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DILLON COUNTY WEALTH AND
TAXATION.
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(We are very much indebted to Edgar
Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs.'
J. S. Thompson, for the following ex-'
tracts from the "Economic and Social
Survey" of Dillon county now being
prepared by Mr. Thompson and Dewey
Stephens, both of whom are Dil-,
Ion county students at the University
of South Carolina.) ,
1. Wealth Statistics.
The total wealth of Dillon county
in 1920 was $14,178,126 using the
State Tax Commission figures as 42
per cent of the total value making
us rank 27th among the counties of
he state. In 1910 the county ranked:
13th among the counties in the value
of all farm property with a total of
$10,333,050. This represented an increase
of 54 per cent over 1900 dur-:
ing which time we were still a part r
of Marion county. Our increase in
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19 20 was 79 per cent. Seven coun-!c
ties outranked ub in the increase.
But the total wealth of a county
has relatively little to do with the f
prosperity of the people as a whole. I
This Is better shown by giving the ^
wealth owned by the average individual
in the county. In 1920 Dillon j
county had a per capita wealth of t
$560 making us rank 26th among1
the counties of the state. While we^
outrank twenty counties in the mat-|g
ter of per capita wealth, we should f
not be satisfied with our standing.'
With our rich soils especially adapt- ;.
ed to the cultivation of a wide varte-jj
ty of crops we should rank among'
the first. It is interesting to note that f,
'our neighboring county of Marlboro;
reuses 10th with a per capita wealth!
of^728. It should be borne in mind jr
that the wealth retaining capacities {
of a people count far more than thej
,$T wealth getting capacities.
2. Fnrui Mortgages
The total number of farms in Dil- (
Ion county in 1910 was 2.659. Of ;t
these 109 or four per cent were mort-i,
gaged. Four counties, Beaufort, Bark-jr
ley, MariDoro ana Charleston, outranked
us in having a smaller per j,
centage of mortgaged farm3. ^
The white farmers of the county .
owned 2,543 of the farms. There j
were 90 or 3.5 per cent, of these
white farms under mortgage. The
counties of Beaufort, Charleston and
Marlboro were the only counties having
fewer white farm mortgage than j
Dillon county.
Negro farmers owned 116 farms ^
and 19 or 16.4 per cetnt were mort- ^
gaged. Twelve coun*!es outranked us
In this partic'-.r.
The total \alue of all land and ^
buildings on these farms was
$461,655. The total amount of our i
mortgage debt was $93,455 or 20 per f
cent of the total value of the farms. c
A mortgage is not necessarily a
bad thing. When used for making im- (
provements a mortgage may be made
with profit. But if one is given for
the purpose of buying luxuries such r
as automobiles there is nothing gain- ^
e<J in making one. They arc merely
a nieank to an end and the end should t
justify the me? is. j
il. Banks and Banking Resouitres v
In 1920 Dillon county had one Na- c
tional apil six State hanks, or one s
bank for every 3,125 people. In this j
respect we rank 13th among their
counties of tlie state. In 1919 our j
total banks resources was $3,088,-l?
79 3.47 which was an increase of $l,-|j
'942,775.04 or 169 per cent overi
1914. The average increase for the
state as a whole during the same pe-|
rlod was 140 per cent. Comparing!1
loans and discounts during the same 1
five year period we have an increase)^
of $722,587.79 over 1914 bringing t
the total to $1,656,412.67 for 1919 c
whicli represents an increase of 77 1
per cent. The average increase for
the state during the same period was 1
100 per cent. The increase in'capitaljs
stock was not so marked. There was 0
an increase of only $50,000 over v
1914 bringing the total to $270,700 *
or an increase of 22 per cent. This '
means that an increase of 169* per 0
cent in resources was effected on an ^
increase of only 2 2 per cent in capi- f
tal stock, *
Thnen mwv A?itli.Al?f (>
a iivoc uivica^rg cur uui riu 11 ci? the
result of an increasing popula- '
tion for the population increased only '
11.8 per cent from 1910 to 1920. It
Is largely the result of increased !
thrift on the part of the people and '
was accomplished during an abnor- '
nial business period. \ 1
Our per capita banks resources in e
1914 was $55 which was increased to
$122 In 1919. In per capita loans
\ ^ the increase was very much less,
from $41 in 1914 to $65 in 1919. Our
, per capita capital stock in 1919 was
only $10.70 which was an increase of
1 just one dollar over 19144.
