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TAy SOME PLAIN TALK ? BY THE COMMANDANT OF CONFEDERATE HOME ? REFORM BADLY NEEDED J, P. Caldwell Tells of the Discipline ami Administration of A flairs at tlie Institution and Submits Some Letters and Testimony Hearing on the Same. J. P. Caldwell, former commandant of the Confederate home, sent the following report to the board of commissioners at the meeting Tuesday afternoon. Gentlemen: Having discharged the duties of commandant of the Confederate infirmary from December 8, 1911, to March 5, 1912, and not knowing my present relation to the said infirmary, 1 beg to submit to you this communication, which is also my ofllcial report. I have seen in the papers the statement that I tendered my resignation at the meeting of the board March 4 and also the statement that Maj. Richardson, when asked why I was "ousted", said that when I appeared before the legislative investigating committee admitted that I could not "hold the job". Also, I have read that MaJ. Richardson and Dr. Butler, who have been active member of the board and at the same time salaried ofllcers of the institution, have resigned from the board, on account of the "new law". Also, In the newspaper report of the meeting of the board I read that the board has resolved on a "reduction of expenses as much as possible". It is not true that I have ever tendered my resignation. I surrendered the duties of the otlice pending the further meeting and the action of the board, because of two communications placed in my hasds on March 5, signed, the one by Dr. Butler, still acting as a member of the board, and the other by Maj. Richardson, who ? 1 ,.*111 #wi r> U1HO WilH BlllI uppai ClHijr, UB rt member of the board, although both said to me that they had resigned from the board and they wanted me to resign too. These communications are as follows: "Columbia, S. C., March 4, 1913. "Mr. J. P. Caldwell, Confederate Home, Columbia, S. C. , "Dear Sir: The board of commissioners of the Confederate infirmary at th(fir regular session in Columbia to-day decided that they would install a new udministra' ve policy as to their minds the present administrative policy is too expensive and is not bringing the most satisfactory results. It has instructed me to inform you that the new administrative policy of the boara of commissioners would not require a commandant. "I therefore, at the instance of the board of commissioners of the Confederate infirmary, request your Immediate resignation. "Yours very truly, F. W. P. Butler, "Secretary." "Columbia S. C., March 5, 1013. "Mr. J. P. Caldwell: "Please turn over to Mr. Black all books, papers and any other matter pertaining to the home. "ft. W. Richardson, "Chairman and Treasurer." I understand from Mr. Black and the communication of Maj. Richardson and from the newspapers that Mr. Black took my place as commandant, temporarily, although ho is an inmate of the infirmary. But from Dr. Butler I understood that there would he no commandant after my resignation. I do not know my present status. However, I hereby tender ttf the new board my resignation, I to do with as they see fit. I do not j mean to indicate that I wish to retire) from the position or from the work, | ar'* my application is placed before I tho board of commissioners for the i chW executive office of the infirm- ' ary under their new management. I am glad to see the prosnect of a new i management, free from the dicta-1 ? ?-i f infnroQtrifl nnrties. I lion niln uuiuifi ui iuv<. I have kept a record of the daily attendance of the inmates of the home, and the average is 5 6 and a fraction, which I will say is 57. As $1 7,000 was appropriated for maintenance, this would make the cost per inmate on the average nearly $300?not counting the repairs and upkeep of the buildings, for which the appropriation under the recent management was for the year 1912, $3,000. This is in contrast with the testimony of Mad. Richardson (page 28 of house journal), as follows: "Q. Well, now, what is the actual cost for the feeding and clothing and caring for an old veteran over there for 12 months? A. Well, the diet is about?T think I have got it down here?about 25 cents per day for board, and, the clothing and so forth ?I think I have it all down there." The maintenance has been too ex pensive?hut it has been too much going to salaries. It would seem that my testimony along that line Is the real cauqe of the attempt to cut off my head. I testified the truth, as follows (p. 77): "Q. This one question, captain: If ? yon have discharged your duties and Mr,s. Mixon has discharged her duties, is there anything left for Maj. Richardson to do, except, perhaps, to come over there and look a little and sign checks? A. No, there ain't; that is $100 a month thrown away." The legislative committee took this view and unanimously reported that it was useless to employ Maj. Richardson iu addition to a commandant, and that "two men are being employed to do what one could do. The committee unanimously added (p. 14): "And in this connection we wish to put the stamp of our disapproval upon the practice of members of the commission electing themselves to or holding salaried positions." If money is to be saved, as it should be, the positions to be abolished are not that of commandant, but the position specially created for the chairman at a salary of $100 a month, if he and Dr. Butler admit thc'it the "present administrative policy is too expensive, and is not bring111 f flir> mr?ef u'lHufn/tlnrv romilte" ?? O ^ >7M VAULMWV/I J A VUU* VM f U>M stated in the communication handed to me, they have resigned from the wrong office. The responsibility for the failure must rest not witn me but with Maj. Richardson, who in his testimony said (p. 30): "I run the whole concern. I am in charge of the whole business: everything comes under my supervision." The legislative committee found that "there does not seem to be any head to the institution" (p. 14). This is because the chairman, Maj. Richardson, took authority that did not belong to him and interfered with the commandant in the latter's duties without performing any systematic duties himself. Maj. Richardson in his testimony claims to have done everything, and he thus ignore the plain rules laid down by the board March 11, 1912, which define the commandant's duties as follows: "Second Commandant, who will aci as caretaker, control the inmates, attend to the policing of the grounds and premises, look after and care for the property and stock, attend to l<i ii i (?i it ond i ? 11nIf in f ronnrt tn mid I/1UU tl 1J^> CVAIVA V* ? . n/ |y x, . v ? act in conjunction with the chairman and any other duties which the chairman may see proper to define." He also ignores the duties of the matron, laid down in the said rules, to wit: "Third Matron, who will do the purchasing for the home, e nploy the servants, supervise the kit hen, dining room and all other do) .'Stic duties the chairman may see proper to define and at ail times have the right to call upon the commandant to cooperate with her in the discharge of her duties." I may be permitted to call to the oHnnfinn nf tliA board that before Maj. Richardson had known that I would tell the legislative committee ?in reply to its questions?that his salary was a useless expense to the State, he spoke very highly of me in his testimony before the legislative committee (p. 39): "Q. . . . He is commandant . . . don't you think he is rather lax in discipline? "A. Well, senator, I would say if he errs at all it is in that line. He is too kind-hearted. Not that he is not a very determined, brave man and as just a man as I ever saw in my life." In conclusion, I agree with the board that the expenses of the home ought to be cut by cutting out useless salaries, and I hereby offer to take charge of the infirmary at a salary of $100 a month and do the work now done by treasurer, commandant and matron, costing now $220 a month, and I will give bond. Rut I must have full control of all subordinates, responsible only to the board. 1U..1U. Itespecu uu.y nuumaicu, J. Pat Caldwell. Columbia, March 18. ' ItEYOKEI) IIIS COMMISSION. ? !>i<l Not Like Editorial in the Spartanburg Journal. Because of an editorial in The Spartanburg Journal criticising Governor Blease's veto of a local measure, Charles P. Calvert, editor of the paper has lost his commission as a notary public. Not long since the notarial commission of Capt. Chas. Petty, associate editor of The Journal and grandfather of Mr. Calvert, was revoked. This caused inconvenience to the newspaper in the transaction of business requiring the attesting of papers. Mr. Calvert enlisted the aid of Representative C. C. Wyclie, a political supporter of the Governor and applied for appointment as a notary. He was notified of his appointment and directed to take 11 ~e "1! /in Oti/l cnnil t Tl r? f on of IIIO Uillll til Ullll DVUU $2 to the Secretary of State. He did so, but almost immediately afterward was informed in '$i letter from John K. Aull, the Governor's private secretary to Mr. Wyche, transmitted by the latter to Mr. Galvert that his commission had been revoked because of tho editorial. ? ? ? Thousands of Counterfeits. Atlanta is being flooded with thousands of bogus nickels of the new "Buffalo" type. The United States