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The nport of the commltslcin ap
pointed last jear to Investigate the
oompletlon of the State oapltol was
submitted to the general assemble on
Moodar of last week. The report
oootalns verj serious drtlclsms of the
work done by the oootractors. Mo
ll ralp Unkefer Co.', under the super-
vision of the architect, Frank P. Mil-
burn, and the original commission,
for aoceptlng the work. Those mem-
ben of the commission who approved
the final report of the contractor and
of the architect -were: Gov. Mc-
Sweeney, M. R. Cooper, secretary of
state; Representatives Gantt and W.
J. Johnson, and the following from
the sinking fund commission; Sena
tor Mower, Representative J. Har
vey Wilson, G. Duncan Bellinger, at
torney general; J. P. Derham, com
ptroller general; R. H. Jennings,
State treasurer. The governor and
the secretary of state were also mem
bers of the sinking fund oommisston.
The Investigating committee’s report
sustains the protests made from time
to time by Senator Marshall, which
were not heeded by the commission,
and bla minority report to the legis
lature which brought about the inves
tigation. The Investigating commis
sion consists of Senators Robert Al
drich and R. I, Manning, Representa
tives J. O. Patterson, J. M. Rawlin-
•oo and T. Y, Williams, by whom the
report is signed. . ,
TH* COIIMITTKB'S IIKPORT.
After some preliminary statements
the committee says the subject matter
for our consideration la the work done
i to complete the
fl
>r
[caused to be put in the main
j splendid ateer celling, which
! work of art, as well as of a l
comp
rf or
formance. By an Act of the General
Assembly, approved 17th February,
A. D., 1900, the ahm of one him
dred and seventy-five thousand dollars
of the sinking fund was appropriated
“to complete the State House,’ 1 and a
commission consisting of the Gover
nor, Secretary of State, one member o
the Senate and two members of the
House, wasdeslgnated “with the sink
ing: fund commission to take charge,of
and direct the completion of the State
House, to let Olit all work herein au
thorlzed, to make all necessary con
' tracts, including the employment of an
architect, and to see that the said
work la completed according to the
contract, and to do any and every act
necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act; provided, that the funds be
used unless a contract be entered into
complete the said State House for the
- aum so set apart.” As the last session
General Assembly the said oommission
made its third and final annual report
bearing date 4th February, A. D
1903, giving circumstantially all that
. was done under the Act, ana conclud
ing with a resolution as follows: “Re
solved. That it does appear to the
commission for the completion of the
State House that the work Is satisfac
tory, and that the contract has been
substantially performed.” Page 89.
majority report. At the time a mi
nority report was made by one member
of the oommlasion, Senator J. Q. Mar
shall, whereby the attention of the leg
islature waacalled’to many defects in
the work. " . _
The matters referred to In those two
reports put your committee in posses
sion of what they had to Investigate
The first thing they felt called upon to
do was to secure the services of a com-
F _ ur with this kind of
In his calling, and of such
eminent standing in his profession as
-1:. to entitle hia testimony to full respect
and every consideration. Thereupon,
we corresponded with United States
Senator B. R. Tillman, and solicited
hia aid to the matter. With his usual
.ti promptness and efficiency, he put us
v in communication witn Mr. Elliott
Woods, superintendent of the Capitol
~ at Watiiington. who recommended to
us Capt. S. S. itunl, chief constructor
of the United States Capitol buildings
and grounds, who he recommended as
}rst-class contractor, who had over
years’ experience in the erection
of large buildings,” etc. Accordingly
your committee employed Cnpt. Hunt
at a salary of 913 -per day, the sum
-stated by Mr. W'oods to be bis usual
oompenaation, besides his traveling ex
penses. He came and examined plans
and specifications of Architect MU
burn, for the completion of the State
House, and the work done thereunder,
and attended a meeting of the com
mittee at the State House on the 25th
and 29th days of May. A. D., 1903,
went all over the building, in c-om-
pany with your committee, and point
ed out separately, and in detail the
different pieces of defective work,'
all of which Is described in his testi-
mony annexed to this report, t-apl.
Hunt ‘
oonacien
to the reouirments of the work in
hand, and fearless in performing it.
