The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-10-28
Three New County Schemes
Metes and Bounds Of Cal
houn, Greenwood and
Dorchester.

Columbia, October 20-Tbe new
county fever IS quite the fashion just
Three petitions were received
to-day asking for special elections at
which to decide whether or not new
counties should be formed. Green
wood, Dorchester aod Calhoun are the
names for the proposed counties as indi-
cateS 10 the petitions. Those advaoc-
Ing he Dorchester Couaty are act par
tial to The name, and would not be ad-
verse to accepting the name OF Jasper
OF Moultrie County. aud, indeed. the
latter name may be pushed.
With the petitions now on file elec-
toes will be held within the next 90
days for Eve ueu county schemes, sna,
Of course, every oae of the committees,
taking charge of the plans are quite
certain that the projects will be success
cessful. If the.reports frcm the terri
tory involved are anyways accurate the
new couuties will very soon be on the
map of the State
The petitions have been duly filed.
The committees are anxious to have the
elections just as soon as possible. Gov
erDor Evans is at present nor'h of
Mason and Dixou's line. but exactly
where is Dos known He has been tele-
graphea Of tie petitions being FLED !,
and the desire Of the people in the in-
terested CONN unisies to have the elec
sions ordered at an early day.
Hese~are outlines Of the PROPOSE
tions that are soon 10 be submitted to
the voters in the territory indicated.
CALHOUN COUNTY LINES.
Calhoun County proposes to have
40 80 square miles aud will ruu with
10 8 Ia miles CT Orangeburg Court
House. The statements indicate ttat
the new county proposes to take about
81 10000 of the taxable property
from Orangeburg and leave in the cid
county over two millions of property.
The cut f.om Lexington County will
take S124. 902 worth Of taxable prop
ersy, and leave in the old couaty ST.
669,885. In the territory to be taken
from Orangeburg there are from SOU
to 900 qualified voters, and of this
number $40 have signed the petitions
that have been submitted to Governor
Evans. In the portion Of Lexington
County to be taken there are 1876 voters,
and of that number it is said IS per
cent have sigued the petition
The new county is to be made up, SO
it appears. from Amelia, Pise Grove,
Cav Cav and Lyon townships in
Oraogeburg County, and Sardy Ruo
Township aud part Of Bull Swamp
Township 10 Lexington County.
This map that is presented vas made
out for the original CalhouO County,
which failed to pass the General AS
sembly several years ago, and has been
adopted to meet the requirements of the
change Of territory for the new county
With the proposed cuts Orangeburg
will have 93l square miles and Lexiog-
ton viii have Sl9 square miles left.
The cut from OraDgeburg County will
be Jus, above Elloree aud Jamison. SO
as to leave both Of these places 10 the
cid county.
This particular county is one CT the
Oldest projects 10 the State, and has for
loos time had many faithful and 10
defatigable workers. The committee
10 charge of the work Of pushing tde
scheme to as successful end consists oI
Messrs. Julius jacobson, j. A. Banks
and J =. McLarchlin.
GREENwotD COUNTY SCHEME
Greenwood, as shown in the petit
tious, will get from the territory il
proposes to get for the new county the
following population From Abbevile
1862, and from Edgefcid 6,l53
The area Of the new county will be
433 square miles. The assessed prop
erty valuation for Greenwood is showu
to be So, 467 1893, made up as follows
Niuety-Six Township, S4S7, 705
Greenwood 81, 1,479,48o White Hall,
S213. SIS; four-6fths Of Cokesbury,
1922. 32S; less than ore-ba!f Of South
Vile, S175, 600; less thao one. ball
IDdian Hall, $4,000; half Kib!er,
s1l5.585; Cooper, S303. $50; Gray
S256.140
The following townships are to be
taken from AbbevilIe Couofy: Ninety
Siz, Greenwood, Coke's, Southvilie.
White Hall, IndiaD Hill.
DoRcHEsTER's OUTLINES.