The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-01
PROCLAMATION
State of South Carolina-Executive
Department.

tions have been filed with the doHel-
nor of this State and signed by more
than one-third of the qualified cleo
TORS of certain portions Of AobeVlile'
Greenwood, and Edgeheld Counues,
nropcsed to be cut off to form a new e.
county styled and called McOunie lT
County and embraced WITHIN 1ne ioi-
lowing lines, to-wit: ~,
2. Beginning at a point on tne
South Carolina-G eorgia line IN tite
SaNannah River, opposite the mouth
If Golfer Creek, thence stra!gnt
line N. As degrees E. 26, 72S feet
70 TO- the fork of roads at Riley's; thence
the public road, in an easterly dlree-
tion to Island Ford Bridge over Ll1tie
River: thence, continuing o,9fo
feet to the fork of the road; thence'
tnrnine to the east, following the
r;oht hand road to the south fork OF
Little River, known as Wnltes o.
Creek; thence, straight hne .. 60
degrees, 80 minutes E. 23,SOo 1eet
to a point in the road near ClatWor.
thv's cross roads; thence, a straignV
line n 7S degrees, Is minutes, Z. lo,-
zoo to a point on the GREENWOOD
Abbeville county line near JORDAN S
mill: thence, the said GreenW'ooo-
Ahbeville county line; in a souther-
in direction to its intersection with
the c. & w. C. Railway, about one
mile south of Troy; thence' q
straight line north So degrees eass
5000 feet to a stake, south OF tne
incornorated limits o Troy; thence'
a Straight line N. 46 degrees +. ~
S5e feet to a stake on the Abbevliie,
Edoefield public road; thence, the
said Abbeville, Edgefeld public road
in southerly direction to a ROAD
onnosite the Jabe Stone place; thence
N. "A degrees, 80 minutes Z. 1,z39
feet to a stake; thence, stralgnI
line S. s3 degrees E. 13,3ol, TO q
stake near or at Callison's old mlll
on Cuffytown Greek; thence, up the
run of said creek to the Calllson-
Kirksey township line; thence, the
said township line in an easterly al
rection to the Martintown road;
thence. the said Martintown road IN
a southeasterly direction to tne
Greenwood-Edgefeld county line;
Shence, the said GreenWood-Eage-
field County line in westerly dlrecc
ton to a stake about one quarter OF
a mile west of the old White place;
thence. a straight line south IL de-
erees East 1O,978 feet to stake;
thence, a straight line S. II degrees
w. 3.75O feet to a stake; thence, a
straight line S. 13 degrees E. 8,522
feet to a pine; thence, a stralght
line S. 35 degrees As minutes Z. w.
400 feet to Cocoran Bridge on TuS-
kew Creek; thence, a straight me ..
26 degrees 80 minutes f.: lo,ooo 1eet
to a point where branch crosses
public road; thence, straight lne
s. SO degrees 80 minutes W. 21,90S
feet to the run of Big Stevens Creek;
thence, down the run of Big Stevens
Creek to a stake; thence, a straight
line S. so degrees w. 22,S28 feet TO
the South Carolina-Georgia State
line in the Savannah River; thence'
the said South Carolina-Georgla state
line in a northwesterly direction 10
the beginning point. e
8. Whereas, the boundarles OF
the proposed new county, the num-
her of inhabitants, the taxable pro-
nertv. 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 ascer-
tain the facts as provided for by la"
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 partlcular'
which is hereby confirmed. :,
s. Whereas, as no election had
been held upon said petition in said
area upon the question of the torma-
ton of such new county, upon the
name thereof and the location OF the
county seat therein.
6. Whereas, under the Constltu-
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.
7. 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-
Issfdered but no person appeared In
opposition thereto.
8. NOW THEREFORE, I, Rich
ard 7. Manning, as Governor of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of
the power conferred upor 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 14tb 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
said question, those favoring the
nronoced new county to vote "VeS"