Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-01-06
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Old Fickens, January 1.Ed;tors
Courier Idislike to speak Of INV
own ills, but I think It proper to Ia.
form you that the unusual length Of
my silence has bsen owing to the
fact that for two months / have been
wrestling with a severe case of what
Is called grip" lagrippe, . influenza, !,
and some other names, but / call n
the toothaohe all over some days up
and some dsye down, but always suf.
fering, II certainly units one for
reading, writing, talking, eating,
sleeping or drinking. No appetite
and no taste for anything. Even q
Christmas eggnog isinsipid and not
followed by the exbilerating effects
supposed toyaccompany the same.
Idcn't feel like it, bnt unlese
write something, fear my name
may be dropped from the list of your
correspondents.
ios iho iho express The hope
that The Courier, with all it's force
and theirs, have had a joyful Christ
mas, and that a bright, prosperous
and happy new year awaits one and
all OF you, with success commensu-
rate with the labor and energy ex-
pended by you in furnishing your
readers with news, valuable informa-
ton and good counsel. The same
to all your readers and correspond
ents. peruse with much interest
the bright and newsy articles from
different sections of the county.
Well, 1908, with the ominous die-
Its which aggregate the alleged un-
lucky number 18, is - more.--gone.
forever gone, with its gtriun -
its failures, its joys and its sorro .... Ill.,.
good deeds and it's crimes, its bless,u - d
and its curses, it's births and its
deaths, its marriages and it's divorces.
its wasted moments and lost opportu.
mites, its record as we'll as that of the
nations OF the earth and individuals
is in the handsof eternity. Whether
or not there is anything in the super
stition connected with the number
l8, whoever reflects upon the history
OF the past year must conceae that
the elements of destructionI fire and
flood by land, storm and tempest by
sea- have ragged in an Unprecedented
degree and thatthe spirit of crime
of every description, especially
blood-shed and murder, has been
most rampant. Surely the Prince of
Darkness has been @walking to and
fro upon the earth, like raging,
lion seeking whom he may devour.''
Added to this has been the destruo-
tive boil weevil of the West, drouth
and early frosts curtailing our crops
by half, besides numberless labor
strikes, railroad wrecks, corruption
in high places and prostitution of
Office.
ills written, "there shall be wars
and rumors of war;" and even now
the ensanguined clouds loom porten-
tlously over the East. It seems
strange that such should be the con-
dition of the earth 1908 years after
that bright and glorious star lowered
over the city of Bethlehem, when
"the morning stars sang together"
and angels from Heaven proclaimed
from the hills of Judea, "Glory to
God in the highest and on earth
peace, good will toward men," HI
ute man cannot understand the WAYS
of Heaven, but Christians do realize
that in the eyes of Deity centuries
are but moments, and that in His
own good time the powers of evil
shall be overcome, right and truth
shall prevail, the "sword shall be
beaten into the plowshare," oevery
tongue shall confess and every knee
shall bow before, Hin whose glorious
birth all Chris IN has just COM
memorated. ~ =.