The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-23
lie Tclks Of the .lrderSOaylIle Stories
Now Told Again.
HILLS SPEECH IS RECALLED
Barlow Philosopher Declares That
All Liars Are Not Yet Dead and
Lies Are Repeated.


business in his mastery reply t.
Paine some twenty-five years a33.
He proved from the federal records
| that the suffering CT their sol1ier
! boYs in that prison was the sin, the
C! imc. the shame Of Stanton who re-
| fused TO exchange with us and re
| fused tc send medicine AMI supplies
f0- l!;cir sick. We iii the verY hest
we auli and some honest nJ"t,Iern
soldiers have so written and pu6-
| l:shc,i II northern papers. But ever
cai avon tie sane oil Ii" bc"aGs
! luG.c Gr;..I ar now the" have
started L new oE2 about s2,ing-
| TIC "PrUvi !2nCc sr:in-." which they
= guShel forth f.ol ;.re ground
| Just in timc to save their solGie.s
from pcrishing iJr lack Of water.
| And they are GpGniiDS lGCney in in
closing and heaI.it,' ing the grounds
around the sp:ing. The contemplate
liars. Scores CT gooi cid men still
| live who knew Of that spring awa9
| crk in the 40s when Anderson"l e
| vas a wilde: ness and the spring WAS
| known as a deer stand. Yes. 1t was
Providence spring. for providence
created it. and all the other springs
| when He made the continent and the
rivers and mountains. Anderson
vile never lacked water and was
selected or a prison leca"Se ui tie
| abundance of water. and that little
spring was Of no consequence, for
| il ran only about thirty gallons IN
| hour. which would be less than half
: gill a day to the prisoners. the
| spring was covered up b. the hautS
| when ditching for the stockaae and
| It's water found some other channel
and broke out again aftC: 4 big rain
and that's all there is about it. NO
Providence spring. Those ever!ast-
i:!g liars are just hunting up some
more devilment This spring busi-
ness is another Barbara Ffiotch'e
de!usion gotten up to keep the nor h
elm heart in tune and fire up Cold
man Smith to write some moe MS
toric lies about the soIth. But
whom the Lord loyeth He chas-
teneth." and our faith is that He
| loves our people very much or nc
would not chasten us 50 much ana
50 long with these vile sianters
and | said in mine haste al! men
arc liars" said David. II he had
lived up north in our la he might
have said il ar his leisure. We are
getting so accustomed and so hard
ened ID their eXaSgC,l;ion and pre-
yaricatioa that We don t believe t2em
.nen they tell the truth. History
saws that Israel Putrara craHl2i
into a cave and III ed 4 w0!f. Use !
| 10 believe that = 4 ! @GIht 1t now
since Goldwin Smith las aet N
Benedict Arnold rs 4 l'2ro. P:cTl-
dence spring. what Z lie
But our veterans a:r clearing E2
this history business and our teach
| e.s had better be YER" careful Wnat
tncy teach. Maa"y's geog:aph+
;heY teach. | never dill understand
until recently why MauryG geoS'
-aphv was ruled ont Of so man"
schools and Frve's was prt in. There
IS some bribery in this school
| boon business Money Is paid TO
school commissioners. or teache s.
rr some outside lawyers fo- their Ia
auence.
Last year teacher high in o!ice
at Knoxville was expelled for ACCEPT.
ing n brihe and have heard IL
harged that lawve" in atlanta g)t
big money for boOn''H book ir u
the pu5lii. schools N"-'" ruler ;h'
rocst il every calm and there Is =
~onrv Job Lehipi this Anderson F.
business. PrCvi'ien,r rrlng
~ rountrr. wla; r'"rs p"o": ~ O.
have to do VIII t'"sn follows
to let them run the" f0ursc. "
seen the wi:ked PFC "rr IL
bay tree" says David. IN {" ~ x
heard me say. 81 wonder what makes
the Lord smile on old jim wilkins
so. Jim is as mean as a dog. hit
every trade he makes and everyth.nT
he touches turns into money. He IS
getting richer and richer every year.
The old darky said Why. boss.
de Lord hain't got ANYTHING to do
wild Jim wilkins. Lord haint noticin
him Lord dun give him up long
time ago. OATS why he gittln rich
old debil ar runnin him.
Providence spring. But It is
mighty strange to me that the north
ern people will let Goldwin Smith
scandalize the founders Of our gov
ernment. | thought that everybody
north and south idolized Washington
and jefferson and Madison and Mon
roe. / thought that everybody out
side of Massachusetts was proud OF
Patrick Henry and Randolph and
Henry Clay. | dident know thai
Benedict Arnold had an admircr or
an anoIpiZer north or south or in
England or anywhere | dident
know that Goldwin Smith was such
/, a conspicuous historian until this
last history appeared. 1t appears
that he is a great favorite in Eng
land and Canada and is q contribu-
tor to the leading magazines and