Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-13
Fair Play Locals.

There has not been as much damage dono
to tho corn crop by the recent freshet, as was
at first supposed; though it has been conside-
rably injured. Tho loss in cotton will bo
comparatively light. There aro hardly
enough pumpkins left for seed purposes.
Fair Play can now boast of cash cotton
market. Col. r. l.. Mason is buying cotton for
house in Richmond, Va. lie pays the
highest market prices for cotton. IIo Is
offering to-day (the 27th) lot and will pay
always as much as they are paying
either at Seneca City or Anderson. This is
the way it stands in Oconce; Lovinggood &
Erwin ut Walhalla buy for house in Phila,
dophia; think Mr.. John 9. Cary at Seneca
City, and Mr.. A. Zimmerman Mt Wostminstcr,
for Philadelphia houses. and Col. r. Il. Mason
at Fair Pl,y for Richmond house, md
Charleston, our chief commercial city, is left
out entirely. 1 would like to know if shc
expects to keep up at this ratio. Sho should
have representatives, oil through the up
country buying cotton for her houses.
Messrs. W. II. Lindsay and W. H. O'Bry-
ant caught out Of eight races five foxes re,
Gently. They have excellent hounds and
propose to run them against any in tho
county. If there ure any persons desiring to
run against them they will be accommodated
Our worthy Congressman. Hon. D. Wyatt
Aiken, is wide awake man and makes
good representative. lie thinks that the
United States is far ahead of the rest Of the
world for Inventive genius, and ho is right,
too. In his address before the Ninety.six
Literary Club recently, ho has the following
to say on American genius: "But why con-
tinue to instance evidences of our mechanical
progress7 Thoy are around and about us
continually. and show themselves in every
instrument we use. As in the mechanics, so
in all the arts and scionccs, American genius
is pre-eminent and unrivallcd. 1t is MS suc-
cesiul in discovering hitherto unknown
planets away in the regions of the fixed stars,
as it's in manufacturing spurious coin and
substituting it for genuine monoY. Whether
1t be in astronomy or alchemy, moral science
or rascality. the American expert is q master
mind" "Rah! for America and Fair PLAY!
They arc always ahcnd!"
do not hear quito as much about rails
roads and whcclbarrow lines as did short
time since; but still the cndeavors in behalf
of tho Fair Play and Westminster Railroad
have not ceased by any means, and subscrip.
tions arc gradually coming in. Col. r. Il.
Mason and perhaps Mr. D. II. Glenn will 20
to Atlanta this wook in the interest of the road.
The people of Westminster should wake up
and go to work, ms the road would DO more
beneficial to them than any others.
Frost has put stop to the growth of
c,tton and it will not DO long before the crop
will be picked out, with tho exception Of fow
late bolis.
| reported some time since that Mr.. N.
Cobb living at Col. W. W. hollands gin,
near here, attempted suicide by taking aud
anum, and that failing to produce the desired
ond, his making use of rope. lie denies
the charge as to the laudanam, saving that
he only desired to take nap, but ho has not
explained his performances on the slack ropc
yet
Politics are vory quiet. They are hardly
ever mentioned, but still the people will vote
the Democratic ticket rs unit in 1880. The
little differences about the fence law will all
be quieted by that time.
| have heard nothing lately from tho
Knox-Parker difficulty though somo timo
last week Bill Parker went over into Georgia
and had warrant issued against Mr. Knox.
Fair Play is still on tho mend. In few
days we will have a watch reparor hero to
keep our watches and clocks ali right. Mr..
Samuel Mason is tho person as tho head of
this enterprise.
MIR. II. a. Patterson. formerly Of Walhalla,
ID running shoe chop here. IIc is oyor head
and cars in work, and he is good shoe ma
kor. Mr.. w. II. Lindsay has been assisting hi m.
We needed just such a man as Mr.. Patterson
among US, and it is to bo hoped that tho CONS
munity will continue to supply him with
work.
Col. II. T.. Mason was informed in Atlanta
that there would be no difficulty in obtaining
rolling stock and iron for the Fair Play and
Westminster Railroad. All, Yhen that is
necessary for our people to do will bo to
grade tho road and put down tho tics. They
can, and, think, will do it, and that, too, at
no distant day.
Tho farmers are busily engaged sowing
wheat and picking out what little cotton
rom aims. They have about finished hauling
up their corn.
Although this has been worry bad year
for farming, some of our farmers have made
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