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VOL. XXI, MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 1907 NO. 23 AN OLD BEAU Sued on Valentine He Sent Ther ty-five Years Ago. ASKS BIG DAMAGES. The Widow After Long Interval of Marriage Flounts. Rhyme, and ays He Renewed Troth, But a Trolley Smash, it Seems, Jolted All the Love Out Of the Old Gen tiemaI.. A queer case. Is being tried at Hartford, Conn., which is attracting considerable interest. thirty-five years ago Thomas K.--Fitts, of Ash wood, who is now seventy-five years old and wealthy. promised to be the present Mrs. Bridget Theresa Gor. man's valentine. Although she af terward married, and is now fifty three and a widow' with three chil dren. she is seeking through the courts $10,000 damages because her whilom admirer declines to live up to his ancient assurances af undy Ing love. The breach of 'remise suit of the widow. against the aged and promi nent citizen promises to become in court annuls as celebrated as the case of Mr. Pickwick. Every action of Mr. Fitts from the- time that he sent the valentine through the pro traeted married life of Mrs. Gorman and after death had freed her, is -recorded and its interpretation by and effect upon the feelings ofMrs. Gorman affectingly recited. There were tears in the eyes of Mrs. Gorman's lover and his voice broke from pathos when he read the fateful valentine, and the widow sobbed tnrough the recital. "Maiden fair, to you I send This token of .affection true, Showing where my feelings tend. Like the magnet unto you. "Worlds may pass away and perish .Every feeling die away. 1 But the constant :love I cherish Never, never shall decay." < When the lawyer had calmed him self after liagering on the words "Never, never shall decay," and the comely widow had dried her eyes. she took the witness stand to teli of her romance ana its sad ending. -Mrs. Gorman said that she had known Mr. Fitts before her mar riage and that he had showed her attention, but had *not reached the point of a declaration when Mr. Gor man abpeared. This was in 1872. and after the first announcement ofc the banns in church Mr. Fitts called on her. , "He said that he would have bjeen in Mr. Gorman's place if he had only been more forward, ' said Mrs. Gor man, "and then he cried, and I eried and said to Mr. Fitts: 'Now, Thomas, - you never told1 me anything like that before.'" "Did he show you any marks, of affection on the occasion of your.a marriage?" Mrs. (,orman was asked. "Yes." she replied, with downcast eyes; "'on the very day of the wed -ding he sent me three or four bas kets of peaches, and -I understood." Mrs. German declared that. with her husband's knowledge and con sent, her acquaintanceship with Mr. Fltts was continued, and that he. re mained a batcheloy'. They often met, and went driving together, and - he alw'ays seemed sad and often sighed, -and she sighed, too. She said that her marriage to Mr. Gorman was a disappointment. be '- ne of athe conduct of her hiusband. He left her and was gone four years. and during this period Mr. Fitts called upo'n her and they discussed the possibility of Mrs. German ob taining a divorce. Mr. Fitts told her at this time, Mrs. German testitied. that he was worth $65,000, and that if she got a divorce he would marr, her at once and make her life happy. In April, 1903, Mr. German died. and in June Mr. Fitts called upon the widow. "'Well. you are single at last.' said Mr. Fitts to me, and I said .Yes,- Mrs. German testified. He continued to call on the widov on an average of twice a mo-ith, ance made presents to her and to mem bers of her family. "Then in November. b& asked m< to barry him." the witness testified "and I told him that I would," an. her voice softened to a whispe "And he said that he would com at Thanksgiving and we would tal. the arrangements over. It was un derstood that we were to be marr* the nex~t May and would g" to t St. Louis fair for a weddiint trip. "And because he had -'roo5 and I had accepted him. a-id knei~ that he was wealthy. I told all n boarders about it and let t'3em g and I had twenty-two." Just at this time a troiley cz butted into the romance. It struc' Mr. Fitts and injiured him so pain fully that he had -to go to be'd. "I went to see..htm Just as soe as I heard of the accident." Mrs German continued. "and stoope' down and lkissed him as he lay 0! the bed." "Did he kiss you?" she was ask - ertainly be did." she indignant ly replied. "He always kissed me~ when he came to see me. The result of the trolley acciden' seemed to cause a coolness on tbh prt of Mr. Fitts. He did not cal' tsee the widow fro::2 December to March, and then told her that on account of getting hurt he did not want to make a change in life just thea. Later he almost stunned h'. with the statemlent that be thought she was too old1 to get married. "'But. Thomas.' I told him. 