The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-01
BILL ARP TALKS.
With His Friend Jake on Some Pubic
Matters.-The Alliance and the Sub
treasury-Who wilt Pay the Big
Bounties?-A Persona!
Devil.
rThe Atlanta Constitution.

papers and borrows others. He is
getting old, and is quite anliable 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 it
more calmly" 1t always interests me
to draw him out 10 the perplexing
questions of the day, and hear him eN-
press his 'leanings."
II haven't mind enough" says he,
'sto decide betwixt 'enl, 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 have saved
Sodom if Abraham could have found
| ten good people there. I don't know
how big the town was-big as Atlanta,
I reckon, but it must have beer an aw-
full place. God puts up with a 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, and l reckon one of them was
pretty hari case and was just saved
on account Of his kinfolks. I believe
there is many young man and young
girl, too, who will be saved on account
| of their father and mother. Atlanta is
said to be right wicked town, but /
reckon there are several hundred good
people there-pretty good people
! think she is safe. The towns are
worse than the Scountry, for you see
the devil hasent got time to run round
from house to house and whisper his
devilmeut 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"
"Uncle jake" said I, "what is your
opinion about this home for the vIte-
rams that has raised such a commotion?"
"Well, now,n said he, "since it has
sorter quieted down I reckon man
can talk little without being miscon-
strued. While they were all so mad on
both sssss I never said nary word. 1t
wasen Irudent. There are two sides
to it IA both of 'em are good sides.
There lsent much difference betwiXt
'em really, but they dident 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 report Of
how many old soldiers in his beat had
no kinfolks that he had rather stay
with, and who would probably 90 to
the home, then there would have been
something substantial TO depend on.
There may be right smart Of 'em in the
State-I don't know.
II asked our members about it and
they dident know of any in Barlow.
It's mighty hard for an old soldier to
break up his associations and 60 off
alone. A man has got to be mighty
nigh vagabond to doit. I heard Sam
Jones say that the soldiers homes up
north were perfect.y scandalous. That
nobody was in 'em but lot of vaga-
bond foreigners who come over here
without families and pitched in to the
fight and they have gone to the homes
and draw their pensions 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
mightyiworthy 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 NE sorter mad to hear
our people say what will the north say
about it?'"
THE ALLIANCE AND THE sCBTREA-
SURY.
"Uncle jake" said I, "what's your
opinion about the alliance and the sub
treasury" "Oh I don't know,n said he,
sit will all work out right after while.
There are two sides to it, and whenever
there are two sidesit gets up discussions,
and we will have to wait until the
argument is over. 1t is in a right
smart tangle yet, but the people will do
right wien they have time to see what
right is. The farmers are raising a
powerful r .npus and if they are de-
manding too much it's good way to
get something. I remember when the
watchward Of our party was '$54.40 or
fight but we settled down to 5000
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. Spith actually quit his crop
and wenp. Preaching all the week,
and when lis boss made fuss about il,
Bob said: we is jest obleezed to go to
preachin.' You white folks done got
dis here world, and We niggers is a
tixin' to sit de next one The farmers