Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-08-24
Reply To Voter.

KePty 10 voter.
I have read with much interes
the eommunicat alton in your last
Issue of Voter" who5sees fit to en-
deavor to influence the voters Of
Edgeteld county. dealing not il
generalities but directly attacking
the record of men living and dead.
Voter" first sees fit by implica
ton to attack the records Of Edge
fields illustrious sons, George y,
Tillman and. Jasper Talbert, by a
belittling comparison of their ca.
leers with that of Mr.. Patterson,
because forsooth Mr.. Patterson hap
pens to have been in congress at a
time when the pork barrel was
opened up and every district in
South Carolina in which there was
a town Of any size was given a post
office building as a matter of course.
This comparison is about as correct
as Voters" other Statement that
the Republicans obtain the commit
tee chairmanship by keeping their
representatives in Congress for long
terms, when all with any knowledge
of such affairs know that chairman
ships depend upon which party is
in power.
And why should it be necessary
to fling slurs at Geo. d. Tillman
and Jasper Talbert and to infer
that they did nothing while in Con
gress. The people of old Edgefeld
know their records and are proud
of them and will resent any such
gratuitous, fling now that the one is
in his grave and cannot reply and
the other has retired to private life.
Then voter fires fusiladeat Mr..
Byrnes thereby showing that he
knows that B.yrnes is a vital factor
in the race-for no'one shoots at a
dead bird. He tackles him for not
resigning as Solicitor before run
ming for Congress. We'll let's see.
Here he again attacks the record of
a son of Edgefeld of whom we are
proud. Hon. ]. Vim. Thurmond
ran for this very seat in Congress
while he was Solicitor and he didn't
resign. Let's see again. Two years
ago Associate Justice D.. E. Hy-
drick, of the Supreme Court Of
South Carolina ran for that digni-
fed position and he didn't resign.
At the same sessionof Legislature,
Judge Thomas S. Sease (the Solici-
tory ran for the Circuit Judgeship
and he didn't resign. Some years
ago Judge Robt. Aidrich-then
State Senator ran for a Serene
Court Judgeship and lie {, mt re-
sign. Today Solicitor J.. K. Hen.
ry is running for Congress and he
hasn't reaigned. Pretty good ex-
amples for poor, misguided youthful
Jimmie Byrnes to follow. arn't
they?
And voter calls Byrnes a boy
and wants to defeat him on account
of youth and inexperience. What
of it? Two years ago that same
cry was raised. When he ran fol
Solicitor they said he was too young,
that he could not cope with the ex-
perienced lawyers of his Circuit.
But the people couldn't be fooled.
They recognized his ability and
elected him triumphantly, and he
stood up in, the Court House and
valiantly did battle with the best.
He showed them the stuff he was
made of and no one in his Circuit
dares to class Byrnes asa boy in
achievements and ability. Rather
is his youth to be taken as an asset,
for with his ability, his industry
and his youthful zeal, we can and
will make of him a Congressman to
be proud of. What as voter to
say about Frank Levers record:
They say he classed up with the
best we have in Washington and
he was no older than Byrnes is,
when he went to Congress.
No, Mr. Editor, let Voter fuss
and fume, but let the people of
Edgefeld resent the yelled assault
on Tillman, Talbert and Thurmond,
and vote for a young man of brains
and ability whose name is Byrnes.
Yours respectfully,