The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-06-18
PROCLAMATION.
State OF South Carolina.
Executive Department.

to be cut off to form the new county.
and embraced in the following lines.
| to wit:
Beginning at point where Fair
Forest Creek intersects the Union and
Spartanburg county line; thence the
run OF sad Creek the line in a north
westerly direction to n point where
public road crosses Fair Forest
Creek at Fosters Mill: thence the
road to Glenn Springs the line to the
incorporate limits OF the town OF
| Glenn Springs; thence the said in
/ corporate limits in a southcastCriy
| direction TO its intersection with the
| Glenn Springs railroad: thence said
! railroad the line to its intersection
| with the public cross roads near Phila-
| delphia church; thence the public
road in southcrly direction to the
Burnt Factory road; thence a straight
| line i'll northerly direction to point
where branch crosses the public
road near the "old b. Hammet place.
thence a straight line in northerly
direction to the fork OF the roads near
j n. Collins house on the Glenn
Springs public road thence said
Glenn Springs public road the line to
point eight miles from the court
house building of Spartanburg Coun-
ty; thence the arc of a circle, with |
the same number of miles as It's ra- |
dius and the said building as it's cen
ter, the line in a westerly direction |
to its intersection with road leading
from Lanford's bridge towards Fair
mont Mill; thence the said road to it's |
intersection with a road about one
half mile south of Fairmont School |
thence Il straight line to Il point on
q public road onc-half mile south |
west of a bridge at Fairmont Mills; |
! thence due north a straight line to |
Middle Tiger River; thence up Mid |
die Tiger River to it's intersection with |
the National Highway near Tiger |
River Mills; thence said National
Highway in westerly direction to
its intersection with road near the |
house of H. ]. Cannon and j. A. Had /
den: thence a straight line (S-51- /
II WI to a bridge over South Tiger
River; thence up South Tiger River
to Maple Creek the line, with it's va
rous courses and distances, to a
branch of said Creek which heads at
or near Victor Mills; thence said
branch to its intersection with a road
west of Maple Swamp School House;
thence said road to its intersection
with a road at the Spartanburg- Green |
willie county line; thence the said
to Enoree River; thence the said 3n-
oree River, with its various courses
| and distances to the Grcenvillc-L Lan-
rens County line; thence the said
Grecnville-Laurcns county line to al
| stake X. 3. ~ 13200 feet east of the
G.. &W. G.. Railroad: thence n line
parallel to the G.. & W. C. Railroad in
southerly direction for a distance
| of " miles; thence straight line IS
| 20l2 WI to a point one-half mile from
the G. e W. G.. Railroad; thence a line
| parallel to the said G.. & W. G.. Rail
| road in southcrly direction to its in
tcrsection with the incorporate limits
of the town Of Gray Court; thence
the said incorporate limits the line i'm
southcaStcrly direction TO Il point
one-half mile from the C.. q w. c.
railroad; thence line parallel to the
G. & w. c. Railroad i'm a youthcrly
direction to a point eight miles from
| the court houso building OF LaurcnS
! County, thence the arc of a circle. |
| with said number of miles as its ra-
| dius and with said building as its cen
| ter, the line in southeastCrly dircc- !
| ton to its intersection with the town
ship line between Scunlctown and
| Jacks townships. in Laurcns County; I
thence the said township line the line
to it's intersection with the LaurcnS
and Union county line; thence the
said county line the line to point |
where the SDartanbnrg/and Union
county line intcrsects/ the same
thence the said Spartanburg- Union |
| county line to 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 1
that the proposed lines do not run
nearer than eight miles to any court |
house building now established are
as set forth in said petition.
And whereas, the report Of the Com |
mission appointed by me to ascertain .
the facts as provided for in the Act
of 1905, now known as sections 636 (
687, 63S, and 639 of the Code of Laws
Of South Carolina Volume /. as to .
whether the requirements of the Con- |
stitution as to area, distance, wealth,
population, ct cetra, have been com
piled with, has been filed, stating that
the law has been fully complied with, /
and the number OF square miles in ,
the proposed new county is four hun
dred and seven square miles, leaving
to the County of Spartanburg more I
than five hundred square miles and .
to the County Of Laurens more than
five hundred square miles.
Now, therefore, |, Cole L. Blease.
as Governor Of the State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the power con
ferred upon me by the Constitution
and laws OF this State do hereby Or
der: