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iM^iiNK k :m?s pay claim.
KVoivm foiupt*. oller General in Iiis
Statement.
Columbia. July 5.?'The charge
mad** bv i'omptroller General A. W.
Jonen that my trip to Northern cities
In the Kay bond ease was a Junketing
trip was loo contemptible to be no?
ticed by any man laying any I laim to
'decency. " said Assistant Utotmy
General l*red ii. Dornum k, in a state
roeut issued today.
Comptroller General Jones Is out of
the city Snd it Is not known whether
ae Will Appeal to the Supreme Court,
from the decision of Judge Watt? re
tiulring him to honor Fred Ii. Domi?
nicas claim for $1,250 for services
rendered Governor Blease In the case
of the Bond Refunding Act.
Assistant Attorney Generul Dotftt
nick'a statement follows:
"When Comptroller General Jonen
read his return before Associate Jus
tie* Watts In I*aurens on Thursday, I
stated to Mr. Justice Watts that 1 bad
not theretofore seen the return and
had net theretofore known anything
as to what It contained, but that I
desired to traverse it, and was ready
to be sworn If either Jones or Mr. Jus
the Watts so desired. There was no
r**.|ueat for me to be sworn, but 1 am
willing at any time to put what I
stated and what I am here repeating,
In the shape of an affidavit.
1 stated to Associate Justice Watts
that the matters raised in Jones' re?
turn which were not consistent with
the petition filed by me were traversed
by me, as all the facts were truly ana
correctly set out in my petition. I de
?sired, however, to call special atten?
tion to the paragraph in tl. return re?
lating to my having charged for my
time and compensation for services
rendered in this case since I have been
Assistant Attorney General. 1 defied
jCnes to produce the records to that
effect, and stated that he well knew
the records of his own office would
show that I had not so charged, and
that the only expense charged up since
I had been Assistant Attorney General
were my actual trs'.eBng expenses in
going to Charleston with Mr. J. Fraser
Lyon to take the testimony of Col
Henry Schachte.
"As to the reasonableness of my fee
/and at to Its correctness. I prefer to
?ak?? the Judgment of Senator P. I*
" Hardln.' president pr? tem and chair?
man of the finance committee of the
Senate, ard a member of the sinking
fund commission, and Dr. QsQTSJSj W.
LHck, chairman of the ways and means
committee of the House of Represen?
tatives, who are my .personal friends.
but, M tttf as 1 know, have not agreed
with me politically, and to Associate
Justice K. C. Watts, of the Supreme
Court, who is known to everybody in
the state. mm
"I stated before ASOOt iate Justice j
Waits in traversing Jones' return,
that the ohorSjS that my trip to North?
ern etUOS in the bond case was a
junketing trip was too contemptible to
I..- noticed b) any man laying any
claim to decency,
"My petition and Comptroller Gen*
rial Jones' return, together With the
ordrr of Asso( iatr Justice Watts,!
were sent to the clerk of the Supreme j
Court, and 1 have no doubt he has
liu-rn on file.
"AnochttC Justice Watts promptly
signed the order sustaining my peti?
tion, and, further than to cite this
fact and what I stated before Judge
Watts, as outlined above, in reply to
Jones' return, 1 have nothing further
to say, as 1 do not care to put myself
in the position of entering into a con?
troversy in the newspapers with the
Comptroller General, preferring to
leave it to the courts, where he has
carried it.
"I realize that there is a lot of poli?
tics in it, both State and Congress?
ional, but in both instances that will
be taken rare of at the proper time.
"1 am leaving this afternoon for
Rochester, N. Y., where I will attend
the Grand Lodge of Elks as district
deputy from this State. I will be ab?
sent some days, and this fact will ex?
plain my silence until my return to
the State, if it should be mcessary for
me to ?ay anything further in the
matter. Fred H. Dominlck."
CRIME AND ItlOT AT NEWPORT.
Negro who Stabs Sailor und Kills
Boy Nearly Mobbed.
Newport, B. I? July 4.?Ten thous?
and people, men and wannen, witness?
ed a riot on Newport Beach tonight,
when a negro, tiering from a sailor
he had stabbed In the back, shot and
killed a 14-year-old boy. For nearly
an hour police reserves battled des?
perately with the mob, which was de?
termined to get possession of the ne?
gro. Only by carrying him into the
suff and holding him in the water
up to Mb neck, beyond the reach of
the mob, succeeded in retaining him.
Yesterday was the hottest day of
the year and everybody v.oj aware 0
the fact without consulting the thcr
mometer.
m:\v chop conditions.
Cotton Market Has Much to Watch.
