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THE LANCASTER-KERSHAW UNE. Report of Commission Appointed by Governor to Survey Line Between Lancaster and .TCatcV?qw ..... ..... |...i unci iu nit' sircoi i known a* Center street, entering the | town sooth of tins street and crossing I it to the north. While the main business section of the town is left in Lancaster, th? hank and hotel are in Kershaw, according to this survey. The report of the commission is accompanied by a complete map of the locality, by the dill'erent exhibits showing tlie points referred to in the report and by a copy of tho Act of under which tho survey was made. Tl?e report states tlint tho Act of 1H!?2, defining and declaring the boundary lino, was adopted and governed tho commission in all eases, andthat Mills's Atlas, the maps, records and data of other surveys, the evidence of elti /ens living along the line and other old landmarks were considered only in so l'ar as they might serve to illustrate and explain the true intent?tid meaning of the Act. That the landmarks referred to in the Act,iwhere they could be found governed in preference to courses and distances, but where they could not be found, or where none are mentioned in the Act, courses and distances set forth in the Act governod. That the courses given in the Act were construed to mean the magnetic bearings in tho year 1892, and were subject to correction for variation of the needle from thatiyear to 1908 and also to whatever further correction might be necessary on running trial lines between given landmarks. That the survey, in accordance with tho terms of the Act, commenced at t'atawba Hiver and proceeded eastwardly to Lynch's Hiver. In marking thu line the commission decided to use, and did use, granite posts, marked "K" on one side and "L" on the opposite side, which were placed at the ends of nil lines, at all angles or corners and at such intermediate points as seemed advisable. The com mission states that the entire line from fawtaha Hiver to bvneh'H River is now marked with these granite posts, sot with the top ono foot above the ground, the letters being < at in to the stone. These stones are set at the ends of the lines on the two rivers, at each angle or corner in the lines, and at each prominent road crossing, including one -on each street in the town of Kershaw, making thirty stones in all. The stones have been set centering accurately on the lines, and in retracing the commission says that the centre should be found by measurement and prolonged friAn those points. The account of the survey as given In the report is very interesting, l'eay's Perry, the starting point on Catawba River, was identified without difficulty, as it in clearly marked by the old road approaching the river, and the identification was continued by Mr. L. J. Perry, cpunty supervisor of Lancaster, and lion. John U, Richards, of Kershaw, who wore oresent, and bv other citizens of the two counties. From Peay's Ferry the commission measured one-half mile up the river, following the meandering* of thestrenm, approximately, to the boundary lino. It is stated that the* point thus found does not correspond with the Mills' Atlas or with later surveys. ' The commission then says: "In order to determine the variation in the bearing from 1892 to 1H98 we made a careful study of the elaborate reports, including tallies and maps issued by the department of coast and geodetic survey, and made our own solar observations. With the data in band wo made a correction in the bearing of fifteen minutes east, running the first line as a trial north fifty-four de- j groes and fifteen minutes east, instead of north fifty-four degrees east. I Wo found ill a distance of 52,770 j foci and 314 foot to I ho north of our lino tho stone corner near Itusscll Place referred to in the \ct. and marked thus: X. Mr. K. I<. M? <4ill. who lived ileal tliis point, stated that he saw tliis st?uie sot there by Messrs. llnile, Kattsdale and McKlvaue, survey(Ifk llliOIlt RK >1 I'ltlint V I'lU'lli'l" I lull it has nlwnys been known ns a county ; corner mid tliHt there is not now and 1 lias never liren a land corner at that point: and this statement was continued by several other residents of the lo- j eality. We unanimously agreed that this stone was the stone corner referred i lo ill the Act, although it corresponded ; neither to the corrected bearing or dis Counties. Columbia special in the News and Courior: The report of the commission to survey the county line between Kershaw and Lancaster apparently gives Kershaw county the better of the situation, as it throws a portion of the town of Kershaw into Kershaw county. The line has been in dispute lor years, however, and it is not certain that this report will settle the controversy, although the survey was made in accordance with an Act of the tieneral Assembly of 1908. The commission was composed of Mr. C. ('.Wilson and ('apt. t'.S. Dwight of this city, both expert engineers, and Dror P n ? - - iivi. r. ii. ? uicock, oi tl?e i niversity of South Carolina.' The report was submitted several days ago to the Governor and referred to the Attorney General. and was today made public by the Governor. The commission finds that the first half of the lino, from Catawba river to.the Salisbury road, is clear from unmistakable landmarks, but from the Salisbury road to Lynches river it is not so clear, and the line was run in accordance with the instructions of the Act of 1 <?(?H- It was found that the line | runs through the centre of the town of, Knrshmi- 11 *? ?