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JfaM COUNTY ELECTION
| | WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
WjSlBrYeyori have Completed
their Work and will Report
to the Commissioners
this Week. Official Calculations
do not Reduce
Marion's Area. Division
Line Remains as it was.
Save a Few Minor Changes.
No Alteration in
Line around Latta.
It is probable that the report of
Mr. T. A. Dillon and Dr. J. C.
Mace, commissioners for the new
- - and old county respectively, will
I- be made to the governor this week:
The surveyors have completed
their work and are ready to report
w iuc uiuiuiissiuucis. winic uy
official figures have yet been given
out, it is authoritativelvknown that
Marion contains mor? than 900
square miles. Heretofore this
has been the point of contention
' with the opponents of the New
County movement. It has been
stated time and again that Marion
contained less than 900 square
miles and that it would be impossible
ever to form a new county
out of the upper portion of the old
county. Some who have aggres
ively resisted the movement to
form the new county have even
f - . in times past admitted that if the
I new county advocates could comI
ply with the legal requirements
that they would no longer resist
> the movement. Since it has become
known that the constitution?
al requirements can be complied
with it is said that the new county
has won many converts in the territory
proposed to be cut off and
T, that many persons in the old county
now look upon the movement
with indifference.
?. The governor has 60 days in
which to order the election after
the report of the commissioners is
laid 'oefore him. Thus if the commi^ioners.
make their report this
week the election no doubt will be
held some time in March or about
the first of April. All the data
covering: the amount of taxable
^-pl^pperty and the number of inhabits
"Jts has already been prepared
andx^ there will be little delay after
the Report of the surveyors *s
placecTih ' hands of the commissioners.
The survey settles
for all time to ^come the question
of area. It - it had shown that
Marion contained less than 900
square miles the new countv
movement woibld have been abandoned;
but nAw since it is shown
lhat the advljocates of the movement
tan com!ply with the constitution
in eveify particular interest
in the moveunent is becoming: intense
and cclnverts to the cause
are being: secured every day.
It was the/ purpose of the New
Countv peopjle to tjet the election
before Jan. / 1st. in order that the
county could be created by the
general assembly now in session,
* V\nf 4-Via oil rt'rpir ma a Kadltr r1#la rrorl
I/Ui liMA ? vj VlAVItJ \4Vin/VU
. "on account of unfavorable circumJy
stances and it was impossible to
get *n earlier repo> t from the surveyors.
Had the election been
J held last year the New County
" would have been created at this
meeting of the general assembly
and the nufcfcinery would have
been in full operation by the middle
of the year. As it is we shall
have to w&it until the next session
" of the legislature before the county
can be created.
Tbert' will be n6 material
change it the division line as oritorv
igvntfly a?n. There has been a
& tot *jarU,?le*8 talk about what the.
k tv governoi would do and what he
wottldn*' do with the present line,
* '. but thatdocs not amount to a row
of pint. The governor has noth%
ing whatever to .do with the shape
' of the baindarv lines. His duty
is to se that the constitutional
provisions have been complied
with in regard to area, taxable
'propert, and population and if it
ia show, that those repuirements
have ben met, he will order t'ue
oAootiorreeardlaaa of the itunu of
the lin?.
I >. Thei are now over 2000 voters
f f ' registesd in the new count territory
ad a safe estimate places
fa the tod vote in the election at
" \ 1800. It will be necessary for
BT ' the N?r County to jpet two-thirds
of thivote in order to win, whidh
mesnsomething over 1200 votes.
Hlj# this jfiumber are registered
SkKso well united on the Nei^
Cofcnt^ (as witness the vote in
last primary) that 600 voters in
Dillon mean 600 vote* for the
New County.
But the New County means
more to the people of the upper
section of Marion than it means
to the cititen* of Dillon. Here
we have direct 'phone and railroad
connection with the court
house and can attend court and
return home the same day. But
nnf en tittfU ^ ! ??
*vfc niiu kiiv i?i IU^I miu uvea
5 or 10 miles from the railroad.
