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

The success of the Cheraw Knitti1g g
Mill will encourage other towns to fol-
low Cberaw's example.
The commission of the Sumter Man
ufacturiug Company has beeu issued.
Nov to build the factory.
The railroad outlook is Frightening
for Sumter. aud there are other things
that are to be made public soon.
The Charleston Post is after the
News and Courier With two deadly
weapous-the parallel and the dia-
gram.
The Republican party is iu sorry
plight. With nc principles worth
mentioning the leaders are in a quan.
Diary what position TO take on the 6nan-
cial question in order to obtain votes.
If the Reforners control the Con-
stitutiooa! Convention there will be a
greater contest over the disposition Of
the printing than over the provisions for
maintaining public schools.
Hay has advanced 10 price from 81
to $5 pc, ton within tie last two weeks,
and those who have native hay for sale
will do we'll to consult the market be-
fore selling. 1t will also be good
idea to plant as much pea-vine hay as
possible.
What proportion Of criminals, whose
summary execution by the rope or at
the stake is predicted in telegraphic
dispatches. are put to death illegally? !?
From observation We do not believe
that the number will aggregate FIVE per
cent. The injury done the South by
the predictions cannot be estimated.
The decline 10 the price of cotton in
the fsce of the unfayorable condition Of
tho growing crop. the reduced acreage
AID the small amount OF fertilizers used
stree s.hcos the belief that the advance
a. the time the crop was being planted
vas purely speculative aad that the
market was manipulated to induce the
planting of a large crop.
The newspaper situation in Columbia
will be very interesting, indeed, when
both the Register aud the Ecenlng
Ners get we'll under way as admins
,ration organs The latest information
is that the Ecening Neacs is to have
strong 6naacial backing, aud that it
will be -un as supporter OF the Ad-
miuissratiou, but on respectable plan.
Of course the Register will not relish
the idea. but. then. old things are not
always tie best
The rascalisy existing in official cir
cles IN Aiken County brought to light
BY the Graod Jury rivals anything that
occurred in the Radical days of good
stealing. The Office holders were using
their positions to put money into their
owp pockets. and it is to be
hoped that they will be punished
to the extent of the Law. In
other counties Grand Jurics should be
as jealous 10 examining the books Of
county officers, and If there are other
rascals in Office they should be brought
to justice.
IF the dispeosary system continues to
evolu.e 10 the direction indicated by
the recent order of the State Commits
siouer that dispensaries shall open at
5 50 a. N. and remain open until I
o'clock p. ~, i, will 20: be long before
it will require 40 expert to distinguish
between an old-fasbioned bar and South
Cardinals model moral institution.
There are some features that commend
the dispensary to great many people
who opposed it at first. but as soon as
those who are running it begin to ap-
proach the manner 10 which the old
bars were run. these people will be
aroused to an active opposition.
We begiO to have a slight degree Of
faith that Charleston is in earnest about
building railroad that will give an