The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-23
LEGAL LIGHTS WILL
HOLD CONVENTION
Chattanooga Will Entertain
American Lawyers
MANY WILL ATTEN1
Prominent Men From All Parts of the
World VIII Be Present-Mayor
Evans Is Doomed As Candi-
date for Congress

| Chattanooga, Tenn, August 22-(Spec-
ial within less than two weeks the an
nual convention of the American Bar as
sociaton will be held In this city. Not
only will lawyers of national fame be
present and take part In the deliberations
of the convention, but high officials of the
United States and many members of the
foreign legation at Washington will be
present.
| Over 300 delegates and visitors have al
ready engaged quarters at local hotels.
and 1t is expected that there will be fully
500 persons in attendance. 1t is the first
| time that the association has met in the
south In many years. and Chattanooga
was selected this time because Of Its
many places of historical interest.
| The Tennessee Bar association is sched-
gether the meeting Is expected to be one
of great interest to the lawyers of the
country, of this section of the south es-
pecially Many Alabama and Tennessee
lawyers will attend as visitors.
| In connection with the convention of
the association, there will be number
of meetings OF societies and organizations
which are composed almost entirely of
lawyers. The first of these will be on
August Is when the 10Th annual confer
ence OF commissioners of uniform state
laws will meet In the district court room
| of the federal building.
| Local committeeman are making ar
rangemnets to entertain the visitors in
great fashion. There will be boat ex-
| eursions up and down the Tennessee
river, auto trips to Lookout mountain,
Chickaamauga park, the National ceme-
terry and Orchard Knob. Dinner parties
at the Country and Golf club, banquets.
| badger fights" and other interesting
events. Several important committee
meetings will be held this week at which
time final arrangements for the big con-
vention will be made.
A party Of Chattanoogans last week
came from Memphis to this city in an
automobile In 40 hours. The distance
by dirt roads is $50 miles. The last
Ill miles were covered in nine hours,
and it was through the toughest sec
ton of roads of the entire distance.
Maj. Charles r. Evans, brother of
H. Clay Evans, is being doomed by
local republicans as a candidate for
Congress against Congress man John A.
Moon. Moon is very popular in this
isdtrict and it is doubtful If Evans
would make a stronger show than any
of the other republicans who have OPP
posed him in the last eight or ten
years.
A local chapter of the boy scout
movement. which is now spreading over
the United States. will be organized
in the local Y. M. C. A. Local bus
mess men are much interested in 1t
and 1t is believed that the local chap
| ter will have a large memb ership.
Work is now we'll under way in the
new power plant proposition which is
located on the Ocoee river, about 40
| miles from Chattanooga. Several mil
| lion dollars will be spent in a power
plant dam which will generate about
$4,000 horsepower. 1t is proposed to
build a large number of interurban
lines and supply several manufacturing
plants with power from the electricity
derived.