Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-02

& j. >. carter. Mr.. FarrOw was
overjoyed when he learned Of his
good luck, and refused to sell the
vehicle, as 1t was the first one he
ever owned.
Rev. J. I. Spinks, former pastor
OF the Westminster charge. was IN
town Saturday afternoon long
enough to shake hands with a few
of his friends. He arrived from the
annual conference on No. 80 and
was on his way to Walhalla.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken, our representa-
tive In Congress, spent few hours
in Westminster last Tuesday. His
numerous friends are always glad to
see him.
R. F. White, of Greenville, who
travels for the Aragon Coffee Com
pany, was here last week. Every
body in Westminster Is a good friend
Of Frank White.
Mrs. H. G. Smathers has been
spending a few days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Sullivan, of
Anderson.
M. P. Smith, of Seneca, was here
last week writing life insurance. M.
Smith is q former secretary Of the
Cheswell Cotton Mill, and is a clever
fellow.
Miss Mary Sheldon spent Sunday
afternoon with relatives in Westmin-
ster. She was returning to Pickens,
where she is teaching school, after a
few days visit at Fair Play.
Miss Edna Wood, of Seneca, has
returned home, after spending a
few days with her friend, Miss An
ME May Anderson.
Miss Lora Vaughan has returned
to MayeSville, Ga, after spending q
few days with her mother, Mrs. c..
G. Vaughan, at the Magnolia Hotel.
Mrs. G. NJ. Walker, of Monroe, Ca,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. William J..
Stribling. She is pleasantly remem-
bered as Miss Rosa Matthewson,
daughter Of r. A. Matthewson, de-
ceased
Westminster is to have a steam
laundry. For some time the citi-
Zens here have felt the need of such
an enterprise, and we learned yes
terday that it was assured The pro-
moters are j. Fl. Shirley, DR.. II. e.
Rosser, DR.. Burt Mitchell and others.
The capital will be about 1000. Mr..
Shirley has gone to Athens, Ga, to
get the machinery loaded for ship
ment, and the promoters hope to be
ready to have the thing in operation
Wy Jdhudly le pldHI VIII De 10
Gated on Retreat street, between the
Christian church and Sloan Harkey's
planer. They will install q 40-horse-
power engine and will have power
sufficient to light up the town in the
event the town wishes to use it.
About eight employees will be need
ed in plant of this size. They pro-
pose to have q wagon to visit Wal
halla, Seneca, Fair Play and other
towns and collect and deliver laun-
dry If the trade demands it. Be that
as it may, we believe the plant will
be welcomed in coming to the rescue
of SO many housekeepers who find it
SO difficult now to get a good washer
woman, and we wish the promoters
all success in their undertaking.
We are pleased to note that the
South Carolina Methodist Conference
has sent Rev. J. l.. Singleton back
to Westminster.
Young ladies, leap year is drawing
near a close. By the way, have you
noticed what a large crop Of mistle-
toe there is this fall?
With cotton at SA cents and old
corn 81 per bushel, bacon II 1a cents
per pound and -four $3.50 per barrel
everything is all out of proportion.
1t is big problem any way you
take 1t, and just what to do with the
present crop Of cotton Is hard to de-
eide. Probably 1t Is the best for the
individual farmer to use his own
pleasure and do as he thinks best.
Looking at the past in the light of
calm, sober reason 15 cents was too
high price to fix for the farmers to
hold for. When that was done COM
petition from the spinner and specu-
lator was invited. Besides that,
when cotton goes beyond II cents
per pound cotton mills operate at
loss on their manufactured goods,
and mills cannot afford to lose money
long at a time. There are two sides
to everything, and 1t is as fair and
just for cotton mill stockholder to
make a profit on his Investment as
farmer. When cotton was bringing
such fair prices last fall and winter
We all ought to have sold, but we
didn't. The big crop Of old cotton
carried over goes a long ways in
controlling the prices Of the present
crop, and is in large measure re-
sponsible for the low price now Of
fered. We are interested in a lot
Of cotton of the 1907 crop that
could have been sold for 12h " cents,
but we waited for 1t to go higher. We
are not stockholder in a cotton mill.
We are not member Of the Farm
ers' Union, but want to see the far
mers sell their products to the best
advantage. Therefore, what we have
said was purely from an unbiased
and an unprejudiced standpoint. Let
the farmers all turn their attention
more to hogs, corn, grain, peas and
hay.
The young men composing the
Baracca class Of the Baptist Sunday
school, which was organized about
hr.n l. IL