The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-31

1t was four years ago that Carroll
went to a picture show with his wire
and children. The show was "Intol-
erance," D w. Griffith's spectacular
play and pictured to the printer the
many abuses growing out of interpre-
tation of laws by clever attorneys
Began to Study Law.
The picture caused the printer to
study as he worked the next day. He
also had read day by day OF the
strange and apparently unfair elastic
itv of mau-made laws He decided
that day to become lawyer, -. .
I'D like to be able to help out q
little" thought Carroll. The law
seems to be the greatest evil against
which peopIe are struggling. I guess
study and an understanding OF 1t, Will
do more to assist than anything
1t was no child's play that con
fronted Carroll in his determination
to he an aid TO humanity by becoming
n lawyer with a family to support as
we'll as a lob that required eight hours
work day That next day he started
in on a task that the sons of wealthy
men spend thousands of dollars in fra
tcrnity houses and colleges and five o.
six years to accomplish
Passed Bar Examination.
CARROTS home is at 1140 Garfield
street H @. Caster, a prominent at
IOTnPN ana at mat TIME an e1ttOA liz =
for the old public utilities commits
sion, was a neighbor. Carroll asked
if he might register in the supreme
court as a student in Casters office
the law permitting a man to study in
an attorneys office and become al
mitted to the bar, providing he can
pass the state examination.
Then Carroll took up a mail order
study of law. He worked nearly
g, inc
the last year of his study he attended
only, one show. In January, 1920, he
passed the state bar examination sue
cessfulIy.
With a family to support Carol
could not afford to go thru the pro
baton period of the average attorney
the two and three years of placing
his feet on his desk and waiting TO-
clients to learn he was in business. Ht
has continued working in the com
posing room of The State Journal ant
practicing law when an opportunity
arose, He is the ionly union man il
Topeka who is an attorney.
Poor Compromise Is Better
His political advertisements have
been those of man with a heart ant
q sour rather than hose of a lawyer
one advertisement reads:
"A poor compromise is better thar
q SObtA lawsuit.
Now doesn't that sound strange t.
come from the lips of a Iawyer-tc
compromise rather than file a law.
suit.
Another one reads:
i believe in God Almighty and til,
american republic. I believe in mer
and women ana babies and sunshine
and laughter. I believe in good cooks
ln soap and water and barber shops
and law and common sense
That, too, may sound strange from
THE lips of a lawyer. Yet, it comes
from Carroll, attorney. printer. unior
imam and humanitarian who ha.
Hchosen to become a lawyer with 9
A"heart and a soul" in order to hell
humanity rather than to lend help.
ing hand from d pulpit where hun.
dreds of suffering humanity fail t
go for help.
There are more lost, forlorn soul.
in court room than in a church an6
we should preach in both places" saiC
Carroll recently.
Believes in Golden Rule.
The position to which Carroll aspire:
must daily deal with the trials anC
tribulations of the poorest people il