The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-02
BILL ARP is CONVAIESCING,
HEIs READING THEPAPERs

Atlanta Constitution.
We have at last had glorious rain
After nine long swelterlng weeks with
out drop to lay the dust or purify th
atmosphere 1t came with downpou
and everybody is happy. The garden
will revive and the flowers will bloom
again and the farmers will rejoice TO
it has come in time to save thei
languishing crops. The tioar little slcl
child whom we have been nursing 81
tenderly and watching for many day,
will now get well. My wife or one O
the girls is there day and night, but
the dust. and the hear had almos
overcome him when the rain came
We are all air plants and must have il
pure.
Then again l tried to take comfort
by reading the tribute that Charles
Francis Adams has recently paid to
General Robert e. Lee. 1t seems TO
be getting quite fashionable to praise
Lee up there, but really 1 don't see
why they should single him out and
damn Mr.. Davis and all the rest of us
and the cause for which Lee fought.
don't like any man who praises Lee
and stabs Mr.. Davis. Lee and Davis
were like brothers all their mature
lives. They were classmates at West
Point and during our civil war they
were bosom companions and never dis
agreed about anything. 1t is gross
insult to the memory of Lee to slander
his closest and dearest friend. No
gentleman would do it.
have not heard of Charles Francis
AHatna e1on6arinu Mr nov;s h,,t ,r,
have good reasons to suspect that he
belongs to the Goldwin Smith and
Roosevelt crowd, for he voluntarily
took command of negro regiment
during the war, and that is bad sign.
No gentleman would have done it. 1t
was an evidence that he believed Mig
gers would make war hell to us and
they would kill and rob and rape and
burn out of revenge. No, L have no
respect for this Adams nor Lew Wal
lace nor any other man who command
ed negroes during the war. 1t was
not humane nor legitimate warfare.
1t showed venom and brutality and
malignity.
What did General Lee DO before the
war or during the war or after the war
that did not have the hearty co-opera.
tion of Mr.. Davis? What did Mr..
Davis do that General Lee did not APP
proven Both were good soldiers and
won their spurs. Both were devout
Christian members of the Episcopal
church and Senator Reagan said of
Mr.. Davis: "He was the most devout
Christian / ever knew and the most
lovable man." He was conscientious
believer in the doctrine of States
rights as expounded by Mr.. Calhoun,
and while lieutenant in the United
States army declared that he would re-
sign his command before he world as
slst in the coercion of sovereign
State. The international Cyclopedia
says of him: " He was great states
man and true patriot, and his history
will grow brighter as the years roll
on" But this Presidential accident
says he was an arch traitor and arch
repudiaLor, and he hasn't the manli-
ness to take it back and apologize. $
But here come some genial friends
10 call and see how am getting on,
for am still suffering and need sym.
pathy. When they come they bring
goo1 cheer and wit and anecdote and
politics and the niggers. We were
talking about dogs and one of these
friends, who is railroad man, told us
about woman trying to board train
down In Florida and she had little
poodle Cog in her arms and the con-
ductor said: 'No, madam, you can't
take that dog with you in the passen-
ger car. 1t is against the rules" She
was Northern woman with sharp
features. Our Southern women don't
carry poodle dogs around with them;
they prefer baby. Well, she was
very indignant and wanted to know
what she must do with her dog. {" Put
HIM in the baggage car" said the con.
ductOr. AS she handed up the canine
to the baggage man she said, Well,
reckon 1 can ride where my dog rides. {"
and she went into the baggage car.
The man was disgusted. He tied the
dog with little cord and she squatled
on box near by.
After they passed Sanford she got
tired, and untying the dog, took him
in her arms and went back to the
smoker. That car was full of Jolly
good fellows, but she demanded a seat
and they gave her one. She took one
half and laid her poodle on the other
half. A jolly Dutchman sat behind
her and was smoking an old pipe that
gave an unearthly odor and as he
talked and laughed with his compan.
/. ion the tobacco smoke eucrcled hel
classic head until she couldn't stand II
and she turned to him and said with @
snap, "No gentleman would smoke in
the presence Of lady" Well
madam" he said kindly, "dis is dc
smokin' car. 1t is not de ladies' car
1 is very sorry TO trouble you wild mine
pipe and tobacco, but you had better
go back to de ladies' car" I" The,
won't let my dog go in there" sait
she. "Dot is very bad," he said ant
kept on smoking.
BY and by voluminous cloud lik,
that which came from the crater o.
Mont Pelee rolled over her and in he
/. rage she seized his pipe, jerked it from
his mouth and threw it out of the win
dow. Everybody laughed and roare,
and he joined in the merriment
Madam, dot is all de pipe have got
1t vas give to inc in Sharmany, bu
yum good turn deserves another" an,
he seIzed her little sleeping dog an
threw him out of the window. TIL
woman screamed with anger; sh