Your committee feel constrained to
report generally that the minority re-
poitof Senator J. Q. Marshall is fully
sustained by the evidence taken and
upon the State House _ .
building, and the manner' of Its per- was intended to bond Into the brick
lasting nature, highly ornamental and
a delight to the eye of every observer,
by the terms of tbe contract, this cell
ing was to have remained, and where
Injured In i tu‘ progress of the work
was to have been, repaired. The con
tractors bodily look and carried away
and oonvertea to their own use this
valuable and beautiful part of the old
building, and in its place put a cheap
stamped metal celling, costing about
1500, and which is a blot upon
of this great building. On t]
tbe State has lost in the nelghl>orhood
ofllOjOOO.
4. The plans and specifications and
the drawings call ror two inner granite
columns on the ftont portico. They
are not there. The absence of them is
explained by the fact'fchat in attempt*
ing to elevut^ them into position the
contractors broke-one of them Into two
pieces, and rather than put the con
tractors to the expense of replacing
the broken column, they were gener
ously excused from putting them in
at all, they paying the State 1000, leav
ing them 93,400 profit on that transac
tion. The office these columns were
to perform was an Important one,
namely, to support the front pedljnent
of the portico s nd a bond and tie to
the main building, in other words to
carry a large lintel stone securing the
portico to the main building, and thus
preventing It from falling away, which
It has a tendency to go. The esti
mated iSss To the building in all re
spects on account of the absence of
these columns and the accompanying
parts they were to support is $4,500.
There are two massive square piers
under the port lea They were Re
signed to support these missing col
umns, and now perform no duty at all.^
On page 61 of thrfreport of the com
mission Is a let tern rom Architect Mil-
burn on this subject , in which he says:
“We can take these out without In
any way marring the appearance from
the exterior and* without Ifi any way
Interfering with Ahe strength of the
structure. Capt. Hunt vfas asked by
Senator Manning his opinion on this
point, and answered as follows: “I
consider that an insult to the intelii-
? :ence of your committee.” Explain-
ng, He said; “The practical effect of
leaving out those columns-Is to weak
en the structure. The stone lintel
and brick work on Cop of these columns
. done, it Is secure, but roughly put on. It oomee within the
the main lobby a Those little
‘ 1 was a crude
durable, ^vTbeouter
according to plans and specifications.
i of their du-
> little galvanized iron strips are tire to determine questions of law in-
.cbeap'W'Ork- ' 'V. volvedip the matters embraced herein.
ie outer door has not been built bu^, would regard it reibarkable Indeed
ling to plans and specifications. If there la not some retned
'Hie plans and-specifications say all crl
work must be done In a first-class work- fw
the i
man-like manner. In that respect It is
not properly done Some of the stones
ire too short. AU of the middle stones
fn the sill course of the tower are too
ft. This defect has been overcome
ractor by filling In cement,
Increase the length of tbe
es so as to make it possible for him
to use them. This character of work,
in the course of time, will be affected
more or less by the weather and will
become, Jay t he crack Ing of the joints,
unstable. Mow, the water-table stone
course at the base of the tower; tbfe
joints and stone work are cracked and
already cause leakage. The window
frames are poorly made and do not fit
the openings for which they are made.
In a great many places you can see
entirely through the outer dome to
the inner dome, where there is noth
ing to sio|t i he water from being
driven through and cause leakage. It
will become necessary, or it is now
necessary, 1 should say, that this
work should be entirely Jfone over and
all joints exposed to the we; ther, or
all surfaces, should be corked with
lead. The top moulded course
of the cornice in the old work has a
raised joint in Die stone to p rotect it
from leakage. This does m t apper
in the new work of the same character.
In two places the stone fronting the
base of the balustrade is too shallow
and is built up three inches and a half
with thin slabs of stone to give it the
here
criminal, or both, to bring
factors to justice and to some extent
dr, civil or
these mile-
i impressed your committee as a
itioug and able man, fully alive
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bv the visible facts for all to see for
themselves who choose to go over the
building and make even a casual exam
ination of it.
„ More specifically we find:
I 1. That the architect, Frank P. Mil-
burn, employed by the commission
under the Act for the completion of
the State House, did not furnish sult-
. ,jtbto plans and specifications for such
work, notably In failing to specify in
detail what the contractors were re
quired to do 4n many Instances, but
leaving the same to be decided by the
Architect, thereby vesting large dis
cretionary powere in himself, which
oould, and.we are constrained to say,
were ezerclaed to the btate’s injury.
Bald plans and specifications, and the
S treet under which the work was
e, are on file in tbe office of the
Secretary of State, copies of which are
hereto annexed, and a sample of what
an proper plans and specifications as
need by tbe Government upon a like
building furnished by Oapt. Hunt ac
companying the report, and are filed
with the clerk of ibe senate.
