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?ASHINGTON'5 IHILT HDAY JfaqgorrrS Janoytvr 75 splendid to live 30 prandly, . That lonq after you are pone, he thirds you did arc reinernbered, , And recoOnltd under the jun ; To live jo bravely and purely, That a nation yofo on its way, .. ^nd once a vear, with banner and arum, Keepj *(S tnought of your natal day . *7Tj splendid to have a record 3o while and free from stain _ u hat, held to the light, it shows no blot, Though tested and tried amain ; That aqe to aQe forever Repeat* its Story ?f love , ^nd your Birthday live* in a nation's heart All other days above. And this is 'Washington's \glory, A jtcadfast soul and true , Who stood for his country $ honor 'When his country's d?ys were few. And now , zuhen its days are many, ? And ih flag of Stan b flu% To the breeze in defiant challenge, Hij name is on every tor\gue. Vcy. it's Splendid to live so bravely. To be so great and Strong, That your memory is ever a tocsin To rally the foes ?f the wrong; lb live so proudly and purely^ , That your people pause in their way, And year by year, with banner and drum , Keep the thought of your natal day. N what school did the boy Wash ington develop the qualities which made him a great leader in peace as well as In war? He bad courage, balance and patlenco In the face of difficulties; he could man tie a slave and Impose his will upon an army; he was as minutely ac curate In matters of business as he : . was broadly sane in questions of na tional affairs or international rela tions. Inheritance can give but little explanation of these qualities; educa tion through book learning contrib ute little to develop them; experi ence, the Influence of others and op portunity were the sources of his Otrength. Wo anaedotes of his early years lire reliable, and the vagaries of good Parson Waems gained currency only because they appealed to general hu man nature. It is known that Wash-, tngton was strongly built, was fond' ?f outdoor life, was passionately de Voted to his farm operations, and read slowly, painfully, as a rule tak ing extensive notes of what he read, llo was a fine horseman and knew a good horse, aa every Virginian of that day was bound to know. His pastimes were fox-hunting, playing card* with the ministers of his ehurch and breeding hunting dogs, of which he had a goodly number and know each one by name. A horse race appealed strongly to him, and a visit to the capital gave him tho best society the colony could afford. Th? father of Washington died Chen tho boy was too young to have 9?n Influenced by his advice or ex ample, and the mother, though of etron? characteristics, could contrib ute little to his education or practi cal training. That a midshipman's commission was offered and con cld er?'d Is well known, and the rest less ambition of a boy led him to wish for a sea career. The objec tions of his mother bad weight, and It was on land. In the hard service of defending the frontier of Vir ginia, that his young activities were trimmed Into that sedate gravity , *rhlch clung to him through life. In tho backwoods ho learned how to en force discipline among a rough com pany of raw soldiers, taught himself thr hard lesson of providing against ian Kers with Inadequate force and pupplles. The two years of schooling en WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE joyed by Washington were only sufficient to give him a taste for mathematics. The management of his mother's plantation brought homo to him the necessity of under- | standing the ordinary forms of legal procedure. The land questions con tinually arising in a newly settled country turned him to the study of surveying. Hence it Is that among the earliest manuscript records of Washington now existing are to be found his copies of legal forms, ex ercises In surveying and carefully prepared accounts of his Income and outgo. To the ond of his life his ledgors were kept scrupulously and most minutely, and each year's econ omy may be told from these records, valuable not only for their personal interest but also for the history of a Virginia plantation which they em body. His first employment was the care of his mother's plantation, and he there laid the foundation of methods which were later applied to the man agement of Mount Vernon ? a man agement that was as successful as could bo shown In any part of Vir ginia at that time. He knew what each slave was worth In the domes tic economy, and he closely watched possible advantages to be obtained from public franchises. When his interest in a ferry was threatened he called for aid from his half-broth er Lawronce, then In the House of Burgesses. The appeal, a bit of legit imate lobbying, is one of the earliest known letters of Washington. Shortly after this incident Wash ington went to llvo with Lawrence at Mount Vernon, where he amused himself by making surveys of the fishpond, of the creeks and the var ious fields of the plantation, proving his process of self-education and fit ting himself for his first public ap-, point ment. The Influence of Law rence upon the young man was strong, enduring and wholesome, and was more responsible for the Wash ington of later years than all other Influences combined. Lawrence was a man In