Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-11-21
Notice Of Election as to Hayward
County.
PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Petitions signed by
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WHEREAS Petitions signed by
wv more than nne-third of the
qualified electors of those nortinns
of Edgefeld and Aiken Counties,
proposed to BIZ cut off tn form the
new County of Hayward, embraced
within a line "beginning at Scotts
Ferry on Savannah River, running
about six miles in a North-paster'y
direction to a point near Rel Oak
Grove Church, thence continuing
in North-eastrrly direction 10 "a
point on Marlintown road near
Matthews; thence in IL Sonth-east-
erly direction to a point about two
miles from Aiken line and about
trn miles from Aiken village ;
thence in a South easter:y diren
tion to point nn Hamburg aud
Barnweil road about qnaItrr o. a
mile East of 0 F Cneatham; thence
along said public roid to where il
is intersected by Pine Log Road; /;
thence along said Pine Log Road
to point near Franklins; theme"
in South-easteriy direction To a
point near Jason Spires; thence in
a South caster.Y direction to Cha
Wis School House. near Hollow
Greek Bridge, and intersectiag TIL"
Hamburg and Barnwel Roal at
this point where it is intersected
by White Pond koad; thence along
the said White Poud Road to point
near Baggotts about two miles be-
yond Three Runs; thence in a
South easterly direction to Il point
near Spann Hankinson's; thence
in South-easterly quadrant to the
BarnWell County line near Nave.
rick's Mill, and about five miles
from its intersection With the
White Pond Road; thence up said
Savannah River to point of be-
ginning, the same embracing four
hundred and fifty square miles
have been filed with me in accord
ance with law asking that said por-
tions of these counties be permit.
| ted to vote on the establishment Of
La new county.
+ And Whereas, the boundaries oi
She proposed new county, the pro.
posed name, the number Of inhabi.
tants, the area, the taxable proper
ty as shown by the last tax retu rms
-and that the proposed lines do nol
run nearer than eight miles to any
courthouse now esta blished, are
set forth in said petition and in the
report of the commission appoint.
ed to investigate as to the consti-
tuional requirements in the mat
Ter of the formation of the proposed
new County of Hayward.
Now Therefore /, D. G. Hayward
Governor of the State of South
Carolina, in compliance with the
requirements of Section 575 OF
Volume l, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1908, do hereby order an
election in the territory to be cut
off for the proposed new county, OH
the fourth (4th) day of December,
1906, to be heldin accordance with
the requirements of law, at which
election the eelectors shall vote yes
or no upon the question OF creating
d new county, and up n the name
and county seat of the proposed
county.
In Testimony Where's I have
hereunto set my hand
and caused the Great
Seal of the State to be af-
L. S. : fixed at Columbia this
fifth day of November, in
the year of our Lord one
Thousand Nine Hundred
and Six and of the Inde-
pendence of the United
States the One Hundred
and Thirty-first.
D. G.. EYWARD,
Governor.