The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-21
AEEALRs INTHE STATE. /,
pEArH OF AN oLp oIr1zEu,

] t1N AEEAIRS IN THE STA TIE. ~
DEATH OF AN OLD oTTIzEN.
DR.. Bivines died at his home rear Crawford
in the 83i year OF his age. He had been in
fceble health for seeera! years, which rendered
him unable to engage in tho active duties Of
| hfe. he came from North Carolina, and was
chosen agent OF The BivlngsviIe Mnnuiactnr.
| ing Company, In which capacity fel acted for
1 several years. After he withdrew domithfs
COMPANY he built cotton factory on Chinque-
| pln Creek, d tnile and a half from thus place.
This ehterprise h abandoned, and erected the
GRAY ordville Cotton Factory ON Tiger River,
near where he died. He did more than any
| OTHER individual to build up aud promote the
manufacturing interests OF the district. u
| TAXES IN YORK. ;.
| The Yorkville Inquirer save:
The work OF collecting State and county
taxes for York is daily going on; bu: large
proportion Is yet unpaid: Tho total amount Of
527 04 had been paid up to and including the
18th instant. Il is we'll TO remember that the
28th instant is the limit during which the taxes
can be paiS, without further expense After
that date 20 per cent, or one.tifth OF their
present amount, will positively bo added to ali
! taxes still to be colleotedi 3 . &. 20 .Xfi
The auditor has furnished us- a few int ,rest-
| ing statistics from his books, which we annex.
| Tue number OF acres Of land returned is
46l, ,087, and their assessed value is 81 102 418.
The assessed value OF buildings not in towns is
|
towos. including Yorkville. Rock Hill, Fort
Mill and Ebenezer, is SAG AS. The assessment
OF personal property ia 81 ,129 $780, and the total
al is s47i7, ,ss9 T5e number Of S polls d returned I
for taxation is 2742. and there are supposed to
be come 1900 persons liable to q poll tax whose
names are not on the tax books. Twelve hun
drsd and twenty-siI persons have paid this
poll tax. There ie some difficulty IN ascertain
( ing the amount OF the collection of poll taxes,
as all ta1payers are not liable. some being fe,
nf "a snfs
=. With .xofernnea tc 'S.n,Iscsor. th,r, 49,,
I ssen sssen si8 4sl o. Paid asI, the TSis.e
amount Of ,ounty taxes paid is s6osg. TIE
total State tag, paid and 0npaid. is $ss12G S6.
and the county tax IL s14, 4,l53 o. From these
statistics, it muss be apparent 20 all that
York pays it's full share for tue blessings of
| government. Another significant fact osn be
dIscerned. Owners OF real estate pay three
fourths of the bill. Nearly. one-half Of the en-
| tire assessment ls on land, and nearly one
fourth on town lots and buildings.
| THE WEATHER AND THINGS In UNION.
| The Times says It is quito as dry aud
scarcely less warm thai the drought OF July.
We arc needing rain badly, and unless il comes
rain early yesterday morning, but not enough
to do much good. z.,,a....
AZ; Frank P9Ihsm has laid upon our table
tue farm OF Mr. William Eller, near our town.
latitude. Y<rai;t s TcEt
|
Mount Tabor has been discontinued. No
| cause is assigned. The nearest postoffice to
that point is elev,n miles distant. The oiti-
zens in that section, will be much inconve-
nienced by this oder. vsaU 0t.
| THE FOOD PROSPECT IN aREENv1LLE.
According to the Enterprise, the return OF
dry hot weathor. aiter q few good rains two
| weeks ago, has again wrought sucn injury to
the corn crops that the uplands must fail most
| seriously in this part Of the country and corn
will be undoubtedly ecarcs the coming year.
The bottom land in this region will yield abun-
dainty, but most farmers have but little bot
tom; those who have such lands will be sure Of
q big price for corn. The prospect is that the
| people of this State will have to import grain
largely from other States. and although good
crops OF cotton may be made. the deficient
| corn crop will make money scarce O n account
OF the heavy drain for provisions.
| PAYING TAXES IN ANDERSON.
The county treasurer has been kept quite
busy Tor the past two weeks, and every day
our town presents a lively appearance in con-
sequence Of the large number Of taxpayers as-
has been collected, but we have no idea as to
the ratio Of taxpayers who have not yet oom-
piled With the law. A goodly number Of me-
| groes are on hand each day, but the large
majority will doubtless prove delinquent.
| nEvyAIs m MARLBORO,
! The Bennettsville Journal gives the follow.
| Ing intelligence: fr n. s.1tfJ
The religious meeting at Beauty Scot Metho.
| ulst Cnurcn clOSed on Ihur60ay last aud re-
1 suited IN the conversion Of several, twenty-five
| OF whom Joined the church. The revival at
Hebron Church, which commenced on Bfiday
| last, still continues and is largely attended,
There aeems to be powerful awakening OF the
\ holy spirit and the community seem 20 @er-
fully impressed on the subject OF religion. At
Brownsville and Beaver Dam there are also re-
yiyal meetings in progress, which promises TO
| be abundantly rewarded by large number Of
! conversions and aocessions to the several
| churehes.. Verify the spirit of God is at work
among the people.
SUPPOSED INFANT1cIDE.
dead negro Child was found partially
buried about three miles from Bennettsvie
sew aays ago. supposed to havo been de-
stroyed by it's mother, o negro woman, lmme-
diately upon giving it birth. An inquest was
held over the dead infaut. but it having been
buried too long to be properly examined by
the physician, no proof could be gathered as
TO whether 1t was put to death or not. 1t had
been buried without the knowledge OF any one;
and the supposed muI uIderess OF her infant had
| fed the community. SIC
LIFE ASS0CIAEION OF.AMERYoA.
TO "ths PreIdtnf and 7tusttesi Of .fde 0aaari<..
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