Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-06-08
Notes from Taber.

Taber, May 29--Messrs Editors: We
will endeavor to drop you few thoughts
and topics from our live and progressive
community. We realize that such live
and interesting burg rs ours ought to be
represented in an un- n-to-date paper like
The Keowee Courier.
We wish that you would tell the
weather man to send the people on Tuga-
loo nice rain, as our crops and small
grain would be greatly improved by the
same.
The majority of our farmers are
through thinning fifteen cent cotton, and
will now turn their attention toward
their insignificant crop of corn. Cotton
is king here now, but corn is queen and
next fall it will be vice versa.
Wo note that one of your scribes quoted
o trustee as saying that community
was judged by the churches, school
houses and cemeteries. While our
churches are not so fine, they are sub
stantial and comfortable, our cemeteries
serve their purpose well, but when it
comes to school houses we have q lot to
be proud of. We have a modern school
building, with all tho latest school fix
lures and appliances, such as charts,
slated blackboards, dictionary and patent
desks. All that we need now is for our
three trustees to put their three heads
together and secure for us an up to dat @
and modern teacher. We have the
funds to run school nine months in the
year, and it is up to the trustees to let us
have it,
Mrs. Robt. Hall is quite sick at the
present writing. We hope to have the
pleasure of seeing this excellent lady
enjoying her usual health ere long.
Ben +. Knox, postal clerk between
Atlanta and Greensboro, visited his
parents and homefolks on tho 22d and
23d instants. Ben is looking well and is
enjoying the best of health
Our junior set are somewhat scattered
today. Some are taking in the Sunday
School Convention at South Union {;
others seem to have q bigger attraction
at Mullins Ford, Ca, while some have
gone up to enjoy the singing, dinner and
scenery at Old Liberty
Alfred, Homer and Miss Efie Tannery
are visiting their sister, Mrs. j. ID.
Driver, of Westminster.
The Sunday school at this place is
hhurishing under the efficient manage
ment of our Superintendent, f.. G. Tan
merry. We hope that the community at
large will concentrate their efforts and
strive to have an extensive as we'll as an
intensive Sunday school We know of
nothing better for the good of a settle
ment than live, progressive Sunday
school.
The cheese factory at this place is
turning out cheese three times week.
If all the stock holders had as much
pluck and tenacity as the manager, w. A.
Singleton, it could not help but be sue
cessful.
Tugaloo is looking dry and little since
Uncle Jake Cook has been talking for
prohibition and dry counties. Mr.. Cook
that school fund comes in handy and the
majority of our peoples conscierces do
not trouble them on account of using it
for the benefit of our public schools.
We do not aim to crtcise Mr.. Cooks
views on this matter We dread that
pen of his, and we know how well he
uses the same in repartee, but since peo-
pie have had Intoxicating drinks ever
since the time of old Father Noah, and
VIII continue to have it till the end of
time, we fail to see any better solution of
the liquor traffic than the dispensary
Maine is shining example of a prohibi-
tion State. We wonder what these peo-
pie do.in the case of snake bites?