Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOUIS APPELT. Editor. MANNINTG, S. C., JAN. t, 1913. PUBL5hED EVERY WEDNESDAY TURBINQ OVER A NEW LEAF. Our top' ~of&~lom les propnas)bu -i oeof'thepe 'eproverbs 'hc racfre will never per nitso pass into "inoccuous de Ja'nuary 1st, 1913! Beginning anew year may be compared to : reat train leaving a grand Scenitr'aidepot for a journey across - the continent. All around the station there is great confusion. trainiraad passengers and ~Nfrieidahurryinigto and fro un -til."41llaboard" is called by the *ebdector and the slow puffng -of the mighty locomiotive and the N ow grinding of the heavy wheels Ion the rails tell to all observers "that the long journey is really begun. ,>On -that train may be more gise one- person who is 'going -w'est for a new start in life, the rsohition burning in the heart *ls ouir time-worn proverb "I am * determined to turn over a new leaf" when I reach my destina tion." In every life and in life's va ried activities there is opportu mit# for turning over a new leaf in regard to caring for the frag -.ments that will necessarily be found ahi along -the year, and which are too often neglected as of-no value. The thoughtless, Ncareless spirit which would leap to secure great things and at the 'same time despise smalls thin is condemned by all philosophy, whether human or diirine. God himself mdnifests ac~onstant care for fragments. He shiows.this quality of his na ture by his preservation of the fragments. Here is presented gn over-pdwering thought: You can 7 not absolutely destroy anything. You -may shatter a mass, you may change combinations, you *-may alter appearance. but the elements still exists. The reve lations -made .by the microscope -are as marvelous as many of the scientific revelations upon which you gaze with open-eyed wonder. The truthi-that God cares for fragmen~ts ~inrther shown by his use of them. The sands of .the beach are composed of count less billions of fragments-each grain of sand being a fragment of some huge granite bed-but * -upon these fragments beats the shock'of old oceans mighty waves ~-with no other effect than to make them more compact and more 'able to resist the impact of old mighty hammerings. In number less thousands the leaves of the forest fall.ipyon the earth, speed ily decompose and thus form a --better and more fruitful soil. Each of oursreaders may today "turn over a new leaf" by the *-wise determination to conform in thought anda practice to this di vine law concerning the, frag ments: Of time. Snatch .the fleeting moments and use themrr for the cultivation of the; mind and of the spirit also. If abusy cobbler-could-find time togeaster a foreign language;~saefyoflan find time to become'-acquainted with'the rules for the proper use efotr mthertongue! Lying all about you are fragmenzts of opportunity for doing goci Lit-1 -lte kindnessess wieuC.3ou 'woni not cont worthy a~ place on yco -xecord book, :.a' be dispise' with such a-" easy grace, with -such a cheerfu~?-pirit, that so sad heart rnm be cheered, ce. - some ;weary edifore ~~ An great rew .- hich -y~on p oned;,hre .l - nient. of hapie - w 1 e well wor-u -'our ~1 at!1fe- trhesc, so that. noue .'of em~n~may be-lost. Some pers afeofepygdring on~ e?cition thefiny unhappy.experiences - thich-have marredtheir lives at se'ms point in the dim and distant past. Be not subject to such an influence; but rather keep "on tap" a~ case of 'Iappy memories and every draught therefrom will -exhilorate. your friends, will lighten the sad eyes with a gleam of joy and warm the sad heart with a beaming.- ray 6f good cheer. - *O reader, starth&New Ye - right and alwayabemindful I. -the -useful fr'agments which may be along your path. TBE, LEGAL FROFESSION SHOULD BE - GUARDED. - Ihe lawyers for the Allen out -laws in Virginia are still fighting desperately to save their clients. - 4 An efort now is tobe made to secure a new trial for Floyd and SClaude on the grounds of after Sdiscovered evidence. This twill course, have the effect of stay me fuhrher the sentence of death. Following the retusal of the --state courts to grant the new tridl asked, tIle case will probab ly go to the United States su ,reme court which would result in a stay of at least a year'long er. All of this is possible because of the fact that the Allens have the money. -This suggests the- possibilhty that sometimes the elembers of the bar go too far in their efforts' to protect guilty clients. In this1 coninection it is. interesting to -ontethat the criminal court of x apyeale of Oklahoma-has, in a ep-*disipgrecently filed, taken cog-, ni-eof :tkiis fact: In this de-1 ammrdeiltone of impatience The Oklahoma ass ing upon a questio ted by counsel for defendant - pon ap peal from a convictio of murder wherein the deat ' nalty was awarded, said: Without disre spect to cou el for appellant, there is a olutely nothing in their con ntion. It simple shows to desperate extremities b ers are sometimes reduced attempting to save and pro tect guilty men. It also shows how necessary it is. for courts to go to the bottom of all questions presented. If lawyers would se riously consider the questions they present and examine the authorities upon which they rely and would brief them carefully before their cases are submitted, they would relieve this court of a vast amount of unnecessary la bor and greatly aid the court in disposing of the business before it. We do not object to doing the work, and always take great pleasure in the investigation of any legal question submitted to us for decision; but owing to the crowded condition of our docket and the further fact that we are already worked to the limit of human endurance in deciding questions properly briefed, we feel that justice to the state re quires that our time should not. b e taken up in investigating questions which have not been properly briefed." if a lawyer believes his client innocent, it is impossible to fight too long or too strenuously to save him. But when he knows he is guilty he should content him self with having made an honest ly effort before a jury to secure a light sentence for him.