'You are no older than you were wher you asked me. '" Mrs. Gorman tes Ti~hen Mrs. Gorman wrote him the -followinlg letter. and quoted the lines of the valentine given above: "Dear Thomas--I have waited patienly for a call. but the Summe? bas passed and W~inter is at hand, and I am yet waiting. I hope po0o health has not caused your non-ap pearancc. It is almost thirty-thre' ye"Trs si.'ce you seat me the lines. The poetry failedto bring a repP fro~m Mr. Fltts, and after waiting foi a year Mrs. Gorman has tired anc began suit for $10,000 for breacl of of promise. WHAT COTTON MEAN The importance of the Staple 1 the United States And to the World May Be Seen Fro the Article Which We PublL Below. Some idea of what the cotton dustry means may be gathered fro; a report by the National Bureau o Manufactures recently issued. It tel us that cotton and its produci brought practically five hundred mi lions of dollars Into the United Stat( from foreign countries last year. The value of cotton, raw and mat ufactured, and its products in vu ous forms exported during the yea aggregated 485 million dollars an thus formed more than one-fourt: of the total exports of the countr In the year of its greatest expor record. Figures just compiled by the bu reau of statistics of the departmen of commerce and latior show tha the total value of raw cotton export ed in the calendar year 1S06 wa $413,000,000, this being the i-rst cal ndar year in which the exn.ort fig ures of raw cotton touched or cross ed the $400,000.000 line. - Manufactures of cotton aggregat d practically $43,000,000, or mor than in any earlier year except 1905 when they amounted to about $56, 500,000. Cotton seed oil exporte< added another $14,000.00') tn th< Lotal. and cotton seed oil "ke an( meal still another $14.3015,000. Added to this 4s a 4narter of million dollars worth of cotton seed while presumably a large proportior f the nearly five million dollars worth of lard compounds and suh itutes exported under the name o: ottolene. lardine, etc., was com osed largely of eotton seed oil .us bringing the aggregate expor tion of the cotton fields of the Un ted States up to about $490,000, 00. or 28 per cent of $1.733,000, )00 worth of domestic products ex orted in the year. In addition to this the value o. otton manufactures sent to Portc Rico, Hawaii. and Alaska,- and noi cluded in the figures of exports tc areign countries, was over $4,500, )00. Europe sent the bulk of thi 490,000,000 received as the pur hase price of the year's exporta ion of cotton and its products. Of the $413,000,000 worth of ray otton exported, $173,000.000 worth rent to the United Kingdom, $109. )00.000 to Germany, $45,000,000 tc 'rance. $31,-,000 to Italy, neary 7,000.000 to Belgium, $5,000,000 irect to Russia and '$1,000,000 te 1e Netherlands; while to Japan the -Kports for the year were valued at )ver $11,000,000, and to Canada sev -n and one-third millions. Even this large figure of $103, )00,000 worth of cotton sent to the nited Kingdom falls slightly below hat of 1905, when the total value f raw cotton exported to that coun ry amounted to $177,000,000; but e increased movements to Germany nore than offset the reduction in hose to the United Kingdom, the ex orts of cotton to Germnany in 1906 ,eing $19,000,444 in excess to these f 1905, and $15,000,000 in exces' > those of 1904. The .actual quantity of cotton om the United States reaching ussia during the year was doubt ss nuch greater than that indicat' d by the figures of direct exports to ;hat country, since much of the cot on from the United States which nters Russia is sold originally tc he markets of the United Kingdom d Germany and thence resold and :ranshipped to Russia:. These figures are startling. Their agnitude Is so vast that we scarce grasp their meaning. But they rove the value of cotton and demon ~trate the importance of the South half billion dollars wrung fron he rest of the world simply becausi ature has made the South the only place where cotton can be success ully and largely grown. The lesson to be learned is plain he South should get more out o1 this total than it does. Most of th< anufacturing should be done hert and instead of exporting the raw cot :on we should be sending out almos ll we grow in finished goods. This will be done some day and that da: is not as far distant as some imagin Yearly the disparity between th ~otton grown and manufacture< vithin the confnes of the cottol tates is less. With the developmfe' f our wonderful reources takini lace evrery day the growth ofcottoi nanufacturing Interests keeps pac ome day we will grow almost al e cotton the world needs and w :ill manufacture all except a smal ortin. It seems to us that the farmers o he South. who creates all ths wealt re entitled to more of it than the et out of it as it passes throug .r hands. Cotton enriches nearl -rybody who haIs annthing fo d ith it except the man1 who produc' This. is so~mewha1t pite:-- but true. Now why is this? Arc se e farme~rS to blame themselve5 ile they have practic~ally amoT ly in the produetion of cotton, thE re compelled to take what they ai ffered for it. and have no hand I xing the price at which It is sol' )ur farmers could easily corre his if they would stick togethe .ut some how or other they will ni lo so. Why? SC.REI TO DEATH. gro Woman Thought Witch~f Were After H1er. A Spartanbu~trg let',er says the great excitement among the n rces of that city because of tl lath of Susie Moore. who dii tudeny at her home. The woma ~as taken ill and acted in a strani .uaner, and many negroes believ4 '.hat she was poisoned. but an I: ~estigation by the coroner show( at her death resulted from natu l causes. Sunday night the woman begi to act in a strange manner. Sl declared that she was possessed witches and seized a handful of s' and scattered it about her root thinking a free use of salt in tl house would run out the vitch< The woman soon lost consciousne and fell on her bed. Medical aid was summoned al when the physician' arrived she he salt in