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LOYD H. BURNS, attorney, of the law firm of Bradley, Burns, Christian & Bradley, W. T. Waggoner Building, Fort Worth, Texas, has training, association and experi- ence that rank him as one of the ablest of his pro- fession in civil practice, principally corporate and land business.
Mr. Burns is a Tennessean by birth, a native of Columbia, born December 26, 1882. His father, John M. Burns. was a farmer, and his mother was Minnie Young Alexander Burns. The public schools of his home town, Webb Brothers' Preparatory School at Bell Buckle, and Vanderbilt University of Nashville, were the trio that combined for the educa- tion of the youth. He graduated with an A. B. degree in 1906 and with the LL. B. degree in 1907. His education is one of the most finished of those of his calling. In 1908 he was admitted to the bar, and, yielding to the call of the Lone Star State, he located in Fort Worth. The present firm, with which is also associated Sol Gordon, was organized in 1915 as Bradley & Burns. One year previous to the launching of his law practice, Mr. Burns taught school in Texas Polytechnic College, now Texas Woman's College.
On April 3, 1907, Miss Sophie Ambrose became the bride of Mr. Burns at Nashville. She is the daughter of J. II. Ambrose, secretary and treasurer of the N. C. & St. L. Ry., and president of the Standard Iron Co., of Goodrich, Tenn. Her grand- father was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee and the highest ranking Mason of his state. Four sons have been born to them: Lloyd H., Jr., John McDougal, Joshua Ambrose, and
Harry Frizzell. Mr. Burns is a York Rite Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Glen Garden Country Club, and of both the Texas and the American Bar Associations. He is a Metho- dist.
OM C. BRADLEY, attorney, of the law firm Bradley, Burns, Christian & Bradley, in W. T. Waggoner Building, Fort Worth, Texas, in talent and experience is among Texas' strongest lawyers who in civil practice and corporation service pilots big business through the maze of modern intricate relations. He is the gen- eral attorney for the Graham Oil & Refining Com- pany, for the Stanton Oil Company, a company of New York, The Considine-Martin Oil Co. and the Gulf Petroleum Company of Delaware.
Mr. Bradley is a native of Arkansas. He was born in Drew County of that state on October 6. 1867. Wm. Bradley, his father, was a farmer of Irish descent. His mother was Martha Bell Bradley. The youth's education was the best his native state could give him, and, as he first followed railroading. his knowledge of law was first attained while he read and studied in a cabcose as a brakeman or a conductor. As a railroader he served under J. H. Elliot who is now a member of the Railway Labor Board. Mr. Elliot was superintendent of the M. K. & T. Ry. and later general manager of the T. & P. Ry. and from that day to this has been one of Mr. Brad- ley's closest friends. In 1898 Mr. Bradley was ad- mitted to the bar and he at once formed an affilia- tion with the law firm of Cunningham & Nunn, of Bonham, Texas. For the four years from 1898 to 1902, he was mayor of Bonham; from 1902 to 1906, he was county judge of Fannin County. At the ex- piration of this service he came to Fort Worth where he began a practice with Judge R. B. Young, now judge of the 48th District Court. Mr. Young was later made assistant county attorney and Mr. Bradley then pursued his practice alone. In 1908 he formed a partnership with Mike Smith, Gaines B. Turner and T. J. Powell, under the firm nanie of Smith, Turner, Bradley and Powell. In 1912-1915 he was identified with the firm of McLean, Scott, McLean and Bradley and at the later date he formed his present partnership of which he is the senior member.
Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Etna Boswell at Bonham, Texas. They have four children, Patsy, Geneva, Joana and Joseph Weldon.
Mr. Bradley is a Mason, a Woodman and a member of the State Bar Associatien. As a self-made man successful to an attractive degree, Mr. Bradley is a leader in his city.
JOHN M. SCOTT, with offices in the F. & M. Bank Building, at Fort Worth, is one of few prominent attorneys that have prac- ticed their profession by themselves and made a success out of life in practically every way possible. He has never associated himself with a partner since his entrance to the bar back in the eighties. Mr. Scott is one of the pioneer attorneys of Fort Worth, first practicing his profession there in 1892.
He was born October 17, 1870, in Braggs Alabama, his father, J. M. Scott, was a Methodist preacher and married one of the kindest mothers on earth, Amanda Herin, his mother.
Mr. Scott attended Alabama public and high schools and the Southern University at Greensboro.
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He studied law in'the office of Col. W. A. Collier, of Alabama, who is now a member of the Supreme Court of Oklahoina.
