The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-08
-TThe SaEannah rifemen are showing

the New jersey folks how so many
1Yanks happened to get killed be-
tween '6l and '65.
William j. Brya,: epitomizes the
prosperity wave very sptly when. he
says that when the pro,ectionists
claim credit for dollar wheat they
must also assume responsibility for
the famine 10 India and crop failures
elsewhere.
The failure of the Edwards heirs to
recover from Trinity Church sixty
acres in the heart of New York City
shonid be Haroing to the thousands
of credulous people in all parts of
the country who imagine themselves
heirs to millions. The Edwards had
apparently good case but they lost
il and all they had expended in liti.
cation. These vast, pre.revolution-
arg estates are good things to let
alone
It IS asserted that the annexation.
of Hawaii would confer American
citizenship upon all of the inhabi-
tants of the islands Nine-tenths of
the population is made up Of mon
grel mixture Of Chinese, Japanese,
Malays. Hawaiians, Portuguese and
other undesirable people. The Re-
1publicans who are pushing the annex
alton scheme so vigorously must not
be Satisfied with the moDgrel fellow
citizens they now rub political noses
with
We believe the municipal autbori-
ties of each and every town in the
State will rigidly enforce the law
against the Illicit sale of liquor. and
that the police wilt be given strict
and explicit instructions to search
ont. apprehend apd bring to trial all
sellers Of liquor other than dispen.
sers, and the original package deal
ers. who are under the special pro-
lection of the United States Court,
and therefore cannot be molested
Blind tigers can be stamped out by
the police, and il should be done.
We have contended all along that
the constabulary was unnecessary
aud accomplished little if any good,
that the police of the towns could do
more effective service than the con-
stables. and we hone TO see this con-
tention proven true by tangible re-
suits
Gov. Ellerbe has disbanded the
constabulary and the sup.
preston of the illicit sale of liquor
viii be left TO the police Of the cities
aud towns of the State Thus the
sense Of those who have op-
posed the conetabulary from the first
is made manifest After several
years Of trial, during which in the
neigh borbood Of two hundred thou
sand dollars have been expended.
half dozen men killed without rea
sonable excuse. aud innumerable out.
RACES perpetrated by the insolent and
irresponsible constables, the system
is abandoned. These constsbles have
done more to render the dispensary
odions to the people at large and to
excite hatred toward it than any
ether one thing They committed
outrage after outrage, unprovoked
and inexcusable, caused bioodshed
and committed as red handed mur-
ders as recorded in the annals of the
State. and have gone unwSipped of
justice for all Of their misdeeds The
State is happily delivered from an
incubus Of the worst description, and
cor this deliverence thanks are due
Gov Ellerbe This single act en-
titles him to rank above either of his
immediate predecessors, who chose
to make their rule as rigorous, op
pressive and unjust as possible They
endeavored to govern by coercion
aud to make the weight of authority
bear as heavily as the laws gave them