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Boundary Lin< 1 V e Between Kersl ! i I K L.v N?J.\STi taw r " J.' NKttr ,1LTLY 31, 191^ . 4wmmmmmmmmmmw v?mbhbmi I. "V V ' 7 i' =*== and Lane By request we publish the fc Ins report of Mr. T. M. Belk. veyor, to the Supervisor of Luc as to the boundary lin tween the counties of Lancastei Kershaw: Having been called upon t .aster Counties tllow- place poLt'.e* out to then* sur- their itner ae the old Harrii enter Mr. Bob IhMfo vaa Kith ua e be- ehaw ma* of 59 to 60 yeai r and Uvea In a ?jr hundred yard line and abdgt one mile of o ex- ner at Lyattiei river, he cor lhe tinn of x* ion ford. > INO SI mi peddler* of gling with Tobrate^ or cooked h act Kema ount of misrepresentation I alum baking powders, n< chemicals, or pretended an ud certificates, or fals^hr* ins n ' "at > juga lysis, r,f It pays nt Youth to paint vour home, your 1 base tenant h on sac muiuo ah eviucncc as 10 me in cation of the County Line bet Lancaster and KeMhaw and t port whether the last line. W survey, is correct, and. if. not. tc facts as to why it is not corret Therefore. I hand in the folic report, after surveying in pai the lines from Hammond's sprii Lynches river. There being little dispute bet the Russell Place and Catawba le 10- me Myrd statement ait to th .ween McIlwaJn-Rafadale line he 0 re- also as to this be In* the p rilson men had always shown hits > Blve true corner. :t. Take the two lines of the twin* survey." before mentione* 1 all from Hammond's sprin* to & tiR to road, end then from cornt Bethel church to Lynches ri ween their report they say of the river, these lines, from Hammond' e Haiie- I any kind, c re anrt I 1*2 fE i I Roya "Wilson I bas t>< Salisbury I Clal C* vrerm'" I WflhCSl first of 1 free n snrlne a 9 :an change the fact that 1 Baking Powd< sen found by the of :amlnations to be of t t leavening efficient -km alntn an4 aK?aI. and barns ^r l|w Buck L lie seed Oil, *y Lambert's , and it pays better to ge WE SELL THE BEST ead, Lewis' Pure Lead, K Lowe Bros.' Mixed Pail Varnish and Oil Stains. t good paint. '.elloggs' Linits, Pratt & Our guaran I din not so farther west than mond'n spring. Mr. P. T. T says he dug out and made a s here since the war. but doeR know whether or not there evei an'old spring here. Whether o this is the old spring place, c for in 1820, is very doubtful a main spWng for the Hammond 1 was south of the house and not r however, this is the spring ralle In the Af\ of 1R19 anil riilloil f Flam- to SallsDury road, we run tl witty degree given in the Art (ol pring while on the second ltn not Bethel church to Lynchei wa? they say, we gave one-fourtl r not variation. They found no ro railed Now. if one of their llnea s the reel, without Shy variation, t muse could not be correct with on lortli. degree variation given, or vii d for But. hh a matter of fart, th?* fir Ir ll'l va crit/nn : ftSS)'. purity 0 from ? river, Royal 1 degree - /. merr for making wa? corhe otner ie-1'ourth re \ ersa - v should ?,{... Iho un/t* n-41 * m?uii| <|H1B VI ausuil and wholesomenet Baking Powder is indispe finest and m >st economical is. | tee S?es v , . free if not n sable : food. sible Painl A Rememl and fine a nth the above to repaint ; satisfactory. Why lister ters and ignore our guara] :>er the $35.00 White Sew issortment of Alluminum ; your home 1 to irresponntee? ing Machine, Ware always the Haile-Rapsdale-McTlwain su under wliirb the Act was prcsut: based. Tlore I found coming from U place, the Witson-Dwight-Co trial line struck i!28 feet to tin* of (nortli of) the new corner established