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f 3ft qOiCCen Kem(d. t I yg^ABLlSHED IN 1895. DILLON. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 1909. . , VOL. 14, NO. S. * 'A DILLON VIEW OF NEW COUNTY, t ft O, ) \ th Situtioa. A Brief Review fo ^ ef the History of the New ^ Br S County Movement Formf '^..vng a New Comity a Task bi that "Tries Men's Souls." w The Difficulties Encoun- "J at tered and the Obstacles ti< f Overcome. How Dillon a the New County?" The new 00 county is a live wire, and it may m be added there is nothing closer su td the hearts of the people than this movement which has for its pc aim the division of old Marion and C< the formation of a new county te With Dillon as the county seat, ty Now that the dream of ten years la id about to-be realized, enthusi- th apm runs high and every bit of in- wi formation bearing on the subject ra id eagerly devoured by the oppo- th 1 nhnts attffl proponents of the move- pa iriftaU nc If the history of this movement su from it* incipiency up to the pres- T1 ent moment were told in detail, a: dhe- outside world would be as ton- th ished at the obstacles that have as been overcome and the sacrifices ov that have been made by a few loy- nv al spirits that have fought the fight n* up to its. present stage. There has never been made a stronger J M fight against greater odds than I re ha? mod* Vior* fnr I im .... rr.-?w w iv/l 11VWUV/III | and independence in county gov- Ti ernment. Three times an election has been held, and three times pr have the new county people been th . defeated. In the last election the 00 new county lost by only 43 votes, sti although there were five times el< that number of new county voters wi disqualified. The fight has been carried through the county board mi of canvassers, and then on to the wl State board of canvassers, thence through the Governor's office and ^ into the Legislature, and thence bo into the Supreme Court. Bach tic time the new county has lost, and (tl i along with it thousands of dollars foi cheerfully contributed by the ad- to vocatep of the movement, but du rf bven these defeats did not daunt thi V the men behind the movement eri f and once again have they fought .1 up to the eve of an election. sti / Time and again the aid of the su I General ' Assembly has been 1 J invoked to defeat the move- at ' ment and divers schemes have ta1 been laid to thwart the will of the ha people, but none of these plans th< ever succeeded. Some four years P? k ago a bill was introduced in the on f General Assembly by a Marion P; Senator to extend the lines around of the Court House from eight to ten ?a! miles. its passage would have no meant the defeat of the new coun- tD1 ty forever. It cost the new coun- ori ty advocates a thousand dollars to ,efi defeat it. he ' .At another time a petition 801 ni filed h the Gov- tot , ?Bor asking for an election 801 upon the question of annexing Woodbury Township to Horry *-* County; Woodbury is sparsely populated, lies in the lower edge W< of the county and is cut off from lin Horry by three miles of swamp it and a river. About this time a It tea' > Men Have Given Freely " of Their Time and Money ?r *i in a Fifht Against Odds. _ i. w Ticioty in nifttt. ne In Sunday's News and Courier ai appeared the following: review of n< the history of the New County ^ movement: n< Dillon, February 27.?Special: ^ The question of dividing: Marion ** County has become such an ab- m sorbing topic nowa days that every- 00 where in this, the upper end of ** the county, that old formal greet- T ing: of "What's the News" has y1 gtfven away to the inquiry, "How's in hjiary election came along, 1 hpdbury people got mad, the mpt^stt forced annexation to i her bounty become an issue e campaign, things looked t r certain candidates for coui Bees and the petition disappe I from the Governor's offic*. Next was the introduction o II i n the General Asseml hich requires the Governor ipoint commissioners for the < id new county whenever a p< >n was filed with him asking new county election. Thi mmissioners had the power nploy surveyors to determine 1 ea in the county to be cut a certify that the constitution 1 ;en compliedwith in both t iw and old county in regard ea. The Constitution says tl ? old county :an be cut to 1 lan 500 squats miles, and evi ;w county mtst contain not 1 lan 400 squats miles. The 1 tcame a law. The aim of i ensure was to defeat the n mnty, but enery member of 1 arion delegation voted for he new county people raid it \ inecessary; that Marion, acco g to the government surv ntained mere than 900 squi iles. It cost $6,000 dollars irvey Marion County. The comnrissioners were ; tinted?ope tc represent Man ounty and one to represent rritftrv Irnrvim ac . After seme unnecessary < y. the commissioners selec e official strveyors and the w< is started. When the first w nt for the survey was present c county treasurer refused iy it on the ground that he 1: > fund for this purpose. 