The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-04
HON. A. r. FOX WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT BY AccLA-
NATION.
JUDGE SMITH AGAIN SECRETARY
Recommendations In Reference To
Change of Judiciary Laws Adopt
ed With Slight Changes.

The attention or the MISSISSIPPI
State Bar Association this morning
was occupied entirely until l o'clock
by the reading of the report of the
committee appointed at the last years
meeting, on Criminal Law and Jury
Reform.
R. N. Miller, of Hazlehurst, chair
man of the committee, read the report,
which was published verbatim in
Tuesdays News and it was discussed
in sections and adopted, subject to the
various changes which the Association
deemed necessary after due delibera-
tion and discussion.
Automobile Ride.
An announcement was read by the
secretary from Mrs. A. K. McInnis,
chairman of the club committee, that
the Wednesday Club would take the
ladies accompanying the Association
members on an automobile ride this
afternoon at o'clock.
Another announcement was made
that the members of the Association
were invited to meet at Hotel Hatties-
burg this afternoon at 4:30, for an
auto ride over the city.
New members elected were as fol-
lows D. B. Cooley, of Laurel; A. A.
Hearst, of Hattiesburg; C. e. Hill, of
Hattiesburg.
Officers Elected.
The election of officers resulted as
follows;
President-A. F. Fox, by acclama-
tion.
Vice Presidents-Judge N. G. Hill,
of Hattiesburg; Sam C. Cook, R. F.
Reed.
Secretary and Treasurer-Judge
Sidney Smith, of Jackson.
Board of Directors-A. T. Stovall, as
chairman.
First District-A. ]. Rose, of Green
vile; Robert H. Powell, of Canton;
]. B. Boothe, Lexington; J. A. Teat, of
Kosciusko; P. D. Ratliff, of Raymond.
! Second District-E. ]. Bowers, Of
Bay ST. Louis; Stone Deavors, d. A.
Mcintosh, S. E. Travis, of Hatties-
burg; Hanan Gardner.
Third District-H. H. Creekmore,
A. T. Stovall, J. w. Cutrer, J. T. Dunn,
Stacy Hibbler.
Resolutions of Appreciation.
Resolutions of appreciation of the
service of the retiring officers were
adopted, also resolutions of thanks to
the local Bar Association, the ladies',
and the press.
Meets Next At Greenville.
Greenville and Gulfport asked for
the next meeting of the Association
and Greenville was decided on, after
which the Association adjourned.
Wednesday Afternoon.
The afternoon session of the Missis
sippi State Bar Association on Wed
nesday was devoted to the discussing oi
the report of the committee on Juris
= prudence and Law Reform, read by ]
: S. Sexton, chairman, and the reading
t of a paper by S. E. Travis on uni
r form Legislation by States" which
f paper was printed in Wednesday,
t News.
e The report of this committee OF
jurisprudence and Law Reform was
discussed in sections and one section
adopted was that the Legislature au
:. thorize the Governor to appoint thre.
+ commissioners to represent the stat,
), in the National Association on tn,
). uniformity of legislation.
a Another was that a constitutional
5. amendment be adopted increasing tn.
o number of Supreme Court judges
v from three to five.
There was a spirited debate owe
y the section in which the committe.
S recommended that no appeal be al
lowed from convictions for misde
meanor. but that such conviction
should he renewable by the Suprem,
Court only on certiorari. but this rec
d ommendation was lost.
The following were admitted int,
d the membership of the Association
D. H. H. Parker. of Poplarville; G.
IS Street, OF Laurel: H. A. Gould, of Eu
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