Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-15
ROBERT NJ. SANDERS wRITl2
Concerning What He Considers Use
less Expenses for County. g. i,i

In which to make a few remarks on.
: certain conditions as l see them to-,
day. ( 81
Now, have no desire to create
any controversy with any one, butt
Will simply bring out some facts Gs1
they exist to-day. d
| ! noticed in your last edition that
our new delegation who will repre!1
sent It's in Columbia have set day,
(which is next Saturday, Dec. b.
to meet with the people Of the county
to discuss legislative matters, and 1t
seems to me that the people at large
, should be present.
AS to my views, there are few
items Of vital Importance to" us as1
taxpayers: Flrst-Why should wei
have some one to go to few places
IN our county-even though they
should go to every section-to teach
folks to can fruits and vegetables,
and for this service receiving a sal,
ary Of $1,0S0.00 per year? Are we
to pay some one to take this imports
ant matter from the mothers Of our
county, who have canned fruits and
all the other things that could be
canned for years, and know how to1
do 1T by actual experience? And
lot of them never even heard of
demonstration agent. | am in favor
OF the girls learning to can and sew|
and DO domestic work, but let them
learn at home under our mothers.}1 n
we could thereby rid ourselves of
THIS $l,OSO.00 per year taxes, or put
1T on our roads. Before leaving this
item ! want to refer to my own
mother, who is now 72, and who has
various kinds Of canned goods threel
years old, and never saw demon-S
stration nor attended school one day]
In her life.
| Next is the man whom, am ms
formed, gets $2,500.00 per year to
go over the county to make parents
send their children to school. NOWsl
am as much in favor Of educa toni
as any man In Oconee county. ,BGtI
why nave the tax-payers sg iYya sofpAaa|
one aS iat 9ops f9r
| !sconnooi mas three among z their sbestttsj
mon as trustees, who could easily
look a1ter this? NO man who is a
man, VINO mas been selected by his
community 10 serve as a trustee
wouid lall 10 see after this In the
iisht way. By doing this, and letting
ome @ .nuant oincer go, we could rid
our county or thls extra expense.
800 '--'N'' |
shall menton Just here is our
county agent whom | have never
seeli arouha IN my part or the coun-
~. ne may be doing a good. work,
n". ! nave not been able 10 near OF
IL IL ne 49, ana 40 not know what
salary ne draws, but am satisfied 1t
IS more even than our sheriff gets, |
VINO puts himself up as target, not
knowing what time his life will be
taken. II Is shame that these men
ara" more Tor their easy jobs and
are not exposed to bad weather and
nave absolutely no risk Of life, and
yet receive larger salaries than our
sherlH.
L am not IN favor OF increased sal |
aries, put | do think It best to abol- |
ish some or these needless expenses |
ana pay our sheriff more.
rake into consideration every
county IN the State. Each has what |
call three useless Offices and at an
estimated salary or $5,38O.00 for the |
three IN each county, and figure this |
Tor the forty-six counties. The en-
tire amount Is $25O,O00 each year,
ana there are other things which go
10 make taxes higher, and which
DelleVe could be adjusted. Why not
nave the people come out and in
struCI our oeiesatlon as 10 the wishes
oI the people, ana see 1f lot Of |