The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-13
Every Section of State Rep resented at Meeting of
 State Bar Association
JUDGE CONNOR MAKES PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
Requirements for Admission to the Alabama Bar Are Not High Enough Is the State
 ment Made

l Judge H. G. Conner of North Carolina addressed the members of the associa- | tion and their friends in the ballroom of I the Tutwiler hotel last night on Judge i John A. Campbell" President J. H. Ma than presided.
 | Judge Corners address gave the life, 1 rise and career of Judge Campbell and the contemporaneous political history in 1 which he took part. Judge Campbell will be remembered as one of the very great l est and most able lawyers and statesmen | that Alabama and the south have pro- 1 duced,'' he said. The address showed a thorough study of the subject on the part of Judge Conner who added life to it with occasional witticisms. At the conclusion of the speaking unanimous 1 rising vote of thanks and also of hon orary membership to the association was given Judge Conner.
 1 It was announced by Spier Whitaker, chairman of the entertainment commit l tee, that the meeting would be called in | the Civic association rooms this morn
 ing at o'clock. Reports and papers will be read at the meeting, which will ad- journ a few minutes before Il o'clock At that time the members will take the | special train provided for them by the | Tennessee company at the Terminal sta l tion and will return to the city at about l 5 o'clock
 WELCOME EXTENDED Nearly 200 prominent Alabama law yers were present in the rooms of the
 Birmingham Civic association on the 1 twenty-sixth floor of the Jefferson County Bank building yesterday morn 1 ing when the forteth annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar association was opened and welcome extended the visit ing members by Judge J. H. Nathan of Sheffield, president of the association Every section of the state was repre- sented
 Shortly after the address of the pres ident. G. H. Harsh read the report of the executive committee in the absence of Judge Ormond Somerville, chairman of the committee who was de- tained in Tuscaloosa. The report from the Central Council was read by Henry 1 Upsom Sims, chairman. Col. Alexander Troy of Montgomery, secretary and treasurer of the association, read his re- port. Other features of yesterdays pro- gramme were paper read by M M. l Ullman, city attorney for Birmingham, l one by w. H. Armbrecht of Mobile on The Duty of the Older and Younger 1 Members of the Bar, and the reading of report of the committee of 1uris- prudence and law reform by Forney /! Johnston.
 PUBLIC DEFENDER | The subject of the address of Pres | ids mt Nathan was the exodus of the ne- gro from the south. and was one of the big numbers on the programme. In his address he spoke of the effect of the l misdemeanors charged against the ne- l gro on the exodus.
 Judge Nathan spoke of the many cases where the defendant is not able to en- | gage a lawyer and recommended that I the state appoint officers who will act as public defenders, representing the 1 side of the defendant somewhat as the | solicitor represents the state He also | said that the negro must receive differ ent treatment to that of persons who know and understand the law.
 One of the most interesting discus
 slons of the day was the one of Chairman Sims of the central council. Tn it he declared that the requirements for ad- mission to the Alabama bar were not high enough and strongly recommended that they be raised.
 Plumbers and railroad engineers are paid better than Alabama lawyers MT
 Sims said The average yearly income
 of the 375 Birmingham lawyers is below $1Ocn It is to be regretted that the last
 legislature did not pass laws governing the granting of licenses to practice law
 in this state"
 Mr Sims said that in New York, where
 the requirements are higher probably
 than any other state in the union. the
 average yearly income of the lawyers is
 above 5000. He read the recommenda.
 tion that the members of the centra
 council be substituted for the state board of legal examiners.