The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-31

imnosed on the rest Of the State for tw.
centuries. This was I'LL when tho up
country had four times tho white pop
ulation of the lOw-cOuntry, and pait
more than twice the taxes OF the lOwoI
counties.
He then went on to say that not q
county that had had its territory rcdu.
ced to make other counties was sorry
for it..
He thought the mcnncst thing he
ever saw done in IN, election WAS that
the newest counties voted against The
amendment to give smaller areas for
new counties, Anderson and Pickcns
aud oLher counties.
Some safeguards may he thrown
around the crcutiun OF new counties in
the minority report. The report is not
complete and fatally defective. What
is the use to have any limit Us 70 how
near IL county line should run 10 /;
county seat that had buttlcd for crcu-
tion, voted against the amendment,
and why he never understood. Georgia
had one hundred and thirty -scven
counties and not Il single county was
willing TO surrender It's county board.
This was an urea Of l23 square miles.
In Tennessee the area was 427, and the
new constitution provided for ali area
Of only 2S5 square miles. Virginia had
it's area at $50 square miles and no
county there wanted to be consolidated
with another. or as is vulgarly said
they hold ON to it like death does to
u nigger." IT was simply letting peU-
pie govern themselves to let thcm have
such counties as they wanted. lie did
not understand why tho people should
| not be given Il chance to govern them
selves. Any people who want to take
upon themselves the expense and re-
spOnsibility OF CountyhoOd should be
allowed SO to do. Grccnvillc was not
over live miles from the county line
and was satisfactorily located. Dar-
lingtOn and Florence. two of the most
PceDsc, were within ten miles Of each
other and did not suffer for it.
Col. Tillman made it plain that the
prejudice ho may have entertained
against Charleston for It's large Soma
torial delegation in his younger days
and its policy on this matter had died
completely away. 1t is stated that In
the committee room he advocated lcav-
ing the two Senator'S TO Charleston.
He wanted to say with what force he
could that tho convention ought to
provide for q little more home rule
und personal liberty. What he had
S}tiU bl SIdflCSGOtl lldO tlOI DCcn SulSl III
any spirit Of triumph. Since the do
ing away with the parish system he
| had no i'll will towards Charleston,
and, he added, he WAS the only NOM
| Der of the committee who advocated
| Charleston's having two Senators,
| becauseBit had the population and the
! wealth, twice rs much AZ almost any
county. with one or two exceptions.
Spartanburg, he prophesicd, would
have three Senators, for there will be
a county seat ut GAtfncy and another
at Woodruff, Notwithstanding the raw
ings Of tho Headlight and the vested
interests Of Spartanburg.
1o went on TO say that all large
counties would in time be divided.
For at least two hundred years
Charleston exercised Il domincering
tyranny over the balance Of the State.
She has gotten more Justice than she
perhaps deserves. but there is no need
| for revenge. It was not wise or proper,
and he wanted to know whether the
old policy of tho 'iow-country was TO be
repeated. He hope not. Yet these
large counties were combining their
interests. Collcton is sure to have ono
or two counties carved out Of it, Rock
Hill is sure to have Il court house by
tho eternal law Nf things, which is
always right The ma jority report
PROPOSES that there shall he scpn,-
ato election had in every county pro-
posed to be dismembcrcd and that
there shall be Il concurrence in all re-
spccts. For Gods sake let us not pat
collars around the peoples necks or
chains around thom. He saw no neeu
for q multitude OF restraints on the
now counties. ~ to the number Of
g n n n n
bugaboo, ~ there could be Senatorial
districts, and one Senator could repre-
sent several counties and give home
|rule to the people. He contcndod that
small counties would reduce county
expenses. The county court house
and jail could be built out OF land sold
out OF property subscribed for a county
scat. Then many commercial centres
would be glad to pay for tic building.
The buildings would cost tho county
nothing, even whore thcro is no -four
IL hing city with several Thousand pop
uiation. The expense for tho court
house and jnil, say for Saluda would be
$40, 900, would be more than saved in
five years in the saving OF mileage and
the saving OF time for witnesses. Tho
expenses of troop Of witnesses. lcav-
ing out Tho citizons' interests, would
all count up. All tho owners Of real
estate, the merchants and Othors at
the old county seats think they have
q right to lovy tribute on their follow
citizens who live twenty or thirty
miles away. He said ho had notEinE
to charge against the lawyers, for he
was once II ono-horsc lawyer. bat no
must they arc say lazy. The lawyers
were inclined to make tho clionts como
to them. The way to brighton the wits
of the lawyer was to n1ako him ride TO
the clients '"''''" 80. : '' -
He wont on to s,ty he wanted to SOC
this State like others. and keep up
with tho march Of civilization. Every
court house, he urged, was II con-
trc Of education. The young men
would attend court and profit by tho'
example they saw. When men lived
far from The county sea: they loathed
to go to II distant court house. lio
| said this custom Of having to go 30 far
from home often led to trouble. Every
now county court house established in
the dark corners on sleepy hollows OF