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ever, the economic consideration
is not the most important aspect
of this statistical pattern. He, rath
er, regards with alarm the fact
that the profession is failing to
meet its responsibility as servants
of the pubic when it permits oth
ers to take from it areas of serv
ice where it is best qualified to
perform.
Specialization Answer?
One answer to this problem,
and here again the emphasis must
be on organization, is specializa
tion. The doctors have shown the
way here—and perhaps have gone
too far. The medical societies are
saying now that fewer specialists,
and more general practitioners,
are needed. But the lawyers, as
a group, have been loathe to leave
the field of general practice and to
offer to the public trained men, in
sufficient numbers, to serve the
specialized needs of ithe public—
in business, in taxation, in labor
matters, and in estate planning, to
mention only a few.
The North Carolina Bar associ
ation, through the efforts this
year of the Committee on Contin
uing Legal Education, has made a
beginning, at least, in its program
to bring certain knowledge here
tofore regarded as the particular
property of the specialist to the
general practitioner. And it is re
assuring to observe—and ample
proof of the proposition that, be
cause of general educational back
ground, the lawyer is best equip
ped to serve the public in a wide
variety of fields—that, upon ex
ploring the areas of the so-called
specialist, the mysteries of those
fields disappear. The general
practitioner loses his fear, which
has developed only because he had
not given himself a chance in
those particular realms of prac
tice.
s Institutes Commended
You will be interested and grat
ified to know that at the Ameri
can Law Institute meeting some
three weeks ago in Washington,
D. C., North Carolina was singled
out as a state of butstanding ac
complishment in the field of con
tinuing legal education due to the
efforts of our Committee this year,
which saw some 15 legal insti
tutes held over the state from
Asheville in the west to Green
ville in the east. That Committee
is to be commended for outstand
ing WDrk, and for the resulting
accolade to our association.
Perhaps it would not be amiss
to philosophize for a moment on
the essential nature of a profes
sion. If we concede that we are
servants of the public, it follows
that the public is our master and,
authough its control is quiet and
subtle, it is nevertheless power
ful. If our performance is not
competent, and given at reason
able rates, the public will correct
the situation entirely from its
point of view, to its liking, and in
its own'way.
Doctors' Plan
The members of the medical
profession were shocked at the
progress which had been made by
the idea that the cost of their per
formance was too high for a large
segment of society and at the
quiet* pressure which had grown
for governmental control of cer-
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
effort, the doctors successfully re
sisted a powerful threat to their
professional freedom and by or
ganized study and action, they
have worked out a .plan of their
own—but it must be remembered
that this was responsive to unre
lenting pressure from the public.
Socialistic Threat
There are many thoughtful law
yers today, including the Presi
dent of the American Bar associa
tion, who warn that the threat of
socialization of the legal profes
sion is very real, and that the dan
ger can be met only by making
needed legal services available to
all, regardless of ability to pay.
Certainly we have seen that our
profession is sensitive to the re
quirements of the public. When
the lay community felt that the
courts were not handling in ah
adequate way the broad field of
employee personal injury and
death cases—that the costs to the
employee and his family were too
great, that the delays in effecting
settlements were too extensive,
that the law, with its doctrines of
contributory negligence, fellow
servant, and voluntary assumption
of risk, placed too great a burden
on the claimant—it removed this
field from the courts initially, and
delegated it to a commission with
quasi-judicial functions and with
authority, among other things, to
fix the lawyer’s compensation.
Study Trends, Solve Problems
Gentlemen, only through the or
ganized bar can we study the
trends and resolve the problems
which affect our profession; only
we should be heard; can we be
be vocal on matters as to which
we should be heard; can be we
true to our heritage and offer con
structive leadership to the com
munity; and can we successfully
meet the pressure of criticisms,
whether they be the strident voice
of the socialist or the quiet obser
vations of our next door neighbor.
We cannot properly evaluate
bur professional responsibility in
these times without taking a broad
view of the scene today. In the
5,000 years of recorded history the
struggle for wealth and the strug
gle for power have been violent
and unceasing. And it is interest
ing to note that, in all this time,
lip to some 200 years ago, there
has^ever been at any one time,
out of all of the hundreds of mil
lions of people who inhabited this
earth, more than two or three per
cent who enjoyed liberty and free
dom as we here in America know
these priceless treasures—and that
in all of’those thousands of years,
out of all of those hundreds of
millions, there have been never
.more than two or three per cent
who had any more than mere sus
tenance—a little food—a little
ragged clothing—and some form
of inadequate shelter.
