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ADVERSE REPORT ON CLAIM. Ways and Means Committee Against Payment of $13,500 Architects Fee for Capitol Drawing. On the grounds that the contract entered into between W. W. Dixon and F. M. Bryan and Todd & Benson was illegal, the ways and means com mittee reported unfavorably on the question of paying $13,550 to the Char leston architects as the first install ment on the plans they drew for re modeling the State house under an agreement, entered into last Septem ber in the governor's office, by the Arm and the subcommittee from the committee on State house and grounds. The report follows: "To the Honorable, the House of Rep resentatives of the State of South Carolina: "Gentlemen: We, your committee of ways and means, to whom was re ferred the report of the. committee en the State house and grounds pub ljhed in the Journal of Thursday, February 1, 1912, beg leave to report we have gone into the matter as thor oughly as possible and submit the fol lbwing report: "We desire to call your attention to message No. 5, page 251, of the - Journal of last year, which called the s tiaUon of the general asembly to the approaches of the ground floor of the capitol, in the following words: "'I think some arrangement should be made by which carriages can be driven to the side entrance, and that the entrance be so arranged that per sons can alight from their carriages and enter the State house with con venience, either in bad or good weath er. I have heard many strangers re mark about having to pass through water closets in order to enter our State offices, and I hope that you gen tlemen will take some steps to relieve the situation.' "We also desire to call your atten tion to the concurrent resolution in response to said message, which res olution is as follows: 'Be it resolved by the house of representatives, with the senate concurring, that his excel lency, the governor, is hereby author ized and requested to appoint a comn rinittee ei hauiherize h. teauittee of EtAte house and grounds to employ the rsrvices of an architect to make such estimates of costs and to make hath plans as may be desired to carry t)ut the recommendations of his ex cellency, th1e governor, in regard tc the State house as suggested in saidi message.' "By construing the resolution in connection with the message, we are of the opinion that the commnittee or State house and grounds has far ex ceeded its authority in entering intc the contract with the architect, and that the plans submitted were nevei contemplated by, and are useless and unavailable for the purposes of the resolution. "The inprovement of the enrtancf to the present building and redresr of the publicity of the closets affords no sufficient pretext for the enormous project of enlargement of the capi tol and dome, the plans for which the Icommittee has seen fit to contract. "With the report was submitted a claim by Todd & Benson, architects for the sum of $13,550 for the plans above referred to, which were con tracted for by a subcommittee of the committee on State house and grounds, which original claim is hereto attach ed and made a part of this report. "since we have concluded that the contract was entered into without war rant of law, -we recommend that th' claim be disallowed. "We herewith submit legal opinione 'by the attorney general, G. R. Renm bert, T. J. Kirkland and W. H. Nichol son, furnished to the committee upor its request, and upon which it has b.ased its legal conclusions. "Lowndes J. Browning, "Ghairman." Governor Not Present When Contrae Was Signed-- Sr f>hih in That one of the actions of the sub commnitte~e on State house and grounds in connection with the letting of th( contract for drawing plans and speci fications for improvements to the State house, appeared to him as ar effort on the part of some one t< "bribe and debauch members int< the adoption of the plan" was th4 statement of Mr. Lowndes J. Brown ing today on the floor of the house o: representatives, following the receip of a message from the governor ir which was enclosed the statemten from the members of this sub-corn mittee. that the contract for the draw ing of these plans and specifications was neither made nor signed in th< governor's office nor in his presence and that "so far as we know, the gov ernor knew nothing of the said agree mnent.until 'its presentation by us tc the full committee at the meeting ol the gneaol asembly -in 19192.' TOUCHING StE IN GEORGIA Throngs of Health-Seekers I Stories Are Told That Heart Atlanta., Ga., (Special.)-Stories strange and remarkable results th have been. circulated in this city 1 hundreds of persons wi have us{ the new Root Juice treatment f< rheumatism, stomach trouble, kidn( disorders and similar complaint have reached even the humblest ho els of the poor and destitute at throngs of cripples and infirm ha' poured into the headquarters of ti scientist's represen,tative to beg < buy the strange new medicine that said to exert its powerful influent over certain diseases in a manner th, seems almost miraculous. Pale faced, weak and sickly wii owed mothers, with ill-nourished 11 fants clutching at their skirts hai told stories of suffering, sickness, pr vation and despair that have caus( strong men to turn away and hi( their tears. I Once healthy and able men no crippled by the ravagesi of mercile. rheumatism, with faces lined ax drawn by pain and suffering, hai hobbled in on cane and crutch, tellir of families dependent upou them, neglected little ones and sickly wive begging just one bottle of the gre new liquid that may p6ssess the p01 er to change their condition, strengt] en their weak and c fened muscli and enable them to care for the lov( ones at home. Such persons have been given can to be signed by any preacher t clergyman as a recommendation at which when returned properly filli out have' been exchanged for full si ed one-dollar bottles. The cards a: supplied by the main laboratories Fort Wayne, Ind., and can be obtaini by any worthy and deserving po< person who needs medicine and h; no money to pay for it. Not )Lly have the poor people b come interested in the strange liqui but persons in all walks of life; me chants, business men, everyone talking about Root Juice and its wo derful cures. So quickly