The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-24
EUTAW COUNTY.
Gov. FlnseI Has Had q New Prop
osition Submitted
The Papers in the Case Were Filed
Thursday-AlI Constitutional Re-
uuircmcntS Met.

The State says Messrs. ]. G. Evans.
\. 4. Dantzler, w. N. Fair and J. D.
Gates Of Ellorce: Gordon Virgins,
N e. East and A. B. Bennett OF
Holly Hill filed petition with Gov.
Ansel Thursday in the Eutaw County
matter The new county is arranged
10 embrace portions of Orangeburg
and Berkeley counties.
The Northern boundary of the pro-
posed new county begins at a point
on the Santee river about eight and
one-half miles above Elloree, strik-
ing the Four Holes swamp near the
town of Cameron with the natural
boundaries, Four Holes Swamp and
the Santee river, on either side.
1t is understood that the PROPOSE
ton has been given the closest at
tention for some time and the people
are hard at work getting matters IN
proper condition. The petitions filed
with Gov. Ansel, according to the
registration books of Orangeburg and
Berkeley, We're signed by over two
thirds of the voters within the pro-
posed cut and the promoters are very
enthusiastic over the prospects OF
success.
a map and completed survey, made
bv Harmon D. Noise of Sumter, was
| filed with the petitions. and certlh-
Gates from the officials of Orangeburg
and Berkeley counties, showing tnat
the proposed new county meets all
the legal requirements for the lorna
ton Of new counties. The certhcate
OF the surveyor shows the area to be
! 420 square miles. All Of the papers
Twill be referred to the attorney gen
! eral, who will see whether the legal
requirements have been complleo
with
The delegation had reports from
the auditors of OrangeburS ano
Berkeley counties showing that the
taxable property in the parts OF tnese
two counties that will become a sec
tion of the new county is at the
present time something like sZ'ooo'
900. The statuary requirement Is
that there must be taxable propert!
to the amount of s1,500,000 within
the area of any proposed new county
Some of the territory embraced II
the proposed Eutaw county, IS als(
! embraced in the proposed oalhou
| Cou.ltv. which will cause a condc
between the two new county pfopo
sjtions. 1t is a novel situation. ant
inst how it is to be settled we d(
not know. but we suppose the peopl'
in ,..e disputed territory will decla'
bv vote with which of the new coun
ty propositions they would ratne
! cast their fortunes. We do not Know
i whether this is the law or not, but !
If is not, it should be. as the peopl
lin The disputed territory should D
;. allowed to decide the matter 10
themselves. We do not suppose ina
either of the new county protector
would object to this equitable an
satisfactory mode of settling the mat
ter. 49,
If the people of the disputed ter
ritorv votes 10 throw their fortune
vita Elloree. the st. Matthews peopl
would have to extend their lines l.
some other directions to get the ter
ritcry they require for their count!
Then if both propositions are vote
down. the territory embraced IN eltn
or of the proposed new counties coul
not be called upon to vote upon
similar proposition for four years
That is the way Gov. Ansel recentl
decided the case Of Hammond Coun
tv. and we think he was right Th
Eutaw County scheme compllcate
the matter considerably but we sur
nose there is some way out OF Tn
raocle. One thing is certain, the sam
territory can't be embraced I'D 7"
counties, and before vote On eithe
, car: be had the matter will have to D
adjusted. 1t is novel situation an
Will be watched with interest oy IN
| while State