Tbe-coatrect requires that all of
rkweatohave been done with
work upon the completed por-
proper height.” See testimony of Capt
Hunt .pages IK. 17 and 18.
». ■‘The drawings call r for a wood
truss under the portico roof. JPhls
has not been put, in place and Is a
deteriment to the strength of this part
of the roof. It should haVe been put
in so as to give connct ion for the other
timbers, to which the ceiling could
have been finally nailed ” Testimony
Capt Hunt, page 19.
The bottom members of the archi
trave Is-the stone lintel course Over
the capitals and should have been
moulded inside as well as now shown
on the oiitsidk This stone should
have been carried around the entire
area of the portico ceiling; this is re
quired Jn all classes of achitecture,
regardless of the requiremcnts^ofAhe
special orders. ’These stones should
have been solid and not built up in
sections, as shown by the drawings.
Testimony Capt Hunt, page lit.
10. Between the wall of the building
and the eaves of the roof there is a
to redress the wrongs of the State
'^We feel that what we have report
ed. and the testimony takeu^teveala
a dark picture. 4t la true, but nothing
short of ah actual Inspection of tbe
work Can convey an adequate idea of
tbe monstrous swindle of which the
State is the victim, appropriately por
trayed In tbe closing words of Capt.
Hunt’s testimony: ^
"The Introduction of stamped metal
work .in the ceilings of these massive
porticos; the utter disregard for the
strength of the structure by tbe re
moval of tbe two inner columns which
Were to carry the bond lintels for
securing the pediments of the main
structures; the unfinished manner In
which the tin gutters were left with
out the absolutely necessary brick
backing -leaving tlu? vert ical, sides of
the gutters, which are twenty inches
or more in height, of one thicknessof
tin entirely unprotected from tne pres
sure of water In the time of even an or
dinary fall of rain—this, with natural
deterioration of sheet tin, 1 makes It In
conceivable why this work should have
been left In its present condition.
Unless something is done at once to
rectify this blunder, the Interior of
the building is liable to be flooded at
any time, either from corrosion or the
expansion and contraction of the me
tal. - ^ .
“This together with the rough and
combustible nature of the main roofs
the crude and unfinished character of
the metal ceilings of the lobbyvthe
monstrous manner in which the inner
dome was finished, made' this work a
.parody upon the science of architec
ture and an insult to the fame of John
R Nlernsee and a disgrace to the
State of South Carolina. ’ - - 1 '—
RECOMMENDATIONS. ,
The resolution under which this
cegnmittee was appointed requires us
to report the facts ascertaineehby our
investigations, and also such • recom
mendations in regard thereto as w£
may deem advisable. According, we
recommend:
1. That appropriate legal steps be
taken to .recover, if possible, from
Frank P, Mhhum and Me I} vain Unke-
oot bssn tbs purpose of the commis
sion to reflect upon the building com
mission; roe members of the latter
bad not asked to come before the joint
committee. The architect and con
tractor bad been asked to appear and
bad not done so.
Mr. Aull declared that the building
committee bad been very severely
criticised and as an act of justice they
should be hoard, He introduced a
concurrent resolution to that effect.
Mr. D. D.McCall, Jr., of Marlboro,
declared that never In his life had he
been given more pleasure than be has
In endorsing the action of the Investi
gating committee. He thought Ita
work should stands Ite members are
honorable men.
MATTERS APPROACH f CRISIS v
~ Mr." W. J. Johnson, a member of
the state house building committed,
made an impassioned speech, In which
be declared it bad- not been his inten
tion to speak upon this question, for
the language which be would like to
apply to the report would not be par
liamentary^
Mr. Williams and Mr. Rawllnson
plied Mr. Johnson with questions to
fiind out If tbe Utter had beta denied
the privilege of coming-before the
commission. The moment was excit
ing when Mb Rawllnson began to ap
proach toward Mr. Johnson, but thf
speaker rapped the members to order.
Mr. Johnson declared this report of
a commission which sat behind closed
doors to have been a damnable insult
to tbe State of South Oarolina. In
reply to Mr. Patterson be said that
there bad been no division In the
building commission except for one
dissenting member^ who had been per
mitted to be with the Investigating
commission. Why not the other eight?
They are honorable gentlemen, all of
them, and any statement to the con-
trau is ap infamous lie.
