The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-02-09
Laurens Railroad--Receiver
Appointed.

Ae previously announced, the
above Road and all tho property
of the corporation has been order.
cd to be sold. When the order Of
sase originally was made by Judge
L. .. L. Vernon, tho naming of q
Icccivor was left for Il future
time, with tho understanding that
counsel representing tho various
parties to the plcadings should bo
consulted. Now it appears that
on the E.r Partc application of ID.
IL: Chamberlain. Attorncy-Gcn
raj, representing the State, an or
der has been signed by Judge
Vernon, appointing ono George
w. Waterman tho Receiver, md
requiring him to enter into Bond.
The Road is ordered to bc sold on
the 30th Of March next.
Waterman has filed his Bond
with the Clerk Of the Court for
this County, in tho sum of $780,
600, with Il. X. Scott, Phineas i.
Frazec and Joseph Crows, rs his
surctics. The execution Of tho
Bond by these parties is sworn to
before d. II. Chamberlain, Notary
Putltc, s: e. G. Thu. =; ~ appears
.hat M' Chamberlain represents,
IN his own person, tho Highest TO-
ga! office Of the State, and at tho
same time ono Of the most diminu-
tive of legal departmonts-thato Of
Notary Public--not notary for any
particular County, however, but
for the entire State Of South Caro-
lima. This is surely a big commits
sion for a Notary.
Waterman is not known herc,
but it is believed that he is q car.
pet-baggcr and closely associated
with r.. x. Scott. SCOTS namo
follows on tho Bond, and his namc
on an $4,000 bond may savo the
State and parties concerned harm.
loss. This remains to be seen,
however. Frazeo is not known !;
Joseph Grows holds no property
and pays no taxes, except on his
poil,-at least this was tho case
not long since.
Hitherto in similar cases it had
been common law and invariablo
custom for tho Clerk of tho Court
to approve oil Bonds required in
legal proceedings. In this instance
tho Bond is filed with tho folio w.
ing Endorsement:
II approve tho form and oxccu.
lion Of tho within Bond, and suro-
ties thereto"
"T. O. p. VERNON,
Judge 7th Circuit"
This unusual course was, no
doubt, taken in Wow Of tho fact
that tho CIcrl< Of tho Court for
Laurens is very prudent, honest
man, and the parties in interest
apprchended that he would have
tho Bond beyond all doubt, boforc
fling it with his approval.
The sale Of this Road is II Job Of
q fow thousands, and Scott & Co.,
must necessarily receive the com.
missions, and stcaIings appcrtain-
ing to the office Of Salesman and
Receiver. The Receiver will havo
tho election Of an Auctioncer, and
thus the Road becomes necessarily
the prey of tho Scott party.
The Laurcns Railroad is q Dis
trict and State institution, and the
Receiver certainly should have
been selected from citizens Of tho
State. Mcssrs. Iaync, Of Charles.
ton, McGowan, Of AbboviIlc, Sulli-
van and Simpson a. Simpson, Of
Laurens, represent the various
parties to tho proceedings, and
thoy most assurcdly should have
boon consulted in the choice of the
party TO bo Receiver, while wo arc
assured that such has not been
the case. The whole thing smolls
strongly of Radical highway rob-
berry.
Has r. X. Scott any tangible
property in South Carolina2 Has
Il. H. Scott any visible property
in South Carolina, save carpet
bag-anything that Sheriff can
find, in caso Waterman vamouses
with tho proceeds of this big sale?
Did not r. X. Scott, through
Joseph Crews, his Agent, purchase
some of tho rolling stock Of this
Company at q recent sale? Is tho
said Scott not really Il party in
tho matter in litigation, and has
not Judge Vernon admitted n par
ty litigant to be surety for a Re-
cciver who should be disintcrcsted
and independent OF all parties in
tcrcstcd, in tho event Of tho pend
ing suit?
Should not % Bond, made paya.
bio to - Clerk Of Court Of Lau-
rons County, be approved by said
Clerk? May not the Attorneys
who have not boon consulted ask
for additional surety by the Ro-
ceiver2 Who can they ask, rs
tho Circuit Judge is cstopped by
his original jurisdiction in approx
ing tho bond in tho first instance?
Docs it not look like sharp prac.
tico on tho part Of Chamberlain,
Waterman, Scott e. Co., TO got
their Bond filed with tho CIerk in
I>n 4 q