The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-04-12

3 hined circulation and influence of both Of
! Che cid papers, and is manifestly the best
adVertsIng medium In Sumter.
n Mrs. Chadwick and Nan Patter-
son could be gotten rid Of the real
xesas service of the press would be
Vastly improved. These two women OF
rather doubtful character have cost in
selegrapk the newspapers of the coun-
ary far more than they are worth.
The public would like to know who
pays the railroads for the finest train
ln the world provided for the use OF
President Roosevelt on his junketing
trip, but Teddy is not likely to tell.
sumter will own her water works
system within very short time and
then we must all get together and pull
for sewerage system. It has been
q long and discourageing fight TO bring
s$HS5 PS0PiS VI ssox1ixS ~, y ~o~N
of the necessity OF municipal owner
ship of the water system but the bat
tile is won, and we must now turn our
Thoughts to the ways and means of
securing the sewerage system. More
than the required number of free
\ holders have already signed the petl-
ton for the water works bond issue
election and the committee is still at
work securing signatures. They report
that thus 1ar only i've free holders
have declined to sign the petition, and
they are Of the opinion that 95 per
cent OF the free holders will sign the
petition if they can see that many OF
shen
The danger today from smallpox is
greater than it has been at any time
since the disease became epidemic IN
this Ssate eight or nine years ago.
The disease is OF a more virulent and
contagious character than it has yet
been and the percentage of deaths is
much greater. The disease is not now
sargeN confined to the negroes as it
was at first, but we have reports Of
Numbers OF white people having it in
the worst form. The disease is preva-
lent at Eynchburg, Spring Hill and
other places in comparatively close
proximity to. Sumter. We are inform
sd that there are q, number of cases
IN Darlington among the best families
Of the town and that it has been nee
essary to close the schools Of that
town owing to the spread of the dis.
ease among the school children. These.
facts are stated merely to emphasize
the fact that those who have not been
aaccinated should do SO at once. Ev-
.sry effort has been made to vaccinate
every resident Of Sumter. but they are
hundreds who have not been vacci-
Gated
The Cotton Growers Association is
a, great institution and can be made
saa means of untold benefit to the
sarmers OF the South, provided the
eRce seekers do not ride it to death
before it really begins to accomplish
the practical results so earnestly
sought by the real farmers. We believe
"a the Cotton Growers Assertion, but
we also believe it will develop a lusty
lot Of candidates for political Office
from amongst its leaders. We would
have no objection to their becoming
candidates for they are undoubtedly
the peers OF any OF the Office seekers,
but we would hate to see them wreck
worthy organization in the attempt
to turn it to their own account as a
stepping stone to political Office. We
Yreatly fear that the Cotton Growers
Association is fore-doomed to the fate
that befen the Farmers, Alliance,
Comptroller General Jones is max
ing the big corporations ante up on
the franchise tax It's good thing.
Now somebody is needed to make the
big property owners ante up on their
regular taxes.
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II all the men Of Sumter who favor
municipal ownership Of the water
works turn out and vote on April 26
the election will be almost unanimous.
The buggy factory promters who