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u l I You JY: ,, H Weekly Dep. | 1 I $ 1.00 | $ mm , - 2.00 lilt,; . 3.00 i fef ## : ' 4.00 ! : |*v:M 5.00 i O 6.00 n s.oo 9.00 II 10-00 U* It is not what y I'll H-M- gkaha: SHALL I GO TO LAW? g W3? Tbe Wrong Answer is Sure to Brin; You Sorrow and Expense. ^1/ In a Southern State there live< two farmers, who, for convenience shall be termed A and B. Thei] adjoined, being divided alon( a portion of the line of a creek. I became advisable, for the better pro tection of the bottom lands, t< ^.straighten the zigzag course of th< |. stream at one point by cutting a shor diteh. This was done by mutua ^ agreement and the boundary line re established satisfactorily to both par ties. Later on A died, and his smal farm came into possession of C. For some reason C became dis satisfied over the line, and, after hav ing made an investigation of the mat /ter, concluded that B had encroachec upon him at the bend of the ol< fVioronnnn ho ho?9.T * MCU, OUU wwoufvu "W ?vo~. ~3jr an action in court to oust B from th< disputed strip of land and to recovei damages for alleged trespass. i ^ ^ v The Church Suffered 'from the Suit. tm* r^ long, tedious and acrimonioui suit followed in the courts, thougl the land in dispute was only a thir > of an acre and at a maximun C alnation was worth just about on< ^ dollar! The case was fought by able at torneys on both sides, twice went tc the supreme court on technical points k... of law, and at last, from sheer weari ness of the contending parties, was v. compromised out of court some thre< years after the suit was started. In the final agreement, made inde gS^BSsli pendently of a court decision, be ii : ? Nremembered, each party assumed the payment of his own costs and reachec -mutual understanding as to the disposition of the small strip of land {? The heavy expense of litigation wore 'the case to shreds before the court* shake off more technical issues ;: that caused prolonged delay and decide it on its merits. The total costs, including attor> # ^ ^v>. neys* fees, amounted to about fifteer hundred dollars. parties to the action came - ??t of it almost bankrupt, and witl: a breach of friendship that no earthr v ? ly power could heal. Previous to the bringing of this case in a court oi law, attempt was made to settle it bj arbitration. ~ It was most unfortunately luggec into the community church, where i , Y sharp division arose over the claims ; and merits of the respective parties and for a long time the petty enmi ties provoked by partisan discussior 1 and opinion epveloped the humble L I ^ house of worship like a black anc ' - -threatening cloud from the bottle o: - ?; same fabled genius. Even If You Win, "Lawin* " is Costly J This was an extreme case, it is * true. But the legal annals of ever} State can match it in some form oi degree. Had the parties to this ac tion only been willing to meet eacl fife. x other in a spirit of genuine friend ship, with a sincere mutual desire t( determine the ownership of the little T 3> strip of earth on terms of neighborly * interest, the dispute could have beer settled in ten minutes. As it was A tliey taiiea to get togetner, auu an e.v :?f? pensive lawsuit was the result. After it was all over, both partiet Wk _mw. . & > ir Sav MONEY DEPC Deposits of $1.00 1 L Year |' 2 Years | 3 I $ 109.30 j $1 106.61 218.58 I 3 159.91 327.89 ! 5 213.22 437.21 6 266.54 546.50 i 8 319.83 655.78 ! 10 373.15 765.07 11 426.45 874.28 13 469.76 983.72 15 532.56 1092.91 16 ou EARN, it is whai / M, President. f ag1 u ; were doubtless "satisfied'' to the ex j treiu6 limit of "lawin'." I j What a frightful waste?on on< side of the human ledger one dollar'! worth of land, on the other fifteei 1 hundred dollars in costs besides thi ? more valuable loss of friendship an< r the disruption of a community! I The office of a lawyer is to see tha t1 justice is done and to discourage, no - J Encourage, litigations. Sometime 3' the lawyer is too much inclined t< 3 yield to his client's wishes and bring< t a case in court that ought never t< 1 have .passed beyond the power of th< - parties themselves to settle. But, after all, the blame for foolisl l\and unwise cases in court rests no I so much upon the lawyer as it doei _ on the client, who, hot-headed ' am . bent on getting satisfaction at an: . price, plunges headlong into a lega 1 fight without for a moment reckonini I the cost. ! Conditions on the farm give rise t< 3 many possible sources of dispute be r tween neighbor and neighbor. I may be a trespassing cow that lays the foundation for a heated com plaint-, or the antics of a vicious bull or the prowlings of a worthless hound, or a flood that in an houi changes the channel of a tiny stream ^ Finally It Becomes a Mania. The chain of trouble-breeding inci I dents that might occur at any time is ' almost endless. If friction over