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AT JUSTICE’S SHRINE
PLEAD THE CHAMPIONS
Of Law and Statute—Something
About the Bar of
Glynn County.
LEGAL LIGHTS AND OfTICERS.
The Men Whose Vim, Push and Enterprise
Have Marked an Epooh in the
History of the City.
The progress and advancement of a state
Is gauged by the character of Its bar.
From its ranks more frequently than from
any other profession are selected the men
who Till the highest stations In the service
of the country. The legal profession has
existed In soma shape since government
was first established, and will endure as
long as laws are obeyed and justice ad
ministered. Its members spring from no
privileged class, but from the people, whose
alms and aspirations they share. They
have led In almost every struggle for free
dom and the advancement of mankind, and
to the American lawyers the people are
largely Indebted for the blessings of lib
erty they now enjoy. It Is a mistake to
suppose the life of a lawyer is one of ease.
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True, the profession of law exacts no
great physical labor, but the law Is a jeal-
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commercial and mechanical arts, and the
amazing growth of the corporations, a
multiplicity of ne w and Important ques
tions are suggested, the determination of
wh.c-h requires tho highest order of logai j
talent and constant investigation. A vast
amount of tlie adjudged etisos constantly
being printed by the press in the form of
repoits and treatises on the increasing va-I
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——lv 1,1 iMl M'l'.la.at—icaiij.-v|-r-ei cau j d 'bythe’
growth of modern civilization, must be ex
am ned if the lawyer would keep abreast
with tlie limes and bo equipped for the
legal battle constantly being fought. He
must know not merely the law which
the legislatures enact, not the constitution
al and staiuto laws alone, but that am
pler and boundless jurisdiction, the cotn
men law brought by the pilgrims and early
.’Cillers from tlio mother country, and en- j
riched. enlarged and ameliorated by sue-
cessive generations and adopted to meet
the wants of a progressiva civilization.
White can this law bo found? In volumes
-you count them by the hundreds, by the
thousands, tilling vast Übrarles-exactlng
long labor, constant research, the labor of
a lifetime, in early days the lawyer rode
the-circuit. There were giants in those
•lavs, yet they carried their libraries with
tle in In Uieir saddlebags, Jiooks were few,
and they were compelled to rely not on
pu. i dent so much as on principle. The
►oulh, being then an agricultural section
in elpal subjects of legislation weiv
lands and negroes. Corporate law was in
hs Infancy, and the lawyer of the ante
bi Hum days did not have to grapple with
* var;f,, y now and perplexing
1-gal problems, yet the bar was crowded
Wllh lhe highest order of talent, and es
pecially was the bai of Glynn county ever
distinguished for the ability and charao
ter Of its members.
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®* W. KRAI ss, Alderman.
To the profession of taw are committed
Eo "* of the most important Interests of the
slate. I t3 members re-enforee the Judi
ciary, counsel the executive and furnish the
most capable members of the legislative
■department of the state and federal gov
ernmen, They defend the weak; they
humble the proud; they defeat and frustrate
dark deeds they deliver "the poor that cry,”
and the fatherless, and he who hath none
to help him; they break the jaws of the
wicked and pluck the spoils out of his
teeth. In the language of a great English
Jurist, “a3 long as the profession retains
lt3 character for learning the rights of
mankind will be arranged, and as long as
it retains its character for virtuous bold
ness these rights will be defended."
The bar of Brunswick is an able one, and
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OWENS JOHNSON, Mayor.
its individual members are endowed with a
generous feeling toward each other; and It
may be said In truth that that there are
few jealousies, but an earnest desire upon
the part of every member to uphold the
honor and integrity of the legal profession.
One noticeable thing about the profession
in' Brunswick is that it takes brains and
energy to go to the front; family name or
social distinction does not give prestige to
an unworthy member. The race belongs to
the swift, and it cannot lie said in tills
connection that—
“ Audacious ignorance stalks by with proud
and pompous pace,
While highborn genius dailies the lowliest
In the race."