and marvelously ha some severe cases been cured th stories have been circulated to t] effect that th me~dicine possesses ir This .statement was signed 1 Messrs. F. M. Bryan and C. D. Lb and an appended statement that "t: above statement is correct," was sig ed by Mr. W. W. Dixon, thesle thr gentlemen forming the sub-committ to whom was referred the matter having plans drawn for improvemer to the capitol, in accordance with t message of the gov'ernIw last yea'r; 1 which plans and pecinttions the col mittee has this year put in a. claim $13,500, which the commnittee on wa and mean~s recommended to be di allowed, Mr. Browning Replies. Shortly after the reading of ti message, and its exhibits, Mr. Brove ing rose to a point of personal pri lege and read a portion of the rept of the committee on State house a grounds, as printed in the Journal February 1, which portion was as f' lows: "Pursuant to a call of the chairm of the~ committee on State house a: grounds, the committee met at C lumbia, in the office of his excellen< the governor, on Wednesday, Septe; ber 27, 1911, F. M. Bryan, secretar W. W. Dixon, Clarencea D. Lee, co: posing the sub-committee, a full quc um of the committee and Architect W Todd." Mr. Browning went on to say ti Ithe ways and means committee, reaching its findings, was largely fuenced by the report, and that wished to emphasize the stateme Ithat Mr. Todd, in arguing before t committee. relativ'e to the claims, h stated that the contract -was made the governor's office and in the gC ernor's presence and o'n tha- accor Mr. Todd had undertake the wo Mr. Browning stated that Mr. Tc had iterated and reiterated this sta -ment to the committee. an-l that hd stated that he worHl- rever ha entered into the contract if it had I had the governor's approval. 3 Browning said he remembered ti Mr. Todd had made use of the -expr< sion that he felt that be was buying gold bond when he entered into t contract with the governor's approv Mr. Browning went on to say that would call upon any one of the members of the committee to ver this statement and that Mr. Todd 1' stated to the committee that the g( ernor was -arnvet of the me.eting S had approveO of the contract. 14 Browning declaredi that the wh< thing looked had to him. H-e vead t following extract from the report the committee, als> sig:md by Mr 1': o0:. ps secretary: "Mr. *Dixon then moved that I Todd visit as many of the members NES ENACTED L'SCAPITAL CITY1 tesemble Walking Hospital and Would Wring Tears From s of Steel. s of raculous power, but this of course is P t ridiculous and untrue. y Many of those who have used it, i d however, say that the good effect is yr felt so quickly that it does seem al y most like a miracle. s, Persons who for years have suf v- fered from loss of appetite, indiges- a Ld tion, gas on the stomach, pains, belch-1 re ing, bad breath, shortness of breath, ie and other such symptoms of severe; )r and .chronic stomach trouble say that is the first few doses produce noticeable e benefit. it Mr. P. C. Harrison, a well known r: plumber of Atlanta, who has been r 3- using the new treatment for rheuma 1- tism, met a friend on the street the re other day who remarked: "How well t i- you are looking! The doctor is bring- fl d ing you around in fine shape." "Doc le tor, nothing," Mr. Harrison replied, i "I have not seen the doctor, for three w weeks. I have been using the new ,s Root Juice treatment that everyone is I Ad talking about and am feeling fine." I ri re After telling of the above incident; ig Mr. Harrison said, "I have been suf >f fering from rheumatism and constipa s, tion for five years and in wet or d at changeable weather -my joints would v r- swell up and pain so terribly that I y 1- would have to have them lanced. The s pain was terrific and sweat would ,d stand out on my {'nrehead in large drops. At times I had no appetite, is could not eat and could not sleep or I - )r ork. I am a plumber by trade and Ad am now at work again. I have no >d more rheumatism or swollen joints, z- my bowels are regular and I feel like S re my old self again, thanks to this s, at great medicine." ,d Other well known persons who have I >r suffered from indigestion, backaches, as headaches, nervousness, sleeplessnes5, ! dizzy spells, weak kidneys and bladder, I L e- too frequent, scanty or burning urine, d, tired, worn out and run down feelings, r- report equally good results and many , is say that the first few doses made them ' a- feel better. I The Root Juice medicine is being, t ve sold in immense quantities and drug- t at gists everywhere say they have never ie known a medicine for which the de LI- mand was so great.~ >y power to acquaint them of the con e, templated work, at a cost not to ex-, eceed $1,000. After some discussion n- this motion was adopted." ee Mr. Browning ated th-at in hisI ee opinion this was the niost remarkable of actioni that &ny sub-committee had ts ever t&kaus iHe did not think that the b ommilttee hbad any semblance of au-1 or thority to spend moneY' for such a pur n pose and it looked to him as if it were of an effort on the part of some one to y bribe And debauch members into the t adoption of a plan of improving the State house at a cost of a million dol lars. The reference, to his mind, in is dicated clearly that State funds were' l- to be used for this purpose and the vi- whole thing was beyond his compre >rt hension. ad Mr, Stevenson about this time pre of sented a resolution to have the sub >1 omte on State house and grounds' present a detailed statement as to eX an actly what part the governor took in ad Jthe transacion and whether or not he '- knew of the signing of the agreement y, and other details. He withdrew this n Ilater. I r. Todd's Defense. r Mr. Todd at this juncture arose and A. made a defense of his position. He stated that it was a plain business .at transaction so far as he was concern in ed as an architect. As to the in -sinuation that any effort had been he made to debauch any one, personally mt he resented it. He stated that it was he entirely and absolutely false, so far ad as he was concerned. He said he had in never approached or spoken to any >v- member on the merits of his plans. nt These would have to stand for them selves. 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