Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-22
COUNTY AGENTS WORK COOP.
Children and Farmers Greatly Ben
Gifted by Their LnborS.


Editor keowee Courier: I
VIII you please give me space in
yo"c valuable paper to try to prove
to Mr.. Sanders how much good we
children get out Of Mr.. Briggs and
Miss Counts labors in our county?
I do not believe there are two officers
in Oconee who do half as much work
as these two do. Both of them have
been In our community lots of times
this year, and they would have been
glad to have helped Mr.. Sanders If
If they had been asked. live in the
same community with him, our homes
being just one mile apart. From the
looks Of his crops l feel sure these
two officers could have been of great
help to him.
am sure that our delegation will
let US keep Miss Counts, and as for
Mr.. Briggs, he Is paid by the Federal
government. Therefore his salary
being cut off would do the roads in
Oconee no good. He will continue to
do the children and grown-ups lots
Of good, as he has in the past.
l do not know how much salary
but from his looks he is we'll fed, and
hope he will come down this way
Christmas and capture some Of the
booze wagons" that have been
driving around lately. ! don't think
Mr.. Briggs has gained a pound in
weight since he has been on his job
Mr.. Sanders, If you had gone over
the county some and seen the many
patches of green clover and vetch
that he has growing, and the nice
Jersey calves and pigs that he has
over the county-and if you had
gone with us to our picnic at Glenn
son and to our fair at Walhalla, and
to all Of those farmers meetings that
he has organized around, and espe-
cially If you had attended the good
lectures at Seneca last August Oh the
subject Of legumes, | think you would
have been greatly benefited. YOU
certainly were invited through the
papers. A3Ss
:. Now, LET me tell yQu,, d ,gand eEs,s
ill., notls & et ryff fof Sti r
State and Federal governments. For
illustration: There are four Of us
children in our family, all Of school
age. My oldest sister gets nine
months tuition at Winthrop Col
lege, and the rest Of us get seven
months free tuition in the public
schools. We have received over two
hundred market bulletins and fer
tilizer bulletins, and others. We also
had the benefit Of the short course
get this government aid it is your
own fault. When your children get
to be older you will be proud of it.
My grandmother is 70 years old,
too, and can can fruit and vegeta-
hles: but she said that it would have
been so much easier If she had had
the opportunity that we young folks
have
Our truant officer has visited our
school, and he certainly is fed well,
If we may Dudge by his condition.
He is good and fat, too. He went
around to the families whose chill
dren were not going to school, and
started them. II he is the cause of
one child learning to read and write
who would not otherwise have learn
ed. 1t Is we'll worth his salary. You
know the trustees could not quit
their work and hunt up the children
and look over their excuses every
month. I think the trustees do quite
enough free work.
read in the Constitution last
week about the poor man having the
operation, and l surely was sorry
for him.
l did think about Joining the poul-
try club next year. II there were a
few more chicken-eating dogs killed
around here I would join the club,
but as 1T is I will have to Just stick
to the pig and canning clubs.
also am not trying to create any
controversy, but as Mr.. Sanders said
he wanted proofs, I thought I would
try to give him something to think
about as to the value Of the officers
he would like to see "flred."
Mildred Mcdonald.
Richland, S. c., Dec. 18, 1920.