public life, of wide ac quaintance among the lending men of the colony, a warm friend of the King's representative and of that voluntary exile and decidedly roman tic character, Lord Fairfax. He was engaged In extenslvo land ventures and mining enterprises. He was In ; the Colonial Legislature, and, know ing that the real greatness of Vir ginia lay In the west rather than In tho tobacco plantations of the east, he taught George that the true pol icy of the colony was to secure a share, If not a monopoly, In the trade of the Ohio ? a lesson which years after boro fruit in Washington's In terests In canals. It was Lawrence who gave George his opportunities to make Influential friendships, leading to his rapid ad vancement In public service. It was a very young man who was appointed surveyor of the Northern Neck v hen Lord Falrfat laid claim to a prln- I clpallty, and surveyor to the college, j It was a very young man who was sent by Dinwiddle to the French In terlopers on the Ohio to demand a full recognition of the English claims. When war appeared Inert table ? a war arising out of Euro pean differences which were In the end determined In America ? It was this young messenger who was placed In command. Youth alone eould not have attracted such respon sible employment* had It not been associated with balance of judgment, persistence under defeat and a power to awaken confidence In his follow ers. A crushing, and from some points of rlew a disgraceful, defeat wss the first result. It was as a volunteer aid he served under Brsddock and received that baptism of fire which extorted a sneer of praise from the King. Political favoritism gave him a secondary place In the new forces raised for frontier defense, but the very qualities that made him so great as leader of the Continental army were developed In this period of tem porary eclipse,1 when his pride was smarting under supposed neglect and he was reduced to the ordinary rou tine of a military outpost In a wilder ness. He was restive under fancied disregard of his suggestions and pic tured neglect of rank and dignity where he was to blame rather than the Governor. Under the royal offi cers who took Duquesne ho bad an experience in regular service which was of highest moment when later he assumed the task of fusing into one Continental army the many and differing regiments from separated and mutually jealous colonies. He was now master of Mount Ver non, a member of '.he House of Bur gesses and a married man. His per iod of eduactlon was over, and after a few years of home life he was called Into public service which con tinued with but two intervals of rest until his death. The boy of a few years who gravely enters into his first account book, in a writing but little resembling that of later years, the few pence he wins from his brothers at "loo" is the Bame man who enters the few pounds borrowed of him by his mother. The youthful surveyor who practised his calling on fish-ponds and muddy creeks Is Y?. father, I can fell a lie- U ma who cur down your old chcny tree, nnd ihc sqya shr'll go for the of>plc and Jxor. frees noxtl" GEORGE WASHINGTON. In 1732, at the beginning of dawn in Westmoreland County George Washing ton was born. He soon rose to glory and fame, And in history has an honored name. In 1775 he was appointed "Commander ia Chief," ?By C. W. Pcalc. OKORGE WASHINGTON, In Uniform of a Virginia Colonel. Peal? painted fourteen portraits of Washington and it is upon theae, although he painted many other famous men, that his reputation a a a portrait painter depends. the same man who drew the lines of the independent United States. The Inexperienced "major" who surren dered to the French at Fort Neces sity, and in so doing unwittingly admitted himself to have been guilty of "assassination," is the same man who saw the English evacuate New York and abandon tho new power of the United States to a career such as the world has never seen. Tho same sensitiveness to criticism which led tho young colonel to resent a dispute of his rank and to feel keen ly tho supposed hostility of tho royal Governor is the same man who winced under the unwarranted as persions of the Continental Con gress, the cabal of Gates and Con way and the cowardly flings of Dache and Dunne and of the extremo French party during his Presidency. Tho influences which made Washing ton arc few in number but potent in force, but after all Washington was ? Washington, a riddle difficult to explain In a satisfactory manner. ? Hy Worthington C. Ford, author of "George Washington," editor of "The Writings of Washington," and a rec ognised authority upon tho subject, in tho New York World. A NAIVE PIlAYEIt. Just before the indecisive battle of Monmouth, In the Revolutionary War, a brigade chaplain in Wash ington's army is sa'd to have offered up this unique prayer: "O Lord of Hosts, lead forth Thy servants of the American army to battle and give them the victory; or, If this be not according to Thy sovereign will, then we pray Thee stand neutral and lot flesh and blood decide the Issue." ? Woman's Home Companion. Seventeen distinct languages, be sides English, are spoken In Indl*. And the British soon added this to their belief. In 1776 he made them Boston vacate, Otherwise they would have inet their fate. In 1777 there was a glorious time, When Burgoyne surrendered his Gold Mine. In 1781. Washington marched 400 miles*on land, ? To capture Comwallis and his British band. In 17R9, as the country was prospering fair. George Washington took tne Presidential chair. , In 1799 he died as history savs,' Mourned by everyone for many days. ? Henry T. 