The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-25

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Chief Justice Pope ~ as, Misinf formsd
by Sl'o::1'ln.lesOne.

Cn1ei ( usslce rope az as Misln termed 81
d BY Some One. s5S'|9I 1SSS
WAS FALSELY . LED j. 70 sREIIEVn
That tho Bar ofI 4 yy,nnlabo oro He'd
opposite Views to What the, ag33SS
Gentlemen '''sotlea 4.e ~ Comp posias it
Now Express. & 81
A5special dispatch from sWinnsbo
to The State SO The mem bers of j;
the Winnsboro bar whom I saw ,Tues-S
day morning -and i saw d ma jorIty{5
Of the active members OF the bal
were all surprised at the state ement5 b
published from Spartanburg that the
WinDsboro bar had petitioned j usticeSS !;
Pope for the postponement Of tile s
regular term, and the appointmentufs
a special term. They were alliunarii.5,
nous in the statement that no such
petition had been sent, and on the
contrary were emphaticin their sta te-
mcnt that the majority, il not all, of
the members of the bar Of WfnnsboTo{
net only did not want the regular
term postponed, but they wished IT.
held, and wished G held BY Judge
Townsend and no one else. AS one
or tue older members expressed it there
was more work on the docket thar
could be disposed OF IN the regular
term, and 1t would probably be neces-
sary to have Il special term to finish
the jury cases, much less the equity
cases, and he was sure that "a special
term would be necessary to finish the
equity cases at least.
Senator Ragsdale practically ex-
presses the opinion O. .tle entire bar,
with possibly one or two exec ptions,
In the following statements: !.
think the statement in Tues
days State is based on a misconcep-
lion of the action Of the Winnsb;iroa
bar In SO far as it has taken any ac-
tion at all, understand that the bar
or u majority SOf the members Of the
bar, at least, desire that the regular.
term OF court be had here. We may
also hnd ! t necessary to have a special
Germ, butWe would like to have the
regular term also. If the regular term
is held, do not think that it would I
oe competent for any other Judge
than Judge Townsend to hold 1T. "
90 not think that 6lle assignment of
Judge Townsend to the Lexington
court makes such a disability to \
preside here, as is contemplatedSby
The statute. In other words 1 do not
think that Judge Townsend is eligible
under the statute to the appointment
TO hold the Lexington court. ~ gi.5
The real status Of the situation. a
given as nearly as possible in the CON-
posi- te Language OF several mem befs of g
the sbar, lis tha ut tl1s bar was put ut5Iato (;
t3a state ess of aifnceff tafnty ria an-si
nouncements last wee K Ss that: 3 81 udgeS
townsend had been appointed to hold II
courtin Lexington instead Of Judge
Gage. They knew that j Judge Town
send was scheduled d:in1accprdanc with y
the provisions Of the constitution andsS
salute law to hold court In .Winnsboro,5Ir III
at the same time that court was to be 4
beld In Lexington. They were aware 4
OF the constitutional objections to any
other than the present judge OF their
circuit holding court in Winnsboro,
when the judge OF that circuit, Judge
townsend, was able to act They
were aware that neither ustice Pope
nor any other authority could post
pOne, or call OF q regular term Of court
that the court would have to be OPEN
Cd each day by the clerk and adjourn
ed from day to day for two weeks even
in the absence Of the judge Of the cir (
cult. or that the Judge Of the
circuit would have to open court
himself and adjourn sine ME. Hence
ut a meeting of the bar hold
some days ago, with this know
ledge and with the matter Of Judge
Townsend's appointment to Leying.e
ton not yet absolutely settled tile bar
simply decided to await developments,
and took no action. But as stated
above by Senator Ragsdale, and by
Others to me personally, there was
The evident desire on the part of .t,l,s-r'
majority -of the members OF th
That the regular term be hs'
that it be held by nc.r-~e-e,---S - = 80
Judge Townsend ta
proper -cs s. gs5s! !t,i Sss s5}ss
The members Of ~ s's3 Isl; S.
talked were at a lS;SE
how the impression had beeIs ss3l
ed to Justice Pope that they desired q
postponement Of the regular term, as
The only communication any OF them
mad with him was personal letter of
inquiry from Mr.. j. e. Mcdonald, Mr..
Mcdonald did not have copy Of his
letter, which he said, however, he
would be glad to have published. He
mad inquired of Justice Pope as to the
assignment Of Judge Townsend to
Lexington, and had stated that IL
Judge Townsend was not to come to
| Winnsboro for the regular term, that
no one else be sent, but Especial term
De held the third Monday in October.
FIJI. McMaster.
| Killed Himself.
At ST. Louis Wednesday ,grieying
over the death of his wife, the news
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