One of Bill Arp s
Old Letters.
lionie and Farm.
Some of ou- readers have suegest-
.1 .h.t U uniil.l iln ihfUl COOd tt
ra ii w - -
wmilnntllv aorue of the letter
; "BUll Arp." which some year a
tney read with so utuih pleasure.
Thee letter express a most kindly
philosophy, and tney touch la a gen
eral way on the evenu of every
day life. Xo other seriea represent
In a more attractive way farm life
in the South than do these letters
of Bill Arp. w hii-h appeared for so
many year In Home and Farm.
ON PAYING THE LABORER.
I heard a young man say to his
emplover: "Mr. J oat called again
and has gone back to his work. He
said he had called three times and
mi were not In."
"Well, let him call aain. I can't
stay In all the time just to accom
modate him. I wonder If he ex
pect me to take hi money to
luni?"
Yes. my friend, that Is exactly
what Mr. Jones has a right to ex
pect. He ought not have been forc
ed to call at all. You hired him to
do that work. He did it. ana n
was your duty to have hunted him
up and paid him. You should have
called on him promptly and paid
him. You are rich and he U poor.
He cau't atfford to lose the time.
You can.
This is the too common tyranny
of caplttal over labor, and this is
the cause of the conflict between
them. Money is the king and labor
the subject. Just let a man gtt
i.ch and he gets tyranical. There
are but few exceptions to this
rule. Woe unto the man who has
to depend absolutely upon the rich
for his living. His manhood is
crushed and he feels that he is
helpless. Not long ago I saw a
struggling young man writhing un
der the tyranny. He had worked
hard In the brolliing heat, for a
month and had well earned his
money and It took him three weeks
to get it. His employers were
rich and the money was In bunk,
but one partner referred him to
the other and the other was off on
a trip, and when he returned said
he would attend to It as soon as he
had time, and after several fail
ures the young man was referred
to the boss of the works for a cer
tificate, and so hla patience was
tried for days and weeks.
This Is all wrong; a man ought
to be Just as anxilous to pay the
laborer as he was to get his work.
He ought to hunt him up and pay
him. The washerwoman ought not
to call for her money but once. If
you haven't got It or are not at
home, then send her the money.
Honest labor Is full equivalent for
money and is entitled to just us
high consideration. Indeed, there
1a unniethlnff about the labor and
toil of the working people that 1
acred, it is a sin against. nenvt-n
to withhold their Just reward. I
know men who keep back the wa
ge of the poor. They pay but they
pay late. They keep the money as
long as they can. "Hoes he pay you
for your work, t'ncle Sam?'' "Oh.
ves sir. he nav. he Days when he
tela shamed to see me standin'
round. I has to stand roun' on de
airput mill uiiout thp nostofflce and
get In his way sometimes and den
he pay. His money mighty goou
money, dey say. It draws Inter
est In his pocket."
The lawyer or the doctor can af
ford to lose' his fee. The merch
ant expects to lose a certain per
cent In bad debts. The capitalist
tubes the risk cf fortune and fire
nnil ftiMwl nnd strikes and Destllence,
but the toiler can't afford any risk.
Their food and clothing depend up
on the prompt payment of their dal
lv nr week I v or monthly wages.
There Is too much lndiffference
ahnnf thl thine. Even the great
state of Georgia that is so Jealous
nf har flminrlul honor, does not. Day
her public servants as promptly as
she ought to. mere are no loners
who work harder or are more de
serving than her teachers, and they
hem neddlers are a nuisance. I
just sit in my window and scream
no berries, dou I want any oeiurr
thev come in at the pate." Some
of these poor country girl have
worked hard to gamer muse uri
nes, so a to make a little nion
tv 'o help the mother or get a cali
co dress, cr a cheap hat. or pair of
Sunday shoe.
vh knoti how many humble
!,, thov have laid and how fond
mere their expectation that soine-
bodv would buy. ana u is
hard on their humble hopes for a
lady to scream out:
"Xo berries don t want any.
1 m-nu l.l huv some berries if 1
didn't have a cent of money and had
to pay in sugar or coftee or cm -.tun'.
iimhH We know very well
that there Is nobody suffering for
the necessaries of 1 " lnut
i.io.i xnnntrv now. but the poor
ud humble have some aspiration.
some desire to better tneir conui
tion and their appearance.
Some of those poor girls can t
eo to church or school for lack of
.........i.. ininnuniii Some have no
father and some have no mother.
