The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-09

advertising medium In Sumter.
Elijah DoRie's Zion has come to 3
sudden halls in its career OF CONNER
cial glory, and the latter day prop9et
has found that it takes cash and good
deal Of it to pay debts contracted on
faith.
The suggestion that the Legislature
impose tax upon the fisheries IN the
waters of the State is a good one.
There IS as good grounds for taxing
the fisheries as there was for exactlng
3 ROYALTY from the phosphate miners.
The report of the receivers OF the
broken Camden bank reveales re-
markable condition TO haze existed.
TIE idea of bank with capital OF
1000 and a surplus OF more than
$4,000. having only s171.99 on hand
shows the posi- Utilities Of hnanclerlng.
The Panama Canal treaty has been
s. SIGNED, sealed and delivered by the SELF
constituted representatives Of the made
so order republic and President Roose-
I. ;vsit and his cabal are confident that
the have bound this country hard and
fas4 10 pnarantee and maintain the IN
dependence Of the SO called republic.
State Board of Control has agreed,
under specified conditions, to rescind
she order recently issued to withhold
charieston,s share of the dispensary
profits; but it remains to be seen
whether conditions will improve IN
That city with respect to the enforce
nant Of the dispensary Law. What Is
needed in Charleston is not great
number of dispensag constables> and
four special policemen to assist them'
but a healthy public sentiment IN
fagersof the enforcement of the laws OF
fhe State in Charleston as elsewhere.
Until the people Of Charleston fully
realize ehat they are not peculiar
people, and therefore entitled to special
laws and different treatment from
other towns and cities, there can be
and Will be no improvement in condl-
tions and the blind tigers will con-
tinne to flourish.
President Cleyeland's announce
rnent that no viii not in any clrcuna-
stances accept the Democratic nomina-
lion for the Presidency would nave
received credit for more sincerity had
81 been made four or i've months ago.
Coming at this late day it has the ap-
psaranee of having been held back
nntil he vas fully convinced that the
frantic efforts of his third term boom
ers would not start Cleveland land
aI;ae He waited and waited, hoping
I, hear the voice Of the people crying
alond for Grover, but failing to hear
ANYTHING save the puny clamor raised
few scattered Cleyelandites. ne
Dondsroasls declares that he cannot
give his consent to be President again.
The Presidents message, OF which
ne nrint elsewhere today complete
SYNOPSIS, cannot be truthfnlly charac-,
terized as a State paper. It is full OF
sriyiaiities and is spologetic in tone
except where it is akin to brazen
earontry in its treatment of question
able acts. such as the Panama con-
suiracy. If the message has any,
meaning at all it means that the
writer is a candidate for the Presi-
dency first, last and all the time, and
that all other matters are sunk into
;nsigp;Gcaace compared with this
dearest ambition OF his heart. He
would rather be elected President
than to be right on an. public ques-
ton.
President Roosevelt beats a step
watch when it comes TO splitting
second up into ininitesi,nal fractions
# he can sit in the White House and
determine the duration of the period
Of time eiapsing between the explra-
tion of the spec;aI session OF Congress
and the regular session, the one not
adiou rning until the other assembled
he bas accomplished the heretofore
impossible. 1t would be just as easy
TO measure the distance between the
end of one inch and the beginning OF
another on a foot rule as to estimate
the time between the special and extra
sessions of Congress.