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WANT THEIR MONEY KMPLOYEKH OF SOIdJIKRS' HOMI ARE SKKKEXG SATjAHIES. ? SAYS ITEM WAS VETOED + ? For This Reason Comptroller Jonet Has Refused to Pay Salaries, am the Case Has Reen Carried to tin Supremo Court by Those Win Want Their Salaries. Mandamus proceedings to compe A. W. Jones, comptroller general, tc pay the salaries of the commandant and employees of the Confederal Home were argued before the Su preme Court Monday morning. Rep resentative C. C. Wyclie appeared for H. W. Richardson, the commandant aiid employees of the Confederate Home, while former Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon appeared for the comptroller general. The comptroller general contends that the governor vetoed the Items for salaries for the Confederate Homo in the appropriation bill and that the veto was sustained by the general assembly. The management of the Homo contend that they have a right to their salaiies out of the money appropriated for the Home. The return of the comptroller general to the rule to show cause said in part: "Answering paragraph 7, your respondent alleges that he has issued his warrants upon the State treasurer for each and every item of the expenses requested by II. W. Richardson, superintendent and treasurer, except the items for salaries, wages or other compensation to the officers, employees and other persons for services. Further answering paragraph 7, respondent alleges that upon his refusal to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for pay for the offireferred to, the said H. W. Richadson, superintendent and treasurer of the said infirmary, withdrew his demand therefor, and filed his accounts with the said item omitted, for all of which accounts so filed your respondent has issued his warrant upon the State treasurer therefor. Answering paragraph 8, he adraltf so much thereof as alleges that he refused to draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for pay for the o cers, employees and Jielp of the said infirmary; ho has no knowledge oi information sufficient to form a beliel as to whether it is impossible to continue to take care of and properly maintain the inmates of said infirmary unless the officers, employees and help are paid their wages. He alleges, however, that the governor vetoed the item of the appropriation aet carrying an appropriation for said purposes, and that upon account of such veto and the sustaining thereof by the general assembly, he assumes such expenses are not necessary to properly maintain the said infirmary. He specifically denies that his action In refusinc to draw Ida warrant iinrm the State treasurer to pay for officers, employees and help of the infirmary is arbitrary and without authority of law; on the contrary, he alleges that no appropriation has been made for said purposes, ar.d that neither the petitioners nor the said II. \V. Richardson, as superintendent and treasurer of the said infirmary, are entitled to reeclve the same. For further cause why a writ of mandamus as prayed for should not \ssue, this respondent doth show: That in and by Section 30 of the Appropriation Act passed by the House of Representatives and Senate of the State of South Carolina for the year 1914, there is contained under said section, Item 9, which provides for salaries and wages of officers and employees at said infirmary the following amounts: For commandant, a monthly salary not exceeding $50 ?$G00; for matron, a salary at not exceeding $50 per month?$000; for physician, not exceeding $50 per month?$600. For employees, including cooks, nurses and other servants or laborers all not to exceed eight, none to receive more than $25 per month?$2,400, and $200 to be paid H. \V. Richardson and $100 tc I, ^ t,1 r\ ? n xtr II * ul' piuu j;i. r . w. i\ miner; mat ai: of tho above mentioned amounts foi the purposes stated in Item 3, Section 3 0, of said Appropriation Aci were on tho 4th day of March, 1914 vetoed by the governor of South Car olina, as will appear by reference t< page 1,413 of the House Journal o March 4, 1914. That tho veto of al of tho above mentioned amounts in eluded in Item 3 of said Section 3< of tho Appropriation Act was sustain ed by the House of Representatives as will appear by reference to tin Journal of the House, March 4. 1914 pages 1,4 26-2 7-2 8. That a copy o so much of the House Journal o 1914 which contains tho veto of th< governor of item 3, Section 30, o said Appropriation Act, and a copy o that part of said Journal whlcl shows the vote of the House of Rep resentatlves sustaining the same, an hereby made a part of this return are annexed hereto and marked Ex hiblta "A" and "Bp\ respectively. FIX TRANSPORT FLEET SHIPYARDS OIVEN ORDERS TO RUSH WORK IMMEDIATELY. War Department is Preparing to Have Enough Ships to Transport at Least Sixty Thousand Men. New York shipyard owners Sun9 day were notified to have their entire working organizations assigned * to tho government contracts. The 3 instructions were given by tho inspectors of the army quartermaster's > department, acting upon orders from Washington. The fleet in course of preparation 1 and held by steamship companies ) along the Atlantic coast for federal , orders would accommodate, accord ing to the quartermaster department schedules, 60,000 troops and suflicient mules for their land operations. For the first time since the Spanish war the three big South Brooklyn shipyards, owned by Shewan & Sons, Morse Iron Works and the Robins Erie Basin Company, are operating on a day and night basis, i employing an aggregate of 3,000 skilled carpenters, plumbers and caulkers. They are under contract to have the steamships City of Macon, City of Memphis and Minnesotan ready for sea Wednesday. As soon as these ships are taken from the dry docks their places will be taken by others which are being considered for troop ship service to join the flotilla now being fitted up in Southern ports. Estimates and contracts havo already been prepared, so that there will only bo necessary the fomalityof signing the bonds before actual work is begun. A penalty of $1,000 a day will be levied by the government on the owners of shipyards who fail to have transports ready for sailing within four days after the signing of the contracts, and a bond representing 2 5 per cent, of the contract price is required from the shipyard owners. On board the City of Macon, which was chartered with the City of Mempris early Saturday, work had progressed so far that she was taken out , of dry dock at 7 a. m. Thursday. Immediately after the ship is made fast to a dock coal barges will be I floated alongside. The City of Memphis was being fitted for the accommodation of 2,000 soldiers in Robin's shipyard early Thursday and is also expected to be ' ready for sailing orders late Friday. ! At the Morse works the Minnesotan * had her decks made over before Friday night for 1,500 mules. Shipbuilders who accepted the gov| eminent contracts estimate that it will cost $70,000 to fit each transnnrt Thl? inrlndAs annnlv r?f hammocks, wash rooms, hospital wards, baths and additional water tanks. Under the government arrangements with the steamship companies whose vessels are held for army service, a daily rental of $1,500 is paid for the passenger carrying vessels and $1,000 for the smaller ships. Before the vessels are returned to their owners the government is required to place them in the same condition as they were at the time of their acquisition. Army officers who were superintending the work on the three ships being prepared under rush orders at the South Brooklyn yards said the activity of the war department and the demand to have the fleet under way in four days from the signing of the final contracts foreshadowed a movement of regular troops, which would be preceded by a call for volunteers. If the ships now being selected for transport service are all placed in commission the army officers said it would be necessary to draw on several brigades of the State militia to make up the full quota of men. In anticipation of an order to replace companies of artillery now on duty at the harbor posts with militia artillery organizations, Col. It. Foster if Tl ? i . .1 t..i i i ^ ? it. _ kr vviiiLun, uujuiuul guuenu 01 me c?e\\ York division, and Adjt. (Ion. Hamilton held a conference with Brig. Gen. Austin, commanding tho artillery branch of tho militia. ? ? ? CONTEST IN SALUDA. ? ' No Developments in Regard to Ques> ilon of Penalty. N. B. Hazel, auditor of Saluda county, when seen Wednesday in reference to the turn tho penalty matter ' had taken by the comptroller general's recommending that the attor' ney general tako action in tho courts to force him to collect penalties or f dellquent taxes for the year 3 913 j and the attorney general subsequent ly advising that Comptroller Genera ^ Jones place the matter in tho hands of tho governor, said that he had in statement to make at present, excep '' that ho hoped the matter would b< thoroughly thrashed out. ' ? ? ^ To Placo Stool Sign Posts. q Steel sign posts are to be placet f on the road between Columbia ant f Charleston by the State dopartmen j of agriculture. ? ? ? R Child Burned to Deatl). , The child of Mack Washington, j . negTo, was burned to death at Ches ter Monday. MEDIATION STARTS # AMERICAN RK PKKSEN TATIVKS 1WY MKDIATOH8 FORMAL CALL. ''pressure upon rebels +. Rxpected That Foreign Nations Will 1 Fxert Influence in an KITort to Persuade Them to Ruter Mediation Proceedings?Their Ammunition Supply Almost Out. First formal steps in the* program of mediation in the mediation problem were taken at Washington Wednesday when Justice Lamar and Frederick W. Lehmann, together with their secretary, H. Percival Dodge, who will represent tlie United States, paid their respects to the three South American envoys who have undertaken, by diplomacy, to solve the Mexican question. The representatives were presented by Counselor Robert Lansing to the secretary of state. It was a call of courtesy but paved the way for informal conferences in advance of the first meeting at Niagara Falls, Out., next Monday. Confidentially, word was received by the mediators direct from the foreign minister at Mexico City that the Huerta representatives would arrive at Habana and leave immediately for Niagara Falls via Key West. An earlier dispatch from Consul Canada at Vera Cruz indicated that the Huerta delegates might delay several days at TIabana. Reports were current that strong pressure would be brought to bear on the Constitutionalists from several quarters after the expected victory at Tampico, to get them to participate in the mediaton. President Wilson durimr the dav nrnmispfl n delegation of oil well owners at Tampico that as soon as the fighting ceased he would make strong representations to the authorities in control there to reassure a resumption of oil operations. Secretary Bryan announced that the United States had no intention of holding Lobos island, and that If the Mexicans would keep the navigation lights burning there the American forces would depart content. The mediators do not regard the Lobos island incident as menacing the forthcoming negotiations. Secretary Garrison cablejl Gen. Funston at Vera Cruz to defnand of Gen. Maas, the Mexican commander, a full explanation of the death of Private Parks, who strayed into Mexican lines several days ago. Protest against the reported execution of Parks and the alleged burning of his body also has been made through diplomatic channels to President Huerta. Secretary Garrison holds that as Parks was in uniform he should have been treated as a prisoner of war. Gen. Funston thinks Parks went insane. The mediators were busy preparing for their departure and Counselor Lansing spent much time with the , American representatives, familiarizing them with the general situation. Mr. Lansing afterward said that the status of tho American representatives would be unofficial as they would bear no credentials and have no plenipotentiary powers. All steps | would be referred for final decision to the secretary of state and the president. Suggestions will not be made direct by tho representatives, all sugfosf 5nna r>r> m i n <r frnrn Um mo/liotrtrn n x-wv * W..KJ vv/ All itif, i i \/ii& VUVy Iliguiaiui o, but the Americana might suggest means to the mediators in their unofficial capacity. The practical certainty that the Constitutionalists would be in control of Tampico made it apparent tlmt the United States soon would he in a position to