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t Supplement to THE COUNTY RECORD KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1909 OFFICIAL SURVEY DISPUTED Alleged Errors in Map of Proposed New County Of DillonMarion, July 23:? ' The fact that Mr Howard Wiswall of Charleston, j one of the most skillful and experi- 1 enced surveyors in the State, has declared that the map of Marion conn-I cy recently made by Messrs Ham by and Beatty, surveyors appointed in i1 the matter of the proposed new county of Dillon, contains several i1 large errors, is causing considerable1 comment here. Mr Wiswuil has had j1 large experience as a civil engineer' ' and surveyor, having been at one*! time employed by the United States i1 .. * u; . o.wl I 1 government m una topaonj, u?u great weight is attached to what he ' .<ays. Four or five years ago he left s the government service to establish * an engineering busiuess of his own, and, in the course of his work for several large real estate owners in Marion county, he has had occasion 1 o survey a large prorortion of the i' lower part of the county, and has ^ un iu his private business several of 1 the lines between Little Pee Dee and ' ureat Pee Dee rivers, shown on the 1 map of Messrs Ham by and Beattv. Upon examination of this map Mr * Wiswall unhesitatingly declared that 1 the line from the Atlantic Coast Line ^ ^ ^ _ | I erossijgon Ureal fee L?ee river iu Saudy bluff, on Little Pee Dee river, ' ^ the line beginning Iroin the same s point and running to Gallivant's c ferry on Little Pee Dee, and the line ( beginning at Dewitt's bluff on Great * Pee Dee and running due east to 1 Little Pee Dee were all shown 011 the 1 nap to be nearly half a mile too long. Mr Wiswall, it is said, verified ^ his work by several checks and reach- * ed the same resnlt in each case. Aij* r he instance of Commissioner Mace J' he next ran two additional lines, one|f ? II i>^ 11 W the advocates of the new county are!1 required to meet the constitutional 1 requirements. < H, * A NEW ENTERPRISE. Klngstree Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Company Organized. At a meeting of the board of Borporators of the Ki igstree Real Estate, Loan & Insurance Company, held iu the law ofhec3 .of (J'-lanu Gilland on the 23rd inst, t al stock of $5,000, composeu i 50 shares at the par value of $100 ?l ?:.n.. I....) ?UUXJ, was litjuuij ouustnvtu, upon the stockholders called a meeting for the purpose of electing directors and selecting committees. The directors are composed of the Following members: E C Epps, president; Hugh McOutchen, vicepresident; J W I'mpstead, secretary ind treasurer; W T Wilkins, L W ulilland, Paul \V .Schenck and Lou's Sherfesee. Messrs E C Epps, Hugh McCutchen and W T Wilkins were elected as the com nittee on finance. Messrs Gilland k Gillanil were retained as counsel "or the corporation. A suitable lode of by-laws was diawn up and ulopted for the government and egulation of the organization The Kings tree Real Estate, Loan & Insurance company has purchased ;he business of the Williamsburg bonding and Insurance company md will continue the business of he latter. Mr J \V I'mpstead, the secretary aud treasurer of the new jompanv, will arrive about tfie first )f August to open up the offices of ;be new company and give his iinnediate attention to the business of ;he company. This organization is incorporated for the purpose of establishing a jeueral tire, life, accident, health tod agricultural insurance and ponding busiuess, to ntake loans tnd conduct a general real estate jusiness. The company is composed if conservative aud successful busi* less men, who have under considfiation, not alone the prosperity of he company as respective stockjolders, but also the welfare of the community in general and it is their ntention to co-operate with the oublic for the benelit of the company's c ientage, and in turn receive ;he support of the public. By neatis of this organization our farriers, merchants and city residents will be able to obtain loans on short notice and with little negotiations tfter tiling their applications. Notice to Farmers I will be at the following places on and after September 1 next, representing May bank & Co, cotton buyers: Greelvville, Sailers Dtpof, Lanes, Gourdins and all points on the Georgetown & Western Railroad. Will pay highest market price for your cotton. J F Scott. Kiogstree, S C, July 1, 1909. ? 1 3m Her Husband's Suggestion. fhree bathing suits she bought her. a ...i .1... 