t 7"? feet south of motitl sprinp) and indicated cl of the m edle of over one am tenths deprees to strike their ? ... . ?. w r? " wv *'* ? <i i i < irvey. each line. ilnce the degree nably taken in or earliei. Should thit Wilson enrveyi uracil cornered on the Mcllwain-H ilcock llaih corn?lh?tone, near west church. tjuS fe?t south of w h they did corner, and have run r Ham- east. gi\i:ig u^o decree for i ir.npe since the year *! Sft? the ?ri 1 six- tion to a small fraction of a < new as I have found from a kov I. I..II l.ll ?? "UU.B ociuei >s .. ere Htands, or about opposit* Mcllwatn-Ilagsdale *ori nrs hnve pieces of I)eiph and croc nK*'laleBethel Mills gives N. ??? Vs? I.>r.? th?*> corner in 182" supposed! lor'b fi~ one-half degrees of var .ariatli.n gives us exactly N ie varia- same Haile-Mellwu legree? survey with one degree ernraent :tm*e cnurcn now rn r. i also talked 8 the Halle- of Kershaw town ci tier where counties. and every 01 kery is now hn I never yet heard sa> the new line : from this loaches river was c y. Four and thin* ,lke correct, iatlqn since ^ihe Act of 18f*2 ?!7 K. -or d" lo confirm the iin-Ragsdale ' gsdale survey, and variation ":i governed by thl V v .- :it.< . .. with a number Oil lllllld. \ tizens of both ae told me they |}1(? best t a single man ind corner on orrect, or anyw as evidently Haile-Mcllwain- mmm. w taxpayers have V| I 'll s for 10 years. f* III Our daily supply of fresh hat money can buy. COME TO SEE US. AU7TT TJ7DI groceries are >v r. < ornPr insieao 01 one ami twelfth degrees as In their rt If they run north 74 east, acc^ to the Art. this will give N 7f> degrees "K. insteadof N. 72 11-1 greos as called for in their repi The next line from Hamm spring the Act calls for N. 4 8 K the 'Wilson survey' calls for e> the same degree. Had they mad same mistake with this line as did with the trial line, just men otiH- | manual, and from tin* actus port, Ivey or hundreds of lines in n rd'ng ty year- of practical exporiei 6-1 u I might add) I have made a i 2 do-'of loraiing old and dispute ?rt. should they have done uli ond's have Continued their course and to Lynches river, they wot tartly struck Lynches river at or e the few yards of the ola corner they Harrison's old ford, when tined Mclla ain-Tlagsdale rornerei 11 resur- ,, , ' av twen- ls Illu* from Both ipo (and l-ynohes river. it is ini; special tv K'Vfk '""'-tenth of the da *d linos t"'1, or havo takon short sketch like this. thus on The new "Wilson su 11 ?1 have above the lino of content within a Kershaw, where I find tw place at mot. the junction of the p H&ile- each place, was taken as rt Or lino. The old settlors I . l church to 'l'xr <o??ty to tak? possible t,, ; actual line, tn I obtain- Mt-Ilw-ain and down in .. '?* *" tie* I 'and survey. oaetrue this Act of as to cut Lancaster r\ey was > on? a,.re8 of laud ion, even in .. ? o old roads Respectfully sti se roads at 0 . the orrina! ,, have no am mliahlt MeSgfg. WilSOD, ColCO j uBin ' ivi I ?l ; an Act based run by Messrs. KaRsdale?old, >rs? ana to so the lcRislature county out of ibmitted. I K, Surveyor. I doubt but that >ck and DwiKht II I TIj 1 I ~ 1 Lilll! ir n *i* Li tU. 71 between two known corners o HagKriale - Mcllwain - Haile su they would have struck the Salli road about 150 yards south o point they located as a new c (20 feet south of creek.) As a matter of fact, they s the Salisbury road 140 to 150 N. or the Stone corner placed by the Haile-McIlwain-RaKadale vey. This place was pointed o t the again, hart they ntarted at t irvey. line on Lynches river with tb #bury Mrllwaln-Ra^^dale