The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-06
COOPER REPLIES
TO GEORGIA JUDGE
SENDS ANSWER VIA GOVERNOR
= :, HARpWIcK
Chief Executive Says State Would
Be Offended If Georgia Agreed
With Hammond

Be Offended If Georgia Agreed
With HaPmond
i. Atlanta, Aug. 30.-"If I though
for . moment that the state of Geor
&ia entertained the same view ex
pressed by Judge Hammond, I woul'
feel that the state of South Carolin'
would have cause for offense," write
Gov. r. 4. Cooper of South Carolins
in replying to Governor Hardwick'
letter regarding the demand made b!
Judge Han.mohd of Augusta. tina
Governor Cooper apologize to th'
state of. Georgia for the acts commit
ted by a South Carolina mob in con
nectiop with the arrest Of Jesse Gap
pins and C. o-Fox. Governor Cooper
refers to q lynching in McCormicl
county, inSwhich Georgians are sale
to haye participated.
Governor Hardwick's letter to Gov
ernor Cooper inclosed a letter re-
esived by Mr.. HardwicE from Judge
Hammond, of the Augusta circuit
protesting against the ''invasion Of
Georgia by an armed mob of South
Garolinians'' bent on lynchipg Jesse
Gappins and, C.: O. FoxS who were
lodged in the Richmond county JAIL
charged with the murder of William
c. Brazell, in South Carolina.
Governor Cooper's letter says in
part:
In Your, letter to Judge Hammond
You correctly express my attitude and
I:wish to assure you that if any per
son either in. the state of Georgia or
In the state of South Carolina can
identify anyone who was a member
Of the party which made an attack up
on the jail at Augusta and requisition
Is made tor his extra&tion to
the state Of Georgia, it would be
promptly honored. J
Il believe ! had already, in my tel
ephone conversation, expressed to you
my regret that the officers of the
state of Georgia should have been
annoyed by citizens of this state.
Judge Hammonas letter, however,
raised a very different question. If
Thought for moment that he state
Of Georgia entsrtains: the >sameeviews
expressed by i Judge Hammond, I
would feel that the state of South
Csfdiina would have cause for of
fepsss His position, it seems to me,
iSAaS utterly absurd on it's face as to
iiakes&a- reply -or~>comment unneces-
sasS
Saying, that there had been very
ft@ eases Of mob violence in South
Carelins within the past several
years Governor Cooper continues:
eve did, howeer, two or three
moaths age, have a lynehing of q
negro in the county of MeCormick,
which borders ON the Savannah, and
twas; reported that great many
people who composed the mob in that
ifistsnce were citizens of Georgia.
Ifnsyer occurred to me that the SOW
sgsisn state of Georgia had invaded
ths sjursdietion of South Carolina and
Yidated its law"
IA only mention this incident to
chow the utter absurdity Of Judge
Hamnends position. It is TO my
nahd somewhat remarkable that a
pttsan who holds the high office OF
iaaks Of the superior court of the
ssste OF Georgia does not apparently
understand the meaning of the law
which refers to an armed invasion OF
Que sovereign state by another"
:sIn making public Governor Coop.
ers 4etter, Governor Hardwick said
that: he and the South Carolina exc
eatlSe are in agreement as to the
pfahable course to be followed if the
members Of the mob are to be appre'
minded and prosecuted in the Georgia
esatts.
.StsI am as ready and anxious as the
governor of Georgia IS to issue>re.
aiiisitions for the persons guilty OF
ss5r1hing the Augusta Jail if the Ia.
officers will identity the Offenders ano
initiate the necessary Legal steps" saic
Governor Hardwick, THAT is just
What Governor Cooper suggests in the
premises -