like na ture, per table per annum. .. 500 00 Such table or games shall , run only between sun up and sun down and only in a single story house or ina house bhaving no inside A TEXAS WONDER. Fall’'s Great Discovery. | Onc snali vottle of Hall’s Great Dis-| covery cures all Kidney and blaauer trou .o, removes gravel, cures dia petes. =eminal emissions, wealf and lame backs, rhenmatism and all irveg ularities ¢f the kidneys and bladder im both men and women, regzulates bladder trouvles iu children. It cot sold by ,vur druggist, will be sent by mail un receipt of 1. Oone sm sl bot gle is two months’ Lreatment, and will eure auy tase above mentioned .Dr. W. E. t.ali, sole maoufaciurer, P. O. Box 6.9, St. Louis, Mo. Send for tes timoniais. Sold by Dawson orayz Co., PDawsou, Ga. Read This. COVINGTON, GA., July Z 3, 1808.— This is o ceruiiy that I bave used Dr. Bail's Great Discovery lor rheu matism, kivney ard bladder troubles, and wiil =ay that it is tar superior to anythioy | Lave ever uscu for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. |. HORTON, ex-warshal. communication with a sec- . ' ond story, and seid house | and room shall have no ’ blinds, closets or‘ether de | vices behind whish liquor may be concealed Brokers buying or selling fut ures in cotton, grain, pork or merchandise of any kind ! for others than thamselves eT R L Broker, neaning a 4 person who aets as intermediavy be tween buyer and seller, for the coasideratioa of a brokerage or commission from either the sale er mer chandise, stocks, bonds, ete., Der anEUm. .. ... Tee case e 15 00 Barber shop, per chair per AnABM .. L e 250 Blacksmith shop per asnum.. 250 ‘Bakerv or dealers in baker’s | ~ products, except crackers, DER ORUM . 00l i 500 Boarding houses entertuining transients per an0pum....... 1500 Botoling works per ansum.. .. 500 Buidilpg and loan associations : or negotiation of loans upon real or personal property PEr AnDUm X L 4 Gl oy 10 00 Boor black on street, per box, PeT ABNUIM o it 100 Boot black with stand on street peranoum .. ........ 300 Bicycles—each person keeping bicycles for hire, per annum 5 00 Cloecks, itinerant dealers in, POEUNRGIM. . v e 15 00 Canvassers, per day. . ....... 250 Circus or menagerie, or both combined, per day $5OOO to 75 00 Circus parade, if exhibition is given outside of city, perday 50 00 Canvassers for books, except the Bible or other religious literature, per day $1 50; per week $5 00. : Lady canvassers doing busi ness for themselves are not subject to said license tax. Cotton gin, per gin, p2r an- BOM. . G e 400! Coal, lime or brick dealer per BOnOm .00 se s 10l Compress each, per anpum.. 3000 Deventure or redemption bonds, each agent selling PR JERI Le o HOOO Dancing master or mistress, Deranpiin, . b i aidie 3500 Dealers and merchants carry ing goods, wares and mer chandise at retail in quanti vies less than $l,OOO, $5.00 per annam; 1,000 and not | over 2,000, 7.50; 2,000 and not over 3,000, 10.00; 3,000 and not over 5,000, 12.50; 5,000 and not over 7.500, s+ 15.00; 7,500 and not over 10,000, 20- (0; 10,000 and over 25.00. Dealers ia cigarettes or cigar- : ete papers per annpum ..... 1000 Dealers in nostrums used for medical purposes, or devices of like character, per week 10 to 25 dollars. Dealers in nostrums, if free ex hibition is given in connec ‘tion with same, per week.. 2500 Drumming--each person drum ming or soliciting trade ex cept to the middle of the street in front of his or her ’ place of business, per anoum 250 00 ‘T'o stand upon the sidewalk s 0 as to obstruct the free passaoge of pedestrians, to take hold of or use other means to induce or force hes itaticg persons to go or en ter any place of business, except a polite invitation to walk in, or any other actor acts tending vo embarrass or annoy persons in the free transaction of busines, shall be considered a street drum mer, and un conyiction of violation of this ordinance may be punished as prescrib ed insection 143 of the char ter. Express company, per annum 40 00 Fireworks, each dealer, per ARDINY. . va i s 1B FFizh and oysters, each dealer ia per! yesy, ~ bao 1600 Fertilizers, dealer in or agent, SRR L GRS R S S |T 1 Y Flying jenny or merry-go round, per week 5000 or 25 per cent of gross receipts, they to decide which betore commencin z. Gunsmith, per annum ..... .: 150 General repair shop, per an- U ARGV o sl i hai . 