The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-02
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REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS OF
A1KEE SPEAKS PLAINLY.

REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS OF
A1kEy j I SPEAKS F PLAINLY.
House Passed His Bill on New Conn
ty Matter BY { an Overwhelming
Vote. ..gs
In the House. Mr., Williams bill to
prevent the formation OF deforlned
counties passed second reading with
out objection Saturday. Monday
night the motion was made to re-
conn it. Z.
Mr.. Gasque. spoke in favor OF the
bill. He spoke of the bitterness
sometimes caused by new county
lights There Is no reason now for
"gerrymandering" since the negro
has been forced out OF politics, and
hobble-skirted; and narrow-waisted
counties.
Mr.: Dixon also favored the bill. It
has got so now that if territory
objects to-, taxes or prohibition or
other local conditions in their coun-.
| ty, at once the threat is made that,
they will leave the old county and
20 into some other.
MT. Courtenay of Edgefeld de-
clared his personal opposition to the
formation of Hayward county, but
ihe believes that the constitutional
requirements have been met and
that those restrictions are severe
enough.
DR.. TurnDull Of Aiken made
spirited speech for the bill. lie de-
clared that twice has the Hayward
county proposition been defeated and
now it comes back up here in an al
most identical form and 1t Is all the
proposition OF one land corporation.
He opposed the new county warmly
and favored the bill.
MT. Butler OF North Augusta,
Aiken county, denied fatty Dr..
Turnbull's. statement. He argued
that the people Of North Augusta as
well as the land company, favors the
new county. The people of that ter
ritory, have complied with the re-
oulrements OF the constitution and
those requirements are severe
enough. He made a. strong and ear
NEST fight against the bill.
Mr.: Rembert declared the bill un-
constitutional.
Mr.. Stevenson IL very clear man
ner showed that the bill Is not in
violation Of the constitution. Mr..
Stevensons declared that that propo-
Isition had been fought out in the
formation of Dorchester county. 4
years ago. When "Josh" Ashley
tried to get a part Of Abberllle voted
into And derHonssa few years ago this
same proposition was again deter
mined.
Mr.. williams of Aiken, author OF
| the bill, declared that he had not
INTENDED to say anything on the bill
rs it's merits should be apparent.
But as it had been intinlated that he
-Ihad made personal fight on the
promoters, he would resent it and
would preach the funeral Of Hey
ward county.
! INT. Williams did not mince his
! words a bit. He declared that this
bill is an outrage. That it see-saws
across the county of Aiken from Ell
lenton on the south to Parksville,
or somewhere near the Greenwood
i line. The county is so miles In
length and only three miles across
at the proposed county seat and this
three-mile line is within eight miles
of the court house of Aiken.
| He charged that the effort to
name this county was an insult to
Gov. Hayward who was in office at
the time, because the effort Was
|made to gain his favor by showing
that his name would go down into
history in this manner. He alleged
that the present governor was also
insulted by having his former law
partner employed as one Of the at
torneys of the new county, but he
had been too much Of man to be
swayed by such Establishments.
| Mr.. Williams declared further
that the attempts to create this new
county are all the ambitions Of one
man and that he has already put the
county Of Aiken 20 a great deal OF
expense in the two elections in which
be has failed anl there Is now be-
fore the legislature a claim for
$1,000 for surveying this butterfly
county.
IMr. Williams also paid his respects
to the attorneys engaged on this
proposition. lie declared that his
bill would prevent in the future all
such shoestTing propositions of
counties and that the lawyers who
keep these matters in litigation so
successfully would not then have
such an opportunity.
He concluded by saying that he
had not wished t., express himself so
Dcintedly on the hill but he had been
forced to do sc by circumstances.
When he concluded the house voted
on the motion to recommit and the
motion ws rejected. The bill then
Dassed third reading and was sent to