Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-11
A Load for tho Representatives OF Oconee.

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EDlToRs: Since Christmas is over
and we are now in the Now Year |
thought l would write few lines
which l hope will find space in your
columns.
! Now, ~ to the times. Everything
looks promising for the farmer, for |
never saw as much wheat sown
before, and if thoy can get TO SOW
plenty of spring oats and the season
suits, then | think we farmers car
pull through, if we will plant plenty
of corn to do us, and few bushels
to sell OF course there will be a big
crop of cotton planted, but | hope
the farmers will take warming from
tho past and not override the thing
and bring the price down to + or 3
cents again. Now, brother, don't
you sec it would be best for every
body to make an eight million bale
crop and get ! or 8 cents, than it
would to make y twelve million bale
crop and only get + and S cents for
for it, for if we don't try to make SO
mu III cotton, we can make more corn
and other food crops and of course
we will receive more in the fall of
1900. If we have plenty at home
we went hear the cry of hard times.
The only way we farmers can have
plenty is to make it at home, for as
long as we have to buy flour, corn and
meat, we arc going to hear the cry
of hard times, especially if we aim to
plant cotton to buy it with, even ut
the present prices.
Well we hear of wars and rumors
of wars and hardly know what to
say about them anyway, but | can't
see what Uncle Sam wants with the
Philippines islands, any how when it
costs so much money and lives, but |
hope the Beers will be successful, for
| believe they are fighting for Il jus,
cause.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the biggest
grumbling you hear now is about
that road law; it has gotso mixed up
don't think anybody knows where
it is and who is the boss anyway.
| asked one of our representatives
some time lasv fall if we could pay
our road tax. He told me we could
and now he says you can't, so | don't
know how this thing is any way, but
there is one thing do know and that
is that the people in this part of the
county don't like the way they tell
us it is now. We want to pay or
work Just as we have been doing for
the past few years, but these men
we send down to make our laws have
Just come out and said you are no
longer your own boss, but you shall
do as we say and be compelled t."
work on the roads no matter if you
do want to pay your communication
tax. Now, Mr.. Werner came out
two weeks ago and said he thought
that the people would rather work
two days than TO pay 81. lie might
think SO, ard then not be right. |
don't think the tax ought to he over
$3.50, for that is enough for anyone
to pay, or work four days, and if the
tax won't keep up the roads tax the
property to finish out, for it is moth
ing but right and just for the pro-
perty to work the roads. For what
right has Mr.. a to keep up the road
for Mr.. B when A has not got a horse
and wagon and Mr.. b has got several !?
Of course IS is not responsible for a
not having them, but he ought to be
willing to bear the burden according
to his circumstances. Mr.. Werner
said i'm his last canvass he tridc to
find out what the people wanted and
he thought they wanted to 90 back
to the old way.
Now, az to the three commission
crs. | have no objection, but | do
object to being forced to work the
roads without i chance to pay out
and when | say that | am speaking
the sentiments OF four-hfths Of the
people in this part of the county.
But Mr.. Werner says if it suits the
people best to pay commutation he
don't think it will be hard to change
it. We'll, | want to say to Mr.. Ncr-
ncr that we people down here want
y reasonable tax and | think 80
would be reasonable, and then if we
don't pay we can work four days.
But we want it 80 we can chose for
ourselves, which we will do and not
have two or three men to say YOU
shall do as we say. That looks too
bard, and we don't like it that way.
Well, it won't be long till our repre-