Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-27
UNION BUREAU.
Our C,otson letter.

Our Cotton Letter.
No doubt about it, that the recent
panic was made to order, on Wall
I street FOR the purpose of bearing
down the price of cotton. IL this is
not true, pleGse tie Just why this
tning did not come of until just at
the right time to force the weak cot
Ton on the market at runious prices.
Henry Grady said that cotton was
a fool; but we are of the opinion that
men that put too much faith In cot
ton are the fools who are now passing
4 through perhaps the toughest trials
of their experience with more cotton
than they, are able to hold easily.
Several men are selling corn, pork,
wheat and oats to pay their debts
within the Carolinas and Georgia and
holding onto their cotton like grim
death to negro. sS A.s.& ga
Boys, keep cool. and don't wayer;
forit Is said that the darkest hours OF
he night are Just before day. The
P1water is deep and may get UP to your
nose, but hold Your breath and wade
on5clear over, for the water; and way
the bottom Is Arm.
Beyond doubt there is an attempt
among some of the officials of the un-
lon to suppress some information OF
vital interest to the welfare of the
union from its members, This we
condemn as an unfair act for the
members, the union should bear both
sides of all questions OF, they will not
be in position to do Justice to all and
thus defend the equitable principles
Of the union.
All such attempts to suppress In
formation from the membership of
the union, and going ont on a still
hunt for personal interest and ag-
sra,di:ement will react against such
individuals when the light js turned
on to them.
We are in possession of the evil
dence to establish every allegation
get forth in this communication and
Will turn 1t into the union at the pro-
per time and place.
A Warning.
The attention Of our Farmers I'M
ion Bureau of Information has been
called to the fact that a notice has
appeared In several newspapers of
the State calling a meeting of the
State Union to be held in Columbia
4 on December 18th.
AS the above notice has no name
or authority attached to it, the ori-
gin of this call was rather puzzling
until 1t leaked out that Just one
man had promoted the call, and the
worst feature of this affair Is that
the man who claims the responsible
ity for this call Is stranger in the
State, whose conduct, since he has
got In the union, and his affiliations
and his work before, are among that
very class of spectators, or slick
duck class, that the union was or
n ~ IN Df
Now, this buerau has taken the
position from the beginning of this
disturbance among it's officials that
nothing short of regularly called
delegated meeting Of the State I'm
ion, in full accord with the constitu-
ton, would ever settle this question
satisfactorily.
" But we protest against following
the lead Of any such such a self-in-
augurated stray hell wether who has
presumed to make this call, and in
sist and demand that this call ho
made through the officials in. regular
order; in accordance With the con.
If it is constitutional for one man
to get up conspiracy among few
designing men tSunhorse the whole
official mead of Che union, then it is
high time to cut that feature of the
constitution out, or we will be sub
ject to an eternal guerilla warfare
In the union, and VIXEN we meet in
Columbia again for the purpose Of
restoring peace, good order and har-
mony within the union, some defeat
ed aspirant for position may go right
back home and repeat the same dis
turbance that we are now trying to
calm.
Brethren, we need all our COM
bined and united strength to fight
our enemies, and never fail to pin
your faith to leaders from among
YoYr ranks. who are well iSiiown,
faithful competent men for each and
every sS'''0a q trust;
The Lien Law.
n The lien law is boon for the weak
cotton grower
The mortgaged cotton grown un-