I know one whose fathtr works all
,i:.v in a mine that Is three miles
ti a .. early and comet
home, late and saves Ills dolllar and
it goea for food ana running '
fuel and rent. He t the onij
i.,.....iuii.n.r nt the family ol six,
i.i i ...I " in", i - ,
oil f.,ni.,iUJ hut one. That dolllar is
enough for living, but uothiug for
comfort nothing for sickness or
medicine. The rich p:us sucn peo
ple by and say. "they are no ac-
.,,,t th-if ini i:itv ana trilling-
This is a "mistake. The trouble is
i..... .... aai :i st:irt and tneir
i,..... i.iwhil There is many
1 1 V ' 1 TO ...I V v . " ... -
.. 'i,iuriil:i iii the ajihes who would
i.ake a princess if lifted up. The
imi lif of the poor is known
cnlv to God. but His curse Is upon
n ' u hm nm-wt nr defraud them,
i hi. hiinui n nun those who
it till 11 IB u I. .-..,-.. " ,
.luf.m.l lhatll
VI(-'1IU Wl I". ,
ti... nt thw niKir are m
I IIC Pyvno vi ..... , -
mi hnlliuui
..v oriml h faces of tne
ir wv
Ttlesseti Is he wno roiisiiitrvni
lilt- JJ1 .
Thrt EfMXl book 18 IUU VI
Bwrnri tw'iift v
Lady Duffretn In the "hinigrani
Lament."
forward and was pumping In the
saddle like a jockey a a race track.
"1 will trust him to Providence."
said I.
Some years ago. when h'.s brother
wa a little scrap, 1 let him rid
around the lot a little and he fell
of and lit on hi head a ad took
the comatose and the whole family
sat up with him all night and said
that his brain was affected and I
got the blame cf it. If his brjiln
i affected. I suDtMise I am re-
tniinuihta fnr it. ami now here i
not her lod for me to carry. stru.
Am had no business to go to sieep
no how while those grandchildren
are cruising around. A city boy
hasn't got very much horse ene
hn h ii w to the country. l
kept on ruminating over this until
I got home and the little rascal
met me with an impudent laugh
and said: "Grandpa. I beat you
home. I've been here for a quarter
of an hour." Well he got a
piece of my mind a soon as I
could find language appropriate.
and sure enough hi grandma took
his side ot tne wnoie Business "u
thought it was ever so smart, but
he must not do it any more, ana
that's what made me o mad.
BILL ARP.
Confirmed Proof
Residents of Monro 1'anaot IHmbt
What Ha Beesi Twice Proved.
FOUNDED IX IMS
CHARTERED 1859
Addition
Kiroe
do not draw their pay for months from politics.
i m vorv lnnelv now. Mary,
. ... , j.
For the poor make no new menu
L'ut oh, they love tnee oeuer i.r
The few our Father sends.
The man or woman or a child
does not have to be a beggar to
be poor. Some are too proud to
ha anA win Kiiffer on. .n euu-
cated stranger has been working in
nitr ill tn. fur a month at a dollar
a day, working with pick and sho-
el. and keeping his 0ll secret. im
he couldn't stand It. Of course, he
nnliln't for he was frail In body
,.t nuu.i tn toll. He had
uimuI ktmi careworn. Intelieciual
face and refused our offer of help
as long as he could work, but was
at last forced to say: i caniioi
dig, to beg I am ashamed.
And so we raised him n purse
and sent him home. lie wrote
poetry and wanted me to sell it for
him, and then 1 realized now uuenj
poor he was. There is a luxury In
doing good. If you don't know it
Just give a poor hair-ciad ni.ich
herrv iilrl a silver half dollar for
her berries and watch her as she
shuts it tight In her stained nana
and leaves you. She will take a shy
glance at it several times before
he get out of sight. It is a smaii
matter to you, but It is a mint, a
gold mine, to her. Maybe It Is the
filrst half-dollar she ever earned. I
remember the first I ever earned,
and 1 have never had any since
that would compure with it.
It is too hot to talk politics; it
Is dangerous. lr. Hicks says mm
It will be hotter. There Is a con-tiini-tlnn
of the cliinets. The hot
iinrt fU-rv Mars has got between the
I tho ami anil Is making our
people mad. They are ready to Ngll
in Carolina, and there is some big
bulldozing down there about, nnd
they say there is blood on the moon
mi in this region, and it all comes
to the Teaching
at Trinity.
Important addition have been
made to teaching force at Trinity
I'niiupa f.ir the next academic year.
WM,.!ir v Knieht. a graduate of
Trinity College and Ph. D. of Colum-
rnlversitv. become assisua.ni
professor in the department of edu
cation, t. A. .Moore, wno mnu
the degrees of A. B.. A. M.. and Ph.
ti fmin Harvard University, ha
u.n ui.u-t.ul assistant nrol'essor of
i'nuii.;ii He is a man of maturity
who has had experience In teach-
ii,.r n, I i recommended nv me
Harvard authorities a the ery best
man of his generation there. T. S.
Graves, a graduate of the University
nf Chicai-o with the degree of A.
