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cial reports received at his office AMI
frankly so stated to your committee.
A matter of fact, Mr.. Richardson.
ohi Of the $4,000 collected by him,
turned into the school fund $1O.592.-
SO and turned the balance over to the
State treasurer to the credit of the
game protection fund.
Seventh-Production of records.
Something has been said about the
refusal of Mr. Richardson to comply
with the demand of the governors
counsel to bring before the committee
all the records of his office. This de-
mand was made by counsel repeatedly
and your committee took the position
that 1t has no authority under the
senate resolution to make demand for
these records; but did request NJ.
Richardson to present such special
records as the governors counsel
might call for. This he agreed to do
and did do. He declined to bring all
the records of his office before the
committee. however. on the ground
of Inconvenience and liability to mis-
placement and loss; but before the
close of the hearing invited the com.
mittee to adjourn its meeting to his
offices where all the records were
available.
Eighth-Personal integrity corrup-
ton in office.
Your committee finds that nothing
was produced before them to assail
the personal integrity of Mr.. Rich
ardson nor tending to show corrup.
ton in office. Indeed, the governor
stated orally before your committee
that he did not charge, nor mean to
charge dishonesty or corruption
against Mr.. Richardson, and offered
q very candid written statement to
the same effect at the close of the
hearing.
In his written statement submitted
NY the governor at the close of the
hearing, he expresses the opinion
that the senate resolution under
which your committee was appoint
cd, constituted an encroac chment by
the legislature upon the executive de-
partment, and states that he appear
ed before your committee purely as
matter OF courtesy to the senate
We desire to express our very high
appreciation Of this courtesy and ais
our appreciation Of the courtesics
shown the committee by Mr.. Rich
irdson and all others who appeared
before us.
We think it only proper to say.
however that neither the governor
nor Mr.. Richardson, were subpoenaed,
or otherwise required to appear be-
fore your committee but were merely
invited to do so.
Very respectfully submitted.
d. Reece Williams,
Minority COMMITTEES
February 21, 1915
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Minority Report.

ssOs'sy AsSIcAts
To the Honorable. the Senate o:
South Carolina: ..,. ~
Tho undersigned, representing
minority OF the committee appointed
Under your resolution adopted at thu,
1918 session to investigate the
charges of the governor against A. 4.
Richardson, chief game warden, az
contained in his veto message on
house bill No. 766 and senate bill
No. 17G. begs leave respectfully to re
port as follows:
First; AS to the statement by the
governor on information. that be
fore Mr.. A. A. Richardson was rec
commended for reappointment by Au-
dubon Society as chief game warden.
he or his friends brought about the
admission of about SO new members
to the society and through them was
able to direct it's action"
This charge is sustained only t.
WV 'NtN'e 'hus iiitnuS anu support
crs of Mr.. Richardson engaged i'm tn
stated activities with his knowledge
and consent. 1t should be stated.
however. that the governors presen;
appointee to the position OF chief
game warden invoked the same meth
ods. While such methods are unfor
tunate. II Is the opinion of this. the
minority committee, that the fault
lies mainly in the law providing the
manner OF appointment. and that un-
iil IL is changed, resort to such actiy
tiles as are charged by the governoc
are almost inevitable.
Second: AS to the charge OF lob
bying;
This charge is In part sustained
Mr.. RICHARDSON frankly admits that
he and some Of his friends and sub
ordinates ala try to influence the pas
-agc of the bill vetoed by the goy-
cTnor. There was no TESTIMONY pro
tHccd before the committee. how
'vcr to show that the lobby was un
r'iaI or pcrnlcious In character. The
let's brought ont so to show tina.
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Food Administrator Notes.

A supply of United States Food
Administration Home Cards for 1911
have been received by G. A. Lennon
County Fcod Administrator and plac.
ed with the assistant food admins
traitor for distribution at Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce. A supply o!
bulletins on the various uses of corn
meal and oat meal have also been
placed at Chamber of Commerce 70"
free distribution.
Call for these cards and bulletins
or send for them. The home cards
deal intelligently with the wheatlcss;
and meatless day program. and tell
why We should conserve wheat. beef
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,ork, mutton, sugar and fats.

pork, mutton, sugar and fats.