500 Hack; one horse, per annum 5.00; two horse per anoum.. 1000 Hotel, per:annum............ 2500 Horse «or mule broker or deal- Or DErARnRNm ... 2 v o 1500 Harness repair shop, jper an- Buthii, Bl o e 1A Ice cream saloon, each per an- L] e e T 500 Ice cream peddlers, each per DD T i i 500 Insurance company, fire per B 0 f i R s 10 00 Insurance company, life, per SEEMI . L S 500 Itinerant traders, each per , AT RS W LT e 10 00 Ice dealar or manafacturer per EERRRMI oot o Tl 15 00 ~ Itinerant verders of proprie tary or patentarticles, books maps, pictares, toys, candy, l or uny article wnatever on i the streets or from house to . house, or located, including | dealers in stone, marble, i granite, or other articles of ‘ merchandise shall pay a li cense tax of not more than twenty-tfive dollars and not Jess than five dollars, the { amount of which is to be tix ed by the mayor upon appli cation to him by such person desiring to engage in such business, said license to be collected from all persoas alike engaging in such busi ness, whether residents or pon-residents and without re gard to the locality or the growth of the production of material, or manufacture of the article sold, or for the sale of which solicita ioans i are made. But no license | shall be granted to any firm | or person to erect a stand, or ' sell from the street or pave | wment, with a barangue, any patent medicine, noyelty or article of merchandise gen erally sold by itinerant vend ers, for less than $lOO 00 per month. Provided, no license shall be issued for ‘‘knife boards’ cane ‘ racks, or any game of chance. Junk shop or dealer, per an- BPTSEe CEE R LR, | Awd il porsons opening junk shops «nd takiog li l cense for same, as prescribed { in this ordinance, shall ac cept same on condition that their place of business shall be subject to visitation and inspection from the police of this city at any time when the mayor and chief of police shall order such places visit ad and inspected; and on re fusal of such persons at any ’ time to submit to su_h vyisi tation and inspection, or who shall deter or in any way prevent a thorough in spection of said place of busi ~ ness, shall have his place of business immediavely closed on the order of the mayor or | chief of police; in case any | machinery or any partthere of, or any appliance or imple ments of any railroad shop or gas company, or of the water works company, or electric light company, or tire department, or sample waste or loose cotton, grates or any part thereof, gas or watesworks fixtures, shall be found in such places of busi ness without a sufficient ex planation of the same it shall subject the owner or owners of said junk shop, on convic tion thereot before the may or, to pay a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or Im prisonment not to exceed six ty-days, either or both in the discretion ot the mayor. And for the second otfense, the mayor shall have the pover, in his discretion, no% only to impose the fine above pro vided, but to revoke the li cense. Jewelry or merchandise wheel or devices of like character ur chance devices, perday.. 100 00 Laundry located in Dawson, DBEARAN. [ L. T 15 00 Laundry agent soliciting work PELARBUM, ... ..o ... 1600 Lightning rod agents or deal ers soliciting orders and put ting up work 1n this city per SRR L 15 00 Lunch stand, $1 00 per day each or per annum ......... 1000 Lecturer, charging for same, except in licensed opera | house, per day from 5 t 0.... 2500 ‘Meats—each and every person - who shall keep a butcher ~ shop and sell his own meats PEPADDMOL .o sV iv o 15 00 Meats—each and every person ' and licensed butcher selling fresh meats before 9am or ( after 4p m per annum...... 