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'MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1921
A COUNTY SOLICITOR
One of the candidates for Solicitor
in this circuit last summer is stated
to have said at Greenwood that the
best> legal talent of the eighth circuit
was not n the race for solicitor. We
do not say that he was correct in the
statement, nor do we say that he was
not correct. In many circuits, it may
be said the office of Solicitor is not
held by a lawyer of commanding
ability and of large experience. The!
primary election laws as administer
ed in this state have had their infiu
i ence in putting men of medium or
; low ability in the office of solicitor as
well as in many other offices. The
fact is that the time is fast ^pproach
s ing when it will be impossible to get
good men to offer for offices of any
, kind. y
But if we had the best trial law
. yer in the eighth circuit, we do not
know that he would get better results
than are already had. The fact is that
it would be hard to find a better pros
ecuting attorney than Governor
Cooper proved himself which he was
solicitor of this circuit. The results
he obtained in the office were not
better than the results obtained by
. V Mr. Blackwell, a lawyer of less expe
rience at the bar.
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What is really needed is a prose
cuting attorney in every county. The
. trial of cases depends, not alone on
the ability of the lawyer who handles
the case in the court room, but also
upon the proper preparation of the
evidence in the case, and then its
proper presentation. A prosecuting
attorney in e\ery county, knowing
, the witnesses, and beirg ah'e 10 ac
quaint himself with the f*ic:s of every
case, would be in much better p'jsi
ton to present the cases to the jury
than a lawyer from anotheir county.
There would be other advantages
in having a local pr.osecuting attorney
There are many cases which should
never be sent to the circuit court, but
which find their way there. A local
attorney conversant wifch the facts
could have these cases tried by the
magistrates of the county or throwp
out. Ther^ are cases which a local
attorney would know in advance
could not be tried at a given term of
court. In these cases there is no rea
son why the witnesses should come to
court at the expense of the county.
In all cases the magistrates, who are
not versed in the law, often bind over
witnesses who are not material, a
county attorney by investigating the
cases to be tried might discover this,
and save the county the expense of
bringing these witnesses to court. In
other cases there, are often material
witnesses who are not bound over. A
county attorney would discover this
in advance and have the witnesses at
court. A county attorney should be
charged with the duty of attending
all inquests and with making an in
vestigation in advance of all cases
which he expects to present to the
grand jury.
A county attogmey charged with
these duties would be ready to pro
ceed with the court the day the con
vened. He would know what case?
were to be tried in "advance and he
would have the witnesses presents
By having only those who are needed
he might save enough to the county
in witnesses' fees and in time which
would otherwise ,be lost to pay his
salary. On the other hand the ends
of justice would be served. Men charg
ed with crime would be brought to
justice promptly and their cases dis
posed of.
Even if these 'county attorneys
were elected by the people, we are of
the opinion that as good men might
be obtained as the men who now fill
the office of solicitor in the different
circuits. We think it would be better
to have these officers appointed by
the governor by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, but with
out power in the senator from any
county to prevent the naming of a
I
certain man because he is objection- 1
able to the senator from that county. !
In other words there should be no 1
"senatorial courtesy' and no other po- 1
litical clap-trap, but the whole senate j
should pass on the appointments in a p
judicial way. h
County solicitors might be secured j
at salaries much less than circuit so-!1
licitors. The fact is that the salary;!
paid the circuit solicitor and the com- j
> __i ?:? ?_:j i!
Dinea salaries nuw paiu lu tuumjf <?l-.
torneys of the severai counties in;
any circuit would be almost sufficient!
to pay a good man in every county!
for attending to the the duties of this;
office.
A prosecuting attorney from New-!'
berry, Laurens or Greenwood will al-!!
ways be at a disadvantage in the j
handling of cases in this county. We
should have a prosecuting attorney i
here who knows the people and who!
could handle lofcal cases.
i
THE REAL RAILROAD ISSUE
Recognition should be kept clearly j
and continually in mind of the r^al i
issue now before this nation in res-|
pect to the railroads. There are num-;
erous subsidiary issues, some of them;
of actual importance, some of them
quite ..insignificant, save as red her-!
rings drawn across the trail. Rates of i
wages, rates of fare and freight trans-!
portation, Federal control of intra-1
state lines and traffic, and various!
other topics, all deserve serious at-!
tention, and doubtless will receive it j
in due time. But above them all looms I
the one supreme question of the fun-!
damental status of the roads. Shall!
they be owned and operated by pri
vate corporations or by the Govern
ment? That, and nothing else, is the
real issue.
The/Plumb'Plan is not dead. It is J
not even scotched. It may appear to i
be in temporary eclipse, but that is I
only because its propagandists be
lieve that th^ can work more effec-l
tively under covet than in the open.,
With marvelous ingenuity the advo- j
cates of Government bwnership are j
using as grist all that comes to their
mill. We do not for a moment sup
pose that the Brotherhoods of Rail
road employees are unanimously in
favor of Government ownership; but
it is obvious to anybody who can see
a fraction of a degree beneath the:
surface that they are being made so
to appear, and that their requests,
claims or demands, .no matter how en
tirely detached therefrom, are being i
utilized as arguments for Federal ac-l
quisition of the roads. The Plumb j.