-Green ville Piedmont. There is little to be added to that and about the only comment we care to offer is that it furnish es a very clear exposition of the difference between the profes sional view and the lay view. The office of attorney had its or igin in the idea of allowing a litigant the most expert a n d learned assistance in the presen tation of the justice of his plea. In the early days of legal prac tice in Virginia and other states. public opinion held it a crime for an attorney to procure the lega release of a guilty client, and d' ing two or three generations, there was the strongest senti ment against allowing attorneys to appear before courts at all. This sentiment was based mainly on the idea that attorneys were able to say and do things that would be impracticable and im possible for the client, even if he knew how;because of the shift ing of responsibility. Arid it is also possible that some of the ob jection arose out of a foresight of present conditions. Popular sentiment still holds to the idea as expressed in the observation of the Piedmont, that the lawyer is warranted in going any length to sedure th'e acquittal of a client he knows to be innocent, while he is not warranted in giving further assistance for a guilty clieit; but that doctrine is riot nearly so strong in the profes smn .3it is among the laity. The a.no getting around the factib~efet of law and justice by '. is as subversive of order as the same offence by the lei.i. and it is quite probamble that if the. legal profession, as a whole, was more loyal to the in tegrity of tJe aw in the letter and spirit Ai~ confidence re spect. arid e -'-f tcn:t were to c5 o ~ ?. of "giving- to nen what- is~ th rve force concessions,'pr parting with propertgfor a pittanace, is one of the growing evils which is bring ing the legal profession into dis repute. When life or liberty'is at stake it is the duty of a lawyer to use every effort the law permits in behalf of his client, but when he lends himself to the manufacture f evidence or has knowledge of the packing of juries he is not :oing his duty to society, neither is it his right to-make a pretence >f having discovered new ev~i :ence merely to.aay the opera tion of the law; it is such conduct :n the part of .a class of lawyers which brings suspicion upon the fraternity, and until the bar goes to work to eradicate this lement from the profession the ompaints will continue. The am bulance chasers, and the searchers fortiholes in records to ake money by getting neigh ors into,. litigation, frequently ringing-about tragedies, is an ther source of i-esentmentthat should be discountenanced. The - real lawyer is a valuable adjdfnct iosociety and is~ held in high es, gem, but the pettifogger is a nenace Deafness Cannot be Cured y locaappications. as they cannot reach the ~ay to cure deafness, and that is by constitu ional remcdies. Deafness is caused by an in amed condition of the mucous lining of the :ustahian Tube. When this tube gets inflam d you have a rumbline' sound or imnperfect hear ag, and when it Is entirely closed deafness is ie result, and unless the Inflammation can be ken out and this tube restored to its normal ondition,hearing will be destroyed forever; nine ases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is ohing but an inflamed condition of the mu Weswill gve One Hundred Donlars for any ase of Deafness (caused by catarra) that can Lot be cured by Ball's catarrh Cure. Send forI a~, 7. -CHNYa&co., Toledo, 0. M* EFEB Comma It's our CLEARA! SEASON'S STOCK w Suits, Overcoats, J Children will be sold Stits $30 Suits and Over coats, now only .* $20... $22.50 Suits andOver coats, now only $15. $15 Suits and Overcoats. now only $10. $8.50 Trousers now $6. * $6 Trousers, now $4. * $4 Trousers, now $2.75. Boys $2.50 Pants. now $1.65. $1.25 Pants. now 90c. * TE D. 3, Cl No. 14. N. Main Stree /Y VLA cng Januaryi 2nC~n and\8 ICE SALE time and wh e do it thoroughly. Hats and Furnishing\Goc at, sacrifice prices. and Ove $27.50 Suits and Oyer: coats, now only $18.50. $20 Suits and Over * coats, now only $13.50.' $10 Suits and Overcoats. now only $6.75. [ens' T rouse $7.50 Trousers. now $5. $5 Trousers, now $3.50. $3 Trousers, now $2. Knickerbocker .$2 Pants. now $1.35. $1. Pants, now 75c. erything Strictly C INLI CLOT I 1, 1913; en we clean up on a )ds for Men, Boy's and coats $25Suits and. Over coatsi, now unl $1675. 18 Suits and Over coats, now only /7.50 Suits and 0Overchats, new only rs.r $6.50 Trousers, now * $4.50. *$4.50 Trousers, ROW * ~ $3.. -$2 Trousers. now $1.35.~ Pants. $t.5G Pants, now $1 3 75c. Pants, now 58c. aMh. Sumter, S. C.