alleged wrongs happens to arise, the first wrong stei is to try to arbitrate the matter; th< second, and usually the limit in hu man folly, is to go to law about it. ( The desire to win under moderr - * i . conditions of life, is about as keenlj developed as the instinctive law ol J self-preservation. When a normal man goes into i fight, he bends every ounce of brawr [ and employs every resource of wii ^ and strategy to come out ahead Oj his antagonist. Just here lies th< danger of falling a victim to the law suit mania. - x The sensible thing for the level headed man to do when trouble appears is to go to his neighbor anc meet him upon terms of mutual in terest. Right-minded neighbors can, ant will, settle their grievances out o! ^ i court by means of a friendly com,! promise.?J. L. Sherard, in Farm anc i Fireside. I Trouble Enough. i The Rev. Alfred Noon, patriarcl > of the Sons of Temperance, was talk , ing in Boston about the war. "Russia gave up her vodka," h< t said, "and France gave up her ab i cinthfi hut whpn thpv hp?an tn tall 11 about England giving up her beer^I! i and English beer is as strong as vod ka and absinthe mixed together?the . English people in their indignatior 5 wrecked the government, and a coal j ation had to be formed, r " 'Beer uber allies,' say the Eng - lisli. They remind me of the steve 1 dore who looked upset. " 'You look upset, George,' said ? ) friend. 'What's the matter witl 5 you?' 7 " 'Matter enough!' the stevedon i growled. 'The baby's just went anc , set himself afire, and blamed if th< - old woman didn't put him out witl mv arnwlpr of bppr1 And mp dpar 3 broke, too!' " \ \ i* . . . >- >?z - . . 3 >SITED REGULARS OUR RESOURCES NC jO $10.00 Weekly at 5 Per Cent Y'ears 4 Years 5 Yeai 68.06 $ 229.72 ! $ 294. 136.13 459.43 588. >04.17 689.18 883. 172.25 918.88 1177. 140.29 | 1148.59 I 1472. 108.36 i 1378.32 | 1766. .76.42- ! 1608.02 I 2060. 44.52 I 1837.76 ! 2355. 12.51 ! 2067.58 ! 2649. 180.65 ! 2297.35 i 2944.: : you SAVE, that Cou $1.00 WILL I /-? N. A. HUNT I Vice Presidenl BAMBERG, SOU ? " IOC UP FROM $6 A WEEK. q Now Able to Pay $72,000 for Stock s Exchange Seat. l i / From stock runner to the purchasj er of a stock exchange seat for $72,000 In ten years is the career of Wilt liam F. Stafford, of 4,716 Fort Hamt ilton avenue, Brooklyn.? Mr. Stafford, who was a specialist on the curb in 3 Midvale Steel and Kennecott Copper, has made a comfortable fortune in 3 the last few months, and as he exa pressed it yesterday, ''even now it all seems like a dream." Ten years ago the proposed new t member of the stock exchange had a $6 a week job with a correspondent j of an out-of-town newspaper. After v a lew montns ne leu mai position I and entered Wall street as a stock r runner with Watson & Co. Growing out of his experience as a runner he .j rose to a position as curb representative for De Coppet & Doremus. t In recent years he has been in biisi3 ness on the curb for himself until the' successful speculations in two of the principal "war brides" gave him the 3 money and opportunity to seek memr bership on the big board. Mr. Stafford is 31 years old, is married and has two children. His wid. owed mother lives with him.?New 3 York World. That Brought Him. 3 * ' "Behind first" in a certain ball 3 game played at Pittsburgh in the late fall there was one selfish man who would not sit down and insolently ig1 nored the pleas and demands from ' hundreds behind him, says the [ ! Springfield Republican. Standing full six feet, the fellow paid not a 1 heed to cries of "Sit down! Sit down! Down in front!" ^ A few missiles were thrown ^at him with no effect and the crowd implored him again to be seated, as not another person in that part was 011 his feet at the time. Another big fellow three rows back boasted: j "Watch me bring that boob down." A-nroifiritr -fhck anfrrv phflftpr of others ^ XIT U1V J v?*%*wv vr. to subside, he made a megaphone or j his big hands, and yelled . ^ "Hey, fellow, if you don't care to sit down, will you please pin back ^ your ears as we're coming to a tunnel." i The fellow turned, promptly sat c down and the crowd cheered. a 1 m "V Thou Faithful Servant. o ; Felix G. Goerlich, teller of the - Franklin bank, has a new maid. F : Goerlich says his last one missed her - calling. She should have joined the g - army, she obeys orders so well. This D j is how it all happened: i Goerlich had been indisposed ana - his doctor advised him to rest up for v a couple of days. He left some c - medicine to quiet his nerves to be ^ - taken every four hours. He took some of the medicine at 4 o'clock i j and luckily soon afterward he fell ^ i I into a quiet sleep. Imagine what r Goerlich said when, at s o ciock, uiei 5 negro maid entered the room and i shaking him, said: c J "Wake up here, .Mr. Goerlich. i Wake up. It's S o'clock. 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