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KEOWBE COURIEB (Es tab Rs lied 1841L)_ ?SbSed Every Wednesday Mornlog ~ SUBSCRIPTION PIUOH. oq Ono Y ?ir . BK Six Months."0 Throe Mont lis.,*? Advertising Rutes Reasonable. . Ry Stock, Sbolor, Hughs ? Sholor. Communications ot a personal Character charged for as advertise ments. , Obituary notices, cards of thanks and tributes of respect, oither by Individuals, lodges or churches, aro charged for as for advertisements at rate of ono cont a word. Cash must accompany manuscript, and all such notices will bo marked "Adv. lu conformity with Federal ruling on euch matters. WALHALLA, S. C. W ID N KS I >A V, APRIL O, 1!>^1 NO I T N HS FOR SUPERVISOR. Oconco county is directly In the middle of a bad lix! The one redeeming feature of the situation is that wo have a Super visor who gives promise of being the best .Supervisor in tho State-if we eau Kel .-onie money into his hands With which lo do something for us. We have given Mr. Shockley a man's size Job. and as soon as be 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 emptied into other channels. Not many people understand the situation as it is. Recently arrange ments were made, through the Cit izens' Hank of Seneca, we believe, whereby the sum of $85,000 was hollowed for tho use of the County Supervisor. But there wore debts to pay. and they had to be paid before any road work could he done, and this could only be done s*o far as the balance left from paying debts would permit. And there was no balance to speak of. Here is the situation lu approximately correct ligures, at given offhand by Mr. Shockley in explaining why he has notified al overseers and others connected witt road working operations, to quit do ing any work: Borrowed .$85,000.01 Discounted at 7%%,... 6,6 17.5( Loan netted .$68,352.5( And hero nre the items that hav( been paid through tho 'Supervisor's office: Sinking Fund Commis sion debt.$52.nod.00 Other back Indebtedness 5.000.00 Rond work dono. i.".,ooo.00 Road machinery purchas ed and old machinery repaired . 10,000.00 Total expenditures ... $32.000.00 At a glance it will be seen that Supervisor Shockley begins office "in .'be hole" and in bad. We have given him a great big job, tied his bands bard and fast and told him to "go to if." And most of us expect him to "go to it" and bring us good roads and build new bridgse. and do a thousand and one things that we want done, and that ought lo bc done, and done now. Few of us know the conditions as they are. Wo freely confess thal we knew nothing of this condition until lt. was brought to our alienation af ter wo had seen Mr. Shockley's no tice to bis men to stop work because there is no money on hand with which to pay for road work, no mat ter how badly it may be needed. We had heard a lot about "Mr. Shockley going into office with a 'clean sheet..('lean sheet." it would seem, was rigth so far as funds and prospective funds are con cerned. One side of the sheet is clean all right, but what about the other? The debtor sid?? seems to have had some "bad marks" on it. and Mr. Shockley, as Supervisor, has had to "dig up" tho money to "clean . ne other side of tho sheet." And in so doing he has had to "clean nu the f ii nils" as well. There is nothing left to meet current expenses, much less lo do adequate building and re pairing work on tho roads and bridges. And so Mr. Shockley lias had lo call a halt, to stop work, lc do nothing because ho has nothing to do willi. Ho has only his "clean sheet," and he finds il small com fort, for he is chafing under tho re Strain! anxious to KO ahead with thc Kood work he has begun. Ile hat done enough work before realizing tho full import of ?ho term "clean sheet" to Justify the assertion thal wo believe, with reasonable funds al his disposal, J. C. Shockley would work a veritnblo transformation ol our road system and our road condl Hons In a comparatively short timo To-day tho Supervisor is confront ed with tho necessity of attempting to do road work over tho county by moans of the county chain-gang and a road equipment that has been put into absolutely first class condition, but which is practically useless in tho hands of the fow convicts. lt does soom that wo ought to bo able to devise somo means of getting something dono on our roads this year. There aro fow who will go so far as to assort that thoy do not need lt. Wo beliovo that Mr. Shockley will welcome any suggestion that will in tho loast tond to relieve tho situa tion. Wo know ho will, because he is disappointed that he cannot make an effort to do that which he assured tho voters of the county that he would do if given an opportunity. Wo moy think that electing a man to the ollleo of Supervisor is giving him an opportunity to make good, hut lt ls not. Wo have got to do something more than that -and the