Mr. Williams—Do you mean to ap
ply that to the members of the com
mittee?
vacant space of something Cjver nine
inches, and but for a sheet of galvaniz-
wall of the pediment and make a solic
and rigid, piece of work. It is tmpor
tant that this should have been done,
for tbe pediment cornice naturally
gives it a tendency to pull off or away
from the building, and the bond of
thls work over the capltala la-what> | -ifob 1-32 of an inch In thlnekness there
would be nothing at a'l between the.
interior of the building and the ‘' wide
wide world.” Testimony Oapi Hunt,
page 20.
- 11. We call attention to a serious
defect in t he rear portico, between two
of the columns, which support It. One
of the large lintel stones, which car
ries its portion of the gable, is crack
ed, apparently entirely through and is
likely at any'time to give away
The cont/actcrs appropriated lb
their own use and act ually sold thou
sands of dollars’ worth of the old ma
terial uoon the State House grounds,
and which came out of the building,
and seek to justify their acts, by a
provision in the specifications which
allows them to"'J.se” certain portions
of the old material. The contract re
quires the contractors to !, provide all
the materials and perform all the work
mentioned in the spictications and
shown In the drawings,” etc In this
Connection they were allowed to use
“all old material that is now on the
grounds, and such part s of the present
roof that ' conforms to these plans and
specifications,” with certain named
exceptions, and'to make plain what
was Intended the said provision reads:
“This only covers the granitelcolunans,
ballusters, old iron bracing,'granite,
etc, in the roof that is suitable and
the plrftper size as called for.”' Does
fer Company as much as possible of
the damages the State has suffered
through their misconduct and breach
of contract, and such other legal re- ply that to me; l,t la very easy for you
r drew as may seem to be advisable. [to say’ • ~
2. That the most glaring and damag
ing defects in the work be repaired
under the authority of the Legislature
until such time-as the finances of the
always carried out to counteract the
tendency to pull away from the build
ing. He overcame this by butting the-
pedhnent to the main building with
Iron rods in the form of what we term
buckles.” To the
regard that as sufficient?” he replied;
“Well, If the bracing and anchoring of
these rods has been done as carelessly
as a great portion of the construction
throuffhout this building. I certainly
should question its safety.” '
5. The beautiful leafwork upon the
capitals of the old columns will stanc
for all time as a monument to theskil
and taste of the artist who carved
them; that upon the new columns,
furnished by these contractors, re
quired to be and designed to be mod
elled after them, are coarse, unsightly
and unfit to stand beside the old ones
B. The columns at the rear of the
portico, joining the main building,
should have to correspond with the
front columns, lintel stones extend
Ing from one to another. They have
none, and to fill up the space between
the capitals and the ceiling they have
put in tin or sheet iron boxes, painted
to resemble granite; while all the bal
ance of the work was treating the
State with Injustice, this can only be
constructed in the light of ridicule
coupled with contempt. Too much re
mains to be reported to dwell longer
upon this portico. The defective glass
flooring, the cheap, shoddy stamped
iron ceiling, the way the flopring leaks
in ramy weather, together with much
else, shows fof Itself and accords fit
tingly with the balance of the botch-
work palmed off on the State;
7. Entering the building from the
rtlco in bad weather, we find that
State will admit of the whole work
being done over in a manner to con-
TormAothe originaldcsign.
Respectiully submitted,
a Robert Aldrich,
Richard I. Manning.
On the part of tbe Senate.
J. O. Patterson,
J. M. Rawllnson, -
T. Y. Williams,
On the-part of the House!
WANTS A HEARING.
that naean “.4uitable and propersizeas
,” for them to carry off andlAssei
impugn* the
po
the roof leaks badly, flood ing the lobby
after protracted ram$. Ascending t he
roof, as we did, we discovered the
cause of tills to be a roof of little or no
value. It is a tar and gravel roof,
which at all times is an undesirable
one and wholly inapplicable to as steep
a roof as the one on the State House.'
The plans and »p«!Cl float Ions require
the gravel to be from three-sixteenths
to one-half inch in size. The gravel
put on, or we should say, the stones, to
a great extent are as big as a pigeon
egg and tanker, wp tc the size of a
man’s hand. In consequence of which
they fail to hold the tar in place, and
the hot suns of two summers have
melted it and it has to a great exttaF
run down into the valleys and gutters.