DR.. j. III. Haynsworth, County Su-
perintendent of Education and AS
sistant. Food Administrator T.. l..
Reardon together visited DuBos :
school and Oswego school last We'd
nesday in the interest of the wheat
less and meatless day program. Dr..
Hayncwortb also inspected these
schools and held examination of pu-
pills and conferred with the teachers
about various school matters.
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Miss Annie Keels and Miss Alice
Martin, Home Demonstration agents,
were at Rembert school Friday hold
ing demonstration meeting with the
the ladies', and they took one Of the
food administrators, one E. l. Rear
don with them to talk the wheatless
and meatless patriotic part Of the pro-
gram. They promised him something
good to eat, that is he will be PEI
mitted to eat the samples of wheatless
and meatless meals.
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CANE WARDEN row, !
COMMITTEES 'Br -sNcs IN brv,pE,,
>fispORr.
>assne and McCown Sign Majority
ssrort and Williams OF Lancaster
Wc Minority--scuti'ncnts Dincr
Morn Ti,an la~sliuss.

ce'vs~eia. Feb. 2s.-rhe senate
ssm'nistec appointed to investigate
the charge made by Gov. Manning
against 4. A. Richardson, whi,. chic,
saaas warden. makes divided report,
The majordy report being signed by
senators Johnstone and Mccown. and
the minority report by. Senator vii
Hams Of lancaster.
Tes majority report sustains the
eavernor % TO methods OF election.
20 does the minority report, but ii
b'ames thstaw. The majority repor,
susta<ns the charges as to Illegal col.
ssesleas and travelling expense items.
~ does the, minority report but pre-
ssnts these matters In different Ian
ssass. Al to the maintenance Of u
sss& and insidious lobby both reports
~~v partially sustain the governor.
The report follows:
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coksity for fh9fe expenditures, as cs-
'Abiished by the fact that they put
IN their appropriation bill for expense
account OF this department an amounk
oqualling the sum of $1,000.
There was an expense of some ST.
400 Tor the upkeep of the automobiles
mentioned in the governors message
Tho governor. We think, was justified
in mentioning that matter because os
the fact that the State auditor ha
Included 1t In his returns of the audit
OF the chief game warden office. How
ever. upon inquiry by the governor
OF the state auditor, he found thot
this matter did not relate to State af +.
fairs. but were matters that had beon
paid by Mr.. Richardson out OF his
own private funds. and asked that
that correction be made In his pre-
senthtion to the committee.
Fourth: The next statement Ia rs
follows: THE lobby have referred
to has been apparent to the members
OF the general assembly. The chic.
game warden. Mr.. Richardson, and
his assistant, Mr.. Funderburk, have
been continually In evidence In this
work during this session, and before.
have been Informed that c. H..
Glaze, clerk of the judiciary commit
tee Of the senate. who is also cou rt
stenographer for the First Circuit has
been active In this lobby. 1t has bee,
reported to me that the judiciary com
mittee adopted a resolution that tn.
headquarters Of this lobby be with
drawn from their committee room
with its bare-faced activities"
This statement ID sustained In 80
far as the resolution being passed by
the Judiciary committee is concerned
as shown by the statement of the
chairman of said committee before
your committee that such resolution
was passed. The resolution, however
does not sustain the governors state
ment in that IL relates alone to the
chief game warden and his friends
but was intended or was worded so
that 1T applied to any person except
members of said committee and ex.
members of said committee. ......
AS to the general lobby charged
by the governor we find that he had
ample information on which to base
this statement and it is in effect ad
mitted by Mr.. Richardson.
The committee deems 1t proper 70
state before it concludes it's repor,
that the governor stated that he was
In error as to the amount that had
been turned over by the chief game
warden to the schools, that being
that only $1,000 was found in the re.
port OF the bank examined. Aftor II
more correct knowledge OF tho,,
items. he stated to the committee tina,
he was in error to the extent that tn,
amount turned over was sI0,592.20
and not $4,000, as originally stated b,
him. the difference between $4,000
and slo.6s2.5O having been deposited
in the State treasurcrs Office and
afterwards paid out to the schoo.
funds. making the total of SO
592.5o.
Your committee in making this re-
port desires to state that IL has con
fined itself closely and entirely to such
matters as were set out in the gov
ernor's veto message and within the
scope of their authority given i'm the
resolution prevailing for its appoint
ment
Most respectfully.
Alan Johnstone,
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A Permanent Cure.
Mexican Controller General

Mexico City, February 23.--Francis-
co NJ. Gonzales, former national
treasurer, has been appointed by the
president to fill the recently created
rost of controller general. His du-
ties will he to pass on all government
expenditures.
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GONE FOR GOOD.
Results That Last Are What Appeal {,
Sumter pCODlC

Results That Last Are What Appeal to-
Sumter People.
Kidney sufferers in Sumter want
more than temporary relief.
They want results that last
Results like Mr.. Vogel tells about
His was q thorough test.
Two years is a long time.
Doan's Kidney Pills nave stood the
test and stood 1t we'll.
Why experiment with an untried
medicine?
People here In Sumter have shown
the way.
Read the story of r. w. vogel. 401
E. Hampton Ave. lie says: "FOi
several years suffered from pains
through the small OF my back and
whenever / stopped. / was in mis-
cry. My back became very weak and
several times had to give up work
\ physician treated me. but his med
cine as well rs a number OF others.
brought no relief. After using one
box of Doan's Kidney Pills, the pains
disappeared and st: boxes complete.
ly cured me-
A Permanent Cure.
Over two years later. Mr. Vogel
said "Doan's Kidney Pills made n
permanent cure in my case"
Price 6Oc.. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
poan's Kidney Pills--the same tina,
HIr. Vogel has twice recommended
] 'oster- Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo.
\. Y.--Advt. (43)
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~~~ A'sh'sNN huOWiCu6c VI tllS QeluliS
OF administering this office, we are
hardly In position to pass Intelligent
ly and definitely upon the matter. II
Is realized. however, that the depart
ment is very young; was built up AMI
enlarged during the incumbency of
Mr.. Richardson as it's head, ami
doubtless. required large expendi.
lures. the propriety and reasonable
ness of which would not be appar-
ent to those not intimately familiar
with the requirements of thoroupb
administration. From the state
ments made by Mr.. Richardson as TO
salaries paid. amounts paid for au-
tomobile and boat hire; and by COM
parison of his expenditures with those
OF his successor, this committee IS un-
wiling to find that his Office was
characterized by extravgance or
"astefulness. There is little doubt
however that as the department pro
crosses and becomes more systematic
co. the costs OF administration may
be somewhat reduced The governors
reference to extravaganza and waste
was doubtless based upon the idea
that the item referred to by him.
Fourteen hundred dollars for ND
Keep OF automobiles" was paid out or
the States funds. The governor had
been misled as to that item, howevey.
ana after consultation with the Stat,
auditor, had his attorney to state "a
the committee as a matter of fair
ness that the item had been paid ~.
Mr.. Richardson personally
Sixth. That the former chief game
warden collected more than $40. .OOD
and turned over to the public school
fund only little more than $4,000.
This charge. Ivy the governor is no.
sustained. He was misled by the ofti
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prayer, hoping that one Of his strays
WIZ get some poor unsuspectlng Fritz
In the napper hundreds OF yards be
hind the lines. II generally does that's
the reason the Boches hate the man
from Erln's isle.
The Saxons. though better than the
Prussians and Bavarians. have n nasty
trait Of treachery In their makeup.
AT one point OF the line where the
trenches '7ere very close. n stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
II was his turn. Tommy would crawl
TO this take and attach some London
papers 20 II. while at the foot he would
place tins OF bully beef. flags. sweets.
and other delicacies that he had re-
ceived from Blighty In the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz would come
out and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would 20 out
to see what Fritz put into his stocking.
The donation reneraily consisted OF n
paper from Berlin. telling who was
winning the war. some timed sausages.
cigars. and occasionally n little beer.
but funny thing. Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless II was In
side OF him. His platoon got whlff Of
his breath one night and the. offending
Tommy lost his job.
One night a young English sergeant
crnwled 10 the stake and as he tried 20
detach the German paper n bomb ex-
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set n trap and gained another vic
tim which was only one more black
mark against him In the book of this
war. From that time ON diplomatic re-
lations were severed.
