The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-06-09

Louisville shoe house of L. L. War
rem & Co. It was said that Mr.. Bar
row, when in the house in Louisville.
could kick the top off a large wooden
shoe box quicker than a man could
take it off with a hammer and nail
puller. Mr.. Barrow's widow (who
was Miss Flora Shull, of Purdy, Nc
Marry county, now lives in Abilene,
Texas, with her sons, Ed and Dew and
two grandchildren, Marguerite, Dew
Wisdom, children Of her son, Byrnes.
who was accidentally killed at Dallas,
Texas. several years ago. Mrs. Bar
row was the best girl friend of my
boyhood and / have always kept in
touch with her-and the children nam
ed, whom have never seen, also write
to me. The next old drummer men
toned by Sol and we'll remembered by
myself was George w. Harris, who
still lives and calls Irrelevant his
home, notwithstanding his life has
been spent in following the not always
primrose path" of the travelling
salesman. Every now and then we see
some things in the public prints,
bearing the name of Mr.. Harris, and
always bearing on politics ("the
science of government for he has a
laundering that way, altho' we knew
of hissoffering for office but one time.
In 1882 Mr.. Harris was a candidate
for the State Senate, his district in
cludir8 Decatur county, so when he
sent me his announcement for the
Senate and owed me $40 for its inser-
ton IN the Decatur County Beacon, /
wrote him to buy for me plain, gold
ring, from C. P. Barnes, the Louis
vile jeweler, and have engraved
therein William to Mollie." The
ring came, gave it to Miss Mollie
Dennison, whom married on the 18th
OF Jan. 1883 and few years after we
moved to Lexington, in 1884, she had
the misfortune to lose the ring in a
flower bed at our present home on
North Main Street. In the latter part
of the Winter or the early spring of
1918 that ring was found by Kirtley
Blount, who with his mother, Mrs. Ro-
zetta Blount (now mrs. j. w. Page)
had spent the winter in my home. 1t
had lain there, undiscovered, for at
least 20 years.
The next man Sol recalled was /. J.
("Dick") Turpin, the clothing drum
mer, who was one of the most cour-
teous Of gentlemen, whose life was a
double tragedy, and who killed him
self by jumping from the third story
of building in Cincinnati many years
ago.
Then came John Dickerson, who
may yet be living and was not so old
in the business as the others mention
ed.
cannot close without enumerating
Col. 0. c. Barton, of Paris, yet living,
handsome, prosperous and happy, who
was well-known travelling man. Col.
Barton is said to have acquired a
considerable portion of this worlds
goods--and he has done and contin-
ues to do much good with it. Col.
Barton is essentially independent,
lines up on the moral side of all ques-
tions-and we can say that number
of men, by far his inferior in every
may have filled the office of governor
Of Tennessee.
But we must quit, for the trouble
with reminiscent mood is that there
In no end.to it--and practically. no val
ne to the young.
NV party came back and with reluc-
lance / had to leave Sol and start
for home, knowing that we had before
us the pleasure Of short stop at the
hospitable home of Priest Pearson
and wife. The hour or more spent
with the Pearsons was enjoyed-for
Priest much resembles his lamented
father, the late John Pearson, who
lived and died on the same spot and
who made it rule never to turn off a
man who asked to stay night under
his roof and eat at his table.
With apologies to my younger read
ers and promising the older ones that
| will write again when the mood
strikes me, bring this article to a
close.
w. V. BARRY.