A tine slate roof, bought by the State
at a heavy expense, and which afford
ed a perfect protection for years, was
taken off and appropriated,Jby ifce
contractors. The evidence is that it
will cost about $B,tX>o to put this roof
in moderately safe condition. The
specifications call for 4x30 ventilators
to carry off the. hol.mr from, between -
jelling and the roof, to 1
air in mot ion tad pure. They are n
here, and It wilfcost about 950 apt
to put them in.
8. The dome is the crowning piece of
this work, In more senses than one.
Taken all In *11 it Is simply Utfamous.
To start with, an uglier and more un
sightly creation could not be devised,
even if It had been properly construct
ed, but our observation, and the testi
mony of Capt Hunt, shows that it is
nothing short of a miserable fraud.
He says: “It is done in a very crude
and unworkmanlike manner. There
was no effort made to connect the
cornice of the fiat ceiling with the
cornice of the dome. There is not
sufficient framing to keep the galvaniz
ed iron in proper shape. The work is
full of kinks and crimps, with nothing
called for,” for them to carry off and.
sell, or does it meanj'suitabie and pro*
perAlzeas caUetrTdrf’Toy -Hie specifics-
lions, to-go into the building? We
submit that tt is loo plain for discus
sion, that the latter is the construc
tion to be placed upon it and that
carrying away and disposing of this
valuable propertyJlLTm; State they
were naked trespassers.
’ The glass floor to the porticos, in the
opinion of the expert should not have
been put In. Tbe architect had the
choice of other old and reliable styles
and passed them over to make an ex
S erinient with this untried kind o’
oorJng and as in all other depart
ments of the work with disastrous re
suits.
The water closets installed under
neath this portico leaked so badly they
had to be removed to another part o:'
the building. At first this was requir
Attorney General Bellinger Appeals
'■—~ ~ s'
to the Legislature.
Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger, who was
a member of the commission that is
criticised by the legislative committee
has prepared a card in whiclj He de
mands a hearing for himself and
the other members of the ’commis
sion. His card reads as follows:
I was astonished to see In-the press
that a report by the joint committee
to consider the several reports of the
commission on the completion of the
State House and facts relating thereto
had been submitted to the General
«embly L as the report unmistakably
‘ »>h4* " '
State
rs.fif the Stfte House commission,
thorlzed and directed “to complete
the State Hoqse, ” of which • com mis
»
bbrs
au
' J cq*
slon I was a member, Tor, from the re--
port, it is obvious that no member of
that commission testified before the
committee, and I beg to submit that
'from my own experiencq,that no mem
ber was even allowed a hearing. I re
quested and demanded of Mr. J. O
Patterson, a meuibei, of the Conimlt-
tee, that I, as a member of the State
House commission, should be heard
and requested that humble privilege
He Informed me tliat be'had seen the
chairman, the Hon. Robert Aldrich,
lb reference to the matter and that
such a privilege-would (^granted, I
have beeh continuously in the city of
A fwr wlnKi,* WmmS I .°' th « ««f* * ,he
Sion allowed him 9300out of the State
THE LIE PASSED.
[oontitMied from page 1.]
Mr. Johnson—If the cap fits wear
it; just wear It.
Mr.
Mr. Gaston made ti|e point Of order
that tbe discussion Is all out of order
,Mr. Mauldin, in the chair, ruled
that the memorial is a matter for dis
cussion.
Mr. Johnson, continuing, said that
the' joint committee was no more fit
to pass uppn the government archi
tect’s work than the building commls-e
slon was to pass upon tbe work on tn
State house. Mr. Johnson continue.*
that the damnable suggestions In th
report were absolute falsehoods, ^
UNPARLIMRNKTART LAWOUAOK-
funds as a coot ri hut ton towards it.
And the lower pass away from the
grounds to the entrance to the lower
story of the, btate Ilpuse is coverec
witn water after every rain. Theiltt-
ing between t he rows of glass-is break
ng irp already, and a change of
flooring is a matter of immediate
iuy~ —*— -
Mr. Williams, very calmly raising
in his seat as Mr. Johnson concluded,
and pointing bis finger at Mr. John
son, said with deliberation:
“There is absolutely nothing in the
report which even intimates that any
member of the State house commission
ha* been in collusion with anybody to
rob the State, and anybody who sa
so Is a liar.” '
Mr. Johnson—Do you—
— At this point several members
sprang up, expecting to see trouble,
and tbe s'lrgeant-at-arms took up a
place between the two members of the
bouse,"'who stood glaring* it each
other. -_ u '
Mr. Aull at this point piasied hfs
^ ^ oohcufreniTceaoluUon to have a com-
haracter of the mem', miUce appointed to take the testl-
m ny of th&melnhereof tbe building
commission. Mr., Williams called at-
tervtion to bis resolution to have testi
mony taken by the same committee.
