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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03
New School Districts.
SPEEDS CREEK DISTRICT, NO. II.

SPEEDS CREEK DISTRICT, NO. II.
Beginning at Livingston's old mill.
thence up Conncross creek to a point
opposite the end of the Graded
School District, thence the South
line of the Graded District to Mar
tins creek, thence down said creek
to a point opposite the Caroline old
house, thence straight line near
Robt. Goodies to the hcadwaters of
the Birchticld branch, thence down
said branch to Livingston's old mill,
the beginning point.
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 18.
Beginning at Liyingston's mill,
thence up Birchiicld branch to its
headwaters near Robt. Goodies, thence
a straight line to- Martins creek,
near the Caroline old house, thence
down said creek to the Seneca River,
thence down said river to the Ander-
son line, thence the Anderson line
to Conmeross, thence up Conncross
to the beginning point.
STONE CHURCH SCHOOL DISTRICT,
NO. 10.
Beginning at the Blue Ridge Rail
road bridge, on Seneca River, thence
said railroad to the Anderson line,
thence said Anderson line to the
Pickens line, thence the Pickcns line
to Seneca River, near Ravcnell's
bridge, thence down said river to
the Blue Ridge Railroad bridge, the
beginning point.
CHERRY SCHOOL. DISTRICT, NO. 20.
Beginning at the Anderson line,
on Seneca River, near Maxwell's
bridge, thence said line to the Blue
Ridge Railroad, thence said railroad
to Seneca River, thence down said
river to the beginning point.
S. p. STRIBLING.
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VOLUME XII. NO 13.

: IS ~ r. 81 y I
Provide for plenty of grain and for.
age for horses, cattle, hogs and
fowls. Determine to make plenty
OF those things that you can produce
and must either produce or buy, or
live in discomfort. To be able to
say 81 never bought a sack of -four
or pound of lard or butter in my
life" is not commendable in farmer
who habitually lives on corn bread,
tat Western bacon and sorghum
syrup, and forces his family to do
the same, rather than either produce
tho flour, butter and lard on his own
farm, or buy them in the Market.
DiGie Farmer.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03

harvesting is over. This is, Of
course, mn objection, but not valid

harvesting is over. This is, Of
course, mn objection, but not a valid
one.
! To determine the cost Of any farm
product it is only necessary to keep
regular books against the fields, as
TO manure and labor expended in
the preparation md cultivation of
land and the gathering and market
ing of crops. This is not more
tedious nor Objectionable than
accounts kept against articles fur
nished the hired help on the. farm.
These facts, tolbe accurate, must
be determined BY the individual
farmer. No one farmer can settle
the cost Of making pound of cot
ton for any othdr farmer. There
are many elements that enter into
the cost of farm products and posi-
bly, all Of them vary in. every indi-
vidual instance. One man cultivates
much more inteuigcntly and eco
nomically than another One MANS
methods, manures, stock, food and
help come to him much more chcaply
than anothcr's. One mans farm
may be much better adapted to Ger
tain crops than that of another.
The seasons upon two farms are not
expected to be uniform in their
benefits, however nearly adjacent
the farms, as they do not always find
the same crops in the same condi-
ton. For these reasons, together
with many others, is is plain to be
seen that each farmer must deter
mine for himself the cost of his pro-
ducts.
This information, upon the farm,
is important to determine the most
economical labor. In all these years
of experiment, not many farmers at
the South can give, accurately, the
difference in hiring help for wages
or part of the crop, because they do
not know the cost of products under
either method. 1t is highly impor-
tant that our products shall be grown
at the least possible cost, if we make
our efforts avail the most good.
With this view every labor saving
method should be applied until the
cost is reduced to the minimum.
What we greatly need upon our
| farms is the same business methods
that are used in every other enter
prise-such n system will let us
know all the time, what we arc doing
and what we ought to do. Any
thing short of this brings us a hap
hazard life that takes its chances for
many evils W. H. Northern, IN
Southern CultiUator.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03
Farmers and Mortgages.

