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SALARIES MIXED. j Sonio Oflicials Will Not Got Their In croases.?Important Opinion is ^ Given. Columbia Slate, 5th. The salaries provided for the var ions State officials dn the salaries bil passed by the last general assemble has caused considerable trouble a the State house and ha3 resulted ii an important opinion by Attorne; General Lyon, given at the reques of the comptroller general. This op anion after a careful study of the ac was made gives the following results 'The appropriation for tho 12 judi cial circuit judges was so worde< ? '|,at there will probably be a defi ^ ciency before (lie end of the fisea <3* year. I The private secretary to Gov. An I sel, Mr. A. ,1. Met hen, will not be abh to draw (ho salary provided. Col. TJ. R. Brooks, clerk of tlic .su prcme court, will not be able to draw the increase in salary provided fo his ollice. 1 he chicl clerk of the comptrollei general will draw the old salary pro vided in I lie code. The increase of salaries for lln supervisors of registration for 1 !>().' begin after (he appropriation act wa: approved, which was on February I -Mill and can not be allowed iron Jan. 1. I he appropriation bill and suppb bill form an interesting part of leg islaliive procedure and there are us ually calls upon the attorney genera each year for opinions. This yea: Ian appropriation of $34.(MM) was ma.h for tlie circuit judges, to be paid a the rale oi $.5,000 lor each c-ircui judge, il being I lie intent ion of I Ik l general assembly to pay each judri? I the usual salary of $3,000 per yea | and I lie I wo newly elected judi?e: f $2,700 for tin? eight months of ser j vice during 1 DOS. However, Jiulgi DeA ore qualified and was commis s>ioned in February and lias sinci then done considerable work. It wil , be necessary therefore for each judgi to draw the usual salary until the :ip propria!inn is exhausted. This wil | mean a shortage of about $100. whicl will of course be made up by tin next general assembly. f Regarding the supervisors of reyis trillion, who tiiis year roeeive extr; pay on account of the new registia lion of all voters ns provided b; | the constitution, the question wa asked whether or not I hey should re ceivc this pay from dan. 1. Tl.e at torney .general rules that the )?ay be gins after the approval of 'the act which was in February. I'p to tlia time they received the old pay. The opinion on the other ollicors ] very interesting and is as follows: , lion. A. \V. Jones, Comptroller Gen eral. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying io your reques of the 1 si insi. | hat I refer to t he ap propnation ad, approved Feb. 23 liMIS, and ao'vise you as to salarie ^ to be paid certain otlicers, clerks am pr employes therein menlioued, 1 ' wii say: As to I lie private secretary of tii governor his salary is fixed by sec 1 ion (>22 of the code, at $1,350. Thi law is now of force, and althouul $l..)00 are appropriated in tlu? appro f print ion act of l!)0S to pay the sai< salary, only $1,350 of the appropria lion are necessary to meet I lie expen ses. !?v reference to section 1. yoi will note that all sums in the appro print ion act are appropriated, "i so much be necessary." It is nr t opinion that il is not nccessary to usi H $1,500 to pay a salary of $1,350, tit* f amount lixed by statute. The appro priation act does not attempt to ti: his salary, but undertakes to appro j priate so much money, if the same b necessary. The item for extra clerk hire fo the secretary of state?>$1350?ma; 'i be used by the secretary of state 'Tin S ing the year for any extra clerk hir he may deem necessary in the worl . of his department. Tlie fact that $1, \ 200 was the amount allowed in III appropriation act last year for extr; clerk hire can not affect or limit lii allowance for this year, and il is in opinion that you may pay the fill amount of $1,350 upon Ibc applica lion of Hie secretary of stale, for ex tra clerk hire for t!ie present year. The salary of Hie chief clerk of th comptroller general is $1,400 per an * niiin as fixed by section (172 of Hi J code, and tlie appropriation act dee I not increase the salary to $1,500. M; I reason for this opinion i* the same a I thai above set forth in the case o If the governor's private secretary. f The salary of the assistant at for j nev general is fixed by section (>3: of the code ;?