New Orleans, July ?5.?The coming
v.?-ck In the cotton market will prob
ably be given up mure than any pre?
ceding week this season to consid?
eration ?>f new crop conditions. There
will be no bureau reports to attract
attention away from the fields and
there ars signs that less interest will
he shown by the trade in general in
the summer montha
Under ths circumstances the weath?
er of the week ought to be the main
Influnce. a fair amount both of rain
and sunshine are the conditions most
desired. Too heavy rain will start
bullish gossip concerning sappy
growth of plante, shedding and boll
weevil damage, while too little rain
Will tend to renew the drought talk
In those sections of the belt where the
rainfall has been none too heavy.
First bales of new crop cotton w ill
probably be heard of at several points
In ths earliest counties of Texas this
week, but it is prohahle that they will
have little bearish effect on prices for
it is generally understood that buy?
ers are as eager for new crop cotton
to appear as growers are to put it on
the market.
Unless a more favorable turn takes
place on it, the trade will watch the
European political situation closely,
for it has more of a bearing on the
money situation than any other factor
and the market is beginning to look
forward to the problems surrounding
the marketing of the crop now grow?
ing. A vast sum of money is required
to move the cotton crop each year and
consequer ily, from now on the money
marke? must be taken into considera?
tion. High rates and tight money
will, of COUrss, he a bearish influence
of Importance.
A matter which is being much agi
tated just now by residents of the
neighborhood Is the erection of a suit
sbls station at White's Biding on the
Northwestern Railway. As there are
no houses nearer than several hun?
dreds yards off from siding it is very
Inconvenient for the patrons of the
road at this point, especially when
th< is any delay of the train. There
Is no Shed of any kind that nifty !>??
used in wet, Cold or extremely hot
Weather and some kind of a suitable
shelter or station should he erected
her?', a petition has been presented
to President Wilson to build a station
here, hut the matter has not gone
further than that up to the present
time.
Mi>s Rembert is Hostess.
Miss Sallie Rembert was the hos?
tess Thursday evening at a large and
Interesting reception given at the res?
idence of her aunt, Mrs. S. A. Abbott,
in honor of Miss Rembert'S cousins,
who are spending the week with her.
.Miss Alice Rembert of Spartanbuxg
was the guest of honor of the occas?
ion, which was In every way a delight?
ful one. Those in the receiving line
were Misses Alice Rembert of Spar
tanburg, Sara Elisabeth Herlot, Sara
Jones Herlot, Anna Delle Herlot, Em?
ma Herlot, Alice and Mattie Hill, and
Messrs. Robert and Abbott Heriot.
At the door the guests were re?
ceived by Miss Sallie Rembert, as?
sisted by Mrs. Archie China, and in?
troduced tO the guests of the hos?
tess. The house was very prettily
and tastefully decorated for the oc?
casion with potted plants and cut
flowers. Delightful punch was served
by Misses Sallie McDonald and Mar?
guerite McLeod.
The amusement of the evening was
a unique guessing contest, which af?
forded those present much fun. The
boys and girls were placed on Bepa?
rate sides of a curtain and each one
had to whistle his or her favorite
time, the others on the opposie Bide
of the curtain having to guess who
the whistler was. in this contest
Mr. Caryle Herbert was the most
successful guesser and won the prize, |
a large box of candy. Mr. Billle
Bowman was unable to whistle at .'<H
and was presented the booby prize, a
mouth organ.
After the close of this c< ntest a
delicious sweet course was served un?
der the direction of Mrs. Campbell
Stubbs and Mrs. W. A. Thompson,
who presided over the dining room.
The Tobacco Crop.
The outlook for a good season for
the tobacco people is the finest in
many years and the local buyers are
making every preparation to induce
the weed to this market. All of the
best concerns In the United States will
have representatives upon this mar?
ket and the competition bids well to
be strong.
The city ordinance against selling
cigars and soft drinks on Sunday
shobld be repealed for it is not and
cannot be enforced; furthermore there
is just as much reason to {orbit the
sale of ice as tobacco and soda water.
Ice i;-- regarded by many as a neces
sity because they are accustomed to
Its use, but it is really a luxury and
no more an absolute necessity than
cigars, tobacco and soda water.
ORGAN RECITAL WIXL ATTEND
KD.
Auditor* Pleased With Kwecl Music
at Presbyterian Church.
Ths ?ugan recital a*as given at the
Presbyterian Church Friday even?
ing in nriler that all who < ared to
might have the pleasure <>f hearing
the sweet toned new instru?
ment which has recently been in?
stalled in the church. Th<- organ was
manufactured by Henry Pilcher and
Sons and is an exceedingly line in?
strument.
