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FC 15TH YEAR. ?????,??? Before My Lady's Mirror. The "Reflections" of a looking-glass should make interesting reading. It is a wise shopper who knows her own mind. "Imitation on the face of it"?the other girl's complexion. mi * i nere are women who will <Ue for a man, but there are more who will dye. "A pleague on my beau's jealousy!" cried the pretty shop-girl. "Why wasn't 1 horn plain like the Society "Beauties?" The average woman would rather own to a "double life" than a "double chin."?Walter Pulitzer in the February Delineator. Eelless Denmark. Denmark, for reasons partly of gas tronomy and partly of trade. Is dlstnssed at the aversion shown by the eel for Its shores. The fish Is now, ind for some years has been, abandoning the Little Belt in great numbers for the Atlantic?never to return. Pi*?ple are beginning to ask them selves If the taste of eel pie 1b to vanish from Denmark forever. An (Ichthyologist who has Bpent .some time In observing the creatures has come to the conclusion that they al wnvs glide off In dark waters. This has suggested the bright idea of run uiiiy; u uwep cuuib mong me irnrs most frequented -by the emigrants, and lighting the water up with electrb lights, so as to fascinate the fish Inte remaining where thov are.?New Yorii Tribune. Christmas Tree Destruction. It was reported from Vermont some days ago that young coniferous tree? to the number of 1.600,000 were sacrificed to the Christmas tree market from that State alone last year?two cents apiece having been paid mountain farmers and their children for getting them, and it was said that the devastation would be worse this year. A dispatch from Maine published yesterday said that some S^O.OOt) had bc<>n realized by farmers of that State this season from the same source. If fho cutting of these young trees were pursued intelligently and with discriniation there would be nothing to grieve over, but the chances are in most cases that it has been a ruthless slashing conducted by the famiboys very largely.?Springfield Republican. To Land Him in a Week. MONDAY?Be pretty; smile once. T^'KSDAY?Be prettier; frown at li i m. WEDNESDAY'?Be pensive; sigh once. THURSDAY?Laugh at him. FRIDAY?Confess your " regard" for him. SATURDAY?Dc "out." SUNDAY?Name the wedding day.?From the February Delineator. The Modern Way. " F should like to get something in a fancy vest." said the customer at the haherdasherj'. "Nothing very loud, please." "All right, sir," replied the obliging clerk. "Here's something we'll guarantee won't talk above a whisper. '' The Awakening Last night T had (>00,000,000 plunks. That's pretty poor I shout! This morn it vanished when I heard: .... ti.? o? -i ? 1 uv I up. x lie Hits IS out. The Huntress. "(J race, what sort of a fellow is Mr. tlolrox?" He's very sly, Maude." " Shy or gunshy." Who huilds on the mob builds on l he sand.- Italian. So. 10-07. CO IF EE THRESHED 1IER 15 Long Years. "For over fifteon years," writes a patient, hopeful littlo Ills, woman, "while a coffee drinker, I suffered from Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble. I was treated by good physicians. but did not get much relief. "T never suspected that cofTee might be aggravating my condition. I was down-hearted and discouraged, hut prayed dally that I might find something to help me. "Several years ago. while at a friend's house. I drank a cup of Posture and thought I had never tasted anything more delicious. "From that time on I used Postum Inst ad of Coffee and soon began to Improve in health, so that now T can walk half a dozenblocks or more with ? r?e. and do many other things that I imvr r thought I would he able to do again in this world. "My appetite is good, I sleep well and find life is worth living. Indeed. A lady of my acquaintance said she did not like Postum. it was so wjak and tasteless. "I explained to her the difference when it Is made right?boiled according to d'rcctlons. She was glad to know this because coffee did not agree with her. Now her folks say they expect to use Postum the rest of t.tjoir lives." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. R?ad the Httla hoolc, "The Road to Wellvllle," Id pkqs. "There's a reason." ???? >RT FC PALMmo mm OcCUITfilCCS of In^PTMf From AJI Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A. Batch of Live Paragraphs Covering a Wide Range?What is Going On in Our State. Caught in Flour Mixer. Greenville. Special.?\YI ile operating a mixer in the Cureton & Bro. bakery in this city, ?5. ??\ Buity, out ol' the bakers. ha<l fck hand caught in the machinery and crushed so severely that amputation was found to be necessary. Butry's cheek b?.:<e was also shattered by a blow from a revolving crank attached to the mixer aiul for a time it was thought that his eye hail been put out and physicians were slow to believe thai the injured man could recover at all. Reports from the sanitarium say that Burty is doing well and that he will recover. His left arm has been i taken oil" near the shoulder. The mixer was beinir driven hv n five li?>r?i> 1 power electric motor. llurty was watching the flour as it poured in and seeing a cord in the hopper lent over to take it out. .lust then tlie revolving blades caught the man's hand and in a moment his arm had been drawn in and crushed to the shoulder. He was struck in the lace at the same time by a crank. Aged Man Killed Acting as Peacemake*. Anderson, Special. ? Anderson county was the scene of a horible killing last week, when Asbury Wooten, a white men of 4b years, shot Mr. Duke Owens, a white man of 72 vers, through the heart killing him instantly. The shooting occurred on the A. W. (lalaspic place, three miles this .side of Central, near the county line. The facts ol' the killing are meagre, but it is said that some boys playfully rocked Wooten?s home Sunday night. lie, being half-witted, became angry. Mr. Owens, a neighbor and some other person whose name could not be learned, he henwt to Wooten's home to tell him the hoys meant no i harm, but Wooten did not accept the explanation and ordered Mr. Owens and his companion off the place. Mr. Owens remained to *einonstrate with Wooten and it was then that Wooten tired the fatal shot. Mr. Owens was t prominent man in this count v. :m.l ?.-.,.,..,1,, is greatly deplored. New Laundry for Chester. Chester, Special.?In the matter of what are called the smaller enterprises for the investment of capital and the employment of labor, Chester is taking a part. The Cheater Steam Laundry company.has obtained a charter, with a capital stock of $4,000 and has organized for business with the following officers: R. R. Caldwell, president; A. N. Sample, vice president; .1. W. Daniel, secretary and treasurer. These otlicers, with II. S. Heyman and li. W. Honey constitute the board of directors. This institution will supply a long felt want in this community. the *' washee" business having become something of a problem. Checking Up Accounts. The auditing experts of the Amerean Audit company are expected here soon to check up the accounts gone over at the state dispensary by the clerks now employed by the commission. This is done because the commission wishes to he absolutely correct in the statement of accounts and so that a clear idea of the stock to he disposed of may be obtained.?Oiumbia St**^ Two Mombcr Chosen. Abbeville, Special.?Mr. G. A. Visanska and T. J. 1'riee were recommended by llie county delegation as their two members of Abbeville's dispensary board. Mr. Visnnskn is 70 years old and lias been in the mercantile business in Ablteville for the past 35 years. Mr. Price is from Mel'ormick and is in tlie stock and lumber business there. Marion Victims Total 24. Charleston, Special. - The finding of drowned bodies, as a result of the burning ami sinking of the steamer Marion in Wadmalaw sound, continues, but the natural aptitude of colored people to attend a funerai is reported to be interfering with the work of searching for the drowned people. A report received hero that four additional bodies had been found, bringing tho aggregate up to 21, and later in the day it was said that the total will reach 32. but the latter report was not so well authenticated, and it* is not liekly that the death list will reach this figure. MIL )RT MILL, S. C., TIIUB TAX LEVY BY COUNTIES In Several Counties Special Provision Made on Account of Change In Dispensary