The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-08-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Sumter.

EDIToRTAL NOTES.
So even refawu is rotten. Gov Till.
man has said it.
Gov. Tillmao's speech ss Pickens was
Is hard on some of his refauna associates
as anything he ever said about the old
ring.
The exhunaiion and post burial post
morten Of the body Of Constable
Pepper is now followed BY the sequel
the arrest of citizens Of Darlington.
If the c.mp.iga meetings have had
anything to do With the rains Of the
last few weeks. as one Of the campaign
reporters intimated, the farmers ought
to be finally disgusted With the move
asent.
A ..Reformer" writes to tie Register
that an at,emp. was made to buy his
services and influence fof Butler. and
offers to prove his statement Let him
do so at once. We would like to. see
the matter ventilated
The special report Of tie re-organiza-
ton of elebs and election Of delegates
to the County Convention which was
published last week, was made up, only
after great troable and some expense.
Yet We fsl. fully repaid, as our readers
appreciated it and our contemporaries
copied it.
Gen. John Sam Werner bas chal-
leneed the Conservative candidates OF
Richlaod County to meet him in JOINT
debate, Reform to be the subject OF
discussion. He is not candidate
before the people. bat is anxioa s'o eo
prove his devotion to his lately deelared
Reform principles. I. is said that be is
to be rewarded BY an appoinsive Office
The men of Sumter should turn ont
in force at the Gala Week meeting.
.If the celebration. is to be q success the
people must take hold of the matter at
once and push it. They must De
UNANIMOUS or the effort will fail. No
half-hearted measures will do, and
unless the meeting is we'll attended,
and the movement started with epthasi-
asm. itmay as Yell be dropped:
The new county government law,
which will go into effect on the
1ss of January next, is pub
lished to-day in q condensed form.
All the important sections are given in
full, 80 that the voters of Sumter
County may become fully coversant
sitb the provisions Of the law Of laws
that most directly affects every one OF
them. L should be read carefully and
then put aside for future reference.
We are satisfied tina, some of the
provisions of the law will bear unequal
1y on some people. which will be
found out when the Law goes into effect
The dispensary coostables are per-
forming their duties 10 an open manner
and go about With their badges os the
lapels Of their coats. This course
would have prevented much trouble 10
the past aud will remove much of the
opposition to the coostabulary. 1t will
be necessary at times for secret
service, but when it IS necessary it will
be much better for the Board of Control
to employ regular detective and not
drove of disreputable, drunken things
like those Who went around the State
las. year raising the devil wherever they
stopped Those in authority must under
staud that they do not constitute stand
ing army, and that when they exceed
this duty and Interfere With individual
rights the people will resent it without
regard to consequences. The constables
must remain within their province aud
not be placed above the sheriff and
other officials. II all warrants for the
arrest of violators of the dispensary
law had been turned over to the sheriffs,
there would have been little or no
trouble anywhere 1t is to be hoped
that our autocratic rulers have pro6ted