CIRCUIT JUDGES.

FIRST CIRCUIT-HON. I. W. BOWMAN.
SECOND CIRCUIT-HON. H. F. RICE.
THIRD CIRCUIT-HON. JOHN S. WILSON.
FOURTH CIRCUIT-HON. T. H. SPAIN.

FIFTH CIRCUIT-HON. M. L. SMITH.

SIXTH CIRCUIT-HON. ERNEST MOORE.

SEVENTH CIRCUIT-HON. T. S. SEASE.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT-HON. FRANK B. GARY.

NINTH CIRCUIT-HON. R. WITHERS MEMMINGER.

TENTH CIRCUIT-HON. GEORGE E. PRINCE.

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT-HON. J. W. DEVORE.

TWELFTH CIRCUIT-HON. S. W. G. SHIPP.

THIRTEENTH CIRCUIT-HON. T. J. MAULDIN.
FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT-HON. JAS. E. PEURIFOY.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HON. THOS. H. PEEPLES.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.
CLAUD N. SAPP.

SOLICITORS.

1st Circuit-J. STOKES SALLEY1.

ED. C. MANN2.

2d Circuit-R. L. GUNTER.
3d Circuit-PHILIP H. STOLL.
4th Circuit-J. M. SPEARS.
5th Circuit-W. HAMPTON COBB.
6th Circuit-J. K. HENRY.
7th Circuit-IRA C. BLACKWOOD2.

8th Circuit-HOMER S. BLACKWELL.
9th Circuit-THOS. P. STONEY?.
10th Circuit-KURTZ P. SMITH.
11th Circuit-G. B. TIMMERMAN.
12th Circuit-L. M. GASQUE.
13th Circuit-J. ROBERT MARTIN2.
14th Circuit-GEO. WARREN".

CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.
ULYSSES R. BROOKS.

'Appointed December 24, 1915, vice Hilderbrand, deceased. 2Elected November 7, 1916.

Acknowledgment.

In the preparation of this volume of reports, I have, with the permission of the West Publishing Company, made use of the syllabi prepared by the editorial staff of the National Reporter System, and of the advance sheets of the Southeastern Reporter, both of which were freely furnished me by that company for this purpose. In most cases I have adopted and used without change the syllabi prepared by the above mentioned staff for the Southeastern Reporter. I have the permission of that company to make use of such syllabi, prepared by their editorial staff, in the succeeding volumes of these reports.

Columbia, S. C., July 1, 1916.

W. H. TOWNSEND, Supreme Court Reporter.

Attorneys Admitted to the Bar at April Term, 1917.