The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-08
REGRET EXPRESSED
At RETIREMENT OF
FAITHFUL OFFICIALS
COLUMBIA BAR PAYS TRIBUTE
TO SERVICE RENDERED BY
HOLDING AND GARNER.
WILL PRACTICE LAW HERE
Judge Holding Has Worn the Err1ine
for Twelve Years-eensral Garner
in Harness for Two-Thirds That
Time-successors Named in August

At a meeting of the Columbia oa
held Friday morning in the Circuit
Court room resolutions were unani
mously passed expressing regret upoI
the retirement from office Of Judge
Sam Holding and Attorney Genera
Job Garner and welcoming them tC
the ranks of brother lawyers"
The meeting was attended by pTac
Itically the entire bar and was presid
ed over by ". S. Fleming.
c. P. Hatcher was elected secretary
With the close of their present terms
of office Judge Holding and General
Garner will retire to the practice Of
law, and win be associated under the
Ihrm name Of Holding & Garner, with
Iofices in the Frierson building.
Court adjourned Friday afternoon
until July Is at which time the Jones
road case will come up. When this
case is disposed Of the active work in
Office of the two distinguished gentle.
men will cease, their successors being
elected In August.
Judge Holding.
Judge Holding was first elected
Judge Of the Eleventh Circuit in 1898,
and has worn the judicial ermine for
dozen years. Judge Patterson re
signed in November, 1907 and Judge
Williamson, of Lawrenceburg, was ap-
pointed to serve until the regular cleo
ton. In the election of following year
Judge Holding defeated E. A. Fowler
in a local contest for the honor of be
coming the Maury county candidate
lMr. Fowle~ subsequently enlisting for
the Philippine war and eventually 10
eating at San Francisco, where he Is
now practicing his profession. The
democratic convention was held al
Pulaski There were three aspirants
Judge Holding, Judge Williamson and
II. w. Broyles, Of Savannah. After
Ilong deadlock, the convention being
lin session two days, Judge Holding re
lceiyed the nomination. In the regu
liar election he was opposed by Capt
Russell, of the Columbia bar, who ran
independent. Judge Holding was elect
ed by a majority of less than three
hundred votes.
Judge Holding was again nominated
Iby the Democratic party in 1902, Hon
IL. w. Ewing, his only opponent, with
drawing from the race. Capt. russell
lagain ran as an independent candi
date and was decisiyely defeated By
a majority of nearby hree thousand
General Garner.
General Job Garner was elected II
l19O2 and has served eight years
He was opposed for the nomination
by Hon. Bass Sowell, Of Lawrence
burg, and Hon. Ben Childers, OF Pu
Ilaski Mr.. Childers withdrew and Gen
eral Garner was elected by hand
leome majority. Probably his most not
able legal service during that time
was the prosecution of the two Coop
ers for the murder of Senator Car
mack. in which he made statewide
reputation.
The resolution upon the retirement
OF Judge Holding was offered by E.
H. Hatcher, and was as follows:
Judge Sam Holding has been twice
elected the Circuit Judge Of the Elev,
enth Judicial Circuit Of Tennessee;
and. after q service of twelve years,
is about to voluntarily lay aside the
judicial ermine.
I'VE, the members of the bar Of Co
lumbia, have assembled together for
the purpose of recording our testimony
to his worth.
Judge Holding is a lawyer of extern
sive, thorough and varied learning; a
Judge of unsurpassed ability, whose
fame is co-extensive with the entire
State; a Judge of the most infexible
professional and personal intesiity
and courage, presiding with dignity.
rmness and affability, possessing all
the great and charming qualities OF
the able jurists, but none Of the eie-
ments of a tyrant.
HE would eminently adorn the
highest judicial tribunal Of the State,
and add lustre to that bench: he is a
scholar Of rare literary attainments.
gentleman Of accomplished manners.
q man Of deep and intense conviction
and sense of right which no earthly
power or influence can shake or
swerve. A loyal friend, charming
companion, an ornament TO the bench
and TO society.
1T is with profound regret and sor-