both hanr hands. Coroner Ti nr made a thorough investigation the case, but found no evidence lead that she had been poisoned that her death resulted from oti: tan natural causes. s SHOT IN PARK. 101, An Actress Killed and Her Escort M Seriously Wound ed, ;h BY UNKNOWN MAN. Is Brown. the Wounded Man, Says the Man, Who Did the Shooting, Was Davenport, the Woman's Husband Davenport Denies the Charge and Says That He Can Prove An1 r Alibi. dt h The police of Brunswick. Ga., are y Itrying to solve a murder mystery. t Lillian Davenport, an actress, was shot and almost ihstantly killed, and t W. H. Brown, a bartender, who was 1 t with her, was also shot, and will I probably die, In a secluded part of Windsor park, in that city, Thurs - day inght. R. L. Davenport, mana- I ger of theMajestic theater, and hus I band of the dead actress, is under arrest suspected 6f the killing. Davenport denies that he killed t the woman. Brown at first thought! that Davenport did, but later, at the inquest, was doubtful. Davenport's friends say he cap prove an alibi. a Three shots in ;all were fired. Two pierced Brown's body, and the ac-t tress, trying to defend him, started toward the man who shot, and her self was shot. Pefore Brown could bring assistance to the dying woman, she succumed. - Winsor Park is a resort near: Brunswick. and it was there that i Brown and the actress went. They 4 sat on a bench in the moonlight, in a secluded spot and had been there, only a short time when the man ap peared. The man, according to the bar tender, slipped up on them. Before' Brown knew that he was being! - watched, he says, he heard two shots i and simultaneously fell over. Both 1 bullets had taken effect, one en- C tering the abdonien, and the other following it closely. The woman screamed, and in re sponse to Brown's appeal to shoot his assailant, rose to her feet and I started toward the man, now in full d view in the moonlght. She. had gone but a few steps, however, when a third shot was i fired. The bullet entered the ac tress' breast, and she fell, mortally P wounded. Then, Brown says, the assallanti disappeared under the trees. but he C himself, .although probably mortally wounded, went to the woman's as- a sistance. i "I am dying," she cried. "Loosen je my dress. Let me breathe." i Brown, followed her instructions, a and placed her on a bench. Then staggering from loss of blood. Brown . started toward the city for assist-', a ance. He first notified the police, and Assistant Chief of Police Owens: t with his mounted officers, and a phy- $ Iician, hurried the park. They were too late, however, to I render the Davenport woman any as- j sistance. She was dead when they i arrived, and near her, on the ground, I were found her wrap, jacket, a book and a cluster of. roses.D IMeanwhile. Brown, having notified a the authorities, fainted from loss of blood and was borne to the city hos pital. There'-the doctors said that his chances of recovery were small. I The police, after a search, found Davenport at his Quarters in New1 Castle street and placed him under' arrest . Davenport stoutly denied that he had shot the actress and Brown. 'I have been right here since sup per," he declared. Brown, however, thought Daven- c port was the guilty man, and Day- I enport was arrested. V rDavenport is the manager of the' Majestic theater, which was recently 1 opened here. He came to Bruns- t wick last January with the Parkert tAmusement company. His wife the, dead actress, was "Superbia," the leading attraction carried by the car nival company. Brown is a bartend er at the Mecca saloon, and has lived 'in Brunswick only a short time. Must Publish Reports. One of the important acts passed by the last general assembly requir ad all county treasurers to reporti each month, on or beforc the 16th the amount of collections received nd the banks in which the collec-t ions are deposited. The report is o be published in a county news paper and is also to be sent in to the County Commissioners. Just what 1 .e publIshing of this report will ac omplish we do not exactly see. SThere is no Question but that an in-t telligent. plain report by theTreas-I irer or the County Supervisor would be appreciated by the public. They ? 3ant one that they can understand ne that will tell for what the mon vy was spent and who earned It.1 c he nature and kind of service ren n. lered and In what part of the coun 1. ty it was rendered. Gave U'p in D~espair. >t At Cleveland,- Ohio. five workmen in the top story of the John Schaber picture moulding factory had a nar-' row escape from death when the building took fire. The firemen climbed to the third story and res -cued the workmen. Schaber', own er of the factory, collapsed at the fire and after he had been taken ehome,. shot himself with a revolver. He said he was too old to begin ife anew. He will probably die. The loss was $60.000. d. tn Confessed. In the court in Colunmbia last week Daniel Zimmerman confessed to stealing Stete bonds and seliing dthem. but claimed that he was led r- to do it by T. J. Gibson. a bond brok er, of Columbia. Gibson w'as tried tand convicted on Zimmflermanus tes 0timony. and both of them have been 0 sent to the penitenltiary'. Zimmeman tLt is 66 and Gibson 76 years of age. * A sad sight. s.To Help Mrs. Jackson. ss Mrs. Myra A. Jackson. widow of the late General Stonewall Jackson. ad has been granted a pension of $2O Id a month by an act of congress. The r-pension was