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WITH PEEPLE (CONTINUED FRO?a PAGE ONE.) tion I phoned you asking for an ap pointment with you fer five o'clock that afternoon in my room at the Je rome Hotel. At the outset of my ad ministration I was in urgent nerd of legal advice on a number of matters, including the pending Asylum investi gation, the order to disband the mili tia and other questions. You came to my room at the Jerome Hotel at five o'clock that afternoon and again dis cussed the matter with me in the pres ence of Mr. Benet, who had been pres ent et the former conversation. At that time you stated to us that to your great embarrassment you were not able to get Mr. Dominick to re sign; that you had asked him to re sign last summer and again since the campaign; that you had had mutual friends to go to him and state that he was embarrassing you and your conduct of the office by insisting on re taining his position as youl assistant; that you bsd not been able to make bim consent to give up the office, al though you still hoped that he would do so. You stated that Mr. Dominick's work wgs not satisfactory; that he bad been absent from the office with out your consent or even knowledge; that he bad on occasions left the of fice on Friday morning and stayed away until Tuesday night; that this was hot satisfactory to you nor to the conduct of the business of the office, but that you were powerless In the matter. You stated that when tho cam paign began last summe, you had gone to him and asked fer his resignation on the ground that you were in the, campe ign yourself, that he was a can didate tor Congress and dat Inas much as you had to maka the State tour with the campaign pirty, the of fice of the Attorney General would be closed unless your Assistant were there; that he had declined to resign, which had caused you great embar rassment and had forced you to leave the State campaign party a number of times to attend to matters in the office which absolutely required at tention. * ? You again stated that you personal ly were snxloua to work in harmony with my administration, but that you could not get rid of Mr. Dominick; that you regretted this, and that you still boped the matter would work It self out. i." I have never Intimated to you or to anyone e se that I wanted you to appoint any particular man, nor do 1 v now do so. You'havo an absolute right, legal and otherwise, to appoint whom you please; but in view of thevolun-. tary statements and assurances you had made me, I was glad to discuss Ute appointment with you: while in view of the peculiar unsultableness of the appointment of Mr. Dominick, X have a right to protest, not because of any personal feeling against him, but upon the grounds that Mr. Domin ick, having been the law partner of the former Governor, his campaign manager and his close confident and partisan, political and Otherwise, would be opposed to the carrying out of the changes in our government which the people by their vote, bist August, ordered done. In considering appointments distinction must be made between thoso twp offices where the duties are of an administrative character and those where the duties are advisory. In the one case, difieren-1 ees as to political association are not especially important; In the other, lack of sympathy and conviction necessarily prohibit co-operation. I am disappointed that you do not ' seem to realise the absolute necessity of every branch of the government co-operating fully with complete con fidence, in order to put into effect the expressed mandates of the people. . In frankness, I can but feel that you could not be uninfluenced by the opln - lots and association ot Mr. Dominick In matters submitted to your office, when yod have admitted to me that you had asked him to resign, but were not able to make him do so. I am giving out the correspondence for publication. Yours truly, RICHARD % MANNING. Should Appoint Man la Sympathy With Administration. January 21. 1911?. Hon. Thomas H.. Peoples, At t'y. Gen., Columbia, 8. C. 33o&r Sit* * As I have said to you heretofore, I was elected to the office of Governor upon a platform In opposition to the policies which have prevailed in this S<D.CA for the last four years, and lt, therefore, desirable that your assis tant should be ? man tn sympathy with my polic?as. You have seen flt to appoint Mr. Fred H. Dominick your assistant, who. waa a supporter of the policies ot my oredecessor lu this of fice. in these circumstances i do not tees that 1 can rely upon your office for legal advt?*- I ?hall need legal advice In the administration of my office, ai>d therefore shall be compelled to cali this matter to the attention of the leg islature-for such action as they may L-flt to take, If you Insist in making this appointment. Please let me have your reply. Very respectfully, RICHARD I. MANNING. Governor. Attorney General Terns Governor's Letter Bess** for Dismissal of Assistant. Columbia. 