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PROCLAMATION State of South Carolina?Executive Department. t 1. Whereas, heretofore, petitions have been filed with the Governor of this State and signed by more than one-third of the qualified electors of certain portions of Abbeville, Greenwood, and Edgefield Counties, proposed to be cut off to form a new county styled and caiied McDuffie "v County and embraced within the foilowing lines, to-wit: Jk 2. Beginning at a point on the South Carolina-Georgia line in the Savannah River, opposite the mouth of Coffer Creek, thence a straight Y ? line, N. 45 degrees E. 26, 728 feet to the fork of roads at Riley's; thence the public road, in an easterly direction to Island Ford Bridge over Little River; thence, continuing 6,978 feet to the fork of the road; thence, turning to the east, following the right hand road to the south fork of Little River, known as Whites o?i.. a straifrht line S. 85 L/TCt'iv y v? 0? degrees, 30 minutes E. 23,800 feet to a point in the road near Clatworthy's cross roads; thence, a straight line N 78 degrees, 15 minutes, E. 15,700 to a point on the GreenwoodAbbeville county line near Jordan's mill; thence, the said GreenwoodAbbeville county line; in a southerly direction to its intersection with the C. & W. C. Railway, about one mile south of Troy; thence, a straight line north 58 degrees east 5,000 feet to a stake, south of the incorporated limits o f Troy; thence, a straight line N. 46 degrees E. 19,659 feet to a stake on the Abbeville, Edgefield public road; thence, the " TMiKlif* rn.ld said Aboeviue, Jiugeuwu in a southerly direction to a road opposite the Jabe Stone place; thence N. 44 degrees, 30 minutes E. 7,200 feet to a stake; thence, a straight line S. 83 degrees E. 13,361 to a stake near or at Callison's old mill on Cuffytown Creek; thence, up the run of said creek to the CallisonKirksey township line; thence, the said township line in an easterly direction to the Martintown road; ^ thence, the said Martintown road in ue southeasterly direction to the ^Greenwood-Edgefield county line; thence, the said Greenwood-Edgefield County line in a westerly direction to a stake about one quarter of a mile west of the old White place; thence, a straight line south 13 degrees East 10,978 feet to a stake; thence, a straight line S. 77 degrees W. 3,750 feet to a stake; thence, h straight line S. 13 degrees E. 8,522 feet to a pine; thence, a straight line S. 35 degrees 45 minutes E. 20,400 feet to Cocoran Bridge on Turkey Creek; thence, a straight line S. 26 degrees 30 minutes E. 16,800 feet to a point where a branch crosses a public road; thence, a straight lino S. 59 degrees 30 minutes W. 27,903 feet to the run of Big Stevens Creek; thence, down the run of Big Stevens ?i. 4.^ ? cfoi-o. tVipnre. a straieht V^rCCiV tu a ouanvj w line S. 50 degrees W. 22,828 feet to the South Carolina-Georgia State line in the Savannah River; thence, the said South Carolina-Georgia State line in a northwesterly direction to the beginnig point. 3. Whereas, the boundaries of the proposed new county, the num r ber of inhabitants, the taxable property, as well as all other requirements of the Constitution and Statutes have been found and are as set forth in said petition. 4. Whereas, the report of the commissioners, appointed to ascertain the facts as provided for by law whether the requirements of the con* stitution and Statutes as to area, distance, wealth and population and shape, et cetera, are complied with and are as stated in the petition, has been filed in this office, wherein it 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 formation of such new county, upon the name thereof and the location of the county seat therein. 6. Whereas, under the Constitution and laws of this State the petitioners are entitled to have ordered and it is made the duty of the Governor of the State to order an election in said area upon said questiorjs. 7. Whereas, an opportunity to be heard was given to both proponents and opponents of said proposed new county, and proponents of the new county and their counsel appeared in response to said notice, and fsome written communication m upposition thereto was received and considered but no person appeared in opposition thereto. 