The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, November 25, 1909, Image 6
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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