The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04

has caused more bloodshed than all
ether causes. Robbed of our rights
as part of sO-called Democratic gov
ernment. but being offered choice
between two evils and realizing that
man is incapable of self government
because created below the necessary
standard. and feeling that / would
help to perpetuate a great wrong, |
did not vote. But helpcd to umpire
the game at my Peril, as Mr. F. c..
Colcock of the dspensary may testi-
fy. l feel like the boy with the cat in
the we'll that climbed up two feet and
fell back three. 1t is only a question
of time when the combined efforts of
the rival factions will land us all safe
ly I'm -"
Beaufort has a white chief of police
for the first time since the war be-
tween the sections. and the negroes
in this heart of the black belt, which
up to few years ago when the dis
tricts were rearranged was accustom-
ed to sending q negro congressman to
Washington, are puzzled and put out
to understand the strange change. It
seems that the change in the situa-
tion has been brought about grad
1ally by class of working whites
moving into Beaufort and becoming
voters. while formerly the old aris-
tocratic class was almost the only
white element In the city proper. For
some years the city has been going
forward under white mayor, but a
white chief of police is as strange and
revolutionary a fact as a negro chief
or mayor would be In thriving city
IN the Piedmont section.
Military men and others here and
elsewhere over the State are discuss
ing In quiet but interested sort of
way Governor Ansers act of a few
weeks ago in ordering eight govern
ment tents used by the militia, but
which the federal government says is
always to be regarded as government
property. to be sent to Greenwood to
Mr.. j. NJ. Gaines to be used in con-
hection with the Red Shirt celebra-
tion at Anderson.
Now 1t Is violation of both the
State and federal statutes for any
national guard officer, and the COVER
nor Is a national guard officer to the
extent of being commander in chief
and principal reviewing officer of the
State. to loan any government prop
erty except in cases of extreme emer-
gency.
Section 81 Of THE South Carolina
military code. which has been given
the force and effect of statute law,
| reads thus:
Each regularly organized COM
pany Of the militia shall be Furnished
by the State with such arms, uni
forms and equipments as are required
upon the written requisition of the
commanding officers of such COM
panies respectively. approved by the
regimental commander. The arms
and equipments SO furnished to any
organization of militia shall continue
to be the property of the State or OF
the United States, to be used for mill.
airy purposes only. and shall be re.
turned whenever called for by thu
proper authority.
1T shall be unlawful, and 1t Il
hereby forbidden, for any officer O.
. the national guard, or other person
! responsible for arms, equipments O,
other military property, to loan tn,
} same under any circumstances what
, soever. Provided. That upon tn,
/ written order Of the governor sucl
; property may be. In cases of extrem,
. emergency. temporarily loaned or Is
sued"
Whether the war department. woult
, regard Red Shirt convention a cas
OF extreme emergency" is debatable
At any rate the tents were shippe,
} out In the absence Of Adjutant Gen
; erai Boyd and his assistant, Col
: Brock on the direction OF the COVER
/ nor. who hesitated some time befor
; directing them to be sent He wouk
not give his written consent Th,
only record Of the transaction is
letter on file in the adjutant general'
office to Mr.. Gaines saying the tent
had been shipped by direction of tn,
! governor. McCaw.
. ~Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera an,
Diarrhoea Remedy Is today the bes