The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-07-08
DOMINICK ANSWERS JONES.
Declares Only Expense Charged to
State Since Taking Office Was to
Charleston.


In a dictated interview given out
Saturday, Fred. H. Dominfek, assist
ant attorney general of the State, an
swered the return of Comptroller Gen.
eral Jones to the supreme court.
Thursday Associate Justice Watts is
sued an order, at chambers, at Lau-
rens, requiring the honoring Of war.
rant for s1,25O in connection with the
case of the bond refunding act.
Mr.. Dominick's interview follows:
when Comptroller General Jones
read his return before Associate JUS
tice Watts in Laurens on Thursday.
1 stated to Mr. Justice Watts that I
had not heretofore seen the return
and had not heretofore known any,
thing as to what it contained, but that
I desired to traverse it, and was ready
to be sworn if either Jones or Mr..
Justice Watts so desired. There was
no request for me to be sworn, but l
am willing at any time to put what I
stated and what I am here repeating,
in the shape of an affidavit.
"I stated to Associate Justice Watts
that the matters raised in Jones re-
turn which were not consistent with
the petition filed by me were trayers-
ed by me, as all the facts were truly
and correctly set out in my petition.
I desired, however, to call special at
tention to the paragraph in the return
relating to my having charged for my
time and compensation for services
rendered in this case since I have
been assistant attorney general. I de-
fed Jones to produce the records to
that effect, and stated that he well
knew the records of his own Office
would show that had not so charged,
AID that the only expense charged up
since had been assistant attorney
general were my actual travelling ex-
penses in going to Charleston with
Mr.. J. Fraser Lyon to take the testi-
mony of Col. Henry Schachte.
Gas to the reasonableness of my fee
and as to it's correctness, l prefer to
take the judgment of Senator P. L.
Hardin, president pro tenn. and chair
man of the finance committee of the
senate, and member of the sinking
fund commission, and DR.. George W.
Dick, chairman of the ways and means
committee of the house of representa-
ives, who are my personal friends,
but, so far as know, have not agreed
with me politically, and to Associate
Justice R. C. Watts, of the supreme
court, who is known to everybody in
che State.
81 stated before Associate Justice
Watts, in traversing Jones's return,
that the charge that my trip to north,
ern cities in the bond case was jun
keting trip was too contemplate to
be noticed by any man laying any
claim to decency.
"My petition and Comptroller Cen
eral Jones' return, together with the
order of Associate Justice Watts, were
sent to the clerk of the supreme court,
and l have no doubt he has them on
file.
Associate Justice Watts promptly
signed the order sustaining my petit
ton, and, further than to cite this
fact and what stated before Justice
Watts, as outlined above, in reply to
Jones return, have nothing further
to say, as 1 do not care to put myself
in the position of entering into con-
troversy with the comptroller general,
preferring to leave it to the courts,
wherer he has carried it.
81 am leaving this afternoon for
Rochester, N. Y, where 1 will attend
the grand lodge of Elks as district
deputy from this State. l will be ab-
sent some days, and this fact will ex-
plain my silence until my return to
the State, if it should be necessary for
me to say anything further in the