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yORS LAWY LRSS WHO MAKE
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o or More Who Eara More Than
s DOZI terest of & Million—Choate, Inger
::;' ’“W“w and Carter—The Firm of
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Ngw YORK, Mar01:35.-=Whila 16 may
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hg“% L _couraging place in which to
iy 16 8 O ice of any
puild up & 1)101«,‘»'101.41 practice of any
. i+ is undeniably a fact that it is
B Lus7 centers of industrial
ly in 0O J
P Y merciallife that the greatestre
“”"_L,‘.)}‘,.H;n.rr science, medicine, theol
“:w:,:;fl. ;hv lz’xw can be won. And this
f’ii strikingly true of thq law per
paps than of any other profession.
go well has this come to be under
stood that within the past pwo or three
;hmi: . several legal l.ummarles who
pad already won pmfesmgnul and finan
dal success away from I\.JCW York. have
pull d up stakes and migrated hither,
ghere they felt sure they could earn
«ill bigger fees and still wider renown.
Tv every one will occur the case of
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, and per-
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JAMES C. CARTER.
haps he is the one man of all that have
adopted this course whose name is of
tenest before the public. The late Ros
e Conkling was another great lawyer
who came here to win a fortune, and
when he was suddenly taken away, al
most by accident, he had gone far to
ward fulfilling his ambition to die a
sich man, an ambition which he could
pever have gratified had he remained
in politics, or, retiring from that excit
ing pursuit, had gone to practicing law
in one of the lesser cities.
George Hoadley, ex-governor of Ohio,
B is another man of the law who came to
New York to gain riches after he had
won a gocd degree of success both in
business and politics elsewhere. His
name is not so often upon the lips of the
public, nor does it run off the ends of
Wreporters’ pencils with any such fre
bquency as that of the free thinking, out
spoken colonel, but the ex-governor is
understood to be making a most excel
lent income all the same—in fact, prob
ably twice or thrice as much as Colo
uel Ingersoll. Ex-Judge Dillon is an
other instance of the same sort, and so
was the late silver tongued Daniel
Dougherty, who came here from Phila
dr{}phin, and so is Charles W. Brooke,
Wio has been termed the leader of the
New York criminal bar.
Two Criminal Lawyers.
Mr. Brooke, who, like Dougherty,
ame here from the Quaker City, is cer
fainly one of the notable figures of this
own. He came in the seventies, and
is story is told, though not vouched for
¥ e, concerning the cause of his leav
1g Philadelphia: A young man named
trald Eaton was acoused of murder,
“d be sccured Mr. Brooke for counsel.
Prooko was so thoroughly convinced of
4lon’s innocence, in spite of the most
lalaging circumstantial evidence, that
¢ Vowed never to try another case in
biladelphia if the verdict should be ad
1. The jury declared Eaton guilty,
0 the lawyer kept his word. Whether
19 Btory be true or not, the honey lipped
:?;i: has had no cause to regret the
Cosierence of his allegiance to the
Mickerbocker town, for his celebrated
isl ha}'@ been many and his fees fat.
‘ atest notable case was that of Mey
];)St:?(vpi‘r(m.mer. Though M.r. Brookse is
Onu;;(.)r } :hn‘)W, he looks quite ten years
B an that, and he walks with
8 More 16 step of a boy.
;] Szgr_pwmu‘squo than Mr. quok_e
B i -il{ H:]d_ Fu bo aleader at the crimi-
R ]'a' “5. partner, O’Sullivan, -the
s :’J‘Arn ‘? ho became famou.s ?.t a
hato b, - ;)xzpeak, because of his inti-
Bring the edge of medicine, dlsp!ayed
e Amal, of Qarly.le Harrl.s for
8 well 'ul 2 l‘i O’Sullivan is a physician
o d;fl-_r:; 'awyer, and he underspands
berons (}..um.lg'- too, for one of his nu-
Bary 1 7;{’&_B 1s that of doctor of vet
e cdicine and_ surgery, and ho
BRiment r)f”IZ C?pacxt;y fqr & Sme '.Wlth. "
ung, h“il-.n)f-umh fsoldlers. He is stllls
h ath et ]_: bltqe if any over 35, amdi
o uild and bearing. |
: 8 the Leading Lawyer? |
PU.\'SH)]Y I owe t 1 | |
I meutigni = he reader an apology
S '8 : ese tw‘o z‘shead of such
boate, ( ;()»It:sll ames 9 Carter, JOS(?ph
t Wl’““"“':'fiH E. C. James, Elihu
rtainy ¢p el Peckham and others.
