The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-06-05
ALL LIARS NOTYGT DEAD.
Bill Arp Writes of AndersonVills and
the Lies Now Repeated

Bill arp writes OF An0ersoQVule ana
the Lies Now Repeated
As the poet B:oWfing said: II
thought the lie was dead and damned, "
but it SENS not. Jacksonville has
broken out again. We thought that
cur general-Sena:or Hill-had killed
that whole A1dersoa7ille business in
bis uasterly rsply TO Blame some
twenty FIVE years ego. He proved from
the Federal records that the sufsr;Eg G
Of their soldier boys WIS tde slo, the
crime, the shane Of S a :toa, Who re
fused to exchange with US and r:fuscd
to send medicine and supplies for
their sick. We did the very bess we
could and some homes Noltaern sol
diers have s. written AID published in
Nor hern papers. Bus ever and anon
the same old lie bresks loose again,
a7d BOW they have started new one
sb,ut spripg-the Providence
spring. which they say guShad forth
from the ground just in time to save
their soldiers from periahing fer lack Of
water. And they are spending money
in inclosing and besutifying the grounds
around the spring. Ths contemplate
liars. Sores Of good Old men still live
who knew of that spring away back in
the 40's, whom Andersonvitle was a
deer stand. Yes it was Prov dence
spring, for providence created il, and
all the other springs when Hs made the
contentment ald the river and the
mountains.
ADdersonviile never Lacked water
and Wa3 selected for prison because
of water, aud that little spring Of no
conseq q1sncn, for it TN only about
thirty gallons sn hour, which would
be less than hslf gull day to the
prisoners. The spring vas co7ersd up
by the hands when ditching for the
s,ocka lie and its water found some other
channel aud broke cut agail after
big rain and that's all there IS about it.
No Providence slring! ThoEe everlast.
ing liars are just hu1tingi!!up some
more devilnent. This spr.Dg business
is another Barbara Frietchel oeciu sion
COTTON up to keep the Northern heart
in tune and fire up GoldRin Smith to
write some more historic lies about
the South. But whom the Lord
loveth He chasteneth," and our faith is
that He lovss cur people very much or
He would not chasten us SO much and
SO long with these vile ISLANDERS And
| saio in mine haste all men are liars, "
said David. If he had lived up N,rsh
in our day be might have said it at his
leisure. We are getting 50 accu STONE
and 50 hardene 70 their exsggsration
AMI prevsrication that We don't be-
lievs them whom they tell the truth.
History says that Israel Putnam
crawlel into cave and killed a wolf. l
used to believe that, bu3 doubt it now
since Goodwin Smith has set up Beae-
dict Arnold IS hsro. Providence
spring! what lie!
Bat our veterans are clearing up this
history business ard our teachers had
better be Very careful what they teach.
I never d d understand uatil resenily
why Maury's geography was ruled out
OF so many schools and Frye's was pat
in. There is some bribery in this
school book business. Money is paid
to school commissioners, or teachers,
o. some outside lawyers for their in
aIenoe.
List year a teacher high in ofi,s at
Knoxville Was expelled Ior accepting
a bribe, and / have heard it charged
that a lawyer in Atlanta got big money
for booming a book ln,o the public
sch ,ols. Money rules the .roost in
every calling, and ther5 is money job
bshiod this A1der5onville business.
Providence sprlngl Oh, my c2untry,
what does providence havs TO do with
those fellows except to let them run
their course. Il have seen the wicked
prosper like a green bay tree, says
David. Al oil dsrky heard me say,
II wonder what makes the L 'rd smile
on old jim Wilkins Sc. Jim Is as mean
SIS Dig, but every trade be makes and
everything he touches turns into
money. He is eating richer AM richer
every year."
The old darky said: 'Why, boss,
de Lord hsin't got anything to do Wld
jim Wiikins. L Td hsiat noticin' him.
Lord dun give him up long time ago.
DaS's why he gettin' rleh-oid debli ar
lupnin' him.
Providence spring. But it is mighty
strange to me that the Northern people
will let GoldRin Smith scandaiiz; the
founders of our government. thought
that everybody North and South idol
lied Washington and Jof5rson and
Madison and Monroe. | thought that
every body outside Of Massachusetts
was proud Of Patrick Henry a7d Ran
doIph aad Henry Clay. 1 dldent know
that B.nedict Araold had an sdmlrer
or an spolglzer North or South or in
England or anywhere. | dident know
that Goodwin Smith Was such con.
spicuous historian until this last history
1t appests that he is great
favorite in E0glsnd and Canada, and
is contributor to the leading mags
niz and co.editor Of an Eagilsn cyc.o.
pedis.
But We are making progress. Provi-
denee sprLngl Those Yankees say
that just in the nick of tims when hope
was nearly gone and despair had set
in for want of water, Providence up
heaved the ground and the water gush-
ed forth like it did when Moses struck
the rock With his rod. Mr.. Plllsbury,
Of Americus, an honorable veteran,
was there on guard and says the whole
thing is made up lie, and it can be
proved so by many old citizens of
Sumter County. We will have to nail
that Andersonville lie 70 a board and
put it up at the forks of the road. We
will brand it when We meet st Mem
phis. | want to meet Colonel John
Cussons there and thank himfor his
little book. | want every veteran to