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^BML? Good Advice to Our Border Friends. I \ favor the formation of a new county and will silpport it for some of the following reasons: e proposed new eouitty. rea with but little bone, agricultural possibilities nd future not excelled by y in the South. We have gh priced lands and have Marion's treasury more the taxes of the county, .ve to every fair minded ay what per cent we have in our territory- When - ~ I think of the long and expensive bridges we have helned ?! ??* w 1 " "* *v" VI end of the county to buiM and when 1 remember that the large swainp area they have will always made it expensive to build and keep up roads, 1 know the reason old Marion opposes so bitterly the division of the county. Let our people remember that on Dec. 14th we can lap off that end' of the county in which the greater part of our taxes have always been spent and can begin to spend our money on our own roads and bridges right at our doors. While ve will liave a small county we can V nake it a model second to none in ie State. d. We have a territory having *and clay in easy reach 01 ev^tblic road and yet 1 do not bc1-there is in S. C. a single area ?c fertility having half so bad i . r. For thirty years and more wive annually paid into Mnri ?Veasury a tax c<iual to and ITI1 s^>ing the tax in many of onr Jat s1, counties. 1 ask what lias Rhe ^lone with the money? MarlRnrbet}, Florence. Sumter and Dar(larretton have built magnificent sand Wilson roads. During this 30 years nP counties have built beautiful houses. I wish every voter Four erritory to think of the old ?f flic ?,lu>(3e(j court house at Marion n regard tjie {|eep san(] beds and al,'es. ,,,xe nnpassable mud holes and con due "of* we have drakrkr<-'d through dispensary e years and as^ ourselves re willing to go on with this The foll??n forever- Our Marion Overrharjc?are shaking a red Hag along to he p ers of our new* county ami Overjudgmimurder?they will kill you Claims whicxes." With $25,000 in overjucmd a site for the public The 1998 wj]i not Rc much cheap( on science .} a^ jyjilon and spendotir Total ??urselves ? Or do you pre,ive their representatives Firms a ^ *n t,le Legislature t" " $75,000 Court house in Haul Jones &antl let our road money Anheuser-Buf (jallavaut s berry August a Ri the long and expensive Frank (?. T 1 lower Marion county Live Oak 1 e past 50 years? If you J A. Mairni | roads with a moderate Old *<?> I vote for the new county ? 1 H'n*n;- Mth. Holrov Disti 11 . ? % 1 Rhr Four I) sma11 coUlU> "!e , i H. A. Tl.ierm protection. With good F>. Sacks & S ? an extension of a lew Marin. Hart lines a sheriff from DilH. Rosenthal reach the remotest part Total . ..tnty in one hour. 1 wish ~: best young men and Mcnoy i jes settle on farms all Laurens, ^Pe ertile section. The presrens county ? i)rice Qf coUon makes frood money in ... .. these are P. B better tha" a"-V ?thcr Weathers. A )% \vltJ '>ctt.er roa(,s an(l Weathers sold t*e proteedOP f?r our three ho<rs that r.ren and sweethearts, and on last Satur. a great many of our 2!) fine porkers, ilavc moved into town old. the lot hrinjrii _hc fanu rnid m UureM i? V)t ^beve our taxes ? tv vi m T r cut higher, provided To Double Treckl (o , ,n ,d-,.K like Oreenville, Sued: 'fst 3? >'?" ? oW I see it the new rancor is current h?i ,. . r progress in every en, railway has wit, roa(k_lK?tter po?toya let contracts for better country its main lir.s betwee, er citizenship. For Atlanta. According t? n in this new connwork of double tracking jurors, witnesses ed at an enrlv date t'rn ' tv and snend ev end. It is proposed ilia with his family, we of lyio work will |Ia * taxes conies, it plated as far nort li?? t ',etter living conduta.ue of 55 miles. ?P,e" Personally. b and now in the Die* at the Result or1, to see.*n iinGi-eeuville. Special.?\vV' ?_ T" >ns ~ ** employe of the Foe mil ft?0'1 ' " . m,N>ltce protection 4my ?? the result of an inj,y a Httje m0ri. ?av?d Saturday night in f* 5E,'1 thm attemPt?d almost eertain B 7 wm m motion i t. ? ?? . lieoviiy to th. trmo^ earned by ? i"? tl? injuriea froai whieh ?.ur Smith was 28 year! the mmm a wife, bnt no ehi!drt,^em to vote w** ?srri?d F,oweil, j?memay have me will want I m ents in roads I I j, | ! and other*1 1. rv. ill ^ant i&YQts a^jaur new county 4ifttCUEi.jtviHiM, muck tewec-ie ask such favors when it is known in Dillon that you voted for and helped io carry the new county. greaJLBSViqr conventions when .it*!- >ecn sotne one is going to be elected to a position some one moves to make the election unanimous ; that is all the opposition change their votes. I hope our border friends will help us make this election unanimous and let all of us begin house-keeping on an equal basis. Wade Stack house. New Cntirth' Good Roads. ? 