If he is summoned to jury duty
he must spend the entire week at
the court house even though his
personal affairs suffer. If the
court house were at Dillon any
citizen in the new county could attend
court here every day in the
week and return home every night
for supper. This is one of the
many benefits the farmer would
Jerive from a court house at Dillon,
but this convenience alone
' is worth fighting for. '
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| Civic League Notes I
The Civic League met on Thursday
afternoon with quite a number
of members present. It will
be a pleasure to lovers of flowers
to know that the league will give i
a chrysanthemum show in the fall,
and it is hoped that all the ladies
of Dillon will take pride in raising
fine chrysanthemums for this show
Other towns have flower shows,
and there is no reason why Dillon
should not do as well, or better
than others. The Ladies will give
an oyster supper about the 12th,
of this month, and wiil endeavor
to give an entertainment of some
kind each month.
News Froom Free State.
Miss Alice Medlin of Clio, spent
laat week with Mrs. M. A. Ellen.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ferguson,
of Monroe N. C., are down here
for a few days visit to relatives.
They will live at Temperance this
year.
Mrs- W. C. Easterling of Dillon
visited relatives in this section last
week.
After three days stay with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. D. E. Allen,
Mrs. W. L. Tillman was called to
the bed side of her husband at
Bennettsville this morning.
Mrs. T. J. Cottingham of Lake
City spent last Tuesday and Wednesday
with her sister, Mrs. Oscar
Fineiran.
Mrs. E. C. Moore, who has been
visiting relatives in Bennettsville,
returned home a few days ago.
Mrs. Hortenae Bass and Miss
Annie Allen of Latta spent last
Thursday with the family of Mr.
W. B. Allen.
Cor.
Lost?From Wm. Hamer's oiace
near Little Rock, bay horse about
5 years old, scar on left hip and
one hjnd foot white. Last seen
comix&tftoward Dillon Monday evening:.
Reward for information.
Thos. Malloy, Dillon.
| Dots from Sandy Corner j
Cold mornings of late are causing
good fires and they are well
attended in this section.
A. C. M oody of this section spent
Saturday and Sunday last with his
parents of Pleasant Hill section.
Rev. A. E. C. Pittman attended
the Union Meeting at Antioch
Church last week. It was a cold
time for a union.
W. L. Stephens spent last Sunday
with Mr. B. A. Moody and
family of this place.
Miss Maude Rogers of Page's
Mill visited friends here.
John Harrelson of this place
lost a fine mule Thursday night.
Mrs. Adeline McKenzie of Pork
is in this place visiting relatives.
C. M. C. W. A
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FOR S 4 L R?White Wy#*-.
dottes, eggs, l5 for $1.00. ^ ,
guaranteed to hatch.
W. E. Hall, Dillon. S. C.
DILLON'S DEVELOPMENT
SOMETHING WONDERFUL
A Writer in the Lumberton
Robesonian Marvels a t
Dillon's Growth. Twenty
Years ago the Abiding
place of the Fox and the
Thistle. The Past an
Earnest of the future.
Correspondent of The Robesonian.
For the first time during: the
t ......
new ycai 1 uuu uijccu ^1VU16 yuu
some of the dots around the progressive
town of Dillon, where 20
years or little more ago the ranlc
thistle nodded in the breeze and
the wild fox held undisputed sway
o"er their environs. To give the
reader some little idea of the progress,
growth and development
raide, we find at our side (and
,will quote therefrom, if the reader
please) a little prospectus handed
us by one of the members of the
Chamber of Commerce of what
Dillon has accomplished up to
date, and we think the showing
creditable; and especially so when
we consider that in that time we
have had to face two financial
panics of such formidable proportions:
"Dillon, the pearl of the Pee
Dee, midway between Washington
and Tampa, 53 miles south of
Fayaetteville, N. C., 31 miles
north of Florence, S. C., on the
main line of the A. C. L. Kailroad
''nr.. ^ ?
%v (tic piv.iuu ui i^iuuii ao a
town to live in, as a town to do
business in, as a town to invest
in. We invite you to come, now,
and prosper with us.
Dillon has a population of two
thousand, a suburban population
of fifteen hundred, a live chamber
of commerce?two building and
loan associations?two prosperous
banks capitalized at $100,000?the
the best high school system in the
State, three chtirche?, Methodist,
Baptist and Presbyterian?good
water, health, good climate, plentiful
labor, cheap building material,
fine hunting in season, fine
fishing the year round, two wholesale
groceries?Western Union
Telegraph Co.?Bell Telephone
system, electric light plant owned
by the city, opera house, Ladies
Piifin T AinrtiA o AA-f An frv n caa/1
vi v xv uvj a w iuu v.witva owu
oil mill, two large cotton mills,
marble works, bottling works,
dairies, four sales stables, three
livery stables, concrete works,
novelty works, a $30,000 hotel, an
ice factory, a broom factory, a
weekly newspaper, 12 miles of
street 70 to 100 feet wide, some
of the finest homes in the State,
only $5,000 bonded indebtedness,
only 6 mills municipal cax levy."
