Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-01-28
MR. COOK REPLIES.
A thousand Bushels to One "cobb"--A Splen.
did School at Fort Madison.

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Fort Madison, January 19.-Editors
Courier; Mr.. Schroeder says that I did
not quote him correctly. Well, not hav.
ing the issue of your paper Of August 13
1902, at hand, probably did not quote
him precisely, but think that came
nearer quoting him correctly than he did
quoting the Indebtedness Of the county
correctly.
He says: "No reply necessary. The
people understand" In this we think
he is mistaken. The people don't under,
stand how it is that the county did no,
owe anything; that the levy for 1902 will
more than pay off all claims audited
will be paid in the fall of 1902, and then
tho very first day of the year 1908, it ia
in debt S18,S49. The people can't under.
stand this as readily as Mr.. Schroeder
thinks they can, neither can he make the
people believe that all this debt has been
made since the 18th day Of August His
statement certainly did leave an impress
sion in the minds of the people that the
county did not owe anything, and that
the levy of 1902 would more than pay all
tho county owed. Now IL they have
made all this debt since August they
must have been on double-quick time.
It's a good thing they did not think of it,
Blue Ridge railroad, and would have
charged the cost of it to tho county.
Thank God, they forgot it.
Mr.. Schroeder says: 'eThe Courier fur
nishes this week the information Mr..
Cook has wanted 80 long. Hope he will
be satisfied with it." Why, yes; I am
satisfied, and have been ever since the
rnf ~,
want to worry those who are not salts
fed any moro than 1 can help, for I ex-
pect some of the boys are pretty sore,
but can't help it.
We did not expect to get much infor-
nation when we asked for tho statement
last summer. We heard of case once
where a man was indicted and carried up
into Court for stealing hog. The prose-
outor had plenty of witnesses and fur
nished all the proof necessary that he
positively did steal the hog. The de-
fendant's lawyer, of course, advised him
to plead guilty, but he declined to do 80.
The case was given to the Jury and after
remaining out a short time, returned
with verdict of not guilty. There was
great surprise in the court room among
the lawyers and the judge. The defend
ants lawyer, being more anxious to find
out the secret than the others, followed
his client out of the court room and
asked him how it was that he had such
confidence in the jury that he did not
think they would find him guilty after
the proof had been clearly established.
He shut one eye and looked at the law
yer and said: "My friend, you didn't
know It right, Eleven of the jurymen
helped to eat that hog, and knew they
were not 80 ungrateful as to find me
guilty" Now am sorry to say that I
think that has been the great trouble
in our county for the last two years,
There has been too many men helping to
eat the hog, and that's the trouble with
me. did not get any of the hog, and
now am ready to find those guilty who
are guilty. Boys, you had better send
me a mess next time.
A little while ago we heard that our
folks at the poor house had made 1,OOC
bushels of corn and 5000 bundles of fod.
der and 2,400 pounds of meat, and great
! many other things, too tedious to men.
tion. thought they were about to gel
rich, and that thousand bushels was
the greatest yield of corn that I eve,
heard of from one Cobb, bnt after all this
it seems that the county had TO pay then
all from perishing. That's funny, sure
| We have the best school at our place
that we have ever had. Mr.. Barton i.
our teacher. Fifty-four pupils have beer
enrolled, and more to come. Mrs. Bar
ton is teaching at Stony Point, Just nortf
OF here. She has forty scholars anC
more to come. Mr.. and Mrs. Barton ART
both good teach hers and good citizens
Mr.. Barton has been elected superintend
ent en- OF the Sabbath school at this place
Ii LaVonia has any more such people al
MIR. and Mrs. Barton we hope they will
send them over. They are good workers
| Yours, etc., j. A, Cook