The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-06-22


Anderson from somewhere East or
North, I think. She is now a. widow
and we correspond occasionally. 1
think she was relative of Colonel
| William E. Simms, who was a men,
Der of the Confederate Congress and
Il man of high position in Bourbon
county, half Gentry ago. BY the
way, saw few days ago In an
American paper that a son of Col.
Simms had developed an important
racing stable in Paris. That inter-
ested me, because some of my eli
ents here are owners of such sta
hles.
| 81 have a large and growing law
business, of which I am the head.
and to which l must give attention
| for the present. Outside of law,
am engaged in manufacturing, in
the manufacture of automobiles, in
a company of which I am president.
1 am also president of textile en-
cheering corporation of some i'm
rortance, French branch of Lock-
| wood, Greene e Co., of Boston,
| Mass. So, when l have a moments
leisure, l sometimes think about re-
firing, but that is as near as l ever
get to it.
"There is one other matter that I
should like to speak Of: During my
first or second year at Center Col.
lege l was a beneficiary, to the eX-
tent as I remember. of 5000, OF the
Garth Fund. l should like to be put
in touch with the treasurer of that
Fund. beca use / should like to re-
II 1of n
money, which at that time was to
me very large sum of money, and
helped me to acquire what little ed
ucatiOn l now possess. Let me
know who the treasurer is, or have
him write me, so that I may per-
form this little act OF justice.
Il hope you are prosperlng IN
mind, body and estate. | can WISH
you no better luck along those lines
than / have had myself Although [
am sixty-six years old and more, |
am. aside from playing a little at
being sick now and again, in al
most perfect health. 1 have got as
much money as l need to be an IN
dependent human being, l don't
Lave to work too hard, and l am OF
such a happy disposition that life to
me in Paris (France) seems an ldeal
thing. l should be very glad to
hear that you are coming to Paris
this summer for your vacation 1t
YOU should ever do so it would be
pleasant to me to do what l can tC
make your visit interesting.
Some years before the war Hal
Brent and his wife made me visit.
and during the war one OF Kelly
Brent's sons came in to see me i'll
his soldier uniform. I met Hal
again a year or two ago in Wash
ington. and we talked little about
old times. but | should like to get in
touch again more directly from the
greater Paris with the hitler Paris
across the ocean.
please remember me to anyone
in Bourbon county who remembers
me. Tell them that 1 am very
much alive. and have set out to be
q hundred years old, being in fact.
two-thirds of the way there now.
have lived in France for twenty
five years, and I am so far Call
cized that l shall never be content tc
live anywhere else.
Here is my list of the pupils IN
Prof Yerkes' school in 1871-1872:
James Mcintyre, VIM. E. kenney,
John Moreland, George Osborne,
Edward Moran. Henry Chambers
Brent, Kelley Brent, William Tai
bolt, Edward Upton, VIM. Parks,
John Martin, Ned H. Owings, Tom
Owings, John Hibler, Wallace Mas
sic. Robert ]. Nicely, Charles Crosth-
waite. William Clark, William
Lyle, John Lyle, Frank Lewis, Will
Nj. Rucker, Edwin Dodge, Edward
Garrard, John Morris, Frank Myall,
Sidney Clay, Presley Ford, Arthur
Keller, Doddridge Arment, Tom
Arnold, Charles Fithian, George
Bedford.
with all good wishes for you
and yours, and hoping for letter
from you in due course, I remain. as
it was in the beginning, is now and
ever shall be,
Your Friend,
"CHARLES F. BEACH,"