The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-11
PINEWOOD JOINS
SUMTER COUNTY
Citizens of Pinewood and CAL
vary Township Vote to Leave
Clarendon County
VOTE FOR ANNEXATION
107, AGAINST AZ
The Election Was Safely Carried
BY More Than the Required
Two-Thirds Majority

The election to decide the question
whether or not the town of Pine
Pinewood and Fulton township and
a part of Calvary township, should be
annexed to Sumter county was held
Tuesday. The advocates of annex
alton and those who opposed severing
their relations with Clarendon coun-
ty made an active and determined
campaign and the election Tuesday
was one Of the most hotly con-
tested ever held in Clarendon coun-
ty Every possible vote was polled
and the result was not certain until
the polls We're closed. In Pinewood
and immediate vicinity the vote for
annexation was overwhelming, only
a few ballots being cast against an
nehation, but In calvary township the
sentiment was more evenly divided,
this section giving a majority for an
neXation but not quite two-thirds ma
jority. The total vote for the entire
section, however, was 1O7 for annexa-
ton and AZ against, the majority
being greater than the required two
thirds. There were four contested
ballots, which were not counted in
the totals, but if these ballots are
counted by the canvassing board the
result will not be affected, as three
Of the four were for annexation, and
there is a safe margin without the
contested ballots.
AS soon as the result of the elec-
ton was known in Pinewood a tele-
gram was sent to Mr.. Davis d. Noise,
who has attended to all the legal
details of the annexation movement,
notifying him OF the annexation vic
tory and stating that party of Pine
wood citizens of Sumter county would
set out at once. for Sumter, their
/ county seat, to celebrate their VIC
tory
| About seven thirty o'clock a party
of between forty and fifty of the
leading citizens of the annexed sec
tion arrived. Mayor Jennings, Mr.
Noise. Secretary Reardon of the
| Chamber of Commerce were awaiting
to receive them, and Mayor Jen-
nings ordered the city hall bell to be
rung TO summon the people OF Sum
ter TO join in welcome reception.
In a few minutes a large crowd as
sembied at the corner Of Main and
Liberty streets. Mayor Jennings made
brief speech welcoming the new citi-
Zens of Sumter county and pledging
them the same treatment in future
that other citizens of the county re-
ceive. Speeches were also made in
behalf Of Sumter city and county by
Messrs. Davis d. Noise and Secretary
e. I. Reardon.
Messrs. r. +. Epperson, Henry D.
Richardson, 0. d. Harvin, Walter D.
Epperson and A. B. Minis, representa-
tive citizens of the Pinewoo6 section,
and ardent advocates and workers for
annexation, were called on for
speeches. They all expressed their
qualification over their victory and
pledged their loyal support to all pro-
gressive measures for the develop
ment and improvement of Sumter
county, Of which they are now a
part.
At the close of the impromptu cele-
bratiOn all the Pinewood delegation
were invited to be the guests of Sum
ter at super at the Palmetto restau-
rant There had not been sufficient
time to prepare an elaborate spread
but the manager Of the restaurant
rose to the emergency and served a
substantial satisfying repast. The
Pinewood annexation celebration was
altogether a very happy occasion, as
a number of citizens of the town join
ed Mayor Jennings in mingling with
the Pinewood folk and personally
giving them a hearty welcome back to
the old home county, of which all Of
Clarendon was once a part.