granted to her as a wid of ow of a Mexican war officer. to Senator Overman. and Representa or tive Webb were instrumental in hay ter ing the act passed. Mrs. Jackson COST OF CRIME. Figures That Will Surprise a Great Many People. Over a Billion Dollars a Year Is Spent in the United States On Criilna14. The cost of crime to the governn ment reaches the enormous sum of $140,000,000. Of this sum $80,000, 000 is expended in a certain precen tage of"the maintenance of the su preme and federal courts, United tates district attorneys, United tates marshals, and the secret ser ice bureaus: part of it is the cost )f crime to the treasury department :o prevent smuggling, the cost of ,rime to the army and the navy and o the postoffice and to allied de >artments. The government losses by smug -ling and postal frauds, etc., add he $60,000,000 to make the afore aid total. In the last statement. vhich is only an estimate of what he national government pays for rime, it should be remembered that here are no reliable figures on the ubject. In estimating the government osses at $60,000,000 a year for muggling. fraud, etc., the writer tas endeavored to keep strictly un ter the mark, It is estimated that he government-loses from $75,000, 00 to $100,000,000 a year by smug ling alone, while the postoffice rauds are believed to have cost the vernment something like $40,000, year. The detailed cost -of crime in the Tnited States represents some -as. unding figures. In 1897 the cost f crime in .Greater New York was 35,552,133.24. The state, county nd city authorities outside of Great r New York-spent for It $42,605, 72.75. In forty-five states (New ork excluded' the expenditure was 697,080.000. Criminal losses by res totaled $100,000,000. By customs frauds the national overnment lost $60,000,000. Dur g this one year the loss in wages a 100.000 state prisoners wa? $28, 80,000, while the loss in wages of 50,000 prisoners in the city and ounty jails was $33,000,000. The rand tota-l, therefore, of the cost f crime in the United States reaches he stupendous figures of $1,076, 27,605.99. The cost of religious work in the rnited States is enormous. The cost f foreign missions. comprising all enominations, is $7,000,000; home 2issions expended the same sum. Ve spend for education $200,000, 00; for church expenses and min ters' salaries, $150,000,000. Hos tals and dispensaries for the* sick oor cost us $100.000,000; for san ariums of all kinds we spend $60, 00,000. City missions and rescue work of 11 kinds demand and receive $3, 00,000; humanitarian work of ev ry kind, $12,000,000. Our Young [en's and Young Women's Chris Lin associations cost $5,000,000, hile all other moral and social -ork in the United States requires a expenditure of $5,000,000. The total expenditure for humani rian and religious work is. then, 549,000,000. As against this, the )tal cost of crime in the United tates for the year reached the In redible total of $1,076,605.99. This ;to say, we spend more than $500, 00,000 a year more on crime than *e do on all spiritual, ecclesiastical. hysical, humanitarian, educational ud healing agencies put together. LOOKCING TO THE FUTURE. LGood Suggestion From the Char leston News and Courier. We have frequently advocated the urchase by the city of a tract of and for a public park, and we are till of the opinion that the city ould make no better investment. ometime ago the Charleston News ,nd Courier editorially spoke of the gitation of the subject of parks in he Spartanburg newspapers, and in hat article made the following pre lictions and suggestions: Within a quarter of a century spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, sumter. Orangeburg, Georgetown, tnd other municipalities in South 3arolina will be cities of from 25, >00 to 75,000 population. No strain ng of the imagination to forsee this rowth. The towns in South Caro mn are increasing in population 'ith a rapidity that is scarcely oh ierved and in a few years parks, hat seem now a luxury not to be iforded, will be necessities. Meantime the price of lands is lso ifrcreasing. In the growing towns a park area of twenty-five cres that would cost now $10,000, at $500 the acre will cost $5,000 :e acre when the cities will be com. ;lled to purchase and lay out parks. he question of adding to the park ereage is one constantly before the Large cities of the country. As a general propositica it seems :hat any prosperous town of 15,000 Luabitants is wise to invest in real state for park purposes. Even though the town's revenues do not permit the 'present conversion of a bare tract of land into well kept groves and gardens, the enhancement of the value the land is almost certain to pay in time a handsome~ return u the investment. Meantime. some work, such as the planting of trees, can e done at little cost. There is scarcely any investment so safe and profitable as town and city real estate which the citizens 'rnf make. If the purchaser can af ord to hold long enough t.he pro fits are certain. In all cases, the municipality can hold indefinitely therefore why should not the mun icipality invest- as trustee for the. citizens of the future at the time when it can he done with the best promise of large profits* D~ispensary Auditor. Gov. Ansel Thursday anuounced the appointment of Mr. W. 11. West, superintndant of the graded schools of Gan'nley, as dispensary. auditor, under the provisions of the Carey Cothran law. This position carries