The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-16
PROCLAMATION.
State of South Carolina.
Executive Department.

more than one-third of the qualified
electors Of those portions of Spartan
burg and Laureps Counties proposed
to be cut off to form the new county
and embraced in tho following liuos,
to wit:
Beginning at point where Fair
Forest Creek intersects the Union and
Spartanburg county line; thence the
run OF said Creek the line In north
westerly direction to 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 southeasterly
direction to it's intersection with the
Glenn Springs railroad; thence said
railroad the line to It's intersection
with the public cross roads near Phila-
delphia church; thence the public
road in a southerly direction to the
Burnt Factory road; thence a straight
line in northerly direction to point
where branch crosses the public
road near the "old b. Hammet place"
thence straight line in a northerly
direction to the fork of the roads near
j n. Co0in's 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 circle with
the same number of miles as us ra-
dius and the said building as its 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 its
intersection with road about one
half mile south Of Fairmont School;
thence straight line to n point on
public road one-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 its intersection with
the National Highway near Tiger
River Mills; thence said National
Highway in a westerly direction to
it's intersection with a road near the
house Of III. |. Cannon and j. A. Had
den: thence n straight line (s-57-
" w to n bridge over South Tiger
River; thence up South Tiger River
to Maple Greek the line, with it's va
rious courses and distances, to a
branch of said Creek which heads at
or near Victor Mills; thence said
branch to it's intersection with road
west of Maple Swamp School House;
thence said road to its intersection
with road at the Spartanburg- Green
Vile county line; thence the said
county line In southerly direction
to Enoree River; thence the said EN-
oree River, with its various courses
and distances to the Greenville-Lau-
rens County line; thence the said
Ernnnuilln- 1 IN n
stake Y. g. ~ 13200 feet east Of the
C.. &W. G.. Railroad; thence line
parallel to the G.. e w. C. Railroad in
a southerly direction for n distance
of ] l2 miles; thence a straight line Is
2O1a w to a point onc-half mile from
the G.. q w. G.. Railroad; thence a line
parallel to the said G.. & W. G.. Rail
road in a southerly direction to it's in
tersection with the incorporate limits
of the town of Gray Court thence
the said incorporate limits the line in
southcasterly direction to Il point
one-half mile from the c. q w. G..
railroad; thence a line parallel to the
G.. e w. G.. Railroad in southerly
direction to point eight miles from
the court house building Of Laurcns
County, thence the arc of circle,
with said number of miles as its ra-
dius and with said building as it's cen
ter, the line in southeastcrly direc-
ton to its intersection with the town
ship line between Scunletown and
Jacks townships, in baurens County;
thence the said township line the line
to it's intersection with the Laurens
and Union county line; thence the
said county line the line to a point
where the Spartanburg 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
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 63G,
637, G38, and G39 OF the Code Of Laws
of South Carolina, Volume l. 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
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