Returning to Tommy. I think his
spirit is best shown In the questions he
asks. II Is never ''who IN going 20 win"
but always how long viii II takef"
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srrsf wcck IRVINE b rlcl fN..
Of the Tommlcs how % pIay nokcf bat
bccuusc won thlrty-nve fnncs they
declared that they didn't "fawncy" the
game.
Tommy plays few card games. the
general run never heard ~ poker. en-.
chre. seven up. or pinochlc. They have
game similar 20 pinochle called
Royal Bczique.r but Few know how to
play II.
Generally there are two decks Of
cards In section. and In n short time
they are 10 dog-carcd and greasy. you
can hardly tell the ace Of spades from
the ace OF hearts The owners 81 these
decks sometimes condesccnd 20 lend
them after much coaxing.
SO you see. Mr.. Atkins has his fun
mixed IN with his harlships and. con-
trary to popular belief. the rank and
file Of the British army In the trenches
Is one big happy fnmlly. Now In yir-
ginla. NJ school. was fed on old Me-
Guify's primary reader. which gave me
an opinion OF nm Enrllshmnn about
equal 90 n 20 Minute Mans backed up
by Slim Feiner's. But found Tom
my 10 be the best OF mates and n gem
tleman through and through. lie never
thinks Of knocking his officers. II one
makes a costly mistake and Tommy
pays with his blood. there Is no gen
crnl condemnation OF the officer. lie /
Is Just pltied. It Is exactly the snmc
rs II was with the Light Brigade nt |
TO say nothing Of Gallipoll. /
Neuve Chnpelle and LOos. Personally /
| remember a little incident where |
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twenty Of US were sent on a trencl
raid. only two OF US returning. but
Will tell this story later on.
said II was big happy family. and
80 II Is. but as In all happy families
there are servants. so IN the British
army there are also servants. officers
servants, or -. =" as they are termed
In the American army the common
name for them Is dog robbers" From
controversy In the English papers.
Winston Churchill made the state
ment, as far as can remember, that
the officers servants In the British
forces tOtaled nearly two hundred
thousand. lie claimed that this re-
moved two hundred thousand oxcep-
tiOnally good and well-trnined fighters
from the actual firing line, claiming
that the officers when selecting a man
for servants duty, generally picked The
mal who had bccn out the longest ana
knew the Npus.
But from my observation I find that
a large percentage Of the servants do
go over the top but behind the lines
they very seldom engage n digging
parties, fatlgues. paradcs or drills.
This work Is as necessary as actually
engaging In an attack, therefore I think
II would he safe 20 say that the ALI
round work Of the two hundred thou
sand Is about equal Ia fifty thousand
men who are on straight military du.
ties. In numerous instances. officers
servants hold the rank of lance-corpo-
rails and they assume the same duties
and authority of butler, the one
stripe giving him precedence over the
other servants.
There are lots Of amusing stories
told OF 80. s."
one day one OF ourimuiOrs went into
the servants billet nnd commenced
"blindlng" at them. saving that his
horse had no straw and that lac per
sOnally knew that straw had been Is
sued for this purpose. He called the
lnnco-eOrp0ral 20 account The cor
poral answered. "Blime me. sir, the
straw wns issued. but there wasn't
enough left over from the servants
bedsI In fact. we had 20 use some of
the 'ay 10 'elp out, sir"
II Is needless 10 say that the sery.
ants dispensed with their soft beds
that particular night.
Nevertheless Il Is not the fault OF
the individual officer, Il D. just the sur
vivnl Of a quaint old English custom
You know an Englishmnn cannot be-
changed In a day.
But the average Engllsh officer h q
good sport. lie viii ~ on a hrc step
aud listen respectfully 90 Pdsale
Jones theory OF the way the war /
should be conducted This war o.
gradually erumbling the once lusuf
wall OF caste.
You would be convinced OF this n /
you could see kiig George 20 amone
his men ON an Inspecting tour rad,i I
nre, or pause before a little wooden
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KEPT HER AWAKE
The Terrible Pains IN Back and
Sides. cardui Gave Relief.


Marksville, La.--mn. Alice Johnson,
Of this place, writes; "for one year
suffered with an awful misery In my back
and sides. Ny left side was hurting me
all the time. The misery was something
awful.
