The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-04-05
DARGAN DIS
GIJSSES FEES
OF LAWYERS
Correspondent Thinks Tine
VIII Come When Public
viii Pay All Counsel

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Bar IS certainly. one Of unusual in
teresf to reaecting people and You
handed It admirably It seems to
be the purpose Of the leading mag
azines to examine it thoroughly.
we In South Carolina. have rea-
son to feel more concerned about
this matter than the people of other
states, as the fsst3aw made. for the
state by John Locke, one OF the
profoundest philosophers of the
world, forbade the practice Of law
under the sysss@ms that has pre-
vailed throughout the lands under
Eagish Jurisprudence. It pro-
Hs6ifed in Specific terms the plead
:siirg at the bar for fees and de-
scIared It was base and vile thing
Ito plead for money or reward and
3 this law prevas1ed in the state for
something ike half century, when
a; man named Nicholas Trott broke
oxer restraints in the fandamen-
tai constitutions and entered upon
the practice Of law and has the
distinction Of Being the first lawyer
to do business n this profession in
South Carolina. He IS reputed to
have been very shrewd and
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the first eifizea.an war and in peace
ss.:,, and ii the hearts of his country
!. mon sssss tells ussiI3.f.,e most impressive
manner ,,esyareaof LAWYERS and now
comes the argAsseciation OF Amer
lea and aeclarEs that way must
be found to sbetter the practice Of
law IN America And certainly the
agitation Of stheauestion of lawless-
ness and remedy is deeply con-
cerning every s2art of the English
speaking, world
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seba,s,rs1,s,,. ii-7r,,s,sts he tried as a
rsnaee;vsZzSsI I,,r,,,r,,eraf1e esneriences
and ossservatioas have already
taught many thousands of citizens
that geat learning and unscrupu-
ions eonduet have often been found
in. Essii,e same nersons And there is
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