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kr VVWQIATION OF GAME WAltDEN 8'Assistant Hank Examiner Reports on Condition of the Finances Connected 'Wlth the Offie, Columbia, Mlarch 17.-Gover-or al ning has released for publication the rport of W. WI. Bradley, assistant bank examiner, in the oflice of the chief game warden fron .January 1 to March 7, 1917. The governor has named Mr. W. 11. Gibbes game war den, but Colonel A. A. Richardson de iclined to surrender the oice and the matter is now in the courts. The report in part follows: SIr: I present, herewith, my report on the otlice of chier game warden of South Carolina, from Jlanuary 1, 1917, the date to which settlement was made and published in the annual re port of the State bank examiner, to the close of business, March 7, 1917. "In making this report, I felt that no reliable accounting could be had j that did not begin with tle source fi'oin wIicht ithe stalc gaile protection fund arises, and to thi n i. d is cussed with the chic' gamtin waden 11 the advisability of directing letters to the county wardens anld muagistrates, asking thema to send it their cotlle tions for tlle aIst twelve imionths. We concluded that a itore aecurate check could be had by having the (coulty wardens to vomtie to Columtbia inl per son, bringijag lie ir' license stuiibs w\-tith theta. In imrsutance of this agree imloni, eletegraphic calls were ent out to all tile vointy wardenls of tihle state, to appear in grou ps. on tice coisecltive days. for a checkinag of their stubs. There are thirty active County wardens :,'I. :0 ovltofwo repott ed in personti e.xvept the warden froml Abbeville. who was detained by Ihigi water, and the warde from (eoneoe whose rcords wenre en ini I checked. Witliout exceptioni Ithe olintv war dens reporting, turned in cash for all lieetse stiubs retilirted, and in soimc in;umv., ther turnemd inl exce.. ca which will t ciedited otn the fuw stubs out. and still t) b reptorleI ott. The Imtethlod of handlinlg I he Ii censes prclude. the possibility of lo.'. to the stall.. Local ,ounty ardens: ate issuied so many StatI. (outy and n1on1-resideni licentuses and t ley ar checked with Ilhose in the oli. o tle clif gam toe wardent andt1l they ni nst aecotla eit ht in cash or unwrilttent cert ificatles. All fines iml)ose(d duritng the year 19.16 will he fointd ill tie antal re Port of tlie ctief game watdel, which WHERE' GATHEl Men have found style they Want it, at Little. MILLEE I SOUTH AMERI4 CORLIS HIGHES TIES F! All With Nai A PANAMA HA MADE TO MEASURE perfect fit and in a style SMI report I checked with the records in hisi office and found to be corret. Fines iposed from the first day of January, 1017, through March 7, 'S117, will be found Itemized elsewhero in this report n:arked "Exhibit B '. ThIs was chcckel with the reports iv the olice of State game ward'ni and found to bo orrect. I'mdier "i'xhibit C" will be fokind a atement from .1 anuary 1, lt7, through .larch 7, 1917. of reelpt A of IV, nses and lines paid to tile c'.Ief -ame warden and the State treasurcr, aidi Iy 'the State game war.len remit ted to the State treasurer, also a statement of warrants drawn by the chief game warden on the State tleas urer and the disbursement of same. classified, which has been checked with the expenditures as shown by the records in the ofilce of the chief game warden. "In the statement which was print ed in the anual report o' the State balk examiner wil' b fouid an ite'n of $79, apparelty I execs, Csh paId ilo tile State treaurmNy by th' c hief ame waIldell. Thirty dollars of this apparent lolgage was located ill tile presenit 'tuldit. and has bween charged back to the chief I-amle wartien, lie hadl([ issued a eceIlpt to onie of tle county wardels for $ 1 ut the fig Ilres on1 lthe stilb appeared to he $125. and the Item was eltered onl his cash hook at $125. The error was evident !y chi (.l' 1alld the (orlreetoll has been llade. Ill a (lassified statement of dis hu IseinII ts m11,ade 511 plllemenl 1tal to MY last annual report, and subse (luently published ill the1 llwspaieI.