1 rveyors refused to go furth be business men of Dillon h< meeting*, subscribed the $6,< emselves and paid the warra they fell due. The coui ires them $6,000, which tl ay never get. But this is er: bagatelle of what they hi bscribed to this movement, onday the surveyors made th port, and it is shown that M a contains 917 square mil le tax a ud registration boc ttle the question as to taxal operty and population, z us it is shown that the n unty can comply with the ct tutional requirements. T1 iction no doubt will be ordei thin the next 90 davs But while the surveyors w skins' the survey it beca lisper^d around that there \ ough * territory. Then 11 roodbury Township proposit bbed up again. Another p< >n was filed with the Goven he primary being over) aski r the annexation of Woodbi Horry. This would have iced the area of Marion to 1 an 900 square miles. The G< nor refused to order the electi< andamus proceedings were tuted, but the Supreme Co stained the Governor. On Wednesday there was hi Latta an election to extend L s corporate limits from 01 If to one mile each way fr ? * T . wviiuc ui iuwii. i^una is i sed to the new county, althou ly seven miles from Dillon, a one of most progressive tov this section. The Constituti ys that a new county line a t cut an incorporated city vn. The new county lines iginally run some months e ive Latta out, but follow lf-mile western boundary 1; ne distance in rounding 1 vn. There must have b< me motive in the election, a i sentiments expressed by I tta Mews are here quoted: "An election was held ednesday to extend the c ifts of the town a half mile, a was a case of 'won-in-a-wal is reported that Dilton is the bly wrought up,' as the extension \ at- will interfere with the new counin. ty line, but it is the same old story in ?'you can't keep a good man (and >ad town) down. uty "There were 60 votes cast for p ar_ and 8 against the extension." But the Dillon people are not if a "terribly wrought up." They biy seem to look upon this new plan to t? defeat the new county as someold thing of a joki. Latta is a fine ?ti- town and is populated with fine t for citizens and Dillon people would be w sse very glad to have the entire city ta to in their new county. w the This is only a brief review of the hi tnd history of a fight for a new coun- m tad ty. The Dillon people'have sufthe fered and borne more than did the hi to patriots of 1776. They have given ei Hat their time freely and have d, ess spent with hands wide open and Gi sry purse responding to every call tc ess made upon it. They have borne ei bill their defeats bravely and have la- ft the bored on toward the attainment of ew their hopes patiently, and if the 0: the new county prevails in the ap- a it. proaching election they will enjoy l yas their triumph quietly. . sj rd- mere is a reason tor tne stub- tl Ey, born, patient fight that has been ix are made for this new county. Mar- h t? ion is seventy five miles from one f4 end to the other. The lands in fj the section known as the new si [on county are the most fertile in the w State, and they return in taxes a*- ai an. bout one-half of the entire reve(je. nue of the county. Dillon is lo- n te^ cated in the centre of the proposed gJr|, new county, but it is twenty miles p ar_ distant from the Court House. a Commercially speaking, the coun- C] to ty is already divided, the trade in iT la(j the lower end of the county natur- a; ally going to Marion and that of n er the upper end coming to Dillon: a ej3 That a division of the county will g jOq benefit both sections cannot be c nts doubted. With a smaller county ^ lty the lands in the lower end will be w brought up to a higher state of h a cultivation: in other words, Mar- p e ion will develop the natural re- k 0n sources right at its doors and in a few years here will be side by side w two of the richest counties in the ees otate, each enjoying its full meas- t\ ure ?* prosperity. ? This in brief is the history of b ind the ten years' fight for the divi- a ^ sion of Marion, which seems now " about to end. a hff ***'* / / ? CAPTAIN J. A. / PETERKIN DEAD, c me a ^ The Originator of the Fa- p ion moot "Peterkin Cotton Seed" Dies at Fort;1 ^ Motte. WoU-Kbowh in ^ This Section. rc* Capt. J. A. Peterkin, famous e88 over the cotton belt as the origi- Q, 3V" nator of the famous "Peterkin" a m- cotton seed, died at his home at ?j Fort Motte on the 26th. ult., at a; urt an advanced age. Capt. Peterkin a Was well-known in this section g] and many times had visited his At* daughter-in-law, Mrs. S. Peterkin, ^ Qe" of Dillon. Up until 1880 he re- g1 om tided in Marlboro County and n 3P" while there married a Miss Ange- e nora Drake, daughter of Zacha- p ind nan Drake. To this union were b ^ born nine children of whom the ? inn # ?? ? - - - ? louowing survive: J. L>. feterkin, ^ in" Jno. A. Peterkin, Preston J. Pet- \ or erkin, W. G. Peterkin, Mesdames ^ as Robert Adams and A. KV. Taber, Jr. * ''* y From the cotton seed that .made ine his name famous, Capt. Peterkin ^ accumulated a comfortable fortune >en which he invested in lands. His nd latter years were devoted to agrrithe cultural pursuits and at the time s< of his death he was one of the ? on largest planters in the state. q ity Mrs. S. Peterkin and Misses ind Lula and Lillian Peterkin were 3 k.' at his bedside when the final end rri- came. FENT THROUGH 1 MILL WHEEL i emarkable Escape of TwoYear-Old Child Near Conway. Conway, Feb. 23.?Special: hrough a water mill turbine heel and still alive! Such is the ile that reached Conway today of hat happened to a two-and-aalf-year-old child, living fifteen files east of this place. It seems that Mr.