8. C., Jan. 23, 1?16. Hon. Richard L Manning. Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, fl. ?. Slr: I am tn receipt of your letter ot the Slat last, wherein you sabstaniisUy. if not expressly, demand that I shaU rescind the appointment made by me of. Mr. Dominick aa my. assistant, and tn the event I do not, you practically threaten to call my refusal to rescind anet: order, and appel?t such person I NOT INTERFERE |j|?g|Nj that will be satisfactory to what vou term your ''policies." to the attention of the legislature for such action ns they may see flt to take. I shall endeavor to answer younlct ter, so surprising in its character and so disagreeable in its tone, ss cour teously as my feelings will penni.. I haft occasion to reply to a letter of yours, inquiring as to what recom mendations I would make In my re port, so that you might incorporate them in some message designed by you to be sent to the Legislature. In doing so, I expressly declared to you, with great sincerity and candor the following sentiments: "I shall be glad at any time to confer with you upon any of these subjects (alluded to in my letter) and shall always be pleased to carry out any of the directions that you, as Governor, shall make within t'.e powers conferred upon you by the constitution and statute laws of our State. With much regard and with a sense of duty towardB you, as the leg al adviser of the officers of the State and tho head of the Department ot Justice of such State, and as that head to serve you as thc Chief Executive officer of the State, I remain, etc. This statement then expressed, I still entertain and there will bc no effort lacking upon my part lo per form my duties and to cooperate, as to the duties devolved upon hie, with you in any matter becoming our duty- to discuss or to take action upon. By the constitution of this state, Article IV, Section 24, it is declared that "there shalt be elected by the qualified voters of the State .'?**"-)'. an Attorney General (and other offi cers therein mentioned) . . . . . who Shall hold their respective offices for a term of years and until their several successors have been chosen and qualified; and whose duties and compensations shall be prescribed by law." It is again, by Article V, Section 28, declared: "There shall be an Attorney General for tho State, who shall per form such duties as may be prescribed by law. He shall be elected by the qualified electors of the State for the term of two years, and shall receive for his services euch compensation as shall be fixed by law." By the Code of the Laws of 1912, Vol, 1, Section 710, the Legislature, in pursuance of the terms of the con stitution, enacted: "The Attorney General shall receive a salary at thc r.ite of nineteen hundred dollars pei 'annum and the Assistant Attorney General, who shall be appointed by the Attorney General, shall receive a salary of thirteen hundred and fifty dollars per annum." <slnce increased.) The powers and duties of the At torney General aro further provided for in subsequent sections, to whict reference is asked to enable you tc have a clc%r comprehension of thc powers, duties and limitations of thc office. I now hold and especial attcn tion Is Invited io Beetioh. ?17: "I!* (Attorney General) shall, when re quired by the Secretary of State Treasurer. Adjutant a.id Inspectai G?n?ral. Comptroller General. Rail road Commissioner,: or other State of fleer, consult and advise with them respectively, on questions of law, re latlng to their official business." An examination of all> of the Statu tes and law relating to my office wil shew, (aside from the duties devolved upon the Attorney General a J ex-of flclo member of certain boards, which ho can exercise not by assistants hut personally) that it was never In con templation nor within the purview of tho Constitution or of any of the Acts of the General Assembly to make the office of Attorney General as legal ad visor of the different departments, a political one in the sense of haviug the oolnlons, which lt ls the duty of the Attorney General to render biased by what yod may term, or have termed, yorr "policies." or that of any oftlcer of the State t'? whom it is my duty to give a legal opinion. It would he clear ly an anomlnaly of law and good sense to uttempt to blas or prejudice the view of the law in Its construction of the statute hy the attorney general because of the political party or pnrty factlon to which the Governor or any officer of the State may for the time helm: belong. I must, therefore, insist, and UH long as 1 am Attorney General will insist, upon giving my opinions as to what I conceive to be the law, whether it is in sympathy with this, that or any other narty or partisan. I would he unworthy of the position, and so would any other man, who considers himself In the position ol having to render opinions and adrice to officers of the State except as he conscientiously believes the law tc be, Irrespective of all political