*-- *- * THE LAfS tances of the Act. Wo theroforo corrected the hearing accordingly to north, lifty-three degrees, and fifty .three n*tuutes east, an indicated change of vartaU tion of the needle of seven minutes east, and proceeded to mark tho line back to Catawba Kiver." The commission state that on account ot the great discrepancy in the distances the new lino measuring 52,770 feet, and v..o ,u-i i-m iiuk hit a uistance of 51,612 foot, a difference of 1,158 f*-??t, it was thought best to chaiu this distance a second time. This rechaining showed the lirst measurement to be correct. Hammond Spring, the next landmark referred to in the Act. was found without ditliciilty, and the identification ol it was confirmed by Mr.Pete Hammond, a man seventy-live years of age, and by others. The corner was fixed seventyfive feet south ol the spring in accordance with the Act. The bearing from | the stone corner at'Kussell Place to this I point was 72 degreejj, 55 minutes, east, showing an indicated change of variation of the needle of olio degree, five minutes east, and the distance was 7,758 feet, against 7,775 foot, as called lor in the Act, a discrepancy of onlj three feel. From Hi.nrnnond Spring the si *vej ran north *8 degrees east, the exact bearing given in the Act, to the Salisbury road at Hanging Hock Creek bridge. This course brought the surveyors to the centre of the road, twent> feet south of the bridge at a distance ol | 14,987 feet, 209 feet greater than the dis I lance given in the Act. The commission then states: "At e |>uiub ?u luiinu no sionc as men* tinned in the Act, although wo madi diligent search for it. We did, how ever, find a stone by tho roadsido 14.'1 feet south of our line and foot south of tho bridge, but it was entirely with out marks?a small, irregular piece o stone, wlioliy unlike the substantia stone post plainly marked at Russell Place, and we could not conceive thai this was sent for so important a mark as a county corner.," In substantiation of this view the commission had a let' tor from Mr. T. J. Kirkland, of Camden, stating that he set this stone about fifteen years ago as tho corner between the Fitzpatrick and the ilorton lands, and that it was not set as a county corner. This statement was confirmed by Mr. .Joseph Cauthen, who assisted in that survey. mo point ai wntcn the commission'! lino intersects the Salisbury rond. noar Hanging Hook Creek bridge, corresponds as closely as it is possible to do* termine with Mills's Atlas and with previous surveys, after carefully weighing all evidence the commission unanimously agreed that this point, 20 feet south of the bridge, was the true corner, and so established it. The commission continues: "As no further marks are mentioned in the Act, we mfasured with exceptional care along the Salisbury road, a distance of 22,176 feet, oqual to 4.2 miles, and established our corner "near Bethel Church," as required by the Act, and as this was the crucial point of all previous controversies, wo took painq to cheek this measurement earcftilly* ' This point being established, we agreed unanimously, after exhaustive discussion, that the correct bearinc of the line from this point to Lynch'* River should be north U3 degrees, 15 minutes east, an indicated change of variation of the needle of fifteen mint utes west from the Act. This conclusion was reached only after carefully weighing all the evidence as to variation, Including the Government reports, our own solar observations, the diurnal, variations and the local attraction all in connection with our experience on the lines already run." This line appeared, at the outset, to striken fair average between the differing lines of the iiaile, Kagsdale A McKlvane survey, the i'errin A .Sullivan survey and the l'incknoy survey, and so continued through and for some distance beyond the town of Kershaw; and from the evidence of practically all the citizens who expressed themselves, it appeared to coincide very closely with the "old original line." Rut the report says: "When we got within three miles of Lynch's River, however, it be* came evident that our line was thoi). north of the line shown on Mill's Atloa and of the line of the >...1 veya, and it ho continued, striking the river one-fourth-miie, apparently abovtj the point shown in the atlas, though several residents of tho locality stated that our line even hero coincided wit* what their fathers had pointed out as tho original lino." Tho commission considered the matter carefully, and as they were governed entirely by the Act, which gave no landmarks on this line and did. not mention any point at which it should strike the river, and did not refer to Mill's Atlas or to any other surveys, it was determined to follow the courses stated in the Act, with proper variations. r?f oil other considerations. The commission, therefore, established and marked this line as run. The commission states that the eccentric, action of the needle from peint to point on all of these lines was such as to render all magnetic observations wholly unreliable, and in retracing the lines a transit only should be used. In concluding the commission pronounces the line as above described to be the line between the counties of Kershaw and Lancaster, in so tar as the power to do so is given the commission under the Act of ISIOM. Mow to Avoid Appendicitis Most victim* of appcndicits are those who arc habitually constipate.I. 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Put will 1 of bargains, and see if there isn't some | I " " une 101 petticoats nicely trimmed with ] lace and of good material to go at only... 79c One lot gowns, a splendid value for only 72c 75c Corset Covers, elaborately trimmed, reduced to only 48c You should see the bargains on our remnant counter, a place used exclusively for I short lengths and remnants. Each piece haH on on it the number of yards and price, so that you may easily inspect it. Summer dress goods, lawns, organdies, batiste tissue goods etc, all to go at greatly ; reduced prices. Just in by express a great big bargain in I petticoaLs. One lot good ?]uality black tatVeta petti- $ coats logo while thev last ?t nnl? *