The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-01-13

Nv ues TIC cOtlDineu circuidtlOu anu
ln6ueace Of both or the old papers,
end is manifestly the best advertising
MEDIUM In Sumter.
Ne act Of Chies Justice Pope's ca
rcer rejects more credit upon him
ghsA hls resignation. His recognition
,of the fact that the time had come
Cor him TO lay down the burden of
tAs Chiefjusticeship. which ne
~ longer had the strength to bear.
proves thai ne has a proper appre-
.ciatieu Of the responsibility Of the Of
ace. ,4,..,,g,
IN I.sxlnEton county they dispose
% raptses by inexplicable disappear
ance. In Lsxington's lexicon there is
~ such word a. lynching.
NrAs very idea of Theodore Roose-
vss< having the temerity to put the
sscrst ssrvtcs sleuths on Ben Tillman's
nrail \ enough to make ones hair
sAad on end.
All newspapers should put In rush
orders for supply Of asbestos papcr.
They will need II when they print
senator Tli,nan's comments on
Besssveit's use OF the secret service
\ sgssts to shadow him and. N possi-
b,e. connect him with the Oregon
land frasds.
We heartily Join In the hope that
Senator Tiiiman may still be possess
ed of his fail strength and vigor. men,
tai. physfcai and linguistic when
Thsedore Roosevelt takes his seat In
'<hs sssate 90 the representative of
New York. A head-on collision be-
'twcea 'these two would draw better
than the iaauguration--from South
Carolina anyhow.
whsa the Legislature comes 10
-eit,ct the successor Of Judge Pope Il
- e, Be devoutly hoped that the
'chslcs will fall upon some strong,
.anls ana learned jurist and not upon
= smooth. affable politician with only
= superficial knowledge Of the law. |
We sreatiy fear. however. that the |
politicians Will have the inside track.
since the men best fitted for the SUI |
promo bench have neither the time
NOR the taste for cultivatins the favor |
OF politicians.
e ''.
The expected has happened-I
'urssnville 10 FIRST with an entry in the
race Tor the Chief Justiceship.
We have always believed that sena-
-<or Tillman was too smart to get
x2usht In rascality. even though gull
~. but n begins TO look as II Roose-
welt and his secret service agents have
the Pitch fork statesman in mighty |
close quarters. Senator Tilman may
ecfse clean. but this land grabbing
episode viii. nevertheless. leave a bad
taste In the mouth.
O.
Sumter county cannot afford not |
60 80 ahead with the improvement OF |
the public roads. The work that has |
been done during the past eight years |
mas wrought wonderful improve
ment. but only a beginning has been
made. Clay ard sand roadways are
mt hest but temporary in character |
and require constant attention IL |
their efficiency Is to be maintained.
We now have a fairly good system of
sand.clsy roads In some parts OF the
county. but these roads are steadily
deterioration for lack OF systematic
ATTENTION. The chaingang is the sole
dependence for road building and II
averaging about twenty-five hands. to
perform the necessary work. Ten
-cbafngangn equally as large would be
inadequate. and until some plan to
supplement the work of the chain
gxng In evolved this county will new
er be able to maintain a system Of
good roads. IL the surplus that Is
now In the county treasury is not ur-
gently needed for some other purpose.
n should be spent on the roads. but
not In haphazard manner. The
work should be planned and super
viasd nv m comnetent road envineer