bring about a return to normal conditions in the oil district. Negotiations with the Constitutionalists to permit foreign employees to return, to the wells will he begun as soon as news of the occupation oj the district is received. Another phase of the situation which produced much discussion in executive quarters was tho question of ammunition shipments destined for Tampico, which tho Constitutionalists say are en route. Constitutionalists say that after [ tho battles of Tampico and Saltillo, now being fought, the rebels will have little ammunition left with which to continue tho tight against 1 Muerta. With a practical embargo ' on the importations of munitions of ' war across the American border, in ~ effect the rebels believe their only chance of getting additional ammuni? 4 ...ill kA ? ' Liuu win iiv i rum iiuroau. News of fighting at Tamplco caiao In brief dispatches to tho navy de' partment. At Tampico Rear Admiral Mayo reported firing at 5 a. m., continuing all tho morning. lie reported that tho federals lacked ammuni* tion ahd could not hold out. Fed1 oral gunboats took a position far up t tho river part of tho day, but at 2 p. m. withdrew to tho outer harbor. Tho inference was that they were getting out of rango of the rebel ari tillery. Shortly afterward reports - came from Admiral Mayo , that the evacuation had begun. THE HORKT HERALD CONWAY S. C PuMisli'Ml Kvcry Thursday. TllhKSMAV, MAY 121, 191-1. 1 II. H. \YOOI>\YAHI>, Attorn**) and i 'mmsrllor at Law. l'<>\ \\ AY, S. C. 1 1L n. s( \ <m. Attniiii'y at Iijuv. COM WAV, S. C. j II. II. Ill KltOl C1IS, l*liysiri;ui and Surgoou. I CON WAV, S. C, W. 10. .MK'OUI), Dental Surgeon. COM WAV, S. C. HENE HAYENEL, " Land Surveying and Drainage. Spivey Building, Conway, 8. C j ^ HUMOR ON FREE TOLLS ? I TALE OF AX ANCIENT , TABLET HE LATE D IN SENATE. I Senator Chilton Tells Amusing Story of Old Hoads and New Iloads in Egypt. " Senator Chilton of West Virginia Thursday told the Senate why ho favored tho Panama tolls exemption repeal bill. "It never has been the policy of the Democratic party to ( hrpfllf ti'pnHps " ooiH fl>? TO not _ _ ?. VA V1& V ? T VOt * 11"" ginia Senator. "I can not believe that a Democratic convention, nor the mass of the people who respect their government desire the United States I to take a position of violating any treaty." Senator Chilton said the exemption was a subsidy and, therefore, the Baltimore platform permitted the re- 1 peal. He said that the controversy could not be arbitrated unless the repeal bill was passed. Senator Chilton incorporated into the record "a liberal translations from a tablet 1 found in the excavation at Karnak." According to the translation an exclusive franchise for carrying any goods between Karnak and Memphis was granted by the King to a com- 1 pany. In a later reign a new and better road was built at a cost of about 400,000,000 shekels, paid out of the royal treasury. Tolls were to be levied on the caravans of all na- ' tions. The company having the exclusive right over the route protested and contended that the term "all nations" could not have included Egypt. "At * this crisis," continued the tablet, "a Hebrew from Goshen appeared at the palace and addressed the king in this wise: " 'O, King, live forever. Why art ? thou bothered over this simple question? Dost thou not know that this company hath charged thy subjects all the traffic would bear? Does thou " not know that if already a monopoly * in restraint of trade under the antiTrust Act of the Shepherd kings? Dost thou not know that it hath driven all asses off the road from Memphis to Karnak? * "And the King replied: 'Isaac, my son, I perceive that thou are the goods and that I even I, am an illus trious chump. Bring hither the directors of that company that they may " be slain before me and that their ? houses be made a dunghill.' MAY ASK U. S. TO PAY. Foreign Nations Would Hold IT. S. j Responsible for Mexican interest. Vera Cruz bankers have heard that Franco and Germany, and perhaps Great Britain and Belgium, will make Inquiries of the State Department re- i garding the United States' intentions as to Mexico's foreign debt. The hope seems to be to fix on the United States responsibility for the interest, the debt being largely held by invetors in the countries named. 1 When Iluerta, in March, arranged for a loan of $.10,000,000, he agreed to resume in April the payment of interest and to reduce customs taxes 50 per cent. Developments of the . past few weeks, especially the seiz- A ure of the Vera Cruz custom house, from which Huerta derived the bulk of his import revenues, have rendered it impossible for him to obtain iunus wiui wnicn 10 meet me aeut . charges. ] The information received by bankers is that the nations which have been hit by this default, and by the general Rlump in the valuo of Mexican securities hel dabroad, incline to , the belief that the seizure of the Vera Cruz custom house carried with it responsibility for the payment of th* interest, which, under normal conditions, would bo derived largely from the revenue arising. ? ? ? Gets Clerkship for lira very. Because four years ago ho killed two burglars who attempted to rob the Tallahassee post office Paul V. Sands has been made a clerk without having to stand thG civil service examination as required by tho depart-] ment. W* tMWi l>Mib?l| TmaillN Oui coumi ir? thorough and our ColUgc It U tlwtyt prttewd btctun of tht thorough trulnli If Interacted writ# for *fcTWE CI1IITI particular* at one*. I Ilk OUU 11 i 11 ii ?????????^a^t m CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Salt*?Ear corn at $1 per bushel. , J. K. Mayileld, Denmark, S. C. [Jarred Hock ?Prepaid, 15, $1. C. T. Hamm, Tobaccoville, N. C. Eltgs?Rose Gomb Reds, $1 to $2 for 15. W. C. Viucent, Greenville, N. C. Bloodhound puppies, English registered pure-bred. W. N. Cavin, Mt. Holly, N. C. Pure Prize Winning White Wynndottes?Eggs 18 for $1.26. G. 13. Dominick, NeeseB, S. C. Indian Kuiuier Duck Eggs?(White) $1.25 per dozen delivered. Good stock. J. F. Tietjen, Savannah, Ga. t^or Sale?Velvet lleans, $2 bushel f. J jo ini.w qsuo 'untpuiv 0 *o der. Caswell & Grimes, Alachua, Fla. Jend Dollar Dill for 100 White Bermuda onion plants, by mail, postpaid. C. Voorhees, South Lake Weir, ' Fla. 1 ilamnioth Yellow Soy Deans?Select stock, new seed,, recleaned. Price right. Burrus & Parker, New Bern, N. C. outline Nancy Hall Potato Plants? $1.75, 1,000. Order early and prevent delay. Glendale Farm, Lincolnton, N. C. tancocas strain S. C. White Leghorns 1 ?Matching eggs, $8 per 100; $1.50 ' per setting, lted Briar Farm, Hendersonville, S. C. iVhite Wyandottes?Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatching. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. ( 'or Sale-?Eggs (for batching, from thoroughbred S. C. Brown Leghorns prices on large lots. R. W. Chaplin, Rantowles, S. C. rteds?Large, healthy, bright red, inoculated. Heavy layers; 16 eggs, $1.50; 100, $6. Mrs. Addlt. E. Pat- * terson, Plneland, S. C. For Sale?One Flanders 20, two new cases, top, extra seat. Car In excellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, S. C. Special?Pure white and Exhibition * Fawn and White Runners, ?5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. lalari, Chills Jaundice cured or money refunded. Rigor-Tone 60 cents post paid. Stamps or coin. Rigor-Tone Co., Petersburg, Va. ndian Runner Ruck Eggs?Great layers, easily raised. $1 per 13. Express or parcel post paid. Mrs R. S. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. 6. < <"or Sale?Eggs from single comb White, Brown, and Buff Leghorns, Anconas, BiufT Orpingtons, 15 for $1. Carolina Poultry Farm, Reldsvllle, N. C. den and Women earn $3 daily ad-1 dressing letters In spare time. Send 10c for outfit and beginner. Address Morgan, Box 656, Salisbury, N. C, lerkshire Pigs of best breeding In South; long bodied, short nose type.I Pigs two months old. Registered,; $15 each. Middleton Farms, Clark's Hill, S. C. kVliite Letrhorns. Buff find wv?it? , , J v? ?