The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-11-01
PROPOSED NEW COUNTY.
Form County of Musgrove, the Name
in Honor of Mary MusgroVe, and
fo Commemorate Battle.

commerce to take charge Of the pro-
nosed establishment Of new county
in this part of the State, of which
Clinton will be the county seat The
proposed county will include portions
Of Laurens, Spartanburg, Union and
Newberry. In general, the lines will
run straight, except when stream
acts as the boundary. The territory
as it is drawn on the plan will en-
brace about 250 square miles Of Lau-
rens county, nearly 100 miles Of New
berry, about 40 of Union and 80 OF
Spartanburg. 1t will contain popu-
lation of approximately 10000 people
and assessed property in the neighbor-
hood of millions of dollars. The prln-
cipal towns will be Clinton, Whitmire,
Renno, Cross Hill, Mountville, Cross
Anchor, Cross Keys, Goldville and
Kinards.
/ 1t is proposed to call the new coun-
ty Musgrove. It will contain the bat
tie ground of Musgrove Mill, where
Mary Musgrove, heroine of the Revo-
luton, witnessed, from her perch IN
a tall tree, the struggle Of the Patriots
against the British army, and wit
messed the defeat of the British and
the glorious victory of the forefathers,
AS there is not county in the State
named for a woman the people here
wish that in honor of the noble women
of the land, and especially in honor of
the heroine of the women Of the Rev
olution, that the new county be named
for Mary Musgrove and for the battle
of Musgrove Mill; thus doubly com
memorating the heroism Of the noble
women. and further memorializing the
greatest historic event in the area OF
the proposed new county.
Of the thirty thousand population IN
the new county about one-fourth Will
reside in towns, larger proportion
of town population than now exists
in any of the four counties save one.
It will contain forty miles of the Sea-
hoard Air Line and some eighteen
miles of the Columbia, Newberry and
I4aurens railroad, also seven banks
/ FIVE cotton mills and two oil mills.
1t is worthy of note that Clinton il
peculiarly fitted to furnish to the new
county of Musgrove an ideal county
seat. Clinton is situated on hlgn
ridge. the highest point in the county.
II is an extremely healthy and rapidly
growing city. 1t is highly moral, and
the people are generally noted for ed
ucation and honest business. No oth-
er town surpasses Clinton in respect 10
the matter of credit Of its business
houses, as it ranks absolutely first IN
this. It is a desirable town from an
educational standpoint Here is locat-
ed the Presbyterian College OF Soutn
Carolina, the college for young men
sustained by the Presbyterlans OF ths
State. The largest Presbyterian or
MANAGE in the United States, the
Thornwell orphanage, is located here
A first-class graded and high school
is maintained. About forty professors
and teachers are employed in Clinton.
Three cotton mills, with over $4,000
spindles and nearly 1000 looms, con-
su7ne much more cotton than is pro-
duced by Clinton's trade area Thls
results in a high price being ofereo
for cotton Clinton is within three
miles of the centre of the area Wnfch
it invites to come into the new coun-
ty.
At present the people of Renno and
-Whitmire must come to Clinton on the
train and then go to Newberry, ana
those who live in Mountville and cross
Hill must come to Clinton before go
ing to Laurens. The new county seat
will be from twenty-one to three miles
nearer each of the towns, by rail, than
now is the case, with three passenger
trains each way each day to them ALL
Clinton pledges to build a brick OF
stone court house and Jail, to furnish
the new county with a county home
for the poor and a farm, and pay all
the expenses connected with the
bringing of the records from other
counties here, and to support only
those men for Office who will work
for the good of the whole county Al
present no part of the proposed new
county is of political influence to DE
| ohio To cacnre any extensive cOnSld-