Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-09-15
THE VOICE FROM OLD pICKENs.
Not u Good Thing to "Count Your
Chickens Before Hatched."

Old Pickens, Sept. Sc (Unavoid-
ably omitted last week. Especial:
Now that the first primary is over,
the voice OF the dear people has been
heard and the candidates column
almost depleted, there will be space
for other matters.
There be some who are rejoicing
over their success and popularity,
while others are grieving over their
defeat and den0uncing The treachery
and false promises Of pretended
friends. Such has always been the
case in popular elections.
am reminded Of what a defeated
candidate in OcOnee county, a few
years ago, said after the result Of
the election was announced. He said
he was certain Of two things: One
that he was grossly deceived and
badly beaten; the other that there
were eight hundred Internal liars in
Oconee county, as he was promised
that many more votes than he re-
ceived. He said he knew some Of
them.
1t Is indeed provoking, but de-
plorable as 1t Is, people do not al
ways tell the truth and often fail to
keep their promises.
All cannot hold office, and we
should quietly yield to the voice Of
the majority and devote our time
and attention to the harvesting Of
maturing crops, the promotion Of
our schools and churches and the i'm
provement Of the morals Of our sew
trail communities, always obeying the
powers that be, and prOSperity and
happiness will follow
AS is my custom, | have spent the
month Of August here, enjoying the
quietude and delightful climate Of
this historic old place, as we'll as
the hospitality Of it's good people.
whose fine melons and fruits, eggs,
fresh butter and milk, fried chicken
and fish fresh from the waters of
keowee river, were abundant and
delicious, as well as every variety of
vegetable.
So far as | know, the health of
this community, is generally speak
ing, good. Crops are little late
but fine and promising, and though
there has been much rain, no great
damage has been done.
Carson White has disposed Of his
valuable farm near here and has
bought a home near Richland, tC
which he will move at an early date
Miles Morgan has sold to Mrs. S
n. Golden part Of the Hill farm
near the iron bridge. The success o
MIR. and Mrs. Golden refutes the say
ing that cotton mill people never
accumulate anything" This worthy
couple, with four or five children
worked at different cotton mills fol
| ten or twelve years and saved enough
| from their earnings to purchase
nice little home in the country, will
a good milk COW, horse, hogs, etc.
and they have moved to their plac
and are engaged in farming. Their
are others who have succeeded equal
| ly as we'll at cotton mills, and hun
dreds who have worked longer, an,
perhaps harder, and saved nothing.
Lawrence Whitmire has bough
and moved to the Moser place,
splendid farm OH Keowee river.
The old CAN'T place, near here
was sold in the spring by r. e. Al
exander to Jay Taylor for fourtee
thousand dollars. This place con
tains something over 200 acres, an,
| am told that it was sold at publ
auction some twenty years ago 70
less than two thousand dollars. TIL
present purchaser Of this place say
that II he can got 35 or 40 cents pc
pound for his cotton he can pay 70
1t In few years, but that IL cotto
goes down to 25 or 20 cents pc
pound, he will go down with it. an
his land will go from him. There ar
many others in the same boat.
During July and August reyiya
meetings have been held at the OIL
Pickens church, at the High Falls
the Morgan Tabernacle and the Oco
nee Orphanage. The meeting at tn
orphanage progressed for about tw,
weeks. day and night. under Rev
Whitman and others, was largely at
tended. and liberal donations wer,
made to the orphanage.
A flourishing graded school To-
this district is progressing hnel,
under the efficient management O
Misses Jones, Cannon and White.
| N. B. Cary.