Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-30
THE VIRGINIA BAR.
FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE AS
ISOLATION BEGINS TUESDAY.
The Programme to BE Carried Out ut the
White--List Of Those Expected 70 At
tsud-oficsrs Of the Organization.


The fifth annual meeting of the Virginia
State Bar Association will be held at the
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va, next Tues
day. Wednesday, and Thursday. The an
nual dinner with toasts and responses
will close the session, and the event will
be the most brilliant in the history OF the
society. II is now certain that the attend
ance will be larger this year than IN the
past and that tho meeting will be one OF
profound interest throughout. There are
now 439 members of the association, and
O large proportion will go to the White.
The affair will cause this week. to be one
of unusual brilliancy at this famous re-
sort MANY members will carry their
wives and daughters, and ell anticipate
not only good fruits from the meeting,
but splendid time.
Six years ago the Virginia State Bar As
ISOLATION was organized at Virginia Beach
with but handful of members. and now
it is one of thegreatest, perhaps the great
est. body of professional men in tho Com;
mon wealth. Its membership is composed
OF the leading lights IN the legal pro-
fesson. and its strength and influence Is
gradually increasing all over the State.
The sessions have been held alternately
at the seashore and in the mountains.
THIS YEARS MEETING.
The Association will convene ct the
White Sulphur Tuesday morning at IL
O'clock. IL will be called to order by MIR.
+. II. Mcclure. of Richmond. chairman OF
the Executive Committee, and the trst
order of business will be the reading OF the
report of President Robert L. Barton, OF
Winchester.
Alter this the programme will be as fol-
Iowa:
LEGATION.
commend officers.
Reports OF the secretary and treasurer.
Reports of standing committees
Report Of the special committee with
respect to the grave Of Chancellor Wythe'
TUESDAY EVENING.
A paper bv Charles A. Graves. OF Lexing-
ton, entitled "Extrinsic Evidence IN he-
spect to Written instruments"
Discussion on the subject OF the paper
read. ...
law Reform continued from the last
meeting.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The annual address. (Hon. Frank II.
Hurd, of Toledo, o.. who accepted an IN
vItstion to deliver this address, Will not
be able TO do so because OF MS healtn.
The president has invited another gentle
man OF equal prominence to ill MIR. Hurd's
place.
Report of committee TO recommend OIL
ceIs.
Election Of officers.
Election Of members of Executive Com
mittee.
Unfinished business.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
A paper by j. Allen Watts. OF Roanoke.
on Duty OF the Legal Profession In Re-
gard to Needed Changes in Legislation"
Discussion on the subject of the paper
read.
Unfinished business.
THURSDAY MORNING.
A paper By Alfred p. Thorn, OF Norfolk.
entitled THE Inevitable REIMBURSEMENT of
Law"
Discussion on tho subject of the paper
read.
Unfinished business.
Announcement by the presdent-elect OF
the standing committees for the ensuing
year.
Adjournment.
Thursday evening is reserved for the
meeting and organization of the several
standing committees for the ensuing year.
The annual dinner will be given AZ 10
o'clock on Thursday evening.
THOSE WHO WILL GO.
The following lawyers have signifed
their intention 10 attend the meeting
Judge George 4. Grafton. of Hsrrisonburg
Hon. Thomas S. Martin. OF Scottsyllle;
Judge +. NJ. Fulton, OF Wise Courthouse;
Thomas n. Williams. of Clarksville w. j.
Kiby. of Suffolk; J. j. A. Powell, Of Wythe-
vile A. W. Patterson, Of Richmond; Hen
~ A. Graham, oRTazewell; r. Taylor Scott.
Of Warrenton; Judge J. 4. Dupuy, of Roa-
noke: j. b. MoCaoe. OF Leesburg James
Lewis Anderson, James Peasants, and
Charles V. Meredith. Richmond; Judge j:
ID. Horsley. of Nelson county; General
William Is. Taliaferro, of Gloucester Judge
James G. Lamb. OF Richmond Lewis ID. Ay-
lett. of Charlottesville; Hon. John Goode,
Orange Court house; Hon. II. St George
Tucker, OF Staunton: Z. p. Barber. Of
Gordonsville }. Samuel McCue. OF Char
| lottesvllle; William V. Wilson, Jr.. OF
Lynchburg: K. Z. Boz kin. of Smithtield;
! Thomas IL. Wilcox. of Norfolk: Judge A.
f. KING. of Roanoke; Major John Page.
OF Hanover county; Judge William Cor
| don Robertson, of Roanoke; Frank z.
| Christian. OF Lynchburg; b. +. Buchanan,
| of Marion S. s. Turner, of Front Royal
". l.. Folk and r. S. Thomas, of smith
| field; Hon. John A. Buchanan, of Abing-
don; George NJ. Harrison, of Stanton;
n S. Turnbull. OF Lawrenceyllle; Will
liam Patrick. of stanton: William A.
Glasgow. Jr.. of Roanoke; Hon. Marshall
Hanger. of Stanton; r. L. Irvine, of
Big stone Gap; Eppap Hqnt9 M:,i Jr:'
of Williamsburg Frank Glmer, OF
Charlottesville; w. o. Hardaway. OF
of Roanoke; E. E. Stickley. of Wood
stock; James p. Harrison, of Dam
vile: r. L. Parrish, of CoVington; X. L.
Barton. of Winchester; Ii. Il. Pollard, OF
Richmond; 1heo. s. Garnett and Robert
VI. Hughes. of Norfolk; X. L. W. Duke.
Jr.. OF Charlottesville; r. G. n. kean' OF
Lynchburg j. Leaton Hubbard aud W. u.
Fender. of Norfolk George X. Anderson.
of Clifton Forge George E. Slpe aud John
4. Harris. DR.. of Harrsonburg w. NJ.
Pierce, of Christlansburg; Major John W.
| Riley. Of Halifax; John W. Stephenson, of
Warm Springs; Judge W. S. Gooch. j:
Allan Watts. Sturgess Z. Watts. and
Samuel q. Williams, OF Roanoke; n.
l.. Walter. of Woodstock; J. r. V.
Daniel. of Richmond: George Mason,
of Petersburg: Robert h. Prentiss.
of Suffolk; Judge William J. Leake,
Jordan j. Leake. and Hill Carter.
of Ashland. l.. Il. Thomson, Eugene Z.
Massey, Hill Montague, L. II. McGuire. ).
S. p. Patteson, w. r. Meredith, and Jack
son GUY. of Richmond; Robert II. Turner,
of Front Royal; W. w. Woodward. of Sa-
luda; John b. Goode, of Bedford City
Samuel Vance Fulkerson, of Bristol Gene
raj George j. Hundley. of Amelia; VII
liam =. McRae, of Petersburg; Major
Charles NJ. Blackboard. of Lynchburg;
Judge William Mclaughlin. of Lexington;
William z. Petit, of Fluvanna, and Green
lee ID. Letcher. of Lexington.
Mr.. John G.. Winston. Of this city, will
go as the official stenographer of the asso-
cation.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
The officers of the body at present are
President, Robert p Barton, OF Wincnes-
ter: Presidents NJ. Page.
William Ii. Mann, Leigh K. Watts, John
q. Williams, and j. II. II. Figgat; Score