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Area. . . . .Population

Spartanburg County

ARCADIA . . . . . 569

ARKWRIGHT. . . . . 1,343

ARLINGTON. . . . . 2,687

BALLENGER. . . . . 2,398

BEN AVON. . . . . 3,932

BOBO . . . . . 1,329

CAMPOBELLO. . . . . 2,725

CANAAN . . . . . 1,831

CEDAR SPRINGS. . . . . 2,709

DUNCAN . . . . . 5,062

EAST GREER. . . . . 1,511

FAIRFOREST. . . . . 3,354

GRAMLING. . . . . 1,533

HOLLY SPRINGS. . . . . 2,382

JACKSON MILL. . . . . 762

JOHNSON CITY. . . . . 1,469

LYMAN . . . . . 3,680

MOORE SWITZER. . . . . 882

PELHAM . . . . . 723

ROEBUCK . . . . . 5,004

STARTEX . . . . . 1,110

VICTOR MILL. . . . . 3,988

WARD 1 BOX 4. . . . . 1,862

WARD 1 BOX 5. . . . . 2,921

WARD 3 BOX 2 STATION A. . . . . 2,514

WARD 3 BOX 2 STATION B. . . . . 728

WARD 3 BOX 3 STATION B. . . . . 1,019

WARD 3 BOX 4 STATION A. . . . . 2,960

WARD 3 BOX 4 STATION B. . . . . 3,400

WELLFORD. . . . . 2,455

WEST VIEW. . . . . 5,725

WOODS CHAPEL. . . . . 1,030

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . -0.265

Amend title to conform.

Rep. WALKER explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.

Rep. HUTSON proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc No. sahutson.doc), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 2-1-65, in the 1976 Code, as amended, by striking Senate Districts 38 and 44 inserting:

DISTRICT 38

Area. . . . .Population

Berkeley County

WIDE AWAKE

Tract 0207.04

Blocks: 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 701A, 701B, 701C, 702A, 702B, 703A, 703B. . . . . 5,269

Charleston County

LADSON . . . . . 3,133

LINCOLNVILLE. . . . . 1,050

Colleton County

COTTAGEVILLE

Tract 9707.00

Blocks: 214, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237A, 237B, 238, 239, 240A, 240B, 240C, 241, 242A, 242B, 243, 244A, 244B, 245A, 245B, 246, 247A, 247B, 248A, 248B, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 304A, 305A, 371, 372, 373A, 374A. . . . . 1,703

HORSE PEN. . . . . 608

Tract 9707.00

Blocks: 116, 117, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136. . . . . 293

PEOPLES . . . . . 497

ROUND O

Tract 9706.00

Blocks: 122, 148, 149. . . . . 66

Tract 9707.00

Blocks: 135, 137, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 160, 161. . . . . 421

WALTERBORO 2

Tract 9705.00

Blocks: 201. . . . . 2

Tract 9706.00

Blocks: 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136C, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 163, 164, 165, 166. . . . . 223

WALTERBORO 4. . . . . 4,006

WOLFE CREEK. . . . . 505

Dorchester County

ASHBOROUGH. . . . . 4,007

BEECH HILL. . . . . 1,160

CLEMSON . . . . . 2,495

COASTAL . . . . . 6,608

DELEMARS. . . . . 505

DORCHESTER. . . . . 2,633

FLOWERTOWN. . . . . 2,502

GERMAN TOWN. . . . . 1,685

GIVHANS

Tract 0104.00

Blocks: 244, 245, 246, 247, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 324, 325, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357. . . . . 92

GREENWAVE. . . . . 2,651

Tract 0108.05

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 909A, 909B, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914A, 914B, 914C, 915, 920A, 920B, 920C, 920D, 920E, 920F, 920G, 920H, 921, 922, 923A, 923B, 924A, 924B, 924C, 925A, 925B, 925C, 925D, 925E, 925F, 926, 927, 928. . . . . 5,686

Tract 0108.06

Blocks: 701C, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710. . . . . 1,070