with it a salary of $2,000 per year and actual expenses. The incumbent will be the most powerful single official of the system. Selling us Stock. The dispensary commission has agreed to sell the stock of liquors in the Charleston dispensaries to the county authorities at 20 per cent dis count. This will probably be the asor daling with other countics. A GREAT WORK. Thirtieth Annual Convention Of the Sunday School Association Of South Carolina Will Meet in Georgetown in March and Will Be Largely Attended. The thirtieth annual convention of the South Carolina Sunday School Association will be held in the Meth odist Church at Georgetown on March 13 and 14. Mr. W. E. Pel ham, chairman of the executive com mittee. says: I beg to express the hope and prayer that general and widespread interest will be manifest ed by Pastors, Superintendents and Teachers because of the universal importance of this convention, and on account of the great work that lies before us. We hope to make this the banner convention In the history of the organization. Here Is the pro gram of the convention: Morning Session. Wednesday, March 13, 1907. 10- 0.30 A. M. Devotional Services t Conducted by Rev. W. J! Wyly, Georgetown, S. C. 10.30-1045. President's Address and Report. Capt. J. Adger Smythe, Jr. 10.45-11.15. Discussion of. Report and Recommendations. ' 11.15-12.15. County Association Work. W. C. Pearce, Chicago, Ill., Secretary International Teacher Training. 12.15-1 P. M. Adult Bible Class Movement. F. F. Whilden, Colum bia, S. C. . 1-1.30. Open Discussion. Afternoon Session. Wednesday, March 13, 1907. y 3.15-3.45 P. M. Song Service. F. F. ( Whilden. r Report of Executive Committee. W m. E. Pelham, Chairman, New- s berry, S. C. e 1.45-4.15. Reports of Offlcers. t A. Teacher Training. Superinten- I dent E. L. Hughes. Greenville, t S. C. B. Primary Work. Mrs. M. A. r Carlisle, Newberry, S. C. E C. Home Department. Rev. W. B. iE Wilkins, Columbia. S. C. C D. Statistical Secretary. J. F. Tol-| bert, Laurens, S. C. 0 E. Treasurer. Rev. Walter I. Her- v bert, Charleston, S. C. . 1.15-5. Training of Teachers. W. C. a Pearce, Chicago, Ill. c Evening Session. P Wednesday, March 13, 1907. t P. M. Devotional Service. Rev. G H. Johnson, D. D., Georgetown, S 1 t; C. t .16-8.45. P. M. Relation of the Sun- 0 day School to the World-Wide C Missionary Movement. Rev. J. W. Wolling, Brazil. .45-9.45. Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. D.. p Superintendent Sabbath School -Work, Presbyterian Board, Rich- d mond, Va. 33 Morning Session. P Thursday, March 14, 1907. | LO-10.15. Devotional Service. Rev. T. G. Herbert, Georgtown. S. C. .15-11. Primary Methods. Miss Grace W. Vandiver, Spartanburg, S. C. L1-11.45. Principles and Methods of Teaching. Prof.W.H. Hand, South 8 Carolina University, Columbia, S.C. , t L1.45-12.30. .Spiritual Culture in i. Sunday School. W. C. Pearce, ~ Chicago, Ill. L2.30-1. Open Discussion and Mis cellaneous Business. Afternoon Session. Thursday, March 14, 1907. c .15-3.30 P. M. Song Service. F. F. Whilden, Columbia, S. C. 3.30-4.30. Superintendant's Confer-c ence. Conducted by Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. D., Richmond, Va. c .30-5 P. M. Sunday School Lesson e for March 17. Taught by Profes sor Hand, South Carolina Univer-t sity. Evening Session. I Thursday, karch 14, 1907. 8 P. M. Devotional Services. 8.15-9. World-Wide Sunday School Movement. W. C. Pearce, Chicago. 9-9.45. The Meaning of the Modern Sunday School Movement. Rev.t A. L. Phillips, D. D.. Richmond. 10. Closing Words. Adjournment. Executive Committee. William E. Pelham, Chairman. New berry, S. C. Rev. T. H. Law, D. D., Spartanburg, S. C. 1 Rev. E. C. Jones. Newberry, S. C. Rev. Melton Clark. Florence, S. C. S. D. Ezell, Spartanburg, S. C. Rev. W. T. Witeell, Columbia, S. C. I Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, Newberry, S. C. Rev. J. W. Shell, Spartanburg, S. C. '1 Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Sellers. S. C. Officers. President-J. Adger Smnythe, Jr., Pelzer, S. C. Vice-President-Rev. J. W. Shell Spartanburg. S. C. Sertr-resrrRv W. I. Herbert, Charleston, S. C. Statistical Secretary-J. F. Tol bert. Laurens. S. C. International Vice-PresIdent for South Carolina-S. B. Ezell, Spar tanburg. S. C. International Ex-Committeeman for South Carolina-William E. Pelham, Newberry, S. C. Teacher Training Secretary-E L. Hughes, Greenville, S. C. Primary Secretary-Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, Newberry, S. C. Home Department Secretary-Rev W. E. Wilkins. Columbia, S. C. Entertainment will be provided for all Delegates. Notify Mr. L. B Steele. Chairman of Entertainmnen1 Committee, of your coming. Rail road companies have granted spe cial rates for this convention, on certificate plan. Every Sunday School should send Pastor or Super tendent or Teachers. Every Sun day School is entitled to be repre sented. Constables Named. For the enforcement of the lag against selling whiskey Gov-, Ausel Wednesday appointed a constable in Chester county and one in Green wood. In the former the constable will be paid out of the disponsary profits and in the latter out of the county funds, as provided by the Carey-Corthanl bill. The matter was referred to the attorney general be fore the governor acted on petitions presented to him. Murdered and Robbed. At Pawtucket, R. I., Mrs. Alexan der Henderson was murdered in her little candy store Friday by a robber. who after emptying the money draw er and stealing a quantity of cigars made his escape through a well set tled section of the city. leaving be hind hlim a trail of blood. THE TAX LEVY In the Different Counties as Fix ed by Legislature. STATE TAX REDUCED. Ranges From Two Mills in Orange burg and Charleston to Eleven Mills in Lexington. Change in Dispensary Law Cause Several Counties to Make Special Provi sions In Levy. Below is published the principal letails of the annual supply bill >assed by the1907 general assembly. 