The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-27
CLERKS OF COURT ORGANIZE.


! The meeting Of the clerks Of court
which was held on the goth and 2ls
at Glenn Springs, was the result OF
the efforts of Clerk Frank w. Shcalv
CT Lexington county, upwards OF
,hlrty being in attendance. An or
ganlzation was perfected by the cleo
ton of Frank w. Shealy Of Lexington
president; Tom c. Hamer of Marl-
poro, first vice president; w. II. Vel
dell OF Greenwood, second vice prcsi-
dent; y. |. Barron of Clarendon, sec
retary-treasurer. A committee con
slsting Of III. Il. Scarborough. chair
man, w. III. Duncan of BarnWell. ]
"A. Tate of York and b. w. Cogburn
OF Edgeiield with the president and
secretary as eX-oflicio members, w2s
named to draw up bylaws, which
when presented, were adopted and are
as follows:
The name of this organization shall
ihc oieih Ol courts Association
OF South Carolina"
The officers shall consist of a presi
dent, two vice presidents and a secre-
tary-treasurer, who shall serve for
one year, or until their successors are
elected
Ihere shall be an executive COM
mlttee, consisting Of the president as
eA-oiiiclo chairman, the secretary
treasurer, and three others to be
appointed by the president, to serve
one year. 1t shall be their duty TO
arrange the date of the annual meet
ing and such program for it as they
may deem for it's best interest and
perform such other duties as they
may deem for the good Of the asso-
citation.
The purposes Of this association
shal! be social, and for the discussion
of the various phases of work of the
clerks Of court and registers of mense
conveyance of the State, with the
view, through the interchange of ey-
perlence and ideas, of enabling each
member to better conduct the affairs
of his office, and thus to render more
eilcient service to his constituents
The association shall be absolutely
on-political, no question as to men,
or as to, change of existing laws as to
fees and salaries shall be discussed
or acted on.
All clerks of court and registers
Of mense conveyances of this State,
with their deputies, are eligible TO
membership, no deputy being allowed
vote, except in the absence of the
official under whom he serves.
There shall be held one annual
meeting in the month of August or
September, at such place as the asso-
citation may elect, the date of same
to be fixed by the executive commit
tee. In case the association should
fail to name place, or if after such
place is named, for sufficient reasons
n change should appear necessary or
desirable, the executive committee
shall have power to act.
After the adoption OF the bylaws,
the president named as the members
of the executive committee, II. l..
Scarborough, j. A. Tate, and b. W.
COgburn. The time of the meeting
was spent in exchange of experiences
in handling practically every depart
ment of the work of the clerks Of
flee, much time being spent i'm dis
cussing the various records required
To be kept there, and the best meth
DDS of keeping them The recently
elected clerks also got much informa-
ton from the discussion of court
work, both criminal and civil There
was no set program, every question
discussed being brought up by some
one wanting information on that par
ticular point, where he felt he needed
help.
From a practical standpoint, the
meeting was quite n success, while
from every one came the assertion
that socially it could not have been
better. 1t was unanimously voted to
go to the Isle of Palms for the next
meeting.