The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-03
MANY LAYERS
ARRIVE IN CITY
Special Boat Operated to the
Island for Their Benefit
Last Night.
BIG CROWD COMING TODAY
Meeting Will Be Called TO Order
This Morning With Prominent
Attorneys From All Over the
State Present.

Lawyers from evrey section of Geor-
gia arrived in Brunswick yesterday
and last night and today the large
crowd on ST. Simon will be materially
added to, when the annual session OF
The Georgia Bar association will be
called to order by President Bennett
of Albany.
Quite a large number of attorneys
arrived in the city yesterday. Many
came in automobiles, driving through
from their home cities, others came
on various trains during the day and
last night all trains arriving in the
city were crowded with meL bers of
the state bar In order to convey the
crowd to St. Simon last night a spe-
cial boat was operated, the steamer
Emmeline leaving the city aboC; 80
o'clock.
Report of the executive committee
Z. B. Rogers, Elberton, chairman.
Address of the president-Samuel S.
Bennet, Albany.
Report of the treasurer-Z. D. Har-
risen, Atlanta.
Reports of standing committees: On
eeiSlation-H J. Fullbright, WayneS-
boro, chairman; on Jurisprudence, law
reform and procedure-L. Z. Rosser
Atlanta, chairman; on federal legisla-
tion-W. H. Fleming, Augusta, chair
man; on interstate laW-P. w. Mel
drim, Savannah, chairman; on legal
education and admission to the bar
A. G. Powell, Atlanta, chairman; on
legal ethics and grievances. B. Ad-
ans, Savannah chairman; on mem
bership-J. H. Upton, Sylvester,
chairman; on memorials-A. j. Cobb,
Athens, chairman.
Report of the permanent commits
sion on the revision of. the judicial
system and procedure in the courts
Andrew j. Cobb, Athens, chairman.
Address-"The Georgia Tax Equali-
zation Act and Its Oneration"-Judge
John c. Hart, Union Point, state tax
commissioner
Paper-"Specimens of Judicial HUI
NOR Found in the Georgia Reports" -
Harry S. Stroller, Macon.
Address (subject to be announced)
Judge E. E. Cox, Camilla.
Paper-"The Practice of Law in the
Georgia Mountains'-John Henley, At
lanta.
Annual address-"Commercial Land
Titles"-Eugene G. Massie, Richmond,
Va.
Symposium-"'Th Georgia Laws
Regulating Marriages and Divorce and
Their Administration, the Defects and
Suggested Remedies" Rucker,
Athens; John B. Harris, Macon; BooZ-
er Payne, Elberton; A. B. Conger,
cambridge.
General discussion to be closed by
paper by Judge w. D. Ellis of the At
lanta circuit.
Address-"The Geneva Award and
It's Present Alphabetically William H.
Howard Augusta.
Paper-"The Federal Reserve Bank
ing System" j. Randolph. At
lanta, general counsel federal reserve
bank.
Paper-"The Miscarriage of JUS
tice"-A w. Cozart, Columbus.
Paper-"Workmen's Compensation
Laws"-L. w. Branch, Quitman
Appointment of delegates to Ameri-
can Bar association.
Appointment of committee on legis-
lation.
Election of officers and executive
committee.
Miscellaneous business.
Address by Eugene C. Massie.
The Honorable Eugene c. Massie,
who delivers the annual address, is
known as the father of the Torrens
system of registering titles in Vir-
ginia. Largely through his efforts pro-
vision was made for this system by
the new constitution Of Virginia, and
he was the author of the bill that put
the constitutional provision into eff
feet His address, therefore, on the
subject, Commercial Land Titles, -
will be of particular interest in Geor-
gia, especially since the desirability