The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-30

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Sgmter
The agitation in favor of the estab-
fishing of Soldiers Home is not
productive OF unanimity of sentiment
among the old soldiers, some OF whom
take the ground that the money that
would be spent in maintaining home
would do more good if applied to in
creasing the pensions of needy and
worthy old soldiers. This is in our
cpinion a correct view of the matter.
The navy department complains that
great difhculty is experienced in OBJ
tanning a. sufficient number of able
bodied seamen to man The ships Of the
navy, but makes no mention OF the
fact that there is a surplus OF able
bodied liars in the navy, many OF
whom hare been on duty at the
sehley Court Of inquiry.
President Roosevelt will find that
for every gold Democrat that he puts
into his Office be will ALLEVIATE the
affections of "a saddle colored Republl-
can.
DE-. Clayton says that the appoint
ment of Mr.. Koester was made for
The purpose. Of building up the Repub-
lican party in South Carolina. How
can this be{if Mr.. Koester is Demo
craft Hsbefis not q Democrat, what
are his politics, and to what political
party does his sponsor, Senator Nc
Laurin belong?
The Sumter county exhibit at the
Exposition. will be an eye-opener to
those who have not taken this county
into consiideration as competitor
for the $1,000 premium offered for the
best county exhibit. Sumter county
has the material, the money has been
nroyided and three men are already at
No work collecting the exhibit. It is GER
tain to be great exhibit of the eoun-
TVS resources and a magnificent adver-
tisement.
We have received from Latham, Al
arander & Co, Commission Mer-
chants. of New York, a copy of their
valuable publication Cotton Move
nent and Fiuctuations. This publ
cation, which they have issued annu-
ally for twenty-eight years, has a
recognized standing as an authorlta-
tive book of reference and is invalua-
BILE 10 anyone who wishes to become
familiar with the course OF the COTTON
market
Judge Benet has .announced that he
win not be.a candidate for reelection
as Judge of the First Circuit and
there are few regrets over his retire
ment Notwithstanding the generally
admitted fact that he is one OF the
ablest lawyers on the bench, the PEG.
nle have not forgotten that he IS one,of
The + driftgood jurists that the Reform
wave washed down from the up coun-
try to fna judicial berth in the low
country, and his retirement is regard
ed as the mostpraiseworthy act OF MS
judicial career.
Czolgosz is dead and insofar as pos
sible he should be forgotten. The an
archists viii, of course, glorify his
memory as martyr to their infamous
cause, but law abiding and self re
specting people and newspapers should
not assist in keeping his name before
the public. In life be was a savage
brute and he died ike beast, deny
ING God and cursing his priests.
The municipal election in New York
city is exciting interest throughout
the country and all politicians are
watching the progress OF the light
with anxious eyes. The Republicans,
who have formed an alliance with all
sorts and conditions Of men who are
antagonistic to Tammany rule, claim
that parry lines do not enter into the
fight and that party principles are not
issues. The Democrats on the other
hand claim that the fight is party
fight and that the cry of reform raised
by the Republicansis is simply a campaign
dodge on the part of the Platt Ma
chine to catch the anti-Tammany
democrats. The Indictment brought
against Tammany by the reformers is
1amnino and probably true, but we