The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-30

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killed by vote of 50 to mo further
count demanded" "
The Convention then adjourned til
this morning.
FURTHER DISCUSSION.
When the Convention met this morn
ing, there was no time lost in resum
ing the consideration of the matter
pending-the article on counties anc
county government.
The first section which had been un
der consideration all of the previou:
day was again called up.
Mr.. Ira B. Jones renewed the mo
ton made by Mr. Talbert the night be
fore to table the minority and take ul
the majority report first.
Mr.. +. B. Gary said that this propo
sition was serious matter; there were
matters in this report which should bt
considered as they stood. To pas:
Mr.. Jones motion would be to reverse
the action of the convention already
taken. It was merely new scheme
to dispose of the minority report. he
moved to table Mr.. Jones motion
This was carried by a vote of 63 to 81
Mr.. Prince then offered an amend
ment to strike out the word qualified
before the word voter" and say free
holder" instead. I move to lay this
amendment on the table By a vote ol
63 to 56 the amendment was tabled.
Mr.. Buist offered an amendment tc
section 1 to strike out the word ''legis
lature'' on line l and insert general
assembly," This was adopted.
Mr.. Gage offered this amendment
which was adopted: Amend by add.
ing of line 7 after the word county
the following words: And at the
same election the question of a name
and a county seat for such county
shall be submitted to the electors.
Mr.. John B. Jones offered to substl
tute section 4 of the majority report
for section 1asamended.
This motion had been made out OF
order by Mr.. G. D. Tillman the night
before.
Mr.. B. R. Tillman moved to table,
but withdrew to allow Mr.. G. D. Till
man to speak.
Mr.. Tillman said he wanted make a
few remarks in reply to Mr.. McGown's
speech last night. He gave some
strong statements in regard to the rea-
son why the term ''pauper" counties
had been applied to certain counties
in Kentucky, quite different from
what the convention had understood.
He merely rose, he said, to take the
sting out of his frined's ''pauper coun-
ty" argument. His young friend had
made statements that he should be
ashamed of.
MR.. OTIS ON RosTAT1oN.
Mr.. Otis said, in this State people
seldom rotated" Edgefeld, the old
monopolistic county, had dominated
the second district, and she had con-
trolled the State Offices for years.
Senator Tillman-Whv don't you
speak to the question?
Mr.. Otts-The gentleman from
does not always speak to the
question. He has set me the example.
(Laughter.)
Mr.. johnson of Sparntanburg op-
posed the substitute. Mr.. Burn sopke
IN favor of a minimum area OF 500
square miles.
MIR. MCGOWAN stated that he did not
10 or say things that he was ashamed
of. He thought his friend from Edge
field was unjustified in such a position.
Then he quoted what Governor Brown
Of Georgia had said in the Constitu-
,ional convention which put stop to
The formation of counties in Georgia
There is considerable number OF
in this State now, l believe
about 137. There are a number OF
hem that do not pay as much money
INTO the State treasury of the State as
hey draw out. They do not pay a
iolIar of the public debt, nor the ex-
oenses of the government, nor even as
much money as the government IS
compelled to pay out on their account.
This matter of making up counties has
gone far enough"
There was a spat between Messrs. 6.
D. Tillman and McGown, out of which
neither seemed to make much. MIR:
rillman said he would like to hear OF
,ry two counties anywhere that ever
asked to be consolidated into one when
once formed.
Mr.. D. S. Henderson asked Senator
Cillman there was any way by which
counties could consolidate.
Mr.. Tillman-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Henderson-Where?
Mr.. Tillman-In the Mississippi, in
he Georgia and other Constitutions,
md I defy you to find an instance
where any county ever asked for a
consolidation.
Mr.. Patterson then stated that this
convention had expressed itself in this
natter pretty fully and he thought
his substitute should be tabled. There
vas no use to put in this new matter
They had already amended the section
% suit.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Jones
vas then killed.
HOW IT GOT THROUGH.
Section 1 was then adopted as a
whole in the following shape:
Section /. The general assembly
nay, from time to time, establish new
counties in the following manner:
Whenever one-third of the qualified
voters within the area each section Of
an old county proposed to be cut OFT
10 form new county shall petition
he governor for the creation Of new
setting forth the boundaries
and having complied with the require
ments of this article, the governor
shall order an election, within rea-
sonable time thereafter, by the quail
fed voters within the proposed area,
in which election they shall vote
yes" or mo" upon the question OF
creating said new county, and at the
same election the question Of name
and couty seat for such county shall
be submitted to the electors.
SECTION TWO.
Section 2 was then taken up, read
ng thus:
Sec. Q. Ifa majority of the qualified
voters within the several sections pro-