< label Hughes as nearly completed a. water powr grist mill near Red Bluff, which slivers the power by the means s I a turbine wheel. The entrance r ) the mill is not finished, and is s ffected by the .means of a plank * om the dam to the fr.pnt door. 1 [r. Avery Todd went to / the mill ? ae day this week on business, * irrying with him his young child. ? -eaving the child.,- as he. thought ^ ifely.pn the dam, he started up 11 le plank for a few minutes' stay * iside the mill. But. .the child, ^ ad started up the plank after its c ither, and as Mr. Todd stepped * oim the plank- t o the door * ills the plank tilted, and the child c as thrown out into the mill pond * bove th'e dam. s Mr. Hughes was testing the ) rill at the time with the' sluice- 5 ? ?. .r -?i ate wide opvn, and the w^ter * ouring through at a terrific rate. 1 the child disappeared its father c ried out, and Mf. Hugties, takig in the situation' at a glance r nd realizing that Mr. Todd could ot swim sprang in after the child 1 nd made two or three ineffectu&T 2 rabs for it. Failing to thus so* J are it, and seeing that "urile's 1 )me thing was done at once it' 1 rould quickly be drawn through' J le ?riuice-gate to be ground t6 s ieces by the fast revolving tur- ? ine whe?t,1 he immediately closed 2 le sluice gate and stopped the 1 'heel. He then descended to a icamine the turbine, and' after t vo or three trials succeeded in s ^curing one of the child's arms, t ut had so little hope of its being ^ live that he said to Mr. Todd: t ^ have it but it's dead.'' Just t ^ he had spoken they were both t mazed to hear the child cry out? c Help me, quick, papa." * c With considerable difficulty the ? hild was extricated, and when ex- 2 mined by a physician was found v Dnsiderably bruised, but with no ermanent injuries. c The story is certainly almost S lcredible, but is fully vouched >r. - s C Hunting on a Locomotive. Engineer Cajp Lynn, who pulls a ne of.the freight trains on the C. s nd -N. W. Railroad, caught a big t< x>ssum recently. While rumiing * long at a leisurely pace he saw C head of liim what looked alike ^ boat. - - . .i. . t< He blew his whistle while "his -li reman rang the bell, but the. * Apposed shoat did not move, and ? ot caring to put his road to the xpense of paying for ? fine stock ? ig from the Biltmore estate,* he e . - i . 1 rought his. engine ta a stop, after ** rhich he and his fireman set out R > drive the porker off the track, hey caught it-with'-little dtfficul- c /. It turned out td be ft 'possum ^ hat weighed twenty-six pounds.? 1 'orkville Inquirer. _' ' * f>n v Fourth of March. s At K. of. P. Hail impressive srvice. Work on first and''sec- ( nd rank. A full1 attendance re'-, j uested, at 8 o'clock p. M.* ' * ? j'A r A. J. Evans, ,C. C.' c -4-lt A. K. Parh^.'k.K &S. | . ":;-V * The Dillon Herald ?l.50 a year. 1 ? ?*n at ? " i MARION CONTAINS ' 926 SQUARE MILES. ' t rhe Official Report of the !, New and Old County l Surveyors Shows that ? Marion Contains 926 j Square Miles. Sets at t Rest all . Controversy as r to Marion V Area. New r County will Find no Dif-ld ficulty in Complying with e the Constitution in Re- * gard to Area. t c Marion- county contains 926 a quare miles. This statement is t nade in the official report of the t urveyors ' to * Commissioners s )illonand Mace. The report of he surveyors ends a controversy \ ver the area of Marion as olrl ac i he movement for the formation T f - . . 1 f the New County. From the t egi'nninjf of the New County < novement upto the present moment j he opponents of the movement \ lave claimed that Marion did not ^ ontain 900 square miles and thereore'could not, under the constitu- 1 idn; be divided. The proponents ( >f the movement claimed that Nation contained more than 900 , - V r. iquare'Utiles and could be divided vunout any violation of the con5tit\itioh*.