Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-04
nn- -OURT COUNTY.
The rlnaae, The CroPs-Othcr Matters
Of Interest.
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! rcorro.,,, = Of tbs Richmond Dispatch1
a AsILK, Va. August 2. 1880.
Our Ron Supervisors held It's annual
rnccf+nga. place this week. The ar
couut ~ lunty levy for the ensuing
wear Us az eighty cents on the hum
drcJ IN b.. property, real and personal,
winch Il mated viii yield, with one
thone.nd lars derived from capitati0n
tax tnst OF S3Z.26l.9S distributed az
follows road debt. S7s15.74: county
schools jOIbl. district school fund.
~ $50 unity roads. -, S6l.B0; general
poor an. unity levy, ~6,41i.5S. depOsitum
far ,urv ms, commissions, dehuWuents.
6c a -. OF this tax nearly one fifth
il born, the clghtv-One miles Of railway
travers ,bc county, the Richmond and
AUegh being chaTgcaoie with 81. 3O5 06.
the 81, ldoah-Nalley with S2,2ls.24, and
fho NJ aud Western with $755.92.
Tbe rd has fixed the salaries Of our
couut, ioers for the ensuing year at the
maxir allowed bv the law-tO wit:
Tbae Oi t4OU Tor the sheriff the county
rlerk Il tine Commonwealth attorney
each. ne county Judge receives $3.50, the
suner -ndcnt of the poor 500, the Iailer
$iJs sch commissioner Of the revenue
$50 / the poorhouse physician $3.50.
IN 0si difficult problem the board has
had Ontend with since the Nallcv-rail-
road bt ceased 10 be agItated ie the pau
per stion Besides the products of "A
iarr . requires an annual outlay Of not
less an 5000 20 support the paupers of
Ibis unity For this reason the board de
Ter, lcd to purchase a more productive
lar and during this present year they
Ina, purchased a farm near flncastle for
m, I'm of -, 600 and have put 30 contract
IA, uilding Of suitable houses. One con-
SD able drain to the county treasury WAS
m avmcnt of large doctors bills for at
r. ance 10 pauper- outside Of the poor
b, o.. 4 ycar ago the board reduced eX-
% os considerably by contracting before
4 / with the physicians IN different sec
.s Of the county 20 DO all the pauper
ctice IN their neighbOrhOod alta specified
"a, and acting along the same line the
,rd at lbs present term passed an order
Getting the oycrsccrs Of tie poor TO no.
the physicians praciicing in their
strict who have not made contract with
,e board that no medical bill viii bee al
wed for practice upon paupers unless the
,me is done under the order Of the over
FER If tine poor Of the district ia which
hc pauper resides. Mltha all these precau-
ions tile board has found 1t exceedingly
hficult tO shut on claims that IN the opln-
.On of the board should not bc chargeable
90 the county. The board was in session
eighteen DAVIS during the past year, and the
zeal which the members of the board have
shown in guarding the interests of the
county is worthy of special mention.
1hcannunl report Of the county treasurer,
Mr.. l.. J. McCullOch. to the County super
iutendent of Schools shows that during be
past school wear thCle were paid out for
teachers WAGES Sll.ilOj: for real estate,
fuel, and other expenses,
-. 1880. leaving a balance due the schools
az ~ .3ZO.s1.
The peach crop in this county is so
abundant that the price per hushcl de-
liycred al the factories is rs low - twenty
five cents. and for the very choicest only
f,Cty cents. But ON account of the con-
tnued rains q great dead of thc fruit IS IN
different. The apple tree. are also linden,
iu many orchards breaking down with their
juicy burdens.
The oat crop is almost unprecedented,
lut considerably injured 10y the wet wea-
thcr.
We had this week in this section a food
almost equal to the great flood of 1871, re
sultiug Ina the destruction of about hait
the oats ou CatawOa creek, and IRON one
third to one fourth of the corn crop.
The Valley Baptist Association Will con-
ycpe at tins place ON the 18th of this month.
church will represented in the
body by Mcssrs. Jacob Peters and Michael
Gmybill
The next annual exhibition of the Botc-
tourt Agricultural and Mechanical As7ocia-
tion VIII be held at the fairgrounds near
on the 25th, 10Th, 27th. and 25th
of September next,
Professors Thomas r. Price, of New
York. and Norwood. of Richmond. are
spending their vacation near this place.
Rev. Anthony T. Gravblu, missionary TO
Iirarcs. Mexico. is M home on a visit TO
friends ami relatives.
a two-ycar-old daughter of Judge VII
liam b. Simmons Is dangerously Ill with
ACTON.