Law. Columbia State. Below is published the principal details of the annual supply bill j passed by the 11)07 generul assembly. Being in the main a mass of figures, the average reader will be inclined to study alone the figures relating to tne levy in his particular county, yet a careful study of the entire measure, particularly of the special levies made by the various counties, will prove interesting. The state levy is tixed at 4 1-2 mills, 1-2 mill less than last year. To this is added in every county throughout the state the constitutional 3 mill school tax. The county levy ranges from 2 mills in Charleston and Oranpeburp to 11 mills in Lexington, the extremely hipli levy in the latter county beinp required on account ol" a larpc amount of interest to he paid each year oft bonds pivon in aid <> the Columbia, Newberry an I Laurens railroad. The following counties make special levy for pood roads: Clarendon, Cherokee, Chesterfield. Colleton, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw. Laurens, Oconee, 1'iekcns, Spartanburp, and Union. Union enjoys the unique and commendable distinction of hemp the sinple county in the state which makes a direct appropriation for its Confederate veterans. In addition to gettinp their pro rata of the $2o0,000 appropriated by the state, the veterans of Union receive the bene fit of a levy of one-fourth of one mill on all the taxable property of that county. Charleston likewise occupies an equally unique position in that a tax of one-eight of one mill is levied for the militia of that county. The proceeds of this one-eighth mill tax is paid to the board of otUcors of the state volunteer troops in the city of Charleston. The levy in Iticliland county is among the very lowest in the state. Levy for 1907. By counties the levy for county purposes is as follows: Abbeville?Ordinary 2 l-i'2 mills, debt due sinking fund commission 1 mill, l'or paying interest ami principal on debt for new court house 1 mill. Aiken?Ordinary 3 mills. Anderson?Ordinary 3 1-4 mills. Bamberg?Ordinary 3 mills. Barnwell?Ordinary 3 1-2 mills. Beaufort?Ordinary 4 3-4 mills. Berkeley?Ordinary 3 mills. A special tax is levied on all stock within the territory exempted from the operation of the general stock law, as follows: Three cents per head on all sheep, goats and liogo nrwl J ? ? ?11 muu vuuo |h;i ucmi uu an i*uw>?. Clarendon?For the militia of the county, the various local companies of the state volunteer troons, 1-S mili; for other purposes 1 7-tt mills; for support of the schools of the city of Charleston 1 mill, special, on all property within the city and an additional levy of 1-2 mill on city property for school building fund. Cherokee?Ordinary 3 mills, road tax 1 mill, permanent road tax 1 mill, sinking fund, Limestone, White and Morgan townships, 3-4 mill; railroad bonds, same townships, 1-2 mill; sinking fund, Urowdeysvillo, Cherokee and Draytonviile townships, 1 mill; for interest on railroad bonds, same townships, 1 mill. Chester-*?Ordinary 3 l-'2 mills, interest on railroad bonds and for sinking fund 1 mill. Chesterfield?Ordinary 3 3-4 mills, special road tax 1 mill, interest on railroad honds and for sinking fund 1 1-2 mills. Colleton?Ordinary 4 mills, road tax 1 mill. Darlington?1-2 mill interest on court house, ordinary 4 mills. Dorchester?OHbiary 4 1-4 mills, mterest on comity bonds 1-2 mill, sinking fund 1-2 mill. Collier's township 2 mills for road purposes. Kdgefiold?Ordinary 5 mills; the countv commissioners nre millu?riv.e?l to make special levy on property 111 Johnston, Pine drove, I'iekens, Wise and Show townships to py coupons on valid railroad bonds. Fairfield?Ordinary and past indebtedness 4 3-1 mills, for payment first installment on $20,000 due sinking fund commission 1 mill. Florence?Ordinary 2 mills, special road tax 1 mill. (leorgetown?Ordinary 2 1-2 mills, with which to pay principal and interest or loan of $10,000 from commissioners of sinking final, to he , used in erecting, equipping and fur- ( nishing annex to court house 3-4 mill, for sinking fund Winyah Indigo school district 2 mills." | Greenville?Ordinary it mills, foi convicts, roads and bridges 1 1-2 mills, interest on railroad and past indebtedness bonds, for payment to commissioners sinking fund on account loan 1-2 mill. Greenwood?Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, ^st indebtedness 1 mill, Ninety-Si* 0 9 L/H iSDAY, MARCH 7, 1907. township 2 3-4 mills, Cokesbury township 2 mills, Cooper township 3 mills. lluxnpton?Ordinary 3 mills, past indebtedness 1 mill. Horry?Ordinary 5 mills, court house and jail bonds 1 mill, railroad bonds in townships of Conway, Bayboro, Green Sea and Simpson Creek 4 mills each. Kershaw?Ordinary 3 1-4 mills interest 1 3-4 mills, road tax 1 mill, court house bonds 1-4 mill. Lancaster?Ordinary mills, interest on r*?ilrr?tnl liniulo 1 ...I'-l iMnMi.-' a. mil* oinrwirfi'-T filllil 1-2 mill; i'leasui.t i. . township 2 l-2*mills, (!i!l Creek 2 3-4 mills; Cone Crcrk 2 2-4 mills. Laurens?Ordinary 3 mills, road tax 1 mill, interest on bonds 1 1-1 mills. for expenses survey, the proposed eounty of Fairview and for ac ditional road purposes 2-} mill. Lee?Ordinary 2 mills, sinking fui* . 1 2-4 mills. Lexington- Ordinary 3 1-2 mills Interest on Columbia, N\ wbery and Laurens railroad bam s 7 1-2 mi"s. Marion?Ordin^iy 4 mi'1'" ,iai deb'- 3-4 mill. rlboro- -Ordinary 0 1-2 mills. Newberry?Ordinary 2 mills. Oconee?Ordinary, 2 mills, road aiid bridges 1 mill, interest on bonds 7-10 mill, sinkinir fund 1-2 mill, for l)ii?l^ro at Burin Tanyard over Little river 1 mill, for bridge over Couui;an<* 1 2-4 mills, biidur over lvoowee river near Chapman Ford 1-4 mill, for vault in eourt bouse and reindexini; county records I mill. Orangeburg?Ordinary 2 mills. Pickens?Ordinary 4 mills, debt 1-4 mili, sinking fund 1 null, chaingang 1 5-4 mills, bbridge over Keow?e river near Cbaotnan Ford, 3?-8 mill. liiehland?Ordinary 2 1-2 mills, 1-2 mill in Columbia township for the payment of principal and interest on railroad bonds, and authority is given to the county board of commissioners of Kichland county to st-ii ihc certificate of stock of Columbia, Newbery and Laurens railroad, being a certificate for 1,6U0 shares of the par value of $40,000, said sale to be made at public or pr? vaie sale alter duo notice in news* pa|KM-s for the best price obtainable and the saiil county board* of ttoni- | inissioaers are authorized to use the proceeds of said sale to supplement the fund now or hereafter on linn 1, for the payment of the principal and interest on outstanding railroau bonds; and said county hoard of commissioners ace authorized to use any i surplus that may remain on hand ; from the levy of the half mill tax J above referred to and from the sale , of said stock, with authority to turn | over to the municipal authorities of j any incorporated city or town in Co- | lumhia township, the pro rata share . of such city or town to he applied to j extra work upon the public high- . ways within such cities or towns; an ( additional tax of two mills in the ] Vhool district of the eity of Colum- ] bia in lieu of special tax authorized , by previous legislature. , Saluda- Ordinary 0 1-4 mills, past ] indebtedness 1-2 mill. ? Spartanburg?Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, ordinary road 1 mill, interest j on railroad bonds 3-4 mill- tn *??? loans to state 1-4 mill, sinking fund 1-2 mill, for building macadamized f roads 1 mill. i Sumter?Ordinary 2 3-4 mills, 1 . inking fund debt and interest 1 mill. 1 Union?Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, road tax 1 mill, railroad bonds 1 mil!, r debt 1 mill, permanent road improve- t raents 1 mill, aid Confederate vet- i erans 1-4 mill. t Williamsburg?Ordinary 3 1-2 e mills. c York?Ordinary 4 mills, Catawba ?! township 2 mills, Ebenezer 1 mill, t York 3 mills, to pay interest or | bonds issued in aid of C. C. & C f aailroad. t Better Telegraph Service. '*! Kershaw, Special.?Acting on the request of the business men of Ker- f -! aw. the Western Union has decid ed to establish an independent ofliee f to commence work at once. The v building formerly used bv the hank t is being remodeled 1'or the location c of the office. This will meet a long 1 felt want, as the business here would have long ago justiiied this stoj> by ( the company. Alleged Ycgjir.e:i Acquitted. ( Marion, Special.? Charles How- 1 and Thomas Nolan, alleged vegg- t :ne::. rha -d here with robbing the 1) Haul; oi .'dullius, in December, 100'J, n were tried this afternoon in the general sessions court and acquitted. The trial began at d o'clock and last f i'd until (!:d0. The State introduc- p ed IS witnesses, quite a number of 'hem identifying the defendants and t< testifying to their presence in Mul- s lins and previous to the eomniission il of the robbery. fj Ilans Zuzel, an American chemist, is, said to have perfected an Incandescent lamp which Is made of flln nonts of cheap material, but of great durability, and capable of burning 3,500 hours. riME TWO OFFICERS SHOT Fatal Ending of a Raid on a Blind Tiger MURDERER IS LANDED IN JAiL Desperado, Whom tho Police Wcie Attempting to Arrest, Kills Two and Fatally Wound." a Third. Fayetteville, N. Sjieeial Saturday night at 7 o'clock. Chief of l'oliee Cliason and two policemen, l.nckamy and Buckingham, while raiding a blind tiger, were shot down by 3 negro, Tom Walker, the proprietor of the blind tiger. Policeman l.ockamy was instantly killed. Chief of Police Chasm was shot through the head and mortally wounded, and Policeman iturkingliain was shot in the siiouhler and side. There are little hopes of his recovery. The negro has so far eluded rapture. The murderer is a well-known and desparate character. With him at the time of the shooting was a white man, a stranger in the city, who has heen apprehended and is now in the county jail. Tin wife of Walker has been locked up for sail' keeping. lie is a pinger-enke mulatto, about 30 years of age; live feet eight inches tall; weighs about ISO pounds, wears a light hat has a habitually scowling face and would he recognized as a ''had negro" by anyone. Intense Excitement. Intense excitement prevails throughout the city, the streets are thronged with an angry. Saturday uiglit throng, searching parties are being organized and despatched to t\ a tell all country roads and to i3ar?'li all passim; trains. The shorfi has wired Wilmington to send bloodhounds hy a special train. The acul company of militia is now un-er arms and a $1,000 reward has .. sn ottered hy the city and enmity .. s the body of Walker dead 01* alive. 'i'iie arrest of Walker, tho wurdort*r, at Dune Sunday night about ciiiaiirlit was affected by Howard Smith, L). K. Taylor and 11. L. Lamb, negroes of the posse wL'o had gone up on train 82 of the At hint ie Coast Linn in search of him. Walker had bea* liis way to Dunn on a freight train md bought there a ticker fo? Washington. He then hoarded tr, .n 82 uid Mr. Smith recognized h;ui ti.i.0 jovered him with a revolver. Walks bad shaved off his mustache and had ilia face blacked, lie was taken in charge hy Sheriff Watson of ibis ounty, and Mr. J. I?. Tillinghatn, of Kayetteville, and taken to Kaleigh for ?afo keeping. Resolution on 1907 Cotton Acrca^r The following resolution was pass'<1 by the igreat convention ot' tin 'southern Cotton Association held n Birmingham. "In view of the fact that a irre.V nany farmers have adopted the in ensive system of farmiu?, increasn*r the yield per acre and new terii ory each year is beinj; planted in otton that heretofore has not grown oltoti, thereby increasing the prbInelion, therefore in onler to main ain satisfactory and remunerative jrices, we urpre and recommend a nil reduction of 10 per cent of colon acreage for the year 1907." "We farther recommend that the icreasje so reduced 1k> planted iv bod erops." "We arc sure that unless the armors unitedly reduce their nc:e? go of cotton that they will be conronted at the end of ftbe season vi111 equally had. if unt worse eomliions than thev were in 190 1. wln-n / oil on went down to (i cents per tound. i' Respectfully submitted by the Committee on acreage." F. (r. Hudson, Chairntar.. W. S. l'harr, Secretary. The executive committee of North 'arnlina Division of the Southern 'otton Association earnestly solicit he aid of every farmer, merchant anker and all men of the state, who re interested in maintaining a fair ' Iriee for cotton, to use their inlluaec to reduce the acreage for I DOT ull 10 p<y rent front the acica re ianted in lOOti. We a ISO coil for he!;, in our offoit ? produce on every farm in t'r.? slot flieicnt food and feed