The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-19
CLARENDON TO LOSE TERRITORY.

We clip from The State OF
Sunday an account of the action
of Governor Ansel with regard
to the amendments to the orr
ginal request offered by the pro-
jectors of the Rutledge County
scheme which leaves out Flor
ence and takes more territory
from Clarendon, if we under
stand the description clearly.
The following is the account.
:.Gov. Ansel yesterday morning heard
the petitioners from the proposed new
new county OF Rutledge on the amend
ment, desiring to change the ooun-
daries of the proposed new county oy
leaving out the two Florence county
townships ard making some changes
in the line below Cades and in the
Bethel church vicinity, near the Car
endon line. The amendments was grant.
ed and the boundary of the proposed
new county, as amended, will be as 1ol-
lows;
Beginning at a point where the
Clarendon and Williamsburg county
liae intersects Pudding Swamp; thence
up said Pudding swamp to the mouth
OF Douglas swamp; thence up sa.o
Douglas swamp TO the Clarendon ana
Florence county line at Hudson's mill;
thence running said Clarendon and
Florence county line in an easteriy
direction THE Centennial road being
said county Iine) 70 the Williamsburg
and Florence county line on said road:
thence RAINING said Williamsburg and
) Florence county line TO the juncture OF
Lynches river ana Great Pee Dee river;
thence down said Great Pee Dee river
to the Williamsburg and Georgetown
county line near Smiths mill: thence
down the Williamsburg and George
town county line to Black Mingo creek;
thence Up. said Black Mlngo creek TO
Black Mingo swamp; thence up the
channel of said Black Mingo swamp to
Paisley swamp; thence up the caannel
of said Paisley swamp to Whateoak
swamp; thence up the channel OF
said Whiteoak swa, 20 8 point
where the old railroad grade
OF the projected railroad from Csdes to
Geocs crosses said swamp; thence
running the centre OF said old railroad
grade to point where the centre OF
said old railroad grade interSects With
line running 1T right angles with the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, said line
crossing said railroad at 8 point 42.34O
feet from the court house building OF
Williamsburg county, located at Kings
tree, S. c.; continuing, from said inter
section of said old railroad grade and
sid line, a straight line at right angles
to said railroad, crossing the same 42,34O
feet from said court house building, and
continuing shence to It's intersection
with straight line connection the cor
ner stake, X3 northS s,6lo feet, located
north Il degrees So minutes west, from
the intersection of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad with the southern boun-
eary OF the town OF Cades, and q point
on the public highway leading IRON
Spring Bank road to Klngstree, ;. e.,
$4,000 feet from Williamsburg court
house building; thence . stralg line TO
its intersection with said public high
way leading to Kingstree, S c.. st q
point $4,000 feet from the court house
building OF Williamsburg county. loca-
ted In the town of kingsEree, s. c.;
thence straight line TO the said inter
section OF the said Clarendon and Will
liamsburg county line and Pudding
swsmp, the beginning point"
r. &. Welch of Columbia aod Stew
arr Starr OF Lake City, the proposed
county seat, represented the petition
ers. Messrs. T. C. Handy OF Columoi
and e. S. Oliver OF Marion, who are the
Official surveyors for the new county,
will now proceed TO run the new line
below Cades.
= The granting of the amendment be-
fore Gov. Ansel was uncontested, there
being no opposition manifested.