purvey, i f the at Harrison's old ford) and 1 orner south 8^ west?with 01 fourth degree variation?the truck have struck the Salisbury ro feet than 30 yards south of th< there jthat Halle-Mrllwatn-Rajr?dal< i sur- a matter of fact, corner at. j ut to 500 yards south of their owr k <k? 1 -I- A* a - - he exact Informed, disputed over io Haile- fork* of roads, Ionic (I mean Ilaile-MoIlwain-Ragsdale save run Leaving Kershaw, th sly one- survey" soon got away ly would north of, all contention ol ad more J- C. Broom. BO yea e corner i lives five miles east of K' p did. as in Kershaw county, says ind over about one-fourth mile no i corner, his father. Wesley Brxx these two are XfT smart ?en< before th*< m.by be th?y are bett? survey. of u"r^7init. and a ie "Wilson things. than they are above or oId and disputed line r the lise. rs old. who -erahaw. and Very Tn new Une is Baltimore American, rth of what The Phrenologist? urn, deeeas- feeling the bumps o tlemen, but it I1*|Y74} ;r up on theory j llftT v thousand other 1 up oh locating i JS. T. M. B. le. If not, \ I n your head i' Take her j iou aeen rn raste no time. She is vei into your home, she will g rencer 7 beautiful, ive you com iuv uj vuirc uirii ?uu w ci r wii Halle-Mcllwaln-Raasdle survey these three men, J. S. L. Rartoi bert Bailey and S. C. Gardner, not be mistaken as It was Just . of a large oak and at th?J inters* of. or Just south of a small ?or>d'ng out westward. Their : ment of this corner Is also ? borated by Dr. McDowell of Ker! who also was present at titn< stir*<v?jr . .?. ii me i now, aiuce toe report or and nnn-n?,!jrh?^'o!cock survey, i. Al- that the Act of the legisla could 189U lt> presumably based t south Haile-MoIlwain-RaKsdalp fu ctloti have dealt principally with l road vey In my report, and thtnl state- made the difference In the orro- survey." and the Halle-V #hs?w. KaKsdale survey, plain to the ' of man. a.id any college man of act al practl^a* et me wil- tru? tiaiuiru ai Vovor V* a? ??W < . uuunto u wu/wuc oaj ture in 'ar north, and the genera ipon the was "new line" was at ^ irvey. 1 His land )vas bounded c :hat sur- Lancaster county line, b c I have about one-fourth m "Wilson , upper edge of his plac IcIIwain- < farther east Mr. M^gon average hundred-acre tract of la of ten caster county, calling f :perience county line on south sid< J me lint?. you exactly iiuf Was SO "?" jwu srs. 1 impression ! Mr. Dolan?Oi bela vronfl place. >'? more av an oidea >n ii'jrth by tvhimmen me aoife i ut n#w line ? ile north of mrrrv e. A littio _ *7?1U i ha^ a one , W. F. STEV] ind in Lati or Ti.iha?v For what does h? ?. low line wnai son or a ive it wud give fort, keep wot sort av a t. j find, you c IS ENSON? matic, ral ? stand notor- ( Stoye ^ Q] you cool, and the cheapest annot afford to be withoui veless and wickless. The ne of the wonders of the x> cook you can I t her. Auto- I Florence Oil I cnrl/1 I From the corner near Ha Hock creek, they measured ai .. pS?. that circles a hill in of measuring straight np a hi Mr. Barton says Halle-Mrll HuRBdnle <1 f<1. I measured hotl tattoos and found it 4 5 feet fa rkotind the hill. Then, measuring down the bury road, the "Wilson Su placed a corner 608 feet short c stone corner of the Ilalls-Ilae! npitiK in rtinninu old and disputed -ound judge if 1 am correct. ripaii leaving the description. 11. n? the Act of 1 x!?2. and coinc wain- yond the Haiie-Mell\v;tln-I l dis- survey t?>f 1RX;? and 1802) rther hie up the old plats and r Lancaster and Kershaw cottt: Salis- all the most substantial evi rvev" old people. 