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GEORGIA PROSPERITY MAY 12 1914 i PI Hik JAMES W. AUSTIN Jam W. Anttln. on of tie moat prominent attorneys la-Georgia while not a a Georgian lgan ardent believer In Georgia and 111 ta ture. Born on- the Glider.

plantation at Greenville S. C. Colonel Austin etnd his education to the. schools of tn state going to prepare for the practice' of law' at Wofiord college. Spartanburg.

S. C. Colonel Austin. entered Into the practice of law In Georgia in January. 18S5 and at one toot Ii active Interest In tB politic of toeitate He later became.

Judge advocate general of Georgia. Colonel' Autla. hai been president of the South. Carolina Society of Georgia and grand chancellor of the Georgia Knights of Pythtae. In INS Colonel Austin minted Mice Mec Remer Young of Valdosta Ga.

and they have' two children James W. Austin Jrv and France Comer Austin ROBERT LEE AVARY Robert Avery orator and bond commissioner of the city of At lanta. was born on the plantation of tea father In DeKslb county and received his education. at Decatur. Academy Neelg Military academy Emory college and the University of Georgia.

If. entered the latter as an honor graduate tromNael' holding a first honor chplarship. griven by Chide. B. Neel end Lyxnan Hall.

He graduated from with the degree of and from the University of Georgia with the degree of TJV B. He has practiced' law here since 1890. and Is a public speaker on' scientific literary and patriotic casions. He was president of the Alumni tie Kappa Alpha Greek Letter society in 9 He now president of Emory College Alumni association having been vice NEW COURTHOUSE. A handsome pew courthouse under construction in Atlanta being located On.

the site of the old one which wee recently torn down. It feet reaching completion and will be a credit to the city. Its location Is on et Hunter street and South Pryor street and accessible by. a number of car Un. president and trustee of said associa tlon since 1905.

He teas been thereat of the hoard of stewards of the First M. church south since 1897. and Is now president of the Atlanta Stewards' association. He lives at 18 Howard street and has otflceiat 11 At rants National Bank bulletins. He married Miss Jade Stephens in this city on.

December It ISM and they have two children. Robert Avery Jr- and Stephens Archer Avery. He le a descendant of LieutenantGolonelJames Avery who came hero from England in 1891 a great-grandson of Colonel I nom. Cur. a rtndaon ct.

Judg-i Archer Avery state senator SJl- 7 and a ton of Dr. Jmea oroln Avary a member of the Georgia general as sembly fel one time. A Dr Arch Avery le prominent to the routl LARCH CP Atlanta Is a city of large charities and much church work Is being done here. Institutional churches are ea. tabllahd with outlets for sit manner of religious nil charitable work.

Am LIKE CHAMPAGNE. Atlanta I la like champagne- it a Ane and bracing. 1. UIUmlllllllUlIlIIlIlllllIlIlllIlllllIIlIIllllllllIllllIlll ullllllhuUllufIu1111inIL Removal Notice We have removed our offices to Rooms 1430 Healey Building. Bell ivymj Atlanta 90 i Charles T.

Linton C. Hopkins I miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiuiiiiiimi iiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiM 1. Brilliant Minds Contribute Much to Atlanta's Bar Men of Note Started Here History of Atlanta Bar Association and Its List Of Members Includes Many of. Nations Illustrious Sons. By le el Bittern Issltk.

A few wk ego I Was at the University club with Commissioner Price and several others Tbeing the Vonly lawyer present. As la customary when one lawyer foregathers with others not lawyers the ethers drift Into a friendly but universal condemnation of law and the legal profession Being cornered I argued on this tin. I am too polite to say with ifudtbru thief ear felt the VUr' draw. With good opinion of the law. But I would remark any has been that whenever a layman hue a son of whom he Is extraordinarily proud he promptly proposes to make a lawyer out that son and whenever a layman Is suffering with an acute of exaggerated-ego.

he Inflates his chest and suggests that he has thought he himself would make a lawyer. This was greeted with roars of laughter and I found that before I joined the group they had been discussing themselves and their sons ea available lawyers. Human society cannot exist without a system of taw and the lawyers make the system. We could live without banks merchants schools police and tire departments. but no group of more than two human beings can exit without a system of law.

The primitive people the tribe even the family living alone had each Ita. own. crude system of law and men comparatively well versed Inn that system might be called the lawyers of their time. American law. so tar as the rules of substantive right are concerned.

is satisfactory. or course the actual. practice. or sdjectrve law must progress more rapidly' the the substantive rules of tight but much of the criticism of rules of practice i unfounded. It we had a perfect system of law.