15 00 Meats—each and every person selling fresh meats, except by the quarter (farmers ex- | cepted) who butcher and of- | fer for sale between the ~ hours of Y o’clock am and ¢ . PO POrMBUm. ... i, 0 0 1800 ‘Meats—All persons or firms who make it a business of ~ buying and selling fresh L MeatacDeß Year 0 15100 Oysters—each dealer—per an- ORI Ll S Y e 500 Oils—Each oil storage ware ~ house, shall pay per annum $50.00. Parties selling oils at wholesale, except from li censed warehouse, shall pay | Ber AR . R 0 ‘Opera house per annum....... 25 00 ‘Omnibus, one per annum 15 00 ~ and $5 for each additional ~ bus from same stable Peddlers selling wares or mer ~ c¢handise of any description, not less than one dollar nor . ~ more than twenty-five dollurs ~ per day, in mayor’s discre l tion. | ‘ Phonograpts. graphophones, | kinetoscopes, other such de- ‘ vioas, PeF OBy ... ' ... . ..., 100 Printing office or newspaper PEICBORE . i civeo i i 500 Photographer, per annum.... 10 00 Pawn broker, per year........ 10000 Plumber per year: . ....i.i +» 500 Piano tuner, per year... ..... 10 00 Planing mill, per year........ 10 00 Roofer, (transient) per year.. 500 Restaurant, each per year.... 1500 Spectacle dealer or peddler (transient) per week ...... 10 00 Shoemaker or repairer per an- BUM 150 Shooting gallery per week $lO DRI el o e - 00 Shows—Each acrobatic min strel or other shows or other ~ show of any character, what ever, performing under a tent, in a house or in open air per day 15 00 to 25 00 dol lars in discretion of mayor. Skating rink per year........ 1000 Stables—feed, sale and liyery, Ol Wea. . s 188 Soda fount, each, per year.... 5 G 0 Second hand elothing-—each e 2 Bains in the Back Are svmptoms of a weak, torpid or stagnant condition of the kidneys or liver, and are 2 warning it is extremely hazardous to npeglect, so important is a healthy action of these organs. They are commonly attended by loss of energy, lack of courage, and some times by gloomy foreboding and de spondency. “I had pains in my back, could not sieep and when I got up in the morning felt worse than the night before. I began tak ing Hood’'s Sarsaparilla and now I ecan sleep and get up feeling rested and able to do my work. I attribute my cure entirely to Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” Mgrs.J. N. PERRY, care H. S. Copeland, Pike Road, Ala. » - Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Cure kidney and liver troubles, relieve the back, and build up the whole system. 77*—_—.—“- L EXPECTS TO SERVE YOU. —“‘ OUR AIM ‘ & \ We expect to win and hold your trade by deservimg it. If you val ue quality, if you like careful service and courteous attention, if youn appreciate fair prices, we are sure we can be useful to you.. We have a good stock, but it will be increased from time to time tevmeet, every requirement of the community, We believe m high grade : drugs, and when you get anything- here you can be-certain thag it is the best to be Lad. : L e SR UAR OUR SERVICE. L We have high Ideals of the drug business. The modern dragstore COMh must be thoroughly up-to-date to keep in step with the progress in medicine. Our experience is such that can promise scientific accu racy in everything that pertains to the handling o 1 compouvadmg of D drugs and medicines. : AN OUR REQUEST. We ask the opportunity to show you what we can do for you. If SIEE l ’ S we cannot make it worth while to trade here, we do not expect to . hold your trade. If we can make it worth while, our interests are mutual. We are always glad to show goods, to.give priees or to af ford you any information or assistance required. Call when you can, i whether you wish to buy er not. We, want the acquaintance of ev- S e ; i ) - T . \quai 1 erybody in the county. We want you to be acquainted with the q store and with the efforts we are making to censerve in every way the. interests of the public. Bell Bal i ell & Baldwin, - Pharmacists. Successors to McLain Drug Company. | Ll G person selling second hand clothing, separate or in con nection with other goods per Year o i aoii iy R 0 O 0 Tinshop per year............. 500 Taiior or agent of a tailor, merchant tailor, clothing merchant, per year... .. .. 