The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-16
Cox And Harding
Will Visit State
Abbcville Folk Will Have Opportuni
ty to Hear Standard Bearers in
Visits to this State.


! A dispatch from Washington to-
day to The State gives out the. i'm
portant announcement that both
Governor Cox and Senator Harding
will address the voters. of Dixie be-
fore the general election in Novem-
ber. The State s. correspondent in
Washington says:
, The most interesting matter to
political Washington, and, indeed.
to the entire country at this time is,
the forthcoming visits Of both Can
didates Cox and Harding to the
South before the election in No.
vember.
Plans looking to this invasion be-
fore the ballots begin to fly are
both interestig and important. To-
day reports came to Washington
that Governor Cox will be visited
here Saturday, when he comes to
confer with President Wilson and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, candidate
for the vice presidency by number
of delegations from various South
ern cities who will invite him to
visit them on his trip through
Dixie.
! Has Negro Committeeman
: The governor and the national
committeeman in the different
states are the men who will ma
turally take the lead in welcoming
the candidates and this raises a
number Of important topics. For in
stance, when Senator Harding goes
to Georgia in the hope of making
that state get on, the Republican
side of the ledger, he will naturally
get a cold reception, especially, as it
will incumbent upon him to frate--
nize, necessarily, with Henry l..
johnson, the negro committeeman
from that state and other of his
kind. -. .- r ..--- ..-... -..
| When he once passes over the
Mason and Dixon line, Mr.. Harding
will find that while he will BE treat
ed cordially as a citizen and shown
every courtesy consistent with his
present position as candidate for
the presidency, though on a Re-
publican ticket, that the Democrats
will be satisfied with Governor Cox
as their party leader.
May Select Augusta
/ Governor Cox. will undoubtly Sc
lect Augusta as one of the cities
where he will speak when he goes
South. He has been a frequent visi-
tor to that city and has often ex-
pressed his appreciation of the
many courtesies extended him while
there on different occasions. There
fore, it may be assumed that the
Georgia city will be one to be
visited by Governor Cox.
Senator Fletcher of Florida will
see to it that Governor Cox goes in
to that state. If this is possible,
while the Florida senator has yet
made no statement regarding this
matter it is probable that he will
confer with Governor Cox while the
latter is here Saturday. If this is
not done, then Senator Fletcher
will take the matter up with him at
a later date.
! South Carolina and Alabama will
also see the Ohio governor. Indica-
tions are that he will make his trip
through Washington down, by Char
ilotte, Columbia, Augusta, possibly
Savannah and Jacksonville, over;:by
Macon, Atlanta and then on down
through Birmingham and further
through the Southwest.
No itinerary has yet been prepar-
ed, but after Saturdays conference
lit is likely this matter will take
definite shape and that announce
ments will follow at an early date.
Reports from all over the South
are that the people are preparing to
give Governor Cox a welcome some
what akin to that accorded Grover
lCleyeland when he went through