Automobiles.
Altho Dillon county ranks 37th in
? size among the counties of the state
she ranks 19th in the number of automobiles
and trucks with 1679 in
L, 1920. She ranked even higher in the
number of inhabitants per automop*
bile with 15.1 making her rank 9th
among the counties. Marlboro ranks
first with 12.3 inhabitants per automobile
wlkle the state average is 18.
. , But these facts arte nothing to be
proud of for they show that while
h we have been amassing wealth in au,
tomobiles we have bcen neglecting
institutions which are very .much
more essential to the life and prosit
perity of the county.
.y If we estimate the average price
per automobile asfllOO which is a
conservative estimate, we have $1,846,900
invested in automobiles in
r% Dillon county for 1920. The value of
k all school prosperity in thre county,
for tnfe same year was $651,028.1
Thlg means that we have almost
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three times as much invested in au-'
tomobiles as we have in schools. During
the year 1920 Dillon county cit-1
Ixens purchased 353 new cars. Using
the same valuation of 11100 per an-|
tomobile this was an expenditure of(
1388,500. During the same year the|
:ounty spent only $132,583 for school'
)urposes.
Figures secured from the State
Department of Agriculture and bas>d
on the eighth of a cent a gallon
stx on gasoline gives 737,081 gallons
is the amount used in Dillon county
ii 1920. Using 32 cents a gallon as
in average price thi8 gives $235,166
as the value of gasol>-> consum'd
during the year.
The average number of miles per
;allon is 13. This gives a total of
1,582,053 miles. It would be conservative
to estimate the operating extenses
of a car at ten cents a mile.
This would include gasoline cost,
ires, repair and depreciation. Such
m estimate indicates an approximate
iost of operating of $958,205 com>ining
the cost of new cars pur- i
ha Bed di'ring 1920 with the total i
est of operating during the same
ear we get approximately $1,346,'05.
These fieures lead to aomo oii't- '
V ,
ing conclusions. They show that in i
he year 1920 we spent ten times 1
is much on automobiles and trucks i
is we did on education- Also they i
how that 58 per deht of^he money !
rom our 19 20 t otton crop was in- I
ested in automobiles and in keep- 1
ny them up.,. And the amount we '
tave invested in automobiles is al-i1
nost seven times the capital stock11
if all our banks. |i
.">. Itnnds and Railways. !<
Dillon county is well served with 1
ailways. The Atlantic Coast Line,|<
brough from New York to Jackson- '
ille and the Seaboard Air Line from
latnlet to Savannah, completely tra- 1
rrse the county. The Raleigh and-p
Charleston, in the eastern t?art of <
he county, the Bennettsvllle and 1
Clieraw in the south west portion, 1
.nd the so-called Latta Branch con- 1
lecting Latta and Clio, are all '
tranches of these two main lines, i
Cheir total mileage in Dillon county i
s 80.70 miles and they own property
n the county assessed to the amount
?f $757,228. |
There are approximately 80ft miles <
if roads in Dillon county at the preset
time, only 41 miles of which be- 1
ongs to the state highway system,
loads branch out from Qillon to
Jullins, Latta. Pages Mill, Nichols,
lunbar and Hamer. A county road <
onneets Latta and Dunbar and anither
connects Latta and Brownsville. !
Ve are well supplied with roads but
he county has been very lax in keep- <
UK mem up. gians nave oeen made
or the future, however, which if
arrief^ to completion will put our '
oads in very good condition. A conract
has already been let for the '
instruction of 19.77 miles of imiroved
roadway for which governuent
aid to the amount of $40,000
rill be obtained. This road is part
if the county seat to county seat svsem
passing through Marion, Latta.
