The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-08-11
SEEING THE WEST.
Laurcns County Boy Spending the
Summer Selling Books in Missouri.

SaIOllua DOyS VINO are SpCnQnS the
summer in the west this year selling
books and working in the harvest
fields are several Laurens county
boys. One of them, Laurence Taylor,
who lives near Ware Shoals. has writ
ten letter to his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. e. Taylor, which will doubt
less be read with interest by Adver-
tiser readers. With few sentences
letter follows
Maysvillc, Mo-,
Aug. t. 1915.
Dear Mamma and Papa:
We arc now in our headquarters.
Seems to be u very nice little town.
but not quite SO large as Albany. The
people seem TO be more kindly than
they did when we first went to AL
bany, but we made some mighty good
friends there. Mrs. Borst, the lady We
roomcd with, was SO good to us, and
then there was a lady who lived right
near who was awfully good to us too
She was Mrs. Gillispie and she has one
OF the incest little girls you ever saw
Oh! they just treated us royalty. Sew
eral tines they made ice cream and
invited us out, and she would give us
sweet milk night and morning when
we were in. She was almost like a
mother to us. She said that she had
a son away from home, and she hoped
some one would do him favor once
in while. Mamma, don't ever turn
down a man that looks decent. ASK
him in and treat him kind. OF course
YOU don't have to buy from him unless
you see 1t would be benefit to YOU.
But 1t doesn't cost anything to he
KIND, and it sure does make anyone
feel good to be out among strangers
and meet with kind people.
There is big tent meeting going on
here and has been ever since the Am
of July, but it will close tonight. We
went last night and today. They gave
testimony meeting this afternoon
and never saw the beat the people
d
moro than thirty minutes.
How are those Watcrmclons and
peaches? sure would like to be there
and help eat them, but you can Just
think of me when you cut one.
Well, perhaps you would like to
know how we boys are faring in the
far west and something about the
customs of the people, We have been
having right rough time of it for
the last two weeks. 1t has been rain
ing SO much. There were two weeks
that we couldn't get out in tho coun
try at all. But this week is lust fine
anu DcllcVc me, we are making use
or 1t. We are now eighteen miles from
headquarters. We came this far in
two days You don't have any idea
what this work is like get so tired
sometime talking, that l can hardly
speak another word, but really like
lhc work and especially when | run
up my reports. | have made an av
erage OF over $500 per day this week
| 'hihk mat beats the harvest field at
SZ.oo. The other boys are making good
100. TWO of them are a little ahead
OF me, but mean to make them hus-
tie to keep ahead. We ccrtain,,, do
nave iots OF fun when we all get to-
gcther. You can imagine how glad wo
are to see each other on Saturday
evening when we have been out all
week we very often stay up until
Twelve o'clock talking and laughing
over our experiences. You know we
arc Keeping bachelors hall. ana lot
me tell you, we have somc finn
nave gotten to be a first class cook.
! cooked some beans and potatoes ror
ainncr the. other day. The bows de-
ciarcd they were the best they bod
ever eaten. We arc going to get a
KODAK and make some pictures of our
room, SO you can sec what Kind of
house Keepers we are.
Now, | must tell YOU somc,binc
ABOUT thc customs Of the Missourians
on, they arc SO different from what
our people are, but somehow Il like
them. IT may be a forcc OF habit Won
"ho" Just nave to like them any
way, but the strangest thing about tho
nome. is their cooking. | haven't soon
DlScu more than five or six timcs
since came here Thov mako loar
Dreao ali the time. And the farming