The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-05-13
Mr. Allen Writes
$ Interesting Letter.
bout Sturdy Farmers of
Z Pages Mill and Bermuda
Sections. Tells of Won
derful Development of
Lands in these Sections.

b Herald: AS most of you already
know l served as carrier on r.
IF. D. No. from Dillon for lit
tie more than years. During
that time I am glad to say that
had as good people to serve as
any one but owing to orders sent
out by the Post Office Depart
Sment resigned to take effect
lastAugust. This action while de-
priving me of a steady job has no
doubt been the means of saving
my life as l had gone into a de-
= cline: and I have reason to believe
that I had consumption fastened
!, on me, since then 1 have used a
bycicle and have travelled over
quite section of this county and
have regained my health to a
great extent and weigh about 80
I8pounds more than l did formerly
and strongly recommended the
nse of a wheel to those of weak
lungs. In visiting the different
sections l have found much that
would interest you were capable
of giving you pen pictures which
feel incompetent to do. In 1873,
think it was, wrote deed for a
!. tract of land for Mr.. H. H. Hays,
the purchase price being five
hundred dollars. Mr.. Hays lives
!. in the famous Stephens section of
county and now owing to devel-
opments of his, and those of his
neighbors as we'll as to some
other causes Mr.. Hays can get
$5OOO,OO for his farm. l knew of
another farm Goo acres) which
was bought for $500. 90 few years
ago which the owner says that he
can get $4,000 90 for it now. While
working for the Herald last year
confined my labor principally to
that section above the railroad
and did not write much of matters
elsewhere. have recently
spent several weeks in the lower
section but do not know where to
start to write. In 1888 l visited
the High Hill section, feel much
interest in this section as most
every body you meet is a Hays
or related to them and my mater
nal grand mother was Hays and
was raised in this section. About
1Oyears after my visit or to be
exact Feb. IS, 1898, there was a
very destructive forest fire that
swept over that section whica de-
stroyed much property and did
a great deal of damage. Such
we'll known citizens as Capt. R.
H. Rogers. w. B. Hays and 9TH
ers have passed away. The wri-
ter spent one night with T. B e.
Hays and family, recently and it
was a pleasure to be with them
Mr.. Hays has practically given O.
yer his farming operations to his
son, Mr.. Rcmbert Hays. He
studies his business and has made
more corn to the acre than any
one else in Marion County so far
as the writer knows. He won the
premium of $350.2O and raised
ITO Bushels. He has an acre this
year that will with seasons to suit
do well. 1t was ploughed and re-
> ploughed. subsoiled with 2 horses
and then with 4, after which it was
narrowed and put in the very best
condition. The rows are feet a.
part and each row contains 3 rows
of grain each exactly inches apart
and there are no missing places,
thus making A, 100 stalks and the
writer hopes that Mr.. Hays will
realize his wishes to make another
very large yield. The writer will
be pleased to visit this family "a
gain.
The writer takes pleasure in say
ing that he has never taken a trip
uyh;ch he more fhorouphlv enioved