1.^ /\uu MIC UlUUkiit ne v> a- a uunvg liVlien he blushed as he besought her To wear them all at?>nee. ?Aixjuxt Li wine* >t t' *. Tributes of respect,obituaries, :ards of thanks and all communications of a personal nature, tot new*, are charged 'or at the :rate of one cent a word. (roui AIIISOU 8 icrrjf uu uirnn? Dee to Richardson's ferrv on Little I'ee Dee, and the other lower down troui Smith's mills across the county. The tirst line was fou..d 550 feet shorter than shown on the map prepared by Messrs Hamby and Beattv, ?nd at the other line it was found 'hat this discrepancy had increased to 1,700 feet. Mr Wiswall declares that there is io possible question about these errors, and that they are more thuu sufficient to reduce the area left in he old county considerably below the constitutional requirement of 500 , iquare miles, as the map prepared by ' * TT ? 1 -111 -w> A.%IP iikna'C ! MeSSTs rianuiv anu ucanj \juij ouunc i 10 square miles left iti the old' county. Iu addition to all this there is a ; 1 > ' tie higher up between Great Pee!1 Dee river and Lumber river which I v as run a few years ago by Mr J W j Brunson of Florence. The map of 1 Mr Brunson shows this line somev. hat more than half a mile shorter than Messrs Ham by and Beatty find < , and it seems tnat unless both Mr! !'?ruu80ii and Mr Wiswall, operating ; t different times and totally uncoil- nee ted with each other, have greatly i erred, there is a large error iu the' r map prepared by Messrs llamby and 1 ^ Beatty. If Mr Wiswall is correct in his I contention, and he has verified his I i uork several tunes, there will, therf1m fore, be no new county of Dillon, if ? HARPERS HAPPENINGS News Notes of Passing Interest Around About the Town. Harpers, July 2G:?Mr Bennett Bro .?, the ellicient manager of the Rosemary Me. can tile Co's business, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. His condition yesterday was consid ered critical. His friends in this community are much concerned about his illness. I have heard of several cases of this dreadful malady, but. up to the present time we have not had any fever in our town. The people of Harpers have been blessed with the best ot health now for two or three years. We have our town well drained, which has certainly made it a health resort to what it was some years ago. Drainage is what our coast country needs. I hope to see better drainage in the near future and then we will have better health. Mr K G Wilkinson's mother and cousin, Mr Earl, of Thompson, Ga, are visiting Mr Wilkinson on Rail load street. Mr Wilkinson had not seeu his mother tor years. Mr Earl is contemplating making Harpers his home in the future. We welcome all good people among its and extend them a cordial invitation* Mrs ]j Z King and little daughter, Willie May, have been visiting the former's par nts, Mr and Mrs W S Camlin, Jr, for the past week. Kev Oscar Wilson, the host of ^ the Harpers hotel, will in the next few days, take his departure and j make his home in ft motive. We wish hirK^undant success in his new field * :{e understand that Mr Charley P^ton will continue the hotel as before. In referring, to the correction of the mistake of the Moody corespondent as to the name of the baseball club. I am truly sorry that it caused any friction, for I assure you that such was not my intention. The Spring Gully team just felt that the honor of winning the game belonged to them, and they asked that it be Corrected, without any reflection on anyone. We know it was simply au oversight of your Vloody correspondent. If we have cried by asking for the correction, we offer our apologies. Subscriber. His Mean Kevenge. "I've met a great many mean, spiteful men in my time,'' said IPI'V M irtmt i j r>pi . \A I ?UJ O ) UM W V? aw . tainly the spitefnlest ot them all!" "What's the matter now?" asked her chum, Marie. "I thought it was all off and done with." "80 it if!" answered Gladys decisively. "I'm not referring to our broken engagement?broken beyond repair, thank heaven?but to his subsequent actions." "What on-earth has he done?" "What has he done? This is what he has done! lie's sent me half a dozen boxes of face-powder, with a note stating that inasmuch as we had returned to each other even thing that had passed between us he thought it only light that I should have the powder,seeing that he must have taken at least that much home on his coat since the time lie first saw me'." ?August Lij>/>uiro//'.?. Mortuary. Pied?On Monday, July 19, at