Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-23
FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY.
Some Personal Mention and Some
Sound Advice to Farmers.

Friendship, March 14.-Special:
The weather since the first Of Janu-
airy has been most discouraging to
the farmers, and scarcely any plow-
ing has been done, although the far
mers made good use of the past few
sunshiny days.
We know nothing about the con-
dltion Of the roads in other parts Of
the county, but the road leading
from Seneca to Townville in many
places is almost impassable with an
empty vehicle, and while no blame
can be attached to the present Off
cials 1t is hoped that our worthy Su-
pervisor and his associates will give
this road their early attention.
Miss Bessie Cox and Mrs. w. II.
McLees have returned from two
weeks visit in Greenville. Miss Bes-
sic Is confined to her room with mea-
Sles at present. Her many friends
hope for her early recovery.
Several young people from here en-
joyed a pound supper at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. IIarbin, near Jor-
dania, Saturday night.
A. NJ. Patterson, OF Anderson, and
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Patterson, Of
Pendleton, visited their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. G. Patterson, Sunday.
Miss Ida Walker has returned to
her home at Williamston after few
weeks stay with II. G.. Walker and
family.
Rev. Carter will fill his regular ap-
pointment at Friendship Sunday az
lcrnoon at ) o'clock; also Rev. She
riff will preach at IIepsibah Baptist
church Sunday morning at II
O'Clock. Everybody cordially invited
to these services.
An epidemic OF la grippe prevails
in this neighborhOod, but is not Of a
serious character.
Along with the whistling Of the
March wind. the gentle cooing Of the
dove and the mourniul wall OF the
whippoorwill. comes the alluring an
nounccment OF the city and town
merchant: My books are open
same thing as once was licn-timc has
come-guano has arrived, plenty OF
mules and horses on time; abund-
ancc OF corn, flour, bacon, etc. can
be had for good papers. And now
may the farmer who plOws a West
crn mule hitchcd 10 Il foreign made
plow stock, in imported gears, and
whose SmOkc-hOuSc and cOrn-crih are
in the West, wcnd his joyful way to
market, mortgage his mule and mitch
COW. give papers Oh his crop, buy his
manure and get supplies on 4 credit
until his crop is Laid by" h"m the
papers lose their virtue so far as get
ting rations is concerned. What
then? Shift for yourself; hunt
work; get some nour and so to the
blackberry patch" When the idcs
OF November come these dormant
'papcrS' licns) raise their hideous
heads. and along with wintry ice and
the Shrill Shrick OF screcch owl is
hrard the mcrcilcSS tramp Of an Off
Ger OF the law, and crops. whose
value was consumed before they were
made, are surrendered or seized, and
II this is not sufficient the varacious
mortgage, vulture like, devours its
prey, in many instances not leaving
enough to tempt visit from Santa
Claus TO the thinly-clad, half-ey-
pcctant children on Christmas morn
Or course this is not general thing.
put too often the man who leans on
lien in the spring and summer,
when fall comes is lean himself, has
a lean, respondent wife, lean chill
drcn, lean stock and corn-crib and
Smoko-houSe that need no locks. The
merchant is not TO blame. for if the
mortgage were not given by the far
mcrS the lien could not be enforced.
Nor is the cultivator of the soil Who'll
~ at fault, because conditions arc
such that credit cannot be otherwise
obtained. There Is but one remedy:
Make your meat and bread at home:
let cotton be surplus crop.
NJ. &. Cox visited friends and rela-
tivcs in Anderson recently.
The Young Peoples Aid Society
Will meet at Iiepsibah Baptist church
on the fourth Sunday night. $50