The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-23
Mr.. Thomas Hatcher Wounded While
at Work in His Fields,
THE COUNTY TAX ASSESSMENT.
The County Tax Increased Ten Cents
aud the school and Road Tax De-
creased Five Cents Each-A
Sick Santiago Soldier.


morning.
Two negroes. N ambush. fred shot
AT him which struck him on the night
side Of the head. knocking him down
end producing "a scalp wound.
Mr. Hatcher. who IS known IN this city
and an through the county as Roots,
was I'm his cornncld gathering the young
corn 10 send 20 town lie had placed sew
fral armfuls IN the wagon and was st0op-
lng down for another when he heard the
crack of a pistol sn0t. AT the same time
he felt the BAH hit him in the head ana
he was knocked down. lie did not lose
his senses but Immediately arose and
when ne Ola 50 saw two heads sticking
out of the bushes. As they saw he was
not Killed they ran or and made their
escape but not before he recognized them
as boys Of thirteen and sixteen years Of
age. the sons of neighbOrs named Green
and jackson.
THE CASE REPORTED.
Mr.. Hatcher came Immediately 10 town,
where he gave the names OF the boys 10
The authorities When he reached Man
chester. whore he came for medical at
tention. be was very bloody and the hole
c0ulrTe plainly seen whore the bail went
through the scalp.
The woundod man SAYS he has no idea
never had q cross word with either the
boys or heir parents. lie said Green's
father was owned by his father and they
were boys together and raised on the
same farm.
The assault was uncaled for and I'M
provoked and tho boys will be appre-
hended ana brought 20 justice as soon as
possible.
officer Avis procured a warrant for the
arrest of the two boys and went after
them yesterday afternoon mt their homes
above Granite. He was unable to find
them as they had made their escape. He
has no doubt but what he will have
them I'm a few days.
COUNTY TAX ASSESSMENT.
The Board Of Supervisors of Chester
field county held their regular monthly
meeting I'm the County Courthouse yes
terday The following members were
present: Messrs John s. Taylor Chair
man. r. A. Bowen. 7. II. Hewlett,
Talcy Cole, DR.. Holmes and jeremiah
Nunnally.
After the transaction OF routine work
and ordering the payment Of bills con-
tracted during the past month the Board
assessed taxes for the year Of 1899.
The following is the assessment as de-
cided upon: on the 500 road tax, 10 cents:
county tax. 30 cents; district school tax,
cents; state tax. 40 cents county
school tax. 10 cents. This makes 81 tax
on every 800 i'm real or personal prop
erty.
This is a decrease Of per cent in the
district school tax and 9 per cent. on
the road tax. This was added 10 the
county tax which was 20 cents last year
but for the coming year will be 30 cents
which makes the total tax 81 on the 500
the same as for the present year.
ARRESTED FOR THREATS.
James Tgnor and William Krug had a
difficulty out on west Seventh street yes
terday afternoon. kruc wanted 20 do
Tignor up and made dire threats against
his life but as TignOr did not desire 10 die,
he procured "a warrant against krug ana
charged him with threatening his life.
The warrant was placed in the hands
OF officer Jones who In short time
had his man under arrest
Squire LitLgow afterwards bailed him
for his appearance in the Mayors Court
this morning.
ROUGH RIDER ILL.
When the Rough Riders passed through
Richmond one of their number. trooper
named WoodsOn. came 10 Manchester
While here he was taken i'll and went
into a vacant house near Lee and Eighth
streets. A good Samaritan in the person
OF Mrs j. w. Tatum learned of the young
her house which is near by. lie has been
there ever since and has received the
best medical attention from a prominent
physician and the good Samaritan paying
all the bills for medicine besides nursing
him as II he were her own child
Mrs. Tatum also communicated with
his people and his aunt from New York
arrived Sunday to be with him. The
young stranger Is improving slowly, but
Is still delirious.
DESPERATELY ILL.
Mr.. T. q. Hill. the chief clerk at the
Weisiger drug store. and a young man
with many friends in this city, is des-
perately IN with typhoid fever. AS his
people were at the mountains at the time
ne was taken sick It was thought best TO
remove him to the Retreat for the Sick,
Ia Richmond.
Mr.. Hil has gradually grown worse and
now there IS but little hope for his ulti-
mate recovery. His mother and father
were notified of his Illness ana are now
with him.
Dr. Ingram. his attending physician.
says his patient is critically i'll.
STOLE THEIR PANTS.
The pants thief entered the residence of
Mr. Lewis ID. Simmons. az No. 90l Perry
street. Sunday night and helped himself
money. lie first went into the bedroom
OF Mr. Simmons. where he took his trous-
ers and forty cents IN money. lie next
went into the chamber of a bOader,
where he also took a pair Of pantaloons.
The way these thieves act IT looks as II
they were hunting for small change and
would take the pants for the purpose of
getting the contents from the pockets.
They invariably enter the house through
window the family leaves open.
THE MAYORS COURT
Squire w. ID. Lithgow administered
justice I'm the Mayors Court yesterday
morning In the absence OF Mayor
Maurice lie had only one case TO engage
his attention.
Jim Tignor and Dick Bradshaw. two OF
the Seventh street boys. amused them
selves Saturday by throwing rocks at
Ezra Crump. an afflicted young man.
Ofncer Wright caught them IN the act
and summoned them before court The
Squire fined them $3.50 each.
PAPERS RECEIVED.
Sheriff GIN. OF Chesterfield. has receiv-
cd the papers from the Governors office
committing the sentence OF William
Bailey from three years IN the peniten-
tiary 10 twelve months In the county
Jail
Bailey Is a young white man whose
home was In SwansbOro. He was arrested
and tried on three charges-one FOR horse
stealing. one for stealing a COW and the
other for appropriatng feed. all the prop
orty Of Major Joseph Walker OF Holly
Springs.