Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-12-15
Remarks of Hon. w. s. arisham, of Pjokens,

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80 nS ~ utE'"o i'ohe"s i''s''i0' INV wv o""t'
cial and Election districts:
Nix. PRESIDENT: Having had tho honor of
;ntr,,lnc;np tb;s hill IL ;s nroncr tb,t sbonld
% ~, .,,t, ;,,.,
s"e so''o v. WV i'"'o"S '''''' '''o"oou "o W sup
portit, ana 10 not propose TO detain the Sen
ate very long but to give fow plain and sim
ple facts. and some statistical information,
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".o" % " a." nu'n ,n n;o,.;s ~ ,; ' pes
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Th;. n,,,c, ,,f I;y;S;on ,f p;chons District
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Tho n,nuln,ion in ,,rcn, ,}c~rcn reside nn
-, ,hs S,in,l, IVA. thc c,s,.rn Lnu,I,rv ,nd
upon the Tuualo river, western boundary of the
District and the Court House heinz i'm the inter.
mediate section. which is ulmns, tho poorest see.
tion Of the District makes the location very un.
fortunate f,r II prosperous town. which, may
saw, after near forty wears of existence, never
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too. is now on tie trcline-ulccd, almost de.
n.nu,atcl. from the fuct of the bad locality, and
..tcncrul uoorncss of that particular section.
n, action has been taken in this matter here
until now, Mr.. President. from the fact that
under the old regime or Constitutions little en-
rnuru.cment could have been cxpcctcd toward,
the onl sourht OWING to the ncculinr siun,io,
. Of what was termed tic "up country, and lnv
country" What might have then been consid
cr,l III ;n,crcS, ~ ,i,r ana m; ,h M, h,vc hc,
that of tho other.
F, But under The new order &C things, and IA,
"S ,;,,,, w. ~, nnr;as ~ :; .,,n,,' "',' ,' 49,,
G no lnnrcr exist. and hone and believe ,ha, So
i. arc now engaged in ono common causc. an,
c that is to build up "ur State. and that we ar
cnch s,riyin,r TO loyelop her resources in ever,
C nrnc,icabe Nav.
q The p,oposcd division, making Kcowcc Rive
tho line wivcs nearly an equal division of terri
tory. and of the inhabitants, leaving in cac
u new District pickcns and Kcnwcc, about cigl,
S. th"nsand inhabitants, according t" the Gems"
,bnut twenty-five miles by thirty five miles.
Aud by the examination 81, III ii4n, IN cans',s ~
s. shaw or Mnrlbnro md r,mr ,;,,n n ,,"'.N Ne'
y Gcor.ctown or Clnr"m,m '',ncs ,,. "s many I.
o ded, each new District wouJ c,,n,n;n 'o,s ''y'
!. ton IA great rs Chester. CbrsicrGniI u. i; ai'
It land and yery much arc,, ,L. "f nch
II fort, Uorry. Lnnrnscr M,riI , e''1sr peau %
y williamsburg, Georrctown Snm,on fN, NorSl'a" "
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