Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-31
Owners or Tenants, Which z

large part of our Southern white
farmers. Thousands have been rent.
ing fora number of years and seem
TO have made up their minds to con.
tinue to be renters.
Well, it is no disgrace to rent land
1t is as honorable to rent land in the
country as it is to rent houses in the
cities and towns. 1t is as honorable
to rent land as it is to own it. We
do not wish single word we may
say in this article or elsewhere to be
construed into reflection upon the
responsibility Of those who farm
rented lands.
But we do say it is often reflec.
tlon upon your business management
for you to continue to rent. It is
better for you and your children that
you should own land. 1t is better
for the city laborer to own the house
he lives in, even if he has to get help
from building and loan company.
The same is true of the farm laborer.
You had better have claim, though
the mortgage be heavy and the cost
a little more than the rent would be.
THE HOME IDEA.
1t is worth something to feel the
throb of pride which is inseparable
from the very idea of owning aud
building up home. You feel a diff
ferent interest in the soil, you feel
more like taking care of it and striv-
ing to build it up. 1t is useless to
say this ought not to be 80. It is so ;
it will continue to be 80. Humanity
is built up that way.
There is something in the very
idea of ownership that is uplifting.
1t encourages patriotism and helps
to make man better citizen to
know that every days labor may be
made to help increase the value and
happiness of his home.
The very idea that they are going
to move begets careless habits in
children. 1t fosters wastcfuluess in
everything done. If it is your
home, every seed or flour or fruit.
tree will have new value, and YOU
will plant many that you would not
Iiaye if you expected to move. After
all lids. the small accu mnlations that
make us cssmfortable and well-tos.;s :; :;
A pig, a caiis,G caiifsGss! ( go. him: al ho' he"
fruits, vegetables, help to make liNS,
ing comfortable and keep down e;sl
penses. Little by little these, ~ S.
make you happy and prosgSods. a
constantly moving sesantry can
never build up pe;f nt prosperity.
SMALL FApseTs.fGaRGE ESTATES.
II the masses own their homes the
land will be divided among many
owners. The farms will each be
smaller. A number of small farms
psakes possible higher state of cul-
ture and a more permanent pros.
perity than few large land owners.
Indeed, the South is suffering greatly
from the size Of her farms. The
owners of much of our farm land do
not live upon their farms they are
in the cities and towns. Various
reasons have caused them to 90 to
town, but the country has suffered
and will continue to suffer from this
farming at "long taw." Small farms
with owners thereon will bring indi-
vidual prosperity and general con-
tentment. "The masters eye" and
the owners hands will solve many of
the difficulties in successful farming.
Our large land owners should en-
courage our young men as they
enter life to buy homes and settle
down to business. They can do this
by offering them small tracts of land
at reasonable rates and low interest
and plenty of time. They would
run no risk. The title would still be
: 9 them. The lands would be better
rsTr I'D for, and more improvements
'are> Tapon them than if rented. If
,ut u.frssnp much good is done. If
bey pay MS harm will come from the
fort. ap 4sipo the land w;,,
These men owhSss Sehools, churches
eel more interest in Sc s Yprises. They
nd all community entef,
'ili DE far better citizens.t Sass to
80 we urge our renting ck 1t
e!y land now while it ia cheap. bssSs
III soon be much higher. Purchases.
small farm, work it well, and fix
ou succeed you can add to il later
n.
Ihis course will help to settle the
Dor question and many other oues.
ons IN Southern farm life.-Soatb.
N Cultivator.