Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-05-18
.Ths TIVE aIl..Ioa q the true Lawyer. !.

Jsmea p. Cary, of Pickens, de-
livered an admirable address to the
South Carolina College recently on
"The True Mission of the True
Lawyer" It was a we'll proper
toned effort, and ought to have
made a deep impression on the stu
dents to whom it was especially de-
livered, and upon those who have
been able to read the lecture as
printed in the Columbia State:
"The true lawyer" said Mr.. Cary,
"must be of spotless integrity !;
should be the soul of honor, courte-
ous to the Bar, and honest with the
Court and jury" He ewill 90. no
further than the rights of his clients
justify" "Beware, young gentle
men," said the lecturer, "of winning
by short outs. Look to the merits
alone. IL there is no merit in your
clients contention, frankly tell him
80. If he has a bad case secure such
compromise as mitigating circum-
stances may justify; but never go in
Court contending for wrong princi-
pie, or expecting to fool Court or
jury. The sharp and tech
nical practitioner is short-lived. The
sole object of the law is to do Justice.
He who thinks he can defeat it in it's
purposes will find in the long-run his
own downfall"
An. then Mr.. Gary said, and we
would commend his utterance to the
attention, no only of the members of
the Bar of the State, but to the can
didates for seats in the General
Assembly who will be elected at the
Democratic primaries in August:
"There is a tendency in some
quarters Oh the part of young lawyers
to seek business. [ have heard that
in one of the cities of Georgia lady
who had bean injured by a trolley
car testified in open Court that seven
lawyers were on the spot to get her
case before the physician arrived.
This practice is to be condemned in
the strongest terms. Let business
seek you and wait till it does. If
you will do your duty to the law it
will at some day do it's duty to you.
SO | trust you see the Importance of
moral force in the character of the
lawyer. 1t is the basis of success
The experience of the lady in
Georgia, who was injured by troll
ley car, is becoming very common
experience in South Carolina. Only
the other day we were told by the
president of well-to-do corporation
that an honest man, who had been
injured through the negligence of
the persons representing this corpo-
ration, was comforting with him
about his injuries and expressed a
wish not to make money out of his
mishap. He was treated fairly, of
course, by the corporation, and after
his case had been settled in per-
fectly equitable and honest way, he
said to the president of the corpora
ton that he had been offered check
for $500 by lawyer for his case.
This is only one of many cases.
There are damage suit lawyers in
almost every community, members
of the Bar who make their living by
'seeking business" and who are
dependent upon the prejudices OF
the jury-box for their contingent re.
mainders, as it were.
We wish that Mr.. Cary, who has
so high and proper conception of
the noble profession of law, would
lead in a movement to secure such
Legislation in this State as will make
the damage suit industry impossible
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