The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-22
RAGSDALE VS. ELLERBE.
Reasons why Should be Change
In Congressional Representation

We notice that Jno C Mace, Editor
of the Marion Star, is now appealing
to the voters of Marion to vote for
Mr. Ellerbe for the reason that Mr.
Ragsdale is from Florence and that
Florence now has a number of offic-
ers, naming them. He does not men
tion the fact that when Marion's
son, the late w H Ellerbe, was a
candidate for Comptroller General
and Governor, that Mr. Ragsdale
and large majority of the Demo-
Gratis of Florence supported him.
He does not mention the fact that
when Associate Justice Woods of
Marion was elected by the Legis-
lature, that Mr. Ragsdale, then
Senator from Florence county, and
every Representative from Florence
county, supported Justice Woods.
He does not mention the fact that
Florence county Representatives
supported Mr. E T Hughes of Marion
when he was elected a trustee of
Clemson College, position he now
holds. He does not mention the fact
that when Judge S w G Shipp, son
of Marlboro, formerly law partner
of Mr. Ragsdale, and now living at
Florence, was elected to the bench,
he appointed Mr. F F Covington of
Marion, court stenographer, posi-
ton that he now holds. and the sal
ary and emoluments of which office
exceed the salary of the Solicitor.
He does not mention the fact that
Solicitor Wells was born in Marl-
boro, raised in Marion and only
moved to Florence after he began
practicing law, ,and Hon L M Gasque
of Marion is now making hard eff
fort to win this place. He does not
tell you that Hon E D Smith is no
longer citizen of Florence county
but resides in Lee county, where he
has large farm and has recently
built a handsome colonial home
where his family now resides and
where they have been living for
more than a year. Senator Smith
has not spent five days consecutively
| in Florence county for more than
year. He does not tell you that
MIR Ellerbe gave the position of
private secretary to Mr. Ben Null
Inns, of Marion county, which he.
now holds. He does not tell you
that Mr. J w McCown never held
for day the Craftsmanship Of the
Warehouse commission.
On, no! He overlooks these little
matters, unintentionally, of course
He does not tell you that every man
from Florence county who has po-
sition of any kind is now making
good and that the best evidence of
the fact that they deserve and merit
the approval of the people is the
fact that with the exception of Mr.
Gasque's opposition to Solicitor
Wells all Of them are without oppo-
nents today.
When man starts to calling on
county pride as the reason why an
Individual should be supported for
high office, everybody knows that he
has retreated to his last ditch. Ge-
ographical lines should not deter.
mine who shall be our next Con-
gressman. A candidates integrity,
candidates ability, candidates
views and proclivities and candi-
dates energies should determine
who should be elected. When we
read what Lieut-Gov Smith, who,
taught Mr. Ragsdale as schoolboy
and has known him intimately since
then, being associated with him per-
sonally, politically, professionally
and in business matters, says Of MIR
Ragsdale, when we consider the fact
that for more than sixty days the
Democrats in Washington have been
making history; that the wool bill,
the cotton bill, the steel bill and the
tariff generally, battleship PROPOSE
ton and appropriation bill have been
under discussion and have needed
the personal attention of every
Democratic Representative and of
Senator'S Tillman and Smith, and
that the Sixth district alone of all
the districts in this State has had
no Representative at Washington
then do you not agree that Senator
Tillman gave good advice to Mr.
Ragsdale when he told him to look
around and see if it was not time
for a change in the Representative
from the Sixth Congressional dis
trict of South Carolina?
Flying Men Fall