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FRED H. " ' - * * ^ "* (By Hartwe'l M. Aver.) Fred H. Dominiek the presem assistant attorney general, is one o: the foremost lawyers at the Xewberrj bar. and has serw-d the city and th< county and the state in various capacities with earnestness and fidelity, an: his course in all places of power 01 influence has been marked by a striel sense of justice to all and adherence tc the principles of rignt and honor. He has been active and aggressive in all public affairs, but he nas never taken an unworthy advantage of any one in the practice of law or politics. Frtd H. Dominick was born at Peake, Lexington county, February 20*h, 1877, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Dominick. The family is one of the oldest and best in this district. They have been worthy, public spirited and progressive farmers and business men for generations, as tar back as the records of the distrir-t zo Fred Dominick was educated in the public schools of Columbia, his father having moved to the capital when his family was young. Both father and son were determined to tak? advantage cf all the opportunities offered by the capital city for education, and Fred was one of the few boys in ills class to complete the school course. He then entered the State University and took two years' training there, when his family determined to move back to Newberry county, and Fred completed his acauemic education in Newberry college and began the study of law* i her?. which he completed ai the Uni-, versity of Virginia, and was admitted ' to the bar in Newberry county in 1898. J During the progress of his educa- j toin his father died, an-d the care of j thf family devolved on this oldest son. j who was then nearly attaining the goal of his ambition, a liberal educa-ion for; tVxn. Ua nhnnrfnllr t aaL' UOC lil lllXT HV/I IU x M.KT tiUVl iUit; iv/un lip the responsibility and bravely and j well he carried it through, and he j fnr<rht for and succeeded in the edu- . cational course he had so desired. The same characteristics that J marked him as a boy and as a stu- j dent marked him in hi? work in the: a in'e i/lno 1c V* i rrVt O n/4 >> U'l iU. lie lllo XJLIj-jlI ClillU with the dogged persistency of the old j Dutch stock from which he sprung,' he never lost sight of the goal until j he had attained it and moved the goal still further and higher. His temperament and Ms abilities j naturally led Fred Dominick into pub-1 lie service. He felt the call and the 1 people of his home town and county ! recognized his inherent leadership and j immediately advanced him to position j of honor and responsibility. He was ' sent to the legislature at the age of j 23, and though the youngest member | of that body his work on the floor and in the committees made him a conspicuous legislator, and srave him an in fiuence rarely attained by men even of Ion? service. For eight years he was chairman of the Democratic party in Newberry county, longer than any other man has held that position, and though he occupied that .place of political power at a tim^ when there was a marked degree of bitter partisan ship, there was never a complaint I against Mr. Dominick's rulings or his impartiality in any particular. He represented Newberry county continuously in the state Democratic COnventirmc frnm 19A2 trv 1912 anH hp served both the city and the county as legal adviser with marked ability and credit to* himself and advantage to the people As a lawyer Mr. Iiommick came promptly to the front in Newberry and as a counsellor and advocate he has made a very enviable record. has always been a hard, but a fair tighter. As an adviser he has been safe and conservative, sure of bis ground and holding it with persistence ;and ability. He has figured very prominently in many cases of importance in Xewberry county requiring wide "knnwledare of law an/1 of human na ture. He has always been, strong before a jury because he does understand human nature and deals with men as men. As assistant attorney general, although placed in the outset of his service in a rather awkward position due to changing conditions in state politics, he has proceeded quietly and with admirable tact on a course of strict attention to all business of the state, and has won the admiration and the affection of those most opposed to him in the beginning. Mr. Dominick has shown in his man agement of the campaigns of his J former law partner, ex-Governor Cole. \ \ DOMINICK .? . . *V>' >' . "'. ;+ \ ' / ' v. v**\ ] f.. Blease, a remarkable ability for ori ganization and effective work. There t ; have be.-n no campaign managements C, in South Carolina that have been more * j successful that Mr. Dominick's manJ j agement of Mr. Blease's interests. -| In 1914 Mr. Domiaick was a candiI date for congress from the third dis* trict against Hon. Wyatt Aiken, and t: though tne fates had marKea tnat oui ?j as a year of general change in the > j state, and the former successful faci; tion was marked for slaughter to the :: last man, Mr. Dominick polled a sur. prisingly large vote, a tribute to his I personality. He may enter the cam; paign again in the summer of 1916 ' with his splendid record as assistant '' attorney general behind him, and he ! will win to his support many of those I who for factional reasons opposed him previously. It is due him to say that , although contemplating this race, he i has in no wise turned aside from the " v* ~ ? J >? /> ^ ^ Vl /V *, I UUlltra vl ? tit" pusiuun ux: iiuv\ ! ho^ris in the service of the state to I or repair a single foot of his political