But the men of the greatest ability are al
ways found in the front rank.
Here, as elsewhere, the lawyers reflect in
tlloir most advanced form the genius
growth and greatness of the country's
prosperity, and the stability of the local
and state governments.
The members (hat constitute the bar of
Brunswick arc far and widely known for
lheir good citizenship. Some will soon lie
marked by the “sere and yellow leaf of
age;” others, young and full of life and am
bition, are ready to walk in ill feootprints
of those who so honorably adorned a pro
fession in history.
lion. W. U. Ilia ntley.
Success is like a pyramid; broad at the
base as file thronging millions that ciowJ
it. Towering upward, its point narrows;
scattered along its sides are the men who
have y&riitmh "t£Tfl&\n,rffiS YiYsl’ory I VI
Brunswick is the gentleman whose name
heads this article, one of the most suc
cessful and prominent attorneys in the
state, and congressman from this, the
eleventh congressional district.
Hon. W. G. Bra*ntley was born in Blaek
•J. I. A lilt A Ms. Alderman.
shear. Pierce county, Georgia, September
IS, IStiO. Ho was liberally educat'd at tile
public schools and the University of Geor
gia; read law under Hon. John C. Nichols
and was admitted to the bar in 1882. A
partnership was formed wllh his preceptor
under the firm stylo of Nichols & Brantley,
which existed for about two years. Sub
sequently Mr. Brantley practised by him
self and in May, ISIHJ. formed the partner
ship of Brantley & Bennet.
In ISS4 he represented Pierce county in
tho legislature and afterwards the third
senatorial district as state senator; iu isss
was elected solicitor general of the Bruns
wick circuit and four years later re-elected,
and in November, 1896, was elected to oon
gress, succeeding Hon. Henry U. Turner.
When a member of the senate he took a
prominent part in the passage of the tele
gtaph hill of ISS7, and iu opposition to th.
sale of the Western and Atlantic railway
is solicitor gen. rat he was except omilly j
successful and considered one of the ables,
attorneys who ever occupied the office.
Mr. Brantley's name has been fnqumtly
mentioned in connection with high office,
and upon the death of United states Suin'
'or A H. Colquitt a few years ago was
frequently men Honed as a possible suces
sor.
As an eloquent, forceful, brilliant nnd
convincing speaker Mr. Brantley stands
wlthout a peer at the bar. lie la a gifted
I man. possessed of broad and liberal views,
great information, general reading and
scholarly attainments. It is fortunate that
a gentleman of such rare ability should be
so patriotically devoted to his city, county
nnd state. As an attorney he Is pmarki
bly bri ' ht - shrewd, self-poised, keen of
perception and wonderfully versatile in re
sources. lu social Intercourse he is easy
of wcess, affable, pleasant in manner and 1
fluent in conversaUon. nneigeUc, aggros-
The TIMES: BRUNSWICK. GA„ SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 27, 1897.
sive and yet patient in tlie conquest of de
tails, his capacity for long and arduous
labor Is prodigious. As congressman ho
undoubtedly will worthily fill the position
of his distinguished predecessor.
JOHNSON fc KHAUSS.
Under the caption of lawyers of the city
it would not bo amiss to briefly mention
the above well-known and popular firm.
Its individual members are Messrs. Owens
Johnson and Daniel Krauss. two young
but successful lawyers of much promi
nence.
Hon. Owens Johnson until recently ably
administered the duties of city attorney,
and ns such won the respect and confi
dence of the public for the thorough and
business-like manner in which he conduct
ed the office. The city council in electing
him to the office of mayor has made a
wise selection, and chosen a worthy suc
cessor to its late incumbent, Mr. E. 11.
Mason.
Mr. Daniel Krauss, an equally bright
and successful attorney, also serves the
city as an alderman, and his aggressive
spirit, connected with its duties, has on
more than one occasion been made to
manifest Itself.
As lawyers they stand with the leaders;
as citizens they enjoy the esteem and con
fidence of the public.
