Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-09-22
OUR JACKSON LETTER.
CORRESPONDENT AT TIE sTAy
CAPITAL WRITES INTERESTINGLY.

Major Porter Passes Awayy---Work on
New Catholic Church Has Com.
menced--Charles o. summers Liberaiity
--other Topics of Interest.
Grenada county reports thirteen
new pensioners and one death on the
old roll. Tunica reports one new
pensioner. Pike county reports
total personal assessment of 81, ,100,-
IVA; amount invested in merchandise
Ing $3l5, 800; in manufacturing $10?,-
$40; State tax 81, 1858; polls 1887
Webster reports total personal valua-
ton S360,S16; State tax So, $40 so;
polls 2,213. Tippah reports total
personal valuation $234,055; State
tax 81, 1920 polls / 1852. Lowndes
county reports total personal valua-
tion of $685. State tax Sc, 493 25;
polls 4,505; amount invested in mer
chandising 1857, ,45O; in manufactur-
ing $61, $50. Kemper county personal
valuation $552. 234; State tax ST.
$50; polls 1881. De Soto reports
personal valuation $457, 469; State
tax So, ,557. 16; polls 4, 1876. Itawamba
personal valuation $2S3, 1865; State tax
S1,s4i; polls 2,167. Marshall, per-
sona valuation $716,O59; State tax
$4,654. "A; polls 4,125.
Next month Revenue Agent Writ
Adams expects to get hearing of the
most important tax cases he has pend
ing in the supreme court Of the Uni
ted States and the State of Missis-
sippi. He has five cases now pending
in the former court, involving back
taxes from three railroads and three
in the State supreme court against fac
tories. Mr.. Adams says that the rail-
road attorneys have agreed to join in
a mot on to advance the railroad cases
on the docket and he is hopeful that q
hearing can be had by the Safe men,
toned. In the State supreme court
the cases have precedence and will
doubtless be among the first to be
called. The cases now before the
United States court embrace the
suits against the Yazoo & Mississippi
for back taxes from 1892 to 1897 and
for municipal taxss due the towns from
Jackson to Parsons, and the three in
junction cases appealed by the rail-
road attorneys from the decision Of
the court of appeals at New Orleans,
holding that the court has no juris-
diction. In the first two suits mo-
tion to dismiss has already been filed.
Mills, whose liability far back taxes
will be determined at the next term
of the State supreme court ore the
Tombigbee mills, Stonewall mills and
Meridian concern. The cases
against the others have not been
puoocu, d5 tAo PiihciPiO Ill oio "co'o
three cases will doubtless settle the
fate of the remaining mills without
further litigation.
The brave spirit of Major d. P
Porter winged it's flight to the undis-
covered country Saturday, and all
Jackson mourns. Major Porter was
for years the captain of the Capital
Light Guards, and was major in the
First Mississippi regiment in the war
with Spain. He has been city clerk
for a number of years, and had many
devoted friends who are in toars this
evening over his death. While yet on
the threshold of a vigorous young
manhood, devoted young wife and
mother, fond sister and two broth
ers are called upon to give up their
loved one. Major Porter was the eld-
est living son of the late Col. d. P.
Porter. He was taken sick about two
weeks ago, and last Sunday it was an
nounced that he had yellow fever.
Drs. Hughes, Todd. HARRISON and
Hunter confirmed the diagnosis.
A note from Rev w. T.. Lowrey,
president of Mississippi College at
Clinton, announces that mississippi
College will open Thursday, Sept. Il.
There seems to be absolutely no rea-
son for delaying on account OF the
fever situation. Unless all quaran-
tine restrictions are removed from
Jackson by that time, hacks will run
regularly to Tougaloo from Clinton
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 18th, 18th and goth"