her home near Indiantown postoftice, Mrs Sarah Jane Nesmith, wife of Mr Hugh S Nesmith. Mrs Nesmith was about J5 years old and leaves a husband and one child bereaved by j her death, besides a host of relativts to mourn her loss. The funeral servi ices, conducted by liev A C Bridg j man, were held at the family bur)iinif inmiinil sti Thirk^v rreeli. ""6 & ""?: ? - - A Friend. Old papers for sale at The Record office Notice of Election. I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J : Williamsburg County. \ Pursuant to the following proclamatf^in, notice is hereby given that an e-^ction upon the question of creating j a new county out of portions of Wi'< liamsburg and Clarendon counties, and j also upon the question of a name and [ county seat of the same, will be held I on the 17th day of August, 1909, in the j following precincts and at the voting j ! Dlaces beincr within the area of the pro- | I posed new county to be cut off to form j } the same. For the purpose of conduct-! ing the said election, the following managers have been appointed for the ! various precincts and following places named: I Cades-R F Epps, E H Sauls, R Ei I Tarte. Hebron Church?H. A. Kennedy, C S ' | Smith, W H DuBose. McAllister's Mill?A W Rodgers, H ; H Baldwin, S J Kirby. Scranton?P S Wall, R B Cannon, Lamar Lee. Muddy Creek E W Davis, W L McDaniel, G W Johnson. | Poplar Hill ?B B Chandler, Walter j Britton, C C Graham. Prospect Church?J. J. Eaddy, Robt. F. Brown, Walter Poston. Indiantown?C C Daniel, P. D. Snowden, W. R. Graham. I Vox ?E F Prosser, D P Duflant,, Richard Cox. Lake City-C F Flowers, J J Morris, Henry E Godwin. [ 1 lie managers amnjuacu aiiu vn> named will call ana get the ballot boxes and ballots and all necessary papers pertaining to the proper conduct of such election. Ballot boxes will be delivered at the court house Friday preceeding the elec- i tion, 10 a. m. to 1 p. in. n. D. Lesesne, W. E. Hanna, J. L. Gowdy, Commissioners of Election. . i PROCLAMATION. State of South Carolina. Executive Department. Whereas, petitions signed by more than one-third of the qualified electors of those portions of Williamsburg,, Clarendon and Florence counties proposed to be cut off to form a new county (commonly known as Rutledge county) and embracing the territory therein described, were filed with me. as Gov- < i ernor of the State, asking that said portion of said counties be permitted to! vote on the establishment of a new i county and; Whereas, subsequent thereto an amendment was allowed by me elimii nating from the proposed new county I that portion of Florence county which j I ....? <,? Avuf in tVio notifinn and Addinc WOO OCIf UUV III WIIV v? v.w.., 0 a small portion of Williamsburg county,; and; Whereas, I appointed commissioners as required by the act of 1905 to ascertain and report upon the allegations of I the petition and to employ surveyors to j make a survey and map of the proposed new county, which survey and map embraces the following lines and territory, to wit; Beginning at a point where the Clarendon and Williamsburg county line intersects Pudding Swamp; thence upi said Pudding Swamp to the mouth of Douglas Swamp; thence up said Douglas Swamp to the Clarendon and Flor-1 ence county line at Hudson's Mill; thence running said Clarendon and Florence county line in an easterly direction (the Centennial Road being said county line) to the Williamsburg and Florence aa!H rnsrl* thpnce run | LUUll \,J Uiav vi. vw.x. - , ning said Williamsburg and Florence county line to the juncture of Lynches River and Great Pee Dee River; thence | down said Great Pee Dee River to the Williamsburgfand Georgetown county line near Smith's Mill; thence down the Williamsburg and Georgetown county line to Black Mingo Creek; thence up said Black Mingo Creek to Black Mingo Swamp; thence up the channel of said Black Mingo Swamp to Paisley Swamp; thence up the channel of said Paisley Swamp to White Oak Swamp; thence up | the channel of said White Oak Swamp to ! a point where the old railroad grade of 1 the projected railroad from Cades to ! Georgetown crosses said swamp; thence running the centre of said old railroad 1 grade to a point where the centre of nf ?:aid old railroad grade intersects with a line running at right angles with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, said line crossing said railroad at a point forty-two thousand three hundred and forty feet (42.340 ft.) from the Court House building of Williamsburg county located at