poli cies or other views. It IK quite true that you have taken occasion to state to me. heretofore that you had been elected to the of fice of Governor upon a platform lr opposition to the policies which hav< prevailed in the office of Governor Poi tho last four years. This was a mattel of which I had no concern and ha vi novdr entertained any. Tl J?, ad-vio given from this office, whether b; myself or assistant, bears no color o faction or of party. My personal pref crences. as to who should hold ollie in South Carolina, has never in ll ur-n ced or swayed tho construction of an; Statute, or constitutional provisto] which has been submitted to me, no has the prescribed duties made ' b Statute been view hy me, when askc as to their menning and-as to what ac tlon should bc taken under the, eve been rendered in view of any polic which <waB thought best by the Exe cutlvo Officer. It is further known to me that you views, or at least your exprcssloni have been in accord with your preeh cessor's In office, to whom you aliud* and that your election may be cor strued as an endorsement of this b the majority of the people voting t the primaries.'and that you will I held responsible for carrying out sue views, whatever they may be. I do n< profess to have made any carefi study of your platform or of yoi spf eches. While you may thus prope ly indulge.In (Ike idea, I must cn your attention to the fact, that, ha' lng served two years as Attorm General, that 1 was oleted to my o flee by a-majority of the votes of tl qualified electors of thc people, pro ably by ns many as' you received; ai I Indulugo. the presumption that ll conduct of my office, for tho two yea in which I have held lt, has been e dorsod by tho majority of the pe plc of Sooth Carolina, and that th will hold.me responsible for the pr por conduct, of my office. I am tht servant. I certainly am not the at vant of the Governor of tho Sta whoever he may he. . For nearly fifty years, the Assli ant In the office of the Attorney Gc eral-one time designated as Clerk, now as Assistant Attorney Gcner has > been considered a personal a confidential appointment-tbe Atti ney General being entirely rcspon ble for everything occuring in his i IF SKIN BREAKS OUT AND ITCHES APPLY SULPHUR Uso it like a cold cream and dry Eczema eruptions right np. Tho moment you apply bold-sulphur to au Itching or broken*out skin, the itching stop? and healing beginn, saya a renowned dermatologist. '1 los remarkable sulphur maiio into a thick cream effeet? mich prompt relief, even in Aggravated Eczema, that ft 5?? a never-ending source of atuateinent to physicians. For many year? hold-Milphur has oc cupied a secure position in the treat ment of cutaneous eruptions ,by reason of it* ooolim?, paraaite-destroying prop erties and nothing liait ever been lound to take its place in relieving Irritable and inflammatory affections <>, tho akin. While not always establish ir. ? a perma nent eure, yet -in .-very instance, it iinmeHiivtoly "subdues the itching irrita tion and heals the Eczema right up and it is often year? later liefore any erup tion again manifests itself. Any good druggist will supply an ounce of bold-sulphur, which should be applied to the affected parta like the Ordinary com creams It isn't unpleas ant anil the prompt relief afforded is '.cry welcome, particularly when the Ec zema ia accompanied willi torturous itch lng, flee. Tho legal, personal and other oualificallons ot such Assistant ls a matter entirely that has heretofore, under all conditions and changes, been considered to be tHe peculiar affair of the Attorney General in making his selection. Mr. Dominick has been my assist ant for nearly thc entiro period that I have been attorney general. Tho people In electing me, as I have a right to presume, endorsed him also as an of tidal In my office and certainly I heard throughout the entire cam paign no objection made to bim. You practically request me to surrem .? the right and the duty of selecting auch assistant, given mo by the General Assembly, and to re strict lt to such person as may be in "full symnathy with my (your) per sonal policies." Admitting for a moment this claim of yours, no office in any department. I Judicial, legislative or otherwise, in whom ibo Legislature bas vesteu the right of anr.Mmmer.t of assistants, could bold oft - 9 bave by your grace and by your command. For example, the Secretary vf State. Comptroller General, and the State Treasurer, *nd state BoardB which could bc men tion- d. As stated alcove, the express term of the Statutes provides that I shall ren der advice to the different officers of the State and'take appropriate action^ In the premised'I should not have con sidered it toomuch of an encroach ment of. my rights if, on account of personal feelings which you .may have towards Mr. Dominick, you had re question that all communications be twoen you and myself should be taken up by me Individually, and that Mr. Dominick should not 'ie brought Into contract with* ? your office, but the slightest reflection upon your part, lt seems to me, would show you that the terms of your, letter ls doing Mr. SPEAKS HERE SUNDAY I IL' .. .. . . |B3 Rev. Millard A. Jenkins, D, D. Whennen i ///////c ?