Plan propagandists are, in fact, emu- j
lating the tactics of Brindell in "play-i'
ing both ends against the middle,'
or using both roads and Brotherhoods
for their own purposes.
In some respects, it is true, the'
Plumb propagandists overreach them-j
selve^ They do this notably in their j
charge that the railroad executives
are practicing sabotage, in one form j.
and another, in order to make the I
roads seem poor and in need of gov
ernment aid. That charge is not true, ,
and it is not new. We heard it long
ago, in thf days of the McAdoodling;
to the effect that the executives were!
damag&ig their own roads in order to j.
.'.iscredit Government control. It was .
not true then; but if it had been, what
could we say of a repetition of the
practice now? Having committed sa
botage under Government control in
order to discredit that control* they
are now again doing it under private],
control?for what conceivable pur
pose? There is no possible purpose
that would not in the last analysis
militate against private ownership.
Railroad executives may not always
conduct their operations with much
more, wisdom than others display in!
governing States and Nations, but
they are not as thick-headed as that'
would imply.
We have no objection in the world.
to a fair and square raising of the is-j
sue of government ownership, be- j
Cause we have no doubt that in such.!
, i* : ' V>>
a '.jfcase the ArhericaVi people will see I
to it that it is rightly decided. But|
there is grave objection to having it |
put forward behind the mask of other!
issues,' and to having it promoted by1:
means of wholesale and plausible but!
unscrupulous misrepresentation. I
There is, moreover, serious danger in
having the campaign conducted in the '
one-sided manner that has recently:
characterized it. We refer to the con-1
i
irasi Derween tne two siaes in pre
sentation of their cases.
For it must frankly be said that1
the labor organizations present their | <
side of the controversy far more ef-11
fectively than do the executives of
the roads. That is not because they
have a better command of facts, of
logic, qr of intellectual power, but
because they address themselves to
the public instead of merely to the
Labor Board, or the Interstate Com
merce Commission, or the President;
and in these days, with the long-neg
lected Tertium Quid of the mere
common Citizen beginning to sit up
and take notice, that party is likely
to win which, makes the most direct
and convincing appeal to the popular
mind, the popular sentiment, the pop
ular judgment.
What is desirable is that tne rail
road executives shall realize that the
ultimate and supreme issue to be de
cided is not that of wages, or open or
closed shop, or any such thing, but
of private ownership or government
ownership; and that it is in the last
analysis to be decided not by boards
or commissions, but by the American
people. If they will realize that, and
act upon itr there need be no doubt
as to the result.?Harvey's Weekly.
SV^EET POTATO day AT
Lodges, Friday march 11
i
To those interested in Sweet Potato
growing:
On Friday, March 11th We are go
ing to have "Sweet Potato Daj^ at
Hodges in cooperation with the sweet
potato growers, fanners and business
men of this section, the Extension
Service of Clemson College and the
railroad companies.
Farmers from the entire Piedmont
section should attend this meeting. It
has been demonstrated beyond a
doubt that the potato house is a prac
tical thing and should mean lots to
the farmers. This meet:ng is intend
ed to give those present first 'hand
infnrmo+inn ac t.n thp TV><SJBthilitipS nf
the potato hcuse developing the po
tato industry. Experienced potato
growers from Georgia, United States
Government experts, extension ser
vice experts, and farm agents of the
ra'lrpad companies will be on hand
and discuss all phases of potato grow
ing. Demonstrations in seed treating,
bedding, packing and grading will be
given. Exhibits of small potato hou^e,
diseased potatoes, harvesting imple
ments, packing tables, crates, etc. will
be there for your inspection.
A sweet potato roast and dinner
will be served by the people of
Hodges. *
Let me urge you to attend and
bring your neighbor to this very im
portant meeting held solely for your
benefit. I am sure that this occasion
will mean much to the futuc-j pros
perity of the potato industry in thi3
section. Come and bring youi' neigh
bor^
W. A. Rowell, Co. Agent
TWELVE MILL LEVY
FOR COMING YEAR
(Continued from Page One)
from $2,250 to $2,400 and the sten
ographer from $1,200 to $1,500.
The comptroller general's office
was ?iven the duty of disbursing tke
pensions and consequently received
an increase of $566,297 over last
year as a c^irect appropriation, all
this being for pensions in lieu of the
abolishment of the state pension
board. An extra clerk to be known
as the pension clerk at a salary of
$2,400 was allowed.
A provision was adopted in the
section relating to Ihe attorney gen
eral providing "that the attorney
general is hereby required to rSnder
all legal advice ' and perform all
legal service for all the departments
of the state and that no counsel not
connected with the office of the at
torney general shall be employed by
any of said departments for such
service: Provided that this provision
shall not apply to the state board of
health or the tax commission." The
provision was^orginally aimed at the
tax commission and was adopted but
later reconsidered and rejected as
to the tax commission.
BIG LOAN MADE FOR SEABOARD
Washington, March 3.?The Inte
sfotfl Pnmmnrnn pAmmiceiAn Worl.
nesday approved a loan of $20,173,
000 to the Seabcar^l Air Line Rail
road to enable the carrier to 'meet
manuring indebtedness.
