Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-01-11
HEYWARD COUNTY.
Governor Ansel Has Ordered
EIection to be Held on Feb
ruary 7th to Vote on
New County.

Gov. Ansel yesterday ordered an
election to be held on the question
of forming q new county out OF
I PARTS of Aiken and Ed gefeld coun:
ties to be known as Hayward coun-
/ ty. The election will he sheld on
February of this year. In issu.
ing the order Gov Ansel states that
salleenstitutiona requirements have
been met, Tie area of the pro-
posed county y is 400 square miles.
Should the new county be formed
ther.e viii llsbey left in Aiken county
ss2o square miles Of territory and
sol square miles in Edgefeld coun-
North Augusta may be the
sc9nilty seat. James u. Jackson,
president and promoter Of several
Augusta enterprises, has peen lead,
ing this fight.
AicommissIon was appointed last
MAY by Gov. Ansel to make al. In
Investigation of the question, fol
lowing a petition, fled, asking that
All Eelectionybe held. The commits,
sion si was appointed under an, an act
passcd by the general assembly in
eos. The petition filed ih may
was swice amended ont cH6icalities.
The last amendment was the
most This involved the
question OF the new county line
passing through the town of Ellen
ton Gov. sansel decided that the
limits OF the town of Ellenton we're
only one=half mile, therefore the
line aid not pass Though an incor
poFated town. This last, amend,
msntI settled all Objections, 50 fal
AS constituti ional req qulrements are
concerned. &
s. IS he legal fight for the new com:
has been led sbY George I. Jack:
Sson 81 Augusta and sR H Yelch
Sofs shis city. 'Ese work Of Mr..
q eacf has Seen 4 me osts romine nent:
TspEesen tied saeces essfull the
81 snrsoveui tents sor the ssolln ties Of Gal
hon1i and d lon aud was given "A
ba1q uss In pillo on in reco gnition ot
bis servi ices.
zs;s, zs; St 4 Ri yoS The Fight x
De layi ne the
$fi5is IS TeFy y ! Ri iiiteTest a ting fight e for q
q county 81 for N orth Au ugusta:
The first petition was fled in this
ease in 1905. This proposed new
county was to be formed out OF
partssof Edgefeld, Aiken and Barn
well counties. The election failed
to carry. Thereafter another peti-
ton was fled, leaving all of Barn:
well county and taking in more OF
I'D gefeld county in lieu of chat left
out Of Barnwell. This movement
was known and for the first time, as
the Hayward new county" The
Z rstmovement was known as the
Hammond new county Gov.
Heyward, when this petition was
filed, In pursuance of the act OF
1905, appointed the commissioners,
one Of whom was Theodore G.
Croft, now senator from Aiken
\ In the Courts.
When the commissioners were
appointed and Just as they were be
ginning TO perform their duties un-
der this act, an action was brought
! to enjoin the commissioners from
3proceeding any further with their
aduties on the ground that the pro
county of Hayward ws!s the
Same as the proposed county Of
HEIamnaondI, and that the co1istitu.
lion, article I, section 2, provided
IAN election upon the question Of
MORNING the same proposed new
Bounty shall not be held ottenel
Shan once iin4 years. . This case was
tyled and known as Lamar VS..
troft, and was heard by Judge
lanes Allrich, who granted an iE-
,nction restraining the commits,
loners from proceeding any furth,
with the performance of their
il tics, tics olding that Heyward coun-
would be the same as Hammond
Rtlnty would have been and that
8ur years had not elapsed since the
ection was held upon the question
tha formation Of Hammond
tlntg.
d appeal was taken from this
ier Of Judge Aldrieh, and the
county people won, the su.
sme court holding that what was
same proposed new county, that
+ hether Hayward was the same
posed new county as Hammond
# S 4 matter solely and exclusively
8hin tie discretion of the cover.
and that the judiciary had nc
&sdiction to interfere with. The
i Sernor In the. exercise of this ex'
: 4 i've discretion.
II 81 ffter this decision the commits
,ers proceeded with the perfor'
# nce of their duties and later OF