Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-12-11

boy knows the virtue which has attached
to the cherry tree since the days OF
George Washington, who afterwards
achieved some distinotion In grubbing
up another tree which had taken root on
this side Of the Atlantic. The "Amos
Owen" prefix, however, is not so well
appreciated by the world at large.
If our memory serves us we'll, q gem
tleman by that name who hailed from
the Rutherford neighborhood or settle
mont was an inveterate frequenter Of the
Federal Court at Asheyille during the
late Judge Dicks administration, and as
persistently intruded himself upon the
defendant side of the docket devoted to
those whose "persuasion" led them to
cultivate the worm which, though IL
dieth in one spot, lives to "run', In ano-
ther. Unole Amos was one Of those In
tensely loyal old patriots who believed
this was free country, and anything to
the contrary was due solely to the per-
nioious activity Of the Federal Courts
new invention of the radical party, 30
far as his knowledge went-and it's min
ions. "Before the war" be had INDUCED
in the oxhilerating, If not always profit
able, pastime of converting the corn of
the valleys into the dew of the noun
tains, and there was mono to make him
afraid. It required frequent semi annual
visits to Asheville. and serious but
sympathetic interview on each occasion
with Judge Dick, ending invariably with
the kindly admonition, $500 and costs, ("
to convince the old gentleman that Uncle
Sam insisted on "divide" IN all suoh
undertakings. After having gone through
this performance time after time, and
the name of "Amos Owen" was again
called into court, the amiable and kind
hearted judge ventured to express sur
prise, not unminglod with disappoint-
mont and q little disgust, that such
things could be year in and year out,
and addressing the venerable defendant
said: "Amos, am surprised to see you
here again, after the lenienoy of the
court in tie past and your solemn prom
ise that you would not violate the law
again. see nust be moro severe with
you. You have given, this court great
deal of trouble'-
And right here was Amos' opportunity
and he seized it with both hands. He
interrupted, with that sharp, shrill voice
of his, and with dead earnestness in
his blue eyes, said, "Yes, jedge, and this
court has gin me great deal of trouble;
too.n
Amos went homo with the usual $500
and costs" And we suspect the "$1OO,"
with all its predecessors, stands on the
docket to his "credit' to this day, but
never adding anything to Uncle Sam's
treasury.
If a CHERRY Tree" enterprise has been
turned loose upon our Western friends
with the patronymioal endorsement of
the "Amos Owen" of old, we are not sur
prised that it has been bowling success
| from the start. A combination of Amos
Owen and the Cherry Tree must possess
virtues of some sort of good for the
human family If taken with prudence
and strictly according to directions.
About The Cherry Tree Scheme.
Rock Hill journal.
Broker j. D. Soruggs, of this city, has
received letter from his uncle, Capt.
Jas. o. Simmons, dated Henrietta, N. c.,
November Goth, in reference to the cherry
tree company. Capt. Simmons was a
Confederate captain, and is one of the
best known and most reliable men id
that section. In his letter he says:
"Well, Joshua, the cherry tree company
started up hero Is one of the greatest
swindles ever knew. The company
now has about 1900 girls writing for It,
so said. hear that your paper at Rock
Hill is exposing the matter. II they
want any proof tell them they can get all
they want from the best citizens of this
county. Every newspaper in the South
ought to expose the company as fraud
and swindle. You can show this to
your newspaper man, and he can use 1t,
or will send him lot of names. The
company has been taking in from $4OO to
$500 from agents almost daily"
Capt Simmons enclosed four separate
sample circular letters being issued by
the company. These letters show, with
out any other evidence, that the scheme
is fraud, o cheat on It's face of the most
contemplate kind, because it is directed
against women. This statement from
one of the circulars shows that the oom-
pany does not hope to work such trans
parent fraud on mon: owe prefer that
you mako this offer principally to young
ladies--those that are competent and
trustworthy. We have found that young
ladies will give lib better service than
young men will. OF course there are
some married ladies who can do the
work oil right and would like to have
the position; you can get them also"
Why She Dropped II.
Yorkville Enquirer.
Speaking to the reporter about the
Amos Owen cherry tree scheme, few
days ago, gentleman said: "a young
lady in my neighborhood received a
letter from q friend about the cherry
tree scheme and forwarded hor money.
| Within a few days she received copies
of letters she must write, and one of
them made her say that she had already
been in the employ Of the company for
three months, and that she had been
receiving her pay regularly. She was
not willing to send out q letter like that,
and so she wrote to the cherry tree peo.
pie asking them to return her money.
They did not return 1t, however.
This Ought 10 Settle I'll y y
The following letter from Rev. H.H.
Jordan, of Henrietta, N. o., is clipped
from the Charlotte Observer:
| am in receipt Of q largo number OF