5 Troadly (o B SR
Fooke or (1) ‘peaking, than either
J'Sullivan, and their earn-
BSare mnch | y o
lif, aside £y arger, though it is doubt
elticy of oo n(;:n tfhe frequent political
LJameq ig tho them, any one is so
3 6 newgpaners as either
O’Sualiivan or Brooke, and of a surety
they are not nearly as often mentioned
in the printed page as that strange pair
who do legal business under the firmn
name of Howe & Hummel. But of thesu
last more anon.
All the newspaper reading world
knows Joseph Choate to be an impul
sive man, as he is also brainy and elu
quent. He is an ardent Republican and
a gractical politician, yet he did not
heSlt.ate a year or two ago, and at a St.
Patrick’s dinner, if I remember aright,
to charge the Irish with nearly all the
misdeeds meuntioned in the criminal
code, besides others of which noone had
heard before.
He made everybody look blank, too,
not long ago, at a dinner given by the
dry. gooc}s men to Mayor Strong, by al
luding in a highly undiplomatic man
ner to certain transactions alleged to
have been carried on between the mer
chants and the police. Even his warm
est friends thought Mr. Choate indis
creet on both these occasions, but he
never seemed to mind the gentle
“roasts,”’ and some not so gentle, that
were administered by the newspapers in
each case. Mr. Choate is perhaps stron
ger with a jury than with a judge, but he
is weak nowhere. When he is talking in
cqurt, he likes to lean hisvight elbow on
his right knee and to juggle pennies
from one hand to the other. When he
ptrikes this attitude and begins his jug
gling, it is time for the witnesses of the
other side to lock out. Choate is about
to make them believe he is their friend
and then get them to betray themselves.
James C. Carter.
James C. Carter is quite another sort
of man. He is a bachelor. He is not a
clubman. He is not rhetorical. He is
not magnetic. In all these things he is
the very antithesis of Choate. But he is
a power with the judges, who are al
ways delighted with the clear and lucid
English in which he couches his argu
ments, so great a contrast do they afford
to the involved and turgid verbiage of
some legal utterances.
Mr. Carter has found the law a hard
mistress, but his devotion, which has
involved many occasions of all night
study, has been rewarded by the reputa
tion which he certainly possesses among
the judges of being more profound in
his knowledge of the common law and
the statutes than any of his brethren.
Mr. Carter is now well along in years,
for he was born in 1827. He was an in
timate friend of the late Samuel J. Til
den. He was not friendly with the late
David Dudley Field, whose codes were
more than once the object of his keen
analysis and effective ridicule.
Other Successfal Lawyers.
After these men, if I were writing an
exhaunstivestudy of the prominent mem
bers of the New York bar, 1 should act
according tothe judgment of my lawyer
friends and take up a group of about 30,
some of whom are well known to news
paper readers while some of them are
not. Among this score and a half I
should include such men as Frederic R.
Coudert, Benjamin F. Tracy, Elihu
Root, Wheeler H. Peckham, William
B. Hornblower, John E. Parsons, De
lancey Nicoll, Francis L. Wellman,
Colonel John R. Fellows, and so on. Of
these it is understood that Mr. Parsons
has been the recipient of the largest
single fee. The figures, as I remember
them, were so high that I shall not ven
ture to name them. Certainly they were
high enough to furnish a man of mod
erate wants with the nest egg at least
of a competency. This fee was paid to
Mr. Parsons by the Sugar trust, and it
is stated that it was larger not only
than any ever received by any other
New York lawyer, but positively the
largest ever paid to any lawyer in Amer
jca. Mr. Parsons, however, has not the
biggest practice in New York by any
means, and there are probably not a
dozen who make more than §506,000 a
year. Colonel Ingersoll cannot properly
be included in this number, I am told,
but it is currently believed by the legal
fraternity that Mr. Carter earns $lOO,-
000 or more every year by his profes
sion, and that the earnings of Messrs,
James, Root, Wheeler H. Peckham,
Choate and Tracy all run from $75,000
to $lOO,OOO. Mr. Parsons’ earnings are
estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000.
