The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-10-05
BILL ARP ON ADA|R.
Bill Mcurns The Loss OF His Old and
Esteemed Friend.
HAD KNOWN HIN Fifty YEARS.
Cei,1sl Assh's 0fss Nn sse's fs,sette
rizss Nhss DC ' sized sitsa,s - Ssus
hemnsSefS:s
Friend after friend departs.

nifty years George Adair and ! have
t-en friends good friends. lie VAS al
ways glad TO meet me and held ry
hand tight and lcag. and smiled
pleasant greeting. or late years ne
have drawn closer together. for ne
knew that VIC were approaching the
goal. and tha; bet few CT us were left
The memories cf CID ra.n are sweet.
b;,, they are sad. and 81 vas = comfort
70 George aud Go me 90 get Close to
se;heT as of - visited ATLANTA anG
commune abcut old times and the Old
people who have passed away. lie vas
never gloomy nor did he ever brio
cloud TO dsrken :he sunshine of our
meeting. Where shall ] So nov fUr
comfort when I iy.et the Gate Ciiy?
Wnere will Evan Howell 60.
Yes. was n college boy when George
Adair was conducting the lrst train
that ever ran into Atlanta. Travelled
with him sometimes. aud since then
our warm friendship has been ur-
broken. His warm Scotch blood beat
more kindly to his friends as the years
relied o5. He Was as frank as ne was
genial. lie had opinions and co1vie-
ticns, ard did not suppress them 10
curry favor with anybody. His life
was an open book. and everybody who
knew him q. all knew him well. a
stranger would diagnose him in half an
hours ccnyersat n. Sincerity ~ae has
most striking characteristics: Scotch
men az always sincere: they never
dodge responsibility. l don't know
whether George carried any Indian
bleed or not, but his uncles did. The
hdairs of Cherokee were c!ose akin 10
him. and they were halfbreeds O;
quadrCons. and all went west with the
tribe in 1896. Their descendants are
out there nos. for take an Indian
paper ard gee their names among tie
leaders. II IL singular hos those
Scotchmen mated with the Indian
maidens early In this century. and
every one OF them wanted chiei
daughter. and generally got her. When
the old chiefs died these SCo;chme1
jest stepped into their places and
gTroncd the tribes. and 50 did their
sons after them. There was no Eng
lish or Irish or French in IL: the
Scotch aicne had occurred the Indians
respect and confidence. There ~ss
Ross and Ridge and Mcintosh and Nc
Gfllvray and Barnard and vann ard
many others who became chiefs OF
suhchiefs and governed all or eivis.cn
OF tho tribe. Oscecia was the son or a
Scotch trader. | suspect that George
AGair had a strain cf Chert kce blood IN
his veins. ani 4. made a good cross
ny wife THINKS IL does. and u proud "a
trace her Indian blood To PccshCn,a,
through th.. EcilJ and Bcl!rg gs and
Ran1oiphs: wherever yoI find il !; y
dominant: 7 can prove :hat by myself
and my snu-in-lav-"Wcraan r-'lni
I here" is what the rooster SAYS whsf
| he crows IN t.,s family. but she rule.
well. tod Cncle sam yesterday q,
| clean cut the pit whe, he get tiirou-.
| cutting wcci. When ] got back from
| town Il was s'mSst night and he r1'
,aking all arc-ai the back ward En'
| burning ~, the accumulated litter are
| trash. Uncle Ss-n." said ]. told yo'
| to clean cut The pit. fer I must ru
some OF the flowers in there. In
afraid IL viii frost ;o-ight" The ol'
man rakei On and said: she tee III
| 20 do dis" and he never got 10 the rl
at all. but nv wife came out and OK
| piaired. s,d sid the back yard locke
so dreadful bad and she knew that iii
nj, could wait a day or two and !
was.nt going 20 frcst no tcx. and 8
forth. a1d az con-se ] surrendered
ALWAYS de- b-'t I've got TO clean ou
that pit myself.
Yes. I remember when George Ada
and J. Esrl- Smith started news
pape- in Atlanta. called The Souther
confeoeracy. wrc:e for 9; fomt
times iust TO give Our boys some coz
fort end CIR enemies rc-ne sass. Who
the fc-l invader rs1 my numerous vii
| and ogspTiry cut Of Rcrie ] wrote g
IL on tie wing. C the fy. and tod hot
we passed Pig Jc1a" cl the way. an
he was driving seer With the stecr
tail drawn through a hole In the dasi
board ard the erd tied up In kno.
indicted a small poerl to his memor,
| and gave the mcrnful elsrv 70 m
friend Smith. and lie publizhed u
| George had got all fired UP before Ia
and tfned General Forests ea.alT,
He proved to be great savorite vi;
Forrest. azi as the admiration ";
mutual he named his next boy afts
the general. and II sticks TO him ye
told George some time ago that
| App!eton's biography OF Forrest whic
was said TO be written by Colonel Jo
dan. his adjutsnt general IL was n
| corded that he was very illiterate. ar
that his dieDatch announcing the n
of Fc-t Pillow was still preserved :
WASHINGTON. and read as follows:
I'VE busted the fort 81 ninercloc
and skafsrd the niyzeTs. NJ men
still a ceilsnem In the woods. Them {
vas cctched with spccns and brestp' !
and sich we kilt The rest was pa.
| -e'd and tcid 10 git"
George wss indignant when I shoxs
Rim a ccTv " IL End declared that
| ~as ennne Sev'i~h iio th.f was made .
.m nim. u know" said he. -th
Forrest was no scholar. but he new
spelled thst bad. I have letters fro
him that I know he wrote. and vhi
he miszpelsed scme words. they We
fairly well written I doat belle
that Co'cnel Jordan wrc.e any SIT
| thing ahcut ForTes: Some OF the
b.cgrapherp are Just like some new
paper reporters. II they can't hear
!, | lie they scratch their heads and raal
one Just fer q sensation"
This morning went OF. early 10 .
-rse my Few strawberry pat>a aid su
, .nougn there bad been n dozen do
: 'u there last Fight. and they he'd
1 carnival ara a circus and played ba
| Md tag and maddog all c.er my pref
Seds, aad tore up lot OF my PLAN
| and now I am not ca'E and serer
and my wife voat let me put on
strychnine. for she Gays II isent Il
Tor neighbc-iy. and 80 have got
: stretch mere wire along the fen'
! There are abc-t fcrty dogs within ca
each CT my house and they are no ,
count
20. In this tcxn more c,S5 are folnd
Than ever you diS see.
9 3oth nocg,el. pCppy. whcip cid hoS..
8 Ard dogs Of lew degree
!. CcufCuud 'cn-cogon EN-.
81 Bill Arp n Atlanta Constitution