1909 Edito C. Dc " V 1 reading with a 0 est the | fair and honorable lieiit von have been making through the columns of your paper for the New County and as the election is near at hand I thought 1 would write and tell you that everything is bright attd favorable jn. this section. When the light first started, and even up to a few weeks ago, the New County cause had considerable opposition; but nearly all who opposed the formation have now realised that the election will be carried by a safe majority, and that it is to their advantage and interest to come forward and assist in getting it formed. When the county is formed the people have no mea now mucn nicy will be benefitted. b>r 1 myself, can remember when the people <li<l not mind going t<> Marion to court and spend the whole week if necessary?:in fact it was regarded as a week off. Now conditions have changed. We arc ct >mmercial age, and the man who living in a hustling, aggressive commercial age. and the man. win now is required to leave his farm or business for a day or two to gi to Marion to serve as a juror ot witness considers it a hardship When the County is formed an) citizen living in the New Count) can return home at night, attend u his business and go back to conn the following morning. 'Itiis, I think, should appeal to every mat who considers his time of any val tie. The people in this section, als< know that when the new county i; formed the Sand Lied across th< river front Dillon will he change* and all roads in the county will Ik small and the supervisor can gei around every year, lint as it i< now, the chain gang clues not reacl onr sectiotVaut about every four 01 five years; "and on some of out public roads, the county has never sent the chain gang. I am satisfied there has been a wonderful change of sentiment in this section since the last election and the new county vote here ne.M Tuesday will be much larger that it ever has been. Progress. What the Two Bankers Sav. Dillon, S. C., Dec. 8th '.9 To the voters of the Proposed New County: It has been rumored that the Messrs. Dillon have so given their check for the $25,000.00 to build the Public Buildings as to let them out of paying ibis amount when the time comes. This report has its origin, no doubt, with the old county people, who arc lighting so hard to prevent the people of this section from voting as they want to an 1 from attending to their own business. 1 want to put this report out of business, as it were. So 1 hereby state as the Trustee of the New County Committee that 1 have the check of the Messrs. Dillon and that it is given without one single string or condition. I state that this check will he promptly paid when the proper county officers are ready to receive the money and build the Public Buildings. The credit of the two Banks is pledged to secure the people this money, 1ks des the good name, faith and financial responsibilities of the Mes,rs. Dillon. Yours truly. W. T. Bethea, Treasurer and Trustee of the New County Central Executive Committee. \Y O llm im/UrcIrrno/1 . ? V MIV IV t .> ill the Hank of Dillon and the People's Hank do hereby state that the good faith and credit of the banks iT( pledged to secure the payment of the check of the Messrs. Dillon, given for the purpose of erecting the public buildings hi the proposed new County. W. T. Beihea, Cashier of The Bank of Dillon. E. R. Hamer. Cashier of The People's Bank. Fifteen years from now a true history of the trials and tribulations of the New County people in the effort to divide Marion will read like fiction. daft. THE MATTER OF Nothing in the 'Higher Tax J Argument" when Yon1 Think it Out for Yourself. A Catch Phrase that has c been Worked until it is ,, Threadbare. People too Intelligent to Notice it Now. |a ' t -- ?; 0 !0 To the Editor of the Herald? y Just at this time, when the minds and hearts of every man, woman and child in our "new county" are ? set.on the great question that con- c fronts us and to be settled at the ballot box on the 14th inst., I feel ^ that I cannot further refrain from c saying a word on the subject. The glad news comes to us daily j, from every section in our "new J j county" "we are gaining strength" jt and when I look these good honest; ( citizens in the face and hear their j _ reports, I feel that the matter is, | nor much longer to be a question,' ^ tor during the past week I have talked to several who have hereto- t fore opposed us vigorously who j nw come with the glad news "that t w g whereas, I was blind, now I see," | c and now Mr. Editor, 1 have been ' keeping posted in the claims for' and against the new county and for * my life 1 cannot see how a sensible person can accept some of the arguImentsof our opponents, telling why we should not be cut off. Why the old "Tax" bugaboo is on again t as usual. I thought they wore that ^ out i(? years ago. for well do 1 re- i ( 1 member how much the tax ques-; lion was agitated in our " new I ( ' county" elections held then, and to|* 1 the ignorant and unwary this argu' mcnt was accepted and it had' j us in our light. 1 cannot blame our opponents ( in ' old Marion" to light us, for we well know that the upper end of * ' the county (the new county) pays ' [ the greater portion of the taxes and ' realizes nothing it taking the great- j v. i"'. nun i?> i\cc|j up ine waste in I the lower part of the county. Yes,(| Mr. Editor, the Messrs Dillon have * given the money to put up the build | " ing and a site on which to locate it : and without any strings tied to it. l.ord bless them for we are proud to have such men. Now this site 1 donation has been criticised by our ' opponents, who say the Messrs1 Dillon "reserve the right to give etc." Why Mr. Editor we, who know the Messrs. Dillon and know them to he gentlemen of their word who do not study any trickery and 1 there is not one of us who would 1 doubt for one moirfent any promise ' made by them. Now, if we will stop and reflect for a moment, we feel charitably inclined to our op ponents who seem so distressed about "our" tax burden. We certainly do thank them for their kind consideration of our future welfare * ( for it is kind in them not to want to overtax ourselves. Now, I fell just here that it is "not because ' , they love Ciesar less, but that they . . love Rome more." 1 wish that we I could all see this matter as our * , firend. Mr. R- P. Hamer , I want every one of your subscrib-l^ j ers who did not read his article . copied from "The Florence Times" . I in your paper last week, to do so; it \ . is broad, and "far reaching." ' , Now Mr. Editor, in conclusion, I { ; feel that our new county scheme is j no longer a project, but a certainty. I feel sure we have won; , , only a few days more, let every new . county man in her borders make t I himself a committee of one to get j . out. and do something, for we each ( and every one have "a mission to I perform." . T. L. Bass t o < Observer Wants Independence. To the question, "Why should the people of upper Marion wish to draw off from the old county and do business under their own name," a number of reasons may be given; a few among them are: * 1st- We want to, and we regard any opinion and effort to the con- f trary as meddlesome, officious, pre- e sumptions and offensive to us in f the extreme. 2nd. Because we know our own r business. F 3rd. Because we are old enough t and wise enough we think to at- t tend to that business. j 4th. Because we are rich enough in tilings material to go to house- f keeping on our own hook without 1 any help from outsiders. 1 , 5th. Because we are tired of pay it | ing the hulk of the taxes and get- i t ting no adequate returns from tb* outlay. 6th. Because having the richest * farming section of the State we \ know we can have the banner coun-, tv of the State. 7ti* Because wfe-odb 1?m axea to- pay as that hwWen the rivariable experience of all new ounties cut off from the old. 8th. Because wcjiave fh** <1 territdfyT^j^^^ *5M 9th. Because we have thejrtKppir<1 population. loth. Because we have the^; reuired taxable property. nth. Because we have the legal ight to do so. - -i.i. r? -i / i^nr Because we can ao so mon? Ily. 13th. Because we can leave tin >1<1 county without a single regret >r any compunction of conscience whatever. 14th. Because with a busy peo>le time is money, and our folks an't afford to spend so much time >n the road to the court house. 5th. Because we want a better Courthouse than the old one and >ne nearer home. In conclusion we will say that t seems like it is going to be a vertable land slide. In no prior conest has there been the spirit of letermination and unanimity that >revails today and the man thai ails to vote with us will certainlj >e made to feel very lonesome, lit ould have no valid reason for apahv. in difference or opposition; th< ine will be strictly drawn and tht ins of a man who fails to do his luty on the 14th will be visitec :ven upon the third and fourtl generations. ObserverLower Taxes, Says Kirby! Editor of Dillon Herald?A< lothing has appeared in the col nnns of your valuable paper fron >ur section for some time, am tak ng the liberty of asking for a shor .pace in your paper to let othei lections of the county know tha ve are still in the land of the liv ngWe have just about complete! he harvesting of one of the lar jest crops within the past severa ^ears. This fact coupled with th< jnusual gootl prices, obtained foi ill marketable products, has had ; ;endency to put every one, ant more especialy the farmers in i lappy frame of mind. A good many of our farmer lave patronized the Dillon cottoi market, and are unanimous in tin opinion that Dillon's is the equa Df any market in the Easteri part of the State and a great dea better than the majority of tin towns of our section of the state. The all absorbing topic of ou :ommunity is the question of tin :reation of the proposed new coun yUntil within the last few day nere seemed to be but little inter rst manifested in the matter, it be ng a conceded fact that the nev rounty would not get even a major ty of the votes, much less, two