'Clark. It will be worthy of ft freo, en lightened and. at no distant period, ft great nation to give to mankind t?ie example of a people always guided by an exalted Justice and benevolence. ? Washington's Farewell Address. 1HE SUPPLY BILL PASSEO lA?ie? Fixed For Various Couatiea by BilL The house has parsed to third read ing the supply biil u fleeting the var ious counties. One of the most im portant recommendations was made by the Richland delegation and called for the disposal of the Columbia, Neberry and Laurens railroad bonds bought by this county in 1888 and since then in the hands of a sinking furc commission. The biH does not show a number ntf counties because the levies are afterwards to be fixed in the senate. I The general State levy, however, is fixed at 4 1-2 mills, which is a reduc 1 tion of 1-2 mill. By counties the levy for county purposes is as follows: Abbeville ? Ordinary 2 1-2 mills, debt 1 mill, court house 1 mill. Anderson ? Ordinary 3 1-4 mills. Bamberg ? Ordinary 3 mills. Barnwell ? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills. Beaufort ? Ordinary 4 3-4 mills. Berkeley ? Ordinary 2 1-2 mills. Tax of 3 cents per head Jo be levied on. all sheep, goats and hogs and 5 cents per head on all cows because of exemption under general stock law. Claredon ? Ordinary 2 3-4 mills, road tax 1-2 mill. Charleston, 1-8 mill tax for militia, balance incomplete. 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; ether townships, 1 1-2 mills, 1-2 mill ad 1 1-2 mills, respectively. Ciie?tcr ? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, in terest on bonds 1 mill. Chesterfield ? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, road tax 1 1-2 mills, interest on bonds 2 mills. Colleton ? Ordinary 4 mills, road tax 1 mill. Darlington 1-2 'mill interest on eourt house, ordinary 4 mills. Dorchester ? Ordinary 4 1-4 mills, interest on county bonds 1-2 mills, titiking fund 1-2 mill. Collier's town ship 2 mills for road purposes. Edgefield ? Ordinary 5 mills. Fairfield ? Ordinary 4 mills, past indebtedness 1 mill. Florence ? Ordinary 2 mill, special road tax 1 inili. Georgetown -Ordinary 2 1-3 mills. Greenville ? Ordinary 3 mills, sink ing fund ?.-2 mill, for roads 1-2 mill. Greenwood ? Ordinary 3 .1-2 mills, past indebtedness 1 trill. Ninety Six township 2 3-4 mills; Cokcsbury township 2 mills, Cooper township 3 mills. Hampton ? Ordinary 3 mills, past indebtedness 1 mill. Horry ? Ordinary 5 mills, court bouse 1 mill, railroad bonds in town ship of Conway. Bayboro, Green Sea and Simpson Creek 4 mills each. Kershaw ? Ordinary 3 3-4 mills, in terest 1 3-4 mills, road tax 1 mill, court house bonds 1-4 mill. Lancaster ? Ordinary ?r> mills, inter est on railroad bonds 1 mill, sinking fund 1-2 mill; Pleasant Hill town ship 2 1-3 mills, (Sill Creek 2 3-4 mills; Cane Creek 2 3-4 mills. Laurens ? Ordinary 3 mills, road tax 1 mill, interest on bonds and sur vey of proposed new county 3-4 mill. Lee ? Ordinary 3 mills, sinking fund 1 3-4 mills. Lexington ? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, interest on Columbia, Newberry and Laurens rnilroad bonds 7 1-2 mills. Marion ? Ordinary 4 mills, jail debt 3-4 mills. Marlboro ? Ordinary 0 1-2 mills. Newberry ? Ordinary 3 mills. Oconee ? Ordinary 2 mills, sinking fund 1-2 mill, for other repairs 3 4-4 mills. Orangeburg1 ? Ordinary 2 mills. Pickens ? Ordinary 4 mills, debt 1-4 mill, sinking fund 1 mill, chain gang 1 3-4 mills, bridges 3-8 mill. The Richland Levy. The Richland levy is as follows: Richland ? For: Hielilnnd county For ordinary county purposes, two and one-half mills; an additional tax of one-half of one mill in Columbia township for the payment of princi pal and interest on railroad bonds, and authority is hereby given to the county board of commissioners of Hielilnnd county to sell the certificate of stock of Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad, being a certificate for 1,000 shares of the par value of $40,000, said sale to be made at pub lic or private sale after due notice in newspapers by the said county board of commissioners for the best price obtainable, and said county board of commissioners are hereby authorized to use the proceeds of now or hcreaftir on band, for the payment of the principal and inter est. on the outstanding rnilroad bonds; and said county board of commis sioners are hereby authorized to use any surplus that may remain on ham! from the levy of the half mill tax above referred to and from the sale of said stock of extra work up on the public highways included within the limit of Columbia town ship with authority to turn over to the municipal authorities of any ir< corporaed city or town in Columbia township, the pro rata share of such city or town to be applied to extra work upon the public highways with in such cities or towns; an additional tax of two mills in the school district of the city