{ $1,350 per annum, Im the appropriation act specifically do (dares that bis salary shall be $1,80 lor the year 1008 and appropriate k $1,800 with which to pay it. it i my opinion that this specific declara lion in the appropriation act fixes his salary at the rate of $1,800 per - annum and that the salary commenceeil on the date of the approval of the act to wit: 22nd Feb., 1908. It is my opinion that his salary from the first day of January to the 21st day of - February remained at $1,350 per an1 mini and could not be increased by >' legislative enactment in view of the t provision of the constitution of 1895 i contained in article 3, section 50, y which is as follows: "The general t assembly shall never grant extra - compensation, fee or allowance to any ,? public onicer, agent, servant or eon: tractor after services rendered or * contract made, nor authorize pay1 menl or part payment of any claim " under any contract not authorized by 1 law," etc. This provision of the constitution, in my opinion, prohibits toe - appropriation bill from having any j rot road ve elVect in so far as it may undertake to increase a salary a!. ready fix id by statute. The increase ; can onl\ take cited after the apr prnval of the appropriation act. Tito opinion expressed in regard to i? the salary of the assistant attorney . general applies in the case of the ! clerk of the superintendent of edu3 cation. The sum of $1,350 are ap$ proprialed for his salary and is spoi cilicallv declared thai this shall lie ; his salary for the year 1908. Under i this, the salary would" begin on lh'3 22d of February at the rate of $1,350 , per annum. The salary of the clerk of the su. preme court is fixed by section 2725 1 of the code at $800. The appropriate lion act carries $1,000 for the pay3 nient of this. For the reasons given t | in the case of the governor's :-ecrel Itary, it is obvious that $1,000 are uii1 i necessary to pay the alary of $800 | j I provided for by statute and the clerk ! r "!' the supreme court can only draw s j $S()0 for the year. -| ! am unable (. find any statute i 2 ifixiug salaries for watchman and lire-j -'men. The appropriation act. which is e i the only law on the subject I am able 1 j to linil, provides that the fireman 3 shall receive lor seven months in the -1 year $05 per month and for the rc1 | maining months in the year $50 per i month. It is my opinion that he is i3 entitled to $05 per month for the months speoilieif in the appropriation - act. i The increase in salaries which you - are authorized under the law to pay j take effect on the dale of the approsi val of the appropriation ad, to wit : | - February 2'2. 1008. The amount of $800 is allowed the - commissioner of agriculture, com ,!merci' and immigration for salary of: tja statistical clerk. This clerk is en-i j tilled to compensation at the rale of I s' sS(l() per annum from the time he j I commenced to perform his services -1 during- the present year. Yours very truly, ! J. Fraser Lyon, -j Attorney fleneral. s | SHOULD YOU MEET A LION. i: I 1 , .hist Hold a Chair in Front of Him As a Defence?Woman Trainers : j Who Have Sentiment for - j Lions. i "if a lion or a tiger suddenly ap ! pear before you .just hold a chair out I ! in front of him and he won't do a - thing,*' says Allen Williams, who in -.the course of his experience with ,i I wild animals has been in that pre.li cement often enough to know. "These f creatures have a. much more limited v intelligence than is generally sup[ posed'. They can take in only one thing at a time and the four legs of - a chair would keep any lion busy < thinking for a long time. "That is the reason why animal 13 trainers carry two whips when they are in the circus ring. One for r cracking and awing the performers, the other for emergencies. If one <>f - the lions tries to attack him the e | trainer simply holds the reserve whip c j in front of him. The two objects togetlier are loo much for the lion's itics lelligenco and he is inuncdiatclv subit dued." e Another proof of the very limited v intelligence of the cat tribe, say 1 trainers, is the fact thai their per-' - forniances must always come in the - same order of succession. If by some accident iho order is broken Hie anie 'dials are completely lost and the - trainers are very few who can keep i! them in submission once they become s confused, hi fact most lamers eonV* sidcr themselves lucky in a case ol'j s|th;s sort if they can get I tie lions I fj<pti?'!ly back into their cages. The whole cat family, moreover, is - as treacherous as it is stupid". Xo malR j ter how long a trainer lias associated t J with his charges he knows that fear - j is the only thingthat keeps tlieni down Ojaiul that they would bo at his throat a I in minute if he permitted himself sjlo become careless or over-confident. This is part i .'tilarly true of animals that wore not born in captivity, for, the lameness of a really wild animal' is never more limn external. Ami .vet a good trainer always prefers a fresh animal, that is, one that has been in no other hands than his. It is really easier to gel acquainted with such an animal, they say, and lie has no tricks which have to be unlearned. "Lion deals are much like horse deals," says one trainer. "You don't know anything about what you are getting until he's yours, and then the less there is to liml out the bolter." in spile of the fact that wild animals are supposed to have walked the sheets of Rome and to have existed comparatively uneonfinod on the estates ol Mastem Lniperors, the training <>l wild beasts in its present shape js only some fifty or sixtv years old. I'lii! American pioneer was Isaac Van Ani.riumi. ' I lie Lion Tamer.'* who was bom about IS1in |-'ishkill. X. ^ and died in JMiiladclphia in IS")."). He is still dear to the heart of all those who were children in tin- lid's. ^ an Amburgh's menagerie was "A liieai .Moral Show. ' um-ont unlimited by fair e<|uestrians in abbreviated 1111 f t \ skirts. Lvcu the cleruv were knuwn to patronize it. His performance did not extend much bcvoiid entering the lion's den. I he next advance in the profession was >made by a man named White, an employee of Barnum & Bailey's ( real est Show on Karth, who rode in a cage ol lions in the circus street paraile. Americans were lirst introduced to the higher education of wild animals at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in IS!):!, when Carl Hagenbeck exhibited simultaneously and put through a number of tricks a collection of several liojis. great Dam dogs and other wild animaL. I he next stage ol tne developuicul j of animal training was shown at the I 1 'an-Annei ican Exposition in Buffalo. I in 11M>1. iiy 11rank Bostock. Almost ill' the famous trainers of today have -er\v<f on epprtfiiticeship a! the llagtnbeck or the linstock school. A lew years ago Jack Bonavita. the lion lamer, was attacked while exhibiting at Coney Island by Baltiniore. one of his lions. Wilhout any warning the beast suddeTiiy hurled himself at Bonavita, knocked him down and buried his teeth in the trainer's right forearm. When Bonav i I a was asked' allcrward if he didn't think at this moment that his time had come lie replied': Oh no, T merely wondered what would hap.ien next and determined to take advantage of! anything that turned up." "As soon as the oilier lions >aw thai I was down it was a signal fur the general lighting to begin. Now. il happened t::aI Denver, ti.e biggest lion I owned, had ii in for lngo:.ar. Baltimore's chum am' <! :'. partner. \\ iiiIt* Baltimore wastanding over me I >udde:ily heard lug-miar'call lor help. Baltimore let go of me immediately I?? dash to the assistance of his chum. who was l>mauled by i e ?.