The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-27

: 1850 ana the IT-uS oou"t'O'I IL AoV0' AAS
Wntchmcas and Southron now has the com
bined circulation and influence OF both OF
ehe old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
The hrsiness men of Charleston
who hoped for great things from the
nronosed Cincinnati, Hamilton and
bavton extension to that city via the
coal fields of kentucky have had their
homes dashed to the ground by the
purchase Of the c., H. and D. system
bv Morgan interests who are deter
mined not to permit a competing rall-
road to invade the territory OF the
Southern. Charleston will never be
Nnbottled by the c., II. and D., TOT
that system is thing Of the past, and
The h,siness men OF that city must
seek elsewhere for the relief they oe'
sire In this connection we venture to
renew the suggestion made several
months ago, that Charleston build
with its own money an independent
railroad to Sumter and cooperate
With the business men of this city VINO
have practically perfected their pans
q. build a road from Sumter to
sRe4hnne to obtain a Seaboard -A'r
,ine connectin 1t is proposed TO
extend this road to Monroe, n. c., in
the near future, and this would give
charleston the outlet to the west that
is yitally necessary to the future de-
yelopment and prosperity of that port.
Korea fears it will require some
practice before it viii be able to tell
speace7' from war"
Philadelphia proposes to celebrate
The two-hundredth, anniversary OF the
birth of Benjamin Franklin. Phila-
delphia has but recently been trying
TO practice some of the precepts OF
honesty and fair dealing that were
laid down by poor Richard
The men who have been arrested
FOR numbering the negro Pendleton
at Honea Path are undoubtedly guilty
and should be hanged, but the jury
snay not be able to see it that way.
The jury is the bulwark Of the
Nnchers and if these men who engage
In mob murder were not pretty well
satisfied that the jury would sympa-
thize with them and save their necks
shere would be fewer lynchings. The
spirit that condones lynching has cor
rupted the jury and until there is
stronger sentiment against lynch law
the probabilities are that even
such monsters as the Honea Path
snurderers will be permitted to go
Gree and unpunished.
The farmer who owes debts cannoc
afford to hold his entire crop for bet
Ter prices when cotton is selling at
zen cents. When his debts are paid
ne can and should hold his surplus
ecr the mailman price that the law OF
supply and demand will warrant. If
this policy is followed there will b.
no more trouble about low price cot
ton, unless there is an enormous in
crease in cotton production
M electric power can be carried
from Catawba Falls to Columbia It
ran be brought to Sumter, and the eff
Fort should be made to interest Dr..
wyue and his associates in a propo-
w;tioa to supply Sumter with electric
power for lighting the city and man
ufacturing purposes.
John Bell Towilrs training as Y
ar. C. A. leader may not have been just
the thing to equip him for a war OF
words with Senator Tillman, but he
managed to hold his own at Bates
burg Saturday.
Quite a number of the most con-
sistent prohibitionists and best citi-
xens of Sumter take no stock in the
proposition to vote out the dispen-
sary. They prefer the dispensary, bad
as it is, to the unbridled reign of the
blind tiger.
1t is estimated that four or five ad-
aitional policeman would be needed to
keep track Of the blind tigers if there
was Mo dispensary in Sumter. At pres
ent the few blind tigers obtain pre-
earioas and uncertain existence by al
laying the raging thirst of the booze
fighters who fail TO Law in q sufficient