Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-03-18
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Pickens and her people, ii i am to con-
tinue writing for your estecmed journal
i must contine myself to the usual topics
of the rural correspondence: the health OF
the community, births, deaths, marriages,
coming and going Of neighbors and
stsangers, the weather. drops, coming of
spring, music of birds and blooming Of
flowers; or e]se branch OFF on some sub
jeot foreign to the eScommunity at the
risk OF criticism from tho incisive pom OF
some tJ.S.v Z II
AN epidemic Of Ia grippe prevails in
this neighborhood, but iB not of q Sc.
riouB character
The MessIs. Hawkins have removed
their saw mill 10 near the Morgan bridge
on Little River, and are now engaged In
cutting q lot of valuable timber on lands
OF the Courtenay Manufacturing COM
pany.
Owing to the recent excessive rains
keowee Shas been Duch swollen and
Thousands Of huge logs, many of Chem
the finest; yellow poplar from four to fye
feet In diameter, have boon borne upon
it's rushing current from near it's source
to the extensive lumber works of the
ReDedict Lumber Company on Seneca
river, near Calhoun. This company has
been of great advantage to the northern
portion Of Oconee and Pickens counties
by investing large sums of money in.
ment to hundreds of laborers at remn-
|nerative wages.
The public schoolin this district, salts.
closed.
The weather since the first OF January
has been most disconraging to farmers
and q Il scarcely any plowing has been done
The prospect for a largo grain crop is
not at all favorable. But we should not
despair while we remember that ''spot''
in the Book of Books" which SAYS: !:
while the earth remaineth seed time
and harvest and cold and heat and sum-
mer and winter and day and night shall
not cease" 81 ). s. s
Along with the whistling of the March
wind, the gentle cooling of the dove and
the monrnful wall of the whippoorwill,,
comes the alluring announcements of the
city and town merchant: "My books are
open, lien time has come, granoS has
arrived, plenty of mules and horses on.
time, abundance of corn, flour, bacon,.
etc., can be had for good paper. And:
now may the farmer, who pfows a West
ern mule, hitched to a foreign-made
plowstock, in imported gear, and whose
smoke-house and corn crib is in the
West wend his joyful way to market,
mortgage his mule and milch COW, give
lien on his crop, buy his manure and
get supplies on credit until his crop is
''laid by" when the lien loses it's virtue
so far as getting rations is concerned.
What thenp "Shift for yourself, hunt
work, get some flour and 60 to the black
berry patch" When the ides of Novem-
Der come this dormant lien raises its
hideous head, and along with wintry ice
and shrill shrek of screech owl is heard
the merciiess tramp OF an officer of the
Jaw, and the crop, whose value was con-
lsumed before it was made, is surren-,
lsfteBf $eized, and If this is not suffi-
Voracious mortgage, vulture-
It's prey, in many instances
tnot cough to tempt visit from
ssSassiis to the thinly clad,
halfseSp Ghildren on Christmas
morn. eourse this is not O. general
thing, but. too often, the man who leans
on a lienin the spring and summer, when
fall comes isilean himself, has lean,
desponden u lie, ,sleap children, lean
stock and a corn,crib and smokeshouse
that need no iocli,s ID Archant is not
to blame, for if the lieu s. a. mortgage
were not given by the they could
not be enforced; nor e gpltivatcr Of
the soil wholly at fault, kScause condi-
tions are such that cred t.eannot other
wise be obtained. There Is but one
remedy: Make our meat and bread at
home. Let cotton be asurplus crop.
know nothing of the condition of the
roads in other parts of the county, but
the, road leading from Seneca to- Old
Piekens, in many places, is almost inn
passable with an empty vehicle, and
whilst no blame can attach to the present
| officials, 1t is hoped that our worthy SUI
pervisor and his associates will give this
road their early attention.
Please pardon a brief reply to the
criticism of 81. s." in your issue of the
10th OF February last on my remarks in
reference to tho Tillman- G Gonzales
tragedy. He censures me for using a
newspaper in asking for a fair trial,
stating great provocation and pleading
for mercy, the divinest attribute of man,
for the accused and his family.
Mr.. 81. s." correctly states that a
newspaper should not be used for the
prosecution or acquittal of one charged
with crime, but If Tillman had been
, assailed and the grade of his crime fixed
to see how any fair minded man can
object to dozen or so lines from an
humble correspondent of a weekly Jour.
nal suggesting that Hthe innocence of
every man is presumed until his guilt is
proven beyond reasonable doubt by
competent credible testimony" and ask
ing for suspension Of opinion until
right to reply in writing to an assault by
newspaper that party assailed by
another with deadly weapon has to
repel the attack by similar weapon.
-, s." incorrectly states that from the
biblical homicides of Cain, Moses and
David drew the conclusion that Col.
Tiliman, whether guilty of wilful muir
der or not, should go unpunished."
No such conclusion Is drawn, stated or
can be reasonably inferred from any
thing in my communication, as can
be seen by perusal of the same. MUIR
der is murder, whether committed by q
Cain, clad in goat skin, under Chico
cratic Government" Tillman in broad
cloth, under Tillmanic dynasty, a Moses
under Egyptian bondage, or Majestic
king arrayed in royal purple. Comment
ing on the brutal murder of the innocent
Abel by the evil-hearted Cain, in tender
pity, -. S." exolaims: Poor, guilty,
wretohed Cain" Abiding to that
royal adulterous murderer, King David,
u. ST." with heart effervescing with
mercy, exclaims: "Ohl the suffering of
poor, shining David" While for
man man he has only words of bitter exeora-
jeweP') in words as we'll as action. How
unlike the words of 81. s." In spirit, to
the "meek and lowly Nazarene," that di-
vine embodiment of wisdom, truth, Jug
tlce, innocence and mercy, who declared
in spots" 'Love thy neighbor as thy-
self. Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you. Judge not lest We be
judged. AS you mete it to others so
shall 1T be measured unto you. Come
unto me all ye that are weary and heavy
iaden and l will give ye rest. Father,
forgive them, for they know not what
Reyerentlv and not In tho tt..>;.,I = q