1000 Telephone exchange, each per Vear... .. .. 10 00 Telegraph company, each per MRI ... h G N The license lissued to tele graph or telephone compan ies is subject to this proviso: That such company shall re move or alter the position of any telegraph or telephone pole or wire when required ~ todosoby the stree®, commit ' tee of this council or by the ~ courcil., And in caseof re fusal so to do withinten days after notice is served the mayor and council shall order the marshal to procure a force sufficient to remove the same and return to the clerk the cost thereof and the clerk shall issue an execution signed and coun tersigned as required by law against the owner, which shall be placed in the hands of the marshal and collected as other executions by him. Each ten pin or bowling alley, DOE BORP .. i e ncsin s 10 00 And they shall occupy the same character of hovse and use same hours as used for pool and billiard tables, ten pin alleys, etc.; shall be col lected whether the same be run free or for gain. Vehicles—for each one-horse { dray or wagon per year $5: ~ each two-horse dray or wag on per annum $10; each three ~ horse dray or wagon per an ~ anoum $l5; each 4-horsedray or wagon per anoum ....... $20.00 Traonsient persons selling ve hicles, per year..... .. ..... 5000 Variety works, sash, door and blind factory per annum..... 2000 Wagon, carriage and buggy . repository or manufactory or “ * dealer in same in the city NOE NOAT. .- oovv i itssy st 15 060 Wheels of fortune or other - sporting devices perday.... 19000 Warehouses each per year.... 2000 Wholesale dealer in merchan dise of any character per SRRD . e oz n o ROOO Parties selling and taking or ders from consumers and oot otherwise provided for in this ordinance from one to | fifty dollars per day, in dis- | cretion of the mayor. It is hereby ordered that the above licenses shadl be issued for the year only and not for any fractional part of ;be vear unless otherwise provided or. Read and adopted at the regular meeting of the eity couacil of Dawson, this January 7th, 1902, J. W. F. LOWREY, Mayor. R. E. BELL, Clerk. WILL BE PAID IN FEBRUARY. Terrell County Pensioners Will Get Their Money Next Month. Confederate veteransin Terrell coun ty who receive pensions from the state will get their annual stipend on Febru ary 19th, along with other veterans of Baker, Early, Calboun, Dougherty, Randoiph and Clav counties. In paying pensions this year the pen sion commissioner has arranged the counties in bunches. Several counties have been putin batches, and checks will be sent to them on the same day. Payments will eontinue until February 25th, when all the counties will have been reached. : You Know What You are Taking when vou take Grove’s Tasteless Caill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle show ing that it is simply Iron and Quiaipe in 4 tasteless ferm. No cure, no pay. 20c. Headquarters for W agons, Buggies, T Harness. The Old Reliable Firm, Lowrey & Davidson, ) Can’t Be Undersold. | T DO YOU WANT o BARGAINS? GO TO _ The Star Store. COST PRICE SALE 30 DAYS LONGER in order to reduce my stock. Now is your chance to buv Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Dress Goods, Notions, etc., at AC TUAL COST. Our sales have been phenomenal. People who never traded with us before are taking advantage of this great cut pricesale. Come early and get the best bargains. The Store Store R. L. Barnes, Proprietor. T e ——————————————————————— SHINGLES. I have the largest stock of Shingles ever in Dawson, both Cy* press and Pine of all grades at prices to suit, and it will be to you interest to see me when youv want shingles. | : J. A, SHIELDS. 1