Civil law was practiced by him from 1889 until 1892 at Clanton, Alabama, and from 1892 until the present time at the city of Fort Worth.
He was married to Mrs. C. B. Stratton, the daugh- ter of J. M. Ragsdale, of Cleburne, Texas, on March 21, 1911, at Cleburne.
Ragsdale Stratton, John M. Scott, Jr., and Freder- ick Scott, are three children of the successful at- torney who resides at 1214 Hurley Avenue, Fort Worth.
Mr. Scott has always taken a special interest in drawing and marketing cotton and commercializ- ing the industry from the standpoint of the growers and is the author of a booklet entitled "An act to put the cotton growing industry on its feet."
Mr. Scott is a director of the Knights of Pythias Home of Texas, located at Weatherford, the Elks and the Bar Association of Texas and a member of the unorganized organization of Texas Boosters.
OBERT E. HARDWICKE, attorney at law, is general attorney for the Gulf Production Company, Gulf Pipe Line Company and Gulf Refining Company, Texas subsidiary of the Gulf Oil Corporation.
Mr. Hardwicke is a native Texan. He was born at Sherman, Texas, on February 7, 1889. His father, George E. Hardwicke, was a business man of his part of the state, handling wholesale mill supplies. His mother was Martha Cunningham Hardwicke. The Sherman public schools, the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Texas are the trio that combined in giving this youth his education. In 1911 he received his LL. B. degree from the Univer- sity of Texas. That year he was admitted to the bar and has been one of the most active advocates of justice before it ever since. He began his prac- tice at Beaumont, Texas, with the law firm of Carl- tun, Townes & Townes, later Townes, Foster & Hard- wicke. But in 1919, each of these partners separated to become attorneys of three competing oil com- panies. Mr. Townes went with the Humble Oil & Refining Co., Mr. Foster with the Sun Company, and Mr. Hardwicke with the above mentioned com- panies. In January of 1919 he came to the Fort Worth offices of the company.
In 1916, at Beaumont, Mr. Hardwicke was married to Miss Hallie Read Greer. Robert E. Hardwicke, Jr., is their one son. The family has residence at 130 Hillcrest Avenue.
Mr. Hardwicke is a member of the Sigma Chi and the Phi Delta Phi fraternities, both of Texas Uni- versity; of the Fort Worth Club and the Rivercrest Country Club. His church affiliation is Presbyterian. In his ten years of practice he has already entered into a place of success of large usefulness.
LFRED H. EATON, well known successful young lawyer, F. & M. Bank Building, came to Fort Worth and began the active practice. of his profession January 1, 1916. He was admitted to the bar in Texas in 1915 and during his five years active practice has built up a splendid clientele and is coming to be recognized as one of the ablest and most forceful pleaders of the Tarrant County bar.
Mr. Eaton confines his practice exclusively to
civil and corporate work and numbers among his clients many well known individuals and institu- tions of Fort Worth.
A native of Tennessee, Mr. Eaton was born June 18, 1885. His parents were John and Rebecca ( Whittaker) Eaton, both natives of Tennessee and members of well known families of that state. He was educated in the public schools and the Prepara- tory School of Tennessee, entering Vanderbilt Uni- versity at Nashville in 1904 and graduating with the degree of bachelor of science with the class of 1908.
Coming to Texas he taught in high schools of Texas from 1908 until 1915, studying law in the meantime and securing his license to practice in the latter part of 1915. Upon the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the army and was assigned to the Central Officers' Training School at Camp Tay- lor, Kentucky, in the field artillery division.
On August 26, 1920, Mr. Eaton was married in Fort Worth to Miss Mildred Moseley, member of a well known family. They reside at 3313 Hemphill Avenue.
Mr. Eaton is a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias." He takes a great interest in civic affairs and is an active member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. An enthusiastic booster for Fort Worth, he expects to see the Panther City continue to grow and expand and predicts it will double its population in the next ten years.
C. WITCHER, well known attorney at law, came to Fort Worth in August, 1918, and has been an active figure in legal circles in the Panther City since that time. Prior to that he had practised at Grandview in Johnson County, for a year, having been admitted to the bar in 1917.
Mr. Witcher is a forceful and eloquent speaker and has a wonderful command of the English language. He also is an able lawyer and steady devotion to his profession has resulted in the development of a rapidly increasing clientele. In addition to his law practise, he has also been interested in the oil business since coming to Fort Worth. He organ- ized the Keechi Oil Company in 1919 and later the Michigan-Texas Oil Company, both enterprises proving a splendid success and a fortunate invest- ment for their stockholders.
