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t SALARIES AT SOLDIERS' HOME. Mandamus Proceedings Against 1 Comptroller General. Columbia, May 11.?Mandamus proceedings to compel A. W. Jones, t comptroller general, to pay the sal- c aries of the commandant and em- s ployees o fthe Confederate Home a were argued before the Supreme t Court this morning. Representative t C. C. Wyche appeared for H. \V. v Richardson, the commandant and em- r olovees of the Confederate Home | C while former Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon appeared for the comptroller general. The comptroller gen- s eral contends that the governor veto- c ed the items for salaries for the Con- s federate Home in the appropriation s bill and that the veto was sustained t by the general assembly. f The management of the home contend that they have a right to their salaries out of the money appropriat- t ed for the home. s Comptroller's Return. e The return of the Comptroller gen- r eral to the rule to show cause said in Si part: a "Answering paragraph 7, your re- r spondent alleges that he has issued a his warrants upon the State treasurer for each and every item of the ex- r i. . penses requested by H. W. Richard- f son, superintendent and treasurer, c except the items for salaries, wages o tv?:r v or other compensation to the officers, o employees and other persons for ser- t ESS* - _ ^ ^ vices. Further answering paragrapn v 7, respondent alleges that upon his n refusal to draw his warrant upon the u State treasurer for the items above n referred to, the said H. W. Richard- c son, superintendent and treasurer of p the said infirmary, withdrew his de- t mand therefor, and filed his accounts a with the said item omitted, for all of which accounts so filed your re- s spondent has issued his warrant up- r on the State treasurer therefor. ii 3gr; Answering Paragraph 8. n "Answering paragraph 8, he admits d so much thereof as alleges that he s refused to draw his warrant upon the s State treasurer for pay for the offi- r cers, employees and help of the said infirmary; he has no knowledge or in- n formation sufficient to form a belief ti as to whether it is impossible to continue to take care of and properly S maintain the inmates of said infirm- f; ary unless the officers, employees and fi help are paid their wages. He al- v leges, however, that the governor si vetoed the item of the appropriation e act carrying an appropriation o for said purposes, and that upon ac- u count of such veto and the sustaining h thereof by the general assembly, he assumes such expenses are not neces- o sary to properly maintain the said in- e firmary. He specifically denies that a his action in refusing to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer to ti pay for officers, employees and help h of the infirmary is arbitrary and with- k out authority of law; on the contrary, a he alleges that no appropriation has tj been made for said purposes, and ti fthat neither the petitioners nor the C said H. W. Richardson, as superintendent and treasurer of the said infirmary, are entitled to receive the same. For Further Cause. * . - n "For further cause why a writ of Si \ mandamus as prayed for should not d iseue, this respondent doth show: d "That in and by Setcion 30 of the ariTvrrvrvriQ tir?n art nnssptf hv the ? r t, house of representatives and senate of the State of South Carolina for the . year 1914, there is continued under *r said section, Item 3, which provides _ y v ? for salaries and wages of officers and ^ employees at said infirmary /the following amounts: For commandant, a c< monthly salary not exceeding $50? ^ $600; for matron, a salary at not exa ceeding $50 per month?$600; for physician, not exceeding $50 per Jfx . month?$600. For employees, in- ^ eluding cooks, nurses and other serv- ^ ants or laborers, all not to exceed , d eight, and none to receive more than $25 per month?