Icould not do anything. not even sleep
Al night. II kept me awake most Of the
night =. I took different medicines, but
nothing did me any good or relieved me
until took Cardui.
Twas not able 10 do any OF my work
Tor one year and got worse all the time.
was confined 10 my bed off and on. got
20 bad with my back that when stopped
down ! was not able TO straighien up
again -. decided ! would try Cardui
BY time had taken the entire bottle
I was feeling pretty good and could
straighien up and my pains were nearly
al gone.
! shall always praise Cardm. | con-
anued taking II until was strong and
we'll" Iiyou suffer from pains due 10
emale complaints. cardui may be Just
shai you need. Thousands OF women
sho once suffered In this way now praise
>ardui for their present good health.
live Il a trial. Nc-iD
(Advertisemontl
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cross IN sonie shclltosscd neid with
tcnrs IN his eyes Ms be reads the IN
scription. And little later perhaps
bend over n wounded man on stretch.
cr. pnttlne him on the head.
More than once IN hospital I have
seen titled He'd Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for wounded soldier.
perhaps the one who IN civil life de
ilvcrcd the coal nt her back door. To-
day she does not shrink from liehtiag
his fng or even washing his grlmy
body.
Tommy admircs Albert Of Belgium be-
cause he Is not pusher Of men; he
lends them. With him IT'S not a case
Of take that trench" Il r. "come on
and We win take II"
II Is amusing 10 notice the different
characteristics Of the Irish. Scotch and
English soldiers. The Irish and Scotch
IRE very impctuous. especially when II
comes to bayonet fighting. while the
Engllshman. though n trife slower,
thoroughly does his bit: he Is more
methodicnl and has the grip OF bull
dog on q captured position He II
slower TO think; that Is the reason why
he never knows when he Is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit on
the FIRE step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism OF his rifle 10 see that n
Is In working order and win fire prop
crly. After this examination he Is sat
isficd and ready TO meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scotchman sits
on the FIRE step. his rifle with bayonet
fixed between his knees, the butt OF
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which perhaps is sinking into the nut
D the bolt couldn't be opened with I
team Of horses IL Is 80 rusty-but HI
splits on his sleeve and slowly polishel
his bayonet; when this Is done he alss
Is ready to argue with Fritz.
II Is not necessary 10 mention the
coloniuls (the Canadians. Australians
and New zcalanders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
Is termed the Amaze" tnklng the
nnme from the first letters OF their Of
iiclul designation. Australian and New
zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according 10 their
lighting abilities. They rank us fol.
lows: Prusslans, Bavarians and Sax
uns.
When up against n Prussian regi-
ment Il Is case Of keep your napper
below the parapet and duck. A bang
bang all the time and a war Is on. The
Bavarlans are little better. but the
Saxons nre fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally TO behave as gen
tlemen and take II easy. but you cum
not trust any Of them overlong.
AT one point Of the line the trenches
were about thlrty-two yards apart.
This sounds horrible. but In fact Il was
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's frontline trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery 1ro.
In these trenches when up against
the Prusslans and Bayarians, Tommy
had hot time Of II. but when the Sax
ons took over" II was a picnic; they
would yell across that they were Sax
Gus and would not fire. Both sides
would sit on the parapet and curry on
a conversation. This generally consist
cd of Tommy telling them how much
he loved the kaiser. while the Saxons
informed Tommy that King George
was "a particular friend Of theirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Snx0ns were TO be relieved
hy Prussians OF Bavarians. they would
yell this Information across No Mans
Land and Tommy would Immediately
tumble into his trench and keep his
head down.
II an English regiment was 20 be re-
lieved by the wild Irish. Tommy would
tell the Saxons. and Immediately vol
ley Of -Donner uDd Blltzens" could
be- heard and Il was Fritz's turn 10 get
a crick Ia HIS back from STOPPING. and
the people In Berlin would close their
windows
Usually when an Irlshman takes over
trench, Just before stand down" In
the morning, he sticku his rifle over
the toy, aimed Ia the direction Of Ber-
I'm. and engages In what Il known as
the mad minute" This consists OF
irlng fifteen shots In a minute. He
is not aiming AZ anything "a particular
lust sends over each shot with