The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-13
AFFAIRS IN THE STATE.
Marlboro.

Marlboro.
Tn Bennottsville on sales-day several tracts OF
and and personal property we're sold py Tue
assignee and the sheriff at moderate rates.
One or two tracts OF land were sold as low as
50 so per acre.
OranSeburg.
The total assessed value OF all real and per-
sonal property in orangeburg County amounts
to S,204, ,558 49.
The Orangeburg News SAYS: ga good deal OF
personal and real property WAS sold here on
sales.day last We notice aldeclded aos sance In
real estate. Land sold by P. V. DlbDle, Esq.,.
assignee, brought good prices. The sheriff
sold thirty acres near town at OLE per acre.
The sales Of the day netted $515O.
Lancaster.
Governor Scott has appointed George W.
Watts, colored, notary pubic tor Lancaster
County. =
Real estate in the neishborhood Of Ta1ahaw,
sold by the sheriff on last Monday, brought
Iom siO to SIG 81 per acre. The following sales
were made by the sheriff: Estate John Nc
Manus-sixty acres at $10OO-Amos McManus,
purchaser. s orehouse and lot at Iaxanaw,
$400-James Welsh, purchaser. Seven acres ct
SOB. F. Miller, purchaser. Estate j. T..
Cureton, deceased = one-half interest IN SIX
teen acres Of land in suburbs OF town Sl0z
d. J. Hickson, purchaser.
Lnurens.
The Laurensville Herald says: Son Monday
last the following real estate sales occurred, :
Assignee OF Aaron Wells sold lot at cross Hlu.
containing II acres, with store and dwelling,
for $3.50 CASH Colonel Jones. sheriff, sold for
United States Mai shall, 8 locomotives, coach
es, 5 box cars, &C., the rolling Stock OF the
Laurens Railroad Company, for $500, at the
suit of a. NJ. Brodle and Jno VS.. Arnold; his
ExcelIency Governor &. K. Scott. the purcha-
SER and MIR. Joseph Crews the BIDDER. Captain
~ ~ tl,Hn 1rf fntl0wa.
Estate OF = Jones, tract containing 80
acres, $1,000; 425 acres. $3.50 l64 acres, $1,000;
terms, one and two years. Estate OF Hosea
Mahaffey, 100 acres, S400-six months time:
Estate OF Samuel Spakes, 40 acres, Sl55, cash."
Horny.
In Horry on sales-day the sheriff sold seve-
raj tracts of land, ranging from five cents to
one dollar and a half per acre. Some virginia
and North Carolina traders we're present:
Graham, ESQ.,, near Little River, negro man
named Jacob Manning, about one hundred and
eighteen years old. He has around him chll,
dren OF the fifth generation, ls rational, anu
enjoys good health.
The Horny News has obtained from Z. l..
johnson, Esq, County Auditor, tho following
statistical report Of taxable property In Horry
Number OF horses SIT va at $39, ,16l; cattle
1868 valued at $S5 92S; -.4r,les 160 valued at
$17, 755; sheep and goats 7703, valued at S9628;
hogs 20 09S, valued at S36,218; watches l5l,
valued at $470S; PIANOS, melodlans lO, valued
at $1295; carriages So, valued at S2C9o; dogs
1895, valued ut $2443 Besides the ab,ve the
average value of merchandise, manufac urlng
interest and manufactured articles with tlx-
tures. value Of MONIES, stocks, bonds, leases.
&c. making total value of all taxable prosonal
property of $418, ,461; the total value of real es-
tate 81, ,1S9; total taxable property $685.. 600:
Apart from this there is sl5. $50 worth or real
- zoo NM nj
al property not taxable, making $6S, 1872 worth
OF property exempt from taxation, and an
aggregate of 1884 1872 worth OF property in
Horny.
Barnwell.
MIR. J. S. Mi1son, the County Surveyor, has
entered upon his work OF laying OH the county
A meeting of the Barnwen Railroad Compa-
ny was held on Monday last, at which neces-
sary steps we're taken to push it throughto
Blackville.
Richmond Dunbar, freedman, sends to tho
Barnwen Journal the following statement OF
crops made on w. P. Dunoar's plantation (Gar-
vim place:) PLENTY corn to carry on same
business another year. Amount received, after
paying MIR. W. P. Dunbar his portion, $l05O.
Seven hands employed.
Ata meeting Of the planters OF Barnwell
County, held at the CO lrthouse on sales-day,
Colonel B. 81. Brown was called to the CHAIR,
and w. II duncan requested 10 acI as sScre-
tary The chairman stated that the object of
the meeting was to appoint delegates to the
Agricultural Convention, which meets in Co.
lumb on the 28th instant, when the following
gentlemen were appointed: E. 81. Bowling,
W. B. Rice J. NJ. Milestone, G. G. Cooper, L.
j. Counts. j. Williams, j. W. Riley, ]. E. Cros-
land, J. Y. Martin, E. B. Means, Alfred AID
rich, A. D. Caredeau. Laaden Brooker, Paul +.
Hammond. johnson Hagood.
There was large crowd at Barnweu Court
house on sales-day. Considerable property
was di sposed OF by the sheriff and clerk. and
number OF tracts of land belonging to George
Hoffman, by his assignee, Frederick j. Smith,
ESQ, of Charleston. We give below list OF
lands sold by the county officers. By the
clerk-One tract Of 6tteen acres, in Town OF
Barnwell, s150a; purchased by a. P. Mauville.
One tract, four hundred and thirty acres, S5o0;
purchased by D. P. Sprawls. One tract OF two
hundred and sixty acres, s265; purchased by
I. NJ. Bamberg and Z. r. Hayes. One tract OF
fifteen hundred aud fifty six acres, $ll05; same
parties. One tract of thirty-fve acres, sl2:
purchased by A. j. Weathersbee. One tract OF
five hundred and thirty-cight acres, S110; and
one tract of four hundred and nlnety-three
acres, $1,000; purchaser by W. Graham. By the
sheriff-One tract of seven hundred acres,
$3.50; purchased bY 7. J. Counts. One tract
OF three hundred acres s1095; purchased by J.
v. Baxley. One tract of seventy acres, s25;
purchased by Il. II. Hill. One lot, one acre,
80 purchased by j. NJ. Williams.