Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-21
D, "WEDNESDAY. 1,, ) DEC. 21, 1904.
! An Enthusiastic Meeting.

An Enthusiastic Meeting.
Pursuant 20 the call, q 8oocly
8 humber of representative citi7sns'
ssboth Of the town and country dis
assembled in The court
house on Monday last to devise
IssWsys and means Of defeating the
formation Of Calhoun county.
ne meeting was called to order oy
Mr. A.-E. Padgett, who, in very
appropriate manner, stated the
purpose of the meeting, urging
the citizens to take action, ana 10
SSact at once. Hon. w. T. Calhoun
was elected chairman of the meet
Sing and Mr.. J. L Minis secretary:
After the meeting was declared
read y for business by the char
8 more than half a dozen very
,sstrong and stirring short speeches
were made, all to one purpose and
B that the,dsfeating Of all attempts
to further dismember the old
5 mother country.
Our people are confronted with
a very grave question-one that
ssis not only Of vital concern to
the present generation but to
B generations yet unborn. This the
IS citizens who assembled in the
court house realiztd. Indeed we
have never before seen our people
SS:more thoroughly wrought up over
s ssa matter of public concern.
Hon. B. E. Nicholson and Hon.
W. DeVore were present and
pledged their support to every
measure introduced in the legls'
latnre having for its purpose the
defeat of the proposed new county
Furthermore, they stated emphat
that they would use every
endeavor to have al act passed
81 providing for the defraying e1
pl.s,nses Of q survey of the; county
4 q Mhlct
several gentl tlemen conta n 9Th
sum and snbst tance' ofthe doing
themasa nseat lis IS
hereE "a I measure is OF
foot to form 3 new count,
to be known as Calhoun
county, with Mccormick as the
county seat-and whereas it il
proposed for the purpose of form
ing q new county to take from the
already much depleted area OF
Edgefeld county 200 square miles
which would be to deprive her OF
) almost one third of her present
territory, including the entire line
Of the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway, now located IN
this.county, and something like a
million dollars of taxable property
as well as to very largely end the
social and business relations that
happily exist between Us and
those of our fellow citszens who
live in the, area proposed to be
cut, should said new county be
formed-all to the great and al
most incalculable detriment of
Edge6eld county socially and ma
terially-and whereas under the
State constitution an old county
cannot be reduced below five hun
dred square miles, apd while the
present area of Edgeheld county
is unknown, the general informa-
tion and belief is that if 200 sqaure
miles is taken it will reduce her
below the constitutional ares
and as matter of simple justice
to the county both for present and
future uae it is eminently proper
{ and important that the true area
of the county be accomplished
only by an accurate survey of the
county which should be had at
the public expense and at once
and whereas an election upon the
question Of forming eaid new
county has been ordered by the
governor to take place the 3rd day
Of January next and it is of vital
Importance to Edge6eld county
that said election go against the
formation of said new county
and whereas even if said election
should be carried for said new
county it is vsry likely such a
showing can be made to the gen.
eral assembly as will appeal to its
3 sense of the justice and legality of
our cause to such an extent as to
8 prevent the passage of bill form
ling said new county-thsrefore
belt resolved by the citizens OF
Edgefeld county IN convention
assent bled-
1st That it will be to the great
detriment of Edge6eld county if
200 square miles of her territory
bstaken from Der, nor will it be
to the advantage or interested the
pajori.y of the citizens living in
the area proposed to be cut, if
/ such result is obtained. Rec
ognizing this and further recogni-