Smyrna times., 1857-01-07
Advertising Public oFicer's Sales
Publication of the Laws, SC.

mlTlus, but 1t Is more peculiarly useful and ef-
fcient as sn agency tor facilitating the opera
tions Of business It is the Vehicle of commu-
nications that the twog great classes into which
the business world is dvided-the buyers and .
sellers-recip procslly use TO communicate with
each other. He who has anything to sell, or
who wishes TO buy anything, makes known his
wisbe bes through the medium Of such ne%sPai
pers as-he deems the best calculated to promote
the most speedy supply of what--he wants.
The practice of advertising, what people have
to sell and Of advertising for what they want to
buy has.become so very common. and is found
to be SO useful in, facilitating the transactions
of business, that, among business men, the omis-
sion to advertise is regarded as evidence of ell
lher ignorance or negligence. But while ind-
vduals in the transactions of their own private
business recognize and avail themselves of the |
benefits that result from advertising, it does
not seem that in public or judicial transactions,
they do SO. II would be difficult to assign any
COOS reason why property taken in execution
to be sold by the Constable to pay debt, should
not be advertised in some convenient newspa-
per for a specified time before the day Of sale.
Every prudent individual intending TO sell his
! property at public sale would advertise the time
y and place OF doing SO in his county newspa per;
and is it not right and proper that the law
}. should require the Constable to do that which
e every prudent man, every man not blindly and
:. foolishly regardless OF his own Interests, would
do in his own case
,;nI, -. - Df Ga,
q. ing the public of sales of property in execution,
It by merely posting up notices OF uhe, court
house door and three or four public places il
r. all wrong. 1t is long way behind the time:
rk it is old-fogysh in the extreme. II has beer
ne objected to the proposed plan of advertising
J6 sales that it is Notifying to the pride of per
- sons to have it thus publicly proclaimed tha
c. :.h:cif property is to be sold by the Sheriff Il
% pay his debts. True il is that ones pride m"
OO be wounded by this proceeding, but it may
ng replied that it is false pride which interpose
OF its feelings to prevent a mans property frol
realizing its full value. The feeling of prd
~ should be subordnated to that of duty. II is
at mans duty, both to his creditors aud to his fam
md ly, TO DO or permit to be done every thing NJ
BE- cessary to make his property. Tod under exec
are tion, bring the highest price that can be h;
= for it; and it does not become him to let al
ave trfng consideration as false pride or vanl
'er' interfere to prevent the performance of I'll
nes high duty. ..isa
$40 The Reporter says that among the differ:
subjects which have been mentioned, as deser
are ing the assistance of Legislation, this wint,
per we know of none mure worthy than the nub
cation of the expenses aud revenue ofths cou
de- ty. There is not one in every hundred Of I
last inhabitants of Kent county who are aware
- the amount OF The revenue of the county or
'lne expenses. A law regulating the condens
Tor publication of these in the newspapers Of /
county, would, we doubt not, be highly acce
ing able to every citizen. The publication shol
embrace the assessment, in round numbers,
y IN the real and personal property in each Ill
dred the SUN ru Used, and from what species
property. in each Hundred; and the SUN
pended at large, in each Hundred, and the cl
- acter of work or services paid for We ku
N''' these things are somewhat embodied in the 1
ditor's Report, which is affixed to the Jour
- of the House. But the people want differ
kind of publica tiOn--One that they can get
''""' and as it is no more than right that the pu
= " should be informed of these matters, it is
duty of the Legislature to see the publical
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