Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-04-25
LOVES LITTLE ONES.
Arp Says il May Mean That he is
Growing Old.
WHEN he IIUM0RS CHILDREN.
But His Delight Is To see the Little
Fellows Enjoy Themselves. Dis
cusscS General Matters.

/ entertainment for children ever saw.
reckon that Professor Gentry runs it
Tor the money that is in it. but never
theleSs Ec should be commended and
honored for the pleasure that he has
given TO thousands and thousands OF
children all over the land. The poet
sad tnat Nbou Ben Adhem was ad-
| mitted to heaven by St. Peter because
he loved his fellow men any maybe the
professor Will get in because he work
ed SO hard to please the children. Chill
dren are Il big thing in heaven. SUI
fer little children TO come unto Me. for
OF such is the kingdom of heaven" is
the sweetest verse in the Biblo 20
mothers and it utterly paralyzes the
dogma Of infant damnation. l know
there is plenty or scripture to establish
the doctrine of election. but | have
never believed that it applied to lit
tie children. The maternal instinct
abhors it.
But this pony and dog show was
most beautiful street pageant and was
free TO the hundreds who were too
poor to pay for the tent performance.
Ihey ought TO thank the professor for
that. | am poor myself. but | strained
my pocketbook and took all our little
folks in. They are still talking about
II. Inc monkey who played docto,-
and the pony WHO lAu down and
groaned and played sick and how the
monkey cured him and they tell it all
over again and again and how they
rode on the ponies ana the tricks OF
the beautiful dogs and so on. How
wonderfully fond the children are of
little things. little dolls and puppies
and kittens, little horses and colts and
calves, little tiny babies and little
chickens. Old folks like little children
and 1t is sure sign that man is
nearing his second childhood and that
his hold upon the world is Weakening
when ne loves the company of innocent
children. Now | am not so dread
fully stuck on the average BOYS. When
they are good they are very good in
deed but when they are bad they are
horrid. one day gyand-child be-
haVed SO bad ut the table that | told
him he shouldn't come any more. but
should wait or eat in the kitchen
When got up and left he said: Can
ma, ganpa gcttn' mighty old, amt
he?' Yes" she said Gamma. he'll
die some Time won't he?" But | 60
love the little girls.
am nov in Florida again for tbe
good people rept calling me ana the
spring has come and everything down
here is so calm and serene that | am
glad | accepted tnoir invitations. The
loyal Daughters OF the Coufed, vacy are
very strong in Florida and asked for a
little help and SO | am here in their
behalf. l had two hours III Savannah.
but had to leave at 9 o'clock in tho
morning and so did not sec my friends
Tor nobody gets up in Savannah I'M
I'll dinner time and some few lie abed
till next day. That's what Evan How
ell told me. | Travelled with him all
the way an. enjoyed his company. for
ne is always the same good tall.er and
ne gave me graphic account of mis-
recent Havana trip. lie likes the Gu
bans, especially the Castiiian classes
VINO, he says, are a high-tOuc1 gen
erous and honorable people He fear
ed that cur occupation OF Cuba was 20
ins-to be prejudical to Florida. but he
stopped lon enough down here 90 do
away with such approximations Flori-
da cannot have a substitute and will al
ways be the loyelicSt state in the
union-the natural sanitarium for our
lnVallds and the garden of the south
An old Georgia friend who has been
here for some months told me to-day
that this state never was in so pros
porous condition as il is to-day and /
that there is more money here per /
capita than there is in Georgia Every I
branch Of business and every industry |
is prospering and the people generally |.
are contcnted and happy Howell SAYS
the worst drawback upon the rural
population is the lack of good. COO. re-
frcshing water. lie told about an old /
friend OF his who came down here for
the first time 20 visit an old acquaint-
aHce. He got of the train at Waldo.
where his friend met him. and drove
out to his little farm two or three
miles away. The day was hot and the
old man was tired and thirsty and
lorged for the cool spring he left at
home. His Florida friend pulled down
the pole and the bucket went down
into hole in the ground a few feet
deeP and drew il up fun of brackish /
tepid water and said: Now. jim. lust
help yourself; drink right out OF the
bucket In the oid-f@shioned way" and
he did. IL didn t ta!.e him long to get
enough and nc said.
"I'vo got enough, Tom; drink tho
rest yourself a4d when you come 70