Just at present there is great
deal of talk about the mortgagc-bur-
dened farmers of the country.
When the matter is looked into
it will be found that the West is the
section suffering from the mortgage
blight. For many years the New
England capitalists have felt so much
confidence in the rapid development
of the West that they have tempted
the farmers of that region to borrow
their money OH farm mortgages.
Ohio has mortgaged her farms to tho
extent of S3O0,0O0,00O, and the Illi-
nois farmers owe $402,000,000.
Forty-sevcn per cent of Michigan,
and from twenty to fifty per cent of
the farm lands of the entire North
west are under mortgage.
No wonder the Western farmers
complain of hard times. They bor-
rowed large sums of money, and
must pay their debts or lose their
homes. Now, the majority of these
farmers settled OH their lands, with
out dollar of their own. They
raised funds by giving mortgages,
and then built fine houses and big
barns, and bought horses and car
riagcs, and lived IA well as the fash
ionablc people in our large cities.
The day of reckoning had to como
for these people, and they were not
ready TO foot the bill. SO they COM
plain of agricultural depression and
hard times.
Let us be reasonable. When n
mechanic, clerk or small trades
man in city borrows money, and
then proceeds to live beyond his
means, he never fails to come to
grief, Why should the Western
farmer expect to be luckier and more
prosperous than other workingmen
If the farmers in the Northwest
had worked as hard and lived as
economically as our Southern farm
ers for the past twenty years,
they would not now be bowling for
reputation, stay laws and all that
sort of thing. They have only
themselves to blame. They drew
their profits for a generation in
advance, spent the money, and now
they are fiat broke.
Our Southern farmers are follow
ing more sensible line Of policy.
They have some disadvantages to
contend with, but they manage to
/ worry along without selling them
selves body and soul to the mortgage
sharks, and their patient labor and
economy, together with their mono
poly of the greatest money crop on
earth, are slowly but surely making
them independent and prosperous.
This view of the situation will be
found to agree with the facts of the
case. 1tlMata Constitution.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03

SAwDUsT. - There is evidently
great need for new invention for
the cheap and easy utilization Of \
sawdust, and if inventive people
would study the subject doubtless
something practical might he realized.
In Canada the depositing Of saw
dust in the rivers is forbidded by
law. Recently there was convic-
tion and fining of prominent mill
owner, at Peterboro, for depositing
sawdust and mill refuse in the
Otonabee River, in contravention to
the regulations of the department.
Mr.. Irvine, the defendant in the case,
was fined $50 and ccsts or twenty s
days. imprisonment. In rendering
judgment, the magistrate said that
the evidence showed that large
quantities of sawdust escaped from
the defendants mill into the Otona-
bee River, which river contained
valuable fish and was navigable for
steamers. 1t was well known, he
said, that the mill refuse from the
Peterboro mills for the past forty
years had been freely emptied into
tho river, and that for twenty miles
below the town the banks of the
river were lined with acoumulationa8
Of sawdust, and that at the detrenclls.
ment into Rice Lake the mouth Waa
almost entirely closed. it is UNDER
stood that the governments has III.
structed its inspectors to rightly
enforce the sawdust regulations.
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Obituary Notices exceeding five lines,
Tributes Of Respect, Communications of
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Necessity compels us to adhere strictly
70 the requirements of Cash Payments.
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Business Methods in Earnings

