The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
ELL ARP TALKS.
With His Friend Jake on Some PUBIC
Matters.-The Alliance and the Sub
treasury-Who will Pay the Big
Bounties:-A Personal
Devil.
1Thc Atlanta Constitution.


getting OLE, and is quite amiable and
tolerant. His natural disposition is
not to criticise, but rather to apologize
for everything and everybody. When
| there is conflict and excitement and
bitterness, he takes no side, but offers
excuses for both.
"There are two sides to this thing"
says he, land folks ought to discuss 1t
more calmly" It always interests me
to draw him out on the perpleSing
questions of the day, and hear him eN-
press his "ieanings."
II haven't mind enough" says he,
E:to decide betwixt 'em, but it will all
work out right after while. Our
Heavenly Father is mighty good to
His creatures as long as good people are
in the majority. He would hs saved
! Sodom if Abraham could have found
ten good people there. l don't know
how big the town was-big as Atlanta,
I reckon, but it must have beeH an aw-
ful place. God puts up with heap
before He lets his wrath boil plum over.
He never sent the flood until the num-
ber of good people was reduced down
to eight, ard l reckon one of them was
a pretty harl case and was just saved
| on account of his kinfolks. i believe
! there is many young man and yoang
girl, too, who will be saved on account
of their father and mother. Atlanta is
said to be a right wicked town, but I
reckon there are several hundred good
people there-pretty good people-ard
I think she is safe. The towns are
worse than the country, for you see
the devil hasent got time to run round
from house to house and whisper his
devilment in their ears. He wants 'em
by the wholesale. He wont set his trap
to catch one bird. He has got sense,
he has. He wont waste his ammuni-
ton"
"Unc!e jake" said I, "what is your
opiniun about this home for the vete-
ransl lIat has raised such commotion?"
"Well, now," SAID be, "since it has
sorter quieted down I reckon q man
can talk little without being miscon-
strued. While they were all so mad on
both sides I never said nary word. 1t
wasent prudent. There are two sides
to it and both of 'em are good sides.
There isent much difference betwixt
'em really, but they Gidcnt know it.
Everybody IS willing to do something
for the veterans, and the question is,
what IS the best thing to do, If they
had taken little more time and sent
out circulars, and had the magistrates
in every district to send in a report OF
how many old soldiers in his beat had
no kinfolks that he had rather stay
with, and who would probably 60 to
the home, then there would have been
something substantial to depend on.
There may be right smart of 'em in tie
State-I don'L know.
II asked oar members about it and
they dident know of any III Barlow.
It's mighty hard for an old soldier to
break up his associations and go off
alone. \ man has got to be mighty
nigh a vagabond to doit. I heard Sam
Jones say that the soldiers homes up
north were perfectly scandalous. That
nobody was in 'em but lot Of fvaga-
bond foreigners who come over here
without families and pitched in to the
fight ard they have gone to the homes
and draw their pensionsa and set around
all day and drink beer and play cards,
and they are considered up there per-
feet nuisance. But our veterans are
not that kind. and five can help them
we want to do it. But I know some
might ty.worthy ones who need help and
won't go to the 'home,' either-they
love their homefolks too good for that.
Something might be done for them.
There are two sides to this question,
and the boys oughtent to get mad.
They are all for the veterans, and the
widows, too, aid it don't make any
difference what them papers up north
say about it. Whatever we do won't
lose friend or convert an enemy up
there. 1t makes ME sorter mad to hear
our people say what will the north say
about it?' "
THE ALLIANCE AND TIE sUBTREA-
SURT.
"Uncle Jake" said l, "what's your
ouinion about the alliance and the sub
traasury?n "Oh I don't know said he,
sit will all work out right after while.
There are two sides to it, ari whenever
there are two sides ii gets up discussions,
and we will have to wait until the
argument is over. It is in a right
smart tangle yet, but the people will do
right when they have time to see what
right is. The farmers are raising a
powerful rumpus and if they are de-
manding too much it's good way to
get something. I remember when the
watchward of our party was 'S54.40 or
fight but we settled down to $3.50
and dident fight either, for that was all
the territory We were entitled to.
'Folks have to make fuss some
times, or they will be run over. You
know Bob Smith actually quit his crop
and went 20 preaching all the week,
and when his boss made fuss about il,
Bob said: We is Jest obleezed to go to
preachin' You white folks done got
dis mere world, and We niggers is a
tixin' 10 git de next one The farmers