Kingstree, S. C.; continuing from said intersection of said old railroad grade and said line a straight line at right angle to said railroad, crossing the same forty-two thousand three hundred and forty feet (42,340 ft.) from said Court House building, and continuing thence to its intersection with a straight line connecting the corner stake, X 3 N, nine thousand six i 1 1 1 xi /n ck\ ?4- \ nunurtxi anu ten xeet yvfviv u.;, iwatcu 71 degrees, 33 minutes W, from the intersection of the A. C. L. R. R. with the southern boundary of the town of Cades, and a point on the public highway leading from Spring Bank Road to Kingstree, S. C., forty-three thousand feet (43,000 ft.) from Williamsburg county court house building; thence a I straight line to its intersection with j said public highway leading to King[ stree, S. C- at a point forty-three thousand feet (43,000) from the Court House building of Williamsburg county located in the town of Kingstree, S. C.; thence a straight line to the said intersection of the said Clarendon and Williamsburg county line and Pudding Swamp, the beginning point. And whereas, the boundaries of the proposed new county, the number of inhabitants, the taxable property, as shown by the last tax returns, and that the proposed liner, do not run nearer than eight miles to any court house V?iii1s)*rtnr maw nafaHHaViaH Orp also forth in said petition. And whereas, the report of the commission appointed by me to ascertain the facts provided for in the Acts of 1905 as to whether the requirements of the Constitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, et cetera, have been complied with, has been filed, stating that the law has been fully complied with, and the number of square miles in the proposed new county (commonly known as Rutledge county) is four hundred and four and 94-100 (404 94-100) sauare miles, leaving to the county of Williamsburg more than five hundred (500) square miles and to the county of Clarendon more than five? hundred (500) square miles. Now therefore. I, M. F. Ansel, as Governor of the State of South Carolina, by virtue of the power conferred upon me by the constitution and laws of this State, do hereby order that an election be held in the territory embraced within the proposed new county on the 17th day of August, A. D. 1909, upon the question of creating the said new county and that at such election the qualified electors within the proposed area shall be allowed to vote upon said question, those favoring the proposed new county to vote "Yes" and those opposed to vote "No." That the commissioners of State and county elections of the counties of WilAM/I rifi?an/lAn vol XT iittiusuuig anu viaiciiuuu tvo^vw* * shall make all necessary arrangements for holding said election, shall appoint managers and do all other things necessary for the holding of said election; that the county supervisors of the said counties respectively shall have prepared printed tickets and furnish same to the commissioners of election to be sent out to the managers of election for the use of the voters. That at the said election the question of a name and a county seat for such county shall also be submitted to the said qualified electors. . That said election shall be held under the same rules and regulations as are provided by law for regular county elections; that the managers shall be sworn before entering upon the discharge of their duties ana shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until four o'clock in the afternon, when the polls shall be closed, the votes counted, a ret\irn of the number of votes polled for and against, signed and ceitified to by the managers of election which together with the ballot box, ballots and poll list, shall be turned over to the commissioners of election, as reguired by law; that the commissioners of elec! tion shall then, as now required by law, , tabulate the vote and make return ! thereof to the Governor of the State | and to the Secretary of State, and file a copy of same in the office of the ! clerk of court of common pleas for each I of said counties of Williamsburg and j Clarendon. ! In testimony whereof, I have hereun 1 to set my hand and caused tne ureal i Seal of the State to be affixed at Co[ lumbia this eighth day of July in the I year of our Lord one thousand, nine j hundred and nin?, of the independence ; of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. " M F Ansel, Governor. By the Governor: *R M McCown [seal], Secretary of State. 7-15-2t