The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-09
AS TO NEW COUNTIES.
Dorchester County VIII Win and Edisto
County BE Defeated.


County Be Defeated.
The Waltecboro Press and Standard
says:
I'm certain sections great banker.
ing seems to have taken possession OF
certain people for choice bits OF the
territory named in honor Of the late
Sir John Colleton. It is the avoWed
purpose of these ambitious folks, oy
the procuration of these coveted pos.
sessions, to form themselves into
bodies polite and corporate alter Inc
manner of counties now existing IN
South Carolina. Whether or not they
shall be successful in having their
wishes gratifed are questions Whlcn
Will be solved, in measure, at least,
according to due process OF law, on
the 18th of the present month. The pro.
clanation os the Chief Executive OF
the great Palmetto State authorizing
elections to be held, has been issued,
and it remains for all the quaiitledi
electors living within the bounds OF
the proposed new counties to express
their Will at the ballot box on the l5th:
Both new counties, however, cannon
materialize, as the success OF either
would deprive the o:her of certain ter
ritory necessary to its formrtlon:: In
the circumstances, the general oplnlon
is that Dorchester will win. another
question, however, which excltes mucn
interest in connection with the Dor
chester county problem is the location
NJ the county.seat. St. George and
Summer7ille are both candidates, and:
the friends of each are working haro
for the prize. Itseems, however, that
st. George has advantages over us
aspiring competitor. It's location, 1t
is claimed, is superior from every
point of view, and the citizens have
already pledged themselves to bolId
/ the Courthouse and Jail, thus reileV.
ing the taxpayers of the burden OF
taxation for this purpose. The ques-
/ tion.of establishing the county and TO-
eating the Courthouse at st. George
will be discussed in all of its phases at
st. George on the 18th instant, at a
mass meeting which has been called Tor
the purpose. .,
AS to the proposed county OF Ealsto,
with the couoty-seat at Branchville,
which must have portion of the ter
ritory claimed by Dorchester IN order
to succeed, in any event, there are, 1t
/ is understood, other good reasons from
4 which to reach the conclusion that 1t
will fail to materializs. In the first
place Edisto must not only capture
1 The strin of territory upon which Dor
chester has set It's claim, but Warren
and Broxton townships, in Colleton,
as well. This is a feat which the Ed
| isto advocates cannot, it is said, ac-
complish. Broxton township will not
vote for the new county for several
reasons. In the first place, if Broxton
desired to leave the old county 1t
would prefer forming a part OF new
county with the Courthouse at Hope
or Ehrhardt. Transferring their
Courthouse from Walterboro to
Branchville would not benefit Brox-
ton at all, but on the contrary, would
subject the citizens to no little neon
venience. With the railroad facilities
| they now have Walterboro is easily
accessible. A Broxton man may board
the train in the morning. come to
Walterboro, transac. his business and
return home in the afternoon.
Branchville is, therefore, not likely to
receive the support of the Brozton
people. ;,
The voters of Warren will also, it
| is understood, vote to remain IN Old
| Colleton a while longer. At present
the township enjoys political pres
tiege not vouchsafed any other in the
county. For twenty years past q
Warren township man has held the
ctiice of sheriff and now the treasur-
er, the clerk of the court and thecoun
ty superintendent of education are
| from Warren. The township also
isends one Of the representatives to
which st. Bartholomew's parish IS en7
| titled to the Legislature. WATERFORD
| is easily reached by means OF the
railroad facilities now existing and
| there is no reason why the people
should ally themselves with Branch
vile. The distance is almost as great
! to Branchville as it is to Walterhoro
and the only way to get to Branch
] Vile is by private conveyance. A
4 few are found advocating Branchvllle,
1 but the general feeling seems to be
against the idea. Voters who view
| the situation in the light Of reason
! are not willing, it is said, to sacrifice
i the best interests of Ihe>-towTs1Ip Tor
the sake of gratifying few politicians
| who have been promised offices IN the
! new county, So far as the Offices 60,
they have a chinch on them IN the
] old county and the folly Of throwing
up their hand for an uncertainty IS
apparent to all. For these and other
GOOD reasons, it is said, Broxton and
Warren will vote to remain in old Col
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