Mr. Gaston thought It tihwlae to act
up m these Resolutions Thursday
night, when the house was fn excite
ment. He wanted the memorial and
resolutions referred to one of the
standing committees of tbe house.
This motion was adopted by the house
and tbe matter was disposed of.
After careful deliberation, Speaker
Smith selected the railroad committee
as tbe one before whom jthU bill should
go, as none of the mem be iof that
committee are members o
the commissions.
Subsequently Mr. Williams apologi
zed to the house, “but not to an indi
vidual” for the language he had used,
and later Mr. Johnson did the same
thing. Tbe house then preceded with
the consideration of theai
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They are especially
> her normal condit
of this wonderful-remwiy sent with each box of'pills.
clear up the
c omplexioa.
and act as
Mr. Johnson—You have heard what penioalya of u
J haVe said. hy mail in plain wrapper upon receipts of price.
Mr. Williams—Do you mean to ap-
a general tonic to ihe female generative organs. They are especially ueeful as
a tonic after child-birth and will speedily restore thejiatient to her roul
Ottoman Remedy Company, •
P. O. Box 123, Wilmington, North Carolina. \
$20.00 TO“$40.00 PER WEEK
Being Made sellln* "500 lyseons tn Businesa.” It Is a complete bead.
- - * ^ — 1 * -— 1T A Awlaut-v—•. CORfcpiAtS
book of legal and business forms.
A complete Legal Adviser—a
a cwapfgte lightning
Calculator and Farmer’s Reckoner.
A complete eet of Interests. Grain, Lumber and Cotton Tables; measure
ment* of CISTERNS. Timber, 1 .umber. Lor* and Bine of Grain, etc., la
one volume. Over 472 page*. 250 Illustrations.
It la a complete business sJuestor; brought horns to every . purchaser.
SIMPLE. PRACTICAL and PLAIN; 500 agents wanted' at once. Boys
ami girl* can sell as well a* men and women.
One agent i n the country sold 45 copies In one diy. Another 210 In mm
week. Agents have oanvaseed all >dey and sold a aoBST- at ararv >' -
Selling price $1.50. Liberal discounts to agents. Seuu 25cfor outfit;
iefactii'nguaran’eed (or money refunded.)
('irculani free. L.J. NH'MOLflj.dk CO., Atlanta. G*.
INVESTMENT
smade when you purchase pianos or organs of . . v ^
M. A. MALONE. COLUMBIA, S. C.
As manufacturer’s agent for many of the best factories, his prices are a* low as th® lowest.
HTs large businem is built np on the strength of his reliability as a odnscientous expert ia
musical instruments. Get his advice before purchasing; then you will know what yoa at
baying. . * — .
■ Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. v
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Building Matefifit of all kinds. - High Grade Roofing '
‘RUBEROID.” Write for prices. • *
, WE ARE L °o«iNG
FOR YOUR ORDERS
COLUMBIA LUMBCR & HfC CO
COLUMBIA S C
Eve rybody Should Read Tbla
to keep it up. I find the work roughl
but a few uprights in pos
l
done, with _
tion, and some of these*four or fivefeet
apart, with but a single thickness oi
thin galvanized material between the
bearings. This is not sufficient to
hold this work or to keep it in its pro-
pifff ihape. This could only have been
done by putting a circle iron frame, so
as to conform with the circle of the
work and the galvanized iron work
riveted to the skeleton frame of iron,
and should have been made to conform
with the circular parts on the inside,
and put close enough to prevent the
i building as the standard,
been so done, bub a mean,
cheap quality of work has
marring the effect of the
: upon the main building; and
ne who hoped to
completed in ao-
jrinal design,
commencement of
SUt# had a great
'
tal lattice brace at the top of the
dome, called for by the specifications,
. is left out. This has a tendency to
work has weaken the structure. They are in
tended to keep tbe thing in a vertical,
upright position. There is only one
bracket there, and probably two-
thirds of the circle outof that. There
should be two more of these Iron
brackets. The glasses and Inner work
»re not properly in shape, very crudely
jiecessitjL
The 'water clbsets,’' like everything
else, are defective, and will cost'the
State more money to put them in
shape and suitable condition. We re-
!'er to tbe testimony of Mr. A. W.