Joseph W. llennet.
Singleness of purpose and persistent ap
plication in any calling will always achieve
success. This trite but true saying or Ex
pression is well exemplified in the case
of the above well-known attorney, Mr.
Joseph W. Bennet, of the law firm of
Brantley & Bennet.
No practitioner in this se. turn enjoys to
a greater degree the confidence and re
spect of the bar. He is a man of more than
ordinary ability and has long since been
classed as one of the leading lawyers of
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soutlu'uifft Georgia. Ferfcum;uly, Mr. Ken
net is modest and unobtrusive almost to
ago. 110 was educated in the common
schools and gradunt.il at the University
•<f Georgia in IXB3 viilii the degree-of A.B.
He -slnd,.cd law under ids father at Qu.t-
man, Ota., and was admitted to prat tiee in
ISSS. Mr. Bennet was engaged in the prac
tice of law at (juiUuaii for about iwo
feats and then removid to Brun.sw.ck.
By close application til the s.i.dy o. law
-aim constant ' aTteiitio'.i" to the i,, , r at
his clients Mr. Bennet lias income known
.n the community, and p.ict.cu.ai y among
n.s clientage, a,s a lawjer m iht gii.y a na
ability, and had built up a practice walcn
“ s co-exteiisivc Wllh Ule cou.il.y w.tu
wlii.n Brunswick uadis, lie ts udml.te.-u
• o practice in both tile slu.e a.id t a j..,
courts and dins a gen rat prac.icc.
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1 lie progress and advanc.-m.-nt of a state
•s guagiil by tlie character of its bar. in
ibis l-espeut Georg.a is piruleularly bi s. ed,
numbering as it iit.es some of the ablest
and most talented nun in the state as her
own. Among the list of attorneys who
nave gained a widespread reputat.on may
oe no at,on. and the law lirm of Goodyear &
bay. It needs not our p.n tu introduce
Ilteso gentlemen to the public, as they
■ire known throughout this entire section
as men of rare talent and lawyers who
tank among the first members of Uu* bar.
I’olomt Charles p. Goodyear, the Si-Uior
member of the firm, was born in the vil
lage of Washington, <Ninn„ in 1N42. He was
educated in the celebrated school of F.
W. Gunn in Washington, earning his tui
lion by work upon farms during ih e sum
mer months and at odd intervals, thus
[gaining through his own efforts an educa
tion.
During the late war he enlisted in Ihe
federal army and served until ISG3 as a
private, when lie was made a first lieuten
ant, and served, mainly on staff duly-, until
!> I>. ATKINSON. Alderman.
the close of the war, in the army of the
| Potomac.
Colonel Goodyear removed lo Brunswiek
n few years after the close of the war.
where he lias since remained in the practice
Of law. He is a deep student and an en
thusiast on deep water harbors. He has
been the means of Brunswick obtaining
several more feet of water over the bar and
Is still at work deepening the ocean chan
nel. Colonel Goodyear has done much for
Brunswick and his name will be a house
hold word in many families in the years
yet to come.
Mr. W. E. Kay, the other member of
the firm, declined to be interviewed, fur
nish any data or permit any mention made
with reference to himself.
1.. C. BODKT, Clerk of Council.
lion. Harry I''. If mi wotl y.
One of the brightest and most successful
attorneys practising at the Brunswick bar,
and one who has made rapid advances
in his profession to which he is devoted,
and so eminently fitted. Is Hon. Harry F.
Dunwody, lawyer, and state senator from
this district.
By nature and training a refined gentle
man, a sound business man, a ripe scholar
and forcible speaker, he is eminently fitted
for the profession of law and the high
honor conferred upon him.
Mr. Dunwody is one of the best edu
cated and most successful lawyers of the
city, and during his college days was a
leader among his classes.
Hon. Harry F. Dunwody first saw light
of day at Marietta, Ga., October 1, ISG3. ITe
received his early educational training un
der private teachers at Darien and Mariet
ta and entered the sophomore class (then
half advanced) of (he University of Geor
ciu. Wliilo attending Ihe university Mr.
