Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-02-27
Life In Tho Sunny South.
Correspondence Camp News, Philadel-
phia, Pal

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am writing this article on nv
yerardah, with the thermometer at
seventy in the shade, and if the
readers of the Neaos, in the Northern
States, had not experienced re-
markably warm and open winter, /
should be tempted to arouse their
envy by writing about the mild and
snmmer-like weather we have OK.
perienced the past month in this ia
vored climate; but as it is, will con-
tent myself by saying, l have never
enjoyed such perfect weather in my
life. Day after day tho sun has
/, risen on cloudlcss skies all through
December, Dad the pleasant sounds
OF barcfooted children have greeted
tho ear, and men ut work in their
shirt-slecves have been seen every
day. One day this week the ther-
mometcr registered sixty-fve at sun
rise, ana scvcnty-cigit degrees at
three L. NJ. Peach trees arc in
bloom, and strawberries arc white
with blossoms and setting for fruit.
Thanksgiving week we had cold
wave, and for two or three days the
thermometer was down in the TWEEN
ties, and we had a snow-squall, but
rot touch of winter has been seen
since.
The Blue Ridge Mountains Ii,
about thirty miles to the Mo-.hwcs |.
OF Walhalla, and it was a pretty
sight to sec the snow on the noun
tains at that time, but it quickly
disappeared. The mountains pre-
sent grand appearance at any time,
but at times are gorgeous, with the
shifting light of the passing clouds.
The mountains, rs their name indi-
Gates, portray all the changing tints
OF blue. Sometimes, when slight
haze is i'll the air, it is difficult to tell
where the mountains ond and the
sky begins, and at other times thew
stand out clear and distinct, and
when a storm is lowering over
"Whitesides" and "Chimney Top,
two of the main peaks visible from
here, the sight is grand in the cx-
tremc, until the view is shut ont, bv
the lowering clouds.
On january 1st, 1890, this county
(Oconec) became "dry," and no
liquor is sold within its limits. The
people at the North are generally
predisposed to believe that higher
morality in its broadcst sense exists
in their particular domain, but when
an entire county votes two to one
to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, nh example is set that is
rarely cmulated at the North. 1t is
no uncommon thing, however, in this
State, for counties to vote in favor
of prohibition, and at the election
held i'll Oconce county last May, the
majority in favor of prohibition
cqualcd the entire vote of the liquor
interest
Temperance Christian men are
as thick in this county as Re-
publicans are i'll Pennsylvania, and
every man is expected to take an in
tercst in church affairs, and at the
same time they consider each and
every person is competent to make
their own cho' @, and as a result
you can go to church when and
where you please, without unfavora-
bic criticism. / have been treated
the same by all denominations and
have made pleasant and lasting
friendships on every hand, and when
frankly admit that belong to no
particular denomination, the cordial
and brotherly feeling remains the
same. have written to some ex-
tent on this point, in order to have
my readers appreciate, if possible,
the sentiment that pervades the
South.
The colorcd question is an inter-
esting one, and ! have given some
attention to it. find that the prin-
cipal causes of trouble between the
whites and blacks arise from political
interference from without. The two
races work side by side, in all kinds
of employment, and with the utmost
freedom, and no trouble is known
until some one comes along and per-
suadcs the colored man that he is
being deprive ri of some Of his just
rights; then little moonshine whis-
key becomes the lever that sways
the passions and the whole country
is shocked by some tragedy that
had its beginning in this kind of
manner. In this community, if a
black man has any trouble and goes
to the white for aid and sympathy,
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