8. NOW THEREFORE, I, Richard 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 territory embraced within the proposed new county on the second Tuesday, the 14th 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 proposed new county to vote "yes" and those opposed to vote "no." V. 1 licit LIIU VVIIlluloo*wi*vt W V State and County elections of the Counties of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield respectively make all necessary arrangements for holding said election and shall appoint managers and do all things necessary for the holding of the same. 10. That the Commissioners of Election of each of said counties shall have prepared printed tickets as provided for in Section 236 in the Code of Laws. 1912, Vol. I. as amended by an act passed by the General Assembly at its special session in 1911, and approved the 30th day of Oct. 1914, said act being No. 6 in the acts of said special session; and the said commissioners shall furnish the same to the managers of election for the use of the voters at said election. The form of the ticket shall be as follows: ! FORM OF BALLOT ? Special election upon the question of the formation of a new county out of parts of Abbeville, Edgefield and ( Greenwood Counties, held December 14th. 1915. . Shall the new county be formed? i( I Yes. n . No. ? . j What shall be its name? . Where shall the county seat be . located? 11. That at said election the quesi tion of a name and a county seat for | said proposed new county shall also ^ i be submitted to the said qualified a .! electors. 'D 12. That said election shall be.v, held and conducted under the same rules and regulations as provided for by law for regular and general elec, tions. That the commissioners of ^ election shall appoint managers of election as provided for by law, who ~ .; shall be sworn before entering upon : [ the discharge of their duties as pro- n jvided for bylaw, and they shall open ^ ! and close the polls as provided for by g, law. In case no voting place nowu; established by law shall exist in any s , part of the territory by reason of d; the votinjr nlace of the voters resid- jv ing in this territory being on the out- T side of the lines of the proposed new a; county, the commissioners of elec- ai , I tion shall in that event open the a< | regular and usual voting place for tl i these voters on the outside of' the L territory of the proposed new county ti ! and the election shall be otherwise st conducted there just the same as if b; the said voting place were located on tl the inside of the teritory of the pro- o ; posed new county; provided, however 0 , the managers of election shall be T careful not to allow any one to vote ! at said voting place unless he re- ? sides and lives within the territory of ! the proposed new county, and be rj i otherwise qualified to vote at such ? i ? j;? II j eieciiuii ticcuruuig tu I?VY. j The managers of election when 0 11 the polls shall have been closed shall f ;' proceed without interruption to count J j and tabulate the same; they shall . I make a written return of the number t] j j of votes cast for and against the . I formation of the new county, as well a ,! as upon the name thereof, and the j( , j location of the county seat therein; 0 | they shall sign, seal and certify to r, ' i the managers the result of said elec- ^ , tion, the same together with the bal- g ; I lot box, ballots and poll lists and n ! everything else appertaining to said tj .; election shall be by them forthwith j j turned over to the commissioners of tl ; election as required by law; that the w ! j commissioners of election for each of a ; said old counties shall as provided tl \ by law tabulate the vote and declare tl the result of the election and make fi - due and proper return thereof as ci ; required by law to the Clerk of If . Court of their respective counties, S . to the Governor of the State and to t< the Secretary of State, in all of " ; which careful and detailed compli- I ance with the law is enjoined and or- r rloror? G 13. That the commissioners of a election of each of the old counties j* do forthwith inform J. E. Bradley, ^ Secretary and Treasurer of the petitioners seeking to form said new ? county of the amount of money nec- J? essary to cover the costs of the expenses of said election, and the Cl said J. E. Bradley, as Treasurer, shall n forthwith deposit with the Clerks of w Court of each of the respective old ? counties said amount so designated ^ by said commissioners and any other ? and further amount which may be ? necessary under the law to meet and defray the expenses of said election ^ as provided for by law. 14. That the board of registration for Greenwood County, for the purposes of said special election and in j1 view of the fact that the Legislature 0 has established two new polling places a in Greenwood County? within