The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-04-13

PREDICTS BRIGHT FUTURE FOR DILLON
TOWN AND DILLON COUNTY
The VALUE OF FARMING LANDS

The VALUE OF FARMING LANDS
An Editors Impressions of the Most
Fertile