A native of Tennessee, Mr. Witcher was born in Macon County, June 29, 1887, a son of William C. and Martha (Smith) Witcher, both natives of Ten- nessee. He was educated in the public schools of Texas and attended the Bible Training School at Elletsville, Indiana, in 1905 and 1906. In 1908 he entered the ministry of the Christian Church in which work he continued until 1916. Since that a portion of his time has still been devoted to the ministry. He was assistant county attorney of Johnson County during a portion of 1918.
On April 21, 1909, Mr. Witcher was married to Miss Carrie Nunnally, of Fort Worth, member of a well known family. They have four children, W. C., Jr., Weldon, Mary Blayne and James Houston. The family resides at 2910 Avenue B.
During 1916 Mr. Witcher lectured and debated in Oklahoma under the auspices of the State Demo- cratie Executive Committee and his attacks on social- ism were believed to have been largely instrumental in holding the state in the democratic column.
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KE A. WYNN, attorney, Fort Worth, Texas, is a leader in piloting business concerns of gigantic size through the ins and outs of rightful procedure and relations, and has be- come particularly well known for his success in handling matters pertaining to the oil business. He is the legal representative for the Cosden Interests of Texas; for the Lone Star Gas Company; for the Arkansas Natural Gas Company; the Henderson Gasoline Company and is general counsel for the Magdalena Gas & Petroleum Company of Fort Worth and New York. Among the many companies and corporations represented by Mr. Wynn are the Mystic Gasoline Co., the Victor Gasoline Co., Com- manche Northern Oil and Development Co., and the Ohio Fuel Oil Company. His associates in this large work he is doing are C. L. Morgan and Herbert Hedick.
Mr. Wynn was born in Hancock County, Tenn., on November 5, 1875. The greater part of his life prior to coming to Texas was spent in Virginia, of which state his father was a native. His parents were W. E. Wynn and Docia J. Thomas Wynn. After completing the public elementary schools of Vir- ginia Mr. Wynn attended Emory and Henry College of Virginia, from which he graduated with an A. B. degree and the University of Virginia from which he received his L. B. degree in 1904. This marks the year in which he was admitted to the bar in Virginia and he at once migrated to the Lone Star State, where he was again admitted to the bar, beginning his practice at Fort Worth. Besides the corporations to which Mr. Wynn is regularly at- tached as general counselor, he has a large business in answering the calls of other concerns for special direction in the maze of present day complications.
In 1903, at Henderson, Texas, Miss Mary Turner became the bride of Mr. Wynn. Her father, Judge J. H. Turner, is a lawyer. They have three children, Wm. Turner, Ike A., Jr., and Mary Lee. Mr. Wynn is a member of the Fort Worth Club and of both the Fort Worth and Texas Bar Associations.
As a corporation lawyer Mr. Wynn's affiliations prove him to be one of the best of Texas.
HEODORE MACK, attorney at law, W. T. Waggoner Building, Fort Worth, has for over a quarter of a century been identified with the legal fraternity of Fort Worth. For many years his practice has been limited to appeals in the higher court, both in the state and federal courts and has, no doubt been identified with as many, or more, cases in the higher courts of Texas than any other member of the Texas bar.
Mr. Mack was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 13, 1864. His father, Henry Mack, was a manufac- turer and well known railroad builder and was one of the eight trustees who built the Cincinnati and Southern Railway. Theodore Mack's education was received in the public schools of Ohio, after which he attended law college, receiving his LL. B. degree in 1886 and coming to Texas, located in Shackelford County. Here he served for a term as county at- torney, later was mayor of the Village of Albany. In 1894 he moved to Fort Worth and opened a private practice in this city. From 1896 to 1898 he was assistant city attorney, but later devoted his time largely to the practice of corporation law. On several occasions he was appointed a special judge in the Court of Civil Appeals. He built up
a successful private practice but in later years his time has been devoted principally to higher courts, not only for his own clients but has been employed by other attorneys to represent them in the higher courts.
The marriage of Mr. Mack took place in 1902 to Miss Pauline Sacha, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have one son, Henry. The family residence is 918 East Weatherford Avenue. Mr. Mack is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Moslah Temple Shrine.
ARSHALL SPOONTS, Attorney, of the law firm Phillips, Spoonts & Ammerman, 413% Main St., Ft. Worth, is a name that stands at the foremost in the Ft. Worth Bar Asso- ciation for it has the backing of two generations of successful lawyers in that city. Mr. Spoonts is in general Civil and Corporate Practice with a specialty in oil litigations. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Spoonts is engaged extremely in the oil business, operating principally in Stephen and Young Counties.
