The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-06

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the old papers, and is manifestly the best
advertising medium in Sumter.
Some EX-SENATOR Manning's not over
azuod friends are worried lest he be ac-
gused Of hanging on to Ben Tillman's
sSoat tails. Those who found it pol1tl-
~alH profitable to be coat tail
Sswinger in former years promptly
wxped loose when they ceased 10
SrOft by it, yet they continue to I'M
sSagine that those who happen to agree
with their one time boss are seeking
"a coat tail excursion similar to their
e~n. Nj. Manning's political record
aaaxN contradicts the conclusions OF
Shese critics. While some captious
critics may find cause for crocodile
xrief in the fact that Mr.. Manning's
Views on the dispensary coincide, in
Seme particulars, with those Of Sena-
COR Tillman. the people who appre-
Slate an honest man in public life viii
respect him the more for a candid
statement Of his position at atime
when a. time serving Office seeker
would have remained silent or strad-
aled the fence.
The japanese peace ENJOYS made
sheir great mistake when they failed
Go srasfer the job of making peace to
She editors who know all about how
GO turn the trick. The heavy editor
sals OF some of our exchanges convey
she idea that Witte would not have
been a handful for those peace treaty
Sarchitects and indemnity compelling
statesmen
The rich negro Of South Dakota
who proposes to solve the negro ques-
sxiyn by founding negro community
IA that State will never solve the pro-
s5lem. He states in the outset that
none but Industrious and respectable
xegrees need apply; while this class
eof negroes need no assistance. having
) already solved the problem for them
selves and the section in which they
reside. If the South Dakota real es-
cate boomer viii take care of the idle
and yic:ous negroes he may set him
self up as &. solver Of the problem,
Tor 1t is this class Of negroes that con-
.Stisutes the problem. No complaint
ssas ever been made by anyone in the
South against the industrious and re-
Specfabie negroes. Here they have
SShe freest and fullest opportunity to
Hork for themselves or for the whites
TN all trades and ca1lngs. Not only
sare they permitted this opportunity,
but no industrious and respectable
1egro has ever been denied credit and
The financial aid needed to carry on
ssais business undertakings. The South
dakota solution of the negro problem
Is no solution at all
sSnmter may not be able to estab-
szsh a boat line or obtain water rates
ga freight, but we can worry along
ssdsh Mhat we have until the air ship
Ss perfected, when the Game Cock
CITY Ell be the first in the ring with
san air SIP freight and passenger line
seo all points.
Coznrnissioner .Boykin probably
Ehought that he was well within the
snark when he estimated that twelve
aao.ues Of dispensary booze would be
eecasunned by each man, woman and
Sshila in the State and that twelve
zrr1lHon labels would not be an over
supply for one year. The Spartan
kuxg dispenser who got away with $50
wexsn Of whiskey month, certainly
FURNISHED a basis for liberal estimate
~0a the label needs Of the dispensary.
II the Treaty of Portsmouth turns
xssat TO be altogether unsatisfactory
president Roosevelt will be like the
ssegre who shot his masters colt.
.Ans as anxious to share the response
sauty as he is now to accept all the
szsov-
I'm dollars and cents college, sucn
&s the Presbyterian College will be,
sSeaas be worth 100000 to the town
shat gets it, to say nothing Of the
ether benefits that it will confer.
Sumter, has broken her own record
oss 2 cotton market and holds the top