Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-02-19
THE WAYS STILL APART.
Representatives Orr and Mcdonald
Write Conccring Legislation.


no personal i'll feeling toward Sena-
tor Shelor, and do not desire to
enter into newspaper controversy
with him. Wa shall merely state
tne facts to the rHople % our county,
and they can be the judges.
Senator ShelOr seems to be hurt
because we kille,t certain Of his bill,;
w:tnou; telling him beforehand.
| Friends, there is g time fu: all things
good. ah: when the time came fo,.
us to act on his bills in the House.
=" had no time to hunt Linn up aud
tell him what W. were going to do.
for we we'll knew he could find out
in due time from the Journal what
we had done. If we are not capable
Of acting on our own initiative we
! would not be worthy to occupy the
positions we do. We are perfectly
willing to assume responsibility for
what we have done, and Senator
Shelor can do likewise. The printed
record will show the truth, and the
people at home can know.
! In regard to the Sheriff's salary,
1t is true that the law has been
that the salary is $1,000 per year.
Notwithstanding this, Senator She
lor last year appropriated 200 for
Mr.. Moss as Sheriff. We think the
same amount should be given to
Mr.. Alexander, and consequently. we
| have introduced a bill to that effect,
Mr.. Shelor prepared supply bill
and gave it to us, thinking we would
introduce it as he had it fixed, and
in that paper he had the Sheriff's
salary $1,000. But we introduced
our own supply bill in our own way,
for 1T starts, by law, in the House,
giving our new Sheriff $1,000. In
doing this we are not hitting at Mr..
Moss at all. We simply want to
treat all alike as Il general principle,
regardless Of politics. Mr.. Shelor
set the precedent for the salary Of
$1,000. We think Mr.. Alexander
should be the chief of the rural con-
stables as Mr.. Moss was Mr.. Shelor,
j Senate sMa king sonesof the mural Eeon4
stables chief. but we Killed his bill'
in the House as to that point. How
over, we were willing to let each
peace officer to be responsible for
his own acts. If any Of our rural
constaDles can't work under the law
this way, it will not be difficult to
find others who will Mr.. Shelor
thought two rural constables enough
hut we differed with him, thinking
that Seneca needed one as we'll as
Salem and Westminster. We there
fore, recommended J. Wilson Reeves,
OF Seneca. for the place, to work in
that section of the county.
AS to three hundred thousand dol
| lar bond bill, we have continued it
until the next session Of the Legisla-
ture. That kills the bill insofar as
| this session is concerned We don't
know whether we will ever agree to
bonding the county, but If the county
is bonded we will never agree to
bond 1t without the people voting
FOR 1t. We have appropriated for
Mr.. Foster more money than any
other Supervisor has ever had. and
1t may be that he will, in the course
Of year or two, give us good roads
without putting the county in debt.
ANY way, let's wait little while
ana see; let's give Foster a chance
first.
As to the $3.50 road tax, Mr.,
Shelor wanted to make it $500, but
we induced him to come down to
$3.50, and we all decided that they
should pay and not work. The only
way this could be done was to fix It
like the poll tax--make it a small
penalty not to pay. All this Mr..
Shelor agreed to. smiling.
We killed, outright, Senator She
lor's road bill, by which he desired
to grade a road from Walhalla to
Salem and one from Westminster to
Long Creek, which called for a com
mission of three new officers and ten
thousand dollars. That would have
taken one-half Of your road money.
| We have each received big stack
"f letters from citizens up there,
and many from Salem, Westminster
ana Long Creek, commenting us
1or "hat we have done about these
roads the Sheriff's salary and the
ia" ABOUT constables. We also re-
re1ved long petition from citizens
' seneca telling us to do what we
nave done. We are trying TO repre-
sent all sections Of the county alike
We have, together with Mr.. She
Tor, recommended J. Fulton Hunni
c.stt and ). Steve Smith to be County
Commissioners.
Senator Shelor is causing lots of
unrest about the Offices OF County
Auditor ana Treasurer. He takes
!hc position that their terms expire
this year. You will recall that the
present officers were nominated in
tAe primary election in 1916. That
was the last race we have had for
those offices. In the 1917 session
OF the Legislature the following law
was enacted relating to these offices:
Be 1t enacted by the General As
sembly OF the State Of South Caro-
lima:
That the term Of office Of the
clerk OF Court, Sheriff, Judge Of Pro-