The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 27, 1913, Image 5
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SOME PLAIN TALK
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BY THE COMMANDANT OF CONFEDERATE
HOME
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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
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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
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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.
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Itespecu uu.y nuumaicu,
J. Pat Caldwell.
Columbia, March 18.
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ItEYOKEI) IIIS COMMISSION.
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!>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.
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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.
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HEAR OTHER SIDE
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OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SEND
HOT REJOINER
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SAYS DICKERT WAS OFF
The Reply to the Colonel's Reference
to (ii'tifting ut the Confederate
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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CHARLESTON
SAYS MADERO WAS SHOT
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WHILE SAUREZ WAS STRANGLED 1
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IN NATIONAL PALACE. I
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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
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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.
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tice, does it better than Mexico. Its I
exiled grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha, i
died of 'apoplexy'." Put Mexico will i
catch up after a little more practice. <
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VETERANS DISMISSED
rifllEE OLD SOLDIERS DISCHARGED
FliOM HOME.
Judge Ernest Gary Orders That They
Remain at the Institution Rending
Final Settlement in the Courts.
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.