Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-05-08

and plover. This will soon pass
away. The day of the cowboy is
short. The Big Pasture is 60
ing fast and will soon be under
the civilizing influence of the Anglo
Saxon, the most progressive man
that lives. =
Now for our next wolf race. We
took the twelve fox hounds out to
meet old Bre'r Wolf, after a good
nights rest. We had gone some
five or six miles when some of the
rangers saw old Bre'r Wolf. He
had seen us first, as he was heading
due west towards Red creek and
Red river. Major w. J. Stribling
was mounted on splendid horse.
l was on Fearne Hooker's splendid
Texas-raised horse, Harry. What a
noble, sensible animal, clear of foot,
always pressing to the front. The
hounds were turned out and all were
in full chase. The winds were blow
ing rather brisk. The two Texas
rangers, Messrs. Todd and Hooker,
Major Stribling and 1 were in full
chase, left the greyhound team,
which turned South, to cut us off.
We got lost from them all. We
had the entire race of about two
hours and were often within ten
PAGES of old Bre'r Wolf, with the
hounds in hot pursuit. Finally the
dogs brought him to bay. We tied
the wolf on behind one saddle and
were soon off to get good cup of
coffee and lunch with our former
boys from Oconee, Hoops and Cor
bin.
Just here let me tell you some.
thing of Western hospitality. Hoops
and Corbin are just two bachelors,
living in a dug-out and tent, but so
soon have they caught the Western
spirit of hospitality that they thought
nothing of dropping their work and
getting dinner for company of ten
or dozen men and feeding a dozen
horses and twenty dogs. And while
am on this subject, let me say
word about our friends in Temple.
Temple is almost city in size, al
though yet only "kid" of about
three summers, but its inhabitants
have not yet learned the city ways.
They woul not hear to our going to
a hotel. Several invited US to their
homes and we accepted the invita-
tion of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Tandy.
Mr.. Tandy is certainly one of ma
ture's noblemen, and Mrs. Tandy is
his better half. These good people
in their home both have that rare
faculty and tact of making you feel
SO easy and at home with them that
the sense of obligation to them, or
imposition on them, just can't get
hold of you at all. You are simply
at home. I am proud to say that
they are South Carolina blood, if
Texas-raised.
We also, for a meal or two, en-
joyed the hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. s. Striblipg, formerly of Seneca,
S. c., then of Oklahoma City, but
now permanently located in Temple,
where Mr.. Stribling is doing large
and thriving business in the hard
ware line. saw more wagons, bug
gies, farming tools and builders
hardware il and around his store
than there are at all the stores in
Oconee county, and several men
were busily engaged delivering them
to customers. The monthly sales of
his firm must run about $4,000 per
month.
What great and glorious country
it is! just think of it, here is a
town only about three years old, still
in its swaddling clothes, as it were,
supported solely by agriculture, in a
country that only few years ago
had not had furrow turned in it,
now has its three banks, three cotton
gins, grain elevator, large number
of prosperous business houses, is soon
to have a cotton seed oil mill run