The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-01
TO
 MEET TODAY Annual Gathering of Bar
 Association. IT IS THE THIRTY-FRST Judge Humphries Will Deliver
 Address. Session wm Be Held mi. Morning at 10 o'clock In the Han of
 the House of Rep-
 resentatives.

The thirty-first annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar Association will be held in Montgomery today and to- morrow. The most prominent jurists of the State will convene in this city. and every indication points to the most successful and widely attended meet ing ever held by the organization.
 The addresses which will be delivered during the session promise to be very entertaining. and 1t is expected that many people of the city will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear speak the most learned and eloquent of Alabama's citizens. Proceedings will be opened Wednesday with the address of Hon. H. S. D. Mallory, President of the Association. and one of the most prominent citizens of the State. Fol- lowing will be the reports of commit tees and papers or addresses by mem- bers of the Association.
 For the entertainment of members there will be given dinner at Jack sons Lake at ? D. m. Thursday Prep arations for the affair have been eIab- crate and 1t will without doubt con- stitute most pleasant feature of the session.
 The meeting on Wednesday will be held in the hall of the House of Repre- sentatives.
 AHlS VIII De tOlioWGd Dy
 Report of Central Council by the Chairman. John London. Esq.
 Report of Treasurer.
 Report of Executive Committee by the Chairman. R. E. Steiner, Esq
 Report Of Committee on Jurispru- dence and Law Reform by the Chair man, L.. D. Jeffrics. Esq.
 Paper by Henry Upson Sims. Esq, on Desirable Changes in our Chancery prnQ NyAw fr Paper on Archives and History: It's Value to the Legal Profession" by Thomas M. Owen, IL. D., Director. etc. Annual address by Hon. Alex r. Humphrey of Kentucky on .'The Su- preme Court and the Civil War;
 Report of Committee on Judicial Ad- ministration and Remedial Procedure oy the Chairman, Hon. John Pelham.
 Report or Committee on Legal Edu- cation and Admission to the Bar bv the Chairman. Hinds Peevey. Esq.
 Paper by B. B. Bridges, Eso.. m Judicial Procedure and AdminIstra- ton of the Criminal Law in Alabama. Paper by William E. Fort, Esq. on "Ethics vs. Commercialism."
 Report of Committee on Correspond ence by the Chairman. Julius Stern field. Esq.
 Report of Committee on Legislation by the Chairman, g.. W. John, Esa.
 The meeting on Thursday win he held at Jackson's Lake and win be opened by
 Paper by Emmet o'Neal. Esq. or Election of United States Senators by the People"
 Paper by Hon. Henderson M som- ervflle on Witch Law and Witch Tri- bunals of the Seventeenth Century"
 Report of Committee on Publication by the Chairman, B. W. Faith. Eao
 Report of Committee on Grievar rcAs by the Chairman, W. W. Callahan Esq. Paper by w. c. Fftts, Esq.
 Report of Committee on Local Rar Associations by the Chairman, Fl. e. Thach. Esq.
 Report of Special Committee bv inc Chairman. W. T. Sanders, Esq. to in- vestigate violations of the Code of Ethics.
 Election of officers
 Each essay and report read before the Association will be open for dIs- cussion for one hour, speeches diseuss- ing it being limited to ten minutes.
 By order of the Executive Commit tee.
 Alex. Troy,
 Secretary. A number of distinguished lawyers including Judge. Alex Humphries of Louisville. Judge S. D. Weaklev of Birmingham. and Hon John B. Knox of Anntston were in the city yesterday t0 attend tha Fnaaftnar fndax