Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-05-22
ARP ON THE PAST.
Ee Talks of the AnderSonyiIle Stories
Now Told Again.
HILLS SPEECH is RECALLED
Barlow Philosopher Declares That
All Liars Are Not Yet Dead and
Lies Are Repeated.

AS the poet Browning said: 81
thought the lie was dead and damn
ed but it seems not Andersonville |
has broken cut again. We thought
that our semeral-Senator HiN-hai
killed that whole Andersonv:llc
business in his mastery reply to
Blaine some twenty-five years ago
He proved from the federal records
that the suffering of their soldier
bo%s in that prison was the sin. the
crime. the shame of Stanton who re-
fused 20 exchange with us and re-
fused TO send medicine and supplies
for their SICK. We did the very best
we could AM some honest northern
soldiers have so written ana pub
HShcJ n northern papers But ever
ani anon tho same old lie breaks
loose. again. and now they have
started now one about spring
the "Providencc s2ring," which they
say gushed forth from the ground
1ust in time to s-vc their soldiers
from perishing for lack of water
And they are spending money in in
closing and beautifying the grounds
around the spring. The contemplate
liars. Scores of good old men still
live who knew of that spring away
back in the i0S when Andersonvillc
was wilderness and the spring was
known rs a deer stand. Yes il was
Providence spring. for providence
created il. and all the other springs
when He made the continent and the
rivers ana mountains. Anderson
vile never lacked water and was
selected for prison because of the
abundance of water. and that little
spring was of no consequence for
il ran only about thirty gallons an
hour. which would be less than half
n gill a day to the prisoners The
spring was covered up by the hands
when ditching for the stockadc and
its water found some other channel
and broke out again after a big rain
and that's all there is about it. No
Providence spring, Those everlast-
ing liars are just hunting up some
more devilmcnt. This spring buSi-
ness is another Barbara Frietchie
delusion gotten up To keep the north
ern heart in tune and fire up Gold
man Smith TO write some more his
toric lies about the south. Dut
whom the Lord lovcth He chas-
tencth," and our faith is . that He
loves our people very much or He
would not chasten us SO much and
so long with these vile slandcrs
And | said in mine haste all men
are liars" said David. If he had
lived up north in our day he might
have said it at his leisure We are
getting so accustomed and so hard
ened to their cXaggCratiOn and pre-
varication that we don't believe them
when they tell the truth History
says that Israel Putnam crawled
into q cave and killed wolf | used
to believe that but | doubt it now
since Goldwn Smith has set up
Benedict Arnold as n hero Provi-
dence spring! what lie,
But our veterans are clearing up
this history business and our teach
ers had better be very careful what
they teach. | Maury's geography
they teach. | never did understand
until recently why Maury's geog-
raphy was ruled out OF so many
schools and Frye's was put in. There
is some bribery in this school
book business. Money is paid to
school commissioners, or teachers,
or some outside lawyers for their in
fiucnce.
Last year a teacher hiSh in office
at Knoxville was expelled for accept
ing bribe and have heard il
charged that a lawyer in Atlanta got
big money for booming a book in.o
the public schools Money rules the
roost in every calling. and there is a
money job behind this AndersonyiHa
business. Providence spring, Oh
my country. what does providence
have to do with those follows except
to let them run their course. II have
seen the wicked prosper like a green
bay tree" says David. An old darky
heard me say. II wonder what makes
the Lord smile on old jim wilkins
so. Jim is as mean as n dog. but
every trade he makes and everything
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 gittin rich
old debil ar runnin him"
Providence spring. But 1t is
mighty strange to me that the north.
ern people will let Goodwin Smith
scandalize the founders of our gov
ernment | thought that everybody
north and south idolized Washington
and Jefferson and Madison and Mon.
roe l thought that everybody out
side of Massachusetts was proud of
Patrick Henry and Randolph and
Henry Clay. | dilent know that
Benedict Arnold had an admirer or
an apolgizer north or south or in
England or anywhere. dident
know that Goldwin Smith was such
conspicuous historian until this
last history appeared. IL appears
that he is a great favorite in Eng.
land and Canada and is contribu.
tor to the leading magazines and
coeditor OF an English cyclopedia
But we are making progress. Provi.
dence spring! Those yankees say