1 tlnd some facts >f the wish to state briefly, while- - . linen ean*on^T leaves about e?rr says, in Lancaster count pivrn in "**? * last six or eight a bark be- Lynches river I read tht Rapsdale port to various ones, w and Lak- When we got within th naps of Lynches river. howevei ities and evident that our line was deuce of of the line shown on Mill which 1 ?f the line of the more \eyn. and it so continu the river rifia.fmirth mil tr he for nH)nt?mj' y. that conaress in the itlc* next to bas spent $352.000,U< ? Wilson re- and rivers and harbor hich says: helped the people of t ree miles of one penney. South C \ it became 0f that money accord ? then north ion would be 4 8.000 s* Atlas and bad put that on ou recent sur- stead of in creeks led. striking rivers every man in |o nr*no ron t - 1J 1 ? * l>e- you know last two years; orretvl in do.oo on creeks anteea s? This has not he Fifth district [ ?n(i to frjy 'arol'na's share ailu LU e>4> ling to populat- t .000.00 If they Mv ,ruara r post roads in- - 0 and habors and South Carolina f(> tViinlf 1 w ~ * etfst you less moneygive"! e you less trouble than anj ntee behind every one sol l'cm rl nn 'f Viatta /?? ' ? v/x AVU VJI UiU" r stove made d. And just 1.1 i. _1 J L - J Mcllwain survey?that Is. f north. This stone corner was i ed out to me by Mr. J. S. I*. Rj who was with the IIuile-ItuK' Mcllwain survey, as stated a Mr. Archey Vincent also pointe this same stone corner as showi by C. H. Kagsdale. one of the ti mentioned surveyor*. who start this same stone corner in lot which county a man was killed nrsi, uiKiu" corn* nther Hanging Hook creek, unci I point- tj,,. rn,P^ Itself has been trton. j u Robinson showed m sdale- Kround as near as he could w bove. rreei[ run. and by actual out it was 130 to 150 yards soul 1 htm bridge it now stands, efore wben he was a boy the ci ed at ground south edge of bot ating bridge and west of the old ?or near where a little brano find thnl ,y aboTe the P?lnt 9hc ' h*ineed Atlas- thou*h several i<> on iho lhe locality stated that of here th,? here coincided with measure fat.her? ha$ Pointed out h or th,? nal line- I asked e tie u.iiH could find, black and wfc eeu run counties. 1' this stateme torn at Md ?Tery **??! road to ccordinj to what their h enter' a" th? oId ettleia had U -i ,r?wouiu nave a rooq iwn in the During that term ou residents of | government has cost jr line, even !.00. We woud have a what their half as much fc as the orgi- as it takes to run th very body 1 government and inste lite, of both I used to benflt our ro nt was cor-1 dumped into creeks tan said notjhabors. and almost fathers sad; heen seen in South old them all | have just passed a b1 roau ai nana. . r whole State i only 120.00.000 mi bout two and a . kite I16D \s] >r our roads le whole State! _ ad of Its being i have to W8 ads it has been and rivers and none of it has ' ^ ^&nt Carolina. They I 111 throurht the I ? x_ _x ? f VU uv/11 t lid > C l/U gu 111 I ien you have a Florence, n lit on the fire to start as yoi at once, saving that fuel t i i mat, uia not either do you i get the heat md that heat being not long arter cne nail Ilwaln-Ragsdale survey. G pointed out this same stone c to me as beinbg told it was H&ile-Mcllwaln-Ragsdale corner location of this stone, under a < and there being no large w north the one near this plact gether with the positive stateme Mr Rarton tha tthis was the eori that C. C. Halle, Surveyor, show to the others the dav or survey *7aic~ bottom and there crossed t ,Uier8 under a bridge. running aloi orn?r edge of bottom bark east* *|)e present channel near larg T ^TjU,ery corroborates tfc P| TOrnt an<* adds that he know alnut ^ a fact R5 well as he is *- to! Others tell me they know tt mt of trup <? This canal, where the brii red it wa? cuj 8jnce the war ab< . and 4- i oar t( 1 ? ?