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FOUR
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Greatest Political Gathering
at Appling in Many Years on
Friday Heard Judge Hammond
On “Historic Hill of Appling” Judge Hammond
Makes Grcal Impression Before 600
and 800 People
ANSWERS THEATTACKS THAT
OPPOSITION IS MAKING ON HIM
Says Mr. Peebles Stated at Millen That Judge
Hammond Would Carry Second Ward,
and That it Was Composed of
Saloons and Saloonkeepers
Appling, Ga.—lscit since the days when the eloquent
Ben Hill spoke to enthralled audiences of Columbia
county citizens has such a large and representative gather
ing graced the “historic hill of Appling” as attendants at
a political meeting, as on yesterday when Judge Henry C.
Hammond spoke in the interests of his candidacy for the
judgeship. However, as Judge Hammond explains, he
speaks more in defense of himself from the defamatory
attacks which have been made on him during the past few
weeks than in urging the voters to elect him to succeed
himself.
Never in his brilliant career as advocate and jurist
has Judge Hammond appeared to better advantage than on
Friday, when he held spellbound for two hours and forty
minutes between 70 and 80 per cent of the registered
voters of Columbia. On aspot where, from the lips of that
great tribune, Alexander H. Stephens, fell words of wise
counsel to the people whom he loved, within five miles of
the home of William H. Crawford, and within a stone’s
throw of a monument to Marshall, that pioneer minister
who pushed Christianity to the uttermost outposts of civil
ization in the years that preceded Concord, Lexington, Ket
tle Creek and Yorktown, Judge Henry C. Hammond spoke
earnestly, ably, effectually.
BETWEEN 600 AND 800 PRESENT
Between 600 and 800 people were there, among them
the county's most representative citizens and also people
from all walks and conditions of life who are determined to
go to the polls on August 19th and do Columbia county’a
part toward returning their present judge to the bench for
another four years.
Going among the people who know him so well and
regard him so highly, Judge Hammond naturally felt at
home from the start and had there been any disposition for
him to feel at all ill at ease on account of the unusualness of
the situation—a judge of the superior court having to de
fend himself from what he terms the slanders, the insinua
tions, the evil designs upon his character, etc he would
have had the disposition corrected at once because of the
sympathy, cordiality and good will which showed in the
faces of three-fourths of his auditors.
Judge Hammond was introduced by Dr. J. L. Weeks, a
prominent Columbia county physician and county superin
tendent of schools.
Dr. Weeks stressed the great importance of the people
deciding the question as to who should be their judge
with calmness and with the absence of prejudice and bias.
He said that he himself had considered the question and
without hesitation felt that Judge Hammond was the man.
Dr. Weeks expressed the idea that the election of a right
type of man for judge was more important than the man to
be selected for governor, congressman or almost any office,
for the effectual administration of justice was a prere
quisite to safeguarding the homes of the people, upholding
their laws in such a manner that marauders and evil
doers of every sort might be checked and that the peace of
the community might be guaranteed. The address of Dr.
Weeks, which was about 15 minutes long, was followed by
the address of the judge himself. When Judge Hammond
arose there was instantaneous applause from every portion
of the court room and throughout his address he was inter
rupted time after time by loud and prolonged cheering.
Consideration* That Ought to Control
a Voto.
Judge Hammond apoPe affectionate-
It of hi* long acquaintance with the
people of tho county of hla practice In
their court ami of hi* ten vrara of
service on their t>«nch. He mild ho
could not render a better amice to the
people of Columbia county than to
he* thorn to let the words of Chair
man Week*, who had Just nddreaat-d
them, alnk deep into their heart*. He
aald If any conaldrratlon could put
politic* on a high plane. It would he
tho conalderatlona that ought to con
trol a voter In the eelertlon of a Judge.
Judge Hammond answered to the com
plete eatlefactlon of hi* hearer* hi*
opponent'* criticism of hi* cotton »ocd
speech He read letter* *howlng how
It *m being resented In all parta of
the circuit that hla opponent had rent
out an unsigned Inflammatory circular
seeking to discredit him with the very
elaaa whose Interest* he had tried
moat earnestly to serve. He rpoke of
the circular aa being wilhout a father
or a gponaor. He aald It waa the
mlssU of p character assassin He
told how stationery war borrowed
from certain merchants in Augusta to
give the circular a starting point. How
two of these merchant* had discin'to
ed any knowledge of sending out the
circular lie referred to letter* to
thl* effect from the** merchant*. ll*
aleo told of how certain other mer
chants had I oat ease* In hi* court, and
■tun* by the lo*» were now seeking
revenue lie *nld that Mr. Peebles
In hi* Millen speech undertook lamely
to explain that he did not have the
original speech before him. but mere
ly copied from the newspaper report*.
