Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-21
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Editor Keowee Courier: One of
my old acquaintance, J. B. b., and
several others have asked me to
write one more article and send it TO
your paper for publication. Now,
am like the drowning man who
caught at a straw because it was
nearest him, and so l will try and
write about the thing that is nearest
me and that might 'be OF public inter-
est.
am enclosing two "pictures' Of
school buildings in Oconee county
which would like for your readers
to look over and study carefully.
They are situated about four miles
apart. and represent the people of
two communities. That the general
appearance OF building, whether
school or church, is representative Of
the community we will set forth in
this article. We begin with No. One:
Stoop low; take close peep at
the weatherboarding which has been
pulled loose from the frame Of the
old carcass. And do l hear you say
YOU don't see the windows? or
course you are not blind! We will
not 90 inside, for it is said that the
interior damage is little beyond
that which you have already seen, if
possible.
wlsil | could give true and
faithful likeness of patrons and pu-
pills who did this job Of work, but
this would be impossible. Anyhow
you might imagine a 15-year-old
boy-wall-eyed, dish-faced, with a
small wisp Of bristles sticking up
from the crown Of his head. This
boy, and others just like him, will
sing licentious song, utter a bias
phemy, and then smash Il window or
seize companion by the throat.
Then "paw" and "maw," back home,
kinder wink out Of the corner Of one
eye and say everything is 90. H."
Yes, you know that paw" and
NAV" used to sing and pray here,
and law! sich ringing of the hands
and tearing Of the hair you never
seen in all your life! Thin prayers
was certainly served up brown and
wrapped in pretty paper and tied
with ribbon to match.
But, as the old feller says, the
weather changes, and there be other
things that change, too. Along af-
ter a while old Satan, he comes pill
ferin' round with little knick-knacks
and goodies in his hand and just
begs all the good folks, and keeps
heggin' them, to take little, until
finally they are just most obliged to
pcrtake Of his hospitality. Then
"paw''-that is, the old mamie
got to swearin little till he found
out "maw" didn't keer fur it much.
Then it got so there wasn't nothing
too hard for him to utter. Finally
him and others got to beatin' and
thrashin' around; they blasphemed,
and pulled, and gouged, until-well,
Sou SSC lilS lSSultS III PISIulS nv. l.
A few days after this-(don't be-
lieve it If you don't want to)-why,
old Satan passes around agin and
begs old Brother Tightwad to
chase Deacon Doolittle up and down
the "red lane" and, II possible, to
wind his hands up in his hair. Then
as the historian says, when it comes
to a hand-to-hand encounter, Doo-
little is advised to take his part, like
a man ought to, and he digs several
chunks Of meat out Of the other bro
theirs face.
We will now turn to No. Two for
n few brief lines. and then skiddoo:
The boy who attends this school
wears a neat, clean blouse, and knee
pants, with cap to match, his books
carefully strapped or satcheled. Oh,
how we want to hug his neck and
"just bite him." He is as clean as
cake Of soap and has a mouth that
cannot 60 without being kissed ut
least two or three times a day AS
to this boy and the school house he
enters. he cares whole lot, and so
do his parents back at home We
cannot show this houes up as it real
ly Is, with It's metal roof and nicely
painted walls. You bet it looks as
good inside as out. And still there
is room for improvement The man
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