The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-16
THEY MUST PAY FOR The BONDS.

a county seat is being actively
pressed, but it has a rival IN
Olanta. If Rutledge county Is
formed, then Beulah county with
Olanta as a county seat is nil. we
have no preference in the two
places, but it does strike US tnat
if Clarendon is to lose any por
ton of the Salem section it must
be Sandy Grove township, and
the residents thereof would be
better off to go into Rutledge,
however, we caution the citizens
ofSandy Grove to be not deceived
bv some of the falacious state
ments now being made to induce
votes for the new county. Clar-
eadon has taken upon herself a
large bonded Indebtedness, So
600, and Sandy Grove township
whether it leaves Clarendon. or
remains will have to pay its pro-
portion. 1t is urged by some that
If the people of Sandy Grove
township Will vote for the new
county they will escape taxation
for Clarendon's bonds. It is not
true, but on the other hand, II
they vote themselves into new
county they will not only have
to pay their proportion on Clar-
endon's bonds, they will also
have to bear their proportion Of
theexpensefor a new court house.
jail and other public buildings.
In other words they will be
double taxed. The Rutledge
county advocates claim that Lake
City will contribute enough mon
ey to build a court house and jail,
we do not believe anything of the
sort. other to Ens have made sim
liar promises, but so far as we
know, the promise failed immed-&
lately after the new county was
created. There is the new coun-
ty of Calhoun, all manner OF
promises were made by the town
of St. Matthews, the county was
created. St. Matthews became
the county seat, and as yet no
court house has been built and
will not be built, until the coun-
ty is bonded to raise the money.
# the Lake City or Olanta peo-
pie are in earnest to have their
towns the county seats let them
deposit not less than $4,000 in
trust in some bank, conditioned
upon the failure to secure the
county seat. the money to be re
funded. but if the county seat is
secured, this $4,000 be expend-
ed in the necessary public build.
ings, if this is done. it will end
the new county agitation.
The people of Sandy Grove
bold the key to the situation:
they can and should demand re-
lief from any taxation for public
buildings in a new county, and
too, they should have say so in
the character of public buildings
to go up, because if the project
ors of the new county scheme de-
string to speculate on Lake City
property find they must promise
to build a, court house and jail,
unless the character of buildings
are specified, they can put up in
expensive shacks, and later on
after they have the Sandy Grov-
ers in their trap, by force OF mum
bers, force upon them a heavy
bond issue to erect first class
public buildings.
Be not deceived by the tempt
ing promises OF the new county
advocates. We have been told
that a prominent citizen Of Sandy
Grove, now a warm supporter of
Rutledge county, has been prom
ised the Office of Clerk of Court.
just how many others in that
township have been promised
the public Offices we do not know,
but we do know that the goods
cannot be delivered. because the
county Offices have to be voted
for, and no man or set of men can
control the votes of a people.
We do not want Clarendon to
become dismem,, Led, but if it is
to be then let those people IN
Sandy Grove understand that
when they vote themselves out
OF Clarendon they do not escape
taxation for Clarendon's $4,000
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