The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-08-01

ject. Mr.. Toole made practically the
same speech as he made at Baldock,
to which The Herald has already CIV
en- considerable space He accused
Mr.. Byrnes of being the greatest
twister of words in America, and in
dicated that the country would be
in a bad fix if Byrnes were reelected.
He made his usual charge that Mr..
Byrnes had been opposed to the Sc
lective draft, and that Byrnes had
fooled the people. He put Byrnes
down in the class with La Toilette,
ct al, and considers that he is do
ing a patriotic service in Exposing"
Byrnes's record AS usual, Mr.. Toole
had the record" with him, but again
he failed to read from it. Said MIR.
Byrnes had brought out a few fol-
lowers to the meeting to shout for
him; that We can't win the war with
such men as Byrnes in congress, etc.
Practically all of the charges made
by Mr.. Toole we're anticipated by Mr..
Byrnes in his speech, and the charg-
es and answers are incorporated in
the report above of Mr.. Byrnes's
speech. Mr.. Toole received applause
from few of the voters.
n. G. Evans.
Mr.. Evans said he entered the race
because he had an ambition to rep
resent the district in congress. He
has served in the legislature. That
there is but one issue now, that Of
the war, and that he was whole
heartedly in it. He had made many
speeches for various war objects
throughout the State.
Mr.. Evans also spent considera-
BILE portion of his time to making
charges against Byrnes. These
charges were in substance the same
as made by Messrs. Toole and Croft.
Mr.. Evans said he was proud of
the fact that he had helped Bamberg
to be the first county in the United
States to go over the top in the war
savings drive. He also paid his re-
spects to the Charleston American,
saying it was disgrace to the State.
He praised the virtues of the select
i've draft law, paid a tribute to the
soldier boys at the front in France.
Mr.. Evans also criticised the gov
ernment for its method of paying
soldiers allowance money to the ne
groes, and in this it was thought by
some he did very unwise thing. Mr..
Evans received some applause
T. G. Croft.
Mr.. Croft said he was not stran-
ger to congress, having served a
short time there. Said nothing can
be said against his record in con-
gress, and that Mr. Byrnes's criti-
cisms of him were mere trifles. Re-
garding' the appointment Of
Republican as postmaster in Aiken,
he said 373 of thb citizens
of Aiken had asked him to
make the recommendation, and
that although a Republican, the
postmaster had always voted in the
Democratic primaries. He does not
remember endorsing him, but may
have done so.
Regarding his criticism of Pres
ident Wilson, referred to by Mr..
Byrnes, Mr.. Croft said that the peo-
pie were a little hot headed at that
time because Americans were being
killed on the high seas, and were
kicking about Wilson.
Mr.. Croft repeated his charges
against Byrnes made at the Baldock
picnic, and accused him of using the
cloak of his Office to fool the peo-
pie, and that Byrnes loved his job
better than the interests of the peo-
pie, and asserted that the president
would no tnow consult him on ad-
ministration matters. He received
a few hand-claps when he closed his
speech.
Mr.. Croft read portions of Mr..
Byrnes's speech in opposition to one
of the original draft measures. Mr..
Byrnes, being the first speaker, had,
of course, no opportunity to reply to
any of the charges except those he
anticipated would be made, and he
stated that he would make full reply
at the Aiken meeting today.