3eing in the main a mass of figures, he average reader will be inclined o study alone the figures relating o the levy in his particular county, -et a careful study of the entire aeasure, particularly of the special evies made by the -various counties, rill prove Interesting. The State levy is fixed at 4% ills, 1-2 mill less than last year. To his Is added In every county hroghout the State the constitution .1 3 mill school tax. The county levy ranges from 2 Bills in Charleston and Orangeburg o 11 mills in Lexinkton, the ex remely high levy In the latter coun y being on account- of a large mount of interest to be paid each ear on bonds given in aid of the olumbia, Newberry and Laurens allroad. The following counties make pecial levy for good roads: Claren on, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Colle 3n, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw,. ,aurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartan Union enjoys the unique and com urg and Union.0 2endable distinction of being the Ingle county in the- State 'which iakes a direct appropriation for its onfederate veterans. In addition to etting their pro rata of the $250, 00 appropriated by the State, the eterans of Union receive the bene t of a levy of. one-fourth mill on 11 the taxable property of that ounty. Charleston likewise occu ies an equally unique position in iat a tax of one-eighth of 1 mill is vied for the militia of that county. he proceeds of this one-eighth mill x Is paid to the board of oficers f the State volunteer troops in the ity of Charleston. Levy for 1907. By counties the levy for county urposes is as follows: Abbeville-Ordinary 2 1-2 mills, ebt due sinking fund commission 1 1l, for paying interest and princi al on debt for new court house 1 Aiken-Ordinary 3 mills. Anderson-Ordinary 3 %4 mills. Bamberg-Ordinary 3 mills. I Barnwell-Ordinary 3% mills.. I Beaufort-Ordi nary 4% mills. Berkeley-Ordinary 3 mills. A pecial tax Is levied on all stock rithin the territory exempted from ie operation of the general stock Lw, as follows: Three cents per ead on all sheep, goats and hogs nd 5 cents per head on all cows. Clarendon-Ordinlary 2%~ mills nad tax %k mill. Charleston-For the militia of the ounty, the various local companies f the State volunteer troops, % sill; for other purposes 1 % mills; or support of the schools of the city f Charleston 1 mill, special, on all roperty within the city and an ad itional levy of M mill on city prop *rty for school bui'ing fund. Cherokee-Ordinary 3 mills, road ax 1 mill,- sinking fund, Limestone. hite and Morgan townships, % aill; railroad bonds, same town hips, ', mill; sinking fund.Grow teysville, Cherokee and Draytonville ownships, 1 mIll; for interest on allroad bonds, same townships, 1 Chester-Ordinary 3% mills. in erest on railroad bonds and sinking und 1 mill. Chesterfield-Ordinary 3 %4 mills, peial road tax 1 mill. interest on airoad bonds and for sinking fund % mills. Colleton-Ordinary 4 mIlls, road ax 1 mill. Darlington-% mill interest on ourt house, ordInary 4 mills. Dorchester-Ordinary 4 % mills. nterest on county bonds %~ mill. inking fund % mill. Collier's ownship 2 mills for road purposes Edgefield-Ordinlary 5 mills; the ounty commissioners are author ed to make special levy on proper y in Johnston. Pine Grove. Pickens vise and Show townships, to pay oupons on valid railroad bonds. Faril-Odnr and past in lebtedness 4%' mills, for paymeni irst installment on $20,'00 duE inking fund commission one~ mill. Florence-Ordinlary 2 mills, spe :ial road tax 1 mill. Georgetown-Ordinary 2 mills or the purpose of creating fun( ith which to pay principal and in erest or loan of $10,000 from coin nissioners of sinking- fund to be use( n erecting, equipping and furnish ng annex to court house mill or sinking fund Winyah Indiar schsool district 2 mills. Greenville--Ordinary 3 m ills, t o' ~ouvicts, roads and bridges 1% nills, interest on railroad and past udebtedness bonds, for payment tc :ommissioners sinking fund on nc :ount loan % mill. Greenwood-Ordinary 3% mills past Indebtedness 1 mIll. Ninety Six ownship 2 % mills, Cokesbury town hip 2 mills. Cooper township .3 Hampton-Ordinary 3 mills, past idebtedess 1 mill. Horr-Ordinary 5 mills. court liouse and jail bonds 1 mill railroad bonds in townships of Conway. Bay boro, Green Sea and Simpson Creek 4 mills cach. Kershaw-Ordinlary~ 14 n:lis- in wer'st m iills, road tax 1 mill, court house bonds -mil Lancaster-Ordinary 5 mills, in terest on railroad bonds 1 mill. sink ing fund '% mill; Pleasant Hl!! township 2%~ mills. Gill Creek 2%~ mils; Cane Creek 2% iia. Laurns-Ordnary 3 mills. road tax 1 mill, interest on bonds 1 '. mills, for expenses survey, 7be pr posed county of Fairview and for ad ditional road purposes 54 mill. Le-rdinary 3 mills, sinking fund 1 % mills. LexingtonOrdinlary 3 mills. interest on Columbia. Newberry and Laurens railroad bonds 7 1 mills. u-a-nrlnarv 4 