Edens, civil engineer and inspector of
sewers and plbmbing for the city of
Columbia, which explains this.
The contract required the contrac
tors to protect the interior of the bulld
og from rain, while removing the old
roof, by the use of tarpaulin or canvas
covering. This was not done, apd in
consequence all of the galleries and
many of the rooms jyere. flooded dur
ing this period, and the painting and
freseping on the walls of the two cllam-
bers were permanently ruined.
.These contractors were required to
furnish a good and sufficient bond for
the faithful performance of the con
tract, and dta give a bond in the sum
of 950,000, of the City Trust, Safe De
posit and Surety Company, of Phila
delphia, to Governor M. B. McSwee-
ney, chairman of the commission on
completion of the State House, to se
cure and guarantee the faithful per
formance of the contract; said bond
bears date 21st August, 1900. The
form and execution of the bond was
approved by tbe Attorney General and
accepted by tbe commission. On the
2d of June, 1902, Governor McSweeney,
chairman of the commission, acti
under the oral advice of the At
General'(as testified to oy
Means, secretary,) caused sail
to be entered upon that bond and sur
rendered it to the obligors.
This surrender and attempted dis
charge of this bond, the State’s Only
security for the vast losses sustained,
was not tile act of the oommlasion, as
the Governor alone, advised as it is
said, by tbe Attorney General, under
took to perforin this sot, and it may
be that the State may yet be able to
islize upon said security. —7—i-
Your committee do not consider that
home of these gentlemen since this in
vestigation began. My request was
fused. I was allowed no showing,
informed Mr. Patterson that if I was
denied a hearing'*h&t I would appea
Re 7 General Assembly; Tliow do
'4*o.__/T now ask that all parties con-
dng Other
members asked the same^rTvllege. ft
was denied. We now appeal to the
sense of justice of the General Assemb
ly ahd to the public at'large for
showing, a hearing that has never
been denied to the humbfest repre
sentative Of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Without a hearing an attempt has-
been made to cast a stigma upon the
names and reputation of Governor M.
B. McSweeney, Secretary of State M.
R. Cooper, State Treasurers W. H.
Timmerman and R.. H. Jennings,
Comptroller General J. P. Denham,
Chairman of the Finance Committee
of the Senate George S. Mower, Chair-
man of the- Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House J. Harvey WHson,
Representatives W s J. Johnson and
R. J. Gantt and myself. It is incon
ceivable, unfair and inhuman that
such a report should be made without
hearing, for, as a citizen of a State
that I have attempted faithfully to
serve, I have always believed and now
Yelieve that the noblest feature of our
government is “A law which hears
before it condemns, which proceeds
upon inquiry and renders judgement
only after trial.’’ Mjlappeal is to
Jie General Assembly for this privi
ege, As I am not a member of the
General Assembly, and this Is the only
avenue that I have to appeal to them
for a hearing. I hold no public office
except that of a member of the board
of trustees of Clemspn College, to
which T witt elected by the General
Assembly, without a dissenting voice,
and as a citizen and member of the
itate House oommtiskm I ask a full,
fair hearing—a privilege to give an
account of my stewardslp in this mat
ter. Truly this la not an unreason
able request!
G. Duncan Bellinger. *
We sell th» best goods for the least money that they can leriihnately sold at. If
- you need anything in the machinery supply line write us fnrfrice*.
8. L 60I6NAI10, I’m COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., H Attan, Sec id Tnu,
YOUNG MHX, YOUNG WOVIHN, WAKE UP
Prepare yoursr Ives to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters
add book keeper*. - W,rite_fgr catalogue of
' MACPEAT’S BUSIN ESSCOLLEGE, Columbia, S.C.
W. H, Macfeat, official Court Stenographer. President.
The G uidNRAD Brick Work i,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Building and Re-Pressed Brick.. Special shajles to order. Fire Proof IV
either -Of ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to fill orders for thousands or for millions
Don’t think that every one who hangs out • sign as » “watch-
maker” is competent to repair your due watch. Repairer* who
_ are fully competent are searce. We do work only one way,—thl
K PDri 1 H FI (T teat-we can moke any part of a watch, or a complete watch.
Our prices are often no more than you p«y for inferior Work.