Mr. Spoonts is a native Texan. He was born on the Plains, at Buffalo Gap in Taylor County, Texas.
His father, M. A. Spoonts was an attorney before him, who came to Ft. Worth in 1889. The Ft. Worth public schools and old Ft. Worth University gave the youth his education, and he prepared for the practice of law under the direction of his father, in his father's office. In 1903, he was admitted to the Bar and began his practice with the firm of Spoonts, Thompson & Borwise. . This firm continued for six years when, in 1909, Mr. Spoonts formed a partner- ship with Morgan Bryan. In 1914, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney. He served in this capacity with a vigor and efficiency that is noteworthy of him. At that time the five-year partnership of Bryant & Spoonts was severed for public duties. Another five years later, in 1919, the present firm .of Phillips, Spoonts, & Ammerman was formed.
On July 9th, 1911, at Corpus Christi, Texas, Miss Lorine Jones of that city became the bride of Mr. Spoonts. Their residence now is at 104 Penn St. Mr. Spoonts has many social interests and duties in addition to his business clainis. He is a member of the Knight Templars, the B. P. O. E., the Knights of Pythias, of the Texas Bar Association, the Ft. Worth Club, the River Crest Club and is a Shriner of the Moslah Temple. His church affiliation is Methodist. Mr. Spoonts is among the influential of his profession.
LBERT J. BASKIN, attorney, Fort Worth, of the law firm Baskin & Eastus, has a success of more than twenty years to his credit in the general practice, both civil and criminal. Perhaps more than any other pro- fession, experience in the legal world strengtliens one's powers because of having dealt personally with the thousand and one complexities that arise out of present day conditions. Native ability and experience are the parents of the most able lawyers. Albert J. Baskin has both these to his credit.
Mr. Baskin is a Mississippian by birth. He was born in Carroll County of that state, on December 14, 1872. His parents were Reuben Baskin and Susan Works Baskin. Desiring for their children the opportunities afforded only by the rapidly de- veloping West, Reuben Baskin and his wife came to the Lone Star State in 1879, when the lawyer of today was but seven years of age. They settled,
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as farmers, in Tarrant County where they have resided ever since. After finishing the Tarrant County schools, Albert J. Baskin attended Spring- town College, in Parker County, and then took up the study of law under those two masters in the legal profession, Judge Terrell and C. C. Cummings. He was admitted to the bar in 1896. In 1907 he was elected to the thirtieth legislature as representative. Here he introduced the measure that secured for his home city its present charter; he was co-author of the Baskin-McGregor Liquor Law. In 1908, with Clyde O. Eastus, he formed the present partnership of Baskin & Eastus.
In 1899, at Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. Baskin married Miss Olive Virginia Jackson, at Fort Worth girl. Her father, Sam C. Jackson, is a merchant of that city. To them five children have been born: Sam S., who now is in the University of Texas, Nettie Vir- ginia, Edwina, Juanita and A. J., Jr. The family reside at 1134 Mistletoe Avenue.
Mr. Baskin is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce and is known as one of the successful lawyers for more than twenty years in his city.
ENRY DEE PAYNE, attorney at law and senior member of the well known law firm of Payne and Morris, Burkburnett Building, came to Fort Worth on November 7, 1911, established an office here and has been engaged in the active practice of his profession since. Mr. .Payne has achieved a splendid success and numbers among his clients some of the most important com- mercial institutions and prominent citizens of Fort Worth.
Mr. Payne was admitted to the bar at Canton, Texas, April 23, 1892. He began his legal career at Kaufman, practicing there for a year, then at Emory in 1894, Grand Saline, 1895 to 1900, Grand- bury 1901 to 1911 and since that time in Fort Worth. His practice is confined exclusively to civil and corporation work and he does a great deal of office consulation.
A native of Texas, Mr. Payne was born five miles north of Elmo on November 30, 1869. His parents were C. A. G. and Fannie M. (Richardson) Payne, natives of Alabama but pioneer settlers of the Lone Star State, having removed here in 1849 and 1850, respectively.
Mr. Payne was educated in the public schools of Texas and also attended the Omen Select Summer School in 1892. He obtained a school teacher's certificate and for five years taught schools in vari- ous communities of Van Zandt, Kaufman and Raines counties. During his work as a school teacher from 1887 to 1892, he studied law during his spare time and upon being admitted to the bar imme- diately began to show evidences of the ability that has made his practice such a success in later life.
