Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-10
A Timely View.

OAKwAY, August 7.-Good rains have
improved the crops very much. Early
corn is hurt from tho want of rain. Early
cotton cannot make full crop. Tho lato
corn and lato cotton bids fair to be good
with proper seasons, which we trust will
como. a short crop this year will clinch
tho nail with many of our people. We
hear the cry Of "hard timcs' now and |
fear it will DO worse noxt year, and will
DO with bad crop. We hopo to have a
good crop, for it will bo badly NODDED.
would rejoice to 500 our people all
prosperous and contonted, so that VIC
would not hear SO much complaint of
hard times, high taxes, and laws that do
not suit tho pooplo.
Somo complain of ono thing, somo of
another, but tho dispensary and county
Woll'they ought to catch it. While |
profor tho dispcnsary to the bar-room like
wo once had, ! think our people should
at least have tho right to say which thcy
want, as between dispcnsary or prohibf-
ton, and whom they sdeoido for thom.
solves, give them what they want.
Tho county government law is not Civ
ing satisfaction, and don't think it will,
as 1T now stands. 1t takes too much
money to run tho machinery. We can
not afford it. Moro work and less money
would suit our people bottcr. Think
about it; pay ono dollar or work four
days. Is that oqualP should say not.
Let us divide tho county, mako three
districts, put tho two lower townships
in one district, tho three noxt in another,
and tho threo upper in another, and lot
divisions who shall constitute tho county
board. Do away with the Supervisor
got the commissioners in tho county
properly divided. We mighv got good
mon to sorvc, tho clork included, for
what we now pay tho Supervisor and
clcrk, to say nothing about tho othor
commissioners. Then require every male
person from sixteen to fifty to work six
days OH the public roads, if so much be
necessary to koop them in good condition.
Appoint good ovcrsecrs on all tho Soc
tions of roads and hold them responsible
for tho work. We might work tho county
chain-gang on ad places, filling holes
with rock ana grading and make changes
that would save tho road hands whon
thoy. worked of having so much to do on
ono hill Or place. Let each ono liable to
road duty boar his part, give us moro
work and less money, and | think VIC
will have good roads. Levy tax to
covor court expenses, bridges and SO on,
.curtail, cut of and lesson expenses In
| oVery line of business. | noticed while
at court anumbcr of witnesses sent thero
who got no pay because they wero not
material. This ought not to be so. Our
magistrates should not send up cases
that there is nothing in, thereby saving
tho county.
Now, in conclusion, lot us all agree to
do bottcr hereafter and 500 if we can't
improve our conditions. Some ono asks
how can VIC do thisP l answer commence
at homo, work, uso economy, make what
| you can, as cheap as you can, act right,
pray right, vote right and look for good
results. l havo no i'll fooling for any of
| our county officials. l think thcy arc all
fair mon. Tho trouble is in our law. 1t
| does seem some changes could DO made
that would hclp to lighton tho burden
that now socm, so heavy. Let us all lay
| aside prejudice and treat all classes fair
and right. Stop fighting banks, stop
putting country against town and town
| against country. Let us all work to-
gother for tho mutual good of every class
and profession. We have good country,
good health, good wator and q fine eli.
mate. Lot us strive to mako all our con-
ditions equal to tho advantages VIC have.
/ bolove if tho people arc treated right
thoy will bear their part of tho burden
cherfully and gladly receive tho benefits
Give us n good government and equal
justice and our people will DO satisfied.
l hope no ono will think | want to got in
to a newspaper controversy, for do not
only want to SEQ things settled down
and our people prosperous and happy.
W. NJ. RRoNN