authorities are inclined to suspect that other Georgia counterfeiters are engaged in making imitations of money. A very close inspection shows that the counterfeit of the new nickel is slightly blurred around the Indian head. 4 v HEAR OTHER SIDE if' OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SEND HOT REJOINER I SAYS DICKERT WAS OFF The Reply to the Colonel's Reference to (ii'tifting ut the Confederate if i- ~ mm' -l mm'111 IKMIlt' IS It tt anil ^(IIIIIRT IIIIU U ill No Doubt Call for a Warm Reply From Him. The Columbia Record says A. W. Todd, J. T. Crews, M. C. Welsh and J. G. Long Sr., members of the board of commissioners of the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Wednesday issued a signed statement to the people of South Carolina, saying that when D. A. Diekert of Newberry, the fifth member of the board of commissioners, gave out a newspaper interview Tuesday, in which he intimated, among other things, that there was "grafting" going on at the Soldiers' home, he "was in such a condition that we hold him wholly irresponsible for his action or statement," to quote the statement. "He was drunk, plain drunk," said A. W. Todd Wednesday morning, when he handed a Record reporter the statement. The statement follows: To the People of South Carolina: As members of the board of commissioners of the Confederate Infirmary of the State, we resent most posIHvnlv tliM statpmnnt linhlisliod this clay in the Columbia State newspaper in reference to the meeting of the board the 1 8th instant. We want to state that Col. Dickert was in such a condition that we hold him wholly irresponsible for his action or statement. (Signed) J. G. Long, Chairman. A. W. Todd, J. T. Crews, iM. C. Welsh. A Record reporter was called to room 2 20 at the Imperial hotel Wednesday morning and given the above statement. Present in the room were J. G. Long Sr. A. W. Todd, Major H. W. Richardson, Dr. F. W. P. Butler, Charles H. Highley, an auditor; later M. C. Welsh, a member of the board of commissioners, came in and ailixed his signature to the statement printed above. J. T. Crews, another member-of the board of commission ers, was telegraphed to in Laurens, and he authorized the signature of his name to the statement. A. W. Todd said Wednesday morning: "The board met at the Confederate home for the purpose of reorganizing. Col. Dickert nominated Capt. Long for temporary chairman and J. T. Crews for secretary. I then moved that the management of the home stand as it is until the books could be audited and that the auditors report be made at the April meeting of the board. Col. Dickert charged that we had framed up to retain "grafters" in office and he objected to keeping the present officers; he said he wanted new officers. * "After the meeting had ended Mrs. Mixson, the matron, came in the room. uoi. uicKeri, wus mau unu said: 'I'll whip the wholo d?-n bunch.' He also said that Mrs. Mixson had put herself in a man's place and that he 'would beat her too*. Mrs. Mixson wanted to resign her position and we had to beg her to remain." Several who were present at the hotel Wednesday morning said that Col. Dickert wanted the position of commandant to be given to a Mr. Wicker of Newberry and that at the meeting of the board on March 4, Col. Dickert suggested Mr. Wicker for commandant at a salary of $110 per month. The minutes of the meeting show that the motion was put and lost. It was stated that Mr. Wicker was in Columbia with Col. Dickert Wednesday. Major II. W. Richardson, superintendent of the Confederate home, said Wednesday morning: "When Col. Dickert intimated that there was 'grafting' at the home I demanded a complete auditing of the books and we have employed Mr. Charles H. Highley to do this work." Replying to the statement accredited to Col. Dickert that he was not present at the board meeting when Major Richardson and Dr. F. W. P. ? - " ? ? - 1 .1 9 9 Butler "claimed mey were eiecieu, Major Richardson said that Col. Dickert has been on tho board for two years and has never attended but three meetings. Effort was made Wednesday to get into communication with Col. IP'ekert hut he could not bo found. He left the Jerome hotel early Thursday morning, presumably to go to his home in Newberry. Col. Dickert said yesterday that he had resigned as a member of the board of commissioners and that the governor had refused to accept his resignation. The governor was out of the city Wednesday and his stenographer said he did not know whether or not Col. Dickert's resignation had been accepted. ? We are having some very fine weather now. % Your I and loved ones should be pi aches and pains by always 1 NOAH'S