Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19

DR.. j. 4. Bratton recently attempted to
! cross a swollen stream in York county
with Theodore Moore in the buggy with
| him. The buggy upset, and while DR..
Bratton was assisting Mr. Moore TO the
! shore the horse was drowned. DIR. Brat
! ton lost his medicine chest, and his buggy
| was badly broken.
Some weeks ago L. G. Thompson of Lib
erty Hill, Fairfield county, while plough
ing in his garden, unearthed a small box,
which, upon being opened, was found to
contain two gold watches. They were re-
| turned to their owners, lady and gem
tleman, who had buried them during
the war and who were subsequently I'M
| able to locate the spot of burial.
| An old Indian burying ground was I'M
! earthed by the recent nigh waters of the
| Saluda river, half a mile below Amick's
| ferry, Lexington, on Mrs. S. Dreher's
! land. The graves are marked by black
| spot In the soil, which shows evidences of
| fire. In the graves are to be found bones
OF all parts of the body, teeth, pieces of
pottery and beads, all of which are in a
! pretty good state OF preservation.
At Laurens fire broke out Thursday
morning about 80 O'Clock in the two
story frame building of j. NJ. Robertson,
on the northeast corner of the public
| square. Robertson's loss is 81 800, insur-
ance 5000. The first floor was occupied as
a beef market and grocery store. The
loss was total but small. II. c. Childress
! occupied the second story as a dwelling
and lost everything, escaping with his
family in their night clothes.
The committee OF arrangements ap.
| pointed blythe Riohland Farmers Club to
obtain accommodations for the delegates
| to the joint summer meeting, which will
! open 1nf Colombia Oh Aug. 4, have sue
ceeded in procuring board for the dele
L @nA 0tG ~ H.
and from the trains at 100. each way. A
| committAs VIII be, in attendance at the
| vari9Ha depQts for the purpose OF 4 assign-
| ing the delegates to their d9arters.t.
ItshSg been brought 20 tleDnetice of the
Comptf9iIet, General that ,certs5tf fnsur.
| ance agents are issuing .potfelss IN CON-
panies not authorized. to do Business in
the State, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Birming-
| ham Insurance Company Of Alabama the
Home of NastD14e1 tbenEsast Texas OF Ty-
Ter, Texas, theiAlH gioSAmerican of Wash.
| ington, d. c., the Als6ama of Mobile, the
| Washington of Mobile, and the Universal
of Philadelphia Not one of these COM
panies has complied with the laws of the
State, or has any authority to do business
in South Carolina, and any person solicit
ing ihsaf auee on delivering,a policy tor
| any 4fs them is liable to n severe penalty.
iEt is now possib BILE TO estimate The losses
of the, penitentiary from the rayages OF
| the two fresbets on the leased plantations
| below Columbia. These tracts are planted
on shares, the penitentiary furnishing the
! convsct labor necessary to work them and
! getting Sne-half OF their products. or
| 1909 acres planted IN corn andeottOn on
the Seegers, plantation all except , acres
| has been destroyed by the foods. OF 400
acres planted on the Aughtrey plantation
800 have been ruined. On the Sims place
| there was large planting OF corn and
| cotton and the crops are good. From pres.
ent appearances 2G0 bales of cotton
VIII be made. The penitentiary farm in
| Lexington county has 80 acres in cotton,
! 120 In peas and 100 in corn The cotton is
| far, the peas are in very good condition
but the corn is inferior. A strip of land
! along the canal, and known as the canal
| farm, was washed out and its 60 acres of
| corn is an entire loss. The Seegers and
Aughtrey places are being replanted in
! corn, and If the season is late and freshets
spare the crop, it is hoped that enough
will be made to support the farms next
| year.
At Greenville Thursday Deputy United
States Marshal II. r. Boyden, acting
| under an alta chment sued out by WITT
| BREEDER d Co., of Baltimore, against the
stock of James NJ. Dickson, dry goods
| merchant, proceeded TO levy on the stock,
but was opposed by E. B. Dickson, a
| bAOtASi vi dIhCS Uls DlCkbOU, no cldIlleu
| to have purchased the stock from his
brother on Saturday last. Tbe Deputy
| Marshal having Unidentified himself be-
| torehand, laid legal hands upon the goods
and denied +. B. Dickson further inter-
ference. X. b. Dickson stuhb0rnly refused
TO yield, and invited Mr.. Boykin to
withdraw from the store. Mr.. BOykin
stood firm, wbereupon Dickson walked
out of The store and turned the key, lock-
! in Marshal Boykin in. The latter calmly
viewed the situation Of being prisoner in
| possession, but finally succeeded in effect
ing an exit through the back door. He
! then procured the services OF O lpcksmith,
and. tGtisplaeing the old locks, put new
! ones IN their stead and now remains mas
| ter OF the situation. The claim against
| Dickson amounts to over $4,000, and its
attachment before judgment is on the
| ground of fraud.
The State Board Equalization has been
! in session at Columbia during the week
| just CLOSED. After considerable discus
sion the Valuations OF real property out
! side of cities, towns and villages as fixed
| by county boards of equalization and
submitted by the Comptroller General,
were accepted and confirmed by the board,
| except in the case OF Newberry aud Beau
! fort counties. Ehe tassossment on the
| value Of the acret2e3hi Mulberry was in
! creased 30 per cent. .pH4faase ssments IN
! the cities and lfoxRs IN the counties
! down to s5Oharest0n nuseTe I'M
changed. The aSsessnfeht uot Charles
ton city EeaioproDerty, which mad been
| decreased "S3, ISL ZIG by the county board
| OF equal z1tiSh,' was raised 10 per cent,
or something over 81, 500 600. Chesters
assessment was confirmed. Chesterfield
! had her urban assessment rarsed 8 per
cent. The ass ssment OF the towns in
| Clarendon, GUiieton, Darlington and
! Edgefed were confirmed. phe Assess
ments OF the towns in Fairfield county
were increased 10 per cent. The as
essments for the cities and towns
in all the other counties in the state we're
confirmed. The assessment Of Columbia
real estate was S2,375, 300 an increase
over the assessment of lSSi'S5 OF
| $3O3,2J0 The consideration of the
over-assessment of rice lands in Beau
fort county was taken up.
After over two hours discussion motion
was made and carried to reduce by 80 per
cent. the assessment for Yemassee town
ship, Beaufort county, which embraces
most OF the rice lands OF the county. The
! following statements have been obtained
from the books in the Comptroller Gen
! erals Office: The net loss in the number
OF acres assessed during the past year,
compared with the previous assessments,
was lO2,661; the net loss in the valuation