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Established 1844. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at nntt nfficp in Abbeville. S. C. fv Terms of Subscription: One Year Six Months Three Months $2.00 $1.00 .50 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922. GIVING CREDIT The article in the editorial col umn of this paper last Wednesday en titled, "The Battle of Monmouth," was taken from the New York Her. aid, and should have been so credited. The failure to give credit to that pa per was through error. It happened in the absence of the editor. (Editor.) THE LAWS DELAY Another way that the law's delay encourages crime is that sometimes judges spend a day or two trying only the cases in jail, and then run off home, leaving the bail cases to ac cumulate on the docket? sometimes till not only the public forgets about them, but the witnesses also or else move away and cannot be found. We heard of a court recently where the criminal docket had become cluitered up in this way with something over a hun dred cases, numbers of them so old that the solicitor found it necessary to nolpros them. This is another argument against peripatetic judges. Thus complains the Newberry Observer. And it must be admitted that there is reason for the com plaint. The system of rotation as provided for judges in the constitu tion has its advantages. Travel helps anybody and there are some judges who need to travel. Ac quaintance with the lawyers ovei the state and a wider knowledge of the law gained from a considera tion of cases involving a wider range of subjects help to develop the lawyer on the bench and make him a better judge. Then there is always the objec tion that a judge in his own circuit develops favoritism for certain lawyers and has ?pets"' as they are termed. And it ?s Impossible, we imagine, for a judge to preside in a circuit for years without learn ing that some lawyers are more to be depended on than others; with out developing a deeper friendship for some men than for others; without looking to tried men for Counsel in his difficulties. But the advantages gained from the rotation system are more than offset by the objections, we be lieve. The advantages gained from traveling about the state may be had by the people by requiring that men elected to the bench be al ready great lawyers. The bench is not the place to develop judges. They should be fit to be judges when they are elevated to the V? nn rt Vi 'I1 U /-v /vVv -J r_/% * 1 v? +Vi? + lnnnl judges fall into the habit of de pending on certain favorites more largely than state-wide judges is not valid we believe. The judges who travel over the state soon learn from consultation with other judges and with 'lawyers generally who are the dependable men at any bar. We do not think that there would be more objeciion on this ground than there is already. None but weak judges have favorites, if any do. Besides the advantage of rotation may be had by the judges who desire to learn through the frequent exchange of work as is done in Georgia. And then it is much easier to get rid of a judge who does not meas ure up if his work is confined to a crrtain locality. Men have been elected to the bench in South Carolina who Would not have been elected to that position had the law required that those responsible for their election practice before them at all times. The considera tion that they will be away from home for most of the time has been a consideration in the selection of men for the bench in South Caro lina. Then, too, the matter of salary 'has been a matter for considera tion for sometime past. The judges are poorly paid. Everybody who ; thinks knows that. Four thousand (dollars paid to a judge who stays in ' his own circuit is worth a greati I i--> +u?? the samp amount 1 ueai iiiuxc uiau . paid to a judge who must expend a ! great pail of it in traveling about j jthe state. The salaries of the judges' (could be raised without paying Ithem anymore money by providing 'that every judge shall be re sponsible for the courts of his own j circuit. Besides the amount of j salary thus saved, the judge at! home would be enabled to look af-! ter his private business affairs j more closely and to engage in cer- j tain lines of endeavor which <lo ^ not interfere with the work on j the bench. The principal advantage of | keeping a judge in his own circuit ' is to fix responsibility for the state, of litigation in that circuit. No j judge is now responsible. "What is everybody's business is nobody's business," the old saying runs. And it is true in South Carolina with I regard to the management of legal matters. There is no incentive to a judge from Anderson to try to clean up a docket in Horry when he knows that he will not be there again for seven years, and wnen he knows too that other judges are not trying cases. PERIPATETIC SOLICITORS But with regard to criminal busi ness, we believe that the Observer places the blame at the wrong place, at least in great part. We have never seen a judge refuse to try a case when the solicitor was ready