The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The 18th of January was bad day for
mercantile concerns, judging from the
number of failures recorded
The member of Congress who wants
to admit the Hawaiian Islands as state
has lots Of nerve. The idea of taking
into the understandable union" as eeth-
ing volcano is preprosterous.
Benjamin Harrison is not now
more improbable candidate for the Pres
idepcy than when be was nominated by
the Republicans in 1883. Harrison is
a negative element in the Republican
party aud be may be put in on this ac-
couot.
The yearly effort to abolish the Cita-
del Academy has been started ip the
Legislature. but, without decided re-
vulsioa of feeling, there will be little
chance of the effort succeeding. The
Citadel has too mauy friends and is too
good a school for the training of the
young men of the State to be abolished.
Town Topics has been the leader 10
poking fun at the American girls who
marry Eoglishmen, yet the daughter
of the editor of that paper on yesterday
married an Euglishman. There's moth
ing like being 10 the style.
The new suffrage and election laws
proposed 10 the Legislature do not hold
out the hope Of any decided reform in
election methods. 1t would seem that
honest and fair elections are not espe-
cially desired.
Siuee the trouble in South Africa
has blown over the English are resum-
ing their bullying tone in reference to
the Venezuela boundry dispute. There
ma7 oe fight yet. and England will
be responsible for it should it be
brought about.
Chicago has captured the Democratic
National Convention over New York,
St. Louis and Cincinnati. Chicago
has habit of getting nearly every
thing she wan IS.
Senator Tillman is said to be worried
because he has not been initiated into
the nys,ries of Senatorial courtesy.
Well. wonders never cease. We
shoughti, was Senator Tillmau's mission
10 the Senator to knock the stuf!in' out
O. all Of the moss back traditions, Sena-
torial courtesy included.
Monday was the birthday Of Gen
Rober E Lee aud ard it was made the
occasion for celebrations in honor Of his
memory 10 pumber of Southern cities
and towns. In Charleston, Atlanta,
Baltimore and Ralei gt the celebrations
were on an elaborate scale. Gen. Lee has
imperisbable fame aud the reverence of
the people of the South. yet it is good
idea to select ooe day cut of the year
to be devoted to paying just tribute
to his memory.
Congressman McLaurin has intro
duced bill in in Congress to appropri-
ate S10O, 900 for past Office and pub
lie building iu Florence. S. G. We
should be very glad to see such build
Jog erected 10 Florence; but Sumter has
better claim for government build
ing than has her sister city, and while
congress is 10 the appropriatiug busi-
ness, it may as we'll duplicate the Flor
ence appropriation in behalf Of Sumter.
The charges preferred against Supt.
Neal, of the State Peneteotiary by
Messers Willoughly and Allen. the
former one Of the Penetentiary Board
Of Directors and the latter formerly
Captain Of the Penitentiary guard and
Supt. Of the State Farm, amount. in q
few words, to a charge Of theft. Mr.
Neal will have to make very lucid ex.
planation and sustain it by unimpeach-
able proof or he will be in fair way to
snend sometime in the PenitentiarY as