Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-25
TO pIseAR c. p. SIMS
spartanburs Attorneys Take Up an
UoIy Case.

supreme court last Friday to strike
| the name of c. p. Sims, of Spartan
| burg, from the list Of attorneys at the
| Spartanburg bar. The petition Ii
brought in the name of 8. @. Finley,
another Spartanburg attorney, and
Ralph X. Carson, president Of the state
bar association, Is one Of the signers.
J. G. Otis, Esq, former SOLICITOR is
attorney for the petitioner. Following
is resume of fifteen allegations
against Sims:
That c. p. Sims falsely, unjustly,
wrongfully,k wilfuIly assailed"s the
| professional character Of 8. g. Fin
1 ley, an attorney Of Spartanburg. charg-
ing him with conspiring with the arbi-
| traitors in the case Of Roland Fleming
VS.. Dora Fleming and Albert Fleming.
That c. p. Sims "wilfully attempted
to impose upon, mislead and deceive"
the supreme court in the case Of John
Sheldon.
/ ThatlC p. Sims solicited "a suit from
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Ferguson against
| the city Of Spartanburg, collected q
retainer Of SO and failed to bring the
action. @ ,.s-... 81. .:.,a ..- 49,
That c. p. Sims solicited and OBJ
tanned a case from Richard Jackson
and Henrietta Jackson, collected fee
of $40. and refused" to. represent
| them In court
That c. p. Sims solicited and OBJ
tanned from Tom Jackson and L. M.
| Jackson an action against the town OF
| Wexford for fine imposed on Tom
Jackson, obtained a fee Of $40 and
took no steps to bring such action"
That c. p. Sims. through the inter-
mediation Of D. II. Huntsinger. So
licited and secured suit against the
Southern railway from Belton r. Dry
man, agreeing to divide his fee with
d. n. Huntslnger, which he fraud
ulently refused to do"
That c. p. Sims solicited and OBJ
tained fee Of $40 from Mrs. M. E.
Thomas to secure pardon for her
son, Baxter Thomas, from the gov
ernor, and that he wilfully and
client" and advised the chief execu-
| tive not to issue the pardon. tr
That c.. p. Sims solicited and OBJ
tanned from ]. B. Blanton, q Federal
prisoner in the Spartanburg county
| jail, his permission and a fee Of $40
to obtain a pardon from the president
of the United States, and he then
wilfuily deceived and betrayed the said
j. B. Blanton." 5s ''R'
That G. p. Sims solicited suit from
Robert Whitesides against the South
ern railway. and when informed that
| Whitesides had already employed
money for him simply by writing a
letter, and all Of which was unethical
and highly improper"
That c.. p. Sims, while he had no
/ connection whatever with the South
ern railway, solicited Mrs. w. ]. Fon-.
vile to bring action against the COM
pany for the death Of her husband
stating in a letter that he could secure
for her $4,000. "all OF which was
highly improper and unprofessional."
That G; P. Sims bargained for the
house and lot In the city Of Spartan
burg and, after closing the trade,
for said sale, secretly executed mort
i gage on the same house and lott for
l $1,600, with the purpose Of keeping
| the said mortgage on the record for
80 days until the title to the. same
had been examined by the attorney for
DR.. Webb Thompson and passed" and
then recorded the mortgage and de-
frauded DR.. Thompson out Of $500.
That C. p. Sims collected an account
for the Charlotte Brick company
against w. p. Manner q Company OF
spartanburg, accepting the payment in
lumber and building material. agree
ing to pay the account to the Char
lotte Brick company which he will
fully and fraudulently refused to do"
1 That c. p. Sims received fee Of
i SO from Harrison e. Harrison, attor-
neys, for the o. X. Stove and Range
company, for the purpose Of bringing
suit against w. III. Buris, Of Union,
and "wilfully refused to file suit, and
did fail to file suit" az.
That @. p. Sims ''fraudulently retain
Il al fnx - %, O
| client, and denied tn Hawkins that he
had collected t.
That the character andsreputation
| Of c. p. Sims for truth. honesty and
| Integrity, .'is bad and unworthy OF q
member OF the bar Of this honorabie
courts
That -by reason OF his unprofessional
conduct heretofore" C. p. Sims was,
for while, suspended from the prac-
tice OF law by a circuit Judge while
holding court in the city Of Spartan
burg.
Charlotte Observer, Monday.)
Spartanburg. s. c., Nov. 2s--H ain
the bitter charges and recrimiAattons
/ which the disbarment proceedings
against Charles P. Sims have precipi-
tated are taken seriously, there is a
| probability of the airing Of several
na sty scandals In the courts.
Cock fighters, gamblers, atheists.
nonentities, pious towards and de-
vout oppressors of the poor" are some
of the milder epithets applied by Leslie
l. Allen. a cotton factor. In . state,
ment issued last night. to the accus-
ers Of Mr.. Sims, who Is his father-tn>
law. 5as ,gsa gEE
Mr.. Sims himself telegraphed from
i ~ Tn, fhA AfS-
| barment proceeding against me I beg
| to say that am conscious OF nay
| innoncence, that have absolute faith
| in the fairness and sound Judgment
| Of each member OF the supreme court,
Therefore, expect complete vfndfca-
ton when said charges are investi>
gated" ~. tf5 s
Mr.. Allen, in his statement. made
charges Of the gravest nature against
certain Of the lawyers who signed the
petition for Mr.. Sims disbarment and
Concluded by saying: Let him with
out sin cast the first stone" He called
attention to the fact that a number
Of the prominent members Of the bar
had not signed the petition. or as he
put It, "are not back Of this pereeeu>
tion," and he asked:
"Is not the attack the work or the
personal enemies Of Mr.. Sims. seeking
to use the courts to wreak personal
| vengeance on him, and to gratify
| their private spites, and have they
not enlisted in their aid some ipa-
pecunious young lawyers who are
anxious to secure his practice for
themselves? Do the lives of the In
stigators of this attack give them the
right to throw stones? 80
Does any one Of the atlantis who
swear adversely to the reputation OF
Mr. Sims, or any one Of the signers
of the petition to have him disbared,
suggest morality to the community
What credence should be lent to list
of statements, even under oath, when
each one emanates from a person
with a private grievance? Is any part
Of the public so gullib!e as to fall
to appreciate the transparency Of this
movement and are they not a fine
lot of arbiters of Justice? How many
of the atlantis and signers Of the petit
tion would feel proud to have his
oa3oio1 raoord written 40 a scroll by