it with the added knowledge of the lapse of years, it might not in many respects have been better done. Whether or not it squares with the average moral judgments of men, I invoke the judgment of all impartial minds. Enlarged limitations and restrictions upon the rights of persons and property it has undoubtedly and permanently placed, but has it thus restrained our economic activities or contracted our energies and opportunities unjustly or further than has been found to be necessary in order to preserve equal justice and opportunity for all kinds and classes of men? Criticisms discriminate and indiscriminate have been freely made and will continue to be made as long as justice shall be administered through the instrumentalities of imperfect men. But "open discussion and unfettered criticism are the very life of the law." The great opinions of Marshall and Story were written at a time when Jefferson and his followers were denouncing the judiciary of the United States "as a subtle corps of sappers and miners who were constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederate fabric." Nevertheless, the American judiciary has remained nearer and dearer to the hearts of the people than either of the other departments of our state or national governments. Its place in the affections of the people has been earned by more than a century's hard and honest work, for it has laid here in this free land of ours the broad foundations of a jurisprudence which in coming years will continue to grow and expand with the life of the nation until "justice shall roll down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream." The President: The first announcement which I desire to make is that the Grove Park Inn tenders to the North Carolina Bar Association, the ladies attending with the members of the Association and the guests of the Association a luncheon at Grove Park Inn tomorrow at 2 o'clock, and in behalf of the Association the President has accepted this invitation. It will be necessary, however, for the members to notify the Secretary whether they will attend, and the number in the party. We will have no session tomorrow evening. The business we hope to finish by 10:30 tomorrow morning, but tomorrow evening at 8:30 there will be a banquet in this room, to which the members and their guests are invited upon the payment of the fee. That, of course, will have to be arranged today, because we must notify the management of this hotel how many are going to attend. Cards can be procured from the Secretary, immediately upon adjournment today. At that banquet we will have several very interesting addresses. Mr. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, will speak; the Governor of the State will speak, and Mr. Harry Skinner, and maybe two or three others. The Secretary: Mr. President, I find that in the hall are Judge Bartlett, of Georgia; Mr. T. B. Benson, of the Bar of Virginia; Mr. Frank K. Meyers, of South Carolina, and Mr. A. Manstin, of New York. I move they be extended the courtesies of the Association. The President: The privileges are extended to these visiting lawyers, and if there are any others present from other States the same privileges are extended to them. We now have reached the point in our proceedings, one of the most important and serious, for the report of the Committee on Memorials. Judge J. D. Murphy is Chairman of that Committee, and if he is ready to make a report, or partial report, at this time, the Chair will be glad to hear from him. This evening at 8:30 Senator Lewis, who is present with us now, will address the Association, and tomorrow morning at 10:30 Mr. William R. Vance, of Minneapolis, will address us our two distinguished non-resident guests. Judge J. D. Murphy, of Asheville: The following members of the State Bar Association have been removed from among us by death during the year 1914–'15: Mr. Henry T. Powell, of the Henderson Bar, on July 23, 1914. Mr. A. B. Van Buren, of the Wilmington Bar, died December 25, 1914. Mr. A. O. Gaylord, of the Plymouth Bar, died January 29, 1915. Mr. W. C. Maxwell, of the Charlotte Bar, died December 23, 1914. Mr. F. A. Woodard, of the Wilson Bar, died May 8, 1915. Mr. Elijah Moffett, of the Asheboro Bar, died the day of June, 1914. The By-Laws of the Association provide that at each meeting a biographical sketch of some distinguished lawyer of North Carolina shall be prepared and presented to the Association. The Memorial Committee has succeeded in having prepared by Hon. E. S. Martin, of Wilmington, a sketch of the distinguished lawyer, statesman and orator, Hon. George Davis, of the Wilmington Bar. During my childhood that gentleman did me some courtesies that I shall never, never forget. Mr. George Davis was made in no common mold. He had coursing through his veins the blood of kings. It was in action that he appeared at his best. He was a man of social power, mental power and moral power. He was a man wide and deeply read in all the literature of the world. He was a brilliant lawyer, a matchless orator. I saw Mr. Davis at the Congressional Convention in the little town in Magnolia County. He was there to champion the cause of his friend, Alfred Moore Waddell, and right kingly did he discharge that duty toward his friend. No Patroclus had such a military Achilles that more successfully discharged the duties of friendship, and as I saw Mr. Davis come out on that platform and defend his friend against the charges made against him—with kindling eye, with burning soul, he defended his friend—and before the close of the day that Convention had nominated his friend to succeed himself in that Congressional District, and as I was on the train, a little boy going to Wilmington, sitting in the car, I noticed with what dignity and graciousness Mr. Davis received the congratulations of the distinguished company that wit nessed his triumph of that day. It made a profound impression on my boyish mind, and I would that we could in imagination hear and see all the deeds of daring, courage and of good, by some magic power transformed into flowers to place upon his tomb. Gentlemen of the Bar, it gives me sorrow and pleasure to pay this very humble tribute to the friend of my childhood and youth. Memorials of deceased members have been prepared as follows: Hon. F. A. Woodard, by Judge H. G. Connor. Hon. W. C. Hammer has agreed to prepare a sketch of Mr. Elijah Moffett, to be presented to the Secretary of the Association hereafter. I did not hear the Judge W. A. Hoke, of Lincolnton: name of Governor Jarvis on the report. I was informed that he was not a member. The Secretary: He was not a member. Judge Hoke: I know he had the interest of the Association most closely at heart, and I recollect that at the last meeting he made us a most impressive address, and I move that we put on record now our sense of sorrow at his loss to the people of the State, and to the devoted woman, now his widow. Seconded by J. D. Bellamy, of Wilmington. Carried unanimously. The Secretary: Governor Jarvis not being a member, in the opinion of the Executive Committee an address could not be prepared under the regular by-laws, but at some future meeting of the Association we hope to have an address on Governor Jarvis presented to the Association. Mr. Bellamy, of Wilmington: I am glad to hear that and I hope it will be carried out. Mr. Edmond Jones, of Lenoir: I think this Association should take some official notice of the death of Governor Jarvis, and I am heartily in accord with Judge Hoke's idea; whether by resolution or by address hereafter, I leave it to the Association to say, but it does seem to me that some action, whether he was a member or not, is becoming for this Association because of the interest he always showed. I would like to ask Brother Hoke if it is better to have a Memorial or a Committee on Resolutions. The President: If Judge Hoke will permit a suggestion from the Chair, it might be well for him to formulate a resolution and embody in it that the Secretary be directed to extend to the widow the condolence of the Association. Judge Hoke: I will formulate it and present it. The President: In view of the lateness of the hour, the Chair will now entertain a motion to adjourn. Mr. L. M. Bourne, of Asheville: Let me suggest that the other Memorials which have been prepared and which have not been read be filed with the Secretary. The President: We will find time later on to have them read. Motion to adjourn by W. A. Finch, of Wilson. SECOND DAY-EVENING SESSION. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. The Association convened at 8:30 p. m., President Biggs presiding. The President: Is the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar ready to report? Mr. J. D. Bellamy: Mr. President and Members of the North Carolina Bar Association-Your Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar have had this matter under consideration but we have been unable to get a full meeting of all the members of the committee, and this |