The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-05-16


here Is tho lrst rebel have ever made
out a pension claim for. aud he looks
Ike such a gentleman I've a good no.
ton to send it up and get him one"
The captain says he could have got
ten one az easy as falling off a log, II
he had just lied a little. Newt Tumlin
told mo a long time ago that the only
way to get even with the republicans
was 20 grease 'em OF jine EN-, but It
was safer to do both.
But our people Will forgive Teddy II
ne Will apologize for the past and be
have In the future. He has some good
traits, which he inherited from his
mother but his impulses and emotions
are not we'll balanced. His gun goes
off half cooked and he shoots with the
double wabbles. / think he has about
let the niger alone and so has the
north generally. We lynched one In
Rome the other day and have never
seen any mention OF It In their papers.
Our governor didn't even offer a re-
ward nor has the circuit judge made
any fuss about It. / reckon the towns
and cities will now sympathize with
the country people, for the crime in
this case was committed in the very
center Of the city, and so was the
lynching, and nobody was disguised.
have been in favor of lynching ever
since they burned that negro in Dallas,
Tex, and am still When they lynch
one they ought to pick out about a
dozen bad ones and whip them and
make them leave the country That's
the way they do in Texas. Every COM
munity is in danger from mean, idle
negroes. Whose wife or daughter will
be the next victim?
II Teddy had been in Rome, l wonder
what he would have done. I believe
he would have joined the lynchers.
Why not? He is killing them by the
thousands in the Philippines for no
crime except loving their country. Our
so-called soldiers are putting them to
! torture of the most horrible kind, and
burning their towns, and call it a war
for the honor Of the flag. 1t makes
! the blood boil to read about it. They
learned all this from Sherman during
our civil war, and have improved upon
the lesson that he taught them. But
l won't ruminate about it any longer.
1t makes me heart sick to ponder upon
the iniquities of this administration.
Those ten million negroes cost US 81
a head, and it has already cost us 5000
a head to subdue them, and we have
hardly begun. Let me go out and dig
some in the garden.
P. San old soldier, c. w. Shipp, of
Water Valley, Miss, sends me his
photo as he lies in bed, where he has
been for twenty-five years, paralyzed
from wounds received at the battle of
Franklin. He enlisted in company G,
First Mississippi infantry; was in the
fight at Fort Donaldson and Fort Hud,
son, and followed Hood from Atlanta
to Tennessee; was wounded at battle
Of Franklin and taken prisoner. He
has written poem and dedicated it to
his comrades. His home has an old
debt of $500 hanging over it, and will
be sold before long. How many Of the
veterans who are going to Dallas will
send him dollar or half a dollar to
save his old home? He will send each
one his picture and a copy of his poem
B. A.
P. 81 receive letters every mai
asking questions or wanting fayors OF
some sort. l answer those that have
stamps inclosed.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta
Constitution.