The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-20
COMING WEEK WILL BE
CANDIDATES BUSY ONE
Those Seeking State Offices To Speak Here Mon
dav In The Forenoon County Campaign
Will End Here Next Saturday-Three
Meetings Have Been Held-Three
More To Come Next Week

Candidates for county Offices are
out on the hustings again today.
The campaign opened Wednesday
at Calhoun Falls, at which place a
large crowd gathered to hear the
first guns fired. Yesterday a meet
ing was held at Lowndesville, at
which place as was the case the day
before a goodly number of voters
were on hand to hear the claims put
forward by the various candidates
as to why they should be elected to
the positions to which they are as
piring. Today they are meeting at
Antreville and the predictions are
that a large crowd would be on
hand to greet the candidates and to
hear what they say for themselves
and for the good of the county and
state.
The contest for county officers
this year in Abbeville county is a
very lukewarm one as compared
with some years in the sweet bye
and bye, still there is enough inter-
est being shown as will indicate that
the people are anxious to have good
men serve them in the various OIL
cial positions to which the candidates
are aspiring. With but few excep-
tions all of the present incumbents
are asking for reelection and these
are putting forth their claims upon
a basis of merit and efficient service
rendered. On the other hand the op-
posing candidates are endeavorlng
to convince the voters that they can
do as we'll and perhaps little better
than the present incumbents have
done. So far there has been no un-
usual excitement in the campaign.
The office seekers nave shown a de-
cided inclination to good humor and
their speeches have been void OF all
recriminations and mud Singing. In
short the whole bunch of candidates
are a good lot of good fellows and are
conducting the campaign on a high
plane of citizenship, which fact
bodies we'll for the conditions as they
are found today.
The campaign will continue
through next week, closing on the
2Sth in this city, at which time it is
expected there will be a large gath
ering of the clans to hear the last
guns that will be fired in the cam
paign and to give expression as to
whom they think are entitled to the
political plums. The itinerary for
the balance of the campaign is as
follows:
Due West, Wednesday, August
25th.
Donalds, (Barmore Sprlngs),
Thursday, August 26th.
Abbeville, Saturday, August 28th'
State Candidates
AS has already been noted in Inc
Press and Banner, candidates for
state Offices will address the voters
of this county in this city next Mon
day, presumably at II o'clock in the
forenoon.
The candidates who will speak
here Monday are:
For lieutenant governor-octaVuS
Cohen, Wilson G. Harvey, Oscar K.
Mauldin.
For adjutant generar-A. H. Mar
chant, W. w. Moore.
For railroad commissioner-D. N.
McCaskill, R. L. Moss, Frank Shealy
and D. L. Smith.
The remaining meetings for state
candidates are as follows:
Greenwood, Tuesday, August "a.
Mccormick, Wednesday, AugnHt
25.
Laurens, Tuesday, August 26.
Newberry, Friday, August 27.
These candidates are from ',mong
the most distinguished citizens OF
the state. They are men of more
than ordinary ability, prominent IN
public life and are entitled to be
l. 1oroo pun,hars IF fhe