The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-06-23


lutely untrue, as he has from the be-
ginning of the movement opposed
the Lake City amendment, and why?
Because we have decided on nat
ural boundary, the lake. 1t appears
to US that it would be giving Flor
ence county too much territory.
The citizens of Lake City would
next be asking for dispensary, and
the more serious objection is, they
would next want an election ordered
for Rutledge county again. And
then again, they have not gone at the
matter in the right way and we feel
that we are not getting a fair and
impartial deal.
During the afternoon Mr. Black
we'll came to DR. DR. Lynch's Office
and suggested to him and Mr. R B
Cannon that we hold off our petition
until they could prepare theirs and
come in with us. To this Cannon
and Lynch did not agree and stated
to Mr. Blackwell that we had fully
decided on the matter and would at
once proceed with our petition, fur
ther asking Mr. Blackwell to so in
form the delegation that was over
at an earlier hour and he said he
would do so. If Mr. Blackwell did so
it caused five times that many to
come, and as previously stated, we
had considered the matter and no
one gave them hearing, yet we are
branded as discourteous leaders. We
ask, are we bound to grant every
request made upon us? We have re-
fused to grant the request of the
Lake City folks, and now they are
trying to force us into a submission.
They say they came over with the
kindest feeling in the world for US
and that courtesy was the feeling
that prompted them to come. We
assure you all we appreciate these
remarks, but one of your many dis
ciples has stated that DR. Williams
the same evening he was to meet US
had q conversation with the Gov
ernor and stated to him that our pc
tition was coming in for considera-
ton and that he was going to get up
one for additional territory and re-
quested the Governor to hold the
Scranton petition off until his came.
We are also told by Mr. j c Caro-
way, for whom we have the highest
regard, that when a MIR Rodgers
came to him with the second petition
he refused it and that Mr. Rodgers
stated to Mr. Carroway that DR. VIII
liams said if it interfered with tie
first petition in any way that he
would withdraw his petition. If
this statement had not been made he
would not have signed the petition.
And we are informed that the same
statement was made to several to
get their signatures.
AS has been stated, they seem to
have various methods to get sigma
lures, which reminds us of an old
gentleman who had a son and when
that son grew to manhood and
started out to battle with this world
of ours, the father said to him: Go
now, my son, and make your support
and make it honestly" Just as the
young man started off the old gen.
tleman called him back and said:
GO, my son, and make your support
any way you can." With some vari-
tions l think the illustration can be
appropriately applied to my worthy
friends, they being instructed to go
and get signatures to their petitions
and get them any way they could"
1t is now being circulated that
when the the election ordered for
the second petition to vote in the
entire territory is held, should the
proposition be defeated, the Scranton
petition will not be considered. For
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