The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-06-23
MORE ABOUT MATTER
OF ANNEXATION,
SCRANTON CLAIMS NOT TO BE
GETTING SQUARE DEAL--THE
GOVERNORS PROMISE.

Editor County Record
We have read the numerous arti-
cles from time to time that have ap-
peared in our papers in connection
with the matter of the proposed an
nexation of a portion of Williams
burg to Florence county, and being
one of the number that first agitated
the move-prompted by our belief
that our actions would meet the en-
tire approval of all the voters in the
{proposed territory, and being more
over in possession of all the facts
we therefore feel it our duty to give
to the voters in the territory the
true facts of tbs matter, regardless
of what she Lake City delegates say
or would have you believe. We all
agree that the idea of voting the
first proposed territory to Florence
county, making the lake the line, is
by no means an idea of recent orr
gin, but antedates the formation OF
the so called 'Rutledge county.
The citizens of this community had
begun to prepare their petitions
when the matter of creating Rut-
ledge was forced upon US and we
were compelled to bow in humble
submission and give up all hopes Of
ever becoming a part Of Florence
county. Our ever thoughtful friends
of to-day were sure of success, but
as yet they are a part of old Will
liamsburg county; their move being
complete failure-they lost out.
Now, we, the citizens of Scranton
and community, have again decided
to become a part of Florence county
and make the lake the line between
Williamsburg and Florence counties,
which we as : zee and law-abiding cit
izens of our community thought We
had right to do. Acting upon our
suggestions and plans, we prepared
our petitions about Wednesday,
May II and at once circulated them,
asking that the area north of
Lynch's lake be cut off from Will
liamsburg and joined to Florence
county. The petitions we re signed by
all the voters to whom they were
presented in the territory except
two or three men. On the following
Friday evening Messrs John Morris
and H P Baldwin came over to
Scranton to DR. Lynch's office and
said: I'VE hear you are making a
.ove to be annexed to Florence
\county and the Lake City folks are
very much worked up on the matter
and are desirous of coming in also. "
DR. Lynch, with the kindest feeling
and the most considerate manner,
stated to them that we had canvass
ed our territory and that our peti-
tions were signed and ready to be
presented to the Governor for his
consideration, and that we did not
care to be delayed in the matter,
and further suggested to them that
if they wished to be annexed to
Florence, to get up petition in their
territory and present the same to
the people and have the election or
dered. That we had no objection to
their coming, but did not care to be
delayed in the matter.
On the following day, Saturday,
about / p m, DR. Williams, Messrs
Bass, Truluck, Singletary and Askins
came in body to DR. Lynch's office
and stated to him that they wished
to come along with the people of
Scranton and DR. Williams suggested
that we change our boundaries in
sour petition and take them in the
petitions. At this time the petitions
were already signed and in a great
many instances signed with the un-
derstanding that Lake City would
not be taken in land | think the
matter of holding off the petitions
until thew could prepare theirs was