%?? V* f T Hocks, Indian Runner Ducks, Baby chicks, eggs, stock. Circular on request. Summervillo Poultry Farm. Summerville, S. C. For Sale?Start right with Young'* strain single comb White Leghorns Best layers, beat chow birds known Kggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walter Berry, Greenville, S. C. \ Wonder of the Age?Webb's Waxall, apply with rag. 75c quart delivered. Will stain and wax floor one application. All colors. Webb's Art Store, Columbia, S. C. For Sale?Tompkin's and Lanuford's I high class Single Comb Reds. Fine' breed. Select raatings. Kggs, $1.50 $2 and $2 per 15. Young chicks. Mrs. John Kerr, Duiham, N. C. Pumpkin Seed?Largo variety, fine for stock, weighing 150 to 180 pounds. First prize South Carolina fair. For sale by grower, 25c dozen. J. P. Wheeler, Prosperity, S. C. "Perfection" Potato Draws?(J. Q Padrick's) $2?$1,000; unexcelled: April delivery; book order now bj depositing $1. Cabbage Plants, 1, 000 $1.10. J. L. Padrick, Tifton, Oa 100 Fine Heavy XXXX Envelopes? neatly printed to suit any business, 45c 260. $1.00; 500, $1.50; 1,000. V-s * NmamIIp, AHObiOc mA RhUni UlUr Writkf ? Boat hlgkljr rvcommaodtd. Our gradual ira if thoy wcoW bora H'S BEST" ,OUCT0HLgr??&HA. I ** $2.40. 'Packetheads same price. Prepaid. G. W. Wilson, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. For 8ale?Registered Hereford cat- ^ tie, beBt of all beef breeds for our Southern conditions. Eighty breed ing cows; young stuff for sale. Extra good breeding. Evaus Lunsford, Covington, Ga. Automobile Contact Points, 75 c? Why pay $1.60 or $2 for new points. A We put uew platinum on for 75o J each. Send them to us and g?'t them iff by return mall. Wiesepape Mfg Co., Columbia, S. C. For Sale or Exchange?$3,500 of preferred stock with salaried position in Moving Picture Fihn Exchange for sale or exchange for Improved money-making farm. H. V. Knight, Columbia, S. C. Eggs?Prize winning Rose. Single Comb Black Minorcas, Pape, Northrop, Mishler strains. Dark Fornlsb Indian Games, $2 to $3 fifteen. Satisfaction guaranteed. Paul Houston, Greenville, S. C. See the World and make from $3 to -w $5 a day collecting bones and other junk from trash piles; no capital needed. Write for prices. Ilendersonville Rubber & Metal Co., Ilendersonville, N. C. Velvet Beans from farmer to farmer, North grown Florida Velvet Beano nro the host. Crop short tills year. %. Our supply limited. Sacked in double bags; $2.50 per bu. f. o. b. Quiney, Fla. Owl Commercial Co., Ivellerstrass White Orpingtons? Reared ~from $100 nenx. Aidri^w strain from Madison Square Oarden blue ribbon winners. Fifteen ^ eggs, $2, $3 and $5. Orders filled with care. W. S. Stansell, Easiey, S. C. For Sale?Entire stock of general merchandise valued at $1,5 00, more or less. Will sell at reasonable figures. Stock in good condition. Also ^ one desirable lot on Main street. Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn. S. C. Kf>0 Acres Houston County, Ga., Fine Farming and I'eneh Land?Railway way station on place. Don't hesitato on account of price, $10,000 i for this whicht is worth $30,000. Southern Insurance & Realty Co.? Life Building, Macon, Ga. Lady or gentleman, fair education, to act as our representative in home town. Exclusive territory given. Selling experience unnecessary. We furnish capital. Show how to boild Q permanent business that should pay $2,000 first year. Staple line. Our booklet, "How to Start in Buslnese for Yourself," explains all. Free on request. Address Box 1599. Philadelphia, Pa. II To Stay Well || Keep ^The Blood Right rPHERE Is no health whero tho llfocur! rent Is poisoned. It inay bo tho norvos are crying out for relief from hoadaches and slooplossness; perhaps ^ ! tho muscles acho?Oh, how thoy hurt? tho bones may bo soro; tho skin may breakout?all oftheso are only symptoms. "Tho blood I3 tho life" and If must bo puro and abundant If you aro to bo well. j rPIIERK Is 110 help In treating symptoms. 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Patrolman Edward Johnson of Atltnntic City, New Jersey, Wednesday arrested his wifo and locked her up> ^ for tho night because sho worried him on bin hont ? . Auto Dashes Into Tree. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Sloan woreseriously injured at Anderson Thursday when the steering gear of their ^ automobile broke, dashing the car ^ against a tree. Varnvill? Hurt by Fire. Fire at Varnville Thursday destroyed property to the value of $70,000, with insurance amount to $23,- ^ 100. 4