Mr. Coudert, however, is probably in
receipt of a larger regular income from
his law practice than almost any other
practitioner. He is of French descent,
as his name indicates, although he was
born in New York. It has been said
that his most regular clients are ‘‘the
crowned heads of Europe,’ but that is
obviously a joke. However, the fact re
mains that he has acted for many for
eign governments when the extradition
of criminals has been desired, and he
has two or three European decorations
granted to him in recognition of his
gervices of this sort.
Delancey Nicoll’s practice is set down
at from $25,000 to §35,000, Mr. Well
man’s at rather less and Mr. Hornblow
er’s at $40,000 to $5O, 000.
An Extraordinary Legal Firm.
After all, it is popuiarly believed that
few New York lawyers make more
money than W. F. Howe of elephantine
tread and enormous waist, and Abe
Hummel, so little in person as always
to amuse the man who sees him for the
first time.. No two men could be more
dissimilar as to personal appearance Or
temperament than these. A greatsource
of strength with Mr. Howe before a
jury lies in the fact that he possesses at
all times an inexhaustible supply of
tears. These are somewhat of a rarity
among men in America, at least as far
a 8 any one is privileged to know by ocu
lar demonstration. for whan American
men cry they are apt to De ashamea ox
themselves and to get out of sight.
When Mr. Howe cries, he is anxious to
have the fact known. He isalways par
ticularly desirous that a certain 12 men
shall understand all about it, and it is
undoubtedly true that many a case has
been won for Howe & Hummel by the
senior partner’s tears.
It has been assumed by many that the
practice of Howe & Hummel was con
' fined to divorce cases and the defense of
| alleged criminals. It is true that they
- are prominent in these directions and
i that they are seemingly ‘‘always ready
for defense,’’ but one of their steadiest
\ sources of income consists of fees for
drawing theatrical contracts. While
they do not possess a monopoly of this
class of work in New York, they do a
very large part of it. Whether they
really do make as much money as they
are believed to is a question not easily
answered. Some lawyers say not; that
their earnings are not more than from
$15,000 to $25,000 a year each and that
' Brooke & O’Sullivan make even less.
[ I. D. MARSHALL.
\ CONFIDENCES OF CLIENTS.
A Noted English Precedent Which Stampe
Them as Inviolable.
' ““The matter of confidences between
counsel and client is one of great inter
-3 est and importance,’’ said a well known
jurist and ex-judge the other day.
' “As to the duty of a lawyer on the
trial of a case where he has been in
formed by his client that he is guilty,
“the best and most controlling example
is that of Charles James Phillips, the
eminent British barrister who in many
directions was rated in his time as sec
ond only to Lord Erskine.
~ ‘“He was defending Courvoisier, who
was indicted for the murder of Lord
Russell. During the trial, on the exam
ination of a very important witness for
the people, the accused was much over
come, and in the intensity of his emo
tion communicated either to Mr. Phil
lips or to his solicitor the fact that he
was guilty of the crime.
“Mr. Phillips immediately asked for
an adjournment of the case and for a
consultation with the judges. The con
sultation was granted, and Mr. Phillips
stated to the bench that the accused had
confessed his guilt and requested the
judges to point out to him his path of
duty. The judges, after deliberation,
stated that he wounld have a perfect
right to make such legal and logical de
ductions from the evidence as he
thought tended to the exculpation of the
accused, but it would be unprofessional
to state to the jury any personal belief
of his innocence.
“In his argument to the jury Mr.
Phillips, carried away by his emotions
and imagination, did state to the jury
“his own personal belief in the innocence
of his client, and this statement of his
occasioned much criticism afterward.’”
—New York Herald.
Edison’s Bet.