-? - ho rn,H tneir lives. uinereni on< im south i01*1 did not ball?Tl that locality has made su rocks ?that it must have be< lis state-!8?meone 'ar away trom t s thi< t~ Among the names of tho ifvinr ed- I submit the folios ,? Vn Ho M C. Gardner. John B 11 TO lie Blrd BU1 Blrd Rob M .)re nou? Munico (colored), and Jut 1MB d?zen otbere l J Mr W T Th roa 11 co vi bs remarked j house carrying 980. e anyone in the senate will add 1 ch a remark ! sa> s cut down "that en made by Tillman calls it and heir section, the farmers* doors, se question- What doe sthe fa: ring names: this? Give Stevenson lrd. Charles he will do his best, n ungo. Alex the Fith district on tl perhaps a pat the farmers of t on the map also. 1 klo #??l? ' 000.000.00 and | 10 stana v to iL Stevenson steal" as Ben i A , build roads in 10 DOt rmer say about ,, a chance, and } OU anytxl iot only to "put le map," but to he flth district Adv. rniie you are waiting on tb Come and investigate, ing to see for yourself. ie other stove u it won't cost I that they began here and mea northward to locate the corner the creek and did locate It b measurements from this c (whether correct measuremen not.) makes this stone unquei ably the Haile-McIlwain-llag corner of 1892. Mr. Neal Be was also helping with the Hail Ilwain-R&gadale survey and stal me that the stone corner of , lu ioi?. .iira.iuriUK iruui u nel here. according to olde do,>s not ni'8s corner at y lIie church verv much, orner ts or Second, corner near Met he stlon- has never been considered. 1 sdale petiole of both count nnett further norfh than the stoni e-Mc- found ^ Halle-McIlwaln-l le#' ^ in their surrey. The older sel the 1,16 did claim a large rock s __ the sand, on east edge of r Ill i'Uilll- "" - * "* st data. Miles T. Threatt. has li\ Bethel years or more across Ly (and I believe he said i .'hnr.-h from Lynches river. find in ROn'8 ford, or signs of i?<. . " could be seen when he p corner and that the corner of Ls Rno-. it-.in Kershaw county was oner r?f nnn. or 500 yards, he would s et up in 'the new Wilson corner nail and ??? uio itivuri , | ed for fifty No: Six-Si oM "road, I This Is prescription p was young I* MALARIA or CHII incaster and oc six doses will bt fourth mile. Vtaken then as a tonic I ay. south of tstnra. It acts on the on Lynches Calomel and does not gi sty-Six | J. lepared especially 11 LLS & FEVER. I c*k may case, and j ibe Fever will not I liver better than ' ipe or sicken. 2Sc B. Mackc .? . ^4 J well Maue-MCiiwain-ttagsaaie corner under, or by, a cedar and not south of a large walnut, nearly < site, or but little north of B church and away south of new of "Wilson Surrey.'' Mr. Rl< Halle of Columbia was laso pn and, if necessary, others can t to thl* corner. Distances cannot be counted court of justice, against the k fact of a corner, and. eaDeclall f right Id front of church, bu oddo- m?'hwain-r*b8(la'e 'n theli Lj*h?i dld not corner on this rock, a nice granite rock, which i chard 10 " '*** out ot t*le .about 6 Inches square, wb tlf ' ' stone Haile-Mcllwaln-Ragsd i nered on la a black rock ah , _'l2 Inches in diameter and farther north. nown | y so Poss Lanier, the Tory ol< it Hallesurvey This Is i stands 2 and and ' tile the ale rorout 8 to 247 <^*1 | lest set- * ft? I lest Cold Drin] THE q When you i , Horton. Wot KS carry. When QUALITY STOR1 YOUR TRAD a want something usee to eat, e >uy the very beat qaoHty in you send your orders here you E WANTS ? ?