The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-11
W. c. woRRILL WRITES. -
Tells of His Partnership With Mr..
Laing.
From the Blakely Repyrter.

From the Blakely Repvrter.
CUTHBERT, GA, March 18th, 1900.-
EDITOR REPORTER:-I notice that the
Early County News, in its issue of the
Sth of March, criticises Mr.. j. A.
Laing, who is candidate for the Office
of solicitor-general of the Pataula cir
cult, and makes his business associa-
ton with me ground to question
and disparage his ability and influence
as lawyer. think it hardly just to
him or me that our private business
affairs should be publicly discussed in
the newspapers for political purposes,
being matters in which the public can
have no possible concern. But as our
business relations have been referred
to in one of the inquiries made of Mr..
Laing, without giving the public the
full details of our contract, will say
this much: Mr.. Laing did not, as is
insinuated, contract with me to help
him in the management of all his bust
ness in the superior court of Terrell
county, but my connection with his
business in that court resulted from a
contract of partnership entered into
between US, in which each of us be-
came interested in all of the business
of the other in that court. where no con-
| fict prevented. 1t is true that under
our contract Mr.. LANG did not share
with me my business in Randolph
county, but | offered as an inducement
| to him to form the business associa-
ton with me, to share with him bust
ness in certain other counties, to Off
set the seeming advantage that l got
, in the Terrell county business and
which he has at all times been at lib
erty to accept. The proposition of
partnership was not made by Mr.. Laing
to me, but was made by me to him.
l we'll knew at the time OF proposing
such ASSOCIATION that Mr.. Laing dur
ing most of the time of his practice OF
the law had been associated with eth
er Judge James H. Guerry or the Hon.
| J. M. Griggs, two OF the most able law
yers in this section, and also knew the
high esteem in which he was held by
each of these gentlemen both for in
tegrity and ability. also knew that
he was a man of integrity and ability,
and that he had the influence to com
mand business, and it was solely upon
these considerations that | made the
proposition to him. The dockets and
records of Terrell superior court fur
nish the best evidence of the extern
siveness of Mr.. Laing's local practice.
These records will show that for the
past eight years he has been connect
ed with the great majority Of import
ant cases pending in that court. also
refer the Early County News to the
good and influential people OF Dawson
and Terrell county as to his ability
4 and standing as lawyer at home. Mr..
Laing is a strong, bold and successful
! lawyer In point of culture and intel
lectual force, regard him as the peer
| of anv lawyer in this circuit. 10 this
! | will add that | have known MIR. Lalng
we'll and intimately for most OF the
| time tNat lie has been at the bar, and
| I know no mansin whose honor and in
tegrity 1 have greater confidence. l
publish this letter in no spirit of con-
troversy and with no purpose of dis
paraging the merits of Mr.. Irwin, but
simply in justice to the man who may
be injured among those who do not
know him by the insinuations made in
the publication referred to. Respect
| fully, w. I. WORRILl-'