The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-06-28
The ADDRESS Of the Prohibitionists


10 the voters OF South Carolina is
strong and to the point. The profess
sional politicians are worried and do
not know what to do in the present
/ emergency. Some of them have al
ready eased off the dispensary wagon
aud are slddling up to the water cart,
while others are already trying to
push the driver of the front seat and
sieze the reins.
The Glsnton statement in reference
: 10 the proposed removal Of The Pres
byterian College from that place
should be read by every one who is at
All interested in the future location OF
That college. Accepting the statements
at their face value It looks as If the
people Of CLINTON have been somewhat
rrfairy treated by the. present board
81 trustees. and that before the coll
slege IS removed cssnton should be Civ
en- an opportunity to say what It viii
do for The college.
Georgia is setting up claim TO all
Cot the savannah River. water, islands
and All but as there are valuable wa
fer Dowers on the river noG being de-
veIoped South Carolina viii contest
the claim and assert the title to one
half the; river guaranteed by the old
acts establishing the boundary line.
The extension OF the old C's road.
row owned by the Southern Railway,
from Marion. NJ G., across the noun
Gains to Johnson City, Tenn, viii ma
terfalIy shorten the distance between
the coal eldss and Charleston but it
sFill not give as direct a route as that
oaa the proposed Carolina and Virginia
from Charleston via Sumter and Mon
roe
The movement to annex the Broad
street suburb is an Indication Of pro-
gress end shows that the city spirit is
On the increase and that the suburb
antics would rather be citizens Of
sumter than escape taxation.
The Richland Bar Association has
condemned ambulance practice" by
lawyers That is to say the lawyers
have expressed disapproval Of one
phase Of shyster practice that has be-
come common in recent years as
'sa result Of the damage suit Industry.
There are other practices OF which
smembers OF the legal fraternity are
guilty that are equally as disreputable,
and If anything. more damaging to
The public than the ambulance prae-
ice It is q healthy sign, however,
that the lawyers themselves have.
taken note of the disreputable work.
Sof some of the profession and have
set themselves the task Of eradicat,
ing the evil. Perhaps, in time, other
evils that the layity now plainly dis
cern VIII be discovered by the profes-
SION and they viii then undertake to
find a remedy for them.
If Senator Tilsman and ex-senator
McLaurin lock horns over the prohi-
bition-dispensa issue there will be
fun for the public. But viii they join
battle
The princesses who occupy the pub
lie eye may be surrounded with roys..
pomp, but in point of looks thay can
not begin to compare to the pretty
American "June brides
In estimating this years cotton crop
and comparing it with the crop Of
1905 account must be taken of the
back yard and vacant lot crop if the
comparison is to be worth anything.
The high prices paio for cotton in the
spring Of 1904 turned the South cot
ton crazy as it never was before and
in every town. village and hamlet in