The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-11-17
PROCLAMATION
State OF South Carolina-Executive
Department.

nor of this State and signed by more
than one-third of the qualified cleo
tors Of certain portions of AbbeTllle'
Greenwood, and Edgedeld Countess
propcsed to be cut off to form ne"
county styled and called McDuIie
County and embraced within the 1ol-
lowing lines, to-wlt: u
2. Beginning at a point on the me
South Carolina-Georgia line IN tns
Savannah River, opposite the NOUN
of Golfer Creek, thence a straignS
Ine. N. IS degrees E. 26, fZS 1eeo
tnthe fork of roads at Riley's; thence
The nubl;c road, in an easterly dlrec-
ton to Island Ford Bridge over Llttle tue
Tive. @ thence. continuing 6,97S
Feet to the fork of the road; THENCE
tnrninr to the east, following the
r;obt hand road to the south FORK OF
Little River, known as Wnites OK
Greek; thence, straight me .; %
degrees, 80 minutes E. 23,SOo lee'
to a point in the road near ClatWor.
tbv's cross roads; thence, straigh1
line n 78 degrees, Is minutes, +. lo;,-
zoo to a point on the Greenwoo9-
ahbeville county line near Jordan,s
mill: thence, the said GREENWOOD
Abbeville county line; in a souther-
iv direction to it's intersection WIN
Tho G, & w. C. Railway, about one
mile south of Troy; thenee' a
straight line north So degrees east
5000 feet to stake, south OF the
incorporated limits Troy; thence'
q Straight line N. 46 degrees E. ~
65e feet to a stake on the AbbeVllle,
Edpefeld public road; thence, the
ssid Abbeyille, Edgefeld public road
in a southerly direction to a ROAD
onnosite the Jabe Stone place; thencS
NJ a degrees, 80 minutes E. f,ZV9
feet to a stake; thence, a stralgnt
line s. So degrees E. 13,36l to a
stake near or at Collisions OLD mn
on Cuffytown Creek; thence, up tne
run of said creek to the Calllson-
Kirksey township line; thence, the
said township line in an easterly dl-
rection to the Martintown roaa;
thence, the said Martintown road IN
a southeasterly direction to the
Greenwood-Edgefeld county line;
thence. the said Greenwood-Edge-
Held County line in westerly dlrec.
ion to a stake about one quarter OF
S mile west of the old White place;
thence. a straight line south IL ae-
grees East 10,97S feet to stake )
thence, straight line S. r. degrees
W. $3.50 feet to stake; thence, \
straight line S. 13 degrees E. 9,o2Z
feet to a pine; thence, a straight
line S. 35 degrees As minutes E. TO-
400 feet to Cocoran Bridge on Tu:-
kew Greek; thence, a straight line .:
26 degrees 80 minutes E. 16,SOO feet
to a point where a branch crosses
public road; thence, a straight me
s. So degrees 80 minutes w. 27,90S
feet to the run of Big Stevens Creek;
thence, down the run of Big stevens
Creek to stake; thence, a stralgnt
line S. SO degrees w. 22,S28 feet to
the South Carolina-Georgla State
line in the Savannah River; thence
the said South Carolina-Georg1a State
line in a northwesterly direction TO
the beginning point: -.
g.. Whereas, the boundaries of
the proposed new county, the num-
Der of inhabitants, the taxable pro-
perty, as we'll as all other require
ments of the Constitution and Stat
utes have been found and are as set
forth in said petition.
- 4. Whereas, the report of the
commissioners, appointed to aseer-
tain the facts as provided for by law
whether the requirements of the con-
stitution and Statutes as to area, dis
tance, wealth and population and
shape, ct cetera, are complied with
and are as stated in the petition, has
been filed in this Office, wherein 1t
appears that the law has been fully
complied with in every particular,
which is hereby confirmed. .
5. Whereas, as no election had
been held upon said petition in said
area upon the question OF. the forma-
ton of such new county, upon the
name thereof and the location of the
county seat therein.
6. Whereas, under the Constitu-
ton and laws of this State the petit
TONERS are entitled to have ordered
and it is made the duty of the Gov
ernor of the State to order an elec-
ton. in said area upon said questions.
z. Whereas, an opportunity to
be heard was given to both propon-
ents and opponents of said proposed
new county, and proponents of the
new county and their counsel appear
ed in response to said notice, and
some written communication in op-
position thereto was received and con-
sidered but no person appeared in
opposition thereto.
sA 8. NOW THEREFORE, I, Rich
ard I. Manning, as Governor of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of
the power conferred upon me by the
Constitution and laws of this State do
hereby order:
That an election be held in the ter
ritory embraced within the proposed
new county on the second Tuesday,
the 18th day of December, A. D.,
1915, upon the question of creating
the said new county and that at such
election the qualified electors within
the proposed area shall vote upon