the t( territory proposed to be cut off from said county, wherein heretofore no voting places have existed, to-wit: t< at B. C. Talbert's store in Troy town- tl ship and at T. B. Bell's in Callison p township, do afford an opportunity " | to all the qualified electors in said F j area where heretofore as aforesaid \\ i no polling places have existed, to I ' register or transfer to said two poll- h ling places; provided no transfer or F {registration shall be made by said u board within thirty days of the date f. upon which said election is ordered rr to be held; and provided further, fi that the law governing transfers and ft j registration be carefully observed in g I this matter. The said Commission- ^ j ers shall provide the usual books of 8 j registration for said two new polling ** I places and furnish the same to the ! managers of election for said voting ^ j places on the day of the election as j* I provided for bv law. " { IN TESTIMONY THEREOF I b j have hereunto set my hand and caus- a ed the Great Seal of the State to 0 j be affixed at Columbia, this 29th day r' j of October in the year of our Lord P j One Thousand Nine Hundred and !' ; Fifteen, of the Independence of the i United States of America the one J 11 hundred and fortieth. ^ Rich'd. I. Manning. Governor of the State 01 South UaroUna. a 1 : By the Governor: ]< I R. M. McCotvn, ii ! Secretary of State. a i !' i n , In accordance with the above proc, | lamation the following Managers are ]r 1: hereby appointed to serve at the pi*e-j. cinctsindicated. h Abbeville?T. C. Seal, A. F. Cal-i11 , j vert. J. A. Alewine. | . j Bordeaux?Mack Mcintosh, Arch " II Bradlev. A. S. Cade. I*1 ; Calhoun Falls?II. W. Lawson, S. J1 ' i -J. Hester, Fed Nance. if1 ;j McCormick?T. J. Price, J. T.1'} Martin. Press Finley. .! Young's School House?J. A. " i Brown, S. T. Young, J. A. Young. a 1 Mt. Carmel?Jno. Tarrant, W. H. tl . I"..! T* TT?_X n ; liorton, dim riesuer. Clatworthy's X Roads?Joe J. ri ' I Link, W. 0. Brown, Robert Petti- S j grew. d 11 Willington?W. D. Morrah, Albert ^ I Gibert, J. L. Kennedy. n ! | Managers please call for boxe5:, o ballots and instructions on A. F. Cal- si J vert. Saturday, Dec. 11th, 1915. it ' Test: i A. F. CALVERT, Clerk. J. E. Jones, i John Brown, Com. flODERN DON JUAN IN THE GOLDEN WEST Dixieland, Imperial Valley, Cal. November 4th, 1915. Dearest Mama.?You have doubtjss received several post cards from le recently but now I am going tc ive you a somewhat connected acount of myself for ;.iie past month. On September 30iii I was worklg upon Beaver Ridge, Montana, i ten inches of snoAv. I ran one lile and fell four times but didn't et hurt. Going home that afteroon I slipped and tobogganed bout 100 feet down a steep slope efore I could catch myself. I asn't scared at all somehow or ther. Decided that it didn't make luen difference whether I ever stoped or not. The next day it snowi all day and we stayed in camp liking about the things we were oing to do when we got out of the oods. We decided to move the ext day. We went down about vo thousand feet the first day and ot out of the snow. The next t'ternoon we arrived a-; Lo Lo Hot prings. We were there for three ays packing up and getting our ink ready to ship back to Boise, he hot baths there were great, but 5 the bath houses were well ventilted one had to dress in a hurry on :count of the freezing weather. On le 6th we rode thirty miles to Lo o in a stage and ten miles on the ain to Missoula, Montana and ;ayed there all night because our aggage didn't connect. Left there le next afternoon at about four 'clock and got to Butte about nine clock, where we spent the night, he first thing we ran into a street ght but got out of that all right nd shortly afterwards three of the el lows were arrested in a gambling aid. They were passing along the Lreet and a cop grabbed them thinklg they were in the bunch but one f the fellows who had been really ambling told the cop that those ellows didn't belong to their crowd, iftsr supper we saw as much of the jwn as we had time. Its got anyling beat I ever saw. The next morning we left Butte t seven o'clock and got to Pocatel) about four in the afternoon. The nly interesting thing we passed enoute was the Hall Indian reservainn onrl fliof uro c?n 'f tv? noli Wc ot into Boise at four the following lorning but I stayed in the sleepei ill seven. I reported at the office uring the morning- and asked ii here was anything for me to do bu1 ^as told that I had better go and gel cquainted with my family. I told lem I couldn't qualify. The clerli nen told me I had better go out and nd one, which of course I proeeded to do. It didn't take me )ng, either. The next day being unday there was a big excursion ) the Arrow Rock dam, just comleten, and the highest in the world, took my "famly" for the outing nd we had a real pleasant time, lot back to Boise that afternoor nd nearly froze to death because ly heavy underclothes were in the lundry. That night we went oul > the big swimming pool, which is ne of the amusements of Boise. II ? 