Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31
NO HARD TIMES.
Prices Regulaled-Look at Both Sides OF the
Matter at the Same Time.


favorblo weather through tho fall t!Iero
will DO about 05 per cont of q cotton
crop made. Wheat was about 50 por
cent, oats a failure, corn about IS per
cent, sorghum cano about 90 por cont,
garden vegetables about 20 per cont. Wo
have reference only to our community.
1t is now a leisure timo with tho farm
ors and they arc making use of it by
visiting among their friends.
We hear hard times talked about
nearly everywhere.
Mossrs. Editors, please allow mo to
sny, in my Judgment, that those who arc
&C .nplaining about hard times aro ro-
sponsiblo for tho hard times in largo
measure Hard times havo hccn talked
up 80 much by somo Of our best mon
that men think really that it is hard
times, when they know nothing about
hard times. You tako we'll man and
lot everybody say, "IoOk here; what's
the matter with you? Havo you been
sick? You arc looking pale" 1t won't
be long until you will 500 this man fro
quently before tho mirror and lie will
lose energy and really believe there is
something tho matter with him.
There arc quite a number of our poo
plo who are not giving our county roads
justice. We find great many who arc
condcmbing our county roads make
this assertion without tho fear of con-
tradiction: sour roads have been won
dcriully improved for the past four
years, especially all tho market roads
arc in good condition." Tho public roads
in tho rough mountain country arc in q
better condition than thoy have over
bocn before. It's true they arc not max
ing quite as many changes this year as
wore made last year. Ono mistake wo
make is trying to get everything cheap.
We hear a great many people who are
not in Office complaining of high salaries
and hear men who are not in the Legis-
laturo saying what kind of laws should
DO enacted, and how our county govern
ment should be managed
We arc glad to know that our county
has improved wonderfully for tho past
few years, especially in citizenship.
Our little towns-Walhalla, Seneca
and Wesm minstcr--havo been improving
rapidly for tho past few years for this
mountain country-thc reason why
claim that the times arc not as hard as
are represented. We will admit tho
times are hard with some who have not
been true. The average poor man can
go to Seneca, Walhalla or Westminster
and buy on a c"cdit as much again as he
is worth. We have to be careful and
buy such things as we really need, and
being prompt to pay, helps to keep hard
times Off
AS ! have remarked, the greatest mis-
take wc made was trying to got every
:, thing we had to buy low down. recol-
lcct abont four or five years ago when
tho Alliance and Changers we're working
to got sugar, coffee and molassos at a
low pricc and probably succeeded some
what in their undertaking, they were
not looking at both sides Of the question.
There wero quite 4 number of our pcO-
plc who were raising sorg. an molasses
and realizing at that time 80. ccnts Der
gallon for them. The first thing they
knew their mOlasscs wcrc down TO 25
SSieo Poi t,eiioi' Rii't IL "ttSIl lOlR unIll
cotton com mcnced coming down, and in
fact every thing tho farmer raised. 1t
would bc far better for us if we could
got 80 cents per gallon for our syrup, 81
per bushel for corn, pork IA cents por
pound, beef cattle cents per pound,
eggs 20 cents per dozen, buttcr 25 cents
per pound, cotton Is cents per pound,
and, of course, everything we have to
buy should be in proportion. With n
few exceptions nothing brings it's value.
Medicines and books arc bringing about
their values or over, and to keep us all
equal, tho old rclia Dle KEowEE COURIER
should be 50 per year. The lawyers
fees are already on line with medicine,
and, if wo want to see our county pros
per and our public roads built up, let us
return our property at its valuo. 1t
would surprise many Of us if we would
go to tho Auditor books and sec how
cheap our property has been returned.
Horses that could not be purchased for
less than 800, returned at $35 and $40;
cows that would sell from $25 to $50, re-
turned at $l2 or $l3; lands that could
not be purchased for less than SI2 or SI5,
returned at 81 and $5 per acre. SO let's
Quit grnmbling of high taxes. D.J.M.
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