And then about 200 years ago
a little group of men set up a new
nation on these shores, and a kind
God brought together a small
band of statesmen and patriots,
determined to be rid of tyranny
forever, determined to be masters
and not the servants of their gov
ernment—men whose spirit was
typified by John Hancock who
said, “I write my name large so
that the King’s hangman might
make no mistake.”
And so there was built here in
America, under our constitution.
the American lawyer to lead the
way in good citizenship — who
knows better than he the genius
of our democracy, the deep
sources of its strength and the
things which have made it great?
Dedication To Task
The time is here and now when
men of your kind—^men of your
position—and others like you all
over this state and nation must
dedicate themselves to the task of
serving this country, making sec
ondary the pursuit of fees or rep
utation or comfort. By such men
was this country created, and by
such men will this country be pre
served.
Uniting and coordinating the
bar is but the minutest part of this
broader task. When we return to
our homes, will this have been
just another meeting where we
have heard some addresses and
enjoyed the fellowship of our
brother lawyers—or will we make
the dedication and sacrifice to this
big job that someone has to do?
Will we tell the people that
these are no longer times in which
men can go about saying “What
can I get out of my Government?”
But rather they must say, “How
can I serve my country?”
And if we want a client, what
better client can we have than our
homes, our families, our churches,
and this Country—which has made
us what we are today, and if we
truly dedicate ojirselves to this
'high purpose, the lawyer, indeed,
will be the “aristocrat of the de
mocracy.”
for an extended visit with rela-
tivek in eastern North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Caddell and
children vacationed in western
North Carolina last week and at
tended a performance of the pag
eant, “Unto These Hills.”
Mrs. Harry Schler and children
of Augusta, Ga., visited her moth
er, Mrs. R. S. Shields, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald Whit-
Ipck of Baltimore, Md., recently
visited their mother, Mrs. B. F.
Whitlock, Sr.
Mrs. Randall Tate of Aberdeen
spent the weekend with her par
ents,, Mr. and Mrs. D. Carl Frye.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Sabiston
and Bill, Jr., and Kinsey, left
Thursday for a week’s stay at the
beach.
Mrs. Maxwell Gardner and
young sons from Alexandria, Va.,
CARTHAGE
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. U. L.
Spence this week.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COtfNTY OF MOORE
The undersigned, having quali
fied as executrix of the Estate of
Mary B. HaJ.1, deceased, late of
Moore County, North Carolina,
hereby notifies all persons having
claims against said estate to pre
sent such claims to the undersign
ed, on or before the 24th day of
July, 1953, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es-,
tate are requested to make im
mediate payment to the under
signed.
This 24th day of July, 1952.
RUBY HALL, Executrix Estate of
Mary B. Hall.
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NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
MOORE COUNTY. .
KATHARINE T. McDONALD,
Trading as THEODOTA,
Plaintiff,
• vs.
MRS. JULIE D. BANIGAN,
Defendant
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
, Mrs. Julie D. Banigan, the de
fendant above named, will take
notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Moore County,
in which the plaintiff claims the
sum of $351.22, for goods sold and
delivered by the plaintiff to the
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defendant.
Said defendant will also take
notice that she is required to ap
pear at the ofnfce of the under
signed Clerk of the Superior
Court of Moore County on the 4th
day of September, 1952, and an
swer or demur to the complaint,
or plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief therein demanded.
Said defendant will fqrther take
notice that in said action an order
of attachment against the proper
ty of said defendant has been is
sued and all property of the de
fendant located in the house at
335 S. May Street, Southern Pines,
N. C., has been attached.
This 23rd day of July, 1952.
RACHAEL H. COMER,
Asst. Clerk of the Superior Court.
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tain of its activities; it was only
by considerable and organized ef
fort that the doctors were able to
retain control of their profession
al affairs.
But this story is not yet com
pletely told. The North Carolina
Medical society within the past
few weeks announced its own
plan for sickness and hospital in
surance for those in the modest
income brackets. Those who de
scribe this plan as socialistic are
apparently unfair, inasmuch as it
originated with the profession and
was not imposed by the Govern
ment and thus lacks the compul
sory aspect which generally ac
companies a true socialistic pro
duct.
My point is this: By organized
a system and standard of living
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that gave more people liberty, and
more people a better standard of
living than humanity had known
anywhere, at any time, in all his
tory in any country in 'the world.
Menace of Communism
And now has appeared Com
munism on the world scene, and
the world struggle is so great that
in our time we will know whether
we are going to be able to con
tinue the kind of life that we want
to live, or whether we Will be
forced to live the kind of life un
der the Marxian ideology that 800
million people live in this world
today.
Therefore, it behooves , us to
“write our names large” so that
the people of this country can
make no mistake. The lawyers
have written their names large in
the past. People, generally,
should know their achievements;
the Magna Charta; the American
Declaration of Independence; the
American Constitution; the Vir
ginia Bill of Rights; the State Con
stitutions and many others.
Bar Association Program
In the very bigness of the world
struggle, the efforts of the bar
association may seem small in
deed, but they are, nevertheless
important. The programs of the
associations in this country in
clude improvement in the admin
istration of justice; careful selec
tion of judges; high standards of
administration; legal aid for those
who cannot pay; protection of the
public from untrained and un
skilled advice; study of ways and
means to combat the divorce evil,
and to guard always the American
home and family;- study of ways
and means of conibating juvenile
delinquency; studies in the field
of international and comparative
law, and of the work of the Unit
ed Nations; and perhaps most im
portant of all, American citizen
ship, the education and under
standing of its privileges and re
sponsibilities.
And who is better qualified than
Bride-Elect' Feted
Miss Elizabeth Currie, whose
marriage to Oscar LeRoy Shoen-
felt, Jr., will take place tomorrow
afternoon in the Carthage Presby
terian church, was given a bridge
luncheon by Mrs. Daniel Roberts
on Monday.
The Roberts home was decorat
ed with summer flowers. The
Monoree’s place was marked with
a nosegay and she also received a
gift of crystal in her patterns from
the hostess. *
Guests with Miss Currie were
Mrs. W. H. Currie, Mrs. Wilton
Brown, Mrs. L. R. Sugg, Mrs. Dud
ley Pendleton, Mrs. J. K. Roberts,
Mrs. Wendell Chaffin, and Misses
Kitty, Ann, and Ruth Douglas
Currie.
Mrs. Brown won the high score
bridge prize.
On Tuesday, honoring Miss Cur
rie, Miss Maida Jenkins gave a
luncheon at her home.
Small tables were set up in the
living room, each with a minia
ture centerpiece of white flowers
and fern, and after the guests
found their places, they were in
vited into the dining room, where
Mrs. Charles T. Grier and Mrs.
John M. Currie served, seated at
the dining table which was cov
ered with an imported cloth of
hand-embroidered linen and lace, j
The centerpiece was an artistic ar
rangement of white carnations,
asters, mums and feverfew.
After luncheon, the bride-elect
was showered with gifts of linen.
The guests with the honoree
were Mrs. W. H. Currie, Mrs. Reid
pleasants, Mrs. Wilton Brown,
Mrs. E. S.^ Adams, Mrs. W. G.
Brown, Mrs. Charles T. Grier, Mrs.
John Currie, Mrs. Daniel Roberts,
Mrs. Dudley Pendleton,'Mrs. John
Hutchins, Mrs. W. D. Sabiston,
Mrs. L. R. Sugg, Mrs. J. M. Lane,
Misses Frances McKeithan, Jean
McDonald, Kay Boyette, Frances
Golden, Kitty, Ann and Ruth
Douglas Currie.
Tuesday evening, Mrs. John
Hutchins of'High Point and Mrs.
Dudley Pendleton entertained at
bridge for Miss Currie at the home
of Mrs. Hutchins’ mother, Mrs. J.
A. Davis.
Summer flowers in pastel
shades were used in decorating
throughout the house. The guests
made up six tables of bridge and
after several progressions, the
hostesses served a dessert course.
Mrs. Hutchins and Mrs. Pendleton
presented the guest of honor -with
lovely bridal gifts.
Birth Announcement
A daughter was born to Dr. and
Mrs. Dwight Currie of Baltimore,
Md., on July 17. Dr. Currie is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Currie of Carthage.
Briefs
The Rev. and Mrs. George W.
Blount and Susan Hill and
George, Jr., are spending several
weeks at Lake Junaluska.
Mrs. Dan Garter is a patient in
the Moore County hospital.
Mrs. J. K. Roberts returned last
week from Pittsburgh, Pa., where
she had been visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. William Eaves, for the
past two months.
Mr. and Mrs. Colin G. Spencer
spent the weekend at Pawley’s
Island, S. C.
Mrs. Lilly McPhail and grand
children, Dick and Beth Leach,
from Washington, N. C., are visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. John M.
Currie.
Mrs. L. P. Tyson and Miss Ruth
Tyson spent several days last
week in the mountains of North
Carolina.
Mrs. Don Hyman left Sunday
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