The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-26
MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian, Miss, March 25.-(Special) The Lauderdals County Bar Associa- ton has appointed committees in prep aration for the annual meeting of the State Bar Association in Meridian April 2S and 29 These are made public by President Harden H. Brooks as fol- lows:
 Arrangement and finance committees: Judge R. r. Cochran W. E. Baskin, Gabe Jacobson, Charles B. Cameron and Warren l.. Scott.
 Entertainment: J. H. Currie Frank K. Ethridge, c. c. Miller, Cliff Mulloy and Robert M. Bourdeaux
 Progr ~mme: A. E. Amis, R, B. Will bourn, George B. Reville an drank V. Braban.
 Hotel-A. s. Bozeman, Marion w. Reilly, Marshall Amis and Victor w. Gilbert.
 The reception committee consists of sll the lawyers of the Lauderdale County Bar Association, with Hardy R. Stone as chairman.
 The ladies' committee consists of all the wives of the members of local bar association, with Mrs. Harden H. Brooks as chairman.
 Arrangements are being made for a fun and complete entertainment for the members of the State Bar Associa- ton, which is expected to bring to Meridian between 400 and 500 lawyers from all parts of Mississippi One of the important features of the annual meeting will be an address by former United States Senator J. Hamilton Lew is of Chicago.
 A special train carrying approx imately 150 B. Y. P. U members and a number of other Baptists left here this morning for Newton to attend the Mississippi Baptist Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. convention. Meridian is expected 70 have the largest delegation, though Jackson, Hattiesburg and Laurel have planned to send about 100 each, while reports from Newton are to the effect that approximately TOO Baptists have already gathered there for the convention
 The Meridian B. Y. P. us will also send delegation to Kewanee Sunday to attend the Lauderdale County B Y. P. U. convention to be held at that place throughout the day, dinner be- ing served on the grounds by the peo- pie ot the Kewanee neighborhood
 The first exercises of the Lauder dale county field meet was held at the city hall here tonight, preliminary to the principal programme to be rem dered at the Mississippi Alabama fair grounds tomorrow. The programme to- night consisted of declamations and reading contests between the various contestants selected from the different schools of the county competing The result of the contests will be an- nounced by the judges at the end of the meet tomorrow night.
 
 In the suit of Fred Haenel Eddie Farr, Grady Zachery, Robert Lease and John Williams, small boys, against H Barksdale, local manager of the Pos tai Telegraph and Cable Company. Horace Templeton and the Postal Tele- graph and Cable Company, for alleged damages involving something over $100.000 for arrests when the plaintiffs were charged with burglary in con nection with alleged entrance into the Postal office here, Judge Heidelberg, in the circuit court, today denied mo : ton to remove the trial of the litiga- ton to another court.
 The body of Mrs Ida Jewell John son. who died yesterday morning at a local hospital. was taken today to Philadelphia, Miss, where the funeral and interment were held.
 The remains of Will Thompson of Morton. Miss, who died in this city. were taken to the latter place fo1 burial yesterday afternoon