* ''And ih'ere the "matter lung, eaih 'Side contending: that t waS right. But now the :ontrp^eVsy is ended forever; rhe NeVv' County people ' were ight. In addition to the area qualifies-, ioit the constitution provides that i -New County -must - not contain ess than on and on? hundred,and wenty-fpurth part' of the- whole lumber of the inhabitants of the >tatev.n<3r must it have less as-, essed taxable property than, one md-one-half--millions of dollars is shown by the last tax returns, f further provides that the irea of the old county must not >e reduced to less than 500 quare miles nor to less assessed axable property than two million ] lollars, nor te a smaller nopula- , ion than 15,000 inhabitants. The | ax and registration books show < hat these requirements can be ] omplied with. All these re- \ [iiirements having- be en met the ] governor will very likely order < in election upon the question irithin the next 90 days. ( Following: is a copy of the report ? e *.1 ii me surveyors: I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA i In re Proposed New County:? i To the Honorable, a Commis- j ion in the above entitled New ] bounty; . \ Having been appointed by you i s the surveyors to ascertain and . ettle all necessary questions as. o area, both of the proposed < Jew County and of the Old bounty of; Marion after > being: limyiished by the New, and also o ascertain the distance of the inea of the proposed New County ronl the existing:. court house of tarion, we beg: to make the .folowiag full and complete return nd report of our findiog:s, togrethr -with plat,of our work; said plat , eing hereto a&nexed. and made a art of this return and report. First .-? We have made a survey if the lipets of the proposed New Jounty pi>d have plainly marked cama ca oc tr\ n1aot*1?r UV yv *?-? W. Vivany UCIHIC I I he population and Wealth' taken 1 md loft;and also; to- ^uide as to irho.can vote'(by-reason of reidence, if:the ejection be finally i rdered. * .. *. ' .. Second We #nd . that * the < x*unty oi Marion contains Nine i dundcqd; .seventeen and four enths (947.40) square miles >f arpa. The line between Marion and' Marlboro Counties, according to "tee statute law of this state is xed *"at twenty ~ . .. . jY our and three-fourths miles in ength. By our survey we fin? this line to rts >e twenty-four and forty six one lundredths miles in length. The irea just given is based upon the ine as surveyed by us. If we ~ ake the length of the line ag ,j,l ixed by the statute, the area for in darion will be Nine Hundred, wenty six and three tenths square niles of area. fTU: 1 nr. r- - - < - - a uiiu.?we unu tnattne proposed Jew County contains Three HunIred eighty eight and thirty sevn one hundredths square miles of .rea. This is based upon our urvey. If we take the line beween Marion add Marlboro 'ounties as fixed by statute the rea 6f the New County will be hree hundred, ninety seven and wenty seven cine hundredths quare miles of area. Fourth.?We find that there will >e left in the Old Cohnty of' darion Five hundred, twenty line and no hundredths Square niles of area. This is based up>n our survey. If we take the ine between Marion and Marlboro Counties fixed by statute, this area will not be affected. Fifth.?We find that the lines of the proposed New County do not cut the. old county of Marion witnin eight miles, of. its existing court house building Sixth.?We find that the lines of the proposed New County do not pass through any incorporated city or town of this state. Respectfully submitted, Sgnd, T. C. Hamby V E. N. Beaty J Surveybi Feb. 22, 1909. KILLED B Y WADE HAMPTON. Body of Federal Trooper is Unearthed at Fayetteville. v Ui a Our esteemed townsman, Walter Watson, who is alwa*"'1^ . . and keenly alive to anything connet ed with Fayetteville's histor tells us that the remains of a stra'1 3ier found near the Holt Morg Mill, recently by workmen in max pg excavations, were those of Federal soldjer, who was shot by?f General Wade Hampton. *rThe Confederate cavalry, bead*re :d by General Hampton, was de-~ scending Hayinount, and when'1 he head of the column reaching Window street, a division of She jt nan's army was aporoaching Ha ess Street from Winslow- One of 0,orFederal soldiers took a long-d"'^' tance shot at the conspicuous ^ g are-leading the Confederate ca airy, but missed. General .Hair;tr(|_ ton at-once brought his horse'af no a standstill, and returned the fii and with such true aim, that, tl man with his musket still smokin in his hands, fell, dead in the gateor way of Mr. Bash Avery's fron^ yard. Hampton's marksmanship on this occasion was the admiration of those who witnessed it. 8 The only thing they fpund o.(^ the dead man was a letter from * ?, ^ riff's brother in Rhode Island,.. si;rnjnjf "Tyler."?Favetteville Obse)n<] m hi Vinson, i . * \ , T? . "T L. C. Braddy.. Company aft^. making a polite bow to the Ug&fmt of Dillon and surrounding cotw',<>t8 begs to announce that their mi^n ner is at the northern marking making one of the most eaqt^jpry selections in millinery goods aw shown in Dillon. This is m opportunity to have an up-to-da^ costume for Easter. mg l. c."braddy company^ For Sale?100 Bu. Peas, S( ,r> lbs. Fodder, 1J.000lbs. Hay, 5th?' lbs. Sheaf Oats, 5 Tons Nitrate fut da. ' ^ 'h conser. ^OO.OOO.