The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-07-29
ALLEGED ERRORS '
in COUNTY SURVEY
Mr.: 4 Wiswall, Non-O Official
Surveyor, Holds Up New
County Election on Alleg-
ed Errors in SURVEY.
: Gov. Ansel will have
Lines Re- Surveyed.

the MARION Star:
Two additional lines have been
surveyed across the county bv Mr..
howard Wiswall, Jr. of Charles
ton, with the result that it is
round that at each point Messrs.
Handy and Beatty were in error
IN making their map. The error
In each instance placed Little Pee
Dee and Great Pee Dee rivers
farther apart en- their map than
sa:y. saey re reall are, which has the
erect OF 81 lowing a greater num-
oer Oh sHuare miles than there
y ,s' 1t will be remembered
.iiae "ne97n the other errors were
'scoVeIged, about two weeke ago,
uo'erniPr Ansel was notified,
rommis sen.a isssioner Mace taking Mr..
Wiswall, who discovered the er.
rors, before the governor and the
errors were pointed out to him.
These errors as was explained to
the governor at the time were
found in the length of straight
lines across the county, as follows,
The first line from the A. c. L.
crossing on the Great Pee Dee
River directly through the town
OF Marion to Sandy Bluff on Lit
tie Pee Dee river, the second line
beginning at the same point on
the Great Pee Dee river and run
ming to Gallivants Ferry, a point
considerably lower on Little Pee
Dee; the third line beginning at
Dewitts Bluff. north of the mouth
OF Catfish, on Great Pee Dee river
running directly east to where it
strikes Little Pee Dee river. In
each instance the error found
showed that the surveyors had
mapped the county about a half
mile too broad. In addition to
these errors it was pointed out to
the governor that the map made
by Surveyors Handy and Beatty
showed the county to be more
than half a mile broader b tween
Great Pee Dee river. at the mouth
of Mill Creek, and Lumber river
at the mouth of Ashpole, than
was shown by survey made by
j. w. Brunson of Florence.
Copies of these NAV haye been
turned over to the governor with
the request that he select a sur
Veyor to test these measurements
across the county, and the COVER
nor has said that he will select a
competent and unbiased survey
or, and one who has not been
connected with either side OF the
controversy, have him examine
the maps and after this is done
either have him test these lines AS
requested, or have the whole
county re-surveyed.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Mace
wishing to test Messrs. Handy
and Beatty's survey still further,
had Mr.. Wiswall survey TWO ad-
ditional lines across the county at
lower points. The first one be-
gins at Allison's Ferry on Great
:. Pee Dee river, southeast to a
point on Little Pee Dee river.
Very little error was found in the
line from Allison Ferry to Rich
ardson's Ferry it being only $50
f.. but below that from Smiths S
Mills across the country it was
found that it had increased to i'll
90 tt. nearly a third of a mile.
This leaves no doubt whatever
about the matter. There is an
error of at least from Is to rs
square miles in Messrs. Handy
and Beatty's calculation as to the
territory left in the old county,
and as they claimed only $40
square miles in the old county, the
constitutional requirement of 500
square miles cannot be complied