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Show BAR ASSOCIATION HEAD HERE wiC OJ SATS THE SOUTH 15 OPTIMISTIC 1 LNCHAL I'LTFR W MCLDRIM president of American " IJir afebocidtion who is here for convention sessions General Peter W Melanin of Savannah Arrives for ' Convention. GENERAL PETER W MELD RIM of Savannah Oa. president of tbe American Bar association, arrived In the city late yesterday after noon to attend the convention. He was met at the Denver & R o Grande station by Herbert R MacMillan, president of the Utah State Bar asso ciation and escorted to the Hotel Utah, where rooms had been reserved for him and Mrs. Meld rim. Mr Meldrim was expected on Friday He advised Mr ilacMl lan that he would arrive that day but Informed him jes terday that he had m scalcu ated one day of his long Journey from the south. The south Is In good bus nes3 condi Uon and ln an optimistic f ame of mind he said No repe ltion of the d fflcu ty in marketing the cotton c op which occurred last 3 ear is expected Discusses Cotton. Cotton Is around 9i and 10 cents a pound said the general That is not as high a p Ice as the growers would like but It is not so bad and they actually get the money This 3 ear the south di erslfled her crops more than In anj pre ioua sea son but not to the extent that some of the reports vhlch 1 ave been gotten out would nd cate In Geo gia, the e are good c ops of corn ce a d othe prod ucts but co ton s st the b g crop Or dinarl the roonej Is certa n on otton and e ery land owner ra ses some of t To sone of tie d ver fled farmers, the cot on section of the land lie ds the profit on the 3 ear s work v hi e the other p oducts pay the actual 1 v ns and bus ne s expenses I was 8 ruck with the apparent pros perity of Utah aa I rode through the b ate toda The energy exerted by your peop e to produce crops as th ough rri cr t Inn nf rlnr londet fnr- tnotptir im pressed nro as d d a so the use of the latest ma h nery Your c ops out here an be hand ed with machinery better lan ours Someone some day s go ng to do the sou h a great service by inven ng mac nes which w pick cotton. Expects Big Meeting Pres dent le drim ooks forward to a great con en on here t s week of the Amer can Bar assoclat on He es lma es hat the a endance w be the th rd argest n the his orv of the o gan zation be ng topped on bj. tl e Mont eol and Washington con ent onu. Those cl es a e in a sense ega cente s and got a arpe ocal at endance he commented The president of 1 e bar a so at on was asked what the sent rrent In Georg a seemed to be now abou the Leo Frank ca e Frank s death sentence for mur der was comm ed o fe impr sonment by Go ernor S a ton I did not fo ow the evidence n the case and an at somewhat of a 013 to d scuss sa d Mr Meldr m Op n ons seem to be dl ifled among the con erva e awvers of the state I be lee ho ve e hat e ervbody n Georgia eqa de he case as thes n ht anj othe at there aa no a e pretud ce aga n t Frank a has been ged ! |