The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-05-09

very aDie address OF Hon. BIeWelI
Lee, chief counsel Of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company. who
was a special guest Of the associa.
ton, Mr.. Lee, who is a son Oh
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, and who
hascGnsidcrabie property interests
in Mississippi, discussed Anti,
Railroad Personal Injury Litiga-
ton fl Mississippi "a timely topic
IN view Of the attention Of the
general crusade waged against
the fake damage suits, and Mr..
Lee held the attention Of the as
ISOLATION and lis friends through
out his splendid address. After
the address, a resolution was un-
animousIy adopted as follows;
Resolved, That we approve the
revised rules OF practice recently
promulgated by the Supreme
Court Of Mississippi" The rule
of the most import which was
generally discussed when this
resolution was offered was No.
Judgment shah be reversed on
the ground Of mlsdirection to the
jury or improper admission or
exclusion Of evidence. or for error
ar to matter Oi pleading or pro-
rrcdUrc, unless II shall affjrma-
Iyely appear from the whole re-.
cord that such Judgment has re-
suited 10 a miscarriage of justice.
At noon the wives Of the mem
hrfs Ul the sgcsi bar and 81 the
State Bar were the guests Of Mrs
#nges l.. Gwn, when this charm
0mG hostess rendered a lovely
luncheon Fl fHer honor. AfterI
'sa n 'a@ we're then
HE Chakeauma
" 4 r.. a7G we're gwen T.,
ys~ tty city.
E- a- MIS- a. L. Gillespie ,
Fl. -ts7G 60 Hon B}ew-
gS counsel Of the / 4
.a1a' Justice Sydney
Eaos>1a tfce-pres. )
aa..gs " >14-> q Sardgs E1- a
F.. &eF- q lexington v
4---nsa T T. Mortimer. e
2 r. ~ Perrin. Of I
i Ratlff. Of Ray s
ag~ &~as~s "a. e. Hum. (
>a g. Gvsa. F3rnan .
G4- LANES Gordon G5HeSple
1a.gE served z
lrct tast afternoon a
1s az~ss F1 ~asssernbjed and n
a.ss, important resolu- ~
SOD adopted was RI
.E sy5a- he appointed
q a. ID ,te next ses. Sc
~ ;- "a sBture providing m
r. a~=z-oa q q 0nniSsi0n &c
rea &C. Examine al! applicants ca
r &11 % the state bar. tn
@- sSoaerS 10 be- appoint. &C
+. ag tse Supreme Court be
E@ool # officers then fol. III
wed with the following results: de
resaent Judge K B. Aayes. of fri
cksDn. EIce-Preside0t, Hon. 50
so +. Leftwlch, Of Aberdeen, pu
ID Secretary and Treasurer, GU
Sydney Smith; Executive ca.
lmmittcemen, Amos A. Armi. m,
rad, Of Vicksburg, W. NJ. Ham, Gil
# Of this city, and A. W. Dent,
Mendenhajl Vicksburg was VT
as the next place Of meet -
Wednesday evening a banQuttA
as rendered at RcIman Hotel, at
1icb Hon j, S, Sexton, Of B
tzeihurst, presided as toast
and a large number oil
e most prominent members Of D
e bar responded to appropriate
The banquet was Of ele- z
nj appointments and reflected
Iendidiy upon the hotel mani
ement Bynum's orchestra, G
IN Memphis, furnished music.
hIie they were being toasted H
the association at the banquet,
.Ir wives were being highly en-
tanned with rock and BRIDGE
Mrs r. G. McBee at her pretty j
me IN North Greenwood.
| thursday morning wound up K
work OF the association, when
ne minor committee reports l.
re adopted, the most import.
work being the report of the NJ
nmIttee on Jurisprudence and
' reform, Of which committee, N
H. MarcelIuS Green, of Jack
!, was chairman, and its hear Q
was postponed until that ?
on account Of his absence
the first part Of the session. @
Greenwood thoroughly enjoyed
meet, and the local bar did
proud in their lavish r
Of their guests. S
e lawyers were banqueted, 7
.sted, danced, joy-ridden, re-
shed frequently, and their U
yes delightfully."- entertained
ring their short stay in the
Y, and there are some good
ngs being said about Green w