The smallest screws in the world,
used by watchmakers, are so tiny
that they look like dust. An ordi
nary thimble can hold about 100,000
of them. Some of the smallest are
only four one-thousandths of an
inch across, and can hardly be seen
by the naked eye.
DEATH OF MRS. BRITT
j Mrs. W. H. Britt died at her home
about nine miles from Abbeville last
Friday and was buried Saturday at
I Buffalo church. Mrs. Britt was Miss
I Georgia Kennedy before her mar
j riage and she is connected with
many of our people. She was a wo
man past middle life and had so
lived that her influence was always
for good, the center of a happy
home and beloved by her neighbors.
She is survived by her husband
and four grown sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cason attend
ed thp funeral from Abbeville.
_
GERMAN PROPOSALS
WILL BE REPEATED/
Allies Certain To Reject fhem for
Second Time?Berlin Delega
tion Plans Arguments
London, March 6.?Unless new
instructions are received from Ber
lin, Dr. Simons, the German foreign
secretary and head of the German
delegation on reparations, will on
Monday, read a long statement de
signed to refute the argument made
iby Premier Loyd George before the
conference on Thursday. This state
ment will probably be followed by
counter proposals which even the
most optimistic of the German dele
gation do not believe the allies will
accept. I
In such event the reparations con
ference will break up, the German
delegation will return home and the
penalties outlined by Mr. Lloyd
George enforced.
Dr. Simons and his colleagues, in
collaboration with the Berlin-cab
inet with which the foreign minis
ter is in constant touch by wireless
have spen\ the greater part of the
time "since the delivery of the ulti
.matum in drawing up a reply there
to. The foreign minister will present
figures in an endeavor to -prove that
Mr J Lloyd George's statement re
specting German taxation was inac
circnte atiH will nsV fllliAq t.n sue
gest a means whereby Germany can
meet their economic demands. He
will point out that while the German
income tax is small, German in
comes are proportionately small ow
ing to impoverishment due to the
war.
'The amount, the Germans assert,
has already been paid on account of
reparations will be restated and Dr.
Simons hopes that he will be allowed
to repeat his argument made at the
opening of the conference that large
sums are due to Germany on ac
count of state property seized in
German colonies and other terri
tories of which she has been de
prived and which have not been
taken into account by the allies.
It is a question, however, whether
the conference will listen to such
arguments as these. The French pre
mier, M. Briand ,is credited with the
assertion that all the Germans have
been summoned for on Monday is
to accept or reject the terms of the
allioc oc lni^ rlnwn at Pari* -u/itVi +T10
modifications mentioned .in, Mr.
Lloyd George's speech.
The Germans through Dr. Strauei
the German ambassador at London,
and Lord D'Abernon, British ambas
sador to Germany, have made efforts
to get in touch with the allies for
private conversation with some
measure' of success. There wa9 a
conferenec this mornirtg between
Premiers Lloyd George and Briand
and Dr. Simons at the the residence
of Earl Curzon bi|t nothing is forth
coming as to what was actually ac
complished.
Mr. Lloyd George haf gone to
Chequers Court, his summer home.
M. Briand and his' colleagues will!
spend the wee'k-end at Lympne,
while Count Sforza and M. Jasper
will be entertained privately in
town. ,
A report emanating from Greek
circles that the ' allies have with
drawn their offer of an inquiry by a
special commission into' conditions/
in Smyrna and Thrace is denied in
both British and Turkish quarters.
STANDARD OIL CO.
OF INDIANA MADE
20 PER CENT NET
Chicago, March 4.?A net profit
of $40,973,484.10, after deducting
Smsisimo fovic nv 9fl HPT f?PTlt flTI an
actual investment of $203,869,123.
82 was earned by the Standard Oil
| Company of Indiana, for the year
! 1920, according to the annual report
I submitted today at the stockholders
' annual meeting at Whiting, Ind.
' Without income tax deductions
earnings were $61,377,803.20. A re
serve of $20,404,319.10 is made to
meet estimated income taxes for
1920, leaving thfe company a net
profit of $40,973,484.10. Of this $3
193,569.43 was received in royalties
on the Burton and other processes
owned by the company but not in
cluded in the book value of the com
pany's assets.
As against a capital and surplus
on January 1, 1920 of $135,117,-'
Now come the Pigs?the Ca
and, the Lambs.
TIME for your work horses a
their winter's coat
?TIME to tone them up?gn
spring house-cleaning?and dri\
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Your SHOATS will be greatly ben
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the appetite and makes them thrive.
Feed it to^ EWES before lambin
fevered udders and scouring lambs,
time to stimulate the flow of milk, it
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of $203,860,123.82, of which only
$4,136,463.67 is in cash, the re-,
mainder, in keeping with the com
pany's policy of using earnings to
expand the business, being invested
in properties, merchandise and se
curities. Outstanding capital stock
.of $88,038,312.50 is reported on De
cember with $30,000,000 on Janu
ary 1, 1920. Cash dividends of $9,
116,678.00 were paid during the
year. *
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