The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-12-27
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! New Y County Gets Large FaajorIiy
of Those Who Voted.

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4 'hoanS County took place on r,iesd I
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burg County. a
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Sias Orange burg Comfy foi is 81 and
against 4 19f
IS Add these two ,ogether and thavl
make the entire vote in orangeburp
County eco. eS.i = :. 9
AS 1t takes two thirds vote to
win, the opposition to the formation
or the new county only had to polJ
l2O moro votes to defeat It,
lt is estimated that there Gre sc
voters IN the territory whose voting
precincts were left out of tho limits
or ttheproposed new county who would
have voted against it had any place
been provided at which they could
vote.
Count in these 80 disfranchiseJ
voters on the side of the opposition.
and we have 1S1 votes against the
ne" county. 1t would then take on
ly forty more votes to make 2z1
which would have defeated it.
1T is said that twice that number
OF voters, who are opposed to the new
county, refrained from voting. ms
they considered the fight hopeless
with such a large number of the on
ponents OF the new county disfran-
chised by it's advocates running its
lines as they did.
There were other Irregularities in
the election that will likely be car
ried to the courts for settlement. Inl
ordering the election Coy. Ansel
says in his proclamation that all
lualified electors within the propos-
ed area shall be allowed to vote
ipon said question, those fayoring
the proposed new county to vote +
Yes" and those opposed to vote
No"
The Governor further says: ''That
he Commissioners of State and
louHty Elections Of the Counties OIL
)rangeburg and Lexington respec-
lively shall make all necessary ar
'angements for holding said cleo
ion, shall appoint managers and do
I'll other things necessary for holding
If said election; that the County
of the said counties
espcctively shall have prepared
printed tickets and furnish same to
he Commissioners of Election to be
sent out to the Managers of Election
or the use of the voters.'
Lexington County.
There was only one poll in Lex
ngton County ard the vote at that
vas AZ for and 10 against. 1t re-
1uircd change Of only eight votes
here to defeat the new county. The
state says MI r. II. Welch, Of Col
lmbia, attorney for the new county
people WAS on hand at the Lexing-
ton precinct. Why this Columbia
lawyer should be at the polls is not
stated. The State says "it is said
by those who came to Columbia last
evening that at Red Store, the only
precinct in Lexington, there were
scenes which reminded one Of the
days Of 1876
Gov Ansel had been requested to
send sufficient force to this pre-
cinct to keep order. Accordingly,
Sheriff Corley and number OF his
deputies were on the scene and 1t is
said their presence prevented any
display Of feeling.
ct seems that the expected trou-
BILE was not caused by citizens of
Lexington, but from men who had
gone to Red Store from the other
side. 1t is said that many guns were
in evidence about this precinct"