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ABNEY'S WORK FOR THE STATEi INTERESTING EXHIBITS FOR WARDED TO GOVERNOR. He Wasn"t Pleased at First-Con. mission Recalled Vote and Paid in Full. Columba State, 1st One of the interesting features of the information furnished Gov. Blease was correspondence from B. L. Abney with refernee to the amounts he was to be paid for professional services. It appears that Mr. Abney was engag ed on a contingent basis. He was not paid what he considered his services worth and made a protest. The com mission iieeded his letter and subse queLtly settled on the basis mention 'ed by Mr. Abney. As a matter of fact -the State of South Carolina won its cause in the United States supreme court and the liquor houses which dragged the State into the litigation paid all the costs, including Mr. Abney's and Mr. Ste- I venson's fees, or a large part thereof. I Had the State of South Carolina lost S the case, the boot would have been i on the other foot and the lawyers for t the liquor houses woul'd, according to precedent, have charged against the State of South Carolina much more i than Mr. Abney and Mr. Stevenson I received. Mr. Abney's Statement. Following is a letter from Mr. Ab ney to Mr. Lyon under date of No vember 10, 1909: C "Herewith I beg'to hand you my account for pr'ofessional services ren dered to the State dispensary commis sion as special counsel in the cases, proceedings and matters in which I have been engaged for nearly the last two years. t "You will recall that you employed me under.a resolution passed- by the general assembly in January, 1908, at the commencement of the Fleisch mann case. The fees for such ser vices were to be upon such reason able basis as would meet with your approval. No stipulation was enter ed into as to the amount of these fees at the time, because the character and1 extent of the services to be rendfred could not be foreseen and we had to leave the a.mount to be agreed upon between us a's the services would ter minate and their extent would thus become fixed. "I:n June, 1908, you verbally asked me to indicate an ultimate sum which we thought would likely cover the whole of the services which might be rendered. It was impossible at that1 time to foresee all of the thin.gs that would come up and we could only make an approximnation. I wrote you that it was difficult, if not impossible, to at that time fix upon a fee for all of the services which, would .be ren-1 dered in, the event that such a' court J"Lame I Leg Well"~ "I wish to say that I have used Sloan's Lini -' m e nt on a lame leg that has given me much trouble for six months. . It was so.-bad that I couldn't walk sometimes for a 1 week. I tried doctors' medicine i and had a rubber bandage for my leg, and bought every thing that I heard of, but they all did me no good, until at last I was persuaded to try Sloan's Liniment. The first application helped it, and in two weeks my leg was well."-A. L. HUJNTER, of Hunter, Ala. Good for Athletes. Mr. K. GILMAN, instructor of athletics, 417 Warreji St., Rox bury, Mass., says :-"I have used SLOAN'S *LINIMENT with great success in cases of ex treme fatigue after physical exer tion, when an ordinary rub-down ,would not make any impression." Sloan's Liniment has no equal as a remedy for Rheu muatism, Neural gia or any pain or stiffness in the muscles or joints. Prices,25c.,50c. &$t1 .00 Sloan's book on horses, cat tle, shee and pouitry sen free. Address Br. Earl S. Slear, Boston, Mass., U.s.A A. - V )f appeal should affirm the judgment aelow. Such a court of appeals did .ffirm the judgment below, and thus >pened up all of the gates of litiga lion. In writing to you, I stated that In deference to your wishes I could )nly make a suggestion there, for all >f the services to be thereafter ren Jered in these cases an additional $', )00 with that we had thertofore charg as should be allowed, with the pay ment of personal expenses when I was away from Columbia attending to .he business of the commission. '"I also made some suggestions with regard to the detailed work which might or might not arise so as to give you some idea of what might likely be the fee that would be charg d. The decision, however, of the cir mit court of appeals being so much Lt variance with our ideas, and really was of such a character as to have swept away every dollar that the state might have in the dispensary as lets in the event that it was not re -ersed, the matter of course left us a.1 nost without any criterion upon which to suggest a fee. Besides it was necessary to have a counter, or Yarallel, decision from the State su >reme court before -the United States upreme court for argument, and hese two cases were actually argued ogether. Fees Reasonable. "In view, however, of the sugges ion made by me at the time as an ap roximate estimate, I will be satisfied vith the additional $5,000 then sug ested. I wish to say, however, that have endeavored as far as I could h'roughout the whole of