Including precuts. It. must still be enforced by human agencies and as long as humanity is frail. errors and failures of Justice will occur. And there Is always a tendency In the layman.

who has put himself la a bad tuation to blame the law and the lawyers. A man makes a foolish contract an unwise credit or a bad. Investment and of course he it not' to. his trouble. but it the law and the lawyers who did It.

Miscarriages ef justice are usually made public through court proceedings but the business man buries his errors in the seclusion of private affairs and the doctor often buries his In the ground. Those members of our bar who have attended the American Bar association are. Impressed with the fat that we have In' in-Atlanta men capable of meet- Ing in the legal arena representative lawyers of any city In the United States. This may be merely professional pride but I think not. Jo its put.

inlta present and In Its future promise. we are proud of the Atlanta bar. At first sight It. may ap pear rather embarrassing to specify particular men as leaders of the bar. hut no lawyer hesitates to so so In conversation and why should.

he tie unwilling to put it In writing All Atlanta men who hue been here as long as twenty. years will remember the distinguished attainments of Judge Hopkins. Colonel Hammond and Colonel Broyles. These three constituted a trio' representing the highest type of learning and efficiency. For many.

years until he abandoned practice. Judge Hopkins was recog- nixed as the leader of the bar. 0orne fifteen years ago many lawyers were engaged in a hearing before the governor in regard to convict leases. A number of our Atlanta lawyers were talking during a recesa Among those I remember as present were Captain new Judge Ellis and Mr. J.

R. Gray. The unanimous opinion was that Judge was a great lawyer with no peer In. Atlanta. and no superior any- Ierhap the Neater of our bar Is Colonel P.

H. Brewster who as a boy was a gallant confederate soldier and who retains today a magnificently trained intellect. unabated In activity and. power. As a rule men around and about the age or fifty are- expected to- be typical leaders of the bar.

Where ran we find a stronger group' than King. Brandon. Atkinson tpaldlng. the two Hopkins Candler. Hosier two Ar.

nails McElreath. Brown. Felder. Hammond. Barge.

Wright. Mc- Danlel Concern. Powell the two Andersons Howell Phillips. Tye Peebles Wlmblsh Hinss Msysen Aux smith. Hooper Alexander.

Rountree and Napier each representing distinctive typos of mentality. and each CD' able off rendering magnificent service to a client and capable of holding his own anywhere with any man. Somewhat-younger but right the class are R. Co Alston. Colqultt Bryan gSZ5ZSZ5Z5Z5Z5ZSZSZ5Z5Z5Z5Z5ZSZ5ZS RohertRil Jackson Ellis.

Dorsey. Black. Harold Hindi the Mitchell and Evans- Coming to-the younger. tnn from e. to there re.

so many Itwould seem Invidious to name any They cannot be. called young lawyer-but perhaps era to be included under the term Younger Bar. Without attempting to cover this list there might be mentioned pence Philip Alston BtehelorL Branch. John Smith. Lee Jordan.

Pomeroy John W. Moors Hudson Moore McDuffle LaUlroerCam Higden. Heresy Hill Vlrlyn Moore Arminlus Wright Hewlett. For. Ur Parker and many others.

And among the younger lawyers thou In' the neighborhood of thou to whom we must look for our future leader. we find many that It Is dif ficult to oeclfy the twfe Crenshaws Cheatham Mlddlebrooka Hamilton Douglas. Jr. Ix und Conn ally Alex W. Smith.

Jr. Ben Candler. Hughes Spaldlng Brantley. Harrison Jones. Bell Kills R.

IL Joni. Jr. Heaa Lamar Hill Ransom Woo Uarshburn these and others can be relied on for resent efficiency and fu. furs present sfnciency and future dSatlJ1a. lion.

Modesty' forbids" ra to mention In either class. Marion Smith or his father. As far as this sketch concerned their. reputation at lawyers must too on their record. As a near kinsman of each I am willing to let it so at that Atlanta has been equally fortunate In Its bench.

A former judge of our per lor court. Judge Lump Kin now adorns the supreme bench well sustaining the family name as first ezem plified by hi grandfather the great first chief luetlca Judge iUllyer ably serves on the railroad commission. The three superior court Judge Pendleton. EIJi and Bell handle the heavy ctrl bulneea of- Atlanta In a manner to win the admiration of both bar and litigant. Judge Hill in addi tlon to a natural judicial temperament has a long training in the criminal law.

Under the recent act. many Important criminal cases where lynching 1 is-feared will brought to At. lanta irons other parts of the state. No abler judge could found to try them. In the city court rad Calhoun familiarly known a Judge Andy.

