The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-09-14
EQUALIzERs WORK.
Heavy Increase Made In Shelby Cour


The State board of equalization went
behind the findings of the Shelby coun-
'ty board and increased assessments
somewhere near 81, OOO, 900 for the coun-
ty. There were a few reductions, but
very few.
The list, as finally fixed by the State
board, is as follows:
Mercantile Bank, SsT, 600 to sos, 600;
State National Bank, Sl6s, 600 to $780,
oo0' Union and Planters, S3OO,C~0 to
S52S, 200; Memphis National, S225, 600 to
S4s9, 600; Security Bank, s12, 500 to s4O,-
900; National Bank of Commerce, s925,-
600 to 5000, ,OCo; First National, s225, ,OCo
10 S444, 900; Manhattan Savings S51, ,OOO
to $4,000; State Savings, S3S, 600 to $780,
600; Union Savings, reduced from S7O,-
600 10 SO, ,T20; Memphis Savings from
S2S,OOO to S45, 900; Continental Savings,
reduced from $4,000 to $12, 400; Mem
phis Trust Company, increased from
$4,000 to S14O, 500; Bank of Collierville,
5000 to $4,000; Planters Fire and Ma
Eiue IRsurane Company, S37, 500 to S37,
600 to so. 500; Factors Insurance Com
pany, 81, 500 to 81, 900; Equitable Gas
Company, S337, 800 to $3.50, 500; CONNER
cial Appeal, so, 600 to ss4, 900; Scimitar,
700 to S43, 200; Artesian Water Com
pany, 5000, 900 to 81, 46f, 900; Merchants
Cotton Press, S526, 500 to S12), 900; Mem
phis Street Railway, $500, 900 to 81, $780,
100; Memphis Light and Power Com
pany, Sl26, 900 TO $3.50, 600; James & Gra-
ham Wagon Company, sl43, 600 to S172,-
coo; Tramway Sprinkling Company,
$4,000 to $4,000; Chickasaw COoperage
Company, SO, 600 to $50, 600; DeSoto Oil
Company, SIS, 900 to S36, 900; Georgia Oil
Company, $4,000 to s4s 600; Lilly Car
riage Company, SIS, 200 to $50, 1000; Ten
nessee Brewing Company, Sl61, ,125 to
STA, 4,44O.
The board also raised the follow
ing Chattanooga corporations: Times
Printing Company, S54,5OO to 1929, 900;
First National Bank, $3.50, 900 to $780,
600; City Bank and Trust Company,
s16s,75O to s1s4, 500; Chattanooga EIec-
trio Railway, S244, 700 to $500, 900.
The increase in valuation in round
numbers IL SIS, 600, 900. The assessments
of county boards in a number of in
stances, thirty-eight in fact, have been
raised from to % per cent. In dollars
and cents the largest increase was
made in Shelby county, viz: S4,24O, ,Os5.
Comparatively speaking, however, the
largest raise was made in Van Buren,
county, where the State board tackled
on S71, ,399, or % per cent of the county
boards valuation.
An advance of 10 per cent, or 81, 1885,
574, was made in the case of Knox
county.
NO CHANGE IN DAyIDSON's FIGURFs-
Davidson's assessment, as made by the
county board, goes without change and
the county valuations lead the list in
size, the figures being $50, 496, 800. The
increase by grand divisions is as fol-
lows:
East Tennessee, s., ,527, ,O34; Middle
Tennessee, S1,3s1, 1893, and West Ten
nessee s., ,G79, ,242.
The total increase by State board was
$40, SOS, 259, which, added to s14,6OO, 90
by which aggregated county assess
mentS exceeded valuations of 1899, gives
an increase of over S25, 900, 900 over that
year.
EAST TENNESSEE COUNTIES.
The counties of East Tennessee which
were raised were Bledsoe, 10 per cent;
Campbell, Is per cent; Hancock, per
cent; James, 5 per cent; Johnson, 10 per
cent; Knox, 10 per cent. LOudon, 10 per
cent; Marion, 10 per cent; Morgan, 10
per cent; Roane, per cent; Scott, 10
per cent; Sequatchie, 10 per cent Ham
ilton was approved with exceptions
and Claiborne and Polk counties were
passed for further information. Clai- |
borne was finally approved with excep- |
tion of lands of American Association, |
9,776 acres being raised from ST. ,O6s to |
S244, 400
INCREASES IN WEST TENNESSEE
The counties raised in West Ten
neSsee were: Benton, 10 per cent; Car
roll, per cent; Fsyette, per cent; |
Hardeman, 20 per cent; Haywood, |
per cent; Henderson, 10 per cent; Henry, |
per cent; Lake, 10 per cent; Lauder |
dale, Is per cent; McNairy, 10 per cent; |
Madison, 10 per cent; Obion, 10 per |
cent; Upton, 10 per cent, and Shelby |
about 10 per cent.
smooth Artist Gets in His Work.
A smooth artist from Atlanta, giving |
his name as T. L. Brandon, worked |
forged checks on several grocery mer- |
chants of Chattanooga last week in /
novel way. He appeared at several |
stores, ordered about 81 worth of gro
ceries delivered at a certain place in |
the city, paying for the same with |
checks of his friend, prominent citi-
zen. RANGING from $40 to Slh uattinU