The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-02


hse@ Ths wasoAman and southron
-Nsv 80 the oombsnsA circulation and
0aasnee ef both Of the old papers,
- = nanf'sstly the best sdvertisins
nsaian b sumtss.
Hon. Lowndes Browning, of Union.
mas emerged from his enforced politi-
Gal retirement to attack Gov. Man
nins's administration. singing second
pass to the tune raised by Senator
Patterson. OF Barnwell.
That there has been great abuse of
the law granting scholarships and FREQ
tuition. under certain conditions. in
the state colleges no one donies, but
the remedy Is not the drastic expe-
dienf Of abolishing all scholarships
and free tuition. Tho law should be
: drasticaily enforced and the men who
commit perjury to escape the payment
OF 40 q year tuition for their sons or
daushters should be brought into
court. Mt least. ~ they cannot bc sent
70 the chain gang. 1t is. as great a
crime and fully as disreputable to
swear to a lie to save $40 az It Is to
seh . pint of whiskey to make ten
centa Why not make IL chain gang
onense without the alternative OF a
hne. to mako false statements to OBJ
tain scholarship or free tuition for
ones child?
The denominational colleges would
scarcely oppose granting free tut
ton or scholarships in the State col
leses to worthy poor boys and girls
who otherwise would find it absolute
y impossible to obtain an. education.
AZ We understand 1t. all the denoml-
nauonal colleges ask is, a free. field
and no unjust discrimination. Put. a
stop to the. abuse OF. tho, free tuition
Drivilege and tho church schools viii
hsSs no sroVnd for complaint. o'''''
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Regulating tho railroads is one form
of sport OF which lesisistors never
tire. The bill 4, reduce the passenger
rote to two cerlts Is not wise lcsisIa-
don. nor IL there any demand for tho
rsduction at this time. The thing
needed 10 better service and better ac-
eommodations. not cheaper service.
S0me OK the time Bpent In debating
the 3-cent railroad rate bill or the
bali to prohibit whiskey advertising
eould DO probably spent in framing
and euacting .rorrens land registra-
uon law. The present passenger rate
= low enough an 1t Is. and a majority
% ths newspapers already refuse to
cesry liquor advertisements. The log
h1ators are manufacturing a great
Juror by setting up and tearing . to
pieces few men of straw while sys-
tematically ignoring measures that are
needed. such as the Torrcns law, ru-
raj credits legislation. and tax re-
form isgislation. beginning with
constitutional amendment ropealiny
the 3-miii school tax.
Next summer the woods will be full
Of hearty advocates Of the Torrcns
lind registration law. but somc of
these Same fellows. now In the iegis-
hiure. apparently never heard of
such thing as tho Torrens law.
Messrs. Champ Clark and Claude
kitchin arc reported to have formed
. combination to- oppose all the meas
urcs that President Wilson advocates.
They may succeed In blocking the
administrations programme for con-
structive legislation. they may &c
ceed In causing a split In the DEM
ocratic party In congress and this
split may bring about the return OF
tho Republican party to power. but
tho light they are making on tho ad-
ministration will not get them any,
where. Personal politics. envy and
malice are the motives back of their
opposition to Wilson and the people
have their measure.
The Frankfurter Zeitung declares
that Germany said Its last word on
tho Lusitania case and intimates en-
phatically that IL the United States
does not like the final answer we can
lump II. 1t seems as IL we have heard
something like this before.