Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-12-23
Notos from Fort Madison.

Fort Madison, December Give had
a sad accident in our burg on the 18th
instant. w. l.. Watt was hauling wood
and something got wrong with his
wagon. He stopped the wagon near the
house and dropped the lines and went
into the house to get hammer and
some nails to repair the wagon. Mr..
Watts mother, who is something over
80 years of age, stepped out in the yard
and took hold of the lines, intending to
hold the mule until her son returned.
Before Mr.. Watt returned the mule got
frightened and ran off with the wagon,
and jerked the old lady down and ran
the wagon over her. The doctor says
her shoulder Is dislocated and that she
is injured otherwise. Owing to her age,
her recovery is doubtful.
Ed. Ramsay, colored, died Of fever on
the 18th instant.
On account of low water in Tugaloo
river, the Gennett Lumber Co. has not
1oated any logs the past summer, but
they have been banking great many on
the head of the river, and they are
strengthening their boom, preparatory
to holding the logs when we do have suf-
ficient water to float them.
Sullivan, Jones, Singleton & Co. have,
in addition to their ginnery, put up a
grist mill in our town, and are making
first class meal, which is a great con-
venionoe to the vicinity. They are also
preparing to put up planning machine,
which they expect to have in operation
by the first of January. We already
have one planer in our town, and It is
doing good work.
John Knecht and family, of near Wal
halla, have moved into our neighbor-
hood to engage in farming next year.
They are good people and we are glad to
welcome them into our community.
My friend "L," Of Tugaloo, wants me
to have two jugs of peach and honey
this. Christmas, and let him know in
time to say "Christmas gift" I am
sorry TO say that I have failed on my
peach and honey this time. The man
who made me present of jug of
peach brandy last Christmas was cot
ton mill man, and he wrote me recently
that 12a cents cotton had "busted" him
and that he could not pay for jug Of
brandy. wrote and asked him why he
did not add or 4 cents to the price of
his mill product, according to the price
he paid for cotton, and that would even
things up all rightp He then wrote me
that he had engaged all the cloth his
mill would make next year at the same
old price, expecting to get the farmers
cotton for trifle, as usual, but he said
the Supreme Ruler Of the Universe had
taken a hand in the matter and sent the
boil weevil in Texas to destroy half the
cotton crop, and the caterpillar in the
other Western States to destroy half the
crop. and an early frost in the Southern
States to destroy half the crop, and
therefore only half crop of cotton was
made, and the price had gone up in spite
of their combined efforts to hold it
down. He said the other cotton mill
men and himself held meeting in Now
York a few months ago and it was
agreed to hold the price of cotton down,
and made arrangements with the North
ern bankers not to let the cotton buyers
have money to move the crop, but their
efforts were futile, and that he was
"busted" and had no brandy. But that
is all right. Brother l., como up and get
some spare-ribs and backb kbopcs. / killed
a 350-poupd porkor the other day.
Yours, etc., j. A. Cook,