-, tnhere was anl Item of $1,59SI.11, ai tomobile Iire for the State galle war ldon's department for the year 191t, Irom .Janmary, to .anuary, 1917. In addition to this am1oun11t there were Ie mileage books charged to the deartment of $120, mainc1(g a total for the year of $1.718.41 charged to thl departillent for I ran1pol tt loll by train and auto. Fromn .lanary 1, 11917, to Nlareh 7, 1917, additional auto hire was (harged upl) amounting to $622.:10, inlcurlred partly inl ODce mber, 19111. but not paid for until 1917, a total for tihe 11 and a fractioll m11o hlis of $2.10.91. Thoelm (Ialges 1111der this liad had se iled to ite Iarige, alld I askvI IIe (1hief gaille wallel to explain how 1114 llar-ges were Illade. ills statemllnt ill suilstalce was as follows: "That in detecting law breaklls ill tile act It was lecessary to act <t1lilik ly, to be on the groulld, oftilnes hv fore a traill was scledlled to start, and thIat (he work coild lot lie effec For Business or Smith & Little's nishings Predon that they can get anythi the price they are willin t-ADAIR FELT HATS AMERICAN PANAM)~ ZAN GENTLEMEN SI S-COON SHIRT$ AND T QUALITY HOSIER (OM THE BEST MAK tional and International LT We have on display~n sample genuine Sot Hats. Call and let Uw one for you. This is and shape to please you. [H & LIT "In view of 'this fact, 'he h'ad asked I the -previous legislature to allow him to buy two Ford machines, which they declined to do. He then submitted the matter to the attorney general, ask ing him it, in his opinion, he would have the right to buy the machines himself and charge the department a reasonable -da!ily rental for same. lie received the attorney general's opia. ion to the effect that he might do so. Acting on this opinion he charged the department $.'.)> per (lay for the flays the machines were actually Ili Bervice Fcr this service he bought two Fnrds,' cost 9.14: one Buick. cost $1,800, and one Saxon, cost $870, making a Totr.l of $2,584. The Buick he has been ts ing for several years. Recently he has sold: April, 1910, one Ford .. .M.3.00 February, 1917, one Ford .. .. 200.00 February, 1917. one Buick .. 4010.0 $985.00 The Saxon lie has on hand, and he estimates its value at about $150. The actual running expenses of these cars for the fourteen months and seven days, closing with March 7, 1917, as shown by bills paid and filed in his oflice for the perliod teitioned, which bills I itemized item by item, and to tilized, aiounted to $1,405.90. This was for gasoline, repairs and pur Chase of parts, It is not for me to pass on the wts doi or lack of wisdoi of these ex pendituires, and hence I have at tetled to give the facts fairly ,fully and nveeurately, without commtnent. Respectffully submitted, (Signed) W. W. BRADLEY, State Auditor. * IliETH.\ARAH. NEWIS, etihahara, .\March II.-Mr. .John .\lartin Wiitefori died at his daigh ter's M rs. .ioin Cobb in Ninety Six Friday morning at four o'clocl, aft an illiness of over a year and was imried, at liethaibar'a church in Lau ienl. coiun1t1y Sa"1turday a one o'clock, the funIiral beimn condulted by e.v. \\. 1'. Turnu(. .\r. \\'hitteford was 6. rears. of age and a nmetiber of Ilitha hara chitrici. ife is suir vived by six childrn. i.rs. .ilihn Stimitl, of Chati Wo:Ats \ill ,(ook, Cross lIIll: .\rs. hm Cohl, Ninety Six; Mirs. Charne ir nGre( 'enwood: 1rs. Andrew Wood. Modon', Ga.; and Mirs. Taliage louknr, Ninmety Six: and two broth eis, .\lr. Abramto and .Mr. 11enrty Whit wrd. and oe sister, Miss Annie, all of whbom reside niar Cross .11111 Social Occasions Shoes and Fut linate. ng they want in the g to pay, at Smith & OES COLLARS ERS Reputations. ow a large collection of ith American Panama i fit your head and order the only way to obtain a TLE 11C RAIROAD 8TRI E .1AS BEEN AVERTED Railroad Managers Accept Terms of Employees at Last Moment. New York, March 19.-The railroad strike has been averted. Yielding to the a)pcal of President Wilson and racing the probability of the country's entrance into the world war, the rail roads this morning, granted the four brotherhoods' demands for for a basic eight-hour day. 1 The brotherhoods called off the strike. What is regarded as a eom plete surrender of the railroads Will cost them approximately $60,000,UOO yea rl.. Three hundred thousand of men will profit by concession which puts tile Adamson law into effect irrespective of the supreme court's action. The crisis resulting from the sink ing of three American ships was a prime factor. The railroads' delcsion came after fifty hours' anxious conference, all of which until a short time before the announcenent pointed to an Inevitable deadlock and after the nedlators made no secret of the fact that they viewed the outlook with pessililisiti. Both sides