I The recital was well attended and
the beautiful music, was a most de?
lightful treat to the many music lov?
ers who were present. The program
was an excellent one and showed
many of the beautiful tones of which
the organ is capable.
The program was:
Prelude: Miss Edr 's and Miss
Fr?ser; Mlstlca?P. A. lumdella.
lntrumental: Miss H. M. Stuckey?
Serenade, Winder.
Vocal Solo: Miss Keller?The Pub
! lican, Beardsley Van De Water.
Instrumental: Miss Edmunds?
March, Harry Howe Shelley.
Instrumental: Mrs. Stuckey ? a
Andantino, LeMere; b. Voluntary, Cal?
kin.
Violin Solo: Miss Fr?ser:?Ber?
ceuse from Jocelyn, Oodard.
instrumental: Miss Edmunds?Ro?
mance, Fidelis Zitterbart.
Instrumental: Mrs. Stuckey?Of
fertorie in A, Read.
Benediction.
Instrumental: Mrs. Stuckey?Tri?
umphal March, Dudley Buck.
Atr.orica was also played as the na?
tional air in honor of the day, July
During the recital Rev. J. P. Marion
took occasion to tell of the movement
to get a new organ for the church, this
movement being initiated by the ladies
of the church and the work being
carried on hy them with unflagging
Seal. While the men had aided, it was
due to the women of the church that
the beautiful instrument had at length
been secured. He made a plea to his
church memhers for more congrega?
tional singing in future.
The memhers of the church are very
ptoud of their new organ, especially
the ladies who have worked hard and
faithfully to secure it. Tluj.se in
charge of the music of the church are
very much delighted with the Instu
ment.
4th.
Miss Lucile Iseman of Manning is
visiting relatives in the city.
LADY lNJl Ki:i> AT LYRIC.
Miss lt. I . Hopkins Cul in Ili ad by
Electric l aii.
Miss R. R. Hopkins, the daughter
?-l Mr. I?. W. Hopkins of this city, was
verj painfully, though not seriously
injured al the Lyric Saturday nicht
just as she rose to leave, when in
rising her head cnme in contact with
tie- blades of an electric fan and WUS
severely cut in four Places.
Miss Hopkins was taken to the Sum?
ter Hospital after she left the Lyric,
wln ro her wounds were treated. She
suffered a great deal from the wounds
received, all during the night, hut Sun?
day night she was some better and
rested easier and without so mueh
pain.
At the time she received the injury
Miss Hopkins sat back down, but af?
ter a f<*w seconds rose and walked out,
so that those near her did not know
that she was injured. She found that
her head was bleeding profusely af
tr- she reached the street and after
walking as far as Eemp's Pharmacy,
she b -came very weak and fainted.
I>r. Burgas, who happened to be near
at hand was called in and he took the
young lady to the hospital in his au?
tomobile where the cuts were sewed
up and the wounds bandaged. If
Miss Hopkins had been slightly taller
than she was, it is probable that the
injury would have been very serious,
as the blades would have cut deeper.
Death.
Bennettsville, July G.?Mrs. Mar?
garet Klrkley Croslnnd, wife of i>r
W. J. Croslnnd, died last night after
a long illness. Mrs. Crosland is sjr
vived by hnr husband and four chil?
dren, the eldest being about 8 years.
As a teacher in the graded school she
first endeared herself to the people
of Bennettsville and by her beautiful
life, her devotion to her home and
family and friends won and held the
tendereat regard of all who knew her.
While she has been in poor health
for more than a year her death came
as a shock to all except her imme?
diate family. The remains will be in?
terred Monday evening at I? o'clock.
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For constipation, headaches, indi?
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New Life Pills. Paul Matbulka, of
Buffalo, X. Y.. says they are the
"King of all laxatives. They are a
blessing to all my family and I al?
ways keep a box at home." Get a
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The CITY NATIONAL BANK
Is pleased to announce that it now occupies its new home in the City Na?
tional Bank Building, and wishes to extend a cordial invitation to its custo
mers, friends and the public to call and inspect the new quarters.
-_ The Officers izt.izzz
Of the Bank will be glad to show you around and to talk over with you the
importance of having a bank account and a place in which to keep your val?
uables safe from thieves and fire and where they cannot rust.
This Bank has a specially constructed fire-proof vault containing safe deposit boxes for the
preservation of important papers or valuables, which will be rented for $2. $3. $4 and $6 per
year, according to size.
The City National Bank,
Northeast Corner Main and Liberty Streets.