The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1911-03-18
|. TAYLOR FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

The Echo presents to the voters OF
Hancock county the name of Hon. j. l..
Taylor as a candidate for the office of
District Attorney for this the second
judicial district. We know him by his
friends, and this, indeed, is quite rec
ommendation. He is splendid lawyer
and we'll fitted for the trust he seeks at
the hands of the voters. We wish to
recommend the candidacy of this worthy
and able gentleman to the earnest con-
sideration of those who have the best
interest of the county and district at
large at heart. Having been called
away Monday on business in Oklahoma,
he was prevented from making an in
tended visit to Bay St. Louis this week
with view of addressing the voters;
however, he will be heard from in due
time.
From a source that best knows Mr..
Taylor, his county and home paper,
the Daily Record, of Gulfport, we repro
duce the following anent his candi-
dacy:
1t is with genuine pleasure that We
present the name of j. L. Taylor to our
readers today as a candidate for the
Office of District Attorney for the Sec
ond District, which comprises the coun-
ties of Hancock, George, Harrison and
Jackson.
Mr.. Taylor has not lived his whole
life among the people whose suffrage
he now asks, but we feel safe in saying
that no man stands any higher, is held
in more affectionate esteem, or is enti-
tied to any greater consideration than
is he.
Since coming to the coast in 1901 Mr..
Taylor has made many friends, by
whom he has been signally honored on
more than one occasion, and now that
he has announced himself for the i'm
portant office which he is in every way
qualified to fill, we speak with the GER
tainty born of knowledge when we say
that his large following here and else
where in the district will leave no stone
unturned to encompass his election at
the August primary.
Mr.. TaylCr was born and reared in
Newton county, this State, and attended
the high school at Decatur, from which
he subsequently went to the n. N. Uni
versity, Lebanon, Ohio, graduating
there in 1894 and taking postgraduate
course in 1895.
Mr.. Taylor returned to his home
county in Mississippi and took up the
work of teaching, remaining in Newton
some seven years, after which he moved
TO Handsboro, where he also taught for
about two years. While doing his
school work he took up the study of law
and was admitted to the bar at Decatur
in 1901 by then Chancellor A. M. Byrd,
who IS now serving his district in Con-
gress.
| Upon coming to Gulfport Mr.. Taylor
| formed a partnership with Hon. d. M.
| Graham which continued until 1905.
| During this year he formed a new part
nership with Hon. T. II. Barrett, which
endured until that gentleman was called
TO the circuit bench last year. Mr.. Tay-
lor is now practicing alone, and it may
be said in testimony of his success as a
practitioner that he enjoys one of the
most lucrative practices in this section
of the State.
| Mr.. TAYLOR served as treasurer Of the
town of Handsboro in 1902 and was a
member of the Board of Trustees of the
State University from 1907 to 1910,
| holding a commission under both Cover
nor Vardaman and Governor Noel. He
has been a director of the Bank of Com
merce for a number of years and is also
vice president of that institution. Every
position that has been conferred upon
him has been filled with credit and
ability, and it goes without saying that
if the people of the district elect him
prosecuting attorney they will have an
official who will play no favorites, gloss
no wrong from whatever high source it
might come, who will not abuse the
prerogatives of his Office, but an official
who will at all times under all circum-
stances, anywhere and everywhere, dc
his duty as his conscience and the man
} dates of the law dictate.
Mr.. Taylor is a man Of strong per-
sonality, vigorous mentality, OF ac-
knowledged legal learning, and II the
people cOnfide the district attorneyshlI
; in his care, we can say here that they
will have no cause to regret their action
; This district has always been ably repre-
I sented in the criminal courts, and the
7 election of Mr.. Taylor would mean that
7 the district intends to uphold its repu-
? tation along this line.
Harrison county presents the name O.
; t4 distinguished adopted son to the res
7 IF he district, secure in the confidence
} nat from nowhere could a man be found
J vno ,u,d more capably hll the ONCE
; to which he aspires than he.