something more that has to be done is to give him something to work with -money to pay the hills with. And this reminds us of the unsav ory condition of things that exists with regard to tho county highway project to the North Carolina State line above Russell's. If we aro not badly mistaken the County Highway Commission is doing a very foolish thing In abandonng tho fourteen mile section between Wlahalla and Russell's that would connect our county with tho State and National highway project further on. Wo are to have a groat highway from the Anderson county line through Seneca and on to Walhalla. Fourteen or fif teen miles further on wo have an other good road--the other end of this highway to the great hill coun try. Hut thc 1'1-mile gap betwoen? What about that? The County High way Commission has, we are told, sot the matter aside temporarily, In definitely. And thereby we have the prospect of a good highway into the Land of tile Sky being practically annulled, because of a fourteen-mile gap of bad. or at tho very best, indif ferent road. To permit such a condi tion to exist for long would be a shame, and we cannot but believe that our Commissioners will see it in this light before it is too late. We are told that the reason this section has been abandoned is that the estimates of the engineers as to 1 its cost shows the work to be out of 1 the question. Maybe so. Hut many 1 a project has been abandoned bi? 1 causo it was at first considered "too 1 costly,"' only to find that the aban 1 donment was infinitely more costly In the long run. May wo not by hearty co-operation ] of the Highway Commission with tho * Supervisor bring about a compro ' misc measure whereby this road that ' should be built can be built, and at ? an early date? The Supervisor has 1 on hand his road-working ?quip aient, but no funds with which to make tills equipment effective. The Highway Commission has at its com mand funds that ought to be spent, but which tho Commissioners aro holding back because the work for which it was, in part at least, in tended, scorns too expensive. Hore, gout lemon of tho Highway Commission, is a way out of a bad plight, we believe. Our County Su pervisor is practically out of a job. He wants lo work. Jim Shockley ls going to do something or he is going to explode, lt's his nature, and we may thank our stars that it is. Let's give bim a job that some of us may think is too big for him. Let's get together and the County Highway Commission put the County Super visor to work on this "missing link" that would connect the low-country with the hill country. Mr. Shockley will do this work as well as any oilier man in the country-and he will not be a contractor on the Joh who has to legitimately make his profits. He will one of the county's servants working for a body of the county's servants, at a stipulated salary. He will he entitled to draw that salary Just as much when we have tied his hands and made lt im possible for him to earn his salary as he would be while engaged in the great work of completing the "miss ing link'' on tho over-the-mountains road. Gentlemen, lot us not be penny wise and pound foolish. Nor yet let us oven "wrap our talent up in a napkin" that lt ?nay bo returned u> . the master in full. Let's got some ; interest. Oil this money and on this work. Let's do something. TO SAVIO A CH 11,H'S LI I H. We have received two contribu tions for tho "Save a Child Fund." and acknowledge same herewith, tho ' total fund showing as follows: Previously acknowledged .. $.127 . 22 ' Children of Bounty Land ? School. 1.00 , w. N\ Bruce. Westminster, ' lt. F. I). NO. 2. 3.00 t Total to dato .$331 . 22 ; Tho noe' for continuation of con I trlbutlons to this fund is still groat. '. Wo will be glad to acknowledge all . contributions fnrwardod to us. Baboons feed exclusively on fruits ; ' and soods and small vegetables. "TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FALLOW AS THE MCHffi By Steck, Shclur HugliM & Shclor. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNj y morning, April >r my complete and Buggy Har 3rice they have rears. This stock Lty-one Buggies ets of Harness, o sell at these as my present Tims, at.$ 85.00 Knell. ?es, at .$ 08.0O IOach. .s, at .$105.00 Knell. I it.$1-18.00 ni.$ ?8.00 si' Tires, at.$105.00 Knell. ibbov Tires, at . . .9100.00 Knell. . Tires, at.$1-18.00 Knell. Tires, at.$ ?5.00 .$20.00 per Set. .$18.00 per Set. U .$;tB.OO per Set. Liberty Bonds, Bankable d offered to the public in cm can profit by my losses e value of cotton prices. inmons, V, S. c. NOTICE OK ELECTION. State of South Carolina, Coutny of Oconee. To the Qualified Electors and Resi dential Freeholders of Legal Vot ing Age in Bounty Land School District, No. 20: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That an Election will be held at Bounty Land School House on SATURDAY, the 2-.U1 day of APRIL, 19 21. between the hours of 7 A. M. and 4 P. M., for the purpose of voting upon the ques , Hon of levying a Special Tax of Four I Mills on all taxable property of said District, to be used for school put . poses in said District, In accordance with Section 1742, Civil Code of South Carolina. 