Dunwody won two speakers’s places, one
during the sophomore year and the other
in Ihe .junior year, and graduated with
honors in ISB4. After leaving college, Mr.
Dunwody located at Brunswick and be
gan Iho study of law under Hon. Spencer
| It. Atkinson, now an associate justice of
the supreme court of the slate. Under his
preceptor’s able assistance, Mr. Dunwody
made rapid progress in his law studies and
in ISSS was admitted to llie bar. He Imme
diately engaged In the practice of law and
has been eminently successful. At present
Air. Dunwody has" wlr'timTaSd'agaln
honored by his fellow citizens, and in
each instance lias faithfully administered
the *lul h's of the trusts conferred upon him.
■ln ISSB, lie became solicitor of the county
court of Glynn county and served until
some time in 1890, when he resigned the
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office to enter the race for the legislature.
He was successful in his aspirations and
S. I V. ,1 one term as representative.from this
county m that body. I n tho fall of 1893,
“ Vlr - P.un wody was elected mayor of
Biunswick, and served as such until suc
eetded by Mr. Mason, the first of the pres
ent year. Ho was elected state senator
from this senatorial district in October,
1896> an<l has ma <3 an able representative
of tho several counties embraced in it.
In politics, Mr. Dunwody is a democrat
ami an earnest worker for that party.
James At. Colnan, Jr.
The multiplied Interests of a growing
commpnl'ty, the complications arising out
of commercial and other transactions, and
Mm necessity for expedition In the settle
ment of Vlairns of various kinds, give to the
profession of law an Importance and influ-
cnee that is recognized by all persons of in
telligence and judgment. This leads the
writer to remark that prompt and faith
tul attention to the interests of clients will
always bring the sur^,reward of success
to the attorneys who practises these virtues.
Kinh, at least, has been the result in the
ease of Mr. James M. Calnan, Jr., a well-
. *. wen
known young- lawyer and county attorney
f Glynn county, for his success and
standing in the profession has been reach
'd. in a large measure, by pursuing the
Policy indicated above.
The subject of this sketch was born in
Ins city April 1S71; was educated at
the public schools of Brunswick, Pio Nono
college, Macon, and St. Mary’s college,
near Charlotte. N. C.. being graduated
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from the latter Institution in both the com
nnui.il and literary departments in IS9I.
*!!; J alnan b ° san "'0 study Of law
V lile BUo P urs ulng his studies at St Ma
ry s ana u returning |ft Bninswjok
aner ins graduation, entered the law office
of Goodyear & Kay. and completed his
legul studies under those renowned attor
neys. lie was admitted to the bar In
May, 1592, and Immediately entered into the
active practice of his profession in Good
year & Kay's office. For several years
Mr. Calnan was connected with these law
yers in the employ of both the Southern
and Brunswick and Western railways as
local attorney, and still officiates in that
capacity.
Mr. Calnan was elected county attorney.'
January last, and while only having served
as such for a few months, his record during
that time shows that the people chose
well In selecting him for the office.
A. E. Eve.
No profefsion or calling offers wider or
broader fields for the young man titan the
legal profession. Success can only be at
tained through merit and ability. The
young man cannot with one jump leap
into popularity as a lawyer, but must
slowly tread in the footprints of the older
and more prominent members before the
fullness of success is reached. Alauy of
the younger members have made rapid
strides, and success is surely crowning
their talented efforts. Occupying a con
spicuous position among this class is Mr.
A. E. Eve, a bright, successful and r.sing
young lawyer of this city.
Mr. Eve is a native of Virginia and first
saw tiie light in Washington county, Oc
tober 12. ISG9. When a mere child -Mr. Eve
removed with his parents to Asheville, N.
C., and subsequently to Washington, I>. C.
lie was educated at Asheville, the public
schools of Washington and -Mulvey phono
graphic institute, attending the latter in
stitution at intervals between the sessions
of the high school term. At the gradua
tion exercises of the Peabody grammar
school at Wash.ngton, Air. Eve was vale
dictorian of ills class, hav ng graduated
with first honors. In 1890 his parents again
f’. Mubins. Alderman.
removed to Asheville, which unfortunately
compelled Mr. Eve to leave off his high
school studies before completing the three
year academic course, in wh'cli lie was
an MiM an. xr.-tid.,w-cK'a'fS,
accepted a position as stenographer in Un
law office of Crovatt & Whitfield, and
while so connected began the study of law
under their direction. lie was admitted to
the bar in 1394, Judge Sweat presiding, bill
did not enter into the practice of law
until last September totb*ww T g---rrr-nie~
meantime his profession as a stenogra
pher, in which he is very proficient. Mr.
Kve is now actively engaged in the prac
tice of law. and has an office with Judge
Courtiand Symmes.
Judge It. T. lliteh.
Judge R. T. Hitch, justice of l lie peace
and lawyer, Brunswick, Ga. was born in
Jones county, Georgia, May 23, 18.',9. Ji,
received an education at the schools ol
Homervllle, this state, and the Rastman
Business College, of Atlanta. goon after
graduating from that college, Judge Hitch
removed to Waycross, and while tbc ro en
tered the office of Judge Sweat, the pres
ent judge of the superior court, and began
the study of law. He was admitted to the
bar in 1888, and immediately entered into
the practice of his chosen profession in
that city'.
In 1890 Judge Hitch removed to Bruns
wick, and has since made this place his
home. He was elected justice of the
peace in 1894, to fill out the unexpired term
of Judge Coker, and in January of the pres
ent year was elected to a full term of four
years.
Judge Hitch has made an efficient, honest
and accommodating officer, and in the dis
charge of his duties has done so with credit
to himself and the people who placed him
there.
C'rovuU & Whitlield.
Ti e law lii-m of Ccovatt & AVhitfleld is
one cf the successful ones of the city and
enjoys a large clientage. Judge A. J
Crovait, the senior member, was born at
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. Dr - J ' A. hi TTS. Alderman.
Charleston. S. C„ about
ago; was educated at Tarrant a academy
and the College of Charleston and the Caro
li"a Military Institute, from which latter
institution he was graduated in 1577
He studied law while at college and af
terwards and was admitted to the bar in
Jo7B.
He came to Brunswick in the latter part
ol lb- Sev.jftii'sp practised in partnership
with G. B. Mabry, afterwards by himself,
nnl| in ISSlffyormed the present partner
ship.
A former publication, speaking of him,
says; "As r.n attorney, Jiulge Crovatt al
ready ranks very high and is rapidly rlsli g
in reputation, .He, j.s. a man possessed of
general sound judgment, unswerving integ
rity. fin* tv-si of purposooand eh* factor in nil
high of Ivor or in the matter |f ber
son tl and public obligation.”
Tn the political arena Judge Crovatt lias
wop distinction. Fie lias served two terms
asj mayor ; of Biußswfek; also served as
county attorney alia 'judge of the county
court of Glynn county, and chairman of
the democratic executive committee.
Judge Bolling Whitfield, like his dls
tiogulsh.'d partner, enjoys a wide repu
tation a*, a learned lawyer, and has also
filled offie. s of public trust.
lie was born at AliiledgoVille, Ga., Oc
tober 21, 1Sul; was educated at the old
field schools, Atercer university, at Macon,
and the Alt. Zion college, Hancock county.
He studied law at the University of Geor
gia and graduated with the degree of B. i..
about IVO.
Judge Whitfield began practice at Alonti
cello. Ga., to width city his family had
mov.-d, and then followed his profession
until removing to Brunswick in 1881. Ho
served as county judge of Jasper county
about three years, resigning the judgeship
to engage in practice in this city; Judge
iVliitli.-ld ably served about five years as
city attorney of Brunswick, as city re
c-oider for some eighteen months, and sub
sequently again occupied the office of city
attorney, which lie. again ably tilled until
tile first of tit.- present year. He lias been
a life-long democrat and closely affiliated
with that party, serving as a member of
•he state democratic executive committee
and as a member of and chairman of the
democratic committee of the county.
