The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-09

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pay on this valuation 81, 25l q. II the rad
icalS were in power, with their state tax
levy OF l21% mills on the dollar, the people
of Lafayette would pay st tie taxes To the
amount Of S7,035 % But Florida has a
democratic adminstr ton, and the prop
erty owners of Lafayette county thus save
81, 753 % in state taxes for one year. In the
three years last past they have saved in
state taxes s12, $50 80
Upon the death of Mrs. Hopkins, stamp
clerk at the postoffice al Jacksonville, and
Capt. Merritt, who hal charge of the
fumlgating car in LaVilla, Postmaster
Clark telsgraphe1 to Gen. Stevenson, first
assistant postmaster general, asking per
mission to pay their funeral expenses and
the expenses incurred by their sickness. In
response 70 this request, Mr.. Clark received
a dispatch from Gen. Stevenson directing
him to pay the legal representative of Capt.
Merritt 25 per cent. more than his stipu-
LATED salary during the entire time of his
employ in the mail service, including the
time OF his sickness, and also to nay the
legal representative of Mrs. Hopkins one
full months salary
The assessed valuation of property in
Suwanueo county for 1897 was 81 57D, 938
Tho present rate for state taxe>-inciuding
one nlli for school tax-is mills, which
would make state tax under the present
''tAa'Ni oAlN ioNt SU,OIt 3D. ne ltSb JUTtN
Years OF republican rule IN Florida the rate
for state iaxation was l2l5 mills Were the
republicans IN power now and l2]5 mills
the rate Tor STATE taxes, the people Of Su-
wannee county would pay state taxes to the
amount Of Sl9p;9 S. or $l3,6tg 80 m re
than thay are Assessed under honest demo
cratic :ule. This is what the people OF Su-
Wahnco gain IN IA single year. taking tre
pRst three wears their net gain in state
lax s is so, $40 81.
Mr.. Philips OF Key West has invented a
composition which, whom applied to piles
bottoms of boats, or whatever is used in salt
water. Is a sure preventive 20 tie "toredo"
OF boring worm, that Is SO destructive to
wood re naming IN salt water. Pics which
were Pm; il the wHtar at Key West sixteen
years ago, have recently been taken up ana
found 10 be perfectly sou d, not IA worm
hole being sean. Many other t-st, we It
to be a complete preventative. i company
with a capital of $780, 900 has been orga :
lzei to manufacture tho substance AMI pre-
pare wharf p,iIg. Tho substance is ex-
tracted from pine timber, AMI there is some
LIKELIHOOD OF mandatory being estab-
lished on Charlotte Harbor
DR.. w. E. Lewis OF Tallahassee has in his
possession an interesting family relic. 1t is
O certificate of member. hip In the society
of the Cincinnati, beautifully writ Ell ana
engraved on heavy parchment. Ii va, is
sued to his great-graudfatde Con. Thomas
butler, at Mou u Vernon, Va, on Oct. 81 g.,
1885, and is sig led by Gen George Wash
ington as president of the society, and J.
Knox as secretary. The Certificate is
worded as follows "Be it known, that
Thomas Butler is member Of the Society
of the Cincinnati, instituted by the officers
OF the American army at the period of its
dissolution, as well to commemorate the
great event which gave Independence to
North America, as for the laudable pur-
pose of intoxicating the duty of laying down
In peace arms as .umed for public defense,
and of uniting in acts of brotherly affection
and bonds of perpetual friendship, the
members constituting the same"
The following civil appointments have
been made during the past week Edward
ID. Suffer-, to be county commissioner in
and for the county of Clay, NJ. H. Ron, to
be county com missioner in and for the
county of Marion; G. A Croker. to be
justice of the peace in and for the county
of st. Johns; j. c. Langley, to be member
boa d of health in and for the county of
Sumter; A. j. Carbell, to be MEMBER board
of health in and for the county of St.
job s; Il. w. Hanford, A. e. Ciopton, c.
Z. Bemis, Thomas Robet IS and Charles N.
Merrill, to be members board of health in
and for the county Of Clay; Ii. S. Jamison,
Charles w. Sawyer, John R. Williams,
j. j. ooten and Leando T. Stafford,
to be notaries public in and fo- the state at
large; Henry A. LEngie, To be member
of board of hea tn in and for the county of
Duval; john l.. McFarlin, to be supervisor
of registration in aud for the county of
Gadsden; A. B. Dixon, to be county com
missioner i'll and for the county of Santa
Rosa; g. s. w. Brown, to bs auctioneer in
q ID for the county of St Johns; T. j. Mad
dox, to be justice of the peacs in and for
the county of DoSJto; j. l.. Powell, J. T.
Holden, Theo. West and NJ. L. Dekle. to be
members of board of health in and for the
county of Jackson.
At Macon, Ca, Friday, sick white man,
claiming to he from Orlando, applied to
Rev. Dudley Powers, rector of st. Paul's
Episcopal church, for aid. He said he was
an Episcopalian, but when questioned as to
the name of the rector ana church at Or
lando, he was unable to give them Rector
Powers says whether the man is an ED &c :
palian or not, he is in the last stages OF con
sumption, and is rapidly approaching his
eJd. He states that ne has not been in
Florida for some time, and Is not yellow
fever refugee. lie has been slowly making
his way from town to town, applying for
shelter and assistance. but no town
would take him in and care for him. The
authorities of each place would give him
free railroad pass to some other point, and
thus he has progressed. At Macon he APP
piled to Rector Powers for help and re-
ceived some mo rev to engage him some
place to stop and get something to eat until
MIR. Powers could see CLERK smith Of the
county commissioners, aud try aud get him
TO give the consumptive admission 10 Rolf
home. The Rolf home was built solely for
the sick and poor of Bibb county, and Is not
intende as an asylum or he unfortunares
of other counties and states. Rector Powers
says if the man is turned away from Rot
home and sent his way, it will be equivalent
to sending him 10 his death. Clerk Smith
granted the permit to him to go to the Rolf
home
Revolutionary Widows.