crops *' !te needs of ntan and heast on <n. arms. Respect fully, C. C. Moore, Pres. N. Div. C. S. A. Executive Committee: A. .T. MeKinnon, T. J. W. Broom, J. H. Currie. Charlotte, N. Feb. 1st, 1907. ' % ' NO. 49. The Crown. What is the price that the soul must pay. To wear a crown in the fevered race? What must 1 barter or give away That 1 may mount to a cherished place ? The road is long. and the tight is strong. So what. O world, is the battle son? What is the cost to the soul, O World, If 1 should scale to the dizzy crest, And there with the Hag to success unfurled. Find them a bubble, the Fame and rest'? What is the price if 1 should win. And the son! tie ? _ ...... 1^ M u 1111 UIU stain of sin ? What of tin' lustre, (> World, of gold When Sleep eomes down to the tired I e_\ es t What of the glorv that Fame may hold [ When night shades fall and the sunlight dies? j What will it matter, when all is done, Whether the rare be lost or won? (Jive me the battle. O World of tight, | And the crowns ye have they may all decay! | Hut give me the blood, the strength | and might To keep from faltering on the way. All 1 ask when the twilight slips, Is the crown of love?your arms and lips. Going Around. "There are severe penalties for racing motorcars through Rhode laland." "Well, luekily. it takes only a few minutes to make the detour." Explained. Dolly?What do you suppose Mild re?i moans by calling her swcotlioart a great boar. Polly?Oh, bears are git*at tor bugpina. Amendment Accepted. Hicks?That man is positively dishonest ! Wicks?From what I have hoard you tell I should say that he was superlatively dishonest. When a man looks wise it is generally time to begin being suspicious The best thing in the world is to live about it.?Latin. So. 10-'07. MOK E BOX BS OF OOLD And Many Greenbacks* 3 2r? boxes of Gold and Greenbacks will be sent to persons who write ths most interesting and truthful letters of experience on the following topics:1 1. How have you been affected coffee drinking and by changing frofti coffee to Postum. 2. Give name and account of oos or inure coffee drinkers who havtt been hurt by It and have been 1Udueed to ault and ii*? Pr.oti.rr. 3. Do you know any one who has been driven away from Postum because it came to the table weak and characterless at the? first trial? 4. Did you set such a person right regarding tho easy way to make It clear, black, and with a snappy, rich taste? 5. Have you ever found a better way to make it than to use four heaping teaspoonfuls to the pint of water, let stand on stove until real boiling begins, and beginning at that timo when actual boiling starts, boil full 15 minutes more to extract the flavor and food value. (A piece of butter the size of a pea will prevent boiling over.) This contest is confined to those who have used Postuni prior to the date of this advertisement. Be honest and truthful, dou't writ? jiotiiry or lanciTul letters. just plain, truthful statements. Contest will close June 1st, 1007, anil no letters received ufter that date will be admitted. Examinations of letters will bo ninde by threo judges, nut members of the Postum Cereal Co.. l?td. Their decisions will be fair and final, a.id a tu-at little box containing a ? i o gold pier- tit to each of the five writers of the most Interesting lett rs, a box containing a $i? gold piece to ? ach of the 20 next best, u $2 greenback to .ach of the 100 next best, and a SI greenback to each of the L'OO it-xt best, making cash prizes distributed to ?2.r? persons. Every friend of Post urn is urged to write and each letter will be held In hiirh rmliini'i >?' ill" " ? c-, ? uu v v/iii ^?axiy t its ail evidence of such friendship, while the kittle boxes of gold and envelopes of money will reach many modest writers whose plain and sensible letters contain the facts desired, although the sender may have but small faith in winning at the time of writing. Talk this subject over with your friends and s how many among you can v. in pr:/3. It is a good, honest com'etition and in the beat kind of a cause, and costs the competitors absolutely not liing. Address your lettor to the Posluin Cereal Co., Ltd., Rattle Creek, Mich., writing your own name aud address clearly. f