No business enterprise can be
intclligently conducted without an
accurate knowledge of the original
cost of its products or prime resour-
ces. This statement applies with
equal force to individual effort and
corporate industry.
The successful merchant does not
determine the selling price of his
goods until he puts together the first
cost, tie rent of his building, hire of
clerks, charges for insurance and
transportation, and all other legiti-
mate expenses. When this sum is
obtained, suitable per cent is added,
to determine the paying price at
which the goods arc to be sold.
Manufacturers pursue the same
policy. Railroads count the cost of
construction and all needed repairs,
together with current expenses for
business, wear and tear and acci-
dents, before it will be possible to
know the proper charges in freight
and passenger rates. All this is
legitimate and essential to business
success. Farming can never be
made successful until this policy is
adopted. 1t is proposition openly
evident to any man of common intel
ligence, that no business will pay
that does not add profit TO the cost
of its products.
1t becomes every man to know all
the minor details of his business. l
dare say, there is less of such infor-
nation among farmers than any
other class of our citizens. A shoe
maker can tell you at once the cost of
the leather, the pegs and the thread,
together with the labor necessary to
make pair of shoes. The black
smith can tell you the cost of the
iron, the nails and the work necessary
to shoe a horse. The carpenter
applies the same intelligence to his
business before he puts price upon
his services. Indeed, in all the bust
ness relations of life, we expect pro
fits to be demanded, based upon the
cost, except in agriculture. 1t is a
little singular that we never expect
farmer to know the cost of his
wheat, oats, potatoes, peas, corn or
cotton. May it not be that we are
giving our energies, our years and
our efforts to products without a
particle of profit, when there are
splendid possibilities within our reach
in other crops?
This leads me to suggest the pro-
pricty of change in the policy Of
the farm. When the farmer sells q
bushel Of wheat, a barrel Of pota-
toes or a bale of cotton, he ought to
know exactly the profit he is receiv-
ing. Many farmers object because
the process of information is too
long continued 1t begins with the
preparation of the land and goes till
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03
Destroyed by Fire June
2lst, t887 I 6
Re-Estah hlish d August3 Il
1882
Once Foes, now Friends.
A TOUCHING STORY or TWO YETER-
ANS OF THE oIvII.swAR. ys 3 4S sSss3

Two veterans Of the OWL wal. 1
keep bachelors hall in a pretty New
England town. Both are heroes a
but both are modest; SO out Of res
pect for their feelings, they will be q
designated here as Federal Captain s
Thomas and Confederate Captain
Williams. They had been college &
chums, and the three weeks pre-
ceding the firing Of the first shot at
Charleston were spent by Williams
at the homo of Thomas the same
home where Williams now does the B
carving because his host has but one
arm, and whore Thomas does most
of the walking because his guest has
but one leg. AS soon as it was cerlS Y
tain that war was inevitable the
friends separated and went to the &
front, one donning the blue and the 4
other the gray. 5
The war was nearly over when
they first met as foes. It was OH,
the field of one of the terrible last
battles. EARLY in the fight, Thomas,
who had become captain Of infan-
try, had his right arm shattered i by
fragment Of shell that exploded
above his head. In his excitement
he did not preceive how serious his
wound was, but simply placed the
wounded member in a sling made Of .
his handkerchief, took his sword inl
his left hand and ,d::sstiea to the fronty
again. The battle gre@ hot and
furious. A position at first held by 4
the Confederates was usurpeds ssl)sY
Captain Thomas and his company! /!
who, by their audacity, were draw
ing heavy fire from the men iii
gray. For a quarter of an hour
they were unable to advance one
inch, and were constantly charged
by a reckless company of cavalry,
led, Capt. Thomas soon preceiyed,
by his friend Williams. Presently
one of these charges proved disas-
trous to the Confederate Captain.
lie fell from his horse midway be-
tween the opposing forces and lay
motionless in an extremely danger &
GUS spot, where shells from a dis
tant part of the field were dropping
every minute. Captain Thomas saw 4
that his friend was still alive, and
made up his mind in an instant.
"Como on, boys" he shouted, and
dashed forward, followed by hi. -.
men.
Five men fell before they had adj
vanccd fifty yards. Still shouting
encouragingly.to to his followers, Cap.
tain Thomas ran to where his
wounded friend lay, raised him to-
his shoulder and darted toward d
large rock which offered shelter from
the flying shells and bullets. The
rock was only dozen PAGES distant,
but once shell burst almost at his
feet, covering both with dirt. When
the coveted place of safety was
reached, Captain Thomas collapsed.
A little later he was found by his /.
victorious comrades lying insensible
beside the man whose life he had "
saved. s
Captain Thomas carried away the
stump of an arm and Captain Will
liams the stump of a leg as souv-
enirs of the fight; and when the war
was over they laughingly agreed to
form a pool of sound limbs and keep
bachelors hall for the remainder Of
their lives. II;
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03