IRONGATE. . . . . 4,530

KNIGHTSVILLE

Tract 0105.00

Blocks: 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 263, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 318, 319, 320. . . . . 3,553

NEWINGTON. . . . . 2,760

NORTH SUMMERVILLE. . . . . 2,772

SAUL DAM. . . . . 269

SPANN . . . . . 1,231

STALLSVILLE. . . . . 1,580

TRANQUIL. . . . . 2,686

TROLLEY . . . . . 4,115

TUPPERWAY. . . . . 4,183

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 76,549

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 0.991

Area. . . . .Population

Berkeley County

BERKELEY

Tract 0206.00

Blocks: 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 241. . . . . 731

Tract 0207.01

Blocks: 122, 126, 127. . . . . 211

Tract 0207.07

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 143, 144, 145, 151, 152, 155. . . . . 285

CAINHOY

Tract 0204.02

Blocks: 134, 184, 196, 197, 214, 215, 216, 217, 251, 280, 281, 282. . . . . 0

CARNES CROSS ROADS. . . . . 5,180

CORDESVILLE

Tract 0204.01

Blocks: 238. . . . . 154

GOOSE CREEK 1. . . . . 8,764

GOOSE CREEK 2

Tract 0208.01

Blocks: 601, 602, 606, 607, 608, 610, 611, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632A, 632B, 633A, 633B. . . . . 2,240

Tract 0208.02

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114A, 114B, 115, 116A, 116B, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 302, 303A, 303B, 304A, 304B, 304C, 305, 306, 307A, 307B, 324, 325, 326, 327. . . . . 4,434

GOOSE CREEK 3. . . . . 7,511

HANAHAN . . . . . 13,096

Tract 0205.01

Blocks: 102A, 102D, 102E, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137A, 138, 141, 142, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243A, 244, 245, 246A, 246B, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253A, 253B, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 501, 502A, 503, 504A, 607A, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618. . . . . 2,541

Tract 0205.02

Blocks: 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 201A, 201B, 202, 203, 204, 218, 219, 220, 401A, 401B, 402, 403, 404A, 404B, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 533A, 533B, 534, 536, 537, 538A, 538B, 539, 540, 541, 542, 544, 545, 546, 553. . . . . 2,505

Tract 0206.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197. . . . . 328

PIMLICO

Tract 0206.00

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296. . . . . 932

Tract 0207.07

Blocks: 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 156, 157, 173, 174, 175. . . . . 307

Tract 0201.98

Blocks: 293, 295. . . . . 0

Tract 0205.01

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 601, 602. . . . . 966

WIDE AWAKE

Tract 0207.04

Blocks: 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614. . . . . 12,750

Tract 0207.05

Blocks: 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307A, 307B, 307C, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312C, 314, 315, 504, 505, 506, 508, 509A, 509B, 510. . . . . 3,285

Tract 0207.06

Blocks: 304A, 304B, 501A, 501B, 501C, 502A, 502B, 503, 504, 505A, 505B, 506, 507, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607. . . . . 398

Charleston County

DEER PARK 2. . . . . 5,771

NORTH CHARLESTON 20. . . . . 1,564

NORTH CHARLESTON 21. . . . . 727

NORTH CHARLESTON 22. . . . . 681

NORTH CHARLESTON 23. . . . . 1,195

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 76,556

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 1.000

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

Rep. CROMER moved to table the amendment.

Rep. HUTSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Anderson         Breeland         Brown, J.
Cato             Cobb-Hunter      Cotty
Cromer           Easterday        Fleming
Gamble           Harrison         Haskins
Herdklotz        Hines            Howard
Huff             Jaskwhich        Keegan
Klauber          Knotts           Koon
Lloyd            Marchbanks       Martin
McCraw           McTeer           Neal
Quinn            Rice             Richardson
Sandifer         Scott            Sharpe
Shissias         Smith, D.        Smith, R.
Stuart           Townsend         Vaughn
Whipper, L.      Whipper, S.      Wilkins
Wofford          Wright           Young, J.

