The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13

''Bill Arp at Home.
Editor Constitution: Recently ! met
for the first time Major c. II. Smith al
his pleasant home in Cartersville. People
generally do not know it that he is sick
and not able to leave the house. Tha'
they don't know this is shown by the
great number OF letters he receives daily
asking for information, help. etc Nearly
every mail brings him appilcathns from
boys and girls in this and other states
for speeches and essays for approaching
commandments, to read before Epworth
Leagues. etc
We have all come to think Of Bill ARR
as a walking encyclopaedia q store mouse
of general information and he is as near
this as any man in the country, but he
is human just as other people, and the
best machine must some time have rest.
Major Smith is one of the noblest type
of ante elum gentlemen who have
served their day and generation we'll.
With the tender care which his family
and friends give him he has many years
before him.
His writings and witty sayings have
carried sunshine to many homes His
sympathy has been a soothing balm to
as martial music to this country in it's
dark days. Bill Arp" is familiar
ma me to every child in Georgia. and the
memory of this grand man will live on.
exerting a potent influence after he has
passed over the river to rest under
the shade of the trees His name a
name without blemish will ever APP
pear with the names of the great men
of this country. The cause of the people
of this southland has been his cause
their battles his battles, their SORROWS
his sorrows. and their prosperity his de-
light
TO sit in his presence and hear him
talk makes one feel as if in the pres
ence of an autumnal golden sunset with
It's serene beauty, lovely grandeur and
celestial purely. His words are words
of wisdom. His language chaste and
pure. His bearing that of the polished
gentleman. Noble in speech, profound
IN sentiment. brave in culture, he is a
living monument of the old south. ana
an inspira ton to the new.
While he is All this yet he does not
live in the past, but he lives walks
ana breathes in the progressive present.
While he is well GROUNDED in the history
Of the past he is thoroughly conyerSant
with the history of the present. His
facilities fer knowing the present are per-
haps better than that Of amy other man
in the south. While he has the adVan-
ta2e of books papers, periodicals, etc,
his greater advantage lies in his reeeiV-
ing letters by every mail from every
class of people in the country and retat-
ing to every subject with which people
are concerned This gives him a knowl-
edge Of people, their conditions and
wants, their knowledge and need of
knowledge their status in progress or
lack of progress that cannot be secured
from books or newspapers. His clear in
sight and logical discernment. together
with these advantages. makes him one
Of the leading men of thought of this
age.
In time to come when Major C.. II
Smith shall have Joined the galaxy of
great men beyond the sunset glow. thou
sands Of children all over this southland
will be glad of the opportunity to con-
tribute 70 the erection OF a monument
to this grand man whose memory will
live as long a there is a south
Major Smith has wife worthy of
himself It always does me good to
meet these mothers of southern chiValry.
They. like the June rose when its beauty
begins TO fade the aroma of its fra
GRANGE becomes the sweeter. They. as
he beauty of youth fades and the even
ing shades of age come on, become
more devoted in that sweet, sympathetic,
Christian affection SO characteristic Of
orr noble southern women--the noblest
women in the world. Mrs. Smith is
typical southern woman: true, noble and
grand and the household is one OF love
and culture
Cartprsville Ga