had been told of the seriousness of the interinaloIal situation ,but ap varently it had fallcn uponil. deaf cars. Secretary Lane had issued a state men0lit saying lie would renew the con ferences Monday, intimating lie was none too hopeful and the brotheirhood chilefs had gone to thelr hotel. Alediators coiferred with railroad ma nagers again with the result that the latter are said to have voted unanimousl'y to yield to the brother hoods inl order "tliat neither at home nor abroad should there be fear or hope that tile etleiient operation of the riilroads of file country would lie hampired or impiaired." Secretary lLane paid a high tribute to 1 the pa triotisimi of lie Iailrioads. Secretary Illie and othe11r iledilators were visibly affected when ihey learin (d of the action of the railroads and tlnniiig to lislha I.ve, (lhairlmiani, said, "''lis is 1 ingiil'leii thing that you have dlo(. fAlr yorIl i oilitry. It will vn downi Inl history a-, one of thOrew est t in ; .%oul (.%or did.' Tie irotherhood .11'hiefs' faces slowoed relietf froli the stiain 1 unde r whieh they hav loed Since Fr-iday evenling w%*itl the r(-sidelt's Coilrnit tee. It is sti1111141 the men have he tw'een twelve aid thir-tenii million dol llr comin 4)g 1to e1 ai Ib ack wages silCe .anuary 1. It w as exd:lined on behalf of the igers (ommiittee tha1t If thle sit 0r141' court hvld ile Adamsoni law valid. it volild then fall 'to l'resident \\ilsonl's comiission,. headed by Geo. \\. Geoth11al1, it) compulte the award of iak pay. It was declared that if the .\damson law was held unuconsti tulioinal, the ia iroads hIlien could as surne the task. THi 1lssibiliity existed that both Sidv:es woldh atgice to leave 1he coiuii tatioi to Ilie Goethals col Iniss lonl, re Thie ((oidl, damp1 wVealter oft .\aichi :-eis t) 14- 11he most5 favorale~ for' :h' 1ne14niali germi!i. No1w is thei timle to) be4 (;Ireftul. i'neumioia oftenI results olilen1 rid of the less thie dlanger.A;s ceen as5 thle first indiicatt11(io of cod 1hiiedy. .\'n to thle vailue of this pie ',aration)1, ask anyone who hits used0( it. y nhlmarine Wlarfaire and larm Pro. d1utcts, No one ranl tell what wiill be the( ouit('ome or Gernmany's suibmainie war fare, but tihe chances are that Its ef fect on cotton prices is greater inow than it will he later'. If Germany caii not lirevenit ships getting to IEnglandl, Cotton)1 will contiue to go theire in greater or* smlaller quaniitities. On the other hand, if Germany can stop cong lierce with I0ngland, the war will not last lon1g, andl peace will boost cotton prices again. The same priiciples ap py in the case of tobacco. WVhen 'the war hegan, cotton prices were forced far too low, as everybody now knows, aind we believe the same sort or ex citement is agaIn forcing prices too how. The conclusion of the whole matter Is that wve see no reason why holders of 51po1 ('otton shiould rush to sell it. On the othe1r hand, with prices of feed. stuffs andl foodlstuffs as high as they are, thlere should certainly be no tempiltation to one-crop) farming this year. The hest garden ever, thle big gest. 11611ai patches, and other crops arranged to give "food, feed and fer hIlity" should be every ise farmer's motto.--Theo Progressive Farmer. A lii'llous Attack. When you have a bilious atiack your Ilie fails to perform lts functions. Yout become consllpated. Tihe food you eat ferments itn your stomach in stead of dligesting. This infiamos the stomnach and~ causes nausea, vomiting, 'hid a terrIble headache. Take Chamn ierlaln's Tablets. They will tone up tour liver, clehn out your stomach and ,'ou will soon be as. Well as ever'. TheyI >nlly cost a quarter. 1 - Al 0 4 jW"Ua. Owan &C Your Store and Ours This store belongs to us; but it's no good to us unless it's your store too. To be your store it must contain the. clothes you want to wear, it must be arranged for your comfort and it must do business in a way satisfactory to you, having and holding your confidence. Lots of men---more (very year---find that our 'store is their store. If it isn't already your store, come in and let us make it so. Sold? Wher~yog say---I'll take that suit? No! When you've had the suit home? No! Only when you're satisfied with the suit---and this is for you to say. That's our policy That's why it's so absolutely necessary for us to use the greatest thought and care in selecting the clothes we sell. MINTER CO. Laurens, . . So. Car.