The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-02-24

kAdverfIsr sherins sales
efc orders I'm f1se
Newspapers.


he'd Ia tho state, rols;ivo to the ad-
|B'nent Of sherifi's salss and probate
ar orders ia newspapers. All Of these
papers troas the subject justly and give
forcsble reasons why newspapers should be
made the medium for such notices, instead
of posts, courthouse doors or blackjack
trees The objection that Newspapers will
be mos. benefited by such law is not true
but suppose tho newspapers do receive some
slight benefit Tor it? Don't they give largely
more than value received forit? Do they not
carry the Information Of the time and place
of the SO sales, etc, far and wide, and thereby
benefit the debtor, whose property is to be
sold. or the minor interested IN the orders of
the probate court, by attracting attention to
these sales and orders and thereby prevents
ing the Vaccinations of Spectators who
seek to get something for nothing? There
are human yultures by the score here and
there over this state, and every othor state
for tina. matter, who scent out dead men s
estates and watch probate proceedings that
they may pick out the choice morcels and
fatten at the expense Of widows and orphans
and there are scores and scores Of cormcrsnts
who grow rich buying in property At execu-
ton sales st 1.-THE Of its value. Publish
these notices in your newspapers and the
ghouls VINO prey upon the dead and the
wolves who grow rich off the misfortunes OF
men will be given their quietus, and legslized
robbery will have an end. The Sherman
Courier says:
Take the populas county Of Grayson or
Dallas for Instance counties large in area
and how many people are supposed to eves
know Of sale posted up in three different
places in either county. The people Of such
counties take their county papers, and look
to them for their information. Remote from
the county seat, they expect these papers to
keep them posted about what is going on at
the county seat, and it is the only economical
business way Ia which they can be informed.
AS the HERALD says, the days of OK cart loco
motion havcpassed. The people ara going fast
err. Time is money to them, and they cam
not afford to spend half their time riding
around on tho back Of pony to find out
what is going on effscting their interest; and
hence, the papers must bring tho informs
ton to taeuz. Before the advent Of newspa.
pers, railroads and the telegraph, barn 6oors
and post-oak trees were the best that could
be afforded for presenting information, in
bad orlhcgraphy and worse penmanship
Now people must read plain print that they
may get Information rapidly and easily. The
newspapers ara for that purpose. They are
robbed Of the Office they were appointed u
( fill, when the legal information spoken Of is
Nwithheld from them, and il is a reflection on
this aga Of enlightenment, progress and civ.
iNzation to ignore them in debating with any
AatEerof public concern
TIE 9reensille Herald advances these
reasone:
1t 10 strange that committee of intelli-
gent senators recommend that the bill re
'quiring executors aud administrators sale;
10 be advertised in newspaper he 30
amended as to make 1t optional with the st.
toraeys in the case whether they be so ad.
verlised or posted Suck a law would be q
-deBd letter on Che statute books, because ia
nine cases out of ten the attorneys and ad-
mnistrators DO not want the sales advertised
as the chances for speculation on property
belonging 70 minor heirs would be thereby
diIpiDishedy They could have the sales ad-
verified without such a law, but We see that
1t IL never done. 1t often occurs here and
elsewhere that valuable real estate ia sold BY
the sheriff and by executors. with only two
or three parties present. The average citi.
zen does'not think of reading notices posted
on the courthouse door, and the result is tina,
when these sales occur they are generally at
tended only by few persons who make II q
business to take advantage of such opportu.
mites to buy property.
The BRENNAN Banner forcibly declares
That the passage Of a bin requiring ali
legal sales to be advertised would be a good
thing tor the newspapers Is not denied, but al
the same time it would be but an act Of Jus
tice TO debtor and creditor alike. By the
present law sheriff. skles as well as trus,
and partition sales. are advertised nv tsckine
up three written notices in The county, one ri
the courthouse, and two at two other places
in he county. This mode OF procedure
does not give pablo notice of the sale, and
be consequence Is only thoso who make .
business OF buying property st sieriffs' SALE
know anything about H. and when sale day
comes there are no bidders except the rexu-
lar ones. as no one knows anything about The
ssie. by tnls means property - frequent
ly sacrificed. II being sold for 9 mere song
the debier loses bis property without psyinf
a his debt and the creditor. unless he "a able 1,
bsV 10 The property himself does not, sue.
ce6-<k collecting what is due him. In coun
ties where more Than one paper is published
there would be 90 monopoly Ia the publica
ton. and n addition the legislature could fl
maximum rate for such publications an,
thus ehsetuslly prevent sny extortionst
charges There h no lack Of precedent 70