Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-12-21
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 81, 1904.
An Enthusiastic Meeting.

pursuant: 20 tne call, q soo1
number of representative citizens
both Of the town and county dis
tricts, assembled in The court
house on Monday last to devise
3swsys and means of defeating the
of Calhoun county.
The meeting was called to order oy
Mr.. A.-E. Padgett, who, in a very
appropriate manner, stated the
purpose of the meeting, urging
the citizens to take action, and to
act at once. Hon. w. P. Calhoun
was elected chairman of the meet
Sing and Mr.. il Minis secretary.
After the meeting was declared
ready for business by the CHAIR
more than half a dozen very
strong and stirring short speeches
were made, all to one purpose and
that the>defeating of all attempts
TO further dismember the old
mother country.
Our people are confronted With
"a very grave question-one that
lis :+it not only of vital concern to
Z 1-s
a9ssthe present. generation but to
J 20 generations yet unborn. This the
citizens who assembled in tue
4; ;court house realized. Indeed we
have never before aeen our people
mors thoroughly wrought up over
ID la lmatterof pubic concern.
Hon. B. E. Nicholson and Hon.
sJ 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-
.:iiccally that they would use every
:5Sendeayor to have al act passed
8 providing for the defraying ex-
s penses of . survey Of the b county.
hlch
several gensie iemen ata1n tl,e
.s sumsand "a bstance o,ffahe doinga
49, hefeaB s measure IS Oh
foot to form new county
TO be known as Calhoun
county, with Mccormick as the
county seat-and whereas it is
proposed for the purpose of form
ling 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
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
Iivein the, area proposed to be
cut, should said new county be
formed-all to the great and al
most incalculable dstriment of
: Edgefeld county socially and ma
I terially-and whereas under the
State constitution an old county
cannot be reduced below five hun
sdrsd square miles, and while the
present area of Edgefeld county
il 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 a matter of simple justice
to the county both for present and
future use 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
sof January next and it is of vital
Importance to Edgefeld 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 very likely such a
showing can be made to the gen.
eral assembly as will appeal to it's
sense of the justice and legality OF
cur cause to such an extent as to
prevent the passage of q bill form
ing said new county-thsrefore
bsit resolved by the citizens of
Edgefeld county IN convention
assembled
1st Thatit will be to the great
5detriment of Edgefeld county i'll
200 square miles of her territory
sbstaken from Ber, nor will it be
5toithe advantage or. interest OF the
majority of the citizens living IN
the area proposed to be cut, if
such a result is obtained. Rec
:ognizing this and further recogni-
,zing and eppfeciating the import
.ance and advantage of retaining
their present county citizenships
wesrespectfully and urgently re-