Judß* Hammond said that was well
enough, hut the blame lay In not cor
recting It when he did vet the offlclnl
speech which he had for week* been
carfylna about the circuit In his
pocket Judge llammond referred
feelingly to the "slime and filth" which
had been brodght into the campaign.
Ill* good name, defamed and the very
sanctity of hi* home assailed He said
Mr. Prehire In hie Millen Bp**ch had
disclaimed responsibility for this and
he could only accept his disclaimer.
However. Mr Peebles In hie Millen
speech had stated that Judge Ham
mond would carry the second ward
judge Hammond * home ward, but
that wa* because It was a ward of
sab uis and saloon-keepers. Judge
Hammond tugnted out feelingly that
Ibe Court house In which Mr. Peebles
expel ted to preside was In that ward
the postofftre, the V, M O, .V, the
Tubman High school lor young iadica
indeed he said it was notorlouuly a
ward of whoolN and church**, a ward
in tin* heart of the city In which many
of tlie bent people reelded.
Supreme Court Record.
•Judtfc* Hammond exhibited hi* «u
--preme court record and orders by dif
ferent governors appointing him to
HU vaiani'les on the Court of Ap
peals. Jle said Mr. Peebles and his
friends had started the talk about
lawyers elalrr ing that ne vvas opposed
by 80 per cent of these. if is answer
was a publication of the list showing a
great majority of the lawyers of the
Augusta bar and of the circuit. An
other of Mr. Peebles' charges was
that the young lawyers were against,
him, but he had switched round and
now sought to ridicule his list of
lawyers because there was so many
young men on it. In the same con
nection he sought to ridicule it be
cause there were old men on it and
mentioned <*ol. M. P Carroll. Judge
Hammond said Mr. Peebles pointed
out with great earnt-Htness that some
of the lawyers who represented him
also represented corporations— he
would like to know what that had to
do with it. Judge Hammond contend
ed that the brotherhood among young
lawyers was and should be strong,
that as a rule they were considerate
and generous towards ea-h other, but
he charged that in his Millen speech.
Mr. Peebles in ridiculing and criti
cising the list of lawyers endorsing
Judge Hammond and in giving their
reasons for endorsing him. said three
of them held Jobs under Judge Ham
mond, namely, Mr. Archibald Black
shear, Mr. Bryson Crane and Mr. Ir
vin Alexander. Judge Hammond said
lie regarded as infamous the broad In
ti mat ion by Mr. Peebles that these
gentlemen were supporting him on
any such account. He stated that
Mr Crane had been appointed a re
ceiver of the court because of his pe
culiar fitness for the service and at
the earnest request of many parties
at interest, so had Mr. Irvin Alexan
der. He said indeed Mr. Alexan
der hesitated long before accepting the
task of iinruvcling the tangled affairs
of the Irish American Bank. He did
so only when Judge Hammond urged
him on account of the confidence the
depositors would have In him If he
undertook tiie task Judge Hammond
then read a letter from a Columbia
county citizen In which he said of Mr.
Irvin Alexander: "There is one other
man in Augusta that 1 would like to
see In your place when you get tired
of it. and that is Mr.lrvin Alexander,
a gentleman through and through, a
good Christian man, and I believe he
would do his duty as he saw it with
out fear or favor.”
Bate and Wretched Insinuations.
Judge Hammond said the insinua
tion made to strangers about the gen
tlemen named that they were support
ing him on account of his favors was
base and wretched and beneath the
dignity and self-respect of a brother
attorney and an aspirant for judicial
honors Judge Hammond said it had
been charged by Mr. Peebles or his
supporters that he. Mr. Peebles, was
the poor boy and the poor man’s son.
still Mr Peebles had stated at Millen
that hiH father had amassed a fortune
of twenty thousand dollars and this
could he verified by a reference to
Pradstreet’s or Ptinn’s Judge Ham
mond caused a lfiugh when he said if
he had been born with a silver spoon
in his mouth, he swallowed It at the
hour of bis birth. lie said that any
success he had achieved in Ills life
had been by hard, conscienious work.
