The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-10-16

WE9NESpaY OcTOBtR Is, 1907
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Ths Sss,fer Batchman was founded in
eoso and the True Southroa in 1866. The
: We>pkspos and S9athroa now hss the COM
/. o1nsd circulation and iuhueace of both of
~ ed pspsss, and is manifestly the best
oI1psstislng medium I'm sumter.
n the farmers who believe that cot
oon win advance In price little later
- DO not hold for higher prices IL
Vnl b. their own fault The ware
house u prepared to receive the cot
60 and the banks will lend money on
Varshouhs receipts to those who
ueed ready money. An advance OF q
oalf cent In price will make Il prof.
UoSis to hold cotton. and cotton
oDould advance two to three cents be-
uoes March lat.
AZ p-~e f'v-r~~"'rs ~f voffc-i Col
Me-. has decided that he will not be \
, = candidate for the Senate In opposi-
onon 20 Senator Latimer. reluctantly
'carnin6Ns deaf ear to the insistent
pol1s Of his many frienda We are
- tind out where We are at senator
hlly but until Booster warins tells
vhat MAJOR Hemphili means to do.
oAndidatss Latlmer. Simmons and
parsan cannot perfect their campaign
DAana
The Charleston Deutsche Zei-
tnng says that Governor An
- h not German, but q
sens,gads.> This is rather rough on
~ goverpor. whose election was
NDasummated lArxely through the ef-
obrss cf his German friends IN Char
lSos0n- However. the denunciations
on1 sssnaity Of the Charleston blind
t1Gers and their friends and abettors
Uul net weaken Gov. Ansea with the
poople OF middle and upper South
Cqrolins- The more risidly he en-
Ujress the laws he nnds on the statue
0oeks ne higher he viii riss In the ee-
'>oanatisn of the law respecting people |
- Ne state.
The license tax ordinance of rhe
city - Sumter u q queer patchwork
OF ccatradictfons and inequalities. The
moro one studies Il the more apparent
and striking the inequalities of the I'D
eenss, tax schedule become.
Senator Latimer and his friends are
working overtime trying to eiucidate
his Immigration views, A platform
whoe mudsills rest upon the veriries
of Revolutionary history Is safe
proposition compared with the wit
tekind nasco. LAtirher should get |
WISE.
The Daily Item has completed It's
thir,eenth year under the manage
mems OF Its founder. The Item Is TO-
day four tunes :he size OF the first |
number and the cost of publication Is |
eight TO ten times as great as when |
tho paper was established. yet the
subscription price has not been In
crea~d--it 10 stiii ten cents q week. I
III the people Of Sumter. the business
mon especially. gave the paper the
proper support we could make II a
much better faper In every respect
wi,hout increase OF the subscription.
s~otwithstsinding the largely increas-
ed cost OF production. A glance over
the advertis,ng columns VIII show
who arc supporting the Item and fur
nsshins the means to maintain daily |
pape- IN Sumter. A list of the ad-
ver.i~ers would contain the names Of |
= minority Of ths business men Of the |
city, and yet every business man In
INC city n interested In the main
tenance Of a'daily aper. OF at least
they all claim TO believe that daily
Uaper 70 . eood thing for the town.
y - fact that the severest critics
uhs Item has ever had have been the
merchcnts who have never spent
0D.t % advertising.