hirds. However, the old argumen if higher taxes for new countie: >eems to be proving a boomeranj ind instead of the new county mov< nent losing ground or even beinj it a stand still, it is gaining head vay each day and at the presen ime we have bright prospects o jetting even more than two-third: People who have never before tak ;n much interest in it, and evei iome who actually oppose< th< novement in the past are nov imong its warmest advocates dome have taken the trouble to in festigate the tax levy of new coun ies and upon a comparison of th< evy now and before the new count} vas created find them to be actu illy lower than before. Mr. Editor, we simply have go 0 have a new county this time am lere's hoping that on the 14th da} >f December every one will make i 1 point to go to the polls and cas lis ballot for what is destined to tx he banner county of the grand ol( State of South Carolina. Veni Vidi Vici. Cirby, S. C. Dec. 6th., 1909 Card from Mr. Dillon. Dillon, S. C., Dec. 8 1909 To the people of the Proposed ^ew County: We have struggled long and hard or our New County. I have workid and labored in this community iow for over a half century and lever before have I seen our peo>le so worked up and determined o carry out their purpose and inter ion of securing the New Countv My age had prevented me from ictively participating in this glorous fight for our rights as I would lave felt like doing. In my hum>le way I have tried to do roy full luty to our cause. Let us all stand ogether from now on and the vicory is ours. United we stand; divided we fall. Yours truly. J. W. Dillon, *" . ?. . 1ti,e ^ The two mos^eucntial things for the advancement and uplifting : of this county are our public : schools and our Public roads, r These two systems whtch cause more trouble give more satisfaction are given less attention and i cost more money than all other : public affairs taken together Therefore they are of the most vital interest to us and should coai| mand our attention above all "things else. Then if this is true, which on : the face of it is the case, anything . that retards their progress and im. provement should be condemned f and on the other hand anything ; that may be beneficial to thetr I should be encouraged by all pror gressive men. ; That both of these systems art . far inferior to what they should bt ; is too glaringly self-evident to b< ; contradicted by the most optimis i tic person living. And why is this 1 true ? Simply because under oui i present system of large counties i' is utterly impossible for any oik man to look after the schools or th< roads as they should be. For in stance, it is almost one hundrec miles from the extreme northeri ; end to the extreme southern end o . weight in those days, but thanks b< i to oftr Maker, these same peopk . who were then misled have hat t their eyes open and are today witl r this county and scattered over thi t vast teritory, from five to seventy _ five miles apart are sixty-sevei white and fifty four negro schools 1 Do you thing it is j>ossible for on< . man, during six months to person 1 ally superintend these schools? A e to how many thousand miles of mil r lie roads there are in this county j am quite unable to say, but is i 1 reasonable to suppose that tlier a are more miles of road han it i possible for one man to se s much less build up. Fo a these reasons would it not be bet e ter, if this county were divided? 1 Now then add to this the fac a that the bulk or practically all o 1 the public funds of this county i e spent in keeping up the schools an< roads, for the salaries of the offi r cers and other expenses of th e county really amount to such i . small sum that it can hardly b noticed. This broundless, baseless s senseless cry of increased taxes fo _ two sets of officers' salaries is pur _ unadulterated foolishness. Nov f then for the simple reason tha _ small counties have good school _ and good roads, the people of thi t state are dividing up the large com s ties as fast as they can. Almos j every year a new county is torme* e and whereas not many years ago t nothing was more unpopular thai _ new counties, but now the table t are turned and nothing is more pop f ular. Good roads and gooi s >chool mean progress and civiliza _ tion; small counties, better school j and good roads. Therefore smal g counties mean progress. It is no f right for any one to stand in th< way of progress and improvement Then it is not right for any one t< vote against the new county. According to all indications th< f new county wil win by a good ma . jority. However, it will be wel for its friends to work hard so tha t it may win by overwhelming \ majority and remember when yot f vote for it that you are improving t your public roads, thereby youi t country is benefitted; that you an ? building up your schols, thereb} 1 your children are benefitted; an< that, by doing both of these things you are helping your fellow mai and pushing civilization a step for ward, by which you are a benefac tor to mankind in general and the world at large. ' Pro Bono Publico. 