The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16

/ Blackville has a new bank, known as the
Merchants and Planters. The capital stock
/ is S25 900, divided into shares Of S25 each;
| OF this IS is paid in on the opening Of the
bark, and 81 each month until the stock is
/ paid for in full The corporators are:
Messrs. p W Farrell, d. II. Salley, L. T.
Izlar, j. II. Riley, James Thomson, Julius
?. Strobel, Henry Still, U. c. Able and II.
W. Briggs.
| The Columbia Lumber and Furniture
company, 1t is understood. has purchased a
valuable tract of tirnb5red land from Joseph
B. Bates, near the junction of the Congaree
and Wateree rivers. There are nearly 4 600
acres included i'll the purchase, which is
| reported TO have been made at about 81
per acre. The Furniture Company will use
/ the oak. cypress and ash on the lands in the
manufacture Of their wares.
The Charleston mattress aud woodward
factory, whose capital stock is $40, 900, hav-
ing complied with the necessary require
ments, has been chartered The purpose of
the company is to manufacture and sell
spring beds, mattresses, furniture, buckets,
brooms, collins, trunks and other wood
ware: The corporators of the company are
j. Adger Smyth, J. F. Redding, w. K
Darby, A johnson and w. ID. Mcguire.
| w. H. Dorsett of Columbia has Just OBJ
tanned authentic information through his
| attorneys of the fortune left to his wife by
| her uncle, Samuel A. Pope, silk manu-
tacturer of Paterson, N. j. The amount
had been somewhat exaggerated, but it is
enough for himself ana family to live upon
In comfort during their lives. The fortune
Is so situated that there will be very little
II any trouble in its distribution, and it
may be ventured that the amount to be re-
| celved by Mr.. Dorsett for his wife's interest
viii be 500, 900 or more. The first report
| said $780, 900.
Commissioner Butler is in receipt of
letter from T. E. Horton, of Greenville,
| now at the Paris exposition, on South
Cardinals special representative there. He
mas had a large number of leaflets printed
IN English and French, giving facts as to
the resources of South Carolina, aad the
| ad vantages it affords as place Of residence.
These he is having distributed by "a pretty
girl" who speaks botn languages, and he re-
ports many inquiries about the palmetto
state. MIR. Horton win return to this couu-
try in October
A most successful operation was per-
formed on Marion Hammett, near Spar
tanburg, few days ago by DR.. George R.
| Dean and Dr. George w. Heinitsn For
years Mr.. Hammett has been suffering with
gravel or stone. He has tried all sorts Of
remedies, which did no good. Finally he
grew so sick and enfeebled that he de paired
| OF life unless relief could be afforded
These doctors went to his house, and in n
short time they took from him q stone
aboutthe size Of guinea egg and nearly
the shape of one somewhat fattened. Its
length was Ia Of an inch, width 136, thick
ness inch, weighing little over an ounce.
| Inc third day after the operation the patient
was doing we'll with a fair chance for re-
covery.
A gentleman in Jacks township, Laurens
county, VIII does the ginning for his sec
tlon, believes in the principle Of
carrying the war into Africa"
as regards the fight against lutte
bagging. A colored farmer who raises
considerable cotton brought some of his
crop to the ginner in question the other
| day, and while it was being ginned he went
TO his nearest market, Clinton, to get his
bagging. He brought back roll of jute
when Mr.. B. told him that he would Gin
the cotton, but he couldn't pack it ii he used
| jute bagging instead of cotton. There YVES
| no alternative for the colored man but to
carry his jute back and get cotton bagging
which he did. and once more King Cotton
ruled.
winthrop Williams, of the COMPTROLLER
| generals Office, has furnished some interest
ing data relating to the amount of property
which Highland county has returned for
taxation this year. The returns show an
| increase of $43 1873. notwithstanding the
| AoNo oheC tnSt 4pNlell6u ldlkuS are not H.
| Guided. The county returns 1929, O7O acres
OF lands at a valuation of $1,Ol8, 631, and
the ouldlng' on this property are assessed
at S25l ,090 which makes the real property
outside OF tae city of Columbia pay taxes
on 81, 269, ri for its real property. The
city OF Columbus is assessed On 1912 build
ing lots, which with their improvements are
valued at 81, 253,05l, making the TOTAL
value of real property in Richland
county IS, 522, 7SS. The personal property
of the county aggregates 81 SAG, sos, about
half OF which comes from the city of Co
lumbia. The horses, mules, COWS and sheep
III the county number over $500, the
assessed value being nearly S1500O0. OF
the $500 hogs on which taxes are paid, over
thirty are returned in the city Of Columbia
for taxation. notwithstanding the vigorous
action of the city fathers to rid the people
OF Ghis nuisance. To those who ia yor a dog
tax it will be a comfort to know that 1,17S
dogs are having taxes paid for their PRIV
leges. The average value of the dogs seems
to be very coed one, being ovec s. each.
The railroads property is valued at 81 ,118,-
| 590. The total amOu7U of property reLorted
for taxes is over Sh 600 000