$2,400, and $200 to be paid H. W. Richardson and $100 to be paid Dr. F. g W. P. Butler; that all of v the above mentioned amounts for . n the purposes stated in Item 3, Section 30. of said appropriation act were on the 4th day of March, 1914, n vetoed by the governor of South Car- ^ olina. as will appear by reference to ^ page 1,413 of the House Journal of March 4, 1914. That the veto of all ' .Vof the above mentioned amounts included in Item 3 of said Section 30 of the appropriation act was sustain- ^ ed by the house of representatives, as will appear by reference to the Journal of the house, March 4, 1914, pages 1, 426-27-2S. That a copy of so much of the House Journal of 1914 which contains the veto of the g governor of Item 3, Section 30, of said appropriation act, and a copy of that part of said Journal which T p shows the vote of the house of representatives sustaining the same, 55 ... o are hereby made a part of this re- ^ turn, are annexed hereto and marked exhibits A and B. respective Z When you want a tablet come to f the Herald Book Store. e SENATOR SMITH PLEASED. >eclares Results of County Conventions is Approval of Record. Washington. D. C., May S.?Senaor Eillison D. Smith told The Reord to-day that he regards the reults of the countv conventions as an approval of his legislative record in he United States senate. The senaor was all smiles again to-day as he vpsterdav. in conseauence of the eports he has received from South Carolina. "I am not a politician," he said. 'I do not know how to play the ;ame, but I know what the farmers if South Carolina need, and I have ought to give it to them. My course eems to have met with approval hroughout the State. I am gratiied." The senator continued: "I think the result is largely due o the fact that I have consistently tood by the pledges to the people, especially the farmers, made in my ace six years ago. "I have succeeded in placing an .mendment in the banking and curency law that recognizes the farmer .nd his business. "I have succeeded in having a test nade demonstrating that there is ractically no difference in the value f the different grades of cotton if rdinary care is used in keeping trash iut of it. Even when picked trashy here is nothing like the difference in alue of the grades that the trade nakes. This fact was demonstrated inder an appropriation secured by ae to have the department of agri' ulture do this work. This has been >ut into the hands of the farmers hroughout the State insofar as I was hie to do so. "I also had a bill passed in the enate, without a dissenting vote, to egulate the cotton exchanges, forcag them, under the law, to do busiess in such a manner that the proucers of cotton would have an equal howing under the natural law of upply and demand with those who un the markets. "I have been and am still using ly best efforts to regulate the ferilizer business. "I believe that the farmers of the tate, knowing that I myself am a armer pure and simple, realize the act that they have a representative rho has been able to accomplish Dmething for their benefit, and heavn knows they stand sorely in need f better chances than they have had nder cbnditions that have existed ereiuiurc. *. "I believe this is the explanation f the result of the conventions, rathr than the idea that there has been ny political manipulation. "I do not know how to play poliics, but I do know that the farmers ave been catching the dicken6, and nowing what they have been and re suffering, I have been instrumenal in removing some of the difficulies that we have been up against."? Columbia Record. Waits 28 Years for Iler Divorce. Towanda, Pa., May 6.?Feeble rith the weight of years,, yet deterlined in manner, Mrs. Hanna Harrion entered the court house yesteray and demanded the papers in a ivorce granted her twenty-eight ears ago. Prothonotary Estell spent *'0 hours searching the records, and nally found that back in the eighties r ? V* A VvAAn orror? + q/1 q li s. xiai i iduu uau uccu giuubwi ?* v?? orce from James Harrison on the rounds of desertion. The decree was d become effective when Mrs. Harrion paid the costs of the cases. The onditions were explained to the aged *omen and she said she knew all bout it and was ready to pay the osts as required. Then she explained that about the ime the divorce was applied for she eard her husband was dead and she ecided that a divorcq was not necesary. A few days ago he returned fter an absence of over thirty years, nd she decided to lift the decree, he accordingly paid the costs and *as given the papers, which restores er her maiden name. "I put him out of my life forever .'hen I applied for the divorce, and ow I intend to keep him out," said he woman, as she placed the court's ecree in her handbag and left the ourt house. DIED TO SAVE HER FRIEND. hirned Back and Train Hurled Both From Trestle. Fort Smith, Ark., May 8.?Frances pankee, 16 years old, met death toay while