gical reasoning and applications |
|for rehearings were made in few cases he helped to |
|decide. |
| |
|Justice Lamar was selected by President Wilson as |
|the principal commissioner for the United States in |
|the ABC mediation at Niagara Falls in 1914 between |
|this country and Mexico over conditions in the |
|neighboring republic. |
| |
|Justice Lamar made many notable contributions to the|
|legal literature of his state. Among them were |
|"Georgia's Contribution to Law Reforms," "A History |
|of the Organization of the Supreme Court," "Life of |
|Judge Nesbit" and "A Century's Progress in Law." |
|More than two hundred of his opinions are embraced |
|in six volumes of Georgia Reports. |
| |
|Justice Lamar married, on January 30, 1879, Miss |
|Clarinda Pendleton, a daughter of Dr. W. K. |
|Pendleton, president of Bethany College. He is |
|survived by his wife and two children, Philip Rucker|
|Lamar and William Pendleton Lamar.[24] |

[24] _New York Herald_, January 3, 1916.

=226. Obtaining the Information.=--The gaining of information about a
man who has just died is not difficult. One should be cautioned,
however, against seeking details from members of the family. If the
person is of little prominence, one should go first to the undertaker.
He will have all the details about the funeral--the names of the
pallbearers and of the minister, the time and place of the funeral, the
place of burial--and probably all the facts about the person's life that
the family wishes made public. If the undertaker does not have this
information, he will be able to tell the reporter from whom it may be
obtained. Additional facts may sometimes be had from the county and
state directories, and even from the city directory. Old residents or
close friends, too, often are able to give interesting details about the
person's life, his failures and his successes, and in this way a
reporter can publish an appreciative account without editorializing on
the man's accomplishments. If the one who has died is of decided
prominence, the reporter can find accoun