The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-30
PROPER PROPOSITION.
The COmmendable Spirit ~hicb
Should Have Prevailed Long Ago.

Mr.. w. J, Moore, of Cokes bury, was In town
Yesterday. He spoke Of the new county, ana
said that all the parties ought 70 come I Ioseth. =
er and agree upon the question al issue. a.
far as we know he Is the first man that mas
said anything to an Abbeville man on tnls
fine. From the first until now the people OF
ahheyille have not been treated with mucn
consideration in reference TO the dismemoer
ment of the county. Whether true or noti IL
is reported that many unktnd thlngs nave
said Of u.s. ana lad ihe @ope os esS nes
ma. and from our standpoint we nave commit
ted no other offense than TO try anu protecl
our interests, as we see them
Tine new county line was run very near 10
the old county seat, and we objected TO that,
and have done what we could 10 deieat pro-
ject which we thought would lnJure us SO
materially. Any other community would
have done the same.
The Constitution has agreed to fix limit
of eight miles from the Did county seat, near
er than which no new county line can De run.
The limit Of the county areas mas bendred Sgen fe
SQUARE miles, and for new county lines tnt
requirement is only four hundred square
miles Heretofore the size OF counties es. was
six hundred and twenty-five square miles.
Under the new law Greenwood VIII have
less trouble In getting the area, and ADoeVllle
need not be cut to pieces. While the Consti,
tuition protects the old counties within elghl
miles. Il Yields In the reduction OF area in the
new counties. From this action II would
seem that the Convention wanted compro
mise 90 that all parties might be accommo-
dated without serious injury TO anybody.
we think the Convention yielded a great
deal in allowing new lines to be run within
eight miles Of the old county seat. properly
that limit should not have been less than ten
miles, II the county seat was protected tor
ten miles on each side, no old county would
be very badly hurt. People at the coun.
Nv seat have rights as we'll as others, but
when the people desire to cut up county
the law should not be too stringent, as against
them.
OF course the people Of the county seat
would be sorry for any portion OF the terri.
tory to be cut of, but there Is no reason for
hard feelings, or unkind speeches. The peo-
ple ut the village are actuated by the same
impulses that move other people, and they
are Just as good as others. They are Just as
tic ss anybody. Reduced TO the last analysis,
we are moved by the same principle, sel1-ln-
cerast, and no man nor any set Of men have q
right 10 claim monopoly OF the higher and
better motives, while charging up the baser
and the less patriotic principles to their
neighhors. We are all citizens OF AobeVille
county, and none of as could Justify our I'm.
aginary grievances by the actual facts. II
the new county Is cut of II Will soon De
found that 1t takes other things than coun,
Nv seat TO build up town, and II Will De seen
that an old county seat will not be torn down
because of loss OF little territory. Inc
new county will never he worth the money II
has cost, and Abbeville will go on the same
as In the days of old. If we lose In one way
we will build up in another. If all our terri
tory was taken from US we might establlsn
new Industries, create q better market, anu
build cp greater town.
While being opposed to the new county, we
don't expect 10 fall out with anybody on the
subject.