The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-08-23
THE LAWYER-ciTIZEN.

gard for the good lawyer in this day
and time than the man with legal
training is entitled to- And the law.
yer-be he good, bad or indifferent-is
more and more the victim of this i'm
proper regard as the years pass and
as the methods Of litigation and le-
gal matters change in their procedure.
The lawyer is not altogether response.
BILE for his fall but he is constantly
permitting himself to drop out of the
high ranks of useful citizenship
through a prevailing idea within his
own profession that the world has to-
day less use for the lawyer than it
ever had.
The real truth is the reverse. The
world never had greater need of the
good lawyer 1t is true that ltiga-
tion of the old type is being supplanted
by arbitration and business adjust
ment that eliminates long court pro-
cedure and years of unsatisfactory le-
gal processes. The business world
no longer has time for long drawn out
and expensive court procedures. And
when the lawyer gets the idea that this
change is spelling his doom, he is pre-
pairing himself for a season of inactiy-
ity that means a distinct loss for his
community so far as he is concerned.
When the controversial side of the
law is dead, there is springing up to
take It's place the growth and eXpan.
sion Of business and finance that eter-
nally is requiring the aid Of the good
lawyer. Interpreting the law for the
new and expanding business interests
is going to become field for the legal
profession of the modern day. 1t is al
ready for the we'll informed, steady
working lawyer If affords wide
field and remuneration for the man
worthy of his hire. The lawyer will
find the world moving from crime in
the future He will find himself be-
ing eliminated by collection agencies
But it is not at all the time to close
his Office and hunt for himself some
thing else to do
But it is likely the note Of warning
that it is time the lawyer begin to
to realize the broader conception of his
duties. 1t is a signal for greater eff
fort to equip for honest service in
the matter of interpreting the laws in
their proper relation to private bust
ness interests.
The good lawyer IS the most valu-
able citizen on earth. His services
are worth more to his fellow man than
the labors of any other profession, the
good physician not excepted, although
the latter occupies a high place. His
constructive work fixes the scope and
shapes the course of all the great en-
terprises and industries of the earth.
Serving private business interests, he
should know the value of his labors
and should require adequate remun-
GRAFTON. He is not treating himself
and his dependents fairly when he
gives away his services in free consul
tation for the advancement and profit
of private business.
In public life again he is the most
only man who can understand inc
qualities in the ministration of the
laws of the land and must be the first
to devote his time to readjustments.
Successful business men of today are
not much concerned with abstract prin-
ciples of right and wrong They are
looking restessly, impatiently for re-
suits. 1t is left by everybody else to
the lawyer to correct the abuses and
defects of the law. In rendering this
public duty, the good lawyer is not TO
permit his views to be moulded by
selpsh interests of private business.
He must be the unselfish, loyal, intel
ligent citizen with all the community
interests at heart and must serve these
interests.