trying to save Mary Oberse, her 9-year-old companion. The ;irls were walking over a trestle ear Clarksville, when they lizard he approaching train. Both ran. "ranees cleared the trestle, but when he looked around Mary was sitting >n the structure, her foot caught 'etween the ties. Frances ran back, nd as she bent to extricate the im risoned foot, the locomotive struck oth of the girls and hurled them rom the trestle. Frances was killd and Mary suffered severe injuries. WOUNDED MAN IN JAIL. I ARREST OF ALLEGED ASSAILANT MAY FOLLOW SHORTLY. Fight Reported Tragedy?Rut Nobody Dead From Difficulty Between Farmers. t ___ 1 T in Ac-nn.. WViit_ ' lwSXlIISIuu, .ncly iv, woi.ai ?> n??,tie is behind the bars of the Lexington county jail with a severe gunshot wound in the left hand and wrist and a large gash across his forehead, alleged to have been received in a duel with shotguns beween himself and Henry Anderson about S.30 o'clock last night at the home of Emory Rikard, a farmer I about fifteen miles from the court I house, in the Hollow Creek section. I Anderson, who escaped injury, has I not been arrested.. Sheriff Miller received a telephone call about 9 o'clock last night. The I man at the "other end" stated that I one man had been killed and possibly I another, and asked the officer to come I without delay. Sheriff Miller crank- I ed up his car and, , in company with |i a newspaper representative, rushed I to the scene. Arriving at the home of I Rikard the officer was met by a large I crowd, who had been attracted to the L Kv tha wild rpnorts of a double ? \JJ Vi*v ' * v ? tragedy. The people of the community, inasmuch as the sheriff had been notified that possibly two men had Si been killed, did not go to make an investigation. However, the officer ^ soon got busy and Anderson was c found at the home of Rikard, slight- tt ly under the influence of whiskey. He E told his story of the difficulty, claim- ^ ing that Whittle had rushed upon him with a large knife and, in order C< to keep his adversary off, Anderson *D said that he had struck him twice ^ sc across the head with a large stick. cc Whittle then went to his home a short distance away, according to AnS derson, returning a few minutes ^ later with his double-barrelled shot- tii gun. When he saw Whittle approaching, Anderson said he went into the house se of Rikard, secured a single-barrell- lo ed gun and stationed himself at the corner of the house. Whittle came ei up and Anderson claims that he, Anderson, in an effort to get out of the pr way, went into a little house in the te yard, followed by Whittle. Just as he entered the house, Anderson said ' -1 AT wnuue nrea nis suuiguii, cue mau &u barely missing his body and lodging ar in the wall. Anderson raised his sa gun and fired, the load taking effect th in the left hand of Whittle, causing te and ugly wound. Wj Whittle, who was arrested and ti< brought to jail, was under the in- in fluence of whiskey. He was found at ei the home of a nearby neighbor bloody from head to foot. Sheriff Miller UJ dressed the wounds as best he could tr and upon arriving at Lexington call- vc ed Dr. J. Homer Mathias, county physiciau, and Whittle was given every la attention. fo d? The difficulty, it seems, was the result of too much whiskey, Whittle, el it is said, having purchased two S* quarts late in the afternoon, a por- 1)3 tion of which was found by the 0f sheriff last night. Apderson will St probably be arrested within the next ar day or two. ~~ TEMPER AFFECTS HEART. Acute Strain on Cardiac Organ May Be Measured in Tons. "To keep your temper is rather a ? good idea," said Dr. Strickland rti Goodall in a lecture at the Institute 1. of Hygiene. Every time the heart contracts, he said, its force would raise a weight of 2 pounds to the ' height of 1 foot, and it does this from 70 to 14 0 times every minute. Acute heart strain was difficult to produce in a young, well nourished and healthy adult, but it was very w. easy to produce if the heart muscle ^ was anasmic or poisoned, or was the f0 seat of degenerative disease. ar Running to catch a train increas- *h ed the heart's work by 228 foot pounds a minute. Ascending a stair- tr case slowly increased the ar heart's work by 112 foot pounds; *s D QcPonHinor nniotrlv hv 152 font * - ? nt pounds. The enormous amount of total extra fo work done by the heart was shown in the experiment of riding a bicycle cc up hill, the