The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-10-14
Limestone W anted.
Upper Carolina New County
Scheme Being Pushed.

Although the advocates of Salem
county were the first to file their Pc
tition with the governor for the call
ing of an election in behalf Of the
project, ander the provisions of the
new Constitution and the act relating
to the formation OF new counties, the
friends Of Limestone comfy have
gotten the drop upon them and have
succeeded il being the first to have
an election ordered The Salem peo.
pie omitted to get one small certlf-
cate from county official and hence
their election has not yet been
ordered The petition in behalf Of
the Limestone county project was
filed yesterday and the governor
finding that all TIE provisions of the
act bearing upon the subject had
been complied with, Immediately is
sued the desired proclamation, which
will be found below
Tie new county is to include the
whole of Cherokee township in
York county. tie whole of Limestone
township iu Spartanburg county 80
square miles of White Plains town
ship in Spartanburg county Is l 6
square miles of Cherokee township
in Spartanburg county, and Drayton
Vile, Lowdysville and Limestone
townships in Union county The
area of the proposed new county is
to be 42S 2 square miles. The
total taxable property in this area
vii! be S2,l96,605, according to the
last returns Exclusive of the prop
erty in White Plains and Spartan
hurg's Cherokee townships the realty
will amount to Sl,543,14 and the
personally to S652 9Q5. No line of
the new county will run nearer to an
existing court house than eight
miles. The population OF the terri
tory proposed To be included in the
new county will be 2l ,6S5
Of course the name and county
seat will also have to be voted upon.
Gafney Ii is supposed, will be the
county seat The following is the
proclamation of the governor fixing
the election for December 9Th, 1896
Whereas, petition signed by the
qualified electors Of certain sections
of Spartanburg, Union and York
counties. has been fled with me, and
from said petition and accompanying
papers, it appears that one third of
the qualified electors residing within
the area of each section of the old
counties proposed to be cut eff for a
new county have signed said peti
tion and
Whereas, the boundaries Of the
proposed new county. the proposed
name, the number of inhabitants. the
area, the taxable property, as shown
BY the last tax returns, and that the
proposed lines for the new county do
not run more than eight miles from
any court house now established, and
set forth in said petition.
Now, therefore, |, John Gary
Evans, governor of the State of South
Carolina. in compliance with the
requirements Of the act of the gen.
eral assembly. entitled an act "to
provide for the formation Of new
countess" etc approved March 9th.
1896; do hereby order an election in
the counties to be cut off for the new
county on Tuesday, the 9Th of De.
cember, A D 1886, to be held in &C
cordance with the requirements of
the said act. at which election the
electors shall vote eyes or mo"
upon the question Of creating the
new county, and upon the name and
county seat Of said proposed new
county
There a,e some five or six other
new county schemes, most of which
the general public has heard of from
time to time The latest is that of
"Dorchester" county, which will
take a big slice eff Colleton county
ain give and historic name to an his
toric section Of the State Green
wood, Honea Path and Calhoun are
some Of the names proposed for other
new counties for which certain citi-
no., ,,o u,o,t:Dr -The State