Macon Bar Association
Before World War I, the organization of the Macon Bar seems to have been very informal. Meetings were usually held in the Superior Court courtroom, and only when there was business to transact. Social events were rare. Only one, a formal dinner for a new judge, received any newspaper notice. All activity ceased during the war.
On May 15, 1919, the Macon Bar met under the presidency of R. C. Jordan to reorganize itself. There were seventy lawyers in attendance, many of them young veterans eager to modernize the Bar.
Before the war, there had been two groups, a Senior Bar and a Junior Bar. The reorganization abolished this distinction. For the first time regular monthly luncheon meetings were scheduled, at which "research papers on topics of interest to lawyers" were to be read. These lawyers also adopted the first local minimum fee schedule.
It sounded great, but it didn't work out. Old ways die hard, particularly among lawyers. Still, May 15, 1919 can be considered the birth date of the modern Macon Bar Association.
— Frank M. McKenney