gradient of which was 1 sli in 10, and the length 2,904 feet. The ro ride occupied three and one-half minutes and the total extra work done by the heart was no'less than one and ve one-eighth foot tons. h* A rest of half an hour daily would ^ save in a year 219.000 foot pounds ey of work on the heart.?London lr Chronicle. U1 m ui A Belated Discovery. * St di Prof. Banks, of the University of x. Chicago, says he has discovered that m the women of ancient Babylon wore " beads and necklaces. Artists who spe cialize on painting "The Fall of ve Babylon" have known this for years, si ?Boston Transcript. A When in Need ,11; of anything 4" fl ^ in the > 1 II L '' ' Monumental call on or Qq write us. EgggHJ W e h'a v e BUHn please you. # Your order MHEmh solicited. DENMARK A VATTPP AP PT.PPTtnV ?iv/nvrj vi * ' " - ...... Late of South Carolina?County Bamberg. Whereas, a petition addressed le Board of Education for Bamb< ounty has been received and filed ie office of the Superintendent ducation praying that an elect: 3 held for the consolidation :hool districts seventeen and eij en, known as Cuffy's Creek a olston, and for the purpose of le' g an extra tax of two mills ie purpose of establishing a grad :hool if the said electorate vote insolidate the two districts, and Whereas, a majority of the quj 3d electors of the said two distric sventeen and eighteen, have sij I said petition praying for said el Dn as aforesaid: Now, therefore, it is ordered tl t election be had at which thequz 3d electors of the said distric venteen and eighteen, shall be wed to vote upon the questions: 1. Shall districts seventeen a ghteen be consolidated? 2. Shall a levy of two mills i tional be placed upon the taxal operty of the. said districts, sev< en and eighteen, for the purpc establishing a "rural grade hool. ' That all those who favor the c< lidation of districts sevente id eighteen for the purpose afo id shall vote "yes." That all those who are opposed e consolidation of districts sev< en and eighteen shall vote "no.' That on propqsition two all the ho favor the levying of an ad 3nal two mill tax upon the propei school districts seventeen a ghteen shall vote "yes." That all those who are opposed e levying of an extra two mill t )on the property in school d icts seventeen and eighteen sh >te "no." That the said election shall be h< all respects as provided by t ws of the State of South Caroli r said purpose, to wit, on the 2 ( ty of May, 1914. For the purposes of holding si ection, J. C. McMillan, C. F. Pf >tt, and Thomas Clayton, are he r appointed as managers, with f >wer as conferred upon manag< elections under the statute of t ate of South Carolina. That when the votes have been c; id counted, the said managers v lly certify the same, as provided w, to the County Board of Edui an. J. H. A. CARTER, S. G. MAYFIELD, R. W. D. ROWELL, County Board of Education. May 7th, 1914. HE SECRET OF SUCCE taurine Merit Required to Win ti People's Confidence Have you ever stopped to reas hy it is that so many products tf e extensively advertised, all ice drop out of sight and are so rgotten? The reason is plain?t tide' did not fulfil the promises e manufacturer. This applies m( irticularly to a medicine. A me nal preparation that has real cui re value almost sells itself, as li i endless chain system the reme recommended by those who ha ten benefited, to those who are ted of it. A prominent druggist says "Ta r example Dr. Kilmer's Swan oot, a preparation I hare sold l any years and never hesitate to tmmend. for in almost every case lows excellent results, as many y customers testify. No other k >y remedy that I know of has rge a sale." According to sworn statements a trifled testimony of thousands w ive used the preparation, the si iss of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root le to the fact that it fi^fils aim* rery wish in overcoming kidn rer and bladder diseases, corre< inary troubles and neutralizes t ic acid which causes rheumatisn You may receive a sample bottle vamp-Root by Parcels Post. A ess Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamt< . Y., and enclose ten cents; a; ention the "Bamberg Weel erald." Shipment of initial cards and < dopes just received. Beautifully < gned gold initials. Only 25c a b< ny initial can be supplied. HP illlililil H 11$ WMgmsm&mB Wmw </w': > % >">&t WMflmM', 2zW?M^M. m f&mMs&ML :.' 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