> Thinks af' GOOD Clot j Parker 6Bott Dominick a personal injury, and mak ing yourself the manager v>f my of fice. I do not recall any statute which fixes a doltnlto period or term of of fice of the assistant, but leave the at torney general in position. If there be objection made, or If he so desires, to ask. at any time, for the (Hero follows , a line not legible-typewriter copy.) I that would justify my asking for his | resignation, to do BO, nnd have some one else appointed, but upon such a ? btatement-that he is hot in sympathy wltu your "Policies." I cannot and ! will not undertake to act. It is too lndrf.nlte, too unfair and unjust, for me to treat any one. let alone a man who has been faithful in his work, and who. 1 am glad to say, has met with the approval and good opinion of the Judiciary of the State, and who I do not believe can be called incompetent or who would fall below the average predecessors. Besides, the solicitors of the State arc a part of my deportment and act under my instructions, and, I believe, in some cases under yours directly. They are elected by the people of their several circuits. I do not say. or undertake to say, that these gentle men would not fulfill the duties of their offices and respond to any call that you might make upon them, or act In full cooperation with me. The point ? of your attack, however, seems only to bc directed against an assistant in w office, who has no Initiative what ever and who is solely responsible to me whose duties can be circumscribed or limited by me or whose tenure of office can be terminated at any time by mc. I ara sure, upon reflection, that you will find no precedent for the de mand you make upon me, historically or politically. With regard to the threat that you make of bringing the matter to the ?attention of he legislature-why you I must take whatever course you see flt about the matter; but I roust suggost I to you that this method of expression and tone of communication is not pleasant and is not characteristic of groper official communications. I have endeavored, as stated, to divest myself of any feeling on this subject, in makins my reply to you. I still desire to serve in t o best way 1 can, the people who have done rae the honor to elect rae to thc ofllce of attorney general. I shall not at any one's suggestion, lay down those duties voluntarily, but will endeavor to maintain the rights of my office apd to perform its duties. Please distinctly understand that ? am, as such attorney general, ready to confer with you and to communicate with you upon my question relating to my office ai. > the performance of ita duties, as the law defines. I have only one request to make of you, which I have nb doubt you will gladly grant, should you communicate with the general assembly upon tho subject matter of your letter, be kind enough to incorporate a copy of your letter to mc and my reply thereto. I am, Very respectfully, (Signed) THOS. H. PEEPLES. Attorney General. Letter Was Not a Demand. Columbia. 8. .C., January 28, 1915. Hon. Thomas H. Pecples, Attorney General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Slr. I have your letter of January 22nd. My lotter to you of the 21st inst., relating to the appointment of the SBtdstant attorney general, was not intended to be. and was not, a de mand upon you; nor was it an at tempt on my part to dictate whom you should appoint as your assistant. My letter was prompted and suggested by the conversations which you and I have had upon this subject, in which yon assured me that you would make no appointments to that office without a conference with me, and would ap point no one who would be embar rassing to me, and, lastly, that lt was your desire to appoint some one who would be In harmony with ray admin istration. I have never questioned your legal right to appoint whom you pleased as your assistant, but In view of what had heretofore passed between us, I was justified In assuming that you would make no appointment that would embarrass me in my communi cations and intercourse with your of fice. In your letter of the 2nd you make statements in reference to Mr. Domi nick which are In direct conflict with those made by you in the conversa tions which you have had with me in regard to tho appointment of your as 8PECIALLT SELECTED Buff Rock eggs for sale. $1.50 per ir.. W. H. Milford, R. No. ?, Anderson, 8. C. slstant. In Justice, to myself I will be obliged to make a public statement of a!! the fscts should occasion re quire. Very respectfully, (8lgned) RICHARD I. MANN INO, Governor. Dominick His First Consideration. Columbia 8, C., January 28, 1916. Hon. Richard I. Manning. Governor of South Carolina, Colombia, South Carolina. Dear Slr? I am in receipt of yours of the SSth Inst, The position I hare :aki n in the several conversation had with you at your request in connection with the appointment of the assistant attorney general was that Mr. Domi nick was my first consideration tn this appointment, and that in tho event of his refusal to accept the appointment or of a vacancy I would he glad to confer with you as to the appointment. I assured you at the time that my ofllce would work in ?hearty coopera tion with yours, regardless of who the assistant attorney general may be. I still stand ready and willing aa the legal adviser of the officers of the Slate and the head of this department, to serve you as the chief executive o' th? Stat-i and to perform such ditt'.