The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-13
3. A. DENMARK DEAD.
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4 partnership with Mr.. Denmark IN
der the firm name of Temp
kins & Denmark, this continued
until Judge Tompkns was again induced
10 accept the office of judge of the
Mr.. Denmark formed a partnership with
Mr.. S. B. Adams and later still Judge
A Pratt Adams resigned from the bench
of the Superior Court to become a men,
Der of the firm. Under the style of
Denmark Adams & Adams, it continued
unth It was dissolved by the death OF
Judge Adams
After his death. Mr.. Davis Freeman
was made a member of the firm and af-
ter a number of years Mr.. Edgar Den
mark was also admitted. Mr.. Edgar
Denmark died in 1893, and since that time
the firm name and membership have re-
manned unchanged, the name being Den
mark, Adams & Freeman and the part
ners 3. A. Denmark, Samuel B. Adams
and Davis Freeman.
The firms with which for the past
twenty years Mr.. Denmark has been
identified have always been prominent
and that of which he died a member is
perhaps the most prominent law firm in
the city. Its practice is very large and
the United States courts for this district
and Circuit and in the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Mr. Denmark's practice of his profess
sion, of late years at any rate, was rath-
er as the attorney and counsellor than
as the advocate. He rarely appeared in
the court room, and it is scarcely remem-
bered when he argued a case before
jury. He found his eongenial professional
sr 1Ii,,rx
those who came TO him in the conduct of
large business interests and the advice
he gave combined the practical wisdom
OF the practiced man of affairs and of
business with an extensive and accurate
knowledge Of mercantile and corporation
law. In the field that he made peculiarly
his own he was recognized as being with
out peer among the lawyers of Savan-
nah and with few if any. superiors in the
state or in the South.
A Successful Business Man.
He was actively and prominently iden.
titled and had been for a score of wears
with the business interests of Savannah
end the state. Yesterday took place
the annual meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Citizens Bank, and for the
twelfth time he was elected president of
that institution. His life lasted but
few minutes more than an hour of his
new term.
lie WAS president of the Southwestern
Railroad Company and vice president of
the Chattahoochee and Gulf Railroad. at
the time of his death. In the early nine
ties he organized the Savannah Construc-
ton Company. by which the South Bound
Railroad was bui!t. The South Bound
connected Savannah and Columbia. Its
first president was H. NJ. Conner, and at
his resignation he was succeeded by MT.
Denmark. Mr. Denmark continued In
office. aud with rare ability. managed
the destinies Of the South Bound until
it's absorption by the Florida Central and
Peninsular. The road is now an impor-
tsnt part Of the Seaboard Air Line.
Mr.. Denmark was an officer or director
of more than a score of corporations,
large and small. in Savannah and every
part of the state. Among the more inn
portaut of these are the Eagle and Phoe-
nix Mills, and the Columbus Power Com
pany of Columbus. the Bib Manufactur-
ing Company of Macon, the Savannah
Hotel Company which owns the De soto
Hotel Of Savannah. the Atlantic and Gulf
Mills. of Quitmau, and very many Others
lie and his lifelong friend. the late II.
M Conner, were the prime movers in the
organization of the company that built
the De Soto Hotel and that magnificent
hostelry is in itself a monument to his en-
terprise and public spirit.
He was executor of the estates OF some
of the wealthiest men and women who
have died in recent years in Savannah
including that OF Mr.. Conner. He occu-
pied many positions OF trust and respon-
sibility Of this character. one indication
of the high estimation in which his abil-
ity and stern and unbending integrity
were universally held.
a Friend of Educatlon.
In everything that made for the educa-
tion OF the people of his native state. lie
was a moving and enthusiastic spirit He
was a member Of the board Of trustees
Of the University OF Georgia and OF the
Board Of Education of Chathom county
His love for his Alma Mater was one
of the Distinguishing characteristics OF
the man. At the meeting of the
Alumni Society Of the University,
which was held in Athens a year
ago. he was made chairman of
a committee appointed to raise an en-
dowment fund for the use OF the univer-
sity, ana in this work he had embarked
with his whole soul. His success had been
remarkable. BY his unassisted efforts ne
had raised over $4,000 IN Savannah alone.
and his associates on the committee.
largely oecause &C the enthusissm Tor
the work with which he inspired them,
had increased tAis amount to more than
$4,000.
This week or next Mr., Denmark was
TO make his report 10 the Alumni So
ciety, which will be in session al Athens.
and he had looked forward 10 It as the
happiest OF his life The work he had
undertaken had been crowned with an
abundant success and in his opinion what
had been done already was but the be-
ginning. lie was able TO look back with
pride upou what ne had done and with
confidence look forward 10 the future
aud 80 had made him as happy as a bog
NO triumph he had ever achieved in a
life in which there we're many triumphs
"ss closer 20 his heart than this. in IN,
midst of this happiness he wac stricken
in death
re Was prominent among the members
OF many societies., benevolent, historical