I ideally constituted to handle mtede. meanors while Jude Reid of the civil branch of the city court is rec. oSnloed as navlng no superior as a trial Judge. And ear own Judge Broyles will have In hi race for the court of appeals the vote of all th good people of Fulton county be cause thy think he Is entitled to promotion and the- vote of all the bad' ones because they wish to gtt rid him Our new municipal court deserves special consideration. With Increased Jurisdiction It takes the place of the justice court system a system utterly unfit for a commercial city.

This court is composed of Judge D. Thomas presiding judge and Judges T. O. Hancock. 1.

11' MeCUlland. J. B. Ridley and Luther Rower Jr. associate judges.

They were nominated by the judges of. the superior-court and confirmed by the governor. They have already shown their Individual efficiency and the wisdom of the new plan. Atlanta la a great legal center. Large interests of various sorts centered ng litrga litigation from every direc- beneficial to the com munnT.

for the nene to the state A Prominent AtlanUn. Hughes Spalding young Atlanta Attorney 4 county Is nominal and. even It the litigation involves residents the court costs counsel fees expenses of litigants and others coming here all bring legitimate moneys to. the community and' a lawyers teea usually get quickly into general circulation. In this day.

when questions of re ligion are receiving earnest attention from alL the religious tone of the lawyer should not be overlooked. The mo au v. wearing religious convictions on his sleeve nor dons he eels. every passing stranger and ask It he is saved but you cannot enter a church In Atlanta where you will not find members' of the Atlanta bar taking a quiet and efficient part. Lawyers themselves are not usually aware of the religious work of others of the profession.

I remember a few months ago I was. at the First Baptist church and was astonished to see the number. of. our profession in eetlvework men whom I had known years and had. not known of this side of their character.

Another Illustration I was recently In a litigation with Colonel Brewster 7 I ad known to twenty years. I did not even know he was a church member. The question being asked 1 found he was a member of the Methodist church and for more than twenty-five years on every Sunday- had taught a Bible class. We will soon enter our new courthouse the handsomest in the south and one of the handsomest In the It can be safely said the hay of Atlanta will be more then worthy of lie magnificent home and will continue as al to Develop the science of law and direct wise enforcement of rights of person and property. P.

6. After this- proof came to me. I found myself In the position of a lady. sending out invitations many overlooked. As.

a matter or fact with a fear as strong as that of Atlanta the number of names could. with perfect propriety. tie greatly Increased. I fedi sure that as far as I have gone ray vuggestions have been good and II could go- much further with accuracy. SOUTH FEELS THE GOOD OF NEW LAW Louis B.

Farley head of a Montgomery national- bank. a former. president of the Alabama Bankers' association and a peculiarly keen observer of financial lair declares The uth is already feeling the good of the- new currency measure. Money 1 getting freer each day and business interests large and mall are sensing the wave or prosperity that le sure to tome When the regional banks are established. there can be no security for financial interests.

The hanks will be protected In so thorough a manner that panic wilt De un heard of. I do not believe that under th new law we a ball ever again have a. financial stringency much less a ca lamlty. The vast resources of the south assure her Immunity from financial I troubles now that we all but have our regional banks. As an example of 118- I roved conditions I can say that paper Is being met more promptly now than in the last several years.

Improvement tla. coma gradually but there Is no mistaking Us presence. MOST PROSPEROUS PART OF- COUNTRY The south perhaps is the most prosperous part of the country Jut now said T. James Fernley. of Philadelphia advisory secretary of the.

National Wholesale Dry Goods association. Mr. Fernley nee been on a tour of the south. I am really surprised at thegreat business activity which I witnessed on every hand In tier south and the rive ing and. progressive spirit of- Atlanta I Is wonderful.

It Is one of the most active dries In the union. Your skyscrapers and your evidences of progress which I see everywhere mark you in deed a a cosmopolitan city. I I find In my travels and from th duUea of my office that the-Jobber or middleman. to stronger than ever in the service of tile people. You have heard much about the elimination of the middleman but the people hava foqnd that the middleman performs a real service and in an efficient manner.

He wIll therefore never be eliminated for the consumer finds that he can best get his goods through the channel of wholesaler and retailer. During his stay here Mr. Fernley vase teed a number of Atlanta's wholesale dry goods jobbers. PREDICTS RICH CROP HARVEST IN GEORGIA Prominent AtlantaLawyer klnsvUle and Florida a Southern in south Georgia and reports that evidences of general prosperity and advanced agricultural methoda In that territory are everywhere apparent. The season has been favorable and the new cotton I showing a good stand.

The representative farmers have Anticipated boll weevil conditions 7 greater care in the selection or seed. the choice of early. maturing varieties and better cultural and fertilizing practice. The Introduction of county agricultural demonstrators in several counties Is proof of the progressive ambition of the farmers the agents of the railroads engaged In co-operative agricultural education are finding more' calls upon. lid appreciation of.

their services than ever before. Many thousands of acres of cut over land. have been put under the. plow for the first time this season and are being devoted not only to cotton hot to oats. corn forage crops and truck.