60 by 120 and ranges in depth rom 3 to 18 feet. 'The water omes from some natural hot spring? ear town and it is all fixed up rith dressing rooms and rest room? nd a piano, and taken all together ? quite a nice place to go. Wc tayed in for about an hour and 3 alf. I tried to teach "the family' 5 swim but her head would go uner and her feet stay on top. Now on't laugh, because she has small nd very pretty feet. I was in Boise from the 9th till le 21st and had a pleasant time, t is a great dancing town. Thres r four dances a week. I met quite bunch of girls and was invitedNou1 3 lunch a couple of times. I left Boise on the afternoon oi lie 21st with the intention of going 5 Portland and catching a boat from tiere to Frisco, but upon arriving ir 'ortland found that the: boat was broke" and in the dry dock al 'risco and would miss a trip. The rzy left for me was to go by rail, sent a wire to Mamsell/ and told er I would pass through Central 'oint the next morning it 10:30 anc rould be glad to have her ride as ar as Ashland with mo. Imagine ly surprise when arriving there tc nd Mamselle and Sarah and Mr. and Irs. Norwood. They were might} ood to see too. Mr. and Mrs. Nor ood both invited me to stop over day but the train oniy stopped a linute so I didn't have time to more lan say hello. Mamselle went on "ith me to Ashland (about an hour) nd in the meantime I got my ticket xed up and stopped off. We went ack from .Ashland to Medford in n auto stage and had lunch at one f the best hotels. Medford is a eal pretty place arid seems to be rogressive. It was quite a survise to me. Later on we went nron 9limit fnur miloc rlmvn the alley. After simper we went ovei 3 see some of their neighbors, a Ir. anil Mrs. Bridies-Webb. The\ ve abou!; one mile apart. We anced. It was one of the pleasntest evenings I have spent in a mg time. Mr. Webb is an Engshman. originally, and Mrs. Webb. New York girl. They are a deghtful couple. The next mornter Mampe'le dvo^p me ove>* to the rain at Central Point. They live y the famous Rogue Valley and avc a pretty home. It would be !?;'l if it weren't for the cold there i the winter time. I had to give up my berth in orer to stop over and then when I tp'-ted I couldn't cret another so ad to take the chair car from Cenral Point to Oakland. It wasn't ad though and I was glad I had to o it for 1 accumulated another famy. She was the widow of an rmv officer who had been killed in le Philippines and as she had been ver there too we sot acquainted ight now. Got some of the famous hasta water at Shasta Springs. I idn'l think so much of it then but rould give two-bits a bottle for it ow as you will understand later n. Mt. Shasta is a rather pretty ght. I got several snapshots of ; which I will send you sometime. The charming young widow was (Continued on page 8.) !! l?3J2MSJMSnifSM3IEM3M2MSrsrSMSISfSJSMS?SISIEj'Sc Boys Suits in Newest [| IE PI ^ IE f Styles to be had, sizes j| TPB1 1 ^ 3 to IS years J Q | El la la i Prices 98c to )IM ? JJQ YQ||R gJJ Let v / \**j We K I \ \i nil Vs. M?l leai ill 1 m | We Can supply your wants in Undei : I in and let us save you money. I See our line of new Sweaters and C ed them up. Call and see the si tor you. Prices to suit your pu ers to suit your taste. I Only a few more Coat Suits left, at \ r51 (These are $5.00 to $20.00 value s...?h,.,cKH... j CASH BARG mas Novelties. We s ,A.BJ[5E"VIL can now show you. ^ I Phone 134 : : J I fHJ ISJ . 3J3J3J5J2rSfSMSMSM2MSI3M3M3M2MSIc:/ EJSMSJSISJSMSJSM5M3JS i _ | A Friendly I Why not begin tocte I you are going to give yoi Cast your eye over t find something that you Ladies' Handkerchiefs and price. Fur Sets for children. , Silk Hose for ladies. Cap and Muff for girls. Fancy work, handmade. Hand Bags, new and nob Boudoir Caps, all colors Neckwear, for everybodj JUST RECEIVED SHIRTW ; 1 TOYS AN ; 1 Here is where we m * I Is there children in} i | them happy. It won't cos ; 1 or a toy, a horn, a drum, 1 tide at Christmas will br I the little folks, and mak ? your good deed. ! 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