The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-22
MANLY FOSTER IS PROMOTED Given Good Position by
 L. and N. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY Tuscaloosa Man Will Remove to
 Montgomery. es Now Member of Lesisiature and is Recognised as One of the Able
 Lawyers of the
 State.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Hon. J. Manly Foster of Tuscaloosa. one of the best known men of the State, has been appointed Assistant District Attorney of the Louisville ana hama' Mr. Foster will move to Mont komery, where he will be associated in the practice of law with Hon. George ". Jones. District Attorney for the Louisville and Nashville.
 The announcement was made last night after Mir. Jones had mad a con- ference with Mir. Foster, who came to Montgomery to talk oyer me omer pointment will be learned with special Interest throughout Alabama, furethere are few men who have so wide an acquaintance in the State as Mir. tFos- Ser.
 He is at present a member of the Legislature from Tuscaloosa County. Ills present term is the third he has served in the Alabama Legislature. He was. also, a prominent member Of the Constitutional Convention of 1901. MT Foster has taken a leading part m the eeliberations of every body or which
 In the Legislature of 1907 he was one of the most Influential members and his ability was recognized by him on the committee which drafted the new Code for Alabama.
 The convention which framed the new Constitution has been called the ablest body which eyer met in Ala. bama and in that gathering MT. Eos ter was one of the leading members. He took prominent part in all the affairs of the two previous Legislatures In which he served.
 Mir. Foster has been recognized as leading member Of the bar of Alabama and it has pleased the people of Tus- caloosa County to honor hlm svhenever his name was presented for their con- sideration. He has been popular, not only h Tuscaloosa County. but through saaA txs. IT.. IA i. w.x~~ T.xA the rare and valuable gift of mak- ing friends of every acquaip tancA Tha wide popularity, he has enjoyed has come without effort, as the result of keynote is an uuSeTtaktng and a be- lief in humanity. st-f.rs5 ts',t 'fs .s..t
 MT, Poster has been local attorney, 5Sr sRe eo.a aou.TSials asd Msshvlls he has accepted is 2 promotion in the duties he has already diaaharEedSs Thel appofntfnent will in no wise Interfere Charles F. Jones, Assistant District Attorney of the Louisville and Nash~ vile, who is at present spending some 5onss n wifi ihe resume wesa m Ris n1s dutiss ssu M Fistant District Attorney for the Lou isyille and Nashville.
 MT. Foster win remove with his fam lly to Montgomery to take up his new duties. For the present at least he will retain ais citizenship in Tuscaloosa County. of which hls family has had much to do in muking history. Mir. Richard + Clarke of Mobile, one of The strongest men the State has pro- duced in late times. He has also a number of relatives in Montgomery.
 MT. Foster will assume his new du- ties as soon as practicable. He will go with MT. Jones when the law of- fees of the Louisville and Nashville are removed to the new First National Bank Building. which will be done as soon as the building is ready for oc- cupancy. The Law Department of the large part of the top floor of the build ing.