Those who voted in the negative are:

Askins           Baxley           Boan
Brown, G.        Brown, T.        Byrd
Chamblee         Cooper           Dantzler
Davenport        Delleney         Govan
Harris, J.       Harris, P.       Hodges
Hutson           Jennings         Keyserling
Kinon            Lanford          Law
Mason            Neilson          Phillips
Rhoad            Riser            Robinson
Seithel          Sheheen          Spearman
Stille           Trotter          Tucker
Waldrop          Whatley          Wilder

Wilkes           Williams         Witherspoon
Young, A.

So, the amendment was tabled.

This amendment to the Senate Reapportionment Plan will redress a serious flaw which violates both the spirit and letter of the law contained in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

First, one of the more significant factors considered by the Justice Department in analyzing compliance is whether or not the proposed plan preserves the sense of community where possible. The Plan currently splits a precinct in north Summerville, leaving 44 voters and moving about 2,800 voters from District 38 (currently held by Senator Rose from Dorchester County) into District 44 (re- numbered but held now by Senator Mescher from Berkeley County). Senator Rose would retain approximately the same number of voters in Berkeley County.

It should be noted that the Dorchester County precinct being transferred to District 44 is called the North Summerville Precinct and is closely tied to the City. In fact, this Precinct contains a large population of senior citizens because of the presence of the Presbyterian Home there. These residents participate actively in all aspects of community life, including the election of local officials. The impact on these senior citizens is severe because the Senate Plan will give them a non-resident senator who lives outside the community. These elderly people will have to make a long distance call to communicate with their senator.

Second point. Senator Rose actually made this point in advocating a lawsuit that challenged the Delegation system in Dorchester County. Senator Rose complained about the inequity in the voting strength between Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter who then represented 187 voters in Dorchester County and his voting strength (the same) when he represented many thousands of voters. The Rose challenge to the Delegation system has been responsible for holding up many appointments to the deteriment of the best interests of the people. It is my understanding that this has been made a class action so the outcome of this lawsuit will be imposed on all the counties of the State.

In view of Senator Rose's position on voting strength and the lawsuit, the switch of the North Summerville precinct from Senator Rose to Senator Mescher is hypocritical because it gives Senator Mescher a

It is morally wrong to use people as pawns in the political process. We are elected to put the good people of South Carolina first.

Each of you has a copy of Colonel Buell's letter to the editor of our local paper. In case you have not had the opportunity to read it, I want to tell you a little bit about this remarkable gentleman who resides in the disputed precinct before reading an excerpt from his letter.

Colonel Buell is almost 95 years old. At the request of general Douglas MacArthur, he went to Korea after the war, met with Sygman Rhee and his staff on certain problems and then went to Japan to deliver his report which he did personally. General MacArthur was so impressed that he invited Colonel Buell to join his staff. Colonel Buell and his deceased wife were both graduates of the College of Charleston and both retired after illustrious careers in the Army.

This is what Colonel Buell had to say about the Rose/Mescher portion of the Senate Reapportionment Plan. (Read Excerpt).

I have been impressed when many of you, such as Jim Hodges, have shared where you acquired your values. I want to share with you some values I learned about 45 years ago in high school when one of the visiting ministers, Bishop Kerney, spoke at our weekly assembly. He said, "You should not use people and love things; you should love people and use things."

Most of my values were learned as a child from my roots here in South Carolina but one good value that I acquired at West Point is contained in the Cadet Prayer and that is a plea to be given the strength to do the harder right instead of the easier wrong. That is my prayer for you today.

Rep. HEYWARD G. HUTSON

Reps. BAXLEY, NEILSON and JENNINGS proposed the following Amendment No. 6 (Doc No. sabax3.doc), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 2-1-65, in the 1976 Code, as amended, by striking Senate Districts 27, 28, 29, and 31 inserting:
DISTRICT 27

Area. . . . .Population

Chesterfield County

ANGELUS CATARRAH. . . . . 353

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