The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-23

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IL may be easier TO be elected Unit
cd States Senator than Governor, and
to follow the path Of least resis-
tance 10 good generalship.
respecting the Chief Justiceship
would have been dignified and in the
best Of taste. had he been big enough
and broad enough to eliminate the
reference to the failure OF the Legis-
lAture TO elect him TO succeed Chief
Justice Pope. AS II Is. 1t has too
much the sound Of the plant Of a
man with q grievance.
an the Judges. OF both the Supreme
and Circuit Court. who are candi-
dates for the Chief Justiceship. to
follow the example OF Chief Justice
Jones and resign the positions they
hold before becoming another candi.
dates for another Office?
The Sumter cotton market Is far
snd away the leading interior market
IN the State. The receipts Of new
crop cotton to date have, been greater
than some towns that claims to be
cotton markets. handle In an entire
season. There 10 a RESPONSIVENESS Is
ths centre Of the best cotton produce
ins region In tho state and the prices
paid for cotton here are always az
high or q better price than on other
markets. There is of course. room
Cor Improvement I'm this market and
shs business men are not satisfied
with what the market Is now doing.
but sre trying to improve conditions
90 an to- bring more and more cotton
here each season. That Ii why Sum-
ter grows and is better and bigger
town each year. We are not satisfied.
but always trying to do better.
number Of newspaper have been
featuring arucles respecting the
rumored impeachment proceedings
against Gov. Blease to be brought
~ the approaching session Of the
Legislature. These stories have orig
mated In both Columbia and At
lantA. but Il Is noticeable that not
one Of them has been fathered By
responsible person. IL Is all rumor
sDd unverified reports 1t has been
intimated that these stories have
hecn manufactured for the purpose of
ercasing sympathy for Gov. Blease
snd Go enable him TO SO up and down
the state ringing the ch ,nges on the
cry Of persecution. Perhaps this is
true. perhaps not. but II Is a fact that
the publication OF these unsubstan-
rfstcd rumors have the tendency to
erUlte sympathy for Gov. Biease and
are doing him no harm. We take
nc stock In the rumors and 10 not
sntertain the remotest idea that an
effort 60 impeach Gov. Blease will
Do made. The only way We can ac-
count for the impeachment stories Is
that this In the silly season for news-
paper correspondents. or that the
space writers were hard up for a
sensational story TO sell to the news
papers at so much per column.
Ths farmers who have cotton TO
sell are selling IL. and little or no
heed IN being paid 20 the advice 20
hold for a fair price. History Is re-
peating itself and cotton Is being
thrown on a falling market as rap
fdly as n can be picked and ginned.
III the prices were To advance q quar-
ter to a half cent and the market
hke on n strong tone the holding
movement would become popular.
Just at present the bears have the
cotton growers on the run and they
are nxing prices to suit themselves.
Next spring when the cotton IL
practically all out OF the hands OF
the producer and prices stiffen, IN.
doctrine OF holding for n fair price
will have many more vociferous ad-
herents than at present.
III all the candidates for Chief
Justice and Associate Justice should
resign the offices they now hold. the
business OF the courts of South Car
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