J. HOWARD PAYNE
A PROMISING YOUNG LAWYER

This clipping was taken from the Afro-American of Friday, De-
cember 6th, 1918, and has been Inserted here as showing the progress
made by one of our young attorneys.

The young lawyer whose advertisement appears in this paper as
having opened law offices at 514 St. Paul Street is an example of what
grit and determination will do.

Mr. Payne made his studies of the law at Howard University and
after passing the Maryland Bar Examination, with one of the highest
averages ever attained before that body, began the practice of the law
and has been retained in a number of eases with entire satisfaction to
his clients. Besides being a lawyer, he is, also, a government clerk
and has found time to help several hours every day at the Court House,
at his residence and Lafayette corner Carrollton Avenues, as a member
of the Legal Advisory Board, by appointment of President Wilson,
assisting registrants answer their questionaires. Mr. Payne says that
he is only too glad of the opportunity to serve his country, gratis, in
her hour of trial by doing his bit "overhere" since he, among a
number of others, was denied the privilege of attending the officers
training camp for service in the Army. The Government says that
one branch of the service cannot be crippled for another, hence, the
reason why a number of civil employees placed in deferred classifica-
tion, because of their work, were turned down when they made appli-
cation for the officers training camp.

As attorney for Mr. H. M. Burkett, Mr. J. Howard Payne will
make his headquarters at 514 St. Paul Street and attend to legal
matters pertaining to the real estate business conduced at the above
address.

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