mills. jail DID HE POISON HER? Atlanta Has a New Sensation to Talk About. Man Gave Two Names and Acted Otherwise Supidously Before Wo man Died. Atlanta has a new sensation to talk about. While his wife, who is said to have died under mysterious - circumstances, laid at .the undertak ing room of Barclay & Brandon, a waiting a coroner's inquest, the po lice and detectives of that city are searching for Edwin P. Winfield 6r E. W. Pettus, both names, it is al leged, having been given to the un dertaker and the attending physi cian. An inquest will be held Fri day. It is said the man had another wife. According to the doctors, the wo man, wHose maiden. name is Lucia c Carter Brewer, of Marietta, Ga died, as her husband told them of morphine poisoning. te Winfield or Pettus, gave his- oc- si cupation to the undertakers as that a: of- a telegraph operator, and said he lwas employed by the Southern Rail- d way in one of Its block signal offices near Howell's station. He is a man * something over 50 years old, of slen- tv der build, and with gray moustache. S 'Winfeld, or -Pettus, told conflict- In ing stories about his name, it is said, e2 and was much preturbed when Mr. Of Brandon, of Barclay & Brandon, told him that the coroner would arrive od shortly to investigate. I Mr. Brewer, father of the dead dc woman, said he knew little of Win- la field or Pettus-he knew him as a Winfield. He said that- the man had a daughter at Agnes Scott and a son 1 in New York. h< The dead woman was 36 years T old, and was of prepossessing ap- tI pearance. 0 The woman died early Wednesday t morning at her residence, 24 Bar- 03 clay street. Dr. Andrew Stribling, fc of No. 112 North Boulevard, told Mr. h Brandon that he had been summon ed by her husband the night. before. fe Pettue, as he gave his name to m the doctor, declared 'that his wife Il had taken morphine, and said that h< previously she had been attended by E Dr. C. E. Stone. ai Dr. Stribling answered the -call, a as it seemed to be an emergucy one, w and' finding that the woman, as he cc said, seemed to have r'ecovered, he is left. Her death followed the next morning. fe Her husband called on Barclay al & Brandon and gave an order for w: the funeral arrangements. ' To Mr. al Brandon he said that his name was to Edwin P. Winfield. When Mr. Bran- St don called on Dr. Stribling for the di death certificate, he was* informed in that the man had given the name of Pettus. Neither doctor would issue p a death certificate. . h4 WILL GO TO BREMEN fr th To Confer With Lloyd Directors Re- sI garding Charleston Line. or Former Governor Heyward, Com- it, missioner Watson and Mr. P. H. hf in Gadsen will, it has been decided, go fr to Bremen to confer with the direc- _fr tors of the North German Lloyd dc Steamship company in reference. to the continuance of the Charleston Bremen steamship line. Commis- cI< sioner Watson, who with his assist-- sl ant, Mr. R. B. Herbert, is now In N< New York, 'has booked passage for g the party on the Kaiser Wilhelm II, to sailing from New York March 12. Governor Heyward will spend .sever- a al weeks abroad, but Mr. Watson el and Mr. Gadsen will have to make th a more hurried trip-.t These three gentlemen go as the oz representatives of the South Carolina n4 diision of the Southern Immigra- ci ton and Industrial assodiation, of which Governor Heyward is the pres- si dent. They were named at the or- g ganization meeting held at the Col- th onia hotel last week. I debt 94 mill. F: Marlboro--Ordinary 6%~ mills. g Newberry--Ordinary 3 mIlls. Oconee-O dinary 2 mills, roads and bridges 1 mill, interest on bonds 7-10 mill, sinking fund %,, mill, for bridge at Burnt Tanyard over Little A river 1 mill, for bridge over Con cross 3-10 mill, for bridge over Ke owee river near Chapman Ford %, mill: for vault in court house and reindexing county records 1 mill. ' Orangeburg--Ordinary 2 mIlls. ~ P'Ickens-Ordinary 4 mills, debt * %, mill, sinking fund 1 mill, chain- ' gang 1% mills, bridge over Keowee - river, near Chapman ford, % mill. Rich land--Ordinary 2%4 mills. % I mill in Columbia townshlp for the payment of principal and interest on railroad -bonds, and authority It ' given to the county board of comn missioners of Richland county tc sell the certificate of stock of Colum bia, Newberry and Laurens railroad. being a certificate for 1,600 share of tbe par value of $40,000, said - sale to be made at public or privatE sale after due notice in newspapers for the best price obtainable, ant the said county board of commission ers are authorized to use .the pro e eeds ot said sale to supplement the - ,und now or hereafter on hand, fo, the payment of the principal and in terest <m the outstanding :ailroac bonds: and said county board o: ommissioners are authorized to use any surplus that may remain onhanc from the levy of the half mill ta. above referre to and from the sal' ~ of said stock, with authority to tuirx over to the municipal authorities o ny incorporated city or town in Col umbia township, the prorata shari of such city or town to be applie< Ito extra work upon the public high ways within such cities or towns an additional tax of two mills i; the school district of the city 0 Colunba In lieu of special tax au thorized by previous legislature. " Saluda--Ordinlary 6 %,- mills, pas indebtedness 14 mill. Spartanburg---Ordinary 32% mllh ordinary road 1 mIll. Interest 01 railroad bonds si mills. to pay ican- I to State 14 mill, sinking .fund 1A 0ni11, for building maacadanuzed road: t mill. Sumter-.