The colored American., 1903-07-11
A Mississippi Leader
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up-to-the-Uery-hOur library, and keeps
in touch with the great doings of the
profession. He is a member of the
bar association CT Vicksburg, and
whenever any concert OF action is
wanted his name appears among the
members of a bar that has boasted it's
Prentiss, FoOte, Guion, Yerger, Mar
shall and a host of others of note. AS
an evidence of the esteem in which he
is held by the courts and bar, he was
appointed by a Democratic judge to be
district attorney pro tenn to hold
term of court in one of the counties Of
the district in the absence of the regu-
lar prosecuting attorney. He frequent
ly conducts prosecutions alone, and al
ways make a good showing. He
makes friends of courts, lawyers and
juries and carries his point in cases
where he himself is surprised at his
own success.
He has owned and edited two news
papers. He was the editor of the
Spectator, then the county paper, and
it was during this time that he had the
distinction of attending a banquet Of
the state press at NatcheZ when no
less a parsonage than Jefferson Davis
was the guest of honor. His presence
at that banquet was widely commented
upon by the state press and no word
of criticism or unfriendliness appeared
anywhere. He is a frequent contrib
utor to local as we'll as foreign papers,
aRSl it is a common thing for him TO
be called upon by the press of the city
to give his views upon public matters.
He is a wide reader in other fields
than law. acquiring information on
many subjects that he claims to find
useful in. his chosen profession. He
has kept in touch with the subjects
which delight the scholar. He reads
the classic wit h interest and pleasure.
He has made himself familiar enough
with German and Spanish to read and
speak the former and read the latter
with some facility. He speaks enter
tainingly on a vast number of subjects,
showing wide reading and study. He
ranks as one of the orators of this
state and section. both on the rostrum
and at the bar.
He was elected to be president or
the Lincoln Savings Bank of Vlcks-
burg. Miss. and under his manage
ment the institution has grown be-
yond the expectations of the most san
guiue. He has the confidence and re-
spect of the banking community, ana
the banks of the city have afforded
him every facility in the conduct OF
the affairs of his bank, and every IA
cilitv to acuuaint himself with the
running and inner workings OF these
important institutions. At the pres
ent rate of growth the bank Will De
employing a number of persons Wlth1n
the next few months. Mr.. Mol1son
will be in attendance at the Business
League at Nashville in August, and
will probably read paper or denver
an address on some subject to be as
signed him.
Mr.. Mollison was married to MISS
Ida r. Welborne. of Clinton, Miss, who
has been a constant source of insp1ra-
ton and encouragement to him. They
have an interesting family of boys and
girls who are being prepared for the
great battle of life in which their par
ents play so prominent a part.
Mr. Mollison was the supervisor OF
the Seventh District of Mississippi in
the taking of the census of 1900 and
har IT'S employees of both races under
his direction. His work was compIet
ed with celerity and accuracy and
without friction of any kind.
1t should also be noted that at the
National Republican Convention OF /
1892 held at Minneapolis MINI. he |
delivered most eloquent speech nom /
mating James G. Blaine for the Pres1- /
dency.