fences. Tt is also due to Mr. ; Dominick to say that this sketch is the | mnvtarv egression of one who opi posed everything in any way connected with the faction in politics that was j mR'ie successful largely through his j ible management, and that there is [ 1 nothing herein but is spoken sincerely ; ind without dictation. C. Cm SchnmpCTt, Probate Judge. The duties of the probate judge are not generally understood by the public, and therefore there is more or less "onfusion and a great d^al of dissatisfaction in many counties over the management of this office by the "good feliow"' that the people have honored by their suffrage. In the case of Newberry, however, the "good fellow" happens to be a very competent and a very nfTi'.iunt \T r Q r-V> n.m nprt was partly raised in the office of probate) jiv,dge. His father held the position for . a number of years and was a fine officer. The son was his assistant for some time, and on the death of the father was elected to fill the imexf= I nri K/i i nree me Cost much money wl to feed. But you meet t mum expense when you bu that are worth eating, and y< Your Bank Acco Pay th Everything that is kept date grocery store we keep, (Jali to Dee Us. Courteous, \\T U I AMIMi TV'. 11. LiV/millf Main St. pired term. He entered in the campaign the next year and already the public had b. gun to ^earn that he was making a good officer, and ae recei.ed about twice as many-votes a= his oppem-nt-. The probate judge has cbargc or' the estates of minors. looKing alter their interests and checking up the guardians and executors. Properly he should never give a discharge -ind release a bond unril the person handling the estate made satisfactory return tc him and assured him that the proper.y j had been handled well, not over-taxed ! in expenses and is properly turned { over to the one who should have it. 1 ? * "J ...V. ? Jien tins amy IS wen uoue muse w im are expecting inheritances do not wake to a realization that they have been given a squeezed lemon. The probate judge cares for practically all of those who can not care for themselves lunatics and minors, incorrigible boys and ail rlncsps of dependents. It is a re sponsible position and one not to be given lightly. Mr. Schumpert has been unusually successful in his care of these many duties and responsibilities. He enjoys the confidence of the people of the city and the county, and is withal one of the most popular. He was married a year or two ago in this ritv Auditor J. B. Halfacre. Mr. J. B. Halfacre was appointed auditor of Newberry county by Governor Manning recently. He had been a farmer previous to that time, but one who was strongly recommended for the position as a careful and competent man to have charge of that very important office, where accurate and ready bookkeeping is the sine qua non of success. Mr. Halfacre was a candidate for the office several years ago, and received a very complimentary I vote but not quite large enough to put j him in office. He will be a candidate before the people, if nothing happens, j in the election next summer. He has j shown his ability in the office, which is kept in good condition, and he is striving to keep it up to the ideal. He has also improved his popularity with the people by his careful attention to tbeir needs and requests. The race] for auditor, the wise ones say, is going j ^ i-flrv hnf-iv rrvntested in the next I L'7 Ut W A. J campaign. Mr. Halfacre will doubt-1 ess hold his own with the people on trie stump. When a man wants a wife like! Mother was, the home of his you'.h! was happy. Petty men converse onlywithwomen. Tt is onlv a species of men who never I ao. Some men can eat at a trot, drink at j a lollop an!d let their tongue run a mile a minute. als a Day ien you have a family j he requirements of minily from us. We sell eats ou don't have to hand over >unt When You le Bill in a first class and up-toand it is here for you l i. . Polite and 1 Attention \ m VCK & SON | Newberry, S. C. \ i I I Game Warden Benefits Pe I ; i ITS INTENTS S0MET1 Protection of Non-Game B Farms, Gardens and Orel cense Does not Prevent. Control of Hunter, Bi County, What Col. I Perhaps no department of the state government is so nine unaersiooa uy the very people who derive the greatest benefit from it as the game warden department of South Carolina. I have heard otherwise intelligent men assert chat the game laws were only for the benefit of rich hunters and city people who wanted seasons observed and the game protected for their benefit, and were an imposition on the poor boy who could not afford to pay for a license, or wanted to catch a few fish at a time when the law says he should not catch them. Never was there a greater mistake than that the man of means is the only beneficiary?or. for that matter, the chief beneficiary?under our game laws. 'The protection of game and game fish benefits every ciiizen, and the protection of non-game birds is of immense benefit to the farmer, the gardener, the fruit grower and the people generally. The imposition of a resident as well as a non-resident hunter's license helps the county in which it is in force financially, in the protection of its game and in the control of that prolific breeder of homicide and homicidal a-sault?the negro* i and the single-barrel shotgun. The i ignorant negro, who habitually carries : with aim to the field to the woods, to his work or to his pleasure, that ever present cheap shotgun, cares nothing for breeding or too young game birds,, or the non-game birds which are a source of protection to crops and trees, except that when he can kill a few he will not have to work to earn food. | Prevfous to March, 1913, when CoL! Alfred A. Richardson took charge j a= chief game warden, the' department was worse than a joke.