On May 23, 1895, he was married at Elmo to Miss Alice Richardson. They have four children, Lucile, now Mrs. L. C. Boyd, Cecile, Mary Belle and Stewart.
Mr. Payne is retained as counsel for the Ranger- Brooks Oil and Development Company, Ranger- Vindicator Oil and Development Company, the Lone Star Land and Cattle Syndicate, Sandegard Grocery Company and the Veihl-Crawford Hardware Com- pany. He is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Moslah Shrine and a member of the Knights of Pythias.
ARL H. EDDLEMAN, attorney at law, came to Wichita Falls in 1915. He does a gen- eral civil practise, oil, corporation and realty, and has been practising since 1913, when he graduated from the University of Texas law department with the degree of LL. B. He prac- tised for a short time with the partnership name of Eddleman & Heyser, while in Wichita Falls he was local attorney for the Texhoma Oil Company.
His military record during the war shows that he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the quarter- master's corps August 15, 1917, promoted to first lieutenant January, 1918, and to the captaincy in August of the same year. He was an executive of- ficer at Camp Travis, and was discharged from the service March, 1919.
Mr. Eddleman is a native of Burleson, Johnson County, Texas, born February 24, 1891. His parents were A. F. and Millie Warren Eddleman, and his father is the oldest settler now living in Johnson County. He located there in 1853. He attended the public schools of Johnson County, the Pollytechnic College at Fort Worth and the University of Texas, where he graduated in law.
He was married at Dallas, Texas, February 12, 1920, to Miss Margaret Black of San Antonio, and they live at 1717 Eighth Street. Mr. Eddleman is a Mason and former secretary of the Wichita Club. He is also affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce and the State Bar Association.
ELVILLE E. PETERS, attorney at law, came to Wichita Falls in February, 1919, establishing an office for the general prac- tice of his profession, doing corporation, mining, oil and realty practice. He formerly prac- ticed law at Coldwater, Michigan, from 1891 to 1894, and at Denver, Colo., from 1894 to 1919, when he came to Wichita Falls. Qualifying for the pro- fession in 1891, he has studiously kept in touch with the big problems brought before the courts for ad- judication; keeps informed as to decisions and rul- ings of the supreme courts of the state and nation, and is, withal, considered a capable and competent attorney, successfully handling a number of import- ant matters placed in his hands.
Mr. Peters comes from Hillsdale County, Michi- gan, born March 7, 1867. His parents were Wm. J. and Roxey (Troup) Peters, and his father was a successful Michigan farmer. When a boy he at- tended the public schools of Hillsdale County, and later graduated from the University of Michigan with the degree of LL. B. in 1891. His marriage to Miss Lola Johnson took place in Buffalo, New York, May 7, 1907, and they live temporarily at 1102 Indiana Strect. He is a member of the Uni- versity Club, Wichita Club, the Wichita Falls Cham- ber of Commerce and the Bar Associations of Denver, Colorado, Wichita Falls, Texas, and the state and Denver Bar Associations of Colorado.
Although a resident of the state of Texas only a short time, Mr. Peters is greatly impressed with the growing greatness of the state and the wonder- ful future facing Wichita Falls, which, he believes, will soon become one of the important commercial and industrial centers of the state. He takes an active interest in the commercial, civic and social affairs of the city and gladly adds his influence and aid to all movements seeking to further the welfare of the city.
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DWIN T. PHILLIPS, attorney, of the law firm of Phillips, Trammell & Caldwell, Dan Waggoner Building, Fort Worth, Texas, as the legal representative of the Producers' Refining Co. and of the Crew Levick Company in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas is at the forefront among those of his profession who pilot big business through the complexities of commercial relations. So multiplied are present day interests, so inter- woven and related are they, that it requires an analytical and logical thinker to steer straight. This is Mr. Phillips' specialty-corporation and land practice.
Mr. Phillips was born on January, 9, 1890, at Marshall, Texas. His father was G. W. Phillips, a mechanical engineer, and his mother was Blanch E. Murphy Phillips. They came to Texas imme- diately after the Civil War and located at Marshall. In 1890, their son's birth year, they moved to Fort Worth. The youth graduated from the Fort Worth high school in 1907 and in 1911 he received his higher education at the University of Texas. In 1912 he was admitted to the bar. He has from the first been especially strong in jury work for the firm. In 1919 the present partnership was formed. In January, 1921, Senator Walter D. Caldwell, formerly of Austin, joined the firm.
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