The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-17
BILL ARP STUDIES HAzING
He Sees No Reason For It-West
Point Should be Abolished Ur-
less HaAinp la Stonned.

philoscphize upon it and find reason
for it, but cannot. 1t il tho most
brutal and sCnsclcss thing that young
men calling themselves gentlemen were
ever guilty Of. The evidence already
submitted has shocked the nation, and
if il cannot be stopped the nation isl
ready rlght now TO abolish the lnstitl-
ton. II is disgrace to humanity.
But what concerns me is 10 tind a
plausible reason for it--au excuse or II
palllatlon. The ha2crs say that IT is
TO try a young man metal, his coul-
age. That is false, OF course, for il ir-
Quircs no metal or courage 60 stand
guard over dead AT or march along
side a turtle or terrapin. The whole
course Of treatment is one of dcriliSh
cruelty and insanity. We are tod that
some Of those haXcrS were considered
very good. Hlndhcarch boys AZ Eomr
before they went to that iunatic Asy-
lum, and hence ii must be that ,ssociA-
ton has derangrd them like il did for
awhile at Yale and Harvard and other
Northern colleges.
a crowd Of boys away OF from home
influence will do what no one boy vii!
wish OF dare 10 do at home or abroad.
! had a do4 once who vas faithful and
Kinda good watch dog and toud ul
my children. ! owned a !iurh of sheep
and he protected them. hui when uthtr
dogs from ihr nrighhrrhoul came aver.
him in the dead hour ul uiGh, uud
gave the sign h" would 20 With ;hrm
two or three miles and help ~ XIII 3
score of sheen auI hr back ~ ljs pos,
on the piazza hv day,.h,. wIu,I
not believe i, for Iou. time. hu; III,
neishbovS came ana tound WOO, m his
tert', and he had 10 hc IjNc6. lrr,l,n',
that's what the matte with those wood.
boy hazers. They have got WOO, in
their teeth and ,G my or,Y,on, they
ourh, TO hc treated like IA, rr,r,N-
man did his lcy. He wanted 10 break
him Of surkin. c.y>. So NE hun. him
by the hind .csS lo > Vl.a AMI -. h.:n
swing for a day u- two. \ u,:,hH.~
said "Whv DON'T y5u h.- him =.
the neck and let him Choke ~ Jr3., -
" No. sare, he said. "mr HAMS ly,,.
10y de lcys TO ecyc hccm time - INK
Val a tam rascu, he vas" Those ha,,->
ought 10 bt hunE ~ their hind ,cg,
unit, they had time to repent.
The catalogue ut v,uc. aid :. :,yu.
,ous things that those coward, ..3;.,
upon a freshman .s fearful. som. II
them az uni, f.: ,v...c.;..D. >.y
cuwa4Us " l,clu>, i jsn maxim ,N.,.
"a cruc! man is a coward. II ,h,y
really wished 10 ;ys; a voun. mans
meal or COURAGE why Go,'l ,hyv shut
him in a room and ~ II on, ., = ,;n,
and igh, him list aid skull. They nr,.
towards, that's all. They wouiicn,
lGht phl.ippluc hand "a hand They
vii. graduate towards and smell me
battle from afar. and Re, the r,iya,...
40 the tight.uc. They arr of M. ,a,n,
breed a. Genera, Miles,. who nu, ,b,.
manac!cs on Jefferson Davis and tried
10 lie out OF u. He won his .rurs N
Cuba by getting On toD Of hul and
crying, " Beef. beef, nrct" He re-.
minds me Of Patrick IIcDry's yrra,
speech during ,he iirs, ,cyoiu,ion ~
which he scarifcJ a man ror rrv;ny
beef, beef, beef. while the patriot, werr
lighting for indcpendcuc,
1 have but little patience with the
modern West Pointer. General OTIS |
is fa.! =amp.e. He whjDncd ,h, !
Fl!iplnos every day before the tlccuoD, |
Pay and promo;iv!. Is their so.c am!U-
ZION. The art a stuck w swell set
and would establish Z military monarch |
il they dared, see that some fellow
is defending Genera! George G. Thorna.
and Black Jack " Logan IN Ncw
York paper. Wei, | Know all ahou,
them. | have now in my possession
letter written to me by Thomas in
which he denounces us al, a. traitors
and guilty Of treason, and "a ,ha,
treason cmbodjcs al the crimes in the
decaloguc. y dozen Of our Rome BOYS
and girls had improviscd a tableau per
formance in the city hall t" raise little
money TO pay for replacing pulpits and
pews in the city churches. The sacri
legious vandals had gutted the churches
ana used the pews Tor horse troughs
and fhn rhIlrphno far Qtnropn nf