He said he had attended diligently to
the business which the hand of cir
cumstance had laid before him. Judge
llammond said tlm only complaint
Mr Peebles bad made of him of 11-'
dally was his manner and emphasis
In charging the Jury. He said he did
not believe that hundreds of Intellig
ent, upright Jurors who had served the
county under the sun city of their oaths
could be swayed by the mere manner
and emphasis of a judge who it was
admitted was charging the law. He
said such a statement was an Insult
to the Intelligence and manhood of
the Jury bodies of the circuit. Judge
llammond said that he hoped the
voters would get their information
only from some worthy and unbiased
source, that they would not believe
anything told them I*y his enemies.
Ho told about the white man who
suspected his darkey of stealing the
mule’s feed, bow he employed a ven
triloquist to hide in the fodder loft
and when the darkey began stealing
the corn out of the trough, the ven
triloquist threw his voice in such a
way as to make the darkey think the
mule was speaking and said: “Look
ahear nigger. If you steal my corn
I'll stomp you to death tonight right
in this stall." The darkey droped
the corn and ran into the big house
told the boss man that he was going
to quit right away and wanted his
money. After his employer had paid
him off and the nigger had started on
his way. he came back and said:
"Bossman. you treated me mighty
good, but tlu*r# is Just one more favor
I want to ask. Don't you never be
lieve nothin’ dat old mule tells you
about me."
No Attack on Paeblas* Character.
The Judge repeated tits staement
hitherto made that he would never ut
ter a word about Mr. Peeblea’ private
I life, hut would confine himself to his
course in this campaign and to his
public career. He asked what claims
Mr. Peebles had put forth what rec
ord he had pointed to to warrant his
demanding at the hands of the people
this high and important office’' lias
he even built up any reputation as a
distinguished lawyer? If so let him
point to It? He asked If he had ever
taken any active part in any great
public movement for the benefit of ths
community, either social, educational,
or religious? Judge Hammond said,
conaider your own vital interests in
the selection of a Judge and next the
reasonable claims on your support of
the two candidates.
Judge Hammond said Mr Peebles
contends that while T complained of
his not publishing the whole of my
speech, that 1 did not publish the
1w hole of a letter of his to which I re
ferred in my Thomson speech. 1 did
i'HE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
not publish any part of the letter.
Judge Hammond said that when h*
road the letter It was there for any
person to see, that It Involved the
names of third parties, he did not pro
pose to read all of it, or have it pub
lished. He said the letter contained
an uncomplimentary reference to
prominent business men In the city
of Augusta, and referred to family
connection*, and there was every rea
son that such a letter should not be
published. That if any discreet friend
lof Mr. Peebles’ wanted to see the
tetter, or If Mr. Peebles wanted to
see the letter, he would be very glad
to show it to him.
Commended by Grand Juries.
Clerk L. K. Blanchard of the su
perior court then placed before Judge
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Hammond on the bench, two large
volumes containing the minutes of
Columbia superior court. One of these
dated at the beginning of Judge Ham
mond’s term of office, and the other
at the recent term of the court. From
both of these lvr crts, Judge Hammond
read the wolds of the two grand
Juries con.n ending him in the highest
terms, and particularly his course as
judge, his economical administration
of the courts business, his absolute
fairnc«;*u' his cornu and his pro
found knowledge of the law.
Judge Hammond eloquently said
that he appealed from the slanders
and false reports of a political cam
paign to these solemn reports spread
upon the minutes of this court, by the
grand Jury sitting in the courts of
the circuit during the long period
that he had been honored by a seat
on the bench. He asked whether the
citizens of the county who knew him,
and had followed his conduct in the
courts of the land, and who knew his
record of an earnest and faithful life,
if he was to be eet aside by the clap
trap and buncombe that had been
started in a political campaign, when
charges without truth, and arguments
without reason were u*ed by bis op
ponents. His speech was punctuated
by the continuous applause, and w r hen
he concluded the wildest enthusiasm
prevailed.
At the conclusion of the magnifi
cent appeal, Dr, Weeks thanked the
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SUNDAY. JULY 2b.
had prevailed, and told them to let the
spirit which had prevailed in this
hearing continue during the dinner
hour and the balance of the campaign,
and discuss fairly and frankly among
themselves, the merits of the two can
didates, and then go home and deter
mine to vote for the one best fitted to
occupy this exalted office.
The arrangements for the speaking
were in charge of Mr. Allen Phillips
and Mr. BaileyjMunday. aided by a
host of Judge Hammond’s enthusiastic
friends, and they were highly compli
mented for the manner In which every
detail had been handled.
Columbia county is expected to go
for Judge Hammond by a large ma
jority. *