The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-15
BILL Arp.


The record Is broken. Out Of twenty
one grand children the frs marriage
was celebrated yesterday. A grand.
I daughter has found mate and gone
! of with him. That is all right It is ac-
cording to nature and there is nothing
! to cry about when the young folks
have chosen wisely and well. There is
no goodlier sight in all nature than to-.
see good looking. healthy young man,
who fs taking an honest living stand
ing up Il the altar with sweet, good
tempered, affectionate, industrious girl
and the parents on both sides approx
ing the match. Marriage is very Sc
rious business, and my observation has
been that those made among the well-9
to-do common people are generally
happier than those made In cities
among the families Of the rick Chill
dren raised to work and wait on them
selves make better husbands and better
wives than those raised in luxury. 1t
is mighty hard for man to please his
she has been petted by hef parents
and never knew want and had NJ
useful work to do. She soon takes the
ennui or the conniptions OF the -don't
know what I want" and must go back
to ma. A young girl who never cleaned
up her own room or made any Of her
own clothes or helped to nurse her
mothers baby and did nothing but
dress and visit and 60 to the theater
will never make good wife. This wife
and mother business is hard work. The
mother of six, eight or ten children
has seea sights. She knows what care
is and anxiety and sleepless nights and
one Of these butterfly women can't
stand it. One child will dry her up and
two will about finish her and II It was
rot for condensed milk the children
would perish to death like the calves
in Florida, where the cows don't give
enough milk to color the coffee and
they have to raise the calves on the
bottle.
But our grandchildren aFe' an Of
good, healthy working stock. We have
; raised ten Of our own and the Lord has
blessed them in form and feature and
old Agur's prayer has saved them
| from poverty and riches. have work
ed and so has my wife and ear ehil
dren worked and have held their ewn
and are now helping US In our old age.
won't say what have done an Of
these flfty-three years Of married life,
but my wife has made over th0us-
and little garments with her own
hands before ever sewing machine
was brought to- our town and she found
time to keep me in plated bosom
shirts besides. bought the frst ma
ahf khaS n. l-a
for SIPS. The next, Wheeler & Will
son, for 500. and so on down and now
we have a Home and Farm for S20.
which is the best we ever had It -
worth mentioning that Howe, the first
inventor, could not get his machine in
troduced in this country for ten years
and had 1t patented in England aud all
the use they had for It there was to
stitch the soles on to boots and shoes.
Yes, our pretty granddaughter has
mated and married and gone JuhA
Smith Is now Mrs; Julian Stnith-not
much change in her name was there
only added the little letter "n." We
gave him a cordial welcome Into our
family, for we have heard nothing bat
good concerning him and commend our
grand-child to the good people OF Sell
ma, which is our own Georgia's daugh-
ter. There may they rest and live boag
and prosper"
! am still sick. AS the lawyers say,
II living do languish, and languishfng
do live" but am on the upgrade and
my swollen extYemities are reducing
their compass and my wife says Il Will
soon be time to plant sweet peas and
trim up her rose bushes. Two months
from yesterday will be the fifty-fourth.
anniversary Of OUT wedding and the
children and grandchildren have
promised to gather at the paternal
mansion ard rejoice together over the
Lords goodness unto us.
But must stop now, for Il tires me
to write My daughter who helps me 1s
teaching school and get tired from :
bending over to my work. feel IKE
saying with Bryon-
What Is writ is writ.
Would it were worthier-but my Wis
ions fit.
Less palpably before me and the
glow
That in my spirit dwelt
Is fluttering faint and low.
Well, the little pamphlet Of General
H. R. Jackson's great speech and part
OF Dave Webster's at Capoa Springs
is now ready. Send to my friend, Sd
Holland, Atlanta, Ga, and get It. 1t
will be postpaid for IS cents. Ny lass
book Is about ready. Send 70 Mr.. @. 2.
Bryd, printer and publisher. Atlanta,
Ca, and get that. postpaid. for $l.26.
Ny wife says the first TIVE chapters
would be worth the money II ] hadent
told some stories on hef.-Bin Arp IN
Atlanta Constitution.