-s aa arc ii icsod upon me nv tho coufctl httion nnu laws of 'hi: Stat - m li?r mor.v v Ith oil departments or th? BtaU '. have- ro*. the slightest mju'tlvu to tito r?<:t4 lr connection wUb this mat ter being -lade public. Very rosepi-i/dily, iSixncoj Tiios ti. I*K.: -i :.s. Attorney General. ooooooooooooooooo o o o WEST PELZER o o o ooooooooooooooooo Miss J. Conway Carlington, tho county agent for tomato club work, visited our school luBt Friday. Jan uary 22. She gave an interesting talk on tomato growing. Sevorl girls Join ed the club. Mr. Lothrock also visited our school last week and talked to the corn club boys. We were very sorry to lenrn that this was his laut visit to u \ as he ls not going to hold the olllce an other year. The Hampton Literary Society elected new olflcers at the last meet ing-Ellison Padgett, proBldcnt; Mar garet Welborn. vice president and Mae Johnson, eecretary and treasur er. Tho society voted to meet on Thursday afternoon instead of Frl day afternoon so those who have to work on Friday can bo" present. The following program was rendered at the last meeting: Janie Strickland, reader; Jack Woodcock, declaimer. Tho debate. "Resolved. That Monday would be a better school holidays than Satur day," was discussed by the following: Affirmative, Lizzie Black, Ruth Dowls and Harold Davenport; negative. Loyd Whitton, Casper Caldwell and Mande lino Holiday. Tho Judges decided in favor of tho affirmative. Two of the teachers. Misses Jessie Norris and Margie West, returned to Frankville alter a very pleasant vlBit to their homo. MAY JOHNSON. MARGARET WELBORN. THIRTEEN WAR DECLARA TIONS. Since Austria-Hungary first declar ed war against Servio, on July 28, the number of war declarations exchanged 'botwoo? the various ?.tatea has grown to 13. viz: 1. Austria-Hungary against Servia, July 28. 2. Germany against Russia, August 1. i 3. Germany against France, August 8. 4. Germany against Belgium. Au I gust 4. j b. England against Germany, Au gust 6. C. AuBtria-Hungary against Russia, August 5. 7. Montenegro against Austria, Au gust G. 8. Servia against Germany, Augusl 6. 0. Montenegro against Germany Au gust ll. 10. France against 'Austria-Hun gary, August ll. 11. England against Austria-Hun gary, August 13. 12. Japan against Germany, August 23. 13. Austria against Belgium, August 29. V 0 ia. ?ail ri?i? ia wi un Sw s i on All new. Military Tb Uber*. Famous Anioskeatr ticking. O M yarta\otlcfc, iKmlilvoiy bimreat and boat bod on marke Mung for loss tbnnxiz, Sato delivery and ault ifucUon guaran iced or money book. OrJor kuli y cr writ?? for catalog and big spacial offer. Viral oplrr eninta on pr- minni. JMITABY SMOIIQ COMPr'.f, But. SCO. Ourlet!?. S. C. Something For Nothing Younga Island, S. C., Nov. 23, Ult, Tu get darted with you wo mateo you tho following offer. Send CH $1.5? for 1,000 Frost Proof Cabbage- Planta, grown in the open air and will stand freezing, grown from tho Celebrated Seed of Dolgina & Son and TborboA & Co., and I will send you 1.0)0 Cab* bago Plants additional FREE, and yow can rep-at the order as many time? as you like. I will give you special prices on Potato Seed and Potaba Plants later. Wo want the accounts oi close buyers, largo and small. We r?& supply all. Atlantic Coas* Plant Co. Lavalli?res A lady came into my place a few days ago and said that she had heen all over town looking for a LaValliere. I felt a little bad as ? was the last on the list. But when she wrote a check for $50.00 and put on one of the prettiest LaVallieres I had, 1 felt better. LaVallieres from $3.00 to $50.00. Next Door NE^ STATION Beautiful Genere Photos ot your children made at your home. Keep a record o? your Child, it wQl be a treasure in oki age. Let us know when to call. Greco's Art Shop On The Square. with ? PITTSBURGH PERFECT n Poultry and Garden Fence Th? U the verdict of every man and woman whose noulity quarter? or gardens are cncWd wah thu fence. What more than perfect s?'isfaction can one desire? ll U th? W?h onatity Op.? Hearth wiro. Cl? old Um* Iron wire. p?rfoeUy S*tv*oi*?d mmd mad? into (twi by {>u?pi?r?biy joinins ?Ur ?ad Unod witt* my ."MT*""*"* ELECTRIC WELDING EVERY ROD GUARANTEED PERFECT m WELD J? Sullivan Hardware Co. ^ggg Anderson. - - - Belton ^tfiflr