1 o A UtUttci, Uitfclfoh View. ' Latta, S. C., Dec. 4. 1909. Editor Herald: r I have been watching the moveI ments of both parties in the fighl 1 e - ior ana against the formation ol the New County. In past election; I I have been against the New Count ty. I was so fixed that I saw nc particular reason to try to get a new county, as I Was satisfied with my present condition and did not see an special advantage coming tc ' me in the formation of the new eonntyi Bfit I have thought this | matter ?>vcr. 1 have come to the I conclusUn that I ought not to be selfish-enwtgh-ee -vef again* the New County just because I am sat isfied with what I have got. I know that the people in the upper end of this county are put at a great disadvantage and inconvenience bei 1 p(WWf LUUi I hiiujp. T?e now it will help thein.to have the _ New County formed. So 1 am going it does not hurt my own interest Ito d? so. I am not going to act so aselfish as toiwli to let well enough jalone for myself and thus do my * fellow man a Wrong. So put me I down for the Hew County. [ New County Man. Fo^VelW>he Light. Fork, S. C., Dec. 4, 1909. Editor Dillon Herald: At last it seems that things are coming our way down here. There has been a great change of senti uiciii in iavor ot tiie New County in the last few days, due largely to the fact, 1 believe, that the people are beginning to understand the sit' uation and to see that taxes are I not as high in new counties as the old county crowd has led the pub' lie to believe. Then again there is some prospect of the new railroad coming our way anil this fact is making a good voter lean toward he New County. 1 think the peo pie on what is called the "border 'ine" are the very ones who should vote for a division of Marion coan5 iy because they will be the first to ^et the benefits of good roads ii die New County is formed. At I present the roads leading both to " Dillon and Marion arc not in good l!i! ' * , con union, and it the county is cut in two Marion and Dillon will make j a bid for trade in the section along die "border line" by building good e roads. Then there is J.atta on the c. one side and Mullins on the other. J When these towns see Dillon and ^ Marion making an effort for good ' roads to the "border line" they will sret interested also and the result 1 jvill be a system of good roads for this entire section. I do not beL ieve taxes will be any higher if the \Tew County is formed. The savj" tig in a smaller county will mpre ? 'han offset the expense for two sets >f officers and then again the con1 venience will he worth something L to the tax payers. The New Coun's ty did not get much of a vote in L" this section before, but the chances 1 are this time is will carry this |>oll by a good solid majority. The people are happy and pros| perous over an abundant harvest and the prevailing high prices for * cotton. This is indeed a year of ; plenty, and if we are successful iu forming the New County on the e 14th. our cup of happiness will be a full to the brim and running over. c Cottontot. e PROSPEROUS DORCHESTER. v Dorchester county was formed l out of a portion of Colleton, about s five years ago. The Dorchester s people cut loose trom Colleton bei cause Colleton was too large and t it was impossible tor the supervis:i or to work the roads thoroughly, t. and to keep the bridges in repair. i Then again, the taxes were so high s in Colleton that capitalists would - not invest their money in the upper I end of Colleton (Dorchester's ter ritory, and that section was not s developing as rapidly as it should. 1 The Colleton people used the "hight er tax" argument against the fore mation of Dorchester, but refer. ence to the table published else3 where in this issue, will show that Dorchester's levy is much lower b than Colleton's, although Dorches ter spent $50,000 in erecting a 1 court house and jail, something t the tax payers of our proposed new j county will not be called upon to 1 do. The following from the colj umtis of the Dorchester Eagle show r how well the people are pleased i with the change: ! L,EF. COUNTY. 1 "The people of the territory corn. prosing the new county to he known 1 as Lee County are to he cngratulat ed on their hard fight and final suc cess. The people of Dorchester ; know just what it means, and will welcome the latest arrival into the sisterhood of counties. Dorchester was formed in the face of violent opposition on the part of structive elemei ing individuals, . dence in Sumn L e n /* : ccnuny errecuv er taxation wji , was worth, : . known to the i was brought in < ? will of the peo i l?y the most pe t" t. *ive efforts tha ? was saved. "The result m satisfactory." i <ii ? . v The Star m ys th 1 IfcgtSTatfire wtt! tb< >'ew , County if the ? .eciion i c.*.r: 1 I but in the next l> h t s i the people to "t .rn out ?r 1 vote the scheme do i