There is probably no other country
where so much and so curious betting
takes place as in the United States. Es
pecially is this the case at election time.
Wizard Edison, it is said, made his first
unusual experiment in electricity as the
result of a bet. He was a telegraph op
erator, and the lunches of the boys were
carried in tin cans, into which roaches
made their way, causing much kicking
at mealtime. Various methods were
tried to get rid of them, and finally Edi
gson made a bet that he would suppress
them. The next day the dinner cans
were piled in a heap, and the wizard
placed around them a circle of narrow
tin foil ribbon about an inch wide, and
about a quarter of an inch away another
similar circle, and then he connected
both with the current. The consequence
was that every roach in trying to get to
the cans placed himself with his hind
legs on ove pole (or piece of foil) and
bis fore legs on the other, thus complet
ing the circuit, and rolling over dead
The bet was won, and the dead piled up
lies w» Teich Sor o,
Nerfolk county in England gave a
name to the Virginia town.
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Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever ~ores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chillblain’s, Corns and all
Skin Eurptions, and positively cures
Piles or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satistaction or
money retunded. Prlee 25 cents per
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Scott’s Emulsion
AT ARG £ BTSRRI
of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda,
is a constructive food that nourishes, enriches the blood,
creates solid flesh, stops wasting and gives strength. It is
for all
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Wasting Diseases
like Consumption, Scrofula, An@mia, Marasmus; or for Coughs and
Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Loss of Flesh andl
General Debility. Scott’s Emulsion has no equal as
Nourishment for Babies and Growing Children,
Buy only the genuine put up in sa/mon-colored wrapper.
Send for pamplet on Scotl’'s Emulsion. FREE.
Scott & Bowne, N. Y. All Druggists. 50 cents and $l.
New License Ordinance.
Adopted by the Town Council
of Sasser, Ga., on Februa
ry, sth, 1895.
Each retail whisgy dealer per an-
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Each guano agent or dealer per an-
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¢ ' Cotfon seed bhuyer ‘'@ *f 500
. Saw and grist miil - ¢ 500
‘¢ Personsubject to street tax 200
or four days work on the streets.
i} ordinances in conflict with the
ebove are hereby repealed.
R. T. DOZIER, Mayor.
G. W. VARNER, Acting Clerk.
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Sheriff Sale.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Ga., on
the first Tuesday in April, 1895, within
the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for ca~h, the following described
property, to-wit* All of lots of land num
bers 106 and 107, contaiuing 202} acres
each, in the Third distriet of Terrell
county, Ga., also 75 acres off of lot num
ber 119 in suid distriet and enunty, this
being he 75 acres conveyed by B. F.
Melton to C. C. Prendergast; also lots
numbers 269 and 270, and lot number 302
~~lying south of Cogan’s mill creek ex
cept 10 acres—said lot 302 containing 100
acres, this tract being in the Fourth dis
trict of Terrell county, Ga.; also 25%
acres ¢f land in the city of Dawson, Ga.,
lying west of Main street and souht of
Cuhbert Alley, bounded on the sout™ by
Mrs. Sharpe and west by the creek and
Baldwin’s land, said tract being compos
ed of 5 acres conveyed to C. C. Pender
gast by Mary E. Ross, 13 acres conveyed
to C. C. Pendergast by Patrick Ward, 2%
acres conveyed to C. C.Pendergast by J.
P. Allen, and 5 acres conveyed to C. C.
Perdergast by George Bunch; levied
upon as the property or C. C. Pendergast
to satisfy afi fa issued from the superiorj
court of Dougherty county, Ga., in favor
of Alber L. Richards againstt the said C. \
C. Pendergast. Tenants in possession
notified. This March sth. 1895.
D. K. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sale- |
Wil be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in April next,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property, to. wit : all of lots
of land Nos. 155 and 156 in the 12th
district of said county, levied upon as
property of 8. M. Thompson to satis
tya fila issued from the justice court
of the 1143rd district, G, M., of said
county, in tavor of the First State
Bank against said S. M Thompson,
levy made by A. J. Kenney, E C.
and returned to me: also to satisfy a
fifa issued irom the county court of
said county in favor ot the First State
Bank against the said B.M. Thomp~
som. Tenants in posseseion notified.
