Thursday, 11th September 1913 Judge Hill May Get Atlanta Judgeship

Reported That Judge Roan,

of Stone Mountain Circuit,

Will Be Appointed on the

Court of Appeals.

While Governor John M. Slaton has made no announcement of whom he expects to appoint to fill the fourth judgeship recently created in Fulton County, it is rumored that Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill, of the Court of Appeals, will be selected to fill the position, and that Judge Leonard Strickland Roan, of the stone Mountain circuit, who, by special act of the legislature, has been holding the criminal division of the superior court in Fulton, will be selected to succeed Judge Hill.

Should Judge L. S. Roan be placed on the court of appeals, of which Judge Hill is now chief, a vacancy would then occur in the Stone Mountain circuit. Solicitor General Charles S. Reid is a candidate for that position, and it is generally believed that he will be appointed. A number of prominent attorneys are also candidates for Solicitor Reid's job.

The Fulton judgeship pays $5,000 per year, while the judge of the court of appeals gets $4,000. Judge R. B. Russell is expected to be chosen chief justice of the court of appeals in the event that Judge Hill leaves that body.