The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-12-05

oeeding $50 to SIS, instead Of $500
10 $3.50 as ander the present scheme as
now adminsstered. Public printing
should be given out on business basis
and not as reward for personal and
political support rendered BY an organ.
Governor Tillman's farewell message
which vas read Wednesday is lengthy
paper, and .breathes tho spirit-o Till
man in every iue. It is at one aud the
same time defence and an encomium
of the writer's own personality. It is
readable paper. and should be read aud
preserved. for fnture reference. In it
those Who agree With the author and.
sustain hiis coutse while Governor Of the
State viii find the most plausible and
the strongest arguments in support OF
their position. And 10 it, also, those
sho denot agree with the author will fnd
abundant proof that Gov. Tillman has
been the governor Of faction and not
of the entire people; that be has de-
iiberateiy uulli6ed and disregarded the
laws of the State; that be conceived
himself to be above the law aud better
than his subjects, and so conducted
himself; and that he goes out of Office
hoping that his successor will perpet-
uate the one-man power established by
him.
No fair man will hesitate to concede
that Gov. Tillman stated but the simple
truth when he says that be has had
great difficulties to contend against. He
has, aud we grant that he has met
every one With dogged determination
to carry his point at all hazards. He
has proyeo that he possesses a tenacity
of purpose that would be deserving Of
all admiration we're it enlisted in
worthy canse.
As Gov. Tillman says his record is
made.
ssWhat IS writ is writ
"Woald It were wor,bier"
We can all unite in the sentiment OF
the last line, ..Would it were worthier. "
i Gev Tlhnm' Message conveys the.
that the people Of Darling
ten, Florence and. Sumter, held i mass
meeting ID tie Darlington Court House
and denounced Illegal searches of pri-
vate houses, aud sbouud themselves to
resist such outrages, prior to the time
he ordered the Sumter Light Infsptry
q :DIsrliDg gsoO. ID hes Nc statement
makes & appea. chat at Was partlysSln
consequence of this mass ,uestiugs shas
he ordered the company to Darlington
The Truth Of the matter is, notwith-
the order in which Gov. Till
man states the events-that the mass
meeting was not held until the Sumter
Light Infantry was 9uartered in Oar
liugton, under orders from Gov. Till
man. This is fact that cannot be
disputed. Tha. mass meeting vas
held as result of Gov. Tillmau's high
handed attempts to intinidate and
serrorize the people Of Darlington, aud.
as the resolutions adopted prove, no of
feosive action vas advocated BY those
present. They declared a determine
ton to defend the rights guaranteed
them By the law aud nothing more.
Fortunately Gov Tillmau's message is
not history, nor can it alter facts.
The Committee of the General
Assembly appointed to examine the
books of the State Dispensary have,
SO to speak. sat down on the expert
book keeping there employed. The
system seems better calculated to con-
fuse those who epdeavor to learn some,
thing about what the institution is
spending aud earning than anything
else.
Several of the prominent Office seek
ing reformers of this county have been
in Columbia since the General Assem-
by convened laboring assiduously to
convince the powers that be that the
Of this county are guilty
of all sorts of horrible high crimes and
aoainst the ring and that