The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

was satisfactory to the whole Salisbury
family. The children of Cove salisbury
and Of my father were always friendly
and met very often at the home of my
uncle Ell. One Of Goves sons has been
my chum through life"
After serving eighteen years In the
Senate. where he opposed all the efforts
made to permit negroes to enjoy the right
Of suffrage In the South. Eli lost the legis-
lature and Delaware chose Anthony Hig-
gins. a Republican, as his successor. He
died Methodist. and had lived as one
for half q century.
your mother" I said to Willard sauls-
bury. the younger. was Ponder?"'
"She was the daughter Of James Pom
der, the forty-second governor of Della
ware" he answered. MY grandfather
lived at Milton, which was named after
the poet. He was a merchant. having
inherited the business from his father.
and he also built vessels in which he
shipped lumber. grain. quercitron bark
for tanning. and iron ore. Delaware
once made a great deal of iron from ma
tive ore. and even exported 1t to England
before the Revolutionary War. James
Ponder also owned large number OF
farms. Some Of his peach orchards came
into the possession of my mother at his
death.
when I was a boy Of fourteen I su-
perintended the packing Of our peach
crop while my brother looked after the
picking We sent the peaches to market
by water, and for several weeks each sea-
son shipped enough each day to have
, filled two railway cars. But a disease
known as the yeilows has almost ruined
the orchards Of Delaware
Earned - . Week at First.
Yes. am the owner Of several farms.
I told the Senatorial committee which IN
quired into the subject Of lobbying that
I was interested in hay. wheat. tomatoes,
and berries. I am almost an agriculture
ist, but not quite. because my farms ars
self-supporting and pay me a low rate OF
interest on the present value Of the in
vestment"
Born while his father was in the Sen
ate. and belonging to a family in good
circumstances, Willard Salisbury was
not compelled to split rails or peddle sub
scription books for a living. After his
graduation from the University Of vir-
ginia, he read law with his father. Tn
Delaware" he said. there are two ex-
aminations for the bar. One permits the
successful candidate to practice law and
the other to practice in the equity courts.
! studied law with my father, and then
obtained a place in Victor du Points Of
fee at Wilmington that ! might prepare
for equity practice
The son of Mr.. du Pont had just gone
into the powder works belonging to the
manufacturing branch of the family. and
happened along at the right time. Mr..
du Pont had a large business, and as his
health was not good, was intrusted
with a good many important matters In
time / was required to attend to all the
clients coming to the office. I remember
that I earned $40 the first year after
Joined Mr.. du Point The second year
made 800. and the third year $500. So I
was self-supporting. and was glad Of II.
My father was not a rich man. My moth
er. however. had property"
Mr.. du Point" / observed. seemingly
liked his young partner. At all events he
let you marry his daughter
Well. he didn't like me any more than
liked him. He was a learned and hon.
est man. and might have been the gov
ernor Of Delaware and Senator in Con-
gress had he but said that he was willing
to be mixed up with politics"
tOopyriSht. 1910. By James B. Mcrrovl