< :. II.- evidently intended to return and finish me later on.*' lie never got the chance, for Bunavita was en his feel in a minute, and with pistol and whip nt;",u .red' ; ? Hindi the riot andvdr:v" the liun> back into their cages. TV" iv went to the hospital ami had the remains of his arm amputate*!, li all sounds very simple, but the slightest misstep or ,miscalculation would probably have cost Bonavita his life. Another time when Bonavita was showing his lions :it Annapolis he was posing with the bea-t-i groupe 1 about him when Denver, who was sitting beside him, genth turned his shaggy head and closed his .jaws over the trainer's arm. Bonavita moved the arm gently toward tin* lion, liecause drawing it away would have angered Denver and earned him to tighten his hold. \\ ilh on*1 arm imprisoned lie wjis powerless to defend himself. There was but one thing left to try. Bonavita gave the iliree laps with his heels, which usually dispersed the group of lions to their various places. A ml sure enough when Denver heard ihe I lire laps, obeon-.i! to habit lie let go the arm just as if he had never Ia>ted blood, am! walked slowly ovci to his pen h. Bonavita has appeared with as many as twenty-seven lions at once and lie saws now that if he ever went into the business again he would certainly |i;i\ to appear with about lorty to make any kind of impression on an American audirmcc. AUme. Sclud! is famous among1 women trainers because of the daring work which >he does with her "bad" li;|n. as the most treacherous lions a i e called. Like all good trainer., she prefers (lie younger and more ferocious animals lo the older and more sedate, and her favorite pose when sh.' is being' ph togiiipiied i> sealed on a lion's back loaning grace fully against his shaggy head. This particular king of beasts is so afraid of his mistress that he holds his head ; erect to support her arm untdl the posing is over. Another well known woman trainer was Mine Pranka. Like most of tire women trainers, she was very sentimental about her animals, and when she was caught in the Baltimore fire she attempted to get to her lions to let them out of their cages. She was restrained by the firemen, \vlu? would not take her word for it that they were perfectly lovable and amiable pets. All her lions perished in the tlames and she mourns for them still. Curiously enough her pets just at present arc white doves. A good many of the wonientminers are very domestic at heart in spite of the roving lives which they arc 1 orced to lead. Adgie, for exam- 1 pie, says that she would like nothing I so much as a little country home j with all her lions comfortably housed ! in the back yard. | PUmt -Wood's | || Vi%c?. \ i c.uuuu Ki 5- vJ-'^VT?1\3. ij :;ur both in viurden i ami j anii N'Uv!i.->. one of llio j ?iwgo.-i. in tin.-} country, a result ! j uuo lu the i'act tluit i 1. , \z ah'/ays oisr -.'j lp iicsi c.crvoidcrcitzGn. Q \? e aic leuOtjuii vtei's for Urata .,*;<.??. ? ? vocdj. J; ! r-y I . H??> y. V. U!lu Wooda - ;>.-..-:v!b/o ?. .;.-,!o;.ue i I n.y I . r.LKi MlO>t ? 1)1 I A e ?: ii.u<< Ki,?i I ,.. V eumi w)1 f-Kt'iorliy on niJ I ! i \ I'Ht'Ui iuuiled / iruo on . V, nio i<>: It, / \ W. V603 s S8KS, /.! ^JSEEDSMEH, - nichmond, Va j a??j HI in ! mi ma? REPAIR SHOP?Furniture. lounges, ( and parlor suits, each upholstered, lecaining chairs, repaired; making j and laying carpels and mattings,! cleaning old furniture. In Sunlight ! ITall, near old colored Baptist j church. Wesley Means, j Headacho Helps. i \? hen I I eel a headache coming on. jsays a writer in the April Designer.! jl look around for the eaiiM-. I'sually ! Jl loosen my hair. It is not generally ! j known that hair done up liuhtlv and pinned close to (he head will cause j headache. Try letting the hair fall j loose, or braid or pin it looselv in a I . :i ili I I ereut style. Sometimes ii is ; inv collar which is too t'_'i!, and wlu ii I take it ijf m\ !i v.dadie di>| appears. A.?ain it is earned by ti-lu 'or uncomfortable shoes, or by hi?n: heeled shoes, which may feel conifoi'- j able but which will cause the trouble. LOW RATE MILEAGE TICKETS ON SALE BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY. "><?0 Mile State Family Tickets ; j -tl 1 ?