This represents what has come
to Dillon during an existence of a
little more than twenty years
through the efforts of live, ener
getic business men. And we will
add that Dillon needs a steam
laundry, soap factory, paper factory,
a furniture factory, buggy
and wagon factory, sash and blind
iactory, sanitarium, a Daitery, ana
many other factories.
We are backed by one of the
finest farming sections, where can
be found the highest improved
lands in tlfe State, not even excepting
Marlboro county, famed
the world over for having carried
off the prize for the greatest yield
of corn to the acre, the fastest
horse in the Pee Dee section, etc.
We guess you have heard of all
these good things about Marlboro,
though.
A Mighty Pig.
The Dillon Herald says, in substance,
that a Mr. C. H. Stanton
killed a two-year-old pig a few
days ago that weighed 503 pounds,
being possibly the largest hog
ever killed in Marion County.
Well, Edgefield usually has something
to beat everybody, so here
it is: Mr. Parks, Cashier of the
Bank of Parksville, killed a pig
2 years and 1 month old that net
tod 535 pounds, carefully weighed
by parties who would testify upon
oath to the facts were it necessary.
The Parks are good "livers,"
and without consulting Pat, I
take the liberty of asking you to
our tlhion meeting to help eat
some of Bro. Pat's pig. Come.?
Edgefield News.
^nFo* Sals?Settings of genuine!
Kin duck eggs. $3.00 per ddaei
W. T. Bethea.
Tax Returns.
The Auditor's office will be
open for taking: tax returns from
January 1st. to February 20th.
1909.
The law requires a tax on all
notes, mortgages and moneys, also
an income tax on gioss income of
$2,500 00 and upVvtrds.
There shall be capitation tax of
50 cents on all dogs, the proceeds
to be expended for school purposes.
Dcgs not returned for taxation
shall not be held to be property in
any of the courts in this state.
A 11 1 '
mi uiaics uciwccu me age Ol ? I
and 60 years, except Confederate
soldiers or those persons incapable
of earning a suppopt by being:
maimed or from any other cause
are liable to poll tax.
All property must be assessed
at "its true value in money"
which is construed to mean "the
sum at which the said property
under ordinary circumstances
would sell for cash."
Don't ask that your property be
taken from the books the same as
last year. All property must be
listed on proper blanks and sworn
to. Township and number of district
given.
The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places at the dates
mentioned to take tax returns.
Mullins, Tuesday and Thursday
Jan 12th and 14th
Nichols. Wednesday Jan. ^th.
Zion, Friday Jan. 15th.
Pages Mills, Saturday Jan. 16.
Fork! Monday Jan- 18th.
Pee Dee Junction, Tuesday Jan,
119th.
Sellers, Wednesday Jan. 20th.
Dillon, Friday and Saturday
i Jan. 22nd and 23rd.
Hamer, Monday Jan. 25th.
Friendship, Wednesday Jan.
27th.
Nebo, Thursday Jan. 28th.
Old Ark, Friday Jan. 29th.
Arial, Monday Feb. 1st.
Little Rock, Wednesday Feb. 3.
Judson, Thursday Feb. 4th.
Centervillt, Friday Feb. 5th.
Bingham, Saturday Feb. 6th.
Fore, Monday Feb. 8th.
Bermuda, Thursday Feb. 11th.
Gaddy, Friday Feb. 12th.
It is hoped that all will meet the
Auditor promptly and make their
returns and thereby avoid the 50
per cent, penalty.
Respectfully,
F. T. McLELLAN,
Cr?:;ntv AnHitr?r
12-14t 2-20-09.
TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE
County Trkasurer'sOffice,
Marion, S. C.. Sept. 23, 1908.
The books for the collection of
State, County and Road Tax will
be open from Oct. 15, 1908, to
Dec. 31, 1908, those who prefer to
do so can pay in January, 1909,
with 1 pe> cent, additional; those
who prefer oavinc in Fehrusirv.
1909, can do so with 2 pei cent,
additional; those who prefer paying;
in March, 1909, to the 15th of
said month, can do so by paying
an addition of 7 per cent. (After
said date the books will close.)
