S.C. Code Ann. § 22-3-210
When any civil action cognizable by a magistrate shall be brought in the wrong county the mere failure of the defendant to appear shall not be deemed a waiver of any objection such defendant may have to the jurisdiction of the magistrate. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any positive action of such defendant from which an intention to waive the jurisdictional objection might be inferred from operating as such waiver.