The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-19
THE COUNTY OF GREENWOOD,
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'ksssTsW POBITICAIi DIVISION In
~ ss,i SOUTH sCAEtOLINA.

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"a fsNiritcd Contest In the House ot
5<cp entatiyes-.soyernor TiIIman
ssyoPs the New Measure--One of the
Hetoriners kfciss Against His In
81 tcPierencc' -
Representative II. b. Gary, OF Abbe-
= Yillc County, moved to strike out the
eiiacting words Of the bill to create the
1tewfcpunty OF Greenwood. 81,
Mr.. Ieldell, champion OF the bill,
Y mac avery fine speech in support OF
tha lsfssasuro. He evidently had given
y tbs. .snhjectthe most painstaking con-
Z siderattQh: and was perfectly at home
With hissfacts. and figures and made
force3 iilo debate while in the main
very ntefesting was at times confined
Ito discpssions on branches of the sub
\ &jectaple'clS Sslocal and, though the de-
~el}ate consAtaed all of the session the
areportspf the speeches must be brief
Z and confined to the lending points made
4 by she eLcoptending forces.
Mr., 81 eldell held that the people in
ssthe prop osed county were almost unani-
4 scopnty estab blished, for out Of a prob
y sstblsy z 600 voters l ZOO had signed the
fSpatttiop asking that the county be es-
10 blis In speaking of Greenwood
tMr. eidell spoke OF his long residence
(. In Edge field County and the many
honors the people of that county had
{, ,heaped upon hfm.and said his parting
from her was necessarily sad, but there
was a time when sentiment $pust be
laid aside,k kandswhen the people came
TO him and asked his support of q
measure they considered to bo for their
Z best good lie felthbonnd to assist them,
although at would probably kill him
politically in his5oWn county should
the measure not silcceed. Greenwood
having all the requisites for county
hood, and desiring IL. he thought it
wonld be tyrannical not to grant thoir
reasonable request. He spoke of the
siignersssof the protest for Abbeville,
showing That they were mostly from
the town OF AR6eyilte ana ,s read letters
heartily in favor OF the NEW county.
In speakingsof the signersShe said the
first name on the list was Governor B.
IL: Iillman. "a
Mr.. Hill, OF AbbeYille, opposed the
bill. He entered q solemn protest
against this dismembermentlwhich he
styled monstrous iniquity, In that it
SO TERRIBLY, mutilated the grand old
optained many slgnatures3by ipromis-
ing certain men the most prominent
Offices, They were not modest but
took what they wanted and, leftF@orn
out lands, a majority OF negroes and
most OF the streams requiring bridges
/. to be kept up. Snap, judgmentsbas
Z been taken ON the people OF, old ABte-
vile and that Judgment ought, MOTTO
stand d.5& Ihe thing was done in the
slj1 flf
Know Where they were to be5h1t or
now mnch they would he hurt: Efatheis
IMAM dlsmemper Inc county he iWouldf
pc IN favor OF moving the court house ]
to Greenwood, No time had been
g1yena them to consider and indeed
they did not know what Greenwoods
Wanted or ybhey would haye appeared
thought anywaythat all such matters
en- dseonss1
syentlon.h .
Mr. Sraham TOOK the two maps and
.qsssprlped IN aetall the country through
f@hichE H,InE the nnes ran showing that
GREENWOOD ana mob take IN all the wa
Ter power OF Ieave all the bridges to
SAlppeyllle. :He contended that the
spfo3erty Represented In greenwood
SOY dy was made by the pluck, push.
= I!ih0olusbrS; enterprise ana intelilgence OF
s It's peoplc wfthont outside help and
mere was no reason why they should
SUI form q part OF ola Abbevllle If
thsy wantea TO get out.
y s ME; ,9uadaLh, M, ol Eageheld, was OPP
i,Posseea 10. Inc Din. SIhese people taken
n u1Io S'tsSilWQoa from Eugeneld were
.alreaqS tnir1y mlleS from the court
mousse; Due unqer the new arrange
,ment they would be tharty-hve. They
alunG wnnG 70 soin, Iney preferred