The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-07-02

house came forward and thanked and
congratulated him. Some said that IL
was the best address they had ever
listened to. All speak of it in the very
highest complimentary way; certainly
IL was a alua paper and showed
great labor and study. It was strongly
and scholarly presented and
Its effect viii be for good.
BUSINESS SESSION.
The secretary then made
ments.
Reports of special committees were
called for.
Mr.. w. D. Pruden reported for he
m on local associations.
Mr.. Bridgers reported for the COM
mittee on uniform state laws.
Mr.. F. H. Busbee reported for the
m on legal education and ad-
mission to the bar.
MI. Bridgers reported for the COM
day.
These reports were briefly discussed
ahu then accepted and filed. The even
ing session was adjourned at 12.45
O'Clock p. m.
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
A large number of Wilmington people
went down on the 7:30 train to be pres
emf at last nights session OF the Bar
association. Several new arrivals who
are members of the association also
came in and attended the meeting last
night for the first time.
before the audience assembled. the
Hoilowbush orchestra gave a most en-
Joyable concert in the lobby of the
MOTEL. They played all of the latest and
popular airs and their music was a
source of great pleasure to all.
AT 8 o'clock, President Stedman called
the body to order. Before him was
4 CQ4 ra6 a rnnrncnDrnri-a ho1, - rha
most cultured and scholarly people of
the state. 1t was a remarkably distin-
gulshed body, such a one as rarely con-
VeneS at any place-SenatOrS, judges
congressman. solicitors and lawyers in
all degrees of life and fortune.
Several committees made report
through their chairmen, and they were
acted on and filed.
TRADITIONS OF THE BAR.
President Stedman introduced as the
speaker for the evening, the Hon. Ham,
lton Z. Jones. of the bar of Charlotte,
one OF the most scholarly and distin-
guished members of the legal profession
in North Carolina.
His subject was Traditions and
Recollections Of the Bench and Bar Of
North Carolina" and he treated it in
a most enjoyable and satisfying man
ner. He named over many of the great
A~ - III iliS oloSS ltlClI WIN
are responsible for the very life of the
commonwealth. From personal &C
quaintance with many of the brilliant
lawyers of the past, he gave examples
and incidents in their careers that
proved very interesting. Frequently
his remarks were interjected with bril-
liant anecdotes that illustrated the men
of the olden time. He impressed on
the present members of the legal pro-
fessiOn what a noble and precious
heritage had been handed down to
them from the past, showing how in
those days the lawyers stood always for
liberty and o that created the state.
ANOTHER TURN AT BUSINESS.
At the conclusion of Colonel Jones
address, more business was conducted
and the meeting adjourned, to assem-
BILE again this morning at 10 o'clock,
when the chief feature will be an ad-
dress by Hon. j. H. Pou. Of Raleigh,
who will speak on Taxation of Private
Corporations Mr.. Pou is an able
lawyer and his subject will no doubt be
treated in a mastery and thorough
n
NOTES.
Tonight in the large ball room of the
Seashore hotel, a complimentary full
association. The German will be lead
by Mr.. Clayton Giles, Jr., of the
L'Arioso German club, and no doubt it
will be one of the most enjoyable social
vents of the season.
Tomorrow the visitors will spend a
pleasant day on 1.-The lower Cape Fear"
They will be taken down on the United
States revenue cutter Algonquin and
will view all the points of present and
historic interest. A banquet will be
served on board.
Only words of praise are heard on all
sides about the excellent manner in
which the management of the hotel is
treating his guests.
Mr.. Hinton has very kindly and gen.
erously given the use of his hotel or
chestra to the lawyers on their trip to-
morrow.
Both of the United States senators
from this state. Senators Pritchard and
Simmons. are attending the meeting
and both are accompanied by their
wives. They are brainy men n it is a
pleasure to have such distinguished
citizens among us.
Only two congressman are attending
the meetings of the association. They
are Hon. J. II. Small, of the First dis
trict. and Hon. John D.. Bellamy, of the
Sixth district.
OF the present supreme court, Judge
Clark and Judge Douglas are in attend
ance of the bar association meetings.
Already ak about the next United
States senator is rampant, though the
election is a long way off. Two Of the
most prominently mentioned candidates
are attending the sessions of the asso-
citation. They are h Hon. F. 1. Os-
borne. Of Charlotte. and the Hon. Lee
Overman of Salisbury.
The officers of the association will be
elected today.
A party of the lawyers out fishing
Yesterday afternoon had unusual luck.
They caught in a short time, 20 mack
erel, one Of them over three feet lone
and weighing over twenty pounds.
A Good Cough Medicine