The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-07
GOOD ADVICE FROM BILL ARP.
30 Rcconciled to What You ant
HeIp-He Tries 1t on Himself.

Rcconciled to What You Can't
HeIp-He Tries 1t on Himself.
"NiI desperandum," -" Carpe diem"
don't despair. Enjoy the day. BE re-
.couctled to what you cannot help.
TnHs's good advice and | Wish that we
CCu!d all take IT. try to, but sometimes
it Is hard work. When 1T raincd all the
month Of June and we had d burning
sun Sll the month OF September, |
Couldent "Carpe diem When | pom
der . the cruel, useless Philippine
war ana tho Porto Rico steal and the
Chinese middle and ali I've other devil
ment that this administration has
brought about, | cant be reCOnCiled.
When ] hear these Mckinley men
shouting prosperity 1t makes me hot
under the collar. They remind me Of
q gang OF highway robbers who murder
helpless travellers Il rob them and
then go of n cry prosperity. Manu-
facturers Of Amy and navy supplies
are getting rich on contract and army
eli 3ers in Manila and Pekin are taking
in h loot n cry prosperity. War
always brings u show OF prosperity, but
it is at the cost Of blood and tears.
But still we live in hope that there
will come u 9, ange. If Bryan is elect
ed | know there will, and If he is not,
we will be DO worse oil than we are
now. We can't ne worsted, and So we
will try to be reconciled. When | was
q young man | was a Democrat because
my father was, but cast my first vote
for w. w. Clayton, who was.a Wbig. ]
was q college boy at Athens, and MIR.
Clayton was kind to US and we all voted
for him for State senator. | knew Mr..
Clayton for many years AID always re-
spected him, for ne had q kind heart
| and waau unntlpmnp a ftny hiS alap-
ton he gave She college boys u party
n night and WAS especially kind to
me, ana | ave never forgotten it.
How far that little candle throws its
So shines a good deed in q naughty
world
Before the war, when l was in my
prime Of manhood and had more vital
ity thar sense, [ was u strong partisan
and really believed that If my party
did not succeed the country would be
ruined. My father used to laugh st my
zeal and say "Oh, no, my son the coun-
try is safe don't let the politicians and
the newspapers alarm you" What a
pity it Is that when Il man has treasur-
ed up q lot OF wisdom and experience
he is Die enough to die What d pity
it is that we pass tho best portion OF our
lives in looking afar oil for happiness
when really it is nearby aud within our
grasp. Ofcourse, get excited now and
then about politics, but | fight it OIL,
for / realize that : Domestic happiness
is the only bliss hat has survived the
fall" Tho best things on earth are tn,
cheapest aud most abundant. The joys
and comforts OF home and the tireslde
the flowers and fruits, the air and water
and sunshine, the garden, The birds ani
the welcome visits Of kind friends an
u1bOrS. Neither wealth nor fame no
Ouice will compare with these. In mos
caees office means spoils re wards from
mo public crib. Judge Underwood sale
that one time when he was u candidate
and was making Is stump speech ani
had closed an eloquent paragraph, ,
long, lank countrymnn, who was agil
him, exclaimed {: Boys, he's Jest side
wipln' around huntin' the o~rthograpD,
Of u lit Z Office" The Judge studic(
politics as d science and understood II
| Ono day when we were discussing th,
great steal Of Bass Tweed 4 Co, IL
q. New York, 8 preacher, who was pres
, ent, remarked: why all these charge
against Tweed must be political lie
and ISLANDERS, for they are Democrats.
My innocent friend" said the Judge
Eyes Tweed & Co. arc all Democrats
u hJ oOSClN oblOu has UCen tDGU IL ]
= within the range Of possibility for
Democrat to steal" Politics is q mos
. domorahHing business, aud has been 81
: 10 all governments. Sheridan sal,
, p" There is no conscience IN gallant,
or politics." and Hamlet said " poll
: ticlan Is one who would circumven
God Still, there arc some honest poll
~ticiaGs, but they don't go about il
: droVes The main reason why | I'D
| mirc Bryan so much is because OF hi
, honesty, his sincerity. His politica
, enemies admit that, and everybody al
mits that he is u very wonderful man
, both mentally and physically. Ii al
the people could see him face to face
l and hear him be would be elected by
million or two majority. When a poll
tlcian speaks he has To be very careful
what he say3, but when "a slgtesma.
IKE Bryan speaks, the trutu come
gushing lorIn Spontaneous, Hurrai
Tor Bryan I'm getting excited now
, Let me walk about and cool oil. M,
VIE Is calllng me wants me to hlill
Is little house for the MuscOvy duck.
That will cool nue. off. Yesterday sh,
: kcpt me busy all the evening sifsiD,
/ earth and ashes and fertilizer for IN,
plants that are to go 10 the pit. Sh,
la the carth changed every fail, aut
my back Is nearly broken today. Sh,
q some OF those sharppointcJ, stickcrl
cactus plants that Carl sent her iron
MeAlco and | got my ola hands al
tuck up getting them out OF the pot,
ard tubs. On, my country, is there nc
rest for the wicked q?
Now here is Is tier from apotbe,
Mississippi girl giving a poetic answer