-!ttie Rock and Bennettsville and I
kill cost approximately $80,000. Antther
project being considered is a
cven mile road from the town of '
Dillon to Rowland, N. C. This is a
art of the South Atlantic Coastal1'
lighway and involves the construe- 1
icn of a modern bridge over Little
>ee Dee River.
<i. Taxation.
In 1920 the total taxable wealth of ,
Dillon county was $14,178,126. In
i me i inures were 9:1,02 1, list). 1
)ur increase in taxable property from
910 to 1920 was 76.65 per cent. {
)nly seven counties outranked us in |
he increase.
Dillon county in 1920 ranked
ourth among the counties of the
tate in her general levy, state
ounty and school, with 35 1-4 mills
chile the average for the state was ,
19 1-4 mills. The average levy for
he county, not including the prinipal
town district, was 49 1-4 nulls,
n this respect Dillon county ranks
irst among the counties of the state
>eing a great deal ahead of the avraKe
for the state which was 37 3-5
nills. All of our school districts have
evied special taxes for schools.
Three counties have a higher tax
ate- than Dillon county. Our rate
15 1920, state and county, was $3.58
>er- hundred dollars. The county of
'Ickens ranks first with $4.00 for
ach hundred dollars worth of proptrty.
Next in order come Clarendon,
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?R4lLD, DILLON, SOUTH CAROLI3
McCormick end Dillon. Our neighboring
county, Marlboro, ranks 4 3rd
with $2.45 for each hundred dollars
worth of property.
The present tax system is the only
one that can be used under the constitution
1895, and, though only
twenty five years old. has already
proven itself inadequate to provide
for the needs of a fast growing society.
The law requires that all
property, real, personal and possessory.
be listed and returned, assessed
and taxed at its actual value. That
this provision is not practiced is well
known by everybody in the state including
State Tax officials so that
the State Commission in 1915 found
it necessary to recognize this fact
officially and openly proceed with
the equalization of assessments on
the percentage basis of 4 2 per cent.
The taxation is a statewide problem
and its solution will be state
wide, but it will be interesting to
mention some of the conditions that
have arisen in our county by reason
of. the general property tax. The assessed
valuation of the 246,504 acres
of county real estate in 1920 was
$2,591,465. making the assessed value
of an acre of land only- $10.50.
This is an absurdity when land in
Dillon county sells for from two hundred
to four hundred dollars per
acre and yet we wonder why we have
such high tax rates and still not
micp siiffipinnf rovnntio *^
increasing demands of government.
In addition to this, most of the personal
property, both tangible and intangible,
which constitutes a large
part of our wealth and from which
a large part of our taxes should be
derived, does not find a place upon
our tax books. The land owners and
corporations bear the burden of
taxation simply because men whose
wealth is composed of personal property
can keep it off the tax books
and landowners and corporations!
cannot.. The present tax laws in thej
state mak<* such a stat'e of affairs
possible. The tax system in South;
Carolina must be rebuilt from the
foundation up and must provide separate
systems for the taxation of tan-t
sible and intangible property.
Facts About Wealth ami Taxation in
Dillon County.
Ranks 13?Total farm wealth 13th
census, $10,333,050.
Ranks 2? Per capita country
wealth 1910, $456.
Ranks 27?Total wealth 1920,
$14,178,126.
Ranks 8?Increase in taxable property
front 1910-1920, per cent 79.
Ranks 26?Per capita wealth 19 20
$560.
Ranks 4?Tax rate per $100 assess
jd valuation for the tax year 1920
$3.53.
Ranks 1?Average property tax j
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Ranks 2?Per capita crop values
based on. eleven leading crops 1920
$219.95.
Ranks 32?Total number of farms
1920 3.440.
Ranks 15?Farm land improved
13th census, per cent 51.7.
Ranks -3?Average improved acres
per farm, per cent 34.1.
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Ranks 13?Farms operated by
tenants 13tli census, per cent 7 2.7.
Ranks 5?Percentage of mortgaged
farms all of lotal number ofi
farms 1910. 4.
Number of farms 2.659;
Number mortgaged 109.
Ranks 4?Percentage of mortgaged
farms are of total farms owned b>
whites 3.5
Number white owned farms
2,543; mortgaged 90.
