The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-01-10
MEMBERS LEGISLATURE
SEEKING IMPORTATION
Senator and Representatives Meeting
With County Officers to Get In
formation as to Conditions

conferences with the heads of the va
riouS departments of the county gov
crnment to get information as to con-
d.tions and to be able to act intelli-
Gc.i..,,y on matters pertaining to the
var:cus departments when the legis-
I2tul2 a:eet=
We not:>e fycm reading the papers
IL. sia:i!3: meetings rave been held
in many Of the counties and that 9TH
crz than county officers have been
present 70 present t::eir views on
county matters.
As the meetings were not pu5lic
in tbs county we viii not Undertake
t. discuss any matters that came Up
tAovyh there wac noting tk9: it
w5u!d be improper to print. It is
proper for the members Of the !egis-
lature to d:S:uss county matters with
the courH officials and there should
be close relation betwaea the legis-
latcrs q: / t1a c2unty officers.
There IS rct much oopoT Ttunity to
reduce expenses Of the county gov
eminent in This county because rome
of the salaries are exorbitant and
some Of hem provide scarcely hare
living ard tae affairs Of the county
have been well managed so far IS we
have toeca able % c,oserve. II fact
some Ct tle salaries should be in
creased, nota,,.y the cierF Of coart
ard the chairman Of TIE highway
commission. The idea Of paying the
chairman CT the highway commission
only $500 is ridiculous and then sl
lowing him only S2C0 for travelling
expenses s also ridiculous. H. ac-
tual expenses for travel, not to spe2k
CT TIE. COS: .os his car AID the wear
ing Of il out will cost four times wA25
is a,,.,-mc.!!, 2a we knew from expert
ence.
The salari2: G. tAe county officers
are. what they have been for several
years.
In some Of the counties the<c is
Tx of doing away with the farm
demonstration agc.t and the home
demonstration agent. We have heard
no talk Of that lind in Newberry. We
have two good agents in this county
and they are doing a good work. The
only question is, is it worth wat it
costs. There will be dif'erciee Of
opinion of course. The ccunty pays
only a part Of the expense oe the.e
two officers and the remainde IS paid
by Clemson and Winthrop colleges.
The chamber Of commerce passes res
olutions asking that both agents be re-
tanned. The county supply bills car
ries 81 GOO for the farm demonstra
ton agent and provides that the
poultry c!r5 agent be paid $500
from The unapportioned school fund.
The chamber Of commerce also
passes resolutionh asking that the
heal..h unit anA the clinic be retained.
Part of these is paid by the state also
as we understand it. For the health
unit the supply bill for this county
ar3copriates $500 from July /,
1921, to December 81, 1921, which
is al the rate of $4,000 a year. For
The clinic $4,000 is appropriated for
The fsca! year.
The biggest tax we have in this
county IS for roads and schools and
no one objects TO these important
matters and is willing to pay i: If
results are obtained. We have d
good bit of fine highway and we
d2uJt if you can fnd any man or
woman in the county who will be op-
posed to building some more road and
certainly no one who would have the
old roads as they were before. The
main thing is TO provide for the main
terance Of the roads thar are already
built and then if we are able to build
some more.