More and. better live stock are being Introduced and every community le ullding dipping vats in a determined and In- telllgent effort to eradicate the cattle- tick as has been shown to be entirely practicable. The transformation-of of this country from dependence entirety upon its output of lumber and naval stores to a di versified agriculture at once highly creditable to the people who have ac complished It. and most encouraging to alt those who are interested In the possibilities of- this naturally favored section. COLONEL THOMAS B.

FELDER 1 il It Colonel Thorn. B. Felder. probably one of the best known attorneys in the entire south le a native Georgian having been born in Burke county this etatetn 1864. He graduated at the University of Genesis In 1883 and Immediately after located et Dublin.

He was elected to the office or solicitor general. in the courts of I aurene county any later became mayor of Dublin. In TRIO Colonel Felder removed to In 194 he was named president of the electoral college of the tate JOHNLTYE 1 One of the mot brilliant members of the Atlanta bar and one who hasbeen untiring. In is efforts for the enact. mente of progressive laws throughout not only the state.

but the Southland. le. John 1. rye senior member of the law firm of Tye. Peeples fir Jordan.

Mr. Tyes firm composed of H. C. Peplea Lee If. Jordan.

and tJla son. Benjamin Iv. Tye. Mr. commands 14 wide practice In addition to being attorney to.

a nura ber of corporate interests. lie ha been Colonel oelder la senior member the firm of Feldr it Coburn and elu. Ins' his legal activities here has handled some famous cases notably that of Chan W. Morse- the New Yorle banker whom Felder treed from the federal prison. Colonel Felder also saved over a million dollars for the Ptatp of South.

Carolina and his legal fights with Governor Bleaee of that state have become nationally famous. Colonel Flder la a Von An Elk and prominent In college fraternity circles. counsel fur the Western and Atlantis Railroad company. for twenty-odd years and Is' now. representing this road and the Nashville.

Chattanooga and St. Louis railway and. lx uisviU end Nashville railroad company. Mr. Tye holds an A.

B. dSlrr. from the University of Georgia and is Graduate- of the Columbia university school Sir. rye never held an office or aged politics but has consistent- IF followed- his profession in some of the heaviest litigation in Georgia. KING SPALDING ATTORNEYS AT 1403-10 Empire Building UEXCK1NG JACXLSMUmC HUGHES SPAWUIG GEOOOM lVJf 1 i 1 Ii Georgia's zr' s' Produced' Some 111 I ESW AUSTIN 1 JamWAIIStfI OneotJhil 1885u4at in the thetateHe Is an ad Deral tureBonaoB Gllderp1ntatlon tb CaroIfDaSoclet7 at sC Austin" gandchancallor hJ the later.

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Louisville a graduate- law schooL. haa nver In h. so. KING SPAtDING ATTORNEYS 03 AlEX. C.

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tar superior Lumpkln well his Thethree Pendleton-Elll barnand lit gantpeJuA eplHl. iln addi judge-could 7adge city o6n ed ev ow his a the all the goo he- a al a a ecanie gathrid of the here bring tion. Thi dCDC7t7Ot70t7O 7L7475pCp5pCDt7C G. Candler xis 7Asket 4 ar fri4 I 1 I. 1 4 I Attane' and me taro muni legsiao eye to ennda al17 a au et on eha.tl vin ig f1rom 11WYer 1 of Tellglo convicton en his sleeves parts yearsand was'-recently hadd knownfor union.

alway. ofperson After proof manyover- Asa er of 8o la- he a ve ee or I i ks un- manner I ll ar a aca- Ipthat ur rrouo sal IDroved Im- Tasouth y.rhaps-ethemostpros- Bern ley. Phllatlel hla a National as Go ourf 1 a wthi ha nd uth wind l7ng sudsprogressive Ile wonderfulIt in- ea 1' the ifie 4obDer ice them ab ut hue ple Sahavefoundthat Iem mottonn rester 1 De rv ce sal hecan whole Fern ley IPREDICTS Fairfax Harrison president the Southern company has the spent lines the0. and 9 1fr r. i.

a LL I by riculturaldemonetrators roof the andn appr et' the-plow 4 a d' eradtcatethe ti dld liehed gi I' EJ- EA 1rI5r da lr attorne in co isn BU std ptvriinIno gradu a teda at tl Ito Ito se een rwnub. erdin Iau II n. electOrslcollege i JOHN LTYE srt ii II fr 4 a. qr avPjo. id r8 rr ii1i f- 1y hag dlis I.

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