The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-15
COMMENTS BY "READER."
Things Political and Eduoational
Seem TO BE Stirring Around TindaI

Tindal. June 12.-S.multaneouslv
with Splritualists stating that they
nave communicated with those vvbn
We're lost on the Titanic MIR. ]. r.
Sumter states that his vision is OH.
Scured 10y smoke and that he is en-
gagged IN a fight with the devil. We
We're not surprised that His Satanic
Majesty had acquaintance i'm Sumter
but did not know that they were ready
10 admit the fact, but when a candi-
date makes the statement We have TO
beneve that things are getting bad
sure enough. We cannot help hav-
ing some queer thoughts on this SUBJ
Ject but it is not always good TO tell
all one thinks. Mr.. Sumter is anx-
ious that the record be kept straight,
II seems that it still needs to be got
ten straight. This appropriation was
lad on MIR. Belser, then on Messrs.
Clifton and Dick, all Of them trans.
ferred it to the county board and il
seems now that the poor and defence
less grand jury, will have the burden
to bear. Now everybody knows that
the grand jury's business is to investi-
gate, but not to hunt up such things
as this, and We cannot help wanting to
know who brought this to their at
tention. If they had nothing else to
DO, 1t does not make any difference
what they get said about them, but it
Will be remembered that this grand
jury is drawn by the Treasurer. Audi-
tor, Clerk, Judge of Probate and Sher-
III and if they did not get the ones
they wanted it was no one e!se's fault
II is hard TO guess what a little more
information may reveal but it is an
evident fact that those who had a
hand in getting the appropriation
made are ashamed to own it. so al
thought II may have been a good busi-
ness deal the method is not above re-
proach.
The cold weather did not Kill out
the candidates for magistrate in Pri-
vateer, but there has been a good
deal of changes, however. Mr.. w. G..
Wells will not run, but said that Mr..
w. K. Thames might have his share
OF the pie, Mr.. Thames then trans
ferred his interests to Mr. j. G..
Osteen and We have not learned def
nitely what disposition has been made
of them. Mr.. w. d. Allsbrooks is an
affirmed candidate. We heard that he
had his card in the New York Herald.
perhaps it is the Sumter Herald. we
have not seen it, but guess he knows
where he put it.
new candidate, Mr.. W. j. In
gram, is out. he is well known an
may make a good race. He and M
w. f. Kolb organized a Sunday schoc.
at the Ingram school house last Sun
day. Mr.. Kolb was elected superin-
tendent Mr.. G. l.. Brown has been
advised to withdraw from the race as
the Dog Town box will not support
him.
Some of the voters told me that
they thought if this is the best that
Privateer can do, it will be a good
idea to grease all of the candidates
and the office and let the cats swallow
them. it would he bad for the cats
but having nine lives perhaps they
could stand it. and even if it killed
them it would be the best way for
Privateer to get out of it.
The school question is still being
agitated. The Ingram school and the
Reid school we hear are both dis
satisfied. The fight is not against the
Bethel school. spec ally. but against
the fact that the Bethel school got so
much more than its share of the
township school money and now there
is not enough left to run it and the
other schools without an extra tax and
the taxpayers do not see the extra tax
will be any benefit TO the other schools
and all of the other schools want
more accommodations which il is
claimed they cannot get even with
n TWO mill tax. if Bethel is made into
"A high school.