-Ordinary 2%9 mills. smini ing fund debt and interest 1 mill. Union--Ordinlary 314 mills, roa' tax 1 mill, debt 1 mill, permnanen road improvemfents 1 mill, aid Con fderate rcteranls %/ mill. Williamsburg-Ordinlary 3 1 mills. York--Ordinary 4 mills. Cataw ba township 2 mIlls, Ebenezer ou' mill, York 3 mills, to pay interes on bonds issued in aid of C. C. & C. ranlroad. BARRIS TO HANG. Ian Who Murdered Mrs. Morgan Near Gaffney, Tells of IS HORRIBLE CRIME. he Jury Returns a Verdict of Gaui. ty And the Judge Sentences the Prisoner to be Hanged on FrdaV, March 29-Harris - Asks Everyone To Meet Him in Heaven, After Be. Ing Convicted. At Gaffney fn Thursday In the Durt of General Sessions Tom. r s, altas Tom Childers,:-wbs convic d of the murder of Mrs. Horten a Morgan on November 2,106. Id sentenced to be hangefon Fil ty, March 29. Mrs. Morgan, an aged widow, liv I alone on the crest of a hill about ro and a half miles'from Gafney ie was brutally muidered' a'out idway, her throat being cut from r to - ear, and her person. robbed a -large sum of money. Great interest has been manfre-t i In the case and the Court House a packed very soon after the rs were opened. A great many dies werie present. Harris appear ice had greatly changed.. Several witnesses testified to see g Harris at and-pear the oldlady's use on the day of the murder. he testimony .'was strong against te man and. there was not a sa'd r of a doubt of his guiWl Befdies Le murder.. he had very little mon , and 'when arrested 4126 as und on his person, which he said a won gambling.. While confined In jail Harris con ssed :to three people that life co itted the murder and described s terrible crime. Harris said.that , and his wife and- two children Lme-from Grover, N. C. Hisvwife id children stopped at Blacksbuf'g id he went to Gaffney.s He th n ent out to Mr.s Morgan's and ao- ' rding to his own confession- here what transpired. When~ he got to her 1fouse, . he und her sitting on her front porch, )proached her and pretended to ant to rent a farm. She -told him I her land was rented. She got' up - go- in the house, askfng him to ay for dinner. He replied that-be d- not care for any dinner, follow-. g her into her room. She stepped to the bed to get a Lper aid he walked up behind her. xght her by the throat, choked ,r down on the bed; took his knife oM- his coat pocket and cut her roat, after which he waited- in her on. ten or twenty minutes until e died. Al'ter this he searched a cupboard safe for her money. Not finding he searched her person. Finding r money tied around her waist a pouch or sack, he cut the string - m. -her person, took the money am the sack and threw -the sack wn at the door. He then walked back' to the-road Ld walked back to Gaffney, going a store and buying a new suit of othes, overcoat, grip and a pair of toes, and expecting to get on train. 3. 11 of the Southern Road and >to Atlanta, Ga., and from',there Memphis, Tenn, never to return. He says no one else than himself' id anything to do with this-murder ther directly or indirectly. He fur er states at the time he commit d' the murder he had $40 of his rn money, and, thinking it wouldi ,t be sufficient for his needs de dd to rob Mrs. Morgan. The jury after being out a very aort time returned a verdict of lilty. During the entire time the .e Judge was making his - pelim ary remarks Harris stood chewing wad of tobacco. After Judge Al ich senteced him to be hanged on rday, March 29, Harris exclaim 1, "Everybody meet me in Heaven." TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Half Witted Man Shoots and Kills .His Neighbor. Anderson County was the scene a- horrible tragedy on 'iuesday of at week. when Asbury Wooten, a hite man of forty years, shot and stantly killled Mr. Duke Owens, a an of seventy-two years. It is said that some boys playfully ked Mr. Wooten's home Sunday 'ening. and that Mr. Wooten; be thalf witted, b,ecamne vfin-uch rought up over -the action of 'the ,ys. - Tuesday morning, Mr. Owens, ac. >mpanied by another gentleman ent to the home of Mr. Wooten to -1 hinm that the boys meant no arm in rocking his home. Mr. Wooten ordered these gentie en off his place, and told. Mr. - wens that if he repeated what: he ad said about the action of~ the oys, he would kill him. Mr. Oweus remained to pacify Mr. looten, who became quite angry. :was then that Mr. Oweus was shot trough the heart, which caused his 1stant death. Feud Caused Killing. Telephone messages from Clark's 'ork. Knott county. KY., give do il1s of another feud battle between ae Stone and Clark factions. Mic)L al Stone was fatally wounded and is son. Richard was killed. -John lark. the alleged leader of the~lark action, was desperately wounded. Great Power Plant. . The CatawUba power plant, not far - om Chester, has been completed v the Southern Power Company. his company owns 'the greatest wa er power in this country, except agara. Their- plants extend from ickory, N. C., to Camden, S. C. ad aggregate 20.0,000 horse power -.A Good Board. W. A. Courtenay. Edward Ehrlich nd. A. E. Gonzales have been ap ointed members of the commission Co Improve the capital grounds at oumbia. The legislature appropri ted $15.000 for this purpose. Killed by Ammonia. In New York on Thursday two nen were killed and eleven render 4 unconscious by ammonia fumes t a fire in the market on Eight aye ue. One of the unconscious may