11)12. Respectfully, L. C. SPEARES, Supt. Of Kduc.at.inn. L. M. SMITH, M. c. MCDONALD, E. L. STONE, Trustees. April 6, 1921. 14-1 fi NOTICE OF FLECTION. The State of South Carolina, County of Oconee. To the Qualified Electors and Resi dential Freeholders of Legal Vot ing Ago In Picket Post School Dis trict. No. 17: PLEASE TAKE NOTICIO, That an Flection will be held at Picket Post School House on WEDNESDAY, tho 20th day of APRIL, 192 1, for the purpose of voting upon the question of levying a Special Tax o' Two Mills on all taxable property of said District, to be used for school pur poses in said District, In accordance with Section 17 12, Civil Codo of South Carolina, 1912. Respectfully, L. C. SPKARES, Supt. of Education. L. A. LAY, .1. C. RANKIN, H. M. II ARKINS, Trustees. April fi. 1921. 14-15 NOTICE OF ?LECTION. State of South Carolina, Coutny of Oconee. To the Qualified Electors and Resi dential Freeholders of Legal Vot ing Ago in Oconee Creok School District, No. 50: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That an Election will be held at Oconee Crook School House on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of APRIL, 1921, botween tho hours of 7 A. Mw and 1 P. M., for the purpose of voting upon the ques tion of levying a Special Tax of Four Mills on all taxable property of said District, to bu used Tor building pur poses In said District, in accordance with Section 1742, Civil Code of South Carolina, 1912. Respectfully, L. C. SPKARES. Supt. of Education. J. H. HUNNICUTT, J. L. HALL, IO. J, HOGERS, Trustees. April G, 1921. 14-16 A Pleasant April 1 joke. What proved to be a vory pleasant April joko happened at the Baptist parsonago last Friday night, April 1st, when tho Baracca and Phlluthia clauses of Now Hopo church assem bled for a singing at. tho parsonago. Aftor somo excellent singing Miss Wannlo Morgan, toachor of tho Bar acca class, invitnd us into the dining room, and to our surprise ouch mom ber of theso classes had passod We Have Only a Few ?^ These Bargains Left. Have sold several Machines since inserting ad. two weeks ago* Come to see us at once if you need,.a Good Second-Hand Machine or new one. On Hand To-day One New One-Ton Republic Truck, with Cord Tires. One New Dort Automobile. One Second-Hand Dort. One Second-Hand 1920 Chalmers. tri ? Ballens er Hardware aM Furniture Co., ?eneca, S. C. ERTILIZERS Rampley's Meal Mixtures Compounded from the Highest Grade Plant Foods known to Science. Double Milled, insuring an even, uniform mixture and perfect mechanical condition. A Superier Fertilizer for Cotton, Corn, Small Grain and Vegetables. -- ALSO - Blood Bone and Potash Mixtures, Soluble Fish Guano, all grades, Ammonia ted Compounds, Acid and Potash Mixtures, Cotton Seed Meal, 18% Sodium Nitrate, 14% Genuine German Kainit. J. C. RAMPLEY, West Union, S. C. Buy What You Need. Thc Government has said, (and we know) that buying what we need NOW will start the wheels to rolling again, and normal con ditions will soon follow. Yes, it's really your duty as an American to BUY WHAT YOU NEED NOW, because now is the time to buy many things we have to sell. Now is the time for Spring Planting - Farm Crops, Home Gardens. Now is the time for fixing up the old home or barns-New Window and Door Screens, Paints, Fixtures, Roofing. Remember you can buy most anything you need on the farm or in the home from us. Come in and BUY WHAT YOU NEED NOW. Whitmire-Marett Hardware Co. Westminster, Walhalla, South Carolina. through there and left a package of most everything oatahlo, with cook ing utensils, dishes, towols and many other useful gifts. Wo feel proud of our young boys and girls and seo a bright futuro for thom. May tho God of Heaven rec ompenso .those young pcoplo ls our prayer. M. J. Stansoll, Pastor. Wost Union, S. C.. April 4. Tho soa bottom ls more uniform than the surface o ftho land. . - About 2,000 natives of Burmah arc dogged ovory your by officials as legal punishment. White Youth Shot Near McCormick. Qreenwood, April 2.-officers and citizens of McCormick county havo boen searching for oorgo Harrison, a young negro who i( wantod in con nection with tho shooting and sori ous wounding of Goorgo Carroll, a whlto youth, at a saw mill near Mc Cormick yesterday. No motive for tho shooting has boon learned. Tho order of tho Enstorn Star or iginated in Now York in 1868. Tho earliest historical mention of Jerusalem is in tho Tell el-Amarna tablots, which dato about 1300 B. C. It was then subject to Egypt.