The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-13

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! ie.hsente, surpassed by no commu-
nifty on earth" Has Mr.. Wells been
! all CVc" the earth to find this out
II : natural for a man to think that
anything in which he is interested is
letter than son cthing in which he
!s not, hut the same privilege should
I've accorded to other communities.
~ they may he made to feel bad or
question Tie statement and Mr.
Wells remark was little short of an
insult To the entire community. He
SAYS mat the people Of PriVatcer are
not IcHned, prosperous OF intelli-
gent at present. | SUPPOSE the rea-
son Of this is because he got all of
these three that was due Privateer
Now these are strange statements.
When Mr.. Wells Was boy Priyateer
was surpassed by no place on earth.
at present the people are neither re-
fined, prosperous or intelligent. |
wonder how much IF this awful state
of affairs is due to him. He should
at least have tried to prevent its get
ting into this condition, or perhaps
he has dcteriorated along with the
rest, have been unable to find
where all of the people of Privateer
nave ut any time i'm the past reached
no iel
with the accompanying polished
manners, and accomplis hments. There
have always been some who possessed
these hut, 50 far as | can learn, there
are more in proportion who have
these accomplishments. at the pres
ent time than ever before in the his
tory of PriVateer, and while there
are instances Of immortality. as there
will be anywhere. | can find nothing
TO warrant the inference that the
people Of PriNateer are, as a whole
unreiincd. A. To the people of Pri-
Na'eer being unprosperous at present.
Mr.. Kolb did not think SO. He said
they had "the best improved farms. 8"
which was not disputed but corrected
To mean the whole Of PriVatecr. and
II would seem that We're the people
OF PriVateer 50 poor and improNi-
dent, it would not be in keeping with
Mr.. Wells deep interest" for them
To say that he would vote for an en-
TIA levy, and if the people are so
grossly ignorant, it would seem that
he money spent on education should
be spent to the best possible advan.
tase /" reach the entire population
and then, in spite of the fact that the
people of Privateer were once so in
tellisent, Mr.. Wells advises that I'VE
should not go to mill as our grand
sres did, they had no more sense
than to put a bushel of corn in one
end Of a sack and a rock in the other,
instead of dividing the corn. That
is not much of tribute 10 their ed
ucation. and does not at all agree
with Mr. Wells other statement. lie
must have been trying To make fun
or fool somebody. unless he thought
| that anything that he said had no
right To he questioned or investigated
10y anyone else.
Readcr and poke little fun At
him" ana thereby admits that he
meant To poke fun 1T us for. in
making fun Of what | said, hc made
fun OF those for whom was speak
ing, yet he says Il must plead that
am innocent" of Mr.. Ostcen's charges;
Iand again he says II have no apology
To make for my piece but rcitcrate
every word" How do these three
statements look together? lie says
| II do not recognize him (Rcadcr) as
the whole of the school district. OF
as voicing it's sentiments" | did not
say that | was the whole district or
that | voiced the sentiments of every
body in it.. Mr. Wells says these
little local reports and opinions--are
very amusing hut very destructive
To great and good principles" in
other words Mr.. Wells meant that
| those things that were said and
the people who said them were little
| things and very amusing and that hc
| meant 10 poke fun at them and that
he and his special crowd are It great
ana good principle, which must not
! he molcstcd in anything they do. Mr
| Wells may be the boss Of a few pco-
pie i'm PriVatc"r, but if he thinks that
! am going TO ask him whether or not
! may write an article for Il neWspa-
per. he is much mistaken, and | think