Road Tax can be paid during
the fall but if those liable prefer
doing so, they can pay the road
ax during January, February and
March, 1909, for the year 1909.
The Commutation tax is $2.00 for
1909. ?
Taxpayers owning property or
paying taxes for others will please
ask for a tax receipt in each township
or Special School District in
which he or they may own property.
This is very important as
there are so many School Districts.
Tnose who do not wish to rom<?
to the office can write me (not later
than December 25th) and I will
furnish them the amount due and
they can remit me by check, money
order, or registered letter.
If stamps are sent please do not
send any above two (2) cents as I
cannot use them.
Please do not send me cash without
registering: same, as it is liabs
to be lost; if sent otherwise it mu
be at sender's risk.
THE IlBVY IS AS FOLLOWS:
Qtofa T?? -11
wrvwfcv a. cm. J/"i 111 Ilia
Constitutional School Tax 3 mills
Road and Bridge1 1 1-4 mills
Salaries 2 mills
Poor House, Poor, etc. 11-4 mills
General Levy ^ 13 X mills
r.sjllifrolina, 1902'. VJeci*! school)
per-1 be up and growun 3 mills
I erajre valid. - /. 8 mills
I fori Mr. E. MjU /' 7 mills
* K 7 mills
7 mills
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PIVtHilM" ~ ';is S"'">
Oak Grove " '' _
Ruck Sw'p " " be Creat
Union " " t i
Pages Mill " " 3 mi? f"
Millers * " 3 mill'sf
Hamer '' 2 mills
Dalcho 4 1 4 4 2 mills
Nichols 4 4 4 4 3 mills
, Todd's 4 4 4 4 3 mills
i
Centenary 4 4 4 4 2 mills
.Little Rock4 4 4 4 3 mill*
|PlVtHill5644 44 3 mills
i Olivet 4 4 4 4 3 mills
New Holly* 4 4 4 3 mills
Bingham 4 4 4 4 2 mills
Kentyre 4 4 4 4 2 mills
Bermuda 4 4 4 4 2 1-2 mills
Palmer 44 "21-2 mills
Br't's Neck" 4 4 3 mills
Eulonia 3 mills !
Nebo 3 mills 1
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We take this means
the very liberal patrc
on us during the year
\Y e assure you that
eiated, and we hope bv
fair prices, and hones
continuance of the sarr
Wishing you a happ
year, we bey to remnii
I
Yours Vei
Evans P
A. J. Evans
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Can be found at
STORE, everything n<
Mr. A. A. Dunca
Company and Dr. C.
lJUJUUgii uur SLOCK 01
D R I
and everythieg not
fresh has been throwi
placed with new dn
bought a handsome Ii
j tain and everybody ,
which will entitle the
Watch for them.
All our prescript!
Registered Pharmacisi
lute safety.
Dr. B. M. Badger
Main Street, Railroad
Prescriptions fUle
delivered to any part
i
I,Bransons
4
*!'*?? w i n?* rimsp :
pt ??i Mr. Suikler's !?i!l to resolute
collect on siiiti distribution of
bodies tor M'ir:ilil;i* ; :i j
ed. Mr (Mis' bill to
K. 11. 30!) ot the code >ii hi \. ?7? l!)u"2,
r the tune *2. .-<> as :?> make a verdict
>f la- jury ami an order ? 'lie coux
that the eonnty whore rendered, a
''at upon the real < -ta'e the p
Po.? gainst vi.< !> it is re: . 1,
citizen t? ??ndit ton 11. . til. 11? ? >
except Con feu in day- ; < visit
do not pay after wlnm - ... v as
those excused by la
J. L> MUNTC ?i ' icu
County ? : '!i t,!'
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NOT ICa.
The office of County Supti iutendent
of Education will be op>cn
every Saturday and first Monday.
JOE P. LANE
Supt.'of Ed.
F r tends
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of thanking yon for
?nage bestowed upjust
closed.
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at
it was highly appre'
caurti-ous treatment,
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t dealing, to merit a
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harmacy
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S. Brown have gone;*
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absolutely pure and
1 aside has been reigs.
We have also i.
^novation Soda Foun- L
will be sent a ticket '
im to a free drink?
ions are put up by a 1
t, thus i nsuing abso
s oia stand, Corner
Avenue. I
d day or night and "i of
town. |
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