The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-07

.U M MTER
energy, stM 1t sostds to tzke an Be can make to
q Sidthe zrd fsef binsslf and little family, and
I that barely deeshtiy. He hss aads no splares
t.put MS some oths1l bavs. He rides in and owns
| no 6ne earriagessot busgiss-has neither built
nor bought any fine house. Surely, if he had
been using other peoples funds, he would Of
might have followed suit IN these evidences Of
extraordinary tariff But we find him the same
hard working, modest and poor man to day that
We saw him years ago. Such . man been squan-
dering other peoples norcy7 We cant believe
! ft-nbo can? M 4 LOCKER ON"
"TcoHMUxtcATEp.
| wHAEs rHE Row?
| What's ell this fuss about? Somebody is In
tendsnt, and the town is entitled to an Intend
ant 60 where's the BARN, and what's the racket?
Is the new street laid of in the wrong direction,
or does 1t carry trade where some folks don't get
it, or is q lone Irishman walking the street. with
q modest bit offs sbillaly, and behaving himself
like gintlenan, as he is, enough TO stir the bile
Of Cassias and excite the pent up wrath of Ce-
sar9 Cease firing, friends, and indulge freely
! in soda. The weather is horribly hot, and the
town Is horribly dull, but we dent want q fuss
about nothing at all, at all. The Ku Klux may
show at Manning and in upper Sumter, but if
they hear the sound Of this battle, they may
visit this place, and soon decide 'whall be
King in Sumter. So stop the fuss at once, and
stop the press long enough to get this in, for the
PUBLIC GOOD"
| Supposing that the remarks of"A LOCKER On"
| were intended to injure my brothers character
and niue, demanded the authors name, aud
4 as soop as decent regard to tho sad event in
his family permitted, sent him communica-
ton, copy of which, with the subsequent cor.
respoudence will be found in note ["A."l
I address myself again - the subject of
Town Affairs
GA LOCKER On" states in defence Of the In
tendant, that "the Treasurer keeps the funds,
! not the Intendant-hc (the Treasurer) has pub
lished q statement of all the receipts and dis
burssments, and if any thing were wrong, any
body, much less the astute Tax Payer could
easily show it from the 6gures." That is all
true, and have shown from the figures" that
the Four Hundred Dollars never went into the
Town Treasury" nor on the tom books, and
consequently the "astute 'Tasfayer'" might
analze forever the Treasuter's statement, and
fail to discover "a trace" Of the amount in ques-
ton, unless the item of six dollars and eighty
cents received from Poor Fund.-" and entered
asssuch on the Treasurer's statement, under date
Of January, 1870, includes the Four Hundred
Dollars-an arithmeticai problem which even
the astute i" LOCKER On" is incapable Of work.
ing out.
Is this fair argument? GA Tax Payer" en-
CURED what had become Of the morey appropri-
ated By the STATE. The Iutendant replied that
was between the State and him, "a Tax Pay
err" admitting it was spent in charity, denied
that tha; was the special kind Of charity intend
ed by the Legislature. The card IF the Intend |
ants friends admits this charge, and gives credit
to the Intendant for saving the feelings Of GER
tain reduced ladies by not doing (what NO one
ever asked him to dol, publish the names Of the
recipients. In the same paper " A LOCKER On"
tells =" A Tax Payer" hc'll and full account Of
this money in the Town Treasurer's statement
This is a muddle. It is like the grid-iron story
"Where is my grid iron, mam?" never Dor.
rowcd your grid iron The nasty rusty old thing
And I returned it long ago"
OF similar weight is the argument about the
simplicity Of the Intendants mode Of living
family, 20. Is this reason why he should be
elected Intendant? The Intcndant has been for
years the head Of the largest establishment BY
long odds in Sumter, be has GOLD moro goods and
bought more cotton than any other two mer
chants in this town. The result: hc Is the
"same poor man to-day that We saw him years
ago."
In other words, if q man after having the start !
of every body else, and doing uiuch the largest
business for years past, comes out with nothing,
it is conclusive proof that be i the right man
to manage successfully tho affairs of the town
Well may the Intendant exclaim, "saye me
from my friends"
will now notice the communication signed
"Publio Good:" As Hamlet said of 0src: "Dost
know this Water Fly7" II not, I'll introduce
him to you.
"P. g." wishes to know whether "the new
street carries trade where some folks don't get t'
Now am too old bird to be caught with chat
like that. have been writing for newspapers
for twenty years, and understand these little
games. up. e." wants me to say the 1u.eEdant
Gu, that street to carry business to his own es-
tablishment. But wont say it, because don't
think it; and it would be mean and ungentle-
manly to mako such charge ualcss was PIE
pared to prove It. in the drst place, have in
spec,ed this new "simplou," and don't find it
any shorter cut to Green, Walsh Co.'s than
the old road passing DR.. Hay -worta's house and
turning into Main street. st Major DeKuights
corner. Our people, being fond Of old routes, will
probably continue to como into town that way,
and thus pass "some folks" stores before getting
to tho establishment that sells everything
"s.esp. Liquors" In the second place. think
I know why the In.endaut cut that road, which.
Us it Is as yet anonymous. viii call "Green"
Street, in compliment to the verdure Of those
almost primeval forests through which it passes,
aud to the verdaney exhibited by "Public
Good"
think the opening Of that road is attribute
bic to the Same obligiug disposition which has