The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-10-16
BILL ARP ON THE wEATHE Err
He Discusses the Winds and the
Rains AID Touches on Politics.


Rains AID Touches on Politics.
Atlanta Constitution.
The elements are unsettled. III
wind seems lo be veering southwark
Roosevelt keeps on saying kind word
about US and the Republicans are in
state of app ehension. The &. A. r..
made the first assault on him becaus
he dared to exalt the bravery an
patriotism of our people; but he nu
swered them back nob!y. And nov
they are in CONSERVATION because h
invited Clark Howell to dine with him
The City of Shushan is perplexed
looks like there is power of goo,
political fun ahead OF us, and we cam
be worsted. Mckinley wanted to b.
kind, and they wouldent let HIM, bu
my opinion is that Roosevelt is goin.
10 run the machine according to hi
emotions. He is man of emotions
good, generous emotlons-and our emo
tional nature is the best part of oul
nature. That is the reason that wo
men are better than men; they are
more emotional. A selfish man, q
greedy man or politician "per SO .
have no emotions. They plot and
scheme for personal advantage. Ham
let said that politician is man who
would circumvent God. They bribe
and deceive TO gain their end. Blu,
Roosevelt is outspoken, candid and
fearless. The politicians utterances
are cautious and come from his head
Roosevelt talks from his heart, and if
he feels like inviting Clark Howell to
dine he is gong to do it without con-
sulting Mark Hanna or the G. A. II. 3
or for a moment considering what the
party will say about it.
like Roosevelt because he has q
wife and children; in fact, he has been
married twice and has two sets of
children. That's all right if the child.
rem harmonize and tho last wife Is as
good to the children of the first wife as
she is to her own. Our nearest neigh
Dor for long years had three sets of
children. Colonel Bayard, widower,
with two children, married Mrs. Hand,
a widow, with three children. Two
more children were born to the last
marriage, and all was peace and har-
mony in that household. This reminds
me of another family, where there
were three sets, and they dident har-
monize, and one day when they were
quarreling in the back yard the wife
came running in and said to her hus-
band: "John, you'd better go out
yonder with switch; your children
and my children are fighting our child
rem"
am pleased to learn that our Presi-
dent is coming to Georgia next fall
and will visit his mothers old home at
Roswell. Think will meet him there
and show him around, for almost
everybody else is dead but me that was
there when his mother was girl. 1
will show HIM where VIC boys played
bullpen and town ball, and where his
uncle half Dan or half of his Uncle
Dan and / played sweepstakes and Dan
always won my white alleys. Yes, l
will show him around, But that
colony of fine Savannah people, all
blooded stock, are not there now.
There were the Kings and Dunwoodys,
who were in college with me. Not all
the King boys, of course, for there were
nine of them, and only one sister for
the whole crowd--a beautiful girl. I
have very dear cousin in Birming
ham who has nine girls and one son.
What pity that those two families
were not neighbors and cotemporaries
so that the children could have mated
and intermarried. I like families with
numerous offspring. If I had the
making of the constitution, whether
Federal or State, wouldent let
bachelor hold G public Office, he
shouldent be eligible to go to Congress
or the Legisl, ,turc. 1t ls not possible
for him to feel deeply concerned about
the perpetuity of government. 1t is
the children and the grandchildren we
fathers are living for. An unmarried
man lives for himself. He may be
smart and moral and well educated,
but, as Kipling says, he can't under
stand the paternal anxiety.
All those Roswell boys were manly
and we'll favored. They made good
preachers, good soldiers, good archi-
tects and manufacturers and were good
citizens. Poor Tom King had his leg
shattered at Manassas, and as soon as
he could walk was in the field again
and was killed at Chickamauga. He
was bright, cheerful, handsome man,
and everybody loved him. Old Bar
rington King sent North for teacher
and got one by the name of Eels, but
the boys dident like him. They SAID
lie was hypocrite and an abolitionist,
and was just fooling papa. They called
him Slickfish, and guyed him until he
was cent back 10 where he came from.
Colonel Bayard married harrington
Kings sister, the widow Hand, and
moved 10 Rome. He was a courtly
gentleman, descendant of Chevalier
Bayard, and his grandfather, was
Nicolas l,aysrd, French Huguenot
He was q cousin to the Senators Bayard
of Delaware. He was an expert
swordsman, and loved to show you the
back stroke by which his ancestor
while flying from some troopers, slow
ed up mis- horse and, as they came vi
on the gallop, cut their heads off ont
by one with this same back stroke
One Of his granddaughters, Mis-
Flonda Seay, has recently welded {
MIR. Tracy, of New York, a nephew o
B. E. Tracy, who was secretary of tn
navy. One Of Mrs. Bayard's daughter
n Il.