these pro eedings to proceed in a economical a aanner and to make my fees as mall as possible, so that there could .ot be any cavil on the part of any ne as to the amount of my charges, nd I have not at all undertaken to x them upon the basis of what other awyers have suggested to me or what he lawyers upon the other side would indoubtedly have received by direc ion of the court. I hope this will aeet with your approval and will be atisfactory to the commission." To this is appended a formal state aent of -his services from January 24, 908, to November 10, 1909, for which te charged $10,000, of -which amount e had been paid $5,000. Subsequent-1 y he was paid $4,000 by the comnrlis ion, but this was not acceptable1 as .ppears from Mr. Abney's letter of )ecember 10, to Dr.. W. J. Murray, hairman, which' is as follows: Mr. Abney Displeased. "I am in receipt of a check for $4, '00 balance fee for professonal-ser ices rendered your commission. The ecount I rendered was for a balance ~f $5,090 which was approved as I miderstood, b.u now I am informed was ubsequently changed to the present mount The reasons 'ror which such' ~hange were made are unknown to ne. Notwithstanding the presenta ion of my account, the action of your >oard was wholly without any com nunication or interview with me and vas without my knowledge. The res >lution of the board is a very great iisappointme*it to me: for it evinces t lack. of appreciation for the services which I ren.dered to the commission n a serious, disagreeable and discor lant condition, which previiled in the :onduct of its affairs 'in the litigation risin'g thereform. I labored long tnd tryingly in its beha,lf and taxed ny physi1cal strength and mental ef ort 'to its best endurance. "It can -hiardly be doubted by any1 me that the fee charged s almost 'idiculously low, and to 'have it cut own by your board without having iver asking my presence before -it' !auses me to believe that you think ;hat I 'have not eamned your apprecia ion or have failed to deserve a rea onable recompense for loss of time und for putting aside other business or yours. I am conscious of having leserved better treatment." WHO WANTS THE VETERANS? To Town Has Yet Spoken for ikeunion of 1911. Columbia, Feb. 28.--Which city or :own in the State will be the first to nvite old soldiers for the reunion this rear? That is the question the 0o:2 ~ederate veterans are very much in :erested in, no doubt, for thus far no own has put in a bid for the visit of he veterans this year for the annual 'eunion. Looking over the appropriation bill :oday, it was seen that the sum of $1, i00 has been appropriated for the use >f the town inviting the soldiers to aid n the entertainment. Which will be ;he town to invite the "old boys?" SITUATION PARTLY RELIEVED). sov. Blease Namies Robert J. Gantt as Sp)artanburg Magistrate. Spartanhurg, Feb. 28.-Gov. Cole nan Livingston Blease has partly ~leared up the magistrate squabble nthis city. Today he'appointed Rob ~rt J. Gantt to take the place of Silas JI. Wetmre. T-T first appointed Ce cil C. Wyche, of Newberry, but Mr. Wyche graciously refused the honor ani informed his excellency that he could not accept the place offered. Mr. Wetmore then went to Colnambia and receiv~ed assurance that 'he would be reappointed. However, the Spartan burg county delegation's recommen dation was considered and the man they suggested received the appoint ment. There is no doubt about the legality of this appointemnt, but in regard to the other magistrate there may be further complications. J. Malcomb Bowden, appointed by the governor, has never been confirmed by the sen ate, but he will open offices for busi ness tomorrow. Unless Magistrate Kirby sees fit to withdraw, 'he will take out a writ of quo warranto and contest the place. Stopped His Paper. Nowadays, when a subscriber gets so mad, because an editor differs from him on -some trivial question, that he discontinues his paper, we ren-ind him of the late Horace Greeley, the well-known editor of the . New York Tribune. Passing down Newspaper Row, in New York City, one morning, he met one of his re~aders, who ex claimed: "Mr. Greeley, after that article you published this morning, I- intend to stop your paper." "Oh, no!" said Mr. Greeley, "don't do that." "Yes, sir; my mind is made up; I intend to stop the paper." The angry subscriber was not to be 'appeased, and they separated. Late in the afternoon the two met again, when Mr. Greeley remarked: "Mr. Thompson, I am very glad you did not carry out your threat this morning." "What do you m&n?" "Why,iyou said you were going to stop my paper, didn't you?" "And so I did. I went to the office and had your paper stopped." "You are surely mistaken. I have just come from there, and the ptess was running, and business was boom ing." "Sir," said Thompson, very pom pously, "I meant, I intended to stop my subscription to the paper." "Oh, thunder!" rejoined Greeley, "I 'thought you were going to stop the' running of my paper, and knock me out of a living. My friend, let me. tell you something. One man is just one drop of water in the ocean. You didn't set the machinery of .this world in motion, and you can't stop it; and when you are underneath the ground things upon the surface will wag on the same as ever."