The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-22
HOLDS Her own
Charleston Keeps Her Eigh, Members
and Colston Loses One.
H0W IT FIGURES OUT

After Long Fight the Reapportion-
ment Bill Was SO Amended aS to
| Prevent the Loss OF One Member
BY Charleston Mt the Expense OF
| Colleton County.
Charleston retains her ei:ht rep
resenta,ives in the House OF Rep
! Iresen;atives under the provisions o!
the amended reapportionment bill.
nassed in the Senate Friday night
and adopted later in the House This
ended the most persistent fight. "N-
tending over several days. that me
Senate had and is all the more sig
r'acan;. iaasmuch as the House
passed .ae original bill with 10
changes.
The Senate adopted the amend
r,cnt OF Sena;2r S:nk,er Friday n:s::i
giving Charleston eight instead OF
seven representatives. as the bill at
Grst provided. and giving Colle'on
two representatives. instead oe three.
as originally inserted into the bill
and as Colle,on now has.
In the battle for reappor'ionmeas
at this session Senator Robert Lide.
lof Orangeburs. was the leader. and
| II Is owing 20 his untiring efforts
that the measure finally passed the
Senate
He was helped by other Senator's.
with no ill-feehng toward Colieton
county. Senator Sinkler. when he
found that Charleston should. be-
cause OF the annexation Of part OF
Colleton. retain her present repre-
sen,at;on, came to the rescue and
| won out.
1t so happened that when the re-
apportionment bill vas made up.
Charleston. because Of the smallness
! OF the fraction Of proportionate in
habitants. after the seven representa-
! tives had been accorded. was not en-
titled to another representative. This
Gu. Charleston from eight 10 seven.
Rv the annexation OF Adams Run
and Collins townships. formerly IN
Ccl,e,on. 20 Charleston county. Char
lesion c-incd 5.;it inhG b;;ants. Be
fore this Charles;on's fraction WAS
only 3.o+.. with representation OF
seven. Adding the TWO townships
Charleston fraction would be 9.i*l. :.
emitting her TO another representa-
tive. Co!leton. on population OF
$500. had two representatives and
fraction Of l0.a4S. which world
have given her another representa-
tive.
f, Taking away the two township s
population. namely. 6.iii. Colleton
has two representatives and a trac-
, ton OF only i.an+. not enough 70
give her another representative. Size
thus loses one. as Colieton now has
three.
~
the attention OF the Senate by Sena-
tor Sinkler and fcht OF three days
was then had on the bill. The 0neS-
ton arose as 70 whether the census
I: should be adopted as i, stood before
the annexation. or should the new
territory be added TO Charleston and
taken from Colleton. The Senate
voted 20 70 70 give Charleston her
: eight representatives and Co!'"ton
icnly two The six negative votes in
cluded Ackerman. OF Colleton:
Black. Of Bamhers: Earle. OF Oconee:
Green. OF Marlboro. and Summers.
: OF Calhoun.
The Senate adopted the bill with
the S:nkie- amendment; inserted
therein. Charleston's population un-
der the census was given at $3.50
for the county.
The bill as ac.pted reads:
Section /. Tha; for the purpose
+; OF the appor,ionment Of representa-
! tives in the House Of REPRESENTATIVES
among the several counties IN the
States. the enumeration OF the in
+, hab;;antS OF the several counties bv
the United States census Of l:'" Is
(: hereby a1o?'"d as 4 true and coz
rec, enumeration.
Section .. That. until the next
anrori'ormcnt. the representation ni
-" severa! conaties shall ne As foi-
lows: Abbcvi!la. 3 Aiken. :: An
de-son. g. Bamberg. ,: R1rnw"ll. ;:
Beaufort. .: Rerfelcv. .: Calhoun
y: Charleston. s: Cherokee. ,: Ch"s-
:,e-. .: Chesterfield. .: Clarendon. ;:
Co!ie:.,1. .: Darlington. .: Dilloa
70: Dorchester. l: Edscfeld. .: FaiI-
field. .: Florence. :: GEORGETOWN
.: Greenvillc. s: Greenwood. ::
Hampton. .: Horrr. .: K"rShaw. .:
Lancaster. ." larrenS. ;: 90.
tI.cxsartnr. =: Marion - Marlboro
=: Newher-r. :: Oconce .: 0-an-a
burg. ;: ;'ickens. =: Richland. :;
S,,uda. >: Srartanhur=, =: Sumter
iss: Union. .: williamsburg. :. an'
E: York :
Section :. That this a2a"r'io'
men, shall nc; take eject nn'i! tn
next succeeding genera! election
The following counties gain on
representative each: Anderson
G-cenyillc. Dillon. Orar=cAnrS. Rich
land and S9artanhur: