The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-01-16

tobacco oarDs are gong up all over Tue
country around Lamar. The people of
Darlington are making money out
of tobacco and they appreciate good
thing.
Gov. Evans mas announced that be
will not give as much attention to the
details of the management of the dis
pensary as has been given heretofore
by the Governor. The report that
John Gary is pretty decen: sort of a
fellow must have some foundation.
The division of delegates to the
Constitutional Convention is all right
and agreeable if the reforners do not
insist on making the division on the
Indian and white man plan You take
the buzzard aud | take the turkey, or |
take the turkey and you take the buz-
card.
Toe Democrats in Congress have
voted down the Carlisle Currency Bill,
aud there is no hope of the passage Of
the bill. The financial problem will be
turned over to the Republicans from
whom the mass Of the people have little
to expect. The Democratic majority in
Congress appears to have in its ranks
lot of fools. cranks and rascals.
Mr.. W D. Woods. who was editor
and proprietor Of the Darlington
Herald has begun the publication Of
an agricultural paper at Florence.
1t will be devoted to the planting inter.
es.s exclusively, and will not enter the
field of politics in any way. There is
no agricultural paper published in the
State, and Mr.. Woods should find a
ready support Of his new venture. We
wish him a success.
When the time comes for electing
delegates to the Constitutional Conven.
ton Judge T. B. Fraser's name should
be place at the head of the ticket.
Learned in the law. of sound judg
ment, and conservative In tempera-
ment and as true citizen as is to be
found within the State, 20 more suit
able man could be seat to the conven-
ton.
1t would be regretable circumstance
if any children should be compelled to
leave the Graded School on account of
inability to pay the contingent fee. but
there is and has been no necessity Of
any child leaving school on this &C
count. There is fund to pay the
fees of all children whose parents are
unable to pay the fees. Attention is
directed to notice from Superinten-
daut DuAie in reference to this matter.
The Marion Star has been sold by
Mr.. Juuius H. Evans aud will be run
iu the interest of Reform by Mr.. j. D.
Montgomery. Mr.. Evans was a writer
of forcible and, at times, clustic Fog
lish that it was pleasure to read IN
this time of subservient twadde The
Star was always decided iu it's opinion
and there was no necessity to read 1t
twice to discover where it was at.
Sumter was one Of the first towns in
the State to undertake to build cotton
factory, but when the half equipped
yarn mill did not make money every
one was disappointed and dissatisfied.
Had the mill been fully equipped, and
had it had sufficient funds to pay
operating expenses without borrowing,
it would have been paying dividends
from the first.
Gov. Evans has undertaken to arouse
interest in the Atlanta Exposition for
the purpose Of inducing the people to
make a creditable exhibit Of the re-
sources Of South Carolina. This is an
undertaking in which all progressive
citizens Of the State can cooperate with
Gov. Evans. If South Carolioiaps
we're so constituted that they could ex-
pend as much energy along the line
suggested by Gov. Evans, as they do 10