Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-06-29
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Return Mention.

RETURN, June 29.-We have boon
blessed with tino season, which camo
just in timo to keep our crops from suf-
fcring.
Tho grasshoppers have dono much
damage to our crops this year. They
arc worse in sOmo localities than others.
Thoy cut down corn after it gots 12 or 10
inches high. If thoy got much worse wo
will have to do as Mr.. Frank McKinZy
did on his farm somo years ago ut Grove
Station, Greenvillo county. They were
so humorous that he had to dig bitches
through his farm and build fires in thom
and drive them in to it. 1t was told by
mon that woro thoro that tho grasshop-
pors were nearly knco-deep before they
got to tho bitches. By so doing he saved
Ills crop.
We are glad to note that wo have somo
men in our community that arc not liv-
ing all for solf. They arc always ready
and willing to give of their means, and
especially when they know it is going to
be used for noble or valuable purposes.
We havo heard several spend their
opinion on the rebuilding of tho Prathor
bridge, on Tugaloo river. They take
this Wow of the matter: We have FREQ
bridges over Seneca river. We can 90 10
Grccnville and Anderson and havo tho
benefit of those FREQ bridges. They say
that the citizens in the Tugaloo valley
made no fight against those free bridges,
but helped to build them, and now feol
,,p1or o1I fn hnI. 41,o
Prathor bridge. Let our Supervisor
honestly try his judgment on it this time
and maybe it will not wash away 80
easy.
The ladies of this noighborhood are
keeping worry busy preserving blackbor-
RIGS for tho winter, it being about tho
only fruit wo have.
1t use to bo rare thing with tho farm.
ors to got through laying-by by tho 4th
of July, ami then engage in big barbe-
cuo on that day. There will bo good
many of us at Seneca at tho barbecue this
year, but We will not be done laying-by.
H. j. NJ.
RETURN, June 27.-Tho health of this
community is remarkably good, with
the exception of Elem Lovinggood, ono
of our good old colorcd friends, who
| onco was savo for tho whites. He is
now enjoying his Freedom, with the OK
| coption of his sickness, which is fover
| We fear tho honorable old brother has
served his time most out
Crops arc coming out by tho aid of tho
long needed showers. They have boon
greatly damaged by insccts--grasshop-
pcrs mostly. They have been SO numor-
Gus in places as to completely dovour tho
crops.
Wheat harvesting is over.
| Cotton blossoms, corn tassols and
watermolons begin to foTotoii tiio happy
day whom farmers shall put their tools
away and onjoy the pleasures of happy
picnicking timo, which mono on tho
gl0bo can onjoy 80 woll as tho farmer.
| Mr.. John Il. Martins throsher got out
of working ordor, which caused him to
| mako q business trip to Anderson last
week before Ito could start his machine
again.
Somo of our boys are talking of onlst-
ing in tho army. Wo wish thom success.
Mr.. J.. j. rrico visited his sistor, Mrs.
Meredith, ut Oakway, Saturday.
| FARMER Boy.
DR.. Piorco's Pleasant Pollets actually
euro constipation so tstays cured; you
don't become q slave to thoir uso; they
strengthen tho intostinos to do their own
work, tono tho stomach and gently stimu
late tho liver. Thoy aro mild and suro
like nature itself. Don't lot any drug
gist give you gripping pill. Insist on
having Dr. pierco's Pleasant Pellets,