^Not even its. Lnaur xt f V* comn tt o rrl cn c 1 | lirau I\liC n H uu ^Uiu^ nui uvuw j I were; the department did not produce' j near enough revenue to pay its ex-1 penses, and there was no oDservance ! whatever of a closed season for game or legal and illegal methods of taking 1 game and fish in the state. Any bird t was a game bird if one chose to consider it such, no matter how valuable ! that bird might be as a destroyer of the insect pests which infest the soil and plant life on the farms andsin the orchards and gardens. I rVhen Col. Richardson took charge of the office of chief game warden on March 7, 1913, the department was & 1 ! UT <8> V ! Oil Mill S * i 1 Liu A 2 f I I I 1 Cotton Seed i I Latest In: * | I Co ft I I I We Solic I Satisi \ J. C. Epting, Jr., > I Pres., Secy, and T > > 's Department ople and Crops MES MISUNDERSTOOD irds Immense Protection to hards?County Hunters LiHunting on Lands Under it is Financial Help to Richardson Has Done considerably in debt. By a complete | reorganization of the game warden I ( */ >rr.r* nil /lir(r ii-irlaHfoHneiis: u'ae | luiic an uuioLanuuis i liquidated during tile first year of his j administration; and, on December 31, ; 1913, the books the state treasurer L showed that the game warden departI ment had to its credit $1,625.41. This | balance remained after paying all back I indebtedness and expenses, amounting I to $3,790.13. T~\ * iL 1 A1 i 4.' J i x I uunng me year lai-t ine department collected from fines and non-resident licenses a total of $9,183.61. A conservative estimate indicates that the col'ections made by the game warden j department during the year 1915 will j exceed $20,000. Col. Richardson is of the opinion that, after defraying all the expenses of his department, there will remain of this amount approximately $10,000, which, according to the statutes of the state, will have to be turned over to the common schools of South Carolina. The fish and game laws are now being better enforced and more obeyed than ever before in the history of the state. We predict that hunting and fishing-will be found more satisfactory to all this year. The last legislature passed a resident license, as well as non-resident license act in many of the counties, and it is a safe predication that not rs T?flnrAf?/>r?fo fiTrnc a 2>ni?Sie ^^univ rvuv/sc iti/icaruiaurvo in that body accepted the hunter's license, both resident and non-resident, to apply in their county, regrets that it was done and none of them will ask i's delegation to exempt them from the j act at the coming session. County li- | cense does not prevent any one hunt- J ing on his own land or land under his j control without a license, and the pro-! tection'to game and the great increase j U: *1x^4. TTfiT? I TtJSUiimg ni>m iiidi win ; more than make up the small cost of a resident hunter's license to the town sportsman. Besides, there is the revenue to the county from the licenses taken by hunters who come into the county from other parts-of the state and from other states. rTaken all in all, the game warden's department is one of great good and lasting benefit to all classes and kinds of people, as well as to crops, fruits, flowers and vegetables. E. F. H. TLE MOUNTA and Fertil INCORPORATED :le Mountain. S. { and Cotton S< \ lproved Cotton >rn and Grist Mi / vl> Vmti* P 11 A UU1 i< < faction Guaranf JiW. V reas. i % Hon. I*. V. Chapman. i It is rather a tribute and a good one to the bar of Newberry that the three i members or' the state legislature elected from this county should be members cf mat bar. It indicates the strength ! c;i t.ie bar to be able to overcome a ! pi j,.(iicc. not only general in the in.nds or ihe farmers, b;;t ofUn among ' < {her cia ses, against lawyers as members of the legislature, but the natural indisposition of the people to select all ; of their delegation from the same sec| tion of the county. Newberry has never had a bet'.er nor a more earnest, hard| working delegation than she has now, : and of that-delegation there is not a : more earnest worker nor more able I legislator than Mr. B. V. Chapman. : Mr. Chapman has been earnest and hard working all of his life. He worked his way through college, taught school, : studied law and was admitted to the bar and went right on working. His ' experience as a teacher has been a material help to him in his practice of law, as well as to him in his work I in the legislature, where so much time is taken un bv men who know nothinz \ about the public schools and their j needs, talking about what they think I they know. It is of great assistance to those who are trying to do something for education, one of the most impor| _ ! . i ????????i?????^ I ! ^ . i 9 mm 1 . & "jwHfflraBU i tant functions of the state, to have a man in the house who really does I know. Mr. Chapman as a lawyer and as a politician has the confidence and the esteem of all the people. His <vote fl in the last campaign was a very flat- 1 tering one, and he is regarded by the people as earnestly trying to fulfill hi?. nhhVntinn to Mr nmmtv. Before the jury in the court house he is a good speaker and an effective one. He is well posted in law and a good and safe advisor. To interpret art we must be artists, and the poet is not only one who whites, but one who understands. / ? i z IN ' | t lizer Co. ! f c I ied Products ! I !| J | ^ atronage | m 4 ' < B . < ^ < ?? ? H :eed IE S I f r -J Vashington, i SB Supt ::M