Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-02-22

"on"h." 10 sce IL III PRINT, and wo would
never try to explain. Mr. Lommons'
but wo think Mr.. Vorner's plan much
tho best.
NOW, as to those littlo personal ilings
Ot course there is nothing in that but
little fun. Wo started out to write OF
Cho h1gh taxes, as we wero requested to
90 ny tho citizens Of our vicinity, and wo
nave reason to believe that we have boon
speaking tho sentiments of four.nfths of
tho people from tho simple fact that we
nave received congratulations from most
all parts of tho county and from different
parts OF the State on our articles. But
please say to tho boys boforo you forget
1t that we havo not boon congratulated
by any of tho Afro-Amorcans. IIa, ha,
ha! That settles it. Every sensible man
knows that our taxes arc too high except
| those who do not have any to pay and
can't feel the burden. Eyery sensible
| man knows that tho now road law is too
| expensive for tho poor people of our
county. Every Sensible man knows that
tho disponsary law, rs it has been in the
past, was u fraud and n disgrace to our
State. Every sensible man knows that
| thoro arc unnecessary offices and unnec-
| cssary appropriations mado by tho State
| government, that only amount to extra
vaganco, while tho money all comes
out Of tho farming class of pooplo, who
arc already too poor. There arc Il thou
sand and ono too many laws anyhow
| This road law is about as expensive as Il
common railroad corporation, aud we
| think it should be managed like tho rail
| road business. Whom railroad COM
pany gots behind it simply reduces OK
! ponses until it catches up. They reduce
| all tho forces Oh tho road and stop all
now work that is not Obliged to bo done
at once. Our county officials could do
fl,t. Il
dozen roads i'll tho county that would
get impassablo in one year, oven if it had
no work at all. Then stop all tho now
| work, build no new roads at all for one
year, and just repair tho bridges which
| absolutely need it. But instead of re-
duclng expenses, which is just what
makes a good officer, they will put an
extra tax on tho people to pay for extra
vagancc, when at tho same time good
management and economy is the duty of
| an officer. The reason wo say the roads
will not got impassablo in one year with
out any work, is because We have seen it
tried last year.
Mr.. l.cmmons has n good deal to say
in regard to what wo said of our renters
and ourselves. Wo were only untang
ling and explaining little bundle OF
falsclloods whom wo wrote tho lines he
quoted. llc left tho impression with the
people by his lcttcr that VIC had n gang
Of worthless boys sitting around our fire
Siuo. False! We never have had Il hoy
Of any kind to sit around our iircsidc.
He next left an idea with the people
that we were holding the poor people $
nOSo to tho grindSlonc. False again .
1t was in answer to this that wc told
how we treated our renters and tho poor
people generally.
lie next spoke of the old gray-hcalcd
citizens who wanted the county to carry
them along on ilowcry beds of case, and
said this applies to Mr.. Cook. False
again! There is not gray hair on my
head. It's truo We arc getting up in
years and our beard is II little gray,
probably caused from early picty or fun
that wo have seen. But wc arc not gray
headed. 1t was in answer to this that
We told tho people what kind Of ilowcry
business we had gone through.
Mr.. l.cmmOns had no grounds for the
above assertions. The truth hurts us
bad enough, Mr.. Lemmons. Everybody
to stand or fall Oh the record that we have
made, let it be black or white. Repre-.
sent us in our true light, if you please
Mr.. LcmmonS has told us two or three
times to get our heart right. We are
glad he thinks we have a heart We
might have given him the same instruc-
tionS Somc time since, but we did not
tillHN lC Ildll any moro nclGl tnan Il
blackgum bush; therefore we did not in
struct him.
He also has something to say about
our little head. We are glad he thinks
its the proper size. We used to have the
big-hcad like him, but we took dose of
l33 mills taxes and it cured us sound and
well. When he gets tha, farm that H."
says he is going to have; when he gets
as old ~ us, this same medicine will cure
hi tl Rnt W. ,rnnlo,, hn, h,
ing to get it if he is not willing to work
four days in twelve months ? 1t may be
that he thinks probably he will get into
Mr.. 4iorgan's pcntccOStal feast and get
ii in the division. But we hope he will
get and take some Of our medicine, then
his tune will change.
Mr.. Icmmons says: "'rhc Supervisor
had just as well find out where the taxes
belong rs to let contracts. If the contract
business is what Mr.. Cook claims it is,
don't think tho county would lose as
much money as ho claims they threw
away, last year." We suppose this los
ing business was precisely what Mr..
Werner wis striking at. Ills plan was
more work and less money. The county
officials could not lose money by their
extravaganza if they did not have IT to
lose. Mr.. Werner as trying to keep
You from giving I .Hm your money to
throw away on this contract system.
Hire man ut home for 80 cents Il day
TO work the road, then you will get the
benefit OF your money, and it will not he
lost IN the contract system. This is
right, but you can't see it. Mr.. Lem
mons says we want to throw OF on him
because no is renter Mr.. l.emmunS,
you know this is IL misrepresentation.
We said in our other letter just us plain
aS we could write that there was Il class
OF poor people in our county who did
not own any property at all who were
honest, Christian gentlemen Gin! as good
citizens rs we had ih he State. Now,
this part Of my letter ms cad of inisrcp-
rcScnting me" When vc speak of
tramps and vagabonhs m& don't touch
the above mentioned class Of good Chris
Ian people. We had All idea that you
belonged in this clasS-.in fact, we have
been told that you do-and VIC have been
,rylnG To get you up there whore you
Grl"lg; but yon arc still hanging away
down y"ndcr Kicking. Now, if You will
come up where you belong the chips
rom our broad-axo won't fall on YOU
we don't like to miss hcwing to the line
because You are in the wrong place.
Either get up or dodge the chips. You
are out of place among Il lot of tramps,
trying to defend them.
hlr. lcmmOnS says: "Dom'L run of on
thin%S and get SO mixed up. Don't run
an over the country" etc. Now, Mr..
i'chlmonS, VIC were only chasing your
Wild ideas. If you think man can catch
them without a foot raco YOU are badly
mistaken. We havo race after every
letter you write. If we bunch them witt
quicksilver then we need Il microscope to
see whether they are backwards ar fnr-