The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-09

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their presence on "change" or on the
bone yard" (as il is called) after adj
Journment of court. And one may I'M
agne that they saw rare exhibitions
of shrewdness i'm the business. con-
Quoted perhaps in accordance win the
rules laid down by a high authority
on the subject of horse trading, ana
exemplified in a unique story told of
one who was the owner OF a colt IN
which he took considerable stock,
but became worried about his condi-
ton because" he said, there's al
ways something ailin' EN-; and he re-
gretfully added, II could "a got putty
near what l was askln fer EN- last
week, am putty near what he was
with: an I've noticed that most
gen'ally alwus when let good offer
, go like that. some cussed thing hap
pens TO the boss. 1t amt bad idee,
i'm the boss bus'nis anyway, to be will
In TO let the other Teller make dol
lar once n while" and the same au-
thority says, "The s as much human
natur IN some folks as tn is in the
others, - not more.
In further evidence of the magni-
tude OF this ancient Tuesday, it is re-
lated of that great lawyer and intel
lectual man. the late David M. Carter,
that one day upon the occasion of his
visit TO the Centennial in Philadelphia
in 1876, he and many others were
viewing a large crowd of people on the
grounds. A strange lady, standing
near Mr. Carter and looking at him
as if the question was addressed to
him. said:
Did you ever see so many people ?"
Yes, madam, many times
Pardon me, sir, will you tell me
when and where you ever saw So
many?"
"On Tuesday of court, at Swan
Quarter. in Hyde county,"
The Lawyer Who Succeeds.
Now in these rapid transit times, In
the constant changes in methods of
business life, in this stenographic and
type-writing age, and in the broaden
ing field of practical science. the law
yer who attains the higher and more
steadily maintained . easures of sue
cess is the prompt and we'll equipped
one. The readiness to perform every
professional duty, the necessity of
eliminating redundant matter in the
preparation of cases and thereby re-
ducing expense TO clients, as enjOined
By rule of court and repeated judicial
deliverances, and the willingness to at
tend TO the smallest detail, should re-
ceive practical encouragement. Do
not understand me as submitting these
remarks in Il didatic sense, for your
familiarity with the rules and your ex-
perience as practitioners have afford
ed opportunity for the acquisition of
an abundant supply of necessary
equipment: but simply as a reminder
that promptneSS in the dispatch of
professional work for the Supreme
Court or any other court, is essential
TO the relief of the practitioner from
annoyances which the want of it may
produce. All these details are an in
teeral part of the foundation upon
which the proceedings are perfected
and the arguments of counsel are bot
toned.
But the difficulties and environ
ments which confront the lawyer I'm
good practice are so variant that il is
almost impossible for one to do more
than adhere TO some practicaE rule
suggested by his own experience as a
practitioner and suited to the conduct
Of his own affairs. Furthermore it is
a Wei established fact that lawyers
have ever taken a deep interest in the
welfare of the country and actively
participated in every movement look
ing To the advancement of the people
and the preservation Of the liberty of
the citizen, and the North Carolina
lawyer is no exception to the rule. He
neglects his professional interests tc
answer the demands of his fellow
citizens. and the services of no class
of our people are more urgently re-
CURED in times Of difficulties and
emergencies than those of the man
behind the law book He has a pa
triotic and honest pride in preserving
our civilization in it's undiluted form,
and withholds his approval of any
scheme tending to the establishment
of paid agencies to inject by whole
sale an undesirable foreign element
into our social life. He encourages
the coming among us of those who can
assimilate American customs and
wishes them to make their homes here
and aid in the development of the
country, but opposes the application
of the expansion policy" by which
the disturbing contingent might be
admitted. And / will say here that my
objection to this indiscriminate immI-
grant business has been SO unvarying
and so pronounced that / would pre-.
fer TO see our State remain i'm her
conservative and homogeneous condi-
ton. for all time, rather than incur
the risk of industrial advancement
through the Introduction of a promis-
cuous population from foreign lands,
and of making this the dumping
ground of undesirable people to re-
leve the congested condition of large
cities. In the last decade or two our
progress i'm all lines has been wonder
full; il has been steady, gradual
healthy; let it so continue, for il is the
result of natural business activity
Ii is matter of great doubt wheth-
er IL would be a good policy for the
State to employ agents here or else
where and pay them salaries to en-
courage immigration. 1t may be that
such agents would exert themselves to
''do things" at all hazards. and thus,
unintentionally. open a channel for
Judgment of the microbes of opposi-
ton to law and order. The advant-
ages of immigration. in my judgment,
may not outweigh it's dangers, and an
advance in the wrong direction is a
step backward 1t is not my purpose
however, to dilate upon the subject
but in view of the fact that 1t has
recently assumed Importance here.
and that there is a diversity of opinion
among our best men upon it, am per-
suaded that while on the 'skirmish
line of the movement, it will not be
out of place to appeal to the Gentle
men of the Bar to bestow upon it
their most earnest thought and
thorough investigation, that they may
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