Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-12-11
THE MEDDLER.
Comments al Random About Other People and
Other Peoples Affairs. (

Editors Courier: Hard times is the CRY.
Every one you meet begins his or her
conversation by referring to the times.
"The times are the worst I've ever seen"
Is the almost universal greeting. Well,
times are hard compared to what we
expected, but not nearly so hard as they
might have been. Talking about them
won't do any good. There is some cause
for this condition. What is itp Have
we not lived too much beyond our meansp
Have we devoted rs much attention to
our crops as we shouldp Especially did
we devote as much attention to grain,
feed stuffs, potatoes and such things as
go to make us independent, as we shouldp
Lam afraid not. Well, now is the very
time to think about these things, SO as
to avoid being in the same or worse con-
dition another year.
People can't pay out of debt, you say.
Unfortunately some Of them cannot.
Now is it not fact that a great many of
these people bought some things they
could havel left off, or at least bought
quite lot of things they could easily
have produced at homep You must
answer yes. Then now is the worry time
to begin preparing to avoid such thing
In the future. And perhaps some one
else Is little to blame, too. Speaking
with one Of the best merchants in the
county recently, he saidi eve merchants
are to blame largely. A man comes to
us In the spring and wants forty or fifty
dollars worth Of advances to make a
crop. We know he ought to pay that
amount, and, of course, let him mako a
start. The first thing we know he has
taken up the amount and the crop only
half done, perhaps -or at best has to be
gathered. Now, what are we to do
but feed him on or lose the first
amount2 We 60 ahead, you might say,
sending good money after bad until the
result is he owes about twice as much as
he can pay" That's it. The merchant
is some to blame, too. Tighten down,
gentlemen; tighten down on us. We will
ouss you If you debut, then, we ouss
you when you don't. 1t will be the best
for us and you, too, in the long run.
BY the way, there is beautisul little
"get rich quick" scheme being worked
In this section. The Courier told us about
it somo time ago, but it is still going.
We know few young ladies who sent
$2S.0n and lot of subscribers to paper
published in "the Land of Flowers and
were to get n. watch or bicycle as a pre-
MUM. This, of course, was only an
introduction, as they were to be regu.
larly employed at a handsome salary to
work others into tho scheme. The pre-
miums have not come, but the young
ladies have letters saying that they will
come, though it will be "some times be-
fore they arrive. This, read between
the lines, means "go way back and sit
down." But don't despair, my friends.
The same party will spring up again
some time with a new scheme, and as he
already has your addresses, it is more
than likely he will let you in on the ground
floor.
And speaking of this reminds us of
something else. The young ladies are
not the only ones being worked. The
price of cotton and the government re-
port as to Drop are causing the country
to be flooded with schemes for speoulat-
ing In futures. Not q few people are
invested. Gentlemen, it is o safe invest
ment to let alone. aAn honest oonfss-
sion is good" eto.--but, of course, we
are not saying anything at present-and
besides, mono Of this 10 any of our busi-
ness anyway. The Medciler.