The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-15
CANDIDATES HERE
LAST WEDNESDAY
ASPIRANTS FOR STATE OFFICES
ADDRESS BAMBERG VOTERS.
Small Crowd Present.
One Hundred and :Thirty-Eight In
Audience When Speaking Be-
gan.-No Demonstrations.

The various candidates for state Of
fees visited Bamberg Wednesday of
last week, and presented their claims
to the voters of Bamberg county. A
small crowd was present at the meet
ing, there being by. actual count 1873
persons in the audience when the
meeting began. Many of these left
during the speaking, and there were
about 40 persons present when the
last candidate spoke. A very attentive
hearing was given each of the speak
ers-which is always characteristic OF
Bamberg political meetings. There
was no demonstration for any candi-
date.
The meeting was presided over by
County Chairman J. F. Carter, who
called the meeting to order at eleven
o'clock, Prayer was offered by the
Rev. George P. White, of the Baptist
church,
,Adjutant General.
The candidates for adjutant gen.
eral were the first to speak, Col. Attl-
Gus H. Marchant, of Orangeburg being
first introduced. Col Marchant is a
graduate of the Citadel of the class of
1895, with the rank Of cadet adju-
tant, and was vAedictorian of his
class. He assisted in organizing a
company to go to the Spanish-Ameri-
can war which was mustered in near
the end of hostilities. He resigned
as first lieutenant of his company
and went to Georgia as commandant
of the Georgia Military academy, sue
ceeding a West Point graduate, and
served FIVE years there. He after
ward served as commandant at an
other Georgia school for three years,
giving up that p =. lon to go into bus
mess in Orangeburg. Col. Marchant
served during the world war as cap
tain of infantry, which Office was won
in an officers training camp, and he
saw service in France as a member
of the Wild Cat division. He believes
thai there should be a national guard
company in every county in the state,
and he asks for the Office that he may
devote his energy to helping to per-
feet the organization Of strong ma
tional guard il South Carolina.
The present incumbent, Adjutant
General w. w. Moore, of Barnwell,
was the next speaker. General Moore
spoke of the work he has been doing
in reorganizing the national guard of
the state. To reorganize the guard
has been an arduous task, as the peo-
ple are tired of military duties fol-
lowing the great war Referring to
the glorious accomplishments Of the
South Carolina troops in the, late war
he paid glowing tribute to the stand
taken and the efficiency of the men
who went into the service. He did
all he could as adjutant general to
bring about these results. He hopes
to be. reelected so that he may effect
the reorganization of the national
guard in the state. ,--
Lieutenant Governor.
.Octavus Cohen, of Charleston, was
the next speaker, being a candidate
for the Office of lieutenant governor.
Mr.. Cohen jocularly twitted his oppo-
nents upon their autobiographies. He
thought they should let others say
these things. He censured Mr.. Maui
din for trying to array the sections
of the state against each other. He
is from Charleston, and is proud that
he hales from the low country. He
had no war record, but he did his
duty as he saw it. No man deserves
any special credit for doing his duty,
and those candidates who went to the
war deserve no more credit than the
other four million boys who were
there, nor the millions of women who
knitted day and night to keep the
boys warm. Mr.. Cohen made a
thoughtful address and promised that
if elected he will be found at his post
of duty continuously while the sen
ate is in session, and would do moth
ing to trail the robe of Office in the
dust.
Oscar X. Mauldin, of Greenville,
was next introduced. In good ma
tured way he referred to Mr.. Harvey's
acrostic and the things for which he
stands, getting some laughs at his
opponents expense. Mr.. Mauldin IA
yors good roads, and referred to what
Greenville is doing along this line. He
favors enforcement of all law, and
has for his slogan school for every
child in the state and every child in
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