Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-03-20

help take care of that many boys. 1t
would be great calamity on one
man to have to buy hats for six
daughters at the present prices Of
hats. You know we can buy a nice
cap for boy for fifty cents, then
you can stack half dozen of them
in one handbook, but where could
you put that many girls hats?
My Oldest son, Perry, (Foster
Perry graduated on the farm and
in our school here three years ago,
and has since been attending college
at Dahlonega. He went there one
year, then worked in the bank here
as assistant cashier one year, after
which he returned to Dahlonega,
where he will continue until he COM
pletes course in mining engineer
Ing, which he began the second year
he went. His sister Mamie, who has
finished school, fills his position
place during the three months Of his
vacation. l am now dreading the
time for him to finish his course, for
If he follows the business for which
he lis preparing, l know that means
to leave home, and | can hardly bear
the idea Of his going into the mining
regions.
My oldest daughter attended col
loco ot R0ccin FNiff G,,t q
ter that went to RGdnor College,
Nashville, Tenn. That is fine
school, and besides the years work
in school the girls are given an edu-
cation trip by the president at the
end Of each term. The trip is con.
Quoted by the president himself, and
the girls have no extra expense, be
yond what they want for little
spending money on the trip. Their
meals are served on their car; onls
at some of the larger cities they take
some meals at the hotels. The year
our daughter was there they went to
New York, Niagara Falls, Washing
ton, spent one day in Canada, one in
Atlantic City, and came back by way
Of Asheville, Chattanooga and other
places. In all the largest cities they
visit all the principal points of in
terest. he president Of the school
has conducted so many trips that he
knows just where to carry them. A
limited number Of others, outside Of
the school, can join the party. They
pay the president the money for their
tickets for the round trip, from
whatever point they may start. Our
second daughter, Lucille, took the
trip, too, though she was not in
school there. She is now attending
her second year at Cox College, Col
lege Park, Ga. The next five are
going to good school at home.
| That leaves the baby nov 7;l'inn
Neville, still at home, anr J tnach
him. He Is almost counting the
days till his sixth birthday, which
will be in July. l have promised TO
cut his curls off then, and he will be
ready for school next term. The
| greatest pleasure he Is looking for
| ward to is going to the fields with
the other boys in the summer and
wearing overalls. He thinks that
will be grand.
Our second boy, Murray, (named
| for our county,) belongs to the corn
club" Of this county and won hat
last year by having the largest ear
| OF corn.
Now, wonder if your Richland
| correspondent could tell us how the
sage at her home manages to get
| those boys up every morning with
| out getting up first himself. That Is
| the problem that is worrying the ia
| Their at our house. Our older boys
! are off in an upstairs room, too far
| to call, so their father, so far, has
made the fires, then he goes up for
them and hustles them out to do the
feeding and milking, when there Is
not hired girl to do the latter. He
says he had to make fires when he
was boy, and it looks as if he were
going to have to continue making
them all his life. We didn't know
him when he was boy, but we all
wonder why his father was SO hard
on one poor little fellow, when there
were four other boys there. We
sometimes think these middlc-aged
| fathers have "kinder" forgotten how
they did when they were boys. Our
boys have his wood and kindling laid