The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 22, 1908, Image 7
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. Foley's
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by stimulating the liver and bowels and
restores the natural action <>f tin- bowels
l'oh y's Oritio Laxative docs uotnaus<uic
or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take
lb-fuse substitutes. Fuudorburk 1'harmacv,
K< W. Hammond, Heith Springs,
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