->? (Sood over tiie Southern Kail- { j way in South Carolina for the head! j or dependent members of a familv. ; Limited one year I'rom date of sale. .Miles liiterehan-eabl.. Indivi-j dual I ickets Slid.(It)?flood over tii<' ! ! Southern railway ami thirty other' | roads in the Southeast aggregating I .{('.(10(1 miles. Limited one year I'rom | dale of sale. i 2000 .Mile lute rcJiangeable Firm j | I icket .$-1(1.00?(lood' over the Sou! h em Railway and thirty other roads in j the Southeast aggregating IJO.OOO j miles for a manager, t he head of a . linn or employe. Limited t?> five but good for only one of such persons ai on,: time. Limited one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Fiild'changeable Individual I ickel .$2;?.00?(Joo<l over the Southern Railway and seventy five I other roads in (lie Southeast aggregatj iii?_r 11.000 mi les, I ami I ed one year' ! I role d 'i! e of sa le. j <>a ami' after April 1st, 1M0S, all! j uiil-'a'je tickets will m>( be iioiiored | for passage on trains nor in clieck; iug baggage except from non-ayeuey stations and stations not open lor (he J sale of tickets, but must be presented j at ticket offices and (here exchanged j for con( iuuous (ickel. Money saved in pa ssa'. .< I'.ire bv < i ! ure:rasing (icke)s from Soulhei n J Rail nay agents. Fares paid on (rains) w:! i be a! ;i hie: her i a I e. 't'.'l! on Soilhern Rail /. ay Ticket! Av;i!< !'or lnileaiM! tiekei^, pa?-a'.:e! i Iic!.r| . ami detailed informal ion. d. C. Lusk, ' Division i'assem'cr A'jent. i R- W. I !'inl. (Mnj i lesion, S. ('. I : A ? i1:??11 (leiu ral I'assem.vr \ i!. j | A t lanta, (!a. Bl!i V HiJN /~v j rej"0 l, vfd /-%>> That iF^bu VAnt To look. I \ like: a clown/ dET A Clown s \ OUTFIT AND BE DOWE V/fTH lTBut r You want to really /^T?^?rfeA L0CX WELL Drksed COME TO A PLACE" WHERE TJlEY v'E GOT _ EfGOUiy^ IH> ' na iaiiia >?? (a ch.i,.*o A IIOWH S ou'rur i .' ir you do not believe that we have got the g00d.S, JU.ST COME AROUND AND .SEE. THo.SE WHO HAVE DEALT WITH \JS KNOW WE HAVE Go^ THE g00d.S AND THEY CONTINUE To DEA1 V . . H VS. WE REFER YOU TO OUR CU^TOV R.oAc,0 THE QUALITY, .STYLE AND PR'"" - , g00d.S. WE WI.SH YOU WOULD COW ^ .SEE IN OUR .STORE THE g00d.S // PRICE YOU BELoW ON PAPER. KUPPENW M'JR & Co. .SUIT S ERoM $JO.OO To .^O ' 1AMBURGER .S0N.S & Co. .SUIT.S ERoM $10.OO To $2 f>. r> o .SCHLo,S,S BRO.S. CO. .SUIT.S EROM ?9.00 To $20.00 BOY S' AND YOUTHS' .SU1T.S ERoM $2. SO To $ J f>. 00 EWART-PERRY Co., THE UP-To-THE-MINUTE DEALERS. Easter Goods! Come and see my large stock of Easter Rabbits, Egg Dyes and Post Cards. Special prices to merchants. iwitliiflS look \ r*39a: tra-ov'SaErcf.'Hto *1 2Xtt:?**nfctfrAau'vc~c ?voBsrctf.vr< rearrc. s B.crrv*zrc*.r % 'jz jr,tiawwom?ui '4^^ v \j> <5# >& x,?> ^ v V?V* 4- *<8* *'' ' I The First Cough of the Season, j @ Even <Ijoityr]) not severe*, has a tendtncy to irritate the st-ie-i^ tive/neinbranes of the throat and delicate bronchial tnhes. ~ Coughs then come easy all winter, every time yon take the ? slightest cold. Cnre the first congh before it has a el-jiiuo to & set up an inHamation in the delicate capillary air tubes m the (g) lungs. The best remedy is QUICK K KI,1 EE COl'C.il a SYRUP. It at once gets right at tin- seat of tr. nblo aim v moves the cause. It is free from Morphine and is as safe lor ? a child as for an adult. 25 cents at <q> 1 MAYES' DRUG STORE. w $ FLORIDA?CUBA During These Cold Winter Months A Trip VIA Would be just the thing to make life worth living. Superb Trains, Excellent Schedules N and Tickets which offer every advantage possible for a pleasant and attractive trip. For full information or pamphlets call on your nearest T icke 1 Agent, or write W. J. C R A1G, T. C. W HIT E, P a G s, T r a f. M a n a {>: e r. G e n - P a s s. A ? e n t. WILMINGTON. N. C.