Ranked 13?Percentage of mortgaged
faring are of total farms owned
by negroes 16.4.
.>umuer uegro uwnea iarnis
116; mortgaged 10.
Ranks 19?Number of automobiles
1020, 1679.
Ranked 9?Number inhabitants per
automobile 15.1.
Ranks 13?-Number inhabitants
per bank 1920, 3,135.
Number of banks 7; population
25,278.
Ranks 27?Per capita bank resources
1910", $122.
Ranks 11?Per capita bank cap-,
Ital 1919. $10.70.
Ranks 30?Per capita loans and
discounts 1919, $66.
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L. D. IJIDE , !
Attorney-at-Law
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'A, THURSDAY. MORNING, JUNE 2,
ANNUAL HONOR ROLL |l
OF DILLON SUHOOIiS I
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Attendance. I<
Francis Adams, Walter Bethea, Eva i
Bridgers, Bynum Bute. Duncan Car- 1
Dtichael, Mary Davis. J. D. Elliott. ^
Louise Fennegan, Gary Fennegan,
Joseph Freesland. Artrent B. Gibson,
Jimmie Gibson, Margaret Hargrove, |
Sara Hargrove, Harrison Hayes, Sara
Herring. Bruce Hursey. Ida Lupo,
Mary Murchison, Edith McDufIfie.
Bennie Raspberry, Alice Salleebv,
Rhoda Saleeby, Saleetn Saleeby .
Thelnia Seals, Jessie Reaves. Len
Tntum, Graham Watson, Marion
Webster.
Scholarship.
Francis Adams, Francis Bailey,
Holmes Bell. Louise Bethea, Walter
Bethea. Fitzhugh Betbea. Milwee
Iiritt, Irene Carniichael. Evelyn Caldwell,
John C. Cottingham, Frances
Chandler, Rheba Cook. Mabel Croxton,
Kate Croxton, Mary Davis, Mary
Smith, Josephine Saleeby, J. C. Lupo,
Jno. D. Regan, Wilson Saleeby, Beulah
Easterling, Louise Ellen, DeLeon (
Freesland. Sara Hargrove, Rebecca F.
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Powell Jones. Elizabeth Jones,
Frauces Knight, Sarah F. Manning, j
Lois Moody. Legrande Moody, Billy i
Murchison, Edward McCutcheon, Au- ,
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Wp have opened an Optical Office^
itt Dillon, S. C. At the present time!
we will be at the Hotel Wheeler ev-,
er> Second and Fourth Mondays* in
each month. We examine and fit |
glasses. Call and see us.
I,. A. WOOlHU FF, I)-Opt.
Eyesight Specialist
* NOTICE.
Take notice that the summer term
o; the Court of General Sessions for
the County of Dillon will convene
at Dillon on Monday, Juno 13th,
19 21, at ld:30 o'clock in the forenoon.
Sam McLaurin,
5 19 It. C. C. C. P. & G. S.
FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE
.Notice is hereby given that Lloyd
Thompson, administrator of the estate
of Ellis Thompson, deceased has
made application unto me for final
discharge as administrator, and that
Monday, June 6th at 10 o'clock in th0
forenoon has been appointed for the
heariner of the sni<t netition
All person? holdinP claims against
the said estate are requested to file
them with the admir?isti*at?r on or
b^for^ 10 o'clock in the forenoon of
June the 6th or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery.
JOE C VBELL DAVIS.
Judge of Probate.
5 5 4t. Dillon County.
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Carrol StacKhon.se, Sarah Smith, Mar- _
ha Staekhouse, Eugene Stanton. I
Leu Tatnin Schubert' Watson, Miriam 1
ilatson, Graham Watson.
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Meats
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Prices that iuuke you think of
the ol?l before the war days. For
tiie next few weeks or until further
notice ull meats at our market
will be sold at the following
prices:
Koast beef, per lb 23c.
All Steaks, per lb __25c.
W e sell chickens, eggs, butter
and fish at the market prices. ?
Fresh fish on Tuesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays. If you want the
lH*st to be had at a first class
market call on us or phone.
Courteous treatment to all iH our
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Store, bark of the Bank
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