The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-07-13

before the campaign opened he was
called by politicians from Columbia
and a bribe offered him, the office of
lieutenant governor, if he would
withdraw from the race for secre-
tary of state, but that he declined
and resented such tactics.
Samuel NJ. Wolfe, of Anderson,
candidate for reelection as attorney
general, rendered thanks for his
votes here two years ago. He said II
was remarkable that at the last mo-
ment two young men who probably
never had a case in court should
come out against him. If his ad-
ministration had been inefficient it
would seem that he would be faced
by an able opponent. He f1ayed his
opponents for being young, inexperi-
enced and unbroken. 1t would
pay him to retire to private practice,
but he has the ambition to serve his
state by completing the litigation
now on hand in his Office mentioning
several big cases.
D. NJ. Winter, of Columbia, stated
that he was running solely on his
merits and not on the dement's OF
the attorney general. He deals not
in personalities, he says, but he does
strongly assail the pitiful record OF
the incumbent in the attorney gener-
ais office and ripped it up mighty
forcefulIy. He mentioned his own
stand for four years in the legisla-
ture and closed by asserting that he
could better uphold and maintain
the dignity of the law than had been
done in that Office, and if given the
opportunity and he did not do so he
would willingly step down and out
of his own accord.
H. G.. Eubanks, of Columbia, ad-
mitted his youth, but said he had
made more money in the two years
he had practiced law than Wolfe
had in the Al years of his life, and
then launched into a bitter attack
upon Wolfe and the conduct of the
Office, saying that the present attor-
ney general could not conduct big
case in court but always employed
outside counsel in every important
case. He made several sharp and
sarcastic thrusts at his opponents
and displayed considerable emotion
aroused throughout his speech.
Walter E. Duncan, newspaper
man of Aiken, asked for considera-
ton of his record as comptroller
general for the past two years, and
for election on that, saying that he
was not given to oratory as a specl-
atty, so he could only discuss in
business like manner his doings in
Office already. He referred all voters
to any county official working in
connection with his Office, and has
nothing to say for the tax commits
sion, which is. no baby Of his. He
scored his opponent for being re-
moved as auditor of Hampton coun-
ty.
T. Hagood Gooding, former Hamp-
ton county auditor then took to the
platform and explained to the salts
faction of some his removal from
Office by saying that the senator
from his county tricked him and
through sheer partisanship refused
to present his name to the senate for
confirmation. He told of 17S of
Duncan's home voters out of ap-
proximately $50 at Aiken scratching
him without opposition at the time
of his former nomination. He mar
rated his unsurpassed qualifca-
tions for the Office Of comptroller
general, lauding them as being
much better than Duncan's.
The crowd dwindled gradually as
the speeches wore on, but the audi
ence was not at all small even when
Mr.. Gooding, the last speaker, con-
cluded, and one thing is certain, II
they all told the truth about them
selves on that stump then during the
next two years we are going to en-
Joy state government magnificent
Iy managed in South Carolina, and
if they all told the truth about the
other fellow, then heaven help us.
Pick your choice, and vote for the
best man.
Congressman Jimmy Byrnes, with
out opposition, was none the less on
the scene of action, and at the con-
clusion was called upon for speech,
but in his usual diplomatic manner
he replied that he thought it was
bad enough for the people to have