LINIMENT?the NOAH'S LINIMENT is external application. Absoli made in a modern laboratory as a h sician's prescription. NOAH'S LINIMENT do ammonia, alcohol, naptha, be Noah's is an excellent remedy for rlu backache, neuralgia, strains, spr and side, sore feet, etc. Peuet rubbing. NOAH'S LINIMENT is on throat, coughs, colds, colic and sugar will usually relieve the! toothache there is nothing bettei applied externally. Look for Noah's Ark?trad< age; beware of substitutes. NOAH'S LINIMENT is sold the cities and out in the countr $1.00 a bottle. Send for bookl< Noah Remedy Co., Inc., Iti GIVEN WARM WELCOME BRYAN GREETED EXTHCSIASTICALLY AT HOME. He Is (he Center of Attraction to the Home Folks at Lincoln Throughout the Day. Hack to his Lincoln home for the first time since the day after the election in November of Woodrow Wilson to the presidency and which paved the way for him to become a part of the national administration, William J. Bryan Wednesday received the enthusiastic greetings of the people of Nebraska. From the time of his arrival at Lincoln Wednesday morning until late Wednesday night l-io uraii n bv mnn nnd n. center of attraction. An impromptu reception at his office shortly after his arrival, during which he held short conferences with close political and personal friends, was followed later by a reception at a hotel when several hundred men and women welcomed and extended congratulations. In the afternoon Mr. Bryan made a short address at a joint session of the Nebraska legislature, repeating in part his speech made to the Illinois legislature, the day before and I making a brief reference to dollar diplomacy and the attitude of the government on the Chinese loan. Wednesday night at the Lincoln auditorium Secretary Bryan was the guest of honor at a banquet on his fifty-third birthday anniversary. | Sharing the honors with Mr. Bryan at the function was Gov. Dunne pf Illinois, who accompanied him from Springfield; Gov. Hodges of Kansas; Gov-, Moreliead of Nebraska and Jerry B. Sullivan of Iowa. Mr. iBryan, who had announced his address would be of 110 political significance was the last speaker on the list, but he gave careful attention to I the speeches of the other gentlemen and joined heartily in the applause \irh cr t'not n/I flmni VY U IV>J1 {^1 V/V>W\l 111 V * 11 ( The "dollar dinner" brought together a crowd of nearly l.oOO diners. It was essentially a "homo folks" crowd, but there was a good attendance from other states, particularly Kansas. Telegrams of congratulation from President Wilson, members of the cabinet and others were read by the tor.stmaster, Edgar Howard. HEROINE lilt AN DEI) AS THIEF. ? Charged With Theft of .$000 Worth of Jewelry From Employers. Mae Benlein, sixteen years of age, acclaimed as a heroine after carrying two children from a burning house on March 10, is under arrest at New York now on suspicion that she took valuables that wore In a closet untouched by the (lames. The girl was a nurse in the employ of George II. Murray, a broker residing at Queens. Two of the Murray children were apparently rescued by the girl during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Murray. The grateful parents told the girl her salary would be increased as soon as the family was established in a new home. Investigation to learn the origin of the fire disclosed that $600 worth of jewelry was missing. ? ? 0 The Democrats in Congress should stand shoulder to shoulder with President Wilson in redeeming the campaign pledges of the party. The people have called the Democrats to power to give them needed reforms, and the Democrats must do so as soon as possible. I i iifife Home rotected from the every-day laving on hand a bottle of mei Best Pain Remedy. for for internal uses as well as for utely pure and clean to use, y and compounded as carefully ^ car cs not contain any chloroform, s"n nzinc or poisonous drugs. ( F Liniment u ? ' jumatism, lameness, stiff joints, Uttl ains, cuts, bruises, pains in chest Lrates anil requires very little gta Kic e of the best remedies for sore F cramps. A few drops on a little a 1 in troubles immediately. For r?a little on cotton in cavity and and Urr; B-mark?on every genuine packJan by all dealers in medicines in f0rt y, in three sizes, at 25c, 50c and pah Bts and testimonials. botl chmond, Va. fey, dSfe ism J o i: High Grade Seed < MIXSON'SSEEDSGROW. They are :: LONG AND SHORT STA1 o ????__? o The best Varieties. Write us | CORN, SORGUM, M1LLE J[ Our Corn is all HIGH-BRED ? Get our Illustrated Catalogue of i I: W. H. Mixson S CHARLESTON SAYS MADERO WAS SHOT * WHILE SAUREZ WAS STRANGLED 1 i IN NATIONAL PALACE. I ?