* t# Edwards * ever? hue that wa can dmnd on wk. when the three other lines fren taw be river to Salisbury road measured show over 450 yards of distance; and this gain on a ^ distance of less than 15 miles. Starting from this new corn the "Wilson Survey," 80S feet i of the true Haile-Mcllwaln-Rag survey, they passed through Km about 300 yards north of the 1 Mcllwaln-Rngsdale survey and s ii c?- tier. who lived right by cor re- perhaps the beet informed gain this section of the state, tok whole 'or? bis death (in presence I Will Croaton), that the c< er of , Lancaster and Kershay conn north * black rook under a cedar sdalejtht8 t&U rock 4n front of ch -sha* never knew where this bla laile- wa? until it was shown me truck ' Barton. The deed of Georg #*v tkn mom Kopu nf Donvo* ner. and man in i me be5 of Mr. srner of Ilea was It is and not . i , , urch. i nice Soda Water 1 ick rock nor more pleasin bMin r' ?* knowing that i e XL-II loee your senses, % shing and satisfying to take a to quench the thirst. There is g drink and you have the sa it won't "go to your head" or i your temper, or your dignity. ting the very doing your tn ; don't get a bel k drink of no purer , etoewheie. T1 tia faction to using the v* make you We nave something tha beet the market affords. If 3 iding here, why net five us a tter grade of goods from as tl lere is one thing sore, when 3 ery best goods no vae can evei t in infwimr WImh ?hi Kn? < roa are not altta^r trial aad ate if yea ian yam art gattiag rou gat arrnalowi a' r chaage yot off oi L>yncnea mer oy aciuai motran yards (straight across) north o place Halle-Mcllwain-Ragsdale nered. and about COS yards nor where Plnckney struck Lynches in his survey. This place was shown me b> Charles Byrd and his brother, both of whom were with the c when the Haile-lIcIlwatn-Rag survey was made. They showe a mulberrv in their field that he 9 OOU . lw l>u*i ii?v?wv.? "wvi f the > (Bethel) church !n 1856 ( cor. ; call for a rock corner as v th of poae-i. In substantiation < river fact that no corner waa ever north of black rock, I refer t r Mr Ussery, J. H. Robinson, twc Bin oldest men, and to Mr. J. T rowd <1*11 of Kershaw county, a sdale Ma#lU family, who lire rl d me corner with all the facts th id al- rotten from everybody since loes not splendid Soda hei ras sup- I trial will surely r of that claimed to W. D. of oar s new ght by ey have the dls re in all the popular flavors* ai esult in many future calls. CANDY KJTCHE One RaIaac IVsi nd a first can eat and en thine that you goods from th in the United guaranteed to *??* ? joy it tint article is cheap. M i cannot eat, your money is wi b amy best and most up-to-dri States* Everything you boy ? - ^* ?? give yen enure satisractiop WUIvMUUK WllAv yW Inn you buy Mn M. Wb buy ?nr b iMnili Imm from us it tlihtli or your moouy n. ways been pointed out to them i the County line and that they pi right by this mulberry and ca the chain right close by It. also showed me just about wher Halle - Ragsdale - Mcllwain- si struck Lynches river, this belni as on Put? began, assed Again, the oldest record rried corner, given in Mill's Hlsi They South Carolina, published I o the calls for a corner opposite irvey house; and Miller's house 5 the given up by the old citizens I tory thof We deliver orders In 1826.! Miller's place is to be wj wivvoy a a 9V* > to any part of dty. iuuucu. TV ne E Phone 95 ^ ** to Tc EDV ___ V i you gwt in a nary lor eometl >u at once. ^ Yours VARDS & HG VE SELL SHINGLES AND B ting, phone us. W truly, KTON muck. j 4 i