Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-06-08
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WED DNESDAY, JUNE y, 1921.
LETTER FROM JAMES II. DOYLE
or Texas, Indicates Ups and Downs
There us We'll nS in Old :. &.


cd the following letter from his
nephew, J. II. Doyle, OF Granbury,
Texas. Capt. Dcndy feels that there
arc many in Oconcc who will read
with interest the greater part Of Mr..
Doylc's letter, which he has furnish
cd us for publications:
Mr.. DOylo'S Letter.
Granbury, Texas. May 27. 1921.
Capt. S. Is. Dcndy--Dcar Uncle:
We danced till l2 last night. and
owing to this fact and for the fur
thcr fact Of the unprecedented finan-
cial and commercial condition Of the
country. feel little like writing.
No one. believe. that lives to-day
will live to see a repetition Of condi-
tons as they now exist in this coun-
try and In the whole world, in fact.
! fear am getting to be pcssimist.
1t is possible that the people Of
this country will never again enjoy
in peaceful comfort the pleasures
and happiness enjoyed by them from
say $40 to 1860, which include7
the era in which we attended Bounty
Land 'College." with co-attendants.
Jane Myers. Ellen Handy and many
others. 1t was also during this hap
ny era that you and John Gillison
prrUarcl 10 TO 10 Anderson with :
"Hann-loaa Of Hacor. 8ilA nucj,
hud aua the othcr nag attacNod
Sky years have ulccvcUcU since
then. ...a a.Xty years IS u Ion. time
in our lives; and how crowded is
memOry's store when the mind re-
verts to the sorrows that have dark
encd and the pleasures that have
sun-lit life's pathway the while.
We went to Williams a month
ago to celebrate our 18th birthday
Think about it!--75, though still
young and active. We wore out a
deck while there, and had good
time all around.
league and Mexia are live towns.
Mexia especially. / saw oil flowing
from we'll there. Derricks have
been erected west Of MeXia, as far
as one can see. One well that is
flowing is very close to town. on the |
Tebrucana road.
There is a fine State highway from !
league to Mexia Can make the trip |
in car easy in 25 minutes. We ex-
pect William up in month or so. |
and will 90 homo with him. If the |
roads are dry we can make it from |
Granbury to league from a. m. to |
p. M. We have car that goes. |
1t has rained too much in Limestone
and Freestone and all over East
Texas. 1t is dry here, though we are
striving to live down the financial
and commercial eruptions.
sent you a section OF the Dallas
News, thinking you would enjoy Il
little Of Western wild life and the
"Cowboy Preachers Sermon"
Barbecue and ball at Glen Rose
next Friday and Friday night. Many
will go from here. from Fort Worth
TO dance on. We waltz the pretty
girls now. Don't have any Bounty
and College era civilized dances.
We went up to Kathlecn's ycster-
day evening. Her boys are big fell
lows now. They were playing bal, in
the yard. and | heard one Of them
holler, "FOul ball!' think the boys
this fast age get on to things earlier
than we did.
Ben Lowcry. Andy Hall. Wilburn
Mbbott and Cootcr never heard "foul
ball' at Bounty and College.
Come to see us. ! have heard that
Grandpa Doyle walked to Texas
when he was about your age.
All well---Loye to all!
j. RI DOylp