The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-09-28
Number. Il
,Pendleton Wants New County

PendletOn Wants New County
The Pendleton correspondent of the
Anderson Daily Mail: There can be lit
tie doubt now but that determined ef-
fort will be made at an early date to
form new county out of parts of An
derson, Pickens and Oconee counties
Such step was forecasted in recent
correspondence in The Daily Mail from
this place.
A meeting of the people of Pendleton
was held short time ago and an organ
ization effected. Since that meeting
the executive committee having the
matter of Investigating the facts for
and against such project, have gone
into the matter fully with the result
that the effort looking to the formation
OF the proposed new county, has so far
taken shape that within very short
time petitions will be submitted to the
qualified electors of the different Sec
tions of the three old counties to be af-
1ected. In the petitions to the governor
asking that an election be held on the
question at an early date as possible,
1T will be shown by map, corrborated
by data furnished by the federal govern
| ment as also state and county author
| tiles, that there will be from 4O3 to 437
square miles out of which to form
new county while only 400 are required,
and that no old county will be reduced
to 300 square miles as required by the
state constitution. Furthermore. that
none of the proposed new county's lines
will run nearer than eight miles of the
court house buildings of Anderson, Pick
ems and Oconee counties as prohibited
by the state constitution. And still
further, that the assessable taxable
property of the proposed new county
will be at least one million and half
and will leave in each of the old coun-
ties of Anderson, Pickens and Oconee
assessed taxable property of over two
millions.
1t will be recalled, that several years
ago an opportunity was given the people
of those sections of Pickens and Oconee
counties which join Anderson county,
to become annexed to and form part of
Anderson county. At that time, it was
Il understood that, with the addition Of
the two sections of Pickens and Oconee
Z 70 Anderson county, an effort would be
, made to form new county. The people
of those sections, however, had no as
surance that new county would ever
be formed, and if not formed, they, in
the event of annexing to Anderson
county, would be placed further from
the county seat than they were already,
ana Tor that reason, voted against the
proposed annexation. The present prop
osition, however, is different. 1t ia
claimed by those who have the matter
IN charge, that there is sufficient area
IN square miles, assessed taxable prop
erty, population, etc, in contiguous parts
OF Anderson, Pickens and Oconce coun.
ties TO permit the formation Of a new
county under the state constitution and
not violate any Of its provisions rela-
1--WE to the counties from parts of which
the proposed new county will be form
ed. And it is further claimed that n
large majority of the people in the sec
tlons OF Pickens and Oconee proposed to
be cut Off and who were opposed to an
nexatlon to Anderson county several
years ago, are now in favor of the pro
posed new county and that, not only
VIII the petitions to the governor asking
for an early election on the question, be
signed by third the qualified electz>
ors OF the sections to be affected hut
that tWo-thrds will vote in favor OF the
new county yif an election is held.
1t is understood that the municinal
authorities of Penleton will shortly sub
NIT the question to the people whether
the town shall be bonded in sum suf-
iicient to defray the expenses involved
in the effort to form the new county, as
| was recently done in the case of the
town of Wiliiamston