Sorrell was a Democrat, a Baptist, and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

On June 15, 1890, in Coosa County, he was married to Linda M., daughter of Willis M. and Mattie Maxwell, of that County. Mr. Sorrell is survived by his wife and three children, Clifford M.; Julius A.; and Minnie Beth.

ARTHUR ELLIS WILLIAMS, lawer and planter, died at his home in Wetumpka, October 7, 1920. He was born June 5, 1868, at Concord, Coosa County. Mr. Williams was the son of Elias Milton and Mary Elizabeth (Kirby) Williams, residents of Concord, whence they had removed from Lee County. Elias M. Williams served honorably as a member of Company B., 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment, C. S. Army, and after the cessation of hostilities pursued farming.

The early education of Mr. Williams was received in the common schools of his native county. Later he spent a year at Lewis College, Glasgow, Mo.; one at the Southern Business College, Bowling Green, Ky., and took a course at the University of Alabama.

In 1891, at Wetumpka, he entered upon the practice of law which he pursued until 1897, when on account of ill health he was forced to enter farming which he followed on an extensive scale.

From 1891 until 1894, he served as City Clerk of Wetumpka, and in 1894 became a member of the City Council. Mr. Williams served as a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1901, from Elmore County. During 1890, he was editor of the "Times Democrat," published at Wetumpka.

Mr. Williams was a Democrat, serving his party in many campaigns, and a member of the Alabama Bar Association.

He died unmarried.

ORGANIZATION

Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 13, 1878.

The undersigned members of the legal profession, believing that the formation of a Bar Association of Alabama is desirable, respectfully request the members of the Bar of each County to appoint one or more delegates to attend a Convention of the Bar of the State, to be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives, on the 15th day of January, next, at 7 P. M., and that E. W. Pettus and Wm. M. Brooks of Selma, and W. L. Bragg, of Montgomery, are requested to prepare a plan of organization to be submitted to said Convention.

D. S. Troy

T. H. Watts, Sr.

W. L. Bragg
John A. Minnis
Jos. Wheeler
L. P. Walker
F. B. Clark, Jr.
Gaylord B. Clark
Neil McCarron
Geo. F. Moore
J. J. Robinson
E. J. Fitzpatrick
John W. A. Sanford
H. C. Tompkins
John Enochs
Leroy F. Box
A. H. McClung
Wm. G. Cochrane
H. A. Woolf
Alexander Troy
T. M. Arrington
E. P. Morrissett
C. J. Watson
Thos. G. Jones
Milton Humes
W. G. Little, Jr.
J. M. Faulkner
Lester C. Smith
J. S. Winter

M. L. Stansel
W. S. Thorington
J. Little Smith
W. P. Chilton
David Clopton
Geo. P. Harrison, Jr.
J. L. Cunningham
A. C. Hargrove
L. A. Dobbs
Jno. D. Roquemore
Jno. A. Padgett
J. R. Satterfield
W. E. Clarke
J. W. Bush
Jno. T. Heflin
C. F. Hamill
John A. Foster
Malachi Riley
A. L. Brooks
Thos. W. Williams
F. W. Bowden
G. D. Campbell
H. A. Sharpe
W. P. Jack
J. T. Holtzclaw
Wade Keyes
W. A. Gunter
H. C. Semple

Pursuant to the foregoing call, a preliminary conference in reference to organizing a State Bar Association met in the Hall of the House of Representatives on the 15th of January, 1879

On motion of D. S. Troy, L. P. Walker of Huntsville, was unanimously elected Chairman of the meeting and on motion of J. J. Robinson, of Chambers, Geo. W. Taylor, of Choctaw, was elected Secretary pro tem., and the names of thirty members of the Bar, desirous of organizing a State Bar Association, were enrolled by the Secretary.

Messrs. E. W. Pettus, Wm. M. Brooks and W. L. Bragg, the Committee designated and requested in the call to draft a plan of organization to be submitted to the conference through W. L. Bragg, reported a Constitution and By-Laws of the Alabama State Bar Association.

The report of the Committee was received, and the Constitution and By-Laws, subject to amendment by the conference, were adopted.

On motion of Joseph Wheeler, of Lawrence, Alex. Troy, of Montgomery, was elected Secretary and Treasurer of The Alabama State Bar Association as organized under said Constitution and By-Laws.

On motion, the Conference adjourned to meet at the same place on Monday. 20th January.

At the re-assembling of the meeting, the Chairman, L. P. Walker, being absent, on motion of W. G. Little, Jr., of Sumter, Thos. H. Watts, Sr., of Montgomery, was called to the Chair.

The proposed changes in the Constitution and By-Laws were agreed to unanimously.

D. S. Troy then introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted.

Resolved, That this Convention elect a President and five Vice-Presidents of the Bar Association of the State to serve under the Constitution and By-Laws reported by the Committee as amended by this Convention until the

first annual meeting of said Association, which shall be held on the first Tuesday in December, 1879.

Resolved, That the President of said Association, elected by this Convention, shall appoint the Executive Committee and Central Council, provided for in said Constitution and By-Laws and the persons thus appointed shall discharge the duties of the positions to which they may be appointed, until said first annual meeting and until their successors are elected or appointed, as provided in said Constitution and By-Laws.

Resolved, That any member of the Bar of this State, who shall sign or authorize his signature to the roll of membership of said Bar Association, and pay to the Secretary and Treasurer the initiation fee within sixty days from this date, shall be a member of this Association, and said Constitution and By-Laws shall become operative at the expiratlon of said period of sixty days on all who shall have subscribed the roll of membership, and paid the initiation fee.

Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary, without delay, to send by mail a printed copy of said Constitution and By-Laws and of these resolutions to every member of the Bar of this State whose address can be ascertained, and also a circular stating briefly the action of this Convention, the names of the officers elected by it, and the names of the Executive Committee and Central Council appointed by the President.

Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a committee of three to prepare an Act of Incorporation of the Association, conferring such powers as may be necessary to accomplish the objects declared in the Constitution, and, if practicable, to secure the enactment by the General Assembly.

The Chair appointed W. L. Bragg, W. G. Little, Jr., and G. B. Clark, as the committee to prepare the act of incorporation.

On motion the Chair appointed a committee of three, consisting of D. S. Troy, J. Little Smith and H. A. Woolf,

to nominate a President and five Vice-Presidents for the

ensuing year.

The Committee, after deliberation, reported the following as the officers of the Association:

President, W. L. Bragg, Montgomery; Vice-Presidents, Peter Hamilton, Mobile; E. W. Pettus, Selma; L. P. Walker, Huntsville; H. M. Somerville, Tuscaloosa; Jas. L. Pugh, Eufaula.

The report of the Committee was unanimously adopted. W. G. Little, Jr., offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That this Bar Association recommends the Alabama Law Journal, published at Tuscaloosa, to the profession of this State as worthy of their support and patronage.

The meeting then adjourned.

ALEX. TROY, Secretary.

THOS. H. WATTS, Chairman.