The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-07-25
It is asserted that there will be 2

It is asserted thar CAere Will De
Solid anti-dispensary legislative ticket
"a the field in this county and that an
psganized effort will be MADE to elect
Saesn. It will be a pity to start such
&ght, for it Will do no good. Let all
who wish to go to the legislature en-
Ger the race on their individual mer-
It's, bus for heavens sake do not be-
gin another factional fight. that will
divide the democrats Of the county
SaSo Two hostile camps. The people
@a the county can decide between dis
heasary and anti-dispensary candi-
dates without having a slated ticket
Sasnmed down their throats by either
q s5ispensary or -dispensary-o organ
@ation. The candidates should and
viii declare their positions on this
question, and the people should be
let to decide between them, without
Shes dictation of seIf-constituted
campaign committee. We opposed the
enert to hold State conference Of
Sispensary advocates with a view Of
perfecting campaign organization,
and declined to have anything to<<do
with It. We oppose any similar or
ganization or any slate ticket in the
county by either anti or pro-dispen-
saryites, for the same reason-the
sSoeers are fully competent to decide
Msao they want to represent them. For
parseIves, we would much prefer to
have a drst class man, who is oppos-
@a TO the dispensarys represent Sum
her county in the legislature than
some scrub who may have nothing to
Secommend him except his professed
belief in the dispensary system. If
Ge elect honest men of intelligence,
@ao are not fanatics, and therefore
8aenable to reason, there will be no
ased to worry, for they will act, when
che time comes for them to act, as
they honestly believe. is for the best
Interests of the State.
Mr.. s. Fraser Lyon charges the
STATE dispe9Eery directors with gross
and unwarranted favoritism in the
payment of the claims Of whiskey
houses. He charges that the houses
heretofore represented by ]. S. Far
com and Director Black, got practi-
cafy all Of the money paid out and
that other houses that had proven by
their books that there had never been
any crokedness in their dealings with
&hfs dispensary got not cent. MI.
lyon makes out a strong case against
&he present board Of directors and the
alleged facts he cites in support Of
Ais charges are exceedingly damaging,
BENDING to destroy the last yestige Of
public confidence in the fairness and
Srtegrity of the board, if not peoven TO
Ae untrue.
sae newspaper men Of the State
went down to the Isle Of Palms to
gssa and frolic, but Editor Hemphili
ef the News and Courier was too foxy
Gec his country brethren and succeed
ed in rounding up the whole bunch
@ad putting them to work. The result
was Editor Hemphiii, Billy Ball and
$he whole gang OF grinders In the
Views and Courier editorial mill have
clone the resting while the fellows
iffom the rural districts have filed the
editorial page with bright, sparkling,
witty, weighty and posy stuff. The
country printers couldn't resist the
~sies of the Metropolitan. journalist.
When the people of Sumter recover
aSem the prevailing epidemic Of base
Aa1litis It is to be hoped they
@au turn to the consideration Of
Ske sewerage problem with at least
Sk%I&l enthusiasm di0 q SIedl OSd1
Neere earnestness Of purpose and de-
Ssssn5nation. A sewerage system is an
shgolute and immediate necessity and
q she means are not in hand to pro-
%s9e it, steps must sbe taken to find a
Nay 80 procure the means. A town
os $4,000 inhabitants might worry
along without sewerage if it had no
water system to create a great vol
aga of sewerage that ought to be re-
saosed beyond the town limits. but
wah q water system so generally used
as ours a sewerage system cannot be
dispensed with for long without en-
aangering the health of the commu-
aav-
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