This Meb. sth, 1895.
D.K. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sale.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Dawson, Terrell county, Ga.,
on the first Tuesday in April next,
within the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
desciibed property, toawit: Two hun
dred and thirty-five acies of land,
the same being parts of lots numbers
190 ard 120, in the 909th cistrict,
G. M., of said courty; levied upon as
the property of Belle M, Lundy to
satisfy a fi fa issued from the county
court of Terrell county in tavor of A.
J. Baldwin & Co. against said Belle
M. Lundy. This March sth, 1895.
D. K. CHRISTIE, Sherifl.
LE BRUN’S oh ssoo ey
those diseases of the Genito-Urinary Or-
SNSRI SeR o i o Pttt ol
G\’:G &m taken internaily, When
& AS A PREVENTIVE
by either sex it Is impossible to contract
any venereal disease; but in t' ¢ case of
S thase slready Usrortonasiiy amviiorss
with Gonerrheea and Gleet, we guaraus
CUR Eonmsiaiger
So'd in Dawson by Farrar & Farrar.
NOTICE.
I WAXT enr'y‘dmn and woman in the United
States interes in the Opium and Whisky
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Secties a 0 one will be sent you froe
SUFFERED 40 YEARS.
Dyspepsia, Chrounic Dlarrhea,.
Debility, Rheumatism 10 Yearsg.
Aill Yield to Cermetuer.
| “] am seventy-five years old. For
more than forty years I was a sufferer
with
DYSPEPSIA,
What I ate made me sick, and flnally
the trouble ran into a
CHRONIC DIARRHOEA.
I was reduced to a state of great
debility. Inthis condition, some two
or three years ago, I began to use Dr.
King’s
«OYAL CERMETUER.
It has done me more good than all the~
medicines I have ever taken. I can
EAT ANYTHINGC | LIKYF,
and my general health is good. I
also had "
Rheumatism IO Years.
in my hand and arm, and since tak
ing the Germetuer that too is eutirely
relieved. I have recommended Gers
metuer to many others who haves
used it with great benefit. I think
it is tue greatest medicine that L know
ok™ MRS. B. PURSER,
llazlehurst, Miss.
Mrs. Purser is the mother of Revs.
D.I and J. H Puwrser, of New Or
leans, two eminent Baptist ministers.
$l.OO, 6 for $5.00. So!d by Druggists.
King's Royal Germatuer Co., Atlanta, Ga,
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Farrar & Farrar™
Dawson, (Feorgia.
A. T. Rogers,
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105 Cotton Ave,, ~ Americus,Ga.,
When you wan your DBreech-
Loaders. Pistols, or any other kind
of Fireams repaired bring or send
them to me. Work sent by express
promptly attended to and treight
paid one way. Guns repaired in first--
class style and guaranteed. Prices
tosust. A trial will convince you.
Respecttully,
A. T. ROGERS.
Reference; A. J. Baldwin & Co.
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ralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by
alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Deprezsion,
Softening of Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay,
death, Premature Old Age, Barreuness, Toss of
Power in either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhcea and aly
Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma
torrheea caused by over-exertion of brain, Self
abuse, over-Indulgence. A month’s treatment, 1,
6 for $5, by mail. With each order for 6 boxes, with -
$5 will send written guarantee to refund if not cured.
Guaranteec issued by agent. WEST’S LIVER PILLS
cures Sick Headache, Biliousness, Liver Complaing,
Sour Stomach, Dyspepria and Constipation.
GUARANTEES issued ounly by
FARRAR & FARRAR, Dawson,
MONEY!
[ can furnish money on real estate at
8 per cent. Call at my office, No. 21 Bal--
dwin block, before borrowineg.
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Skins Wanted.
I will pay for otter skins from $2.00 to
$5.00, beaver $2.00 to $4.00, Raccoon 10
to 30 cents, skunks 20 to 40 cents, grey
fox 20 to 50 cents, red fox 40 to 80 cents,
mink 20 to 50 cents, wild cat 10 to 25
cents, Bring or m B
J.L.B Shellman, Ga.