The Neaos and Co,uier has adopt
cd rather novel method to increase
the circulation of it's weekly edition.
1t proposes to give prize Of S tons
of the Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.'s ma
nipulated Guano to the person
making the nearest guess of the cor
rect number Of bales Of the United
States cotton crop of $4,000. If
the guess is recorded after May 31st,
4 tons; after June 30th, 8 tons; after
July 31st, 2 tons. The guessing is
open to everybody and can guess as
often as convenient or desirable.
There are only two conditions: All
guesses must be made on the bal
lots printed in the Weekly Neaos
and Courier, and only one guess on
one ballot and each ballot must be
accompanied by five cents. There
arc second, third and fourth pre-
miums, which are worth the .ef-
fort to get. TIE Commercial and
Financial Chronicle will be the
authority for the number Of bales of
lotion. esst
, -
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03

A frank expression of opinion, or
a candid declaration that one has no
opinion, is always better in the long
run than trying to agree with every
one, or making an effort to oppos Q
no one.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03
BY THOMPSON, SMITH y JAMES.
TEACHERS COLUMN.

Ca All communications intended
for this column should be addressed
to S. p. Stribling, School Commits
sionor, Walhalla, S. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-04-03
A Good Man Has Fallen.

o"i'co 'rohh sih" 10 eternity, his
death having occurred at his home
in this city last Monday night, about
IL O'Clock. Ifc had been in bad
health for several months past, a
greater portion of the time being
confined to his bed. Several weeks
ago he went to Easloy, hoping that n
change would prove beneficial. Dur
ing his stay there he was confined to
his bed nearly all tho time, and last
Saturday i,o was brought home, his
family realizing that he could live
but a few days longer. His death,
therefore, was expected Mt any
moment. His disease was of com
plicatcd form, and at times he was a
great sufferer, but he bore his suffer-
ings with that patience characteristic
of true and devoted Christian. Mr..
Nicholson was native of Pickens
county, and was SO years Of age.
He received his primary education
at the old Slabtown Academy, under
the late Rev. j. l.. Kennedy. In 1859
or 1860 he entered the South Carolina
University, and was student there
when the State called for volunteers
to enter her service in the war. Mr..
Nicholson was one among the first
to respond to the call, aud entered
Orr's Regiment as a private. He
was in active service throughout the
war, and made gallant soldier.
Shortly after the war he bccams a
student of the Columbia (Presby-
terian) Theological Seminary, from
which he graduated in 1869. He at
once began work as Il minister, and
up to the time of the failure of his
health he was most valiant and
active soldier in the service of tho
Saviour. 1t is little remarkable
that during his twcnty-one years of
service in the work of his church, he
never missed but two appointments
one on account of sickness and the
other on account of q storm. Mr..
Nicholson's first work in the minis
try was ut Providence and Rocky
River churches, in Abbcville county,
where he preached four years. From
there he went to Laurcns county,
and served three churches ten years.
Thence he returned to- his native
county, and, after supplying three
churches for time, was called to the
pastoratc of the Presbyterian church
at Steel Creek, N. G. He served
that church well for three years, and
then came back to his native State
At the time of his death he was
serving Midway and Slabtown
churches in Anderson county and
the Presbyterian church Mt Liberty
Truly a good man has fallen, one
who was greatly beloved by every
acquaintance. He was an earnest
impressive speaker, and has done
good work for his church and for the
Lord, whom he loved to serve. A
wife, two sons and two daughters
are left to mourn his death, and in
their bereavement they have many
sympathizers. The remains were
inferred at Shutdown on Wednesday
Anderson HtelHgencer, lu,'ch 27
The Neacs and Coauier has adopt.
cd rather novel method to increase
the circulation of its weekly edition
1t proposes to give a prize Of s tons
e IL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-26
THAT CAPE MAY COTTAGE.