of Columbia in lieu of any special tax authorized to be levied bv nn act entitled "An set to pro vide for the establishment of a new school district in Richland county and to authorize the lew and collec tion of the local tax therein," ap- , proved December 24, 1880. That the county supervisor is hereby authoriz ed to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of Richland county for the sum of $100; to the credit of the cor oner of Richland county, who shall .be paid therefrom upon the approval of the county board for stenograph ic work for inquests and for actual expenses for the removal of dead bodies, and any surplus remaining shall be returned to the treasurer of Richland county on January 1, 100S. Saluda? Ordinary 0 1-4 mills, debt 1-4 mill. Spartanburg ? Ordinary 3 mills, road tnx 1 mill, interest 3-4 mills. 1-4 mill, building road? 1 aflL sinking fjind 1-2 mill. Sumter ? Ordinary 2 3-4 mills, debt 3-4 mill. Union? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills, road tax 1 mill railroad bonds 1 mill, debt 1 mill, permanent road improve ments 1 mill, aid Confederate veter ans 1 mill. *T'illiamsburg ? Ordinary 3 1-2 mills. York? Ordinary 4 mills, Catawba township 2 mills, Kbenezer 1 mill, xork 3 mills. Notice of amendments was given and many changes will be made in the senate in the levies published. To Wind Up Dispensary Affairs. In view of the passage of the Car ey-Cothran bill the following aet was introduced in the house to close up the affairs of the State dispensary : "Section 1. That immediately up on the approval of this act the gov ernor shall appoint a commission con sist in<? of five members, none of whom shall be members of tho gener aj assembly, to be known as the State dispensary commission, who shall each give bond for the faithful pre formance of the duties required in the sum of $10,000. "See. L\ Said commission shall immediately i rganize by the election of a chairman and a secretary fro? their number. "See. 3. 11 shall be the duly of said commission to clo>t out the ci ? tire business and property of th S'.ate dispensary, including stork it the several county dispensaries, bj disposing of all poods and property connected therewith, by collecting all debts due and by paying from the proceeds thereof all just liabilities at the earliest practicable date. Said commission shall be at liberty to make such disposition upon such terms, times aud conditions as their judgment may dictate: Provided, That no alcoholic liquors or beers shall he disposed of within this State except to county dispensary boards, and all liquors illegally bought by the present management shall be return-, ed to the person from whom purchas ed. "See. 4. The compensation of each member of said commission shall be $5 per day for each day actually em ployed about the business, and act ual expenses for the time engaged: Provided, They shall receive no com pensation for services rendered on this commission after January 1. IJH)8 "See. 5. That said commission shall pay to the State treasurer, after deducting their compensation and other expenses allowed by this act, all surplus funds on hand paying all liabilities. "Sec. (5. The said commission is hereby authorized to employ such book keepers, accountants, clerks, as" sistants and employes as they may deem necessary and to contract with tliem at the time of employment for their compensation. "Sec. 7. The said commission shall submit to the governor at the earliest day practicable a complete inventory of all property received by them with a statement of tho labil ities of the State dispensary, and as soon as the affairs are liquidated a report in full of their actiuirs and doings." Bills Sent to Senate. The following third reading bills were sent to the senate by the house. Ways and Means Committal A bill to raise supplies and make ap propriations for the fiscal year com mencing 1907. Mr. Toole? A bill to limit the hours of labor in cotton and woolen mills. Mr. Holliday ? A bi|{ to amend an aet entitled "An aet to amend sec linn 392, volume 1* oode of laws South Carolina, 1902, so as to in crease the bond of the county treas urer of Horry county," so as to ftir tlier increase tho bond of the county treasurer of Horry county. Mr. Cothrun- ? A bill to provide for two weeks of court of common pleas for (Ire *nvih* county in July, 1907. EAT WHAT YOU L1KR. '"If men grimly eat to live, they will not live Ions," says Dr. Thomas Lathrop Stedman, In a protest against the desperate seriousness with wliteh the present generation regards Its food. Dr. Stedman suggests that people should eat what they like. "Appe tite," he says, "is as necessary to di gestion a? is mastication, ami what Is eaten without rHish Is with diffi culty. If nt all, assimilated, for tho stomach d?-spis?*s unsavoy stuff and refuses to secrete sufficient fluid for 1 1 8 digestion." The dietetic frank, he adds, Is saved from tho otherwise Inevitable results of his folly by the faot that his enthusiastic appreciation of the unsavory food which ho Is persuaded will assure him strength and long It f o Klves hlni a tasto for It, and so the motherly stomach provides an abun dance of gastric Juice of the proper composition. The liar may repent, but be cannot ? his lies recap*