II., A. M., and Ph. IX has also been
elected assistant professor of Eng
lish. He is a man of maturity who
has had experience in teaching, and
is recommended by the Harvard au
ti.orliluQ ns the very best man of
.! feneration there. T. S. Grave
a graduate of the University of
rhleaen with the degree of A. B.,
A. M.. and Ph. U. ha also been
ointi,i ussistant nrofessor of Eng
lish. Dr. Graves Is not only an ex
perienced teacher and a young
scholar of the highest promise, but
ha ha already done scholarly and
1 1 turn rl' wnrk that elves him rank
with the best of the younger Eng
hnir scholars, of his time. James J.
lionegan, a graduate in Civil En
gineering of the Sheffield Scientific
i:,.hr.ni ,f Vule 1'nlversitv. class of
1HU9. becomes instructor in civil
miiWtioorlnir Mr. Doliegail is high
ly recommended by the. Yale aulhorl-
Hh nml has had successful exneri
ence both In practical eimiiieeiing
wmk anil as an instructor. Erank
Egerton. an A. B. of Trinity and
M. graduate of Columbia I uiver
I
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five-year-old son of J. H. Anderson.
Tha hnva were Wilding 111 a DOnd
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in Columbia University. Under the
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wards of the department of pnysics.
Mr. Egerton will have charge or
electrical engineering, next year.
Plans have been made for extensive
development of the department of
engineering but tney cannot go nnu
full effect until a year hence.
Professor E. C. Brooks, to whom
the College and the State are
I mi M ml fnr such devoted and bril
liant service in the cause of popu
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has been granted a leave of ab
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lumbia University. He will continue
however, to have supervision of the
department of education and will
keep direct charge of a good deal
of the work even during hi ab
on Tho Instruction In that de
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Dr. Knight.
When Senator Tillman, who is on
a diet by order of his physician, de
clared somewhat peevishly that, "the
art of frying chickens was unknown
In Washington," he had not reckon
ed with the housewives of the Dis
trict of Columbia, many of them
Southerners, and Jealous of their
ability to cook chicken in any fash
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been arriving every day by messen
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after It Is due. The school boards
of some of the public schools are
equally Indifferent, and their teach
ers have to stay at home during the
long summer vacation for the lack
of mean to visit their kindred. 1
know some that have not been paid
for two months, mid are not likely
to be. Schooling Is ciuap. but the
touching Is chenper.
THE SORROWS OF THE POOR.
If capital was more respectful to
labor there would be no strikes nor
unions. Indeed, there would be no
for there would be no ne
Better quit talking
talk In peace
n 1 It ti n i
cerslty for such organisation. The, tor 1 could watch him from
HvpniL'rt workman does not envy the nlazza where 1 was writing
II thnv can t
mil- nminle are obliged to abuse
somebody, let them abuse lngalls.
He I afar off, and can stand It.
in fact, he likes it.
ON KEEPING COOL.
We must ketp cool during this
weather. I got hot yesterday, aw
ful hot. and didn't get over it for a
while A little grandson Is
over here and he is smart and he
know. it. While his grandma was
taklno' her evening nap the chap
asked me to let him ride old Mol
lv nrniind the yard. I consented.
I lie
He
average worsniaii iioe nui nnj mr piazza nvie i
rich because he Is rich, but because .wandered around the house for
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uhiio nn.l thn I niif-sul him. and
fnnn,l that hn had ooened the gate
.,.! oniarvo.t IiIh liiiundaries. He
had gone to town and the old mare
had got her dander up. 1 hurried
on mv coat and shoes and started
out In hot pursuit.
it u-m ahont 4 o'clock and sun
and Mars had got clise togeth.-r.
When I irot on Maui street I said
to a friend: "Have you soon any
thing nf a little scrap of a boy on
my mare?" "Oh. yes. He went up
this street a while ago like he was
ah fit nnt of n eiin and his feet were
rammed ud to the sockets in the
tlrrun leathers." "Oil. Lordv
thought I. "that boy will be killed
by that horse, and l nurneo on
oiih mv heart In mv mouth. When
I passed the livery stable I asked
'again, and Bob Anderson said: "Yes
he went by here and old Molly was
lust humpin' it. lie turnea up iui
Ipira avenue."
I With desperate energy I struck
. r. tmt miH kent It awhile, and
then tried a sort of buziard lope
fnr a mmrter nf a mile and met a
feller who said he's gone on down
th fnsHV 1 road, like he was a
i,nniin fnr a doctor. Bv this time
1 began to cave In and took a rent
nn tha atona nf the Baptist cnurcn
Afr a while a oreacher came along
n,t uiii ha knew the mare but
didn't know the boy for hla riding
was like the riding of Jebue, and
k ,wia im anil down as well as
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