The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-14
Pissah News and Views.

Pisgah. Jan. New year came
in like q lamb and has continued
so. \ number Of negroes are NOV
ing Off They say there is no pros
pect for them 70 live mere and they
are going where they can make a.
living. Sometime ago this paper
advised tho planters TO take care
Of the good labor on their places
so it can remain here, but some OF
them are SO shifty that they won't
give them a decent house to live in
and won't risk a cent on them for
fear they will lose it. So they are
losing their best hands.
Colds and grip arc aboundinS
here. Many have had them for
weeks. Of a bad type. The writer
among them.
Mr.. G.. W. Elmer who has been
quite i'll for some time is getting
better
Very little farm work is done SO
Ear. People hardly know what to
do for the best The future don't
SOOh III III way
A number of fine hogs have
been killed here recently. Enough
for many families and some to
spare.
People have no money 20 pay the
big taxes Now let US see what
; the legislature is going to do about
It, 1t can red;,ce the taxes if it
wants to. II j. don't The members
VII stay a, hone after next cleo
zion.
Blease certainly kept taxes down
by pruning appropriation bills,
and If the signs are right, he will
| DE elected next summer. People
are tired Of listening to the sweet
talk of candidates that don't
=nlount to a row Of beans. We want
work done for the benefit of the
state and not sweet promises. Our
delegation will be looked after next
summer if they come out. Just
as all other counties are going to
COX after theirs.
Nationally the republicans are
going to have a fight right. The
| big conference in session at Wash
ington is going to do nothing. AS
long as this country disregards
| Nashington's advice it is going
from bad to worse and time will
prove it. Watch and see. AS
long as we followed it. We thrived
as no nation on the earth ever
! did, but the crowned heads patted
a number Of the people here on the
heads and it turned them fools, as
| to make them belIeve we are a
! parcel Of them. so they could pull
us to their advantage. Over three
years and not cent Of interest due
us is paid on the big debt. and
| mono likely TO. Fine, amt it?
Mr.. Louis B. Rhame, wife and
| son motored up yesterday and
/ spent sometime with the writer.
We are sorry to hear of the
death of Mr. Weeks. The thin grey
line IS getting thinner each year.
Soon there will be none left to tell
the story Of the Starry Cross. AT the
| nice dinner given to the old SOL
diers last year by the Z. D. c. and
when it was over and the old men
were. sitting in the shade. with
! their invited guests. smoking the
nice cigars. Mr.. Lee Scarborough
gave them. Senator Clifton arose
and in a. tender. loving speech
/ spoke :of the pleasure Of meeting
/, them again. and the hope Of them
! being here again a year hence, bu.
said some of. us won't be here.
How true in his case, to our sorrow
| and loss.
According to the recommends
ton Of the state. reunion at Cam
den last year there will be but two
! classes of pensions this year. A.
! and 3. and if no change in the
law OF distribution is made, the
pension boards won't have SO much
work to do. but he that as it may,
this work has always been a labor
/ Of love to our worthy pension
board, Capt. E. Scott Carson, Mr..
". O. Cain, Judge Richardson. and
our lamented and loved, DR.. II. J..
/ McLaurin