Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-10-23
RAISE SHEEP, SAYS FRANK HILL.
We Need Laws to Protect Sheep and
Do Away with "Yaller Dog"

of the Highlands section of North
Carolina, was in Walhalla for short
while last Thursday. He brought
down load Of produce-cabbage,
apples, potatoes, etc.-and several
bags Of wool.
Mr. Hill was somewhat perturbed
on reaching Walhalla to find so many
people going around with masks"
on, and for a brief period thought
seriously of "back-tracking' it to
/ his home section, to which the "hu'
had not flown when he left home.
| But he felt moro secure when we
advised him to adopt the saturated
mask and go about his business as
usual and rest easy in mind. He Is
| sensible man and at once replied
that he would do it, getting a mask"
downtown and the necessary medi-
cant from one of the drug stores.
How different from some Of the nuts
here who poo-hooed the idea OF wear
| ing masks and walked around with
| out protection for themselves or for
others. But that's another story.
Mr.. Hill raises sheep up at his
North Carolina farm. and he sells
mutton and wool. He had with him
about Is pounds of wool, which he
brought down to Walhalla to ship
to the Leakville Woollen Mills over
at Leakville, N. G. He gets $1.25 a
pound for all the wool he sells-that
Is, $1.25 after it is washed and
cleaned. 1t nets him about 81 per
pound as it comes from the sheep.
Mr.. Hill is enthusiastic in his be-
lief in the good sense and profitable
. ness Of raising sheep for the purposes
Of both food and raiment. Recently
! he sold three sheep, for which he re-
= ceived little more than $32 ION
the hoof." And occasionally he
slaughters one when he wants some
thing really good to eat in the meat
; line, and he sells that portion of
the lamb or sheep that his own re-
quirements do not call for For in
stance, the last one he slaughtered
brought him over SIG at retail on the
Highlands market, and Mr.. Hill kept
one quarter Of the sheep for his fam
lily use. But the sheep business, like
everything else, has it's drawbacks,
and the one great drawback to the
sheep industry is the "yaller dog"
what we need" said Mr.. Hill, "E q
set of clear, common-sense laws that
VIII prctecl tho sheep and DO awnv
Win th1 'yniier dos nuisance. Owe
dog viii no more damage IN a sheen
community thaN all the yellow dogs
IN the state could possibly We worth
for any and all purposes"
And we agree with him. There
are too many "yaller dogs" and not
enough sheep in our own State as
well as in that portion of the Old
North State from which Mr.. Hill
comes There is something that our
legislators might we'll consider now
between sessions OF the General AS
sembly. Give the sheep n chance aud
let the worthless dogs be done away
with. This is a day Of conservation
and production; therefore there is
no real place in our State, national
or local economic fields for the "yal-
Ter dog"
Our legislators might get some
really valuable pointers from Mr..
Hill along the line of sheep raising
and the commercial value Of this
wonderful little animal. And the
mean things Mr.. Hill knows about the
worthless cur as a family are only
exceeded by the mean things that
, everybody now knows about the Ger
man kaiser. Now you know just
about how mean a worthless dog ia:
MIR. Hill is an interesting talker,
and he is deeply interested in the
war He has one son in the service
OF Uncle Sam, and this young SOL
der of freedom has but recently been
!! given lieutenancy. He sailed for
Europe October 5th, and as yet his
, parents have not received the always
, anNiously watched for ard annouac.
ING safe arrival over cas-. Young
Hill attended one Of the officers traia-
ing camps and made good on compile
ton Of the course.
Stanhope Hill. a younger son. ac-
cOmDanied Mr.. Hill to Walhalla last
week. We are always glad to vel
come Mr.. Hill here. He is one Of
! the whole-souled kind that one ivst
can't help liking.
Prominent Methodist Minister Deaf