Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-12-05


said he went out to shut his mules UP
in the stable. and before he could say
Jack Robinson. it picked him up and
turned him thousand somersaults.
while he was turning he heard his
mules a braying in the air above him.
Gentlemen" said he, that are n
fact. if | ever told it; and the thing
just let me down in. jimmy Jones's po-
tato patch as easy as a woman layp
her baby in the cradle
That college at Blue Mountain is a
marvel to me. 1t was founded twenty
five years ago by General Lowrey. a
great big-hearted man. who, like Ben
Adhem, loved his fellowmen. 1t was
ut first high school for the benefit of
'l'e poor girls in the neighborhood and
expanded into a college. v Len he
died his sons and sons in law took
charge and continued to expand, and
now there are 900 girls there; over 200
Of them are boarders at $l2 per month.
The others live in cottages near by
and board themselves at cost of
about 50 Il month, for they do their
own work. Large. handsome brick
buildings have been built and mora
are being built Bountiful springs
from the mountain side furnish abun-
dant pure water for everything. There
IS dairy farm near by and vegetable
gardens and everything moves like
clockwork.
Professor Lowrey is n man of un-
tiring energy and says that work is
his best recreation. He took me on n
romantic drive to the top OF the noun
tain and the village graveyard. and
when we returned he called for his
four little children. including the
baby, and took them To ride. liked
that. 1t does not take me long 10
diagnose Il good husband and kind
father. There was no barber in tho
village and he brought to ne his fine
lawn mower razor that cost 81. and
when he saw how awkward and ner-
vous | was, he said: "Oh. let me do
that" and he moved the gray stubble
of in 4 minute. Ever hear OF "A col
lege president doing that? | was
specially interested in a young man,
Ernest Guyton. the only boy in col
lege. He is totally bind, but is get
ting firSt-class education through
his ears. He listens eagerly to the re-
citations, keeps up with the foremost
and is now studying Latin. His moth
er or sister reads to him every night
and the family are all proud of him.
for he is not only bright mentally.
but cheerful and handsome. He told
me that being blind never distressed
him and he was happy all the time, for
everybody was so good to him. How
kind Providence is to tie afflicted.
Those Mississippi woods are full OF
Georgians. Scores OF them sought me
and with natural and earnest pride
told ma where they came from in the
long ago, or where their fathers came
from. and VIII, they were kin to- I was
amused ut one old man who said he
came here from Cass county before the
war. and he asked me where Barlow
county was. He had never heard that
the name of old Cass was changed to
Barlow in honor OF our General Bar
tow who was killed at Manassas.
An unknown friend has sent me
poetic gem called The Change in
Farmer Joe" by Sheldon Stoddard. |
wish that it could be read by every
husband in the land. for it tells in
beautiful and pathetic verse how Joe
lad long pursued money for moneys
sake and gave his loving, long suffer
ing wife few comforts and none OF the
luXurieS or ornaments that brighten
had from time to time hintc. that she
would like a new carpet for her room,
for the old one had been turned and
patched and beaten until it was faded
and threadbare and the window
shades were worn out. But he said
no. he couldn't afford it, and he work
Ell early and late and was accumulat-
ing money. The poem tells how he
tear in her eye us it dropped down on
her pale cheek, and he got to thinking
about it in the cornfield. and that tear
haunted him and he recalled the long
years of their married life and how
patient she had been with him and tho
little children and nurscd him when
sick and watched them by night and
by day. Suddenly he came to him
self and stopped his mule in the mid
die of the row and hurried home and
hitched up the buggy and went to
town like he was going for the doctor
He bought a nice carpet and some
curtains and other comforts and drove
home like Jehu and tumbled them all
at the front door. Here, Sally, come
here. bless your dear heart; yon
shan't cry any more" And he hurried
back TO the cornAeld. Well. liked
that. and | feel now like going to
town and buying a new carpet for my
wife. We men forget that a women
has to stay at home all the time She
loves ornaments. for God made her
so, and if she can't have these things
her house is not home. but prison.
Bill ARD in Atlanta Constitution.
Prominent People.
Senator Jonathan Ross has hcCn
cnNscn prrS.drnt of tho Nnrnnnl Pnr