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I'ilv Cteik Laurence C. Bodet, born on
the ttii of Jtanuaiy, 185 G, in the city of New
Orleans, 1.a., is a typical southerner, a
moirhei of an oVI Louisiana French fam
ily. He l.ad the advantage of an excellent
■ diu-ati.oi, partly attained at the Rain ain
ml Jesuit eo.leges in the city of New Or
iel.rs, 1,1.. and the Mason , milage, Mon
treal. Canada, and like all s ms of wealthy
French I,oiilstaninns. was sent abroad to
complete iris studies, dividing his time be
tween France and Germany. He is an
adept in Mogul; try. speaking fimntly Eng
lish. Frem h. Spanish and German. Asa
writer under the nom de plume of “Guy de
Ni sir," his facile pen lias delighted the
readers of The Times. Mr. Bodet has trav
eled extensively, i-s well informed and is a
polished and rourteevs man of ti e world.
Upon his return to New Orleans from
Europe lie \\;.s connected with ids father's
counting room. In IS7G his luother and
hj.as--.ii' l iK)jryhQiLo\!j lv J l n ljy.?jpessJYir
verses. He then went into railroading.
Ip June. 1883 Hie “Morse” management of
Hi- Brunswick ami Western i a.ln.ad sought
and secured .his services; after Ailing some
ol the most responsible positions in the au
ffiling, Ui eotmting jassonger departments
oi that system for ten years Ids connec
tion with the railroad world was severed.
On tlie Ist day of February, J 893, he ac
cepted the office of deputy city clerk and
treasurer; on the kith day of September ,f
die same year was appointed acting city
il. i k and treasurer; on February 1, ]S94;
was mi ii.in-ously elected city clerk by tho
mayor and council to fill the. nnexpir. and
term of R. A. Nelson; in January. 1896,
was re-elected to the same position for the
tuU term of two years, and in January,
1897, lie was again re-elected for the full
term expiring in January, 1899.
I.ewis W. Beach.
Positions of trust are only given men
who are trustworthy, and positions re
quiring coolness, personal courage and
quick decisions are intrusted only to men
Who are known to have those qualifica
tions,
'I lie office of chief of police must be in
tho hands of a ir.an embodying all the
above, and in lhe person of Mr. Lewis \V.
Beach. Brunswick has just such a man.
Mi. Pc.mb is a man favorably known in
the community. As chief of police, he has
maintained law and order in the city since
his appointment in IS9O. and his official ads
ave ever met the approval of the citi
zens. Previous to his incumbency in office,
ho served as assistant chief for three
>oars and as a policeman one year, thus
giving hi m a practicable experience imo
tne duties of chief.
Asa private citizen. Mr. Beach ranks
among the most aggressive, and is an en
thusiast on sea Island cotton cultivation,
c conducts a largo farm of this product
f ■ Rlmon “an* which is one of the
I"S productive in the county. The farm is
„ 11111 ‘lan'sla. The land owned by Mr
v ' has be * 'n cultivation for many
' ' H 111,1 yet • how ' s n signs of exhaustion
"“ ar “ lK out - ail l is not only a source of
1127' bIU ° f mUCh to Its
fo ' fTh P,eSent flrSt vice presi
of Pni <3< " J ' Kia Ass °ciatlon of Chiefs
o Pohee. Of Which Chief McDermott, of
•S an„ ~is president, and takes an active
interest m Us affairs.
i m * a,
*• J - PARKER ' - Manager.
V< w Prices. Nothing
lint Hn.-t-t lass Work Turned Out.
Mail Orders Given Prompt Attentior.
OFTICE UPSTAIRS, KAISER BLOCK,
Brunswick, Ga.