The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-08


lence being as follows:
Raw oysters on half shell
Swiss Cheese Canape
Cream of chicken au rize
Queen Olives
Chilled Celery Hearts Gherkins
Fried Fillet of Trout Tartare Sauce
Pommes Croquette
Larded Tenderloin of Beef Aux
Champignon
Mashed Irish Potatoes Garden Peas
Maraschino Punch
Roast Young Turkey. Cranberry
, Sauce
Stuffed Tomatoes
Asparagus Tips on Toast
Cold Sliced Swift Premium Ham
! Chicken Salad en- Casserole Colonial
Specially
Strawberry Short Cake
English Plum Pudding, Brandy
Sauce
/
With the exception Of Judge Epps
Tucker ard Col. 7. j. Hooks, who
were prevented from attending on
account of illness, all of the attor-
neys of the city were present, and a
most pleasant and profitable evening
was spent by all At the conclusion
of the banquet, after dinner speeches
being in order, short talks were
made by Col. T. NJ. Shackelford, of
Tampa, Col. Edwin Spencer, Jr. and
4 oil. Epps Tucker, Jr., of Lakeland
nr. WI. X. Piner was master of
ceremonies and introduced the
speakers. 1t was with regret that
the members of the bar had to fore
so the pleasure of having with them
Judge F. A. Whitney, Judge r. NJ.
! AL and Judge G. A. Parkhill, who
had expected to be present but who
were enable to attend. The Males
tic orchestra dispensed excellent mu
I OH thC tNVhihS.
Those who gathered about the fes-
tive hoard on this suspicious occa-
sion were: Messrs. 7. M. Shackel-
ford, Edw. Spencer, Jr., d. o. Rog-
ers, W. X Piner, Kelsey Blanton.
e. O. Carver, A. X. Erickson, T. :.
W. Thompson, j c. Williams, Epps
Tucker, Jr., II. A Haynes, T. W,
Bryant, j. H. Peterson and Clyde
Trammell.
History of the Lakeland Bar
A pleasing feature of the evening S
program was paper prepared by
Judge Epps Tucker Sr., on the His
tory of the Lakeland Bar. " Being
dean OF the Lakeland Bar Ass0cia-
ton and having practiced law here
from the earliest day of this city to
the present, he Is better qualified,
perhaps, than any other man to fur
nish an authentic record OF the legal
profession as interwoven with Lake
lands history. Judge fuckers paper
follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Bar Association of Lakeland:
! 1t affords me pleasure to greet you
in your organized capacity and,
while misfortune has denied me the
the privilege of active cooperation
in your organization, |, nevertheless,
appreciate fully. | trust, its useful
TESS.
To my mind 1t seems prOpriate
that should address my few re-
marks ON this occasion to the con-
sideration of the Bar of Lakeland.
am, indeed, proud of the Bar of
| Lakeland 1t has never been numer-
| ic0iiy strong, yet, in its working
| force, It has never been insignificant.
Z wenty-nine years ago, Henry A.
Hays and your orator opened the
| first law Office In Lakeland. On ac-
! count of young Hays scholarly at
tainments, he was shortly thereafter
called to the presidency of college
| in Georgia and his work has since
been chiefly in school room. The next
TO enter the practice Of law in Lake
land vas Edmond b. Briggs, a man
/ OF rare attachments and who some
years later was called to professor
ship in the law department of one
OF the leading universities of Wash
ington, D. c. AS the years rolled
, by, there were added to the roll of
the Lakeland Bar other names, who
contributed their share not only in
the work before the courts, but in
the courts themselves. and in the
halls of legislation and other respon-
sible positions in the government OF
the State. Two judges of the county
court of Polk county, Clarence A.
Boswell and c. NJ. Trammell, began
the practice of law as members of
! the Lakeland Bar and were after
wards called by the people of the
country to preside in the country