The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 14, 1912, Image 4
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AS TO 1MM.S.
That h dog not confined to the
f*nc* I In property ? f the <h k'.s own
srs should he muzzled, Is every now
and then brought home to a few In?
dividuals. That the community
Should profit by the lesson thus learn?
ed Is the moral duty of the commu?
nity, whether there Is a law upon the
subject or net
It I* no h irdship on a dog to we r
a properly fitting muzzle. The ex?
pense, the anxiety, the repret that
the owner may save himself by hav?
ing a muzzle on any dog that Is allow?
ed to run at large or within reach of
persons In the public thoroughfare, Is
avoidable at very little cost to him
Sven if one deems it a hardship on
the dog, his affection for his pet
should not outweigh his duty to him?
self and his neighbors?hit. duty to
protect himself from the regret his
pet may cause him. and fell neigh?
bors from the atwcte'y that may at
any time come on them through him
sod his dog.
I uir news columni today Indicate
that | dO| that dttd three days Ago
of rabies maj have i > i 11 ? - tt other do 1
as w.u as 11?? * several poraoni known
to have bitten We hope thai every
dog owner In the city will watch
his dogs carefully for the flrst svi
denoea of any ill disposition on their
part, mussle them meantlnu it they
are at la | go, and shut them UP 8
ourely if they show tendency to snap,
or oven th<- hast evidence of any
change m thnr dispositions Only so
sag Wi hg sure that the poison from
the pet dog s/c cits as dying of rabies
will not, through other dogs, Infect
Htm other human beings,
Qrosvenor Daws uttered a great
thought when he declared thai "Cities
do not grow; they .it-- built," are1
Bumtonians by their co-operative ef?
fort to build an even greater Sumter
are constantly proving the high type
of their citizenship and deserving nil
the favorable publicity that comes to
them through tiie now famous "Sum
lei Plan" ?'i city government) of com?
mercial organization and of agrii u
I ira] colonization.
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Some writers never dip deep en?
ough to reach the truths that lie at
the hottom o' every ink well,
see
Writing editorials is very often a
seissi rean operation.
sse
Raes track gambling will have a
rough road to travel in Charleston* -
If the local officials do their duty and
enforce the law. That's the crux of
the situation.
ana
Oov. PlsSSS says if gambling is
carried on at Charleston, if the law
against gambling is not enforced by
Charleston otllcials, If said officials
admit that they are helpless and can?
not enforce the law, if he is appeal?
ed to, he will do his duty. There are
a whole lot of "ifs" in a row as pre?
amble to the Governor's statement
that he will do his duty. When the
ponies begin to run and the book
makers to bet we shall 166 What we
shall BSC
Borne yean ago all the Republican
newspaper! and magasinea were
working overtime lauding Secretary
<t State John Hay as the greatest
diploma! and the shrewdest treaty
maker America or (he world had ever
produced, but now that the Hay
Pauncefort treaty comes to be put to
practical appli< ation It Is found to
have I een a bunglli g Job. it is a
regular tut key and buzard propo?
sition and it Bayi turkey for England
and buzzard for Uncle Sam every
time. Mr. Hay was ashamed of his
"Little Breeches" and "Jim Blud::o"
poetry and Inordinately proud of his
diplomatic achievements, hut ioe
present generation la inclined t?? the
belief that he was a better poet than
statesman. At any rate his poetry
does us no harm, while his treaty is
making a lot of trouble,
We heat- ver) little of the cotton
boll weevil these days, hut the able
bodied little pest is on the Job and is
still moving toward South Carolina
at the rate of fifty to seventy miles a
year. He is ?lue to cross the Sa?
vannah river within three years?
four at the farthest and when he
arrives there will he trouble and
short crops for the cotton fa: nie.-.
The all-COtton farmer will he the
greatest sufferer and those who de?
pend upon cotton entire ly will face
destruction and ruin. The farmer
who learned how to make a living
with other crops has survived the boll
Weevil invasion of other cotton States,
while those who have gone into stock
raising, dairying, and diversified
farming have made more money than
they did planting cotton as their only
money crop.
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SUMTEIt VOl \TY FARMERS'
UNION.
Reeolu ion of Sympathy.
Whereas, it h.is pleased 1 >ur
Heavenly Father t" remove from mir
midst our brother and officer <>f this
Union. J, H. Robinson, in 'h<- prime
"I" manhood and usefulness to his
family, his neighborhood and his
county, and
Whereas, We will miss him in this
Union and knew that his loved ones
In the in me will miss him far more,
therefore be it
Resolved: That we hereby in?
scribe a page in our minute i>???? u
to hli memory and express to his
? ig? (l mother, his bereaved widow and
Iiis orphaned children our sincere
- ympathy.
j Resolved: That we piay for tnem
that the God of ti < fat hi rless ami ihe
widow, his Qod and our Qod, may be
to them a very present help in this
their time <>f trouble and may heal
their broken hearts by his spirit's
presence in their home and in their
liVo,. ;
Resolved: That a copy of these
resolutions be Wi Hfl to iiis family and
be given to the preftf
(Sign?*!)
J PRANK williams
Pr< sident Bumter County Farmers'
LTnton.
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