and pressing for trial, and where there was no legal excuse for a continuance. Solicitors may always procure their witnesses by a bench warrant. Witnesses would attend court more promptly if | A1TA1* O r* rl I uiey wcic uvunu ouu i instructed as to their duty in thatj respect. Gases would be more often | ready for trial if the solicitor was] a local officer and was required to attend inquests and 10 investigate cases before court, and to see that all proper witnesses are required to attend court. We can only se cure these results by having local; prosecuting officers. No individual l nor corporation in this day, except) the State of South Carolina, under takes to handle litigation in the courts without local counsel. And we can without the expen diture of any more n-.oney than we are now spending secure local prosecuting officers. The solicitors, whose jurisdiction now covers four counties, receive upwards of two thousand dollars per annum, we believe. Considering the work they do and the time consumed in look ing after their duties they aCe the highest paid officers under the American flag. The five hundred or more dollars paid for these ser vices for each county added to the sums naid hv each countv for coun ty attorneys and legal work for the county would aggregate a sum for which men of ability would be will ing to serve as prosecuting officers in their own counties. If the Observer will investigate further we believe that it will con cur in the views here expressed. COMMON BOLL WORM Bradley Reese sent a particular insect to Clemson College last week and received the following letter irom A. F. Conradi with re-1 gard to the specimen sent. This worm is found in great quantities on the farms, and the information from Clemson that it will not do se rious damage will be welcomed news to those having trouble with this particular kind of pest: Mr. M. B. Reese, Abbeville, S. 'C. Dear Sir: The insects which you sent af fecting: cotton squares is the com mon boll worm. You are probably aware that these insects vary greatly in color and it is sometimes hard to tell their identity. This is ^he same worm as the corn ear worm, or the tomato fruit worm, i While it punctures cotton bolls more or less every year in this state ^ the damage was never known to be (serious enough to warrant control measures and if this insect should cause you any serious damage it would be most unusual. Very truly yours, A. F. Conradi-.. $100,000 DONATION TO SHORTER COLLEGE Rome, Ga., July 7.?J. Paul Cooper, president of the board of trustees has received word, he an nounced today, of a $100,000 do nation to Shorter college of this city by the general education board of New York. The gift is one-third of a $300,000 endow ment Shorter plans to raise. Mrs. J. F. Edmunds and Martha and Bob Edmunds are returning to morrow from a pleasant visit to Mrs. Estes in Chester. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION ?OF THE? OPERATIVES TRUST COMPANY located at Abbeville, S. C., at the close of business June 30, 1922 RESOURCES Loans and discounts ? $ 31,337.7 / Overdrafts ? ?- 600.00 Bonds and Stocks Owned by the Bank 10,125.00 Due from Banks and Bank ers ? ? ? 5,378.18 Currency 300.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin 61.47 TOTAL $47,802.42 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in $ 6,360.00 Surplus Fund ? 852.80 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Tax es Paid 1,115.97 Individual Deposits subject to check $33,631.29 Time certificates of deposit 5,842.36 39,473.65 i i TOTAL $47,802.42 State South Carolina County of Abbeville. Before me came J. F. Barnwell, Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the! above and foregoing statement is a j true condition of said bank, as shown j by the books of said bank. J. F. BARNWELL. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of July 1922. J. J. ROCHE, Notary Public. Correct Attest: W. M. LANGLEY G. B. HAMBY, Directors. J. L. BURRELL RTATF.ATFNT OF THE CONDITION! OF THE BANK OF DONALDS located at Donalds, S. C., at the close of business, June 30, 1922. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts __ $164,673.72 Overdrafts 1,907.92 Furniture and Fixtures. 2,000.00 Banking House 1,081.63 Other real estate owned 918.37 Due from Banks and Bank ers 13,755.61 Currency 564.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin 226.26 Checks and cash items __ 626.70 Collections 180.00 TOTAL $185,934.21 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in __ $25,000.00 Surplus Fund 10,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Cur rent Expenses and Taxes Paid 2,404.14; Individual Deposits subject to check $44,390.09 Time Certificates of deposit 60,130.48 Cashier's Checks _ 351.33 104,871.90 Bills Payable, including certificates for Money Borrowed 28,000.00 Reserve fund carried on general individual or sav ings Ledger 190.81 Advance War Finance Pnrnnrntinn 1 fi.4fi7.36 TOTAL State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. I Before me came B. H. 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