W.M. Hendren New Head of N.C. Bar Association, July 3, 1925

W.M. Hendren is New Head of Bar. . . Luther T. Hartsell of Concord Elected Member Executive Committee

Asheville, July 3—W.M. Hendren of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina Bar Association at the final business session today at the annual convention.

Other officers elected were: Vice Presidents J.G. Merrimon of Asheville, H.E Faison of Clinton and W.C. Feimster of Newton; and two members of the executive committee, L.T. Hartsell of Concord and E.R. Perston of Charlotte.

The executive committee will meet next January to select the 1926 meeting placer. It is believed that Greensboro will be chosen.

The grievance committee, in its annual report to the convention, recommended revision of the rules disbarring attorneys. The committee will meet quarterly in the future, and the secretary of state body will also act as secretary of this committee.

The lawyers today went on a trip to Mount Mitchell as the guests of the Asheville Bar Association. The completed the 1925 convention.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 4, 1925

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