The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-03-13

amount due US for subscription is
u,ite ,arge-ard we need the money.
The opinion OF Attorney General
Lyon in reference to beer dispensarles
IS interesting, when considered IN
connection with the action OF the
Charleston County board Of control
in farming out the beer privilege in
the CITY of Charleston to ewo con-
Germs at $500 year, each. The
Charleston license system is not spe-
cifca,.y referred to in Mr.. Lyons
opinion, but his Interpretation Of the
law does not appear to uphold the ac-
ton of the Charleston board.
The amendment to the Carey-Coth-
ran law exempting Sumter County
from the general provision of the law
respecting the manner in which the
county boards of control shall be ap-
pointed, on the joint recon-
mendation Of the legislative DEL
egation, the mayors Of towns
in which dispensaries are ope-
rated and the county board of educa-
uon, and placing the recommendation
wholly in the hands Of the legislative
delegation, has been more generally
criticised than anyone thought prob
able. Ii is really a matter Of very
little Importance by whom the board
of control is recommended, so long as
honest and competent men are nam
ed. and we are Of the opinion that
the Mayor OF Sumter, the Intendent
of Mayesville and the members of the
county board Of education, while not
sinking duty, were not averse to
the legislative delegation arrogating
ao themselves the entire responsible
U. There was nothing wrong in
their aclion in having the law amend
ed in this particular, and we see nc
occasion for harsh criticisms or sus-
picions of a sinister motive in con-
necdon with the amendment.
Columbia has at last secured an
abundant supply of clean water for
domestic and other uses, after years
of endeavor and at great expense
This was the one thing needed to
make Columbia a desirable place OF
residence, and the growth Of the Cap
staI City should be even more rapid
in the next ten years than it has been
in the past decade. The economic
value Of an abundant supply OF pure
water is neither realized nor appre-
ciated by the people of those COM
munities that have always enjoyed
this real blessing. Columbia has OBJ
tanned, water supply at immense
cost and it can be made and kept
pure only by the exercise of constant
care and vigilance. A great filtration
nlant had to be built, and for it to
satisfactorily perform its intended
Junction will require the care Of an
expert Even with all this expendi-
ture of money and skill the purified
river water is not as pure as the wa
ter that the people of Sumter have
enjoyed for years. This water comes
in inexhaustibIe supply from ma
are's own reservoir deep down in
the earth where it has been filtered
and purified with perfection that no
6leerer built by human hands can
rival The supply is limitless and no
expert is needed to guard the filter
plant with sleepless care. In all of
Santer's assets none is of greater
value than the water supply, and
ooshing else that we have to offer
prospective residents has so great
weight in influencing them to make
eneir home in this city. When the
sewerage system shall have been
completed Sumter Will be one of the
best equipped, healthiest and most
desirable towns in the south, and with
ats advantages as place Of residence
both winter and summer and as
business and manufacturing center
the next few years should be pc
r5od Of growth.