Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-21
"Raseality at a Premium"

There is getting to be so much raS-
cality and untrutnfulneSs on the coun-
try that there are hardly enough hon
est, reliable people to take care OF 1t.
Dishonesty and rascality are at high
premium as is evidenced by the decis-
ION Of the jurors and courts. The
lawyers of our land as a rule seem to
De seeking the side of the defense IN
preference to the side of prosecution,
because there is more money in 1t.
Honesty and uprightness are being laid
on the shelf to be supplied with viola
ton and defense to the fullest extent
of technicalities.
Robberies of corporations In court
decisions as If corporations were OF no
service to the country. 1t takes con-
centration Of brains and capital by cor
poration to handle and move the large
volume Of business and develop the
resources Of the country.
Then why try to tie up and rob cor
porations, something that the country
cannot get along without. Ignorant,
poor people, both white and black, VINO
should be excused partly on account OF
their ignorance, are being punished TO
the fullest extent Of the law, while In
telligent violators, of wealth and infiu-
ence, can get up all the sympathy and
support necessary to bring them clear
in court or get a nominal punishment.
Public sentiment and the lawyers and
lawmakers are responsible for this
state of affairs. 1t Is creating want OF
confidence in our fellowman and makes
life more unpleasant and burdensome
because peoples words and written OBJ
legations are not what they should be
by any means. Works without faith
do not accomplish much and the per-
son who puts much faith in the say
ings and doings Of the general pubic
in this day and time Is most sure TO
get left. A good, full crop Of honesty
With public sentiment to back it up
would bring conditions to normal
state.-Poag's Real Estate Monthly.
We hardly know what to make of
Brother Poag this month. We are quite
we'll aware of the fact that his heart
Is in the right place; but in the fore
going, he seems to be all mixed up,
and does not appear to know what Is
the matter himself.
OF course, there is plenty Of dishon-
esty in the world, as there has always
been and will be to the end; but that
is nothing for honest men to complain
about. Honest men are honest for hon.
esty sake, not for what they expect
to make out Of 1t, and while they sin
cerely deplore dishonesty in others,
they cannot be held responsible for that
dishonesty. The principal consolation
of the honest man is that while homes
ty has its burdens they are not nearly
as great as those of dishonesty.
So far as the lawyers are concerned.
there is no side of the defense" until
after the side of the plaintiff has
moved. And If the plaintiff leaves the
ablest lawyers for the side of the de-
fense, that is not the fault Of the law
yer so much as it is the fault of the
plaintiff. Generally, however, the
plaintiff where he has the brains and
the ability, gets the ablest lawyer in
sight
corporations. They are not infrequent-
" mulcted for damages when nobody
has been really grieved. They are
subjected to holdups just like those
that sometimes occur on the highway.
and by the same kind of people. the
principal difference being in the meth
cd. But do not let us forget that cor
porations are sometimes offenders also
and that when they do offend they
must be held to account just as any
body else. Corporations should not be
imposed upon and they should net be
allowed to impose on others.
1t is hardly to be denied that much
wrong doing in the courts is attributa-
BILE to lawyers: but don't let US forget
that there are good lawyers and bad
LAWYERS. There are lawyers who fight