The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-05-02
LARGE CROWD
ATTENDED The
BAR Meeting
PROMINENT MEN FROM ALL OVER
STATE ATTENDING THE
ASSOCIATION.
ELOQUENT WELCOME ADDRESS
Response To Welcome Address BY
Hon. Earl BreWer-A Fine
Musical Program.

The Auditorium was crowded to the
doors this morning at II o'clock with
a representative audience of prominent
men from all over the state, gathered
for the Sixth annual meeting of the
State Bar Association. Many of them
were accompanied by their wives, and
the members of the local Bar Associa-
tion, with a generous attendance of
Hattiesburg's fair sex, were present.
All this morning the members of
the Bar in this city have been meeting
the trains and many of them were on
duty at the hotels, giving every visitor
a hearty welcome.
President Powell Presiding.
President ]. H. Powell, of Canton,
Miss, presided and introduced Rev. E.
J. Currie, prominent in educational
and church circles of South Mississip-
pi, who gave an eloquent and appro-
pirate prayer.
Welcome Address.
Judge N C. Hill gave the welcome
to the visitors-not an address, but a
clever impromptu, hearty and humor-
GUS welcome, which impressed his au-
dience most favorably and kept them
applauding and smiling frequently.
All the while Judge Hill was skilfully
giving his hearers some knowledge of
the resources and natural advantages
of Hattiesburg. Judge Hill gave a
graphic account of conditions before the
railroads came through this part of
the country, the difficulties expert
enced by the lawyers in getting from
place to place; the scarcity and crude
ness of the hotel accommodations; of
the queer ways of some of the judges
of those days and their decisions; of
how the lawyers all went along on
horseback with the judge and how
everybody in the town knew every
one else's business; what fees the law
yer got; what witnesses he would
have, ETC., and how it was discussed
by the groups standing around.
There was always plenty to eat"
he declared, and he then related the
story of the hotel consisting of din
ing room and kitchen and one bed
room. This bedroom accommodated
forty people and had twenty beds; the
guests coming in all hours of the
night, regardless of each others COM
fort.
By this and other anecdotes, Judge
Hill showed the not-too-easy life of the
lawyer then and now.
THE railroads coming through here
have changed all that" he declared,
"and those days with all their rough,
hearty hospitality, are gone"
The railroads have made transporta-
tion easier, and have brought in new
ideas and business.
why lHdI is one reason we asked
you here to meet-because new law
yers bring up new things and we think
you can teach us some new tricks
which We'll surely try to get on to-"
Judge Hill remarked here, and then
to tell of Hattiesburg hav-
ing the youngest Judge in the state.
prominent banker-law-
yer was referred to by the speaker
and several other well-known lawyers.
Judge Hill held the attention of his !
audience easily.
Hattiesburgs saw-mills, artesian wa
ter, street railway, the water works, |
The paved streets, the multitude of |
railroads in this country, were told of,
Judge Hill assuring the visitors they |
were to ride free ON the cars and to |
attend the electric theatre on Front
street free.
Even the educational advantages of |
Hattiesburg were touched on, especial. |
y the obtaining of the State Normal |
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