Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-04-06
WALliALIA, s. q.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL q, 1921.
NO FUNDS FOR SUPERVISOR.

OCOncc county is directly IN Tie
middle Of Il bad fix!
The one redceming feature OF the
situation is that we have Super
visor who gives promise Of being the
best supervisor in the State--if we
can get some money into his hands
with which to do something for us.
We have given Mr.. Shocklcy Il
mans size job, ana as soon as he
was ready and willing to go to work
actively and in earnest, the strings
TO the money bags were given a
mighty jerk, and they were closed
but not until they had been empticd
into other channels
Not many people understand the
situation as it is. Recently arrange
mentS were made, through the Cit
liens Bank Of Seneca, we believe.
whereby the sum Of $4,000 was
borrowed for the use Of the County
Supervisor. But there were debts to
pay, and they had to be paid before
any road work could be done. and
this could only be done SO far as the
balance left from paying debts would
permit. And there was no balance
to speak Of Here is the situation in
approximately correct figures. as
given offhand by Mr. Shockley IN
explaining why he has notified all
overseers and others connected with
road working operations. to quit do
ing any work:
borrowed $50, 900 90
Discounted at IN @o.... 6.647.5O
Loan netted ... :. $6S,352. so
And here are the items that have
been paid through tho Supervisors
office:
Sinking Fund Commits
sion debt .... $50. 10000
Other back Indebtedness 5000 90
Road work done -. ..... 1900. 90
Road machinery purchas-
ed and old machinery
repaired 49,. .. 10000. 90
Total expenditures $50 10000
At Il glance it will be seen that
Supervisor Shocklcy begins office lin
Lhc hole'--and in bad. We have
given him a great big job, tied his
hands hard and fast and told him
to go to it, And most OF us expect
him to go to it, and bring us good
roads and build new bridgse, and do
hpt IL
want done. and that ought to be
done, and done now
Few Of us know the conditions as
they are. We freely confess that we
knew nothing OF this condition until
1t was brought to our alienation af-
ter we had seen Mr.. Shockley's no.
ticc to his men to stop work because
there is no money on hand with
which to pay for road work, no mat
ter how badly 1t may be needed.
We had heard lot about "Mr.
Shocklcy going into Office with
clean sheet" "Clcan sheet" II
would seem, was rigth-SO far as
funds and prospective funds are con-
ciIcu' OIc sue Oi tnc SnCPt is
clean all right, but what about the
other? The debtor side seems to
have had some bad marks" on it.
and Mr.. Shockley. as Supervisor, has
had to dig up" the money to "clcan
the other side Of tho sheet" And
in so doing he has had to "clcan up
The funds" as we'll. There is nothing
left to meet current expenses. much
less to do adequate building and re-
pairing work on the roads and
bridges. And so Mr.. Shockley has
had to call halt, to stop work, to
$40 nothing--bccausc no has nothing
10 40 with. lie has only his "clcan
sheet and he finds it small COM
tort, for he Is chatting under the re-
stra1nt anxious to 60 ahead with the
good work he has begun. He has
done enough work before realizing
che full import OF the term "clean
sheet to Justify the assertion that
we believe, with reasonable funds at
his disposal. J. G. Shockley would
work veritable transformation Of
our road system and our road condi-
tions In a comparatively short time.
To-day the Supervisor Is confront
cd with the necessity op ottop,ojno o.