Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-02-27
ARP WRITES VERSES
Barrow Philosopher Poses AS a
Poet.
SOME LINES IN AN ALBUM
That He Wrote For a School Girl
Long Ago-That School Girl Is Now
His Wife,


Lost to the sight b,,t 70 r,
dera"
rhHse lines arc the beginning oe some
eo, @es wrote in a school elri's album
t'y-io"r versa ago, The little book
% near me now. 1t is old and war
worn ana II makes me sad to turn its
~ ~asSs Sau read the pretty verses that
'tUoFa It's pages The authors wore
nor best friends and all ara 6eaa h,,t
oie-the one now writing this Ietter
Friend after friend depar,s--who hoe
not lost friend?" This album vas
captured during che unciyil var snts
CARVED away to Babylon and tant =
prisoner in a strange land for twnntv
one years and then Vas returned tbro
ngh the mail, II takes conscience
'"Hs" time 10 bring repentance ~
''onc people. That school cir! ,s INV
Wlie-she Is now sitting ~ her win
no" sewing. making =. little dress for
Il e'andchfld. Wtn she never etor
n'hl1s niue sa~me-rcs2 ! asked les
i"9' i'isnr how many garments I,
o1N LOT mr. little Caroline in eayA and
ar, and she counted them mn
S"~ lutte dresses, ten Detticoats four
-" udy drawers, two pair night draw
'S' ana one cloak-5ay twentv-fve
rI hehts fer %1nter and a, MANY more
LOT summer and she makes most all
ol them herself. My wife has done all
MS Tor ten children until thev Nero
Htteen years oil. Fifty times ten maxi
's 900, and 800 times Is makes 5oo
garments and she still keeps workin,
on But she IS not worn out nor thin
nor pale nor haGgard nor Is her eve
@named when she has on her gold.
Nouna glasses. Oh. these good old
rnoiners. Mine did the same thing
Her her flock and my wlfe's mother
me same for hers and so do they all
except some. | loved my mother dear
~, out 1t grieveS me sometimes that
uie not love her better, for did not
easize how much she did for me and
,''"W her very soul was wrapped mn in
UTt chiiuren. stop young man. and
'uink, hen you are far away from home
'"Ilcklng and frolicking with your
gay compan!ons-stop sometimes. stop
ana think OF your good mother and
write to her loving letter Honefui
anu sad she waits for every mali and
never despairs.
Hut about albums. A friend ler,
mis- with me for perusal-one of these
Old time mental Photographic albums
with about twenty questions to be an
Sered, have seen them before and
was amused at the answers but ,bds
Hhe interested me for its pagea con
'aln an autobiography Of many noble
ana notable men. 1t tells condensed
story or their emotional and mental
character When a man of thought IS
asked 10 write an answer to a question
'lo is both cautious and sincere. He
Nhows that he is making an exhibit of
MS inner lif1 10 every one who reads
it
rms afbum begins with Alex. Step
mems ~ 1874 and then follows with
"o9em Toombs. Herschel " Johnson
NF neral Kirby Smith, James r. Rand
1h Richard Malcolm Johnson, l.. O. C.
lamar. Richard II. Clark. John B. Cor
con. Thomas NJ. Norwood. Rev. B. NJ.
'almer, Henry S. Foote. Logan E.
Biecley. Robert j. Burdette. paul II
1iayne, Joel Chandler Harris Wallace
J. Reed, Mrs. Octavia Walton lie Vert
Judge Hook, Richard A. Proctor the
sf1at astronomer. and others. Every
name is noble and notable. and their
answers are indexes 10 their charac-
teis. Stephen'r fCvorno books are
Milton. Pope and Shakespeare, hIs he
rome Rebecca il "Ivanhoe:" his hero
Washington; his occupation reading;
ana farming: his best trait in man Is
'rWth' and in woman mcdesty.
loombs favorites are Shakespeare
and Tom Moore, Gibbons and Macau-
icy; his characters in fiction Rienzi,
IN history Socrates: his tavorite occu-
patton building air castles best trait
III man justice, In woman charity: the
sUdn or human happiness is to make
others happy.
Governor johnson likes Pope. Mil
ton and Byron and Sw sdcnborg. knows
nothing of romance; his bCsyt charac-
ters Washington and Je'%1 on; his
occupation reading and writing: the
highest traits truth and ibeneyilenca.
biS watchword duty.
KIRBY Smith likes Gray. Younx and |
Tennyson, Scott, Irving and Mcauley.
his favorite characters Sir Gallahad |
and st. Paul; his favorboe occupation |
making love to my wife," hls best |
traits in nina are truth and honesty; /
the sum Of happiness contentment.
james r. Randall likeo Shakespeare
and Byron, Bulware, Thac!ECry and
MacaMley: his tavorito character il
ron ance is Warrington in "Po1d0nnie, :"
IN history Fenelon; occupation read
ing and writing; the highest traits in
man devotion to principles. in woman
modesty; the sum of happiness is res
ignation-
R VI. Johnson liked Byron. Scott,
Keats and Mrs. Hemans, Meauley, Bull
wer and Goldsmith; historic character
Aurelius: occupation scribbling; sum
OF happiness consciousness OF God q
favor.