Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-04-07
and HER PEOPLE.
rsf#7FTistofi Review and Organization and
S%ag@ e atllna arie sJ--zEFf ui tfui Resources and Bright
Prospects for the Future.

0c0nee County has a bright future
before her. While this is ono Of the
s. asHtSaeottions ri the State to be set
cleo, sill tthere has been so much
progscsa that it is of the very
best Counties in the State. Her citir
IONS arc Homogeneous, progressive
I'D prosperous. Many settlers are
RtRing ddip the lands, improving them
md making them valuable and de-
kSt,irable. This is very palpable 10 one
Whose knowledge of tho county OK
Hfends back from fifteen to twenty
Years BY comparing the condition
! twenty yearsi ago with that of to-day
sho fact Of gfEowth becomes evident.
fFvg,ther growth is only in its infancy.
ror oiti2ens now offer every induce
ent to immigration of o good class
people, those who remove hero for
cir Gown good aud the good of the
@1glnnty. Oconee indeed opens wide
Indoors to good citizens, and those
3tefing her confines always find a
Bioyal Welcome. = r.
8f&TIhig is one of the few counties
$ithoutSa dollar of bonded indebted
Ness, and no floating indebtedness
We small balance which may re-
Gain after expanding the levy for
s3fdinary County expenses. This
freedom from debt makes this an in
Yiting ield.for Investment and enter
prise
Z This3county was once q part of. a
large territory embraced in what was
known re Ninoty-Six District. It'so
remained for many years. Many
VINO resided hero then knew nothing
of3court houses and jails. In many
INSTANCES the sparse settlers, who
had been imposed upon by outlaws,
meetedout punishment to the offend
4 ers by their own hands; this condi-
tion Of affairs made manifest tho ne
eqssity for dividing tho territory into
eapnties and tho establishing Of
county courts. Thus, forced by ne
I 4 eesaiity, the Legislature by act, dated
March1 10TH s1783, appointed Andrew
: Ri6kens, Richard Anderson, Thomas
Brandun, Levi Keysey, Philoman
Waters Arthur Simpkins and ST.
matn Berwick to lay out tho District
0 s3NinetysSi& into counties. This
noMmissioh made report to the Leg
islature, and in accordance with their
report, D 4 the 10Th day Of March,
1885, theBaid territory was divided
into he8ollowing counties: Able
yill6,, Eagetield, Nowberry, Laurcns,
S~partaahurg and Union. This left
thp territory now embraced in Geo.
nee out Of any of these counties ;
and, indeed, at that time part Of said
teFSiitogy still was in possession of
TIL Indians.
Fat Fat by not Of the Legislature,
dat$d3the 28th day Of March, ITS,
paES bf said territory had been an
a.nexea to the District of Nincty-Six,
fo, ~6esdeclared purpose of allowing
tbds olft Of said District to punish
doYlfq lions made upon the people
i aSRZ'i rritory.
ri gislaturo by act dated 18th
of8Ah9 1880, established Pcndlo-
tob te Srict, which embraced part of
4h l ritory now in Oconce county.
3 Iak Tugaloo, oil of Pulaski, all
OF 8C0 RsSuga, all of Whitewater and
BAH ,l Keowco Townships still be-
io1n6soS Ut to Of h Indians. On tho Goth
day9 December, 1920, an Act was
~tannexing to Pendlcton Dis
triek the territory just above de-
aoYibA which had previously be-
lon6AI TO the Indians. 1t included
ali ttory lying above what was
kn3~~g Us the New Indian boundary.
ItH Y2lpSHIS tHaU aI IillS LlHlc dll IHCSo
coup| JOS were only elective districts
ins$s ioh county courts were held ;
3nsaA 10y were not judicial districts.
asAA the 10Th Of February, 1901,
,hoaf district, of Washington was Gre
,t.a by an Act of the Legislature,
md he District site was established
Il Evansville, a fow miles South of
he fesent location of Easloy.
THE this connection it will be of in
oral ITO mention an occurrence
yhiht Re$cites criticism at the present
B, Ny OF the 10th day of December,
8Ibi tho 6egislature passed an Act,
aitfnnet rs. whh!!2h. VAS to establish
Rery for the purpose Of assisting
lnber Of persons who had sus-
Injury by II fire at Pickcns-
jI1 Rev. Joseph Grisham was a
81 p56r OF the Lottery committee.
the 21st day Of December,
I'D d the. Judicial District of Pom
aS 30 rs created, and tho terri