And now comes the New York Ifi-
bune, the acknowledged organ Of the
Harrison administration in New York,
and officially obliterates, wipes out,
declares for naught all that widely cir
culated and implicitly and universally
credited story Of the newspapers about
the Wanamaker prt sent Of gorgeous
summer cottage at Cape May to the
wife of the nations chief magistrate.
THE adverse comments" says the
journal reserred to, concerning the
reported gift Of the Cape May Point
cottage to Mrs. Harrison are now dis
covered 10 have been baseless, because
the gift was not accepted, and Presi-
dent Harrison bought the cottage,
after occupying it long enough TO as
certain that IL suited his purpose, for
80 900. 1t can be readily understood, :"
continued the editor, that even in the
face Of the clamorOus criticism of the
Democratic press the President would
iiihh' Nv
which was subject TO some conditions,
and was withal his own private affair.
He doubtless thought, too, that the
facts would all become known sooner
or later, and that the American people
would be quick to see the unfortunate
position of his detractors, who, with
out knowing the facts, were SO willing
to believe evil Of the Chief Magistrate
of the country, and by uttering that
belief cast shame on the nation"
There is hut one comment TO he
made on this. II the reported gift of
the Cape May Point cottage was base
less" il came from the friends of the
President himself. and was trumpeted
by Republican newspapers with osten-
tatious mention of names of disinter-
ested gentlemen who had subscribed
their money not only To purchase, but
furnish and provision the cottage and
who passed over the keys. The simple
truth undoubtedly is, that when the
President saw the position the accept
ance OF the cottage placed him in, he
did the only sensible thing that was
open 10 him to get out of the affair
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-26

The Republican papers are already
beginning TO boast that the claim Sc
often made by the anti-tariff papers
that the farms Of the country, as re-
suit of high taxation, are being cover
ed over with mortgages, is not borne
out by the Porter census. IL the cen
sus of farm mortgages has been no
more accurately taken than the much
simpler census Of the population, we
don't know that Porters figures de-
serve much confidence. Atall events,
SO far as Kansas is concerned we take
in preference recent report prepared
| by the Farmers Alliance of that state
as the result Of an investigation insti-
tuted for the purpose OF ascertaining
how many members Of that body have
mortgaged their farms, how many are
renters, and how many hold their
property free from incumbrance. Out
Of $4,000 farms heard from, the ALI
ance find that 45, 600 are mortgaged to
the aggregate amount of 1896, 563, 1884,
and that of the whole number only
800 are unencumbered. Twenty-one
thousand and seven hundred are occu-
pied by renters, mostly men who were
originally owners OF farms and have
lost them by foreclosure of the mort
cages on them. The estimated num-
Der Of farms in Kansas is 100000, or
nearly four times the number reported
to the Alliance.
1t is very positively stated by Wash
ingtOn correspondents that the Presi-
dent has become a sudden convert to
Blaine's reciprocity ideas and has pre-
pared message to congress on the
subject. The cabinet is with him and
enough senators to warrant favOra
bic reception in that body, but the
President hesitates because Reed and
Mckinley declare the movement will
be instantly crushed in the house, and
thus far, except Hit, of Illinois, the
President is sure of no hacker in that
body. So it is still in doubt whether
the President will send In his message
or not.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-26

Mr.. Reeds objection TO voting
physician reasonable fee for post
norton examinations on cases requir
ing expert testimony was that If there
were two classes Of examination, one
at $40 and one at $50, there would be
no so, should remember that now
there is nothing less than $40 and in
all probability there won't be many
more for less than $50 to $75. Physi'
clans can't be compelled To make post
norton examinations at coal beavers
per diem. They seem disposed to be
fair, but if the board is not disposed
to meet them half way they will fall
back on the fee schedule, and the
county will pay that price or no ex-
animation. Why not appoint the
county physicians to do ali of this
work and pay them a decent price for
doing IL?