*? I Colonel Manuel Alcalde Makes Start- < linj* Revelations?"Reported Assault Only Farcical Ruse." Colonel Manuel Blanche Alcalde, publisher of The New Era, a City o? Mexico newsnaner generally regard ed as the mouthpiece of the late President Madero's administration, arrived at San Francisco Thursday with the assertion that he is "in a position to prove" that Madero was shot to death and that Vice-President Saurez was strangled in the national palace on the night of February 22, and their bodies taken to the prison in an automobile. "The reported assault by the guard," said Alcalde, "was merely a farcical ruse and a part of the plot. When the automobile was fired upon guards were only pouring lead into J the dead bodies of the president and vice-president, who were murdered in the palace, hours before." Colonel Alcalde described himself as an intimate friend of Madero. His mission in this country, he said, , would be to expose the plot which I brought about the Diaz uprising and ! the deaths of Madero and Saurez. j Colonel Alcalde asserted the news ( of Madero's fate was known in Washington before the hour named in the I nflieinl version as the time of the al levied attempt to rescue liim. ' "As a matter or fact," said lie, I "President Madero and Vice-President Saurez were killed between S and 9:30 o'clock City of Mexico time, | on the night of February 22. The ' president was shot from behind and j the powder burned his neck. Saurez ' was choked to death. His secretary, | Fernandez de la lteguera, saw the body two days later and there were ' i finger marks on the throat. One ] eye had been forced from its socket and the tongue protruded." j < Colonel Alcalde was positive in his , < assertion that Madame Madero had 1 1 ? ?- - - - ' 4 told him there was no nope ior ner < husband, basing their fear on an in- < terviexv she had with American Ambassador Wilson, on the forenoon of 1 February 2 2. s Family Killed by C*as. A family of five persons was found ( dead from illuminating gas in a cot- , tage on North Taiwndale avenue, Chicago Thursday. Circumstances indicated that an accident caused the tragedy. The victims were Engbert Cornelson, 55, a machinist, his wife , and two sons and a daughter. ? ? The Augusta Chronicle thinKs that < "Turkey, as the result of long prac- < tice, does it better than Mexico. Its I exiled grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha, i died of 'apoplexy'." 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The State says members of the commission charged with the administration of the affairs of the Confederate home were Wednesday temporarily restrained from dismissing three Confederate veterans who have been inmates of the home for several years. \ The temporarily restraining order Y was issued by Judge Ernest Gary up- V.., on a petition tiled, charging, among other things, that the three veterans had been dismissed because they gave testimony before the legislative committee making an investigation relative to the conduct of the affairs of the home. The veterans dismissed were: W? C. Cameron, Darlington, 07 years of age; J. \V. James, Richland, G5 years of age; N. W. Jones, Kershaw, 6S. years of age. The veterans were served with u letter of dismissal Tuesday by A. M. IMack, adjutant of the home. The letter was approved by H. \V. Richardson. general manager and treasurer. The letter was issues upon the order of J. G. Long Sr., chairman; J. T. Crews, secretary; A. W. Todd and M. C. Welch, members of the commission. According to the letter the veterans were dismissed because of a lack of accomodations and because there were more veterans from the respective counties than allowed by law. . The veterans were requested to withdraw from the home immediately. In the petition for the temporary restraining order it is stated that all of the veterans have been at the* home for more than two years, that they are seniors in occupancy to others from their counties. It is charged that the veterans were dismissed because they gave testimony before [he legislative committee relative to conditions at the home. The petition charges a "policy of unfairness, intimidation and oppression". The order by Judge Clary was served on the ofllcials of the home Wednesday. The case will be tried in tho court of common pleas in Richland county. Carriii/.istas Has Disappeared. All traces of the Carrinzistas who Monday dashed into Nuevo Laredo with a woman leader, disappeared ruesday. The name of the woman, svho perished while leading the charge, was not learned. Federal defenders announced Tuesday that 500 reinforcements were 40 miles south of Laredo and repairing tho railroad, reached the city Wedneslay.