Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-01-20
OUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1881.

md n6da to Won Hou2 If h;. I,uA ....
nroauo;no thcr. would ho or" '"".s s,., %.,'
tnorchv decre.sir. vo"r ,,,o ~ 81 pu'o me'a,n;
If his lands wnro tii,od ,lav n,,,Is Is.o"'a"u ~
sod ~ h;oh rs vonr, on,;,, ,osson;, =" ISIS.
rotc nf tay,,;on T. e,,,s ,a, hoss "s m yc"t
are attached rcrtor ~ ,ho !. o',a's,ts Luz .1
A. farms ten anres with .,onr "0I ~ ~ ut; ~ Il
koen two or tbrco he,d of o.,,II ., WI. .
less than six or eioht bows mn ~" w.
ont u;.h,,f s,,rvod s,o1J. L.iS p"o'u'eo
oll Tho vnor tut n,r,;onI.r,, nr,oal: :" -" Sou
il laid bv Ills stcor hco;ns H. oa,n ~" .sop
yours bv. IF your fence ,t INV ro;,t ,,
yonr onclosuro (norh,n, r:, pI ~ 'o""u
four miles lonr ofton tonS - go 80, =,
to be less thon s;ytv inches hivDh ro, % I,na
not lawful fence. o,J - y,,,r or, aa
stroycd Won cannot rcco7cr onc oont 30 VIZ "
| dun,agec;f his half starved stocl, noruo thom
selves and die, he can recover damnocs from
YOU. If there is anv ;us,ice !, ,h;. ! ,rnr,d
like somc one to show wherein
| 1.-THE State can show tho iuv,;co of mol.
lug Mr. A build fence siyty inches h;nh :,
rouud his land That brinus thn St,., 49,,
cnuo by cultivation, an additional rcvcn,,o
because il is assessed Liyher t,,,r ,no,n,,oJ
lands owned by Mr.. b b,silcs ,,;y;,,,, on,
poylnent to aborcrs. | shou,d tsko :, ~
| favor If it wsre done. fthc St,tr o,n So
y,u must build lcunl fence 70 Ern, on, tho
stock owned by mcu who nav littlc pr M ta
| Cat least seventy five per cent din not no,, 40
| much tax as it would cost to frncoorn y ncro
! If tho State can saw five fcc, why no, -, :.
ten feet? Why not saw. +, nd5 70 H.,
wcallh Of the State, you must erect iron
tcnccs; they may be costly. but thov nr,
dnraUle. The State has cxhaustihlo iiolls
OF iron and coal, and if iron fences arc usra
manufacturing will spring up in our midst
Suppose, too, wo 20 one strp further mud
say there shall nouo bo used unless made
from iron orc mined in this State. The
State arrogatcs to itself that it is it's duty TO
protect men in doing that which is morally
and legally wrong. 1t protects large class
of its citizens by Icga';niny theft. and then
on holy horror, wonders why the negroes
will steal. The State protects them in it
If y buys and. pays for it, pays his ,axc
on it, all arc agreed that it is his. Thc
State says by legal culctmcnts, post YOUR
| and, MIR. A. TrcSpass is wrong. The
State does not pretend to make it wrong
bcclusn of its cuac,mcuts, hut We enact for
your protection laws 90 that when the WI oup
is done the offender can be punished, ,nI
we limit the amount OF linc aud punishment
| No mrn, il YOU object, has even the ,iuht
to walk over your lands, but you muss fence
against his stock fnll Gve feet No ;nun
can fence against "slp gaps." and It's hard
to lcnce against tho vest pockc, se.ics' o;
pigs that you have here. The State forth
CT provides thot il man cn,er upon yonr
lands aud cut dowo any tree growing there
! on, i, is q trcspaSa, miilc ucanor; if he
! remove tho timber so cnt h, is guilt If
| !a,.tuy. The two acts ins, referred ~ snow
| tha, the State couoctlcs lin, thc lnd or
each indiviapal owncr must B., ,rot,ct,3
and yus the pyescut fence law leads no, IN
rrotcctiou but 70 rovaccs. If it; is iuey.,
| for nc to enter upon your premise, and cut
CROWN. timber, is it not eur,ly illcral for
nc TO cut and reuovc grasses found growing
thereon !? viii not The constant piIfer;pg
of ,Ec forage that sight.uly belongs to YOU
imroverish your lands, making you poorer?
If So, is it richt, morally or legally +? U.n
law he lust or constitutional that in,nosos
burdens on one ctizcn and relieves anclhc,?
! Does !caal cnnc,ment that gives Won the
legal right under that law the prigelrre 10
destroy my lands hy running horde of stock
on them year after year makc it riuht q,
lust, or il it honorable for YOU to do so? r.
YOU havc no right to trcsp1ss on nv lands,
how is it your stock has II YOU have no
y nht to cut and appropriate nv timber, how
is i. yen have the right to appropriate nv
pastures ? II il be a trcsoass, {, mi.dcn,cnn
or, or lnrccny in one case. how is il than it
is not in ,hn other?
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