When our charge for work is $1.50 or over we will pay express charge one wav. Send
Fine
bill.
Shot and Killed.
All,Drug and Tobacoo
A dispatch from Unioir tDthe Spar
tanburg Journal says Will Eubanks, a
young wbite man about 24 yean Old
died at Carlisle Tuesday morning, as
the result of being shot on Saturday
night at a negro frolic near Herberts
by Silas Lyles, a negro. Tbe bullet,
which was fired from a 32-callbre re
volver, entered Eubank!* stomach and
passing through his body come out at
his back. Eubanks was employed by
the Phenix Bridge Co., which la build
ing the new long steel bridge for the
Southern Railway across Broad river
at Shelton. Tbe negro Lyles claims
that be, with some other men, w<
firing their pistols when Eubanks pas
sed, tad that he was struck aoddeut-
atty; bat.it Is reported that, tbe two
bad bad a difficulty some time ago and
bad not been friendly since. Lyles
did not attempt to get away and was
committed to jail.
Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I Aii.Druga
.Habit. 4 —Habit | Habit | - Habits.
Cured by ICeeley Inratitute,_o£.
1329-Lady "St. (or P.'tT. BoxIBjCbiumfela, S. C. Confidential correspond
ence solicited. . . ..i~—— —. ■
Inline cement, ±*la«ter.
Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write,
Carolina, Portland Cement Co. t Charleston. 8. C.
Electric railroads, comparatively
a new thing, are capitalized at twice
the amount of tbe bonded debt of tbe
United States.
r ' 1 '
This prolonged and severe winter I
leads us to-the conclusion that tbe j
coal barons are In league with their
frieud the devil.—
Help and
Be Helped.
Thkrx Is 1 litre doubt but that the
pa reels-post law would pass Congress
If Platt, the president of the United
States Express Company, was not a
Senator. .J
To Bay Worship.
A dispatch from Atlanta says
Collonel Harry Silverman, member of
the governor’s staff, has started a
movement whereby It Is proposed tbst
the citizens of the United States
subscribe 93,000,000 with which to
purchase a modern battleship and
present It to plucky Japan. Mr.
Silverman is very much enthused over
the project sod is of the opinion that
there will be no trouble to raiat the
amount. Other cities win be notified
and an organized move will under
taken. A number of prominent citi-_
zens after learning of the scheme
have assured Mr. Silverman their co
operation In making the undertaing a
success.
If you are aot w<.
WA. VATIUWAV
--’J *ai<t to k. -* ii..
.nth abca. you
tr mbit, sena tor m
free booklet,' and *e;'
examination blank*
No. 1, Nervo>.s Oebtli
tv (Sexual r eaknees),
No.t, Vantoeelei No
•^Stricture, No. 4, Kid
ney and B'adder Oom
plaint® No. *, Dteeee*
of Women, No. 6, TV
Poison King (Blooi
.Moon., Ne. f,-0»
tarrh. Theee book
shon. J.be In the hand
of leery person aflllc
ed. Dr Hathawt'
|the author is reen
I Kited s- the >>e*t »
sMiomv and egoer
the Uni'eti Rtete* ,
Ihe-pdt-fsse* Wr;_.
We waot all the'carpenters to send
us thefr address. Just for the Address
we will send a present.
Then we want them to heip_ius Jto,
get orders all over the State-
~Wc_wlll pay a commission.
SHilD BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.,
615 Plain St Columbia, S 0
BOTANIC
i BLOOD BALM |
Tk« Great Tested Remedy for tt
and permanent cure of Scrofula,
turn. Catarrh, Ulcer a, Ecxema, So
uooa. Weakness, Nervousness,
, MOOD MO SIM DISEASES.
_« “ ky the best building up Toeic and
Blood Punfier ever offered to the worid.' It
2BS* * tw / r ’ ch blood, impart, renewed si-1
tahty, and poaaetaei almost miraculous
$>.00 fer a large I
aad medicine ur
Not being a drinking man, Mr.
Boekefeller takes his high-balls on the
golf links. -
nr send Tor the h.-,,k y--u -want 'o-lay, and
Will be sent you fn.e. i
18 Inman Building, 221 8. Broad St
Atlanta Ga.
urC--:A.
.st?.
CHARLES a LESLIE,
—Wholesale Dealersln—
Virata and O^rnrterra.
W A » Market SL. Charleston, 8. a
Consignments Or Country Produos
ar# **P ect, “% Solicited, Poultry,