~ Drink More Water. A prominent man in Missouri lost his 'health g.nd was taken to a sana torium near Chicago. 'Af'ter looking' the patient over for some da'ys and questioning the man about his 'habits, the 'great doctor said:- "You need to drink more water. Nature can not do her work properly with the average man unless supplied wth some eight or ten glasses of fluid, counting cof fee and all, within the 24 hours." The patient recovered under this simple: treatment. Years ago the present edi tor of the leading Baptist 'paper at St. Louis, then a young man, was quite phin and wrinkled. Recently looking ten years young, he said, in answer to a question about his improvement: "It is due to drinking more water. I saw a paragraph about it in the paper, and so, as I went about the city at tending to my work, whenever I hap pened to. pass a suitable place-or even a place that was not suitable-I would stop and take a 'drink of water. And for years my health has .never been so good." EEACHING THE SPOT. It Can Be Done, So Scores of New berry Citizens say. To cure an aching back, The pains of rheumatism, The tired-out feelings,. You must reach the spot-get at the cause. In most cases 'tis the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills are'for the kid neys. Mrs. M. Q. Chappell, 929 Fair street, Newberry,. S. C., says: "1 suffered from kidney trouble for several years. There 'was a sevare pain in the small of my back, I had dull headaches and felt miserable in'every way. My kid neYs were weak and -crwsed me.added annoyance. Several weeks ago I de cided to try Doan's Fidniey Pills and procured a supply at W. E. Pelham & Son's Drug Store. They have already given me great relief and I am going to continue using th m, feeling con-! fident that they will entirely dispose of my trouble. I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as a good kidney remedy." For sale by all dealer.i Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the namne-Doan's-and take no other. READY MONEY often puts opportunity within your each. A chance for a good invest ment comes sooner or later and if you have the money the pro fit is yours; if not, the other fel low gets it. Open an account with this bank and save systematically, you will then have the READY MONEY when opportunity comes your way. We offer you ABSOLUTE SAFETY for your savings, and will allow interest credited quar terly. BANK OF POMARIA, Z. T. PINNER, V. L. SMITH, President. Cashier. R. H. HIPP, Vice-President eU is r in o A.0 you should give it your best attention, it should be neat, and above all, sanitary. We use the best make of fixtres and our work is guar anteed. H.. B. WELLS, 1113 Friend St. Telephone-Office, No. 345 . Res. " 7 DR. MELDAU will answer emergency calis in con nection with his office work. Special ties, morphine and other drug habits. Hours 9 to 1 forenoon: 4 to 8 after oon.. lo-28-6mos Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Ii. R Schedule in effect October 6, 1910 Subect to change without,. notice. schedules indicated are not guaran teed: A. C. L 52. 53. Lv. Charleston.. ... 6.0am 1Q.00pm Lv. Sumter.. .. '... 9.41am 6.20pmn C., N. &L. Lv. Colu:nbia......11.5am 4.55pm v. Prosperity. .12.42pm 3.34pm v. Newberry.. ...12.6pm 3.20pm Lv. Clinton.... .. ..1.5pm 2.35pm Lv. Laurens.. ..... 2.35pm 2.12pm C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville. . .. 4.00pm 12.20pm Ar. Spartant :rg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pm S. A. L. Ar. Abbeville .... 3.55pm, 1.02pm Ar. Greenwood .. 3.27pm 1.33pm Ar. Athens.... .... 6.5pm 10.30am Ar. Atlanta...... .8.45pm 8.00am A. C. L. 54. 55. Lv. Columbia.... .. 5.0pm 11.15am Lv. Prosperity... ..6.26pmi 9.50am Lv. Newberry.. .... 6.44pm 9.32am Lv. Clinton........ 7.35pm 8.44am v. Laurens.... ...7.55pm 8.20am C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville.. ... 9.2pm 7.00ami S. A. L. Ar. Greenwood.. .. 2.28am 2.38am Ar. Abbeville.... ..2.56am 2.08am Ar Athens.. .... .. 5.4am 11.59pm Ar. Atlanta.. .. ...7.am 9.55pm Nos. 52~ and 53 arrive and depart from Union Station, Columbia, daily, and run through between Charleston and Greenville. Nos. 54 and .55 arrive and depart Gervais street, Columbia, daily. ex :ept Sunday, and run through be tween Columbia and Greenville. For information ask agents or write, VW. J. Craig, P. T. M., Wilmington, N. C. . F. Livingston, S. A., Columbia, S. C. Pairson's Poem a Gem. TheCaroll DAILY B Charleston, S.C., VIA SOUTHEM IN CONNEC Cincinti, New Orleans A High lass, Modern, consis Combined Baggage and Smol Pdman Drawing Room Observation Car, an All Electric Offering the Following Lv. 9.00 a.'m......CHARLES. 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