Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1902-01-15
BILL ARP'S LETTER
Barlow Philosopher Wiiies CT Various
Things.
WAkS AND lUM9RS CT WA?S.
Our Effort 10 Subiu .ste The FiIipi-
nos Has Brought Deep Sorrow TO
Many Homes.

! >N'''Nt'N NAA' s-4Nit IlNli W..E OK
Iorty years aso, This layt year OF $50!
w2s the Elost bloody ana disastrous or
any in my recollection. Over 10000 Of
! our soldiers died in the Philipp.ncs-
most or them in hospitals That's os
| niue consequence. OF course, to tho
government, but it brought myriads of
s!:hs and tcarS TO mothers and wivos
and children. The Spanish war. and
/ What mas grown out of it, has eternal
ly disgr2ced tho annals O. the n1tiao's
history. And it keeps or and will keen
on. no doubt. bringing misery ana
ruin in its train. Some preachers say
1t is the work Of the Lord. | dan't bn
lieve ii. "OhenSes must needs come.
nut wee unto them by whom thoy
come" BESIDES all this the wear was
full or disasters on land and sea. EN-
ploSions in the mines. railroad wrecks.
/ boilers bursting. fires. floods. murders.
| suicides, husbands killing wives and
children, lovers killing swce: e:hearts
ana every other devilish thing. Every
day dispatches record something new
and horrible, and we are getting 50
accustomed to it that II hardly dts
turbs or surprises us. We. too. are sc
ting hardened TO blood and bloody
deeds. This uncoHcorn always follows
IN tne wake or war. After the battle or
Malvern Hin l remember hearing one
solu!er net another That he could walk
across the ridge and step on dcai
man at every step. He tired n for =
hundred yards and won. Soldiers who
q had been kind and gentle at home Ie-
came hardened 70 the sight of b'ood
ana death. After the war was over
waited for her boy to come home. bat
he never came and she died still won
derinS how he was killed and where he
was buried. But few Of his comrades
were left and they were widely sea-
tered. The records were not kcp. or
were lost in the war Out OF 1000
buried at Vicksburg less than .0)1
have namesauron their graves: 50 1t
is at fredericksburg and all the others
or the Federals and Conrederatcs 30
per cent of all the dead are rn'In1wn
anu sleep in unmarked and unrecordcl
graves. Ana this is war and as General
Sherman said. War is hell" There is
enough Unwritten grief to fill al ocean.
ana many Il broken hearted mother Lei
conccilment like a worm in the bad
iced on her pallid checks and turn her
hair TO gray before its time Ana yet
we keep on fighting and calling fU-
more trooHs-not for defense or lib
crty. but for conquest 1t is a war OF
aggression upon people who nev-r
ala Us harm and beg to be let alone
The eight million negroes here ut
/ home give Us great concern, but ;hc
government wants ten millions NOR
to add TO the pcrplcXity OF the prob
/ lcm. Oh, the shame OF 1.-THE pity ct
IL. 1t is the same old unchris.ian slo-
/ ry, Mans inhumanity 20 man makcs
/ countless thousands mourn"
! But didn't start today TO write an
J elegy on the ye1r that has gone. IL is
/ pleasant TO wish all a happy year and
! 20 hope for better one. A SUpcvsl.-
! tiors friend says that it viii 10 better
because 1902 is div.siblc but ,9Gl was
not. The times seem Erosrcr0~s ana
new industries are continually being
planted over the South. War always
brings activity in its train. More iron
and steel for ships and men OF war
more cannon and guns for the army.
more clothing and foOi for the So
diers. But | have more regard FOR all
the humble. contentcd people than fcr
all the pomp and circumstance OF var
| have more regard for an uneducatrd
IOliNHA maui Al4lll lOl an CuutItCI ltn
one who made his money by question
able schemes. My good old friend T9Nn
jenkins Is dead lie hauled wood FIR
me many years and gave an honest
cord On his last bed he sent fo7 he
brother Jack and whispered. Jack.
I'm gwinc ter die. thCy say. and I'm
willln' to 20; but owe Bob Pcr;.l,cr
dollar and n half. and il bothcrs me
M, ,rl,t tn TOl,
Jack. III pay Bob that money when
| 90 u town for the coffin Now. irs
turn over and die Just as easy a5 y1Y
can" And he did. He was Hard Shcl
Baptist
Thc other night we haI Il good lady
visitor from the North. and when sls
said something about this harrid o'G
Philippine war. the conversation dri,,-
y to the hardship and suffering c1us-
"a y orr Civil War. and, jus; t.
amvsc ANA entertain her, my wfc ami
! related how when we got back g.
Rome with our half dozen little ,Aii-
drcn we all had to sleep on the Goo-.
for wc had no furniture ana We h1i
70 -four or coffee Or surar. and thee
wcs none TO be had. for what li;Le
there w2s was kept hidden and
coUlda't be bought with Confederate
money; and how our meal was nolviy
all cone, and thcr- wasn't but olc COW
in the country. AID Sic was kept hiA
m a cancbrakc and how I borrowed 2
horse and rode twelve miles an
bought her for $4,000 in Confederate
money and drove her home in The
night ana kept her hll in fne barn
and She gave Just enough milk 10 Keep
or baby from ncr!shlng; and how ]