The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-17

Dsnner. Oats look badly from the
eelu. bat they viii come out all right.
Hum trees are fast budding and In
. nsw days will be In bloom. observe
n l.he swamps that the canes are all
ossd TO the roots. This is the result Of
ehsir blooming some time ago.
News. like money. Is awful suarce.
About all the noise hear In the farm
BELLS.
Potatoes nre generally :otting.
0o1ns have lost all they made.
lls yet very little guano Is being
haialsd. N
The legislture OF this State Is a
GOOD. representative body In point of
sgs. Old. middle and young are
there. In the senate. the old heads
dcminate. In the house. the middle
elsss take the most active part. Speak
W whsiey seems to be good all
rOund speaker. not brilliant and
quick. like Irby. nor accurate. as
ssnmons. but generally fair In his
dscisIcns. A few men In both houses
are overrated In ability. as is plain to
b seen when speaking. Last Friday
Night when the prohibition bill came
~ on second reading. the opponents
% tho bill commenced to filibuster
aeNinst the bin and literally wore the
c,srk out and tired the speaker for
two hears killings time on roll calls.
On motions to adjourn. demanding
the ayes and nays on all matters. and
changing votes before the vote was
announced. II equaied what John
SHARP Williams practiced In Congress
1ast spring. This was kept up until
10 o'clock. the hour set for memorial
services on the death Of Representa-
tive Clark OF Florence county.
Beautiful addresses were delivered
IN his life and character by c. A.
saith, Col. J. r. Harrison. Aver
and others. after which the legisla-
ture adjourned out OF respect to his
msmory.
without one side breaks down. or
. compromise Is agreed on. dead
lock II sure on prohibition. The meas
ure has some strong friends In the
house. c. A. and NJ. L. Smith stand
IN the front rank. In the senate Col.
Alan johnson OF Newberry Is a
strong advocate OF 1t. Our delega-
tion stahds on what they advocated
On the stump Josh IL also an ad-
pOoate Of prohibition. Josh Is a
stronger man than he gets credit for
and gets a lot OF attention. He has
strong. common sense. and Is well up
en Legislative work. even IL he Is not
- cultivated as some who are al
ways trying to make a display Of
eAsir profound knowledge. 1t don't
>nke much TO see that our law maxi
ng body could be vastly improved In
unsny ways. A legislator should give
- best services to his State and
county. and not fool his time away
eniking 20 lobbyists. notice that the
asn who DO the work OF the body are
always watchful Of the States inter-
aufs.
Gov Ansei Is growing stouter. Says
- enjoys fine health.
McCown keeps the secretary OF
states once In fine style.
Treasurer Jennings looks feeble. He
saya though. his general health Is
very good. but still suffers from the
SEPARATION he underwent some time
30.
Comptroller General Jones is al
ways busy about tax problems.
The State house grounds look very
neat.
The old soldiers home Is finished,
= short distance from the city proper.
n In a low building. painted white,
but the state has made no provision
80 maintain the old men. Another
piece OF unwisc legislation.
The asylum Is as neat as a new pin.
The unfortunates are well cared for.
The pavement OF Main street, by
tho new PROFESS. is a fine piece of
work. beautiful and substantial. The
process Is as follows: First the street
- ieveled In proper shape. then
sRushcd rock Is spread over IL; then
coal tar on this, when II 10 rolled by
q heavy steam roller: then a mixture
of fine stone. cement and coal tar is
spread. and u rolled by a heavy roll
or. then fine stone Is spread. and II
rolled. which leaves the street hard
and smooth. III We could only get