The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-26


whenever the temperature rises above a
certain poin, [, would never do to
have such law 10 America. for the
inventive genius Of the boy would 6od
means of raising the necessary tenn
perature.
The fruit growers of Georgia are
complaining that the Southern railroads
are discriminating against them to such
an extent that there is 20 money in the
busiuess.for them More than half the
proceeds 60 to the railroads for freight,
and in the present gluttcd condition
of the market, it is claimed, that the
growers actually lose money on their
shipmeuts A recent communication
from prominent fruit grower to the
Atlanta Constitution makes com parl-
son of the rates that the Western roads
give frnit growers with the rates that
the Georgia growers are forced to pay,
aud it shows that the Georgia people
are a, great disadvantage, and that
unless the roads give rate more just
that the fruit business 10 the South
will be killed iu its very infancy. The
discrimination does not end with the
shipments Of fruit to the North, but is
as heavy on the product Of canning
factories. Many factories have proven
SO Improbable that the owners have
abandoned them. although there is an
oyer-abuDdance of fruit suitable for can
ping to be had at the lowest rates.
This, the correspondent Of the Con-
stitution says, is due entirely to the ex-
cessive freight rates that Southern can
ners have to pay OF their OUTPUT. The
rates on the same classes of goods from
Western aud ncrtherD points are SO
very much lower that the Southern
Gamers eau not begin to compete
With, notwithstanding the fact that they
can obtain fruit and vegetables and
labor cheaper than 'be Northern can
uers. The Constructors correspondent
makes out strong case against the
railroads, and almost anyone will be
convinced that the railroads are iDjur-
ing both themselves and the territory
they traverse.
The foo!-kil!er would 6nd occupation
among the newspaper correspondents OF
the South. A dispatch in the morning
papers. announcing the murder of
woman in Mississippi. concludes thus ::
The people are luotiog for the
murderer and are determined to burn
bic, a, the stake if caught. y Such
reports sent out from the South do
vast deal mere towards prejudicing the
public against our people and our
country than hundred Ida Wells. 1t
IS such reports that prepare the unin-
formed public 10 the North aud Eng
land to accept as true all the malicious
and false statements circulated by
South -haters. The great papers that
are eternaliy pratiug about the develop
meut of the South. and the movement
Of Northern people to the South the
papers that 90 toto douole-leaded
freuzies eyerytiue Northern man,
woman or paper speaks disparagingly or
slauderously of the South the papers
that spent days and weeks in refuting
the slauders of Ida Wells and her ilk,
should devote some of their time aud
attention to the correspondents who
baoitually conclude their dispatches
with the statement that the brute" or
the "6end,' or the villain . will be
lyncbed or burned if caught
We are glad 20 see that the Couser-
vatives in all parts of the State are
becoming convinced that the time has
arrived when they must think no
longer of compromise, but must organ
ize and fight the ring in every county.
They are at last convinced that it will
be the wisset as we'll as the mos.
honorable policy to organize and fight
for what they believe is right without
consideration Of expediency. 1t has
l.sto,