was an inspiration to the rest of us, especially in view of the fact that so few of the judges attended our meetings. The pleasant courtesies shown by him to many members of the bar when in Atlanta attending the Supreme Court endeared him to them.

Judge Lumpkin seemed to care very little for the luxuries of life for himself, but was very generous to all of his family relations and to charitable institutions. While he seems never to have connected himself with any church, he manifested in his daily life very much of the "spirit of Christ." His death is a very distinct loss to the bench, to the bar, and to this Association, but in thinking of our loss, which was occasioned by the same Providence which gave him to us, in the spirit of Job, we find that our sense of gratitude, for the help and pleasure and the inspiration he was to us, overshadows our sense of loss.

MEMORIAL OF

ROBERT HODGES.

Judge Robert Hodges was born in the City of Macon on March 9, 1868. He was the son of Eleanora Watts and James Oliver Hodges. He was educated in the public schools of Macon, at Emory College and at Mercer, whence he graduated A.B. in 1885.

He taught school two years and studied law in the office of Washington Dessau and Chas. L. Bartlett, and was admitted to the bar in 1887. His first partnership was with R. W. Patterson, and a second with Washington Dessau.

In 1892 he was elected to the legislature and served four years. He was Solicitor General of the Macon Circuit when war was declared on Spain. He enlisted as a private and was soon commissioned as Captain.

In 1902, he was appointed Judge of City Court of Macon by Gov. J. M. Terrell, and was reappointed by Governors J. M. Brown and J. M. Slaton. In 1915, he was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals by Gov. N. E. Harris, which position he held at the time of his death, December 12, 1916.

Members of the Macon Bar who practiced before him on the City Court bench regarded him as the best equipped nisi prius judge who had adorned that bench.

Aside from his attainments as a lawyer Judge Hodges was a man of broad and profound scholarly attainments. He was recognized as an authority on literary matters in Macon, and he had one of the most complete literary libraries in the State.

He was very sure that Bacon wrote the Shakespeare plays, and wrote a cryptogram to demonstrate the correctness of his idea. He was of a genial temperament and devoted to his friends.

MEMORIAL OF

WILLIAM WALLACE LAMBDIN.

Judge Lambdin was born in Upson County, Georgia, October 25, 1861, a son of Charles E. and Martha (Middlebrooks) Lambdin, the former born in Alexandria, Virginia, March 12, 1838, and the latter in Upson County, Georgia, in 1840.

The paternal ancestors of Judge Lambdin came to Mary: land from England about the middle of the seventeenth century, and his maternal ancestors, also of English origin, first settled in North Carolina, whence they came to Georgia.

Judge Lambdin obtained his early education at Gordon Institute at Barnesville, which was founded by his father. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1879 with first honors of his class with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

For several years after leaving the University he taught school, being for four years principal of West End Academy in Atlanta. While teaching he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1888. He practiced law in Atlanta, a member of the firm of Hillyer, Alexander & Lambdin, until its dissolution in 1899, when he returned to his old home in Barnesville, where he practiced until he moved to Waycross and became a member of the firm of Wilson, Bennett & Lambdin. In 1915, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson Judge of the United States Court for the Southern District of Georgia, which position he held at the time of his death in December, 1916.

Judge Lambdin was always scholarly, and always kindly. He made many friends and no enemies. He was very conscientious about his work as judge, and studied very closely all matters that came before him. He would not allow himself time for necessary recreation and exercise, and his early death was due literally to overwork.

MEMORIAL OF

WALTER GLASCO CHARLTON.

Judge Charlton comes of parentage distinguished among lawyers at the bar, on the bench and in legal literature. His grandfather, T. U. P. Charlton, a native of South Carolina, represented Chatham County in the Legislature of Georgia, was Mayor of Savannah, Judge of the Superior Court of the Savannah Circuit, Attorney General of Georgia, and author of the volume of reports of decisions of the Superior Courts of the State, antedating the Supreme Court, bearing his name.

His son, Robert Milledge Charlton, the father of the subject of this memorial, was born in Savannah January 19, 1807. At 21 years of age he represented Chatham County in the legislature; at 23 was District Attorney for Georgia; was several times Mayor of Savannah; and at the age of 27 was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of the Eastern Circuit; at 42 he was appointed United States Senator. He published a volume of poems, "Leaves from the Portfolio of a Georgia Lawyer," and the volume of decisions of judges of the Superior Court known by his name.

Walter G. Charlton was born in Savannah June 5, 1851, educated in the schools of Savannah, and in the Academy in Hancock County, Georgia. He graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1872. He entered the office of Hartridge & Chisholm in Savannah and was admitted to the bar in 1873. In November, 1873, he formed a partnership with A. R. Lamar which continued until 1877. He practiced alone two years, and then formed a partnership with N. C. Collier, who was later United States Judge in New Mexico.

In 1880 he was elected Solicitor General of the Eastern Circuit, and held this office until 1885, when he declined further service. Until he finally went on the Superior Court

bench he was always active in County, State and National politics.

The firm of Charlton & Mackall, afterwards Charlton, Mackall & Anderson stood high at the Savannah bar, numbering among their clients some of the most important interests of the city and county.

In 1908, he was elected Judge of the Superior Court of Eastern Circuit, which position he held at the time of his death.

Judge Charlton was always a polished, charming gentleman. His papers for this Association, besides being scholarly, always had a vein of humor running through them as pleasing as a rivulet sparkling in the sunlight in its course through the meadow.

Judge Charlton was not only an orator but a poet.

His speeches and poems were of great beauty and his diction was most expressive; his thoughts were original and showed the idealism of the true poet and thinker. His character and ability made him an ornament to the bench and bar.