The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-11-20

@laltbmlul slla Ssaterah
y vgomt@ t@oAy. mevgmvER 20. 1907.
II 'Sssslsr WotcAman vas founded In
0ooo and ne rsxs So~tAros In ls6s. The
Vo1sAsssa e~d S0xthro~ Aov has the CON-
odned sissslatton and influence Of both of
- siA pspsrs, and 10 manifsstly the best
o1Veetialaa medium In sumter.
.Wul Gov. Ansei be scared cut Of
ehs senatorial race by Mr. Martins
threat to eat him alive IL he dares to
venture inf
The entries for the senatorial hur-
1ls race are as follows: Asbury c.
1akiner. once holder. John J. Dargan
Historian. e. c. simms. son of histo-
p1AA. o. b. Martin. politician. 1t Is
- bs hoped that the list is not yet
complete.
q. b. Martins announcement OF
o1D candidacy for the United states
senate surprised everybody and has
.6s people to guessing u. h.s motive.
I. The liobdlepl Is. does Mr.. Martin en-
Ger the race with the hope Of election,
or does hc become candidate solely
60 scare Gov. Ansei out 4 the race. Y
\ possihle. or. failing In that, to be In
. position 10 contribute toward his
<sfbas
-. Martins off-hand onslaught on
1Gr I4asimsr is too much OF good
&1ing for the first shot out OF the gun
- be takcn seriously. Ansei Is Mar
eln's meat. and if the governor enters
sAs race. Latimer anu Martin will be
1Duhd cheek by jowi against him.
N
4 Pvvsidsut Roosevelt has not lifted
hAs voice since his speech at Nashville
ana the. country Is none the worse of.
'+ Thc spirit seems to be movlng Mr..
B Veatherstooe. OF Lauyens. to rin once
agAin TOR governor Of south Carolina.
Ve can't blame him II ne really wants
a. once. for q, q political PROPOSE
tADn prohibition is becoming as pop
oAar nowadays as the. dispensary was
eBn pears ago.
We noted the following significant
Drsss dispatch In yesterdays papers:
Y -1GusksSee. I. T., Nov. 1.-THE
PAttersou Mercantile Co. Saturday
night received by express from New
York sioo.soo In currency to be paid
Tor cotton to relieve the financial sit
slaxion.'' 81 Il
This goes to prove that the New
York bankers can provide currency
K >nDy cotton-belt correspondents when
tAsv are minded to do 30. 1t shows
enAso that money Is plentiful when It
N needed to pay FOR cotton at pres
snt prices. but that IL IL sca-cs when
n 10 needed To advance 90 farmers on
> - -chouse certificates. We have no
io,bt New York could and would
gladly furnish all the money required
'bo ray for and move the cotton out Of
the country. But providing funds to
enable the South to hold cotton for
higher prices In an aitogethey differ
eat propo~ition.
The Biacksburg Chronicle has sus-
Osnded for lack u support. The pub
unhers announce that they nave been
. ~nnning at loss all the while in
\ poDes 90 better times after a while:
0uk have at last been reluctantly
ossDsA % the conciusion that II Is no
- We regret to record such a de-
Suoponent; but we are not surprised.
XAsre Is a large portion Of the public
z Whtch always feels the necessity Of an
absent newspaper: but which too Of
eun falls to recognize the importance
- supporting the paper that tries to
0set that necessity.-Yorkvilie En-
!. Nsirer.
.f The above summarizes the situation
4 % nicely. In Sumter. for instance.
- there was no daily paper there
yould be clamor for one that could
I - heard all the way to Georgia. and
Uhsre would probably be mass meet
mus and chamber OF commerce eau
tesses and committees going around
bsIsciting funds by popular subscrip-
/, 0Ba-as they do for baseball and