The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-16

he was elected to the lower house
OF the legislature from Leon county
and two years later was elected to
the state senate He is living in
Tallahassee and is the Florida coun-
sci fer the Seaboa:d Air Line Railway.
Judge Raney was succeeded by Ben
jamin S. Liddon. of Mariana, who
after few years service resigned
and was in turn succeeded by Francis
B. Carter of the same town. Judge
Carter served eight years on the court
and resigned last spring to accept the
, judgship of the first circuit, and was
succeeded by Charles B. Parkhill, OF
Pensacola.
| Judge Milton H. Mabry retired from
the court in 1900 and William A
Hooker, of Ocala, then judge Of the
! fifth circuit, was elected to succeed
him. Judge Mabry went to Tampa
and resumed the practice of his pro-
fession but in 1904, accepted the posi-
ton Of clerk of the same court no
had cnce presided over as chief justice.
In 1901, under an act of the legisla-
| tCre, Governor Jennings appointed
Evelyn G.. Maxwell, of Pensacola, J.
F. Glen, of Tampa, and William A.
Hooker, of Ocala, as supreme court
commissioners. The amendment to
the constitution increasing the num-
| Der of this court having been ratl-
| fed by the people two years later, the
commissioners were discontinued and
| the governor appointed Evelyn G..
! Maxwell, of Pensacola: Thomas III.
Shaclileford. of Tampa. and Robert ).
CoclIrell, of Jacksonville to be the
new justices of the supreme court
In 1904 Justice Maxwell resigned
and James B. Whitfield of Tallahas-
see, was appointed to succeed him.
Office of Chief Justice.
! The Office of chief justice Of the
supreme court is decided by lot, the
judge drawing the lucky card serving
4, as chief justice during the remainder
of the term for which he was elected.
Judge Raney, when he was chosen
chief justice, succeeded Milton r.
Mabry. When Judge Raney resigned
from the court Benjamin S. Liddon
received the appointment and served
as chief justice during the remainder
of the term for which Raney vas
elected. Before Judge Liddon had
resigned from the court Justice Il.
FenwicS Taylor had drawn the lucky
card and served as the head of the
court until January, 1905, when JUS
tice James B. Whitfield slipped into
the berth. Judge Whitfield only had
one year left of his term, however,
and on the next draw Justice Shackle-
ford proved the lucky one and he will
| hn of Of Lori
da's supreme court until the eXpira-
ton of his term in 1909.
| The present clerk of this court, M.
| H. Mabry, succeeded Barlow B. Will
son, who had been connected with
the court for many years and who
was a courteous and efficient officer.
Mr.. Wilson is now living in Atlanta.
where he is the secretary and treas
urer of a large wholesale drug house.
| Other valued employees of the court
] are Laurie A. Perkins. of Tallahas-
see. official stenographer to the judges,
and Reuben Williams, of Mariana,
| librarian
Railroad Commission.
The legislature of 1897 re-establish-
ed the railroad commission and under
the law requiring the appointment OF
one railroad man, one lawyer and one
farmer as the first commissioners,
Governor Bloxham called TO the SER
vice of the state Henry Il. Day, Of
Gainesville; r. H. NJ. Davidson, OF
Quincy, and John M. Bryan, OF Kis-
simmee. Col. Davidson was elected
chairman of the commission. At the
next election Col. Davidson was sue
ceeded as commissioner by John l..
Morgan, of White Springs, and Henry
L. Day was made chairman. In the
primaries of 1902, r. Hudson Burr, of
Dade county, and Jefferson B. Browne,
of Key West, were elected TO succeed
Commissioners Day and Bryan, and
| Mr.. Browne succeeded Mr.. Day as the
chairman of the commission. In the
| primaries of last summer Newton A.
/ Bitch, of Levy county, was elect
ed to succeed Commissioner Browne,
and when the commission meets In
! January new chairman will be Sc
lected to take the place of Mr..
| Browne.
TIE three original members of this
commission have all retired; Farmer
Bryan is farming in Dade county, Law
yer Davidson is Having" in Quincy.
and Railroad Expert Day is railroad
! ing in Jacksonville Just where Jeff
Browne will go when he retires from
the commission next month is I'M
certain, though rumOr has it that he
intends locating in Jacksonville aud
resuming the practice OF law
The first secretary Of the commits.
sion was John l.. Nicely. Of Tallahas-
see. who is now one Of the leading
members of the Tallahassee bar. Mr..
Neeley was succeeded by Royal O.
Dunn, of Madison, the present secre-
tary.
Adjutant General.
When David Lang resigned the OF.
fee Of adiutant general to accept the
position of private secretary to Gov
ernOr Mitchell. Patrick Houston. OF
Tallahassee, was appointed and sery.
cd until his death in 1901, when Gov.
ernor Jennings appointed w A. Mac
Williams. of st. Augustine. Shortly
afterwards MacWilliams resigned and
]. Clifford r. Foster. the present In
cumbent, was appointed. Both Hous-
ton and MacWilliams had been state
senators before their appointment to
this Office.
State Chemist.
William A. Rawls. formerly of Tai
Iahassee, but now of Pensacola, sue
ceat.aG Robinson as state chemist in