Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-12-10
FROM SCENES OF CHILDHOOD.
N. B. Cary Cleans Interesting Story
Of the Present.
Old Pickens,

Old Pickens,
Nov. 28, 1919.
Editor Keowe Courier:
have heard many old people say
tand believe 1t Is true) that as old
age creeps upon us and we feel that
Yo are nearing our earthly end, we
remember moro wildly the days OF
our childhood, and the scenes and
events Of our youth rush with tell
ing force upon memory, creating 4
desire to revisit the scenes Of those
happy, innocent days.
Almost irresistably Influenced by
such an impulse, on the lovely morn
ing Of the 27th OF November (the
most beautiful Thanksgiving Day
Lave ever SEEM, l hied me from
NValhalla to the neighborhood of my
"hi]dhood--Old Pickens.
On the way took superb
Thanksgiving dinner with II. D.
Robinson, an old friend and school
s!late, and his son Earle and family,
who reside on and own splendid
farm on Little River, near the fam
Gus Robinson Shoals" three miles
from Newry and six from Seneca.
4 beautiful home it is-situated in
an oak grove. near an ice-cold spring
and we'll Of pure water. Here the
Years Of honest toll and right living,
With his son Earle and his charming
mily--wife and two sweet little
G!rls-live In harmony and happi-
moss.
Mr.. Robinson was born and reared
in OcOnec county. He Is good
nd useful citizen, kind and Christ
"a neighbor, successful farmer, and
one Of the few surviving veterans Of
he Lost Cause" who have not an
8wercd the final roll call. He mar
I'D Miss Mary Volrath, who died n
number OF years ago, leaving him
one son, Earle, who married Miss
inllie Owens. l certainly enjoyed
his day talking with my old friend
af days long gone by Ito say nothing
of that excellent dnner.)
In view OF all | had heard about
droughts, wet spells, short crops, red
splders and other pests, l was sur
prised when Mr.. Robinson told me
his son Earle, with his wife and
two little girls, nine and eleven years
old, had made and harvested this
year eight bales Of cotton, 200 BUSH
"ls Of corn, 1000 bundles Of fodder,
besides good crops Of sorghum, oats,
peas, potatoes, melons and vege-
tA bles.
\hiu 'lncn supper.
enjoyed splendid Thanksgiving
supper at the home Of Miles Morgan,
who owns and lives on the Bennett
hill homestead, near the High Bridge
at Old Pickens. His farm consists
nt t75 acres of fertile bottom and up
land, on which he produces splendid
crops Of corn, cotton, wheat, rye,
oats, sorghum, potatoes (Irish and
EwoeD, melons, cantaloupes, peanuts,
and raises fine hogs and cattle; and
lis good wife and daughter always
have splendid garden with ALI
kinds Of vegetables, yard Of chick
ens and plenty Of eggs, nice milk
and butter; and IL you ever dine
there you will say they know how
to prepare a meal that would tempt
yho appetite OF an epicure.
Among the large nu&k OF chickens
ich roam tho promises there il
4 ocular fruak.-,-a chicken 1--we
ptha old with loeaiy plumapc.
fectjy formed and behaves Just
.it any other chicken except that
II walks with body erect and head
thrown backward. have never
seen anything like 1t anywhere. On
rho place there is splendid orchard
and vineyard.
Mr.. Morgan's residence is a splen-
,"id two-story building, with eleven
comfortable rooms, situated on an
omine1ice overlooking and within a
stone's throw Of the limpid Keowee
whose crystal waters are in full
view for nearly mile as they swift
~ glide on toward the ocean. He Is
within mile Of Norton Academy, a
splendid graded school, and within
quarter Of mile Of the old Pres
byterian church. where worship at
different times the Presbyterians,
Baptists and Methodists. A good
sabbath school is maintained most
OF the time. He Is surrounded by
kind, Christian neighbors-the Whit
mires, Clarks. Powers, Edward
can't, Carson White and others, all
ol whom deserve mention for their
success in life, their thrift, energy
ami Christian characters, and Of
whom, later, it is my intention to
write more fully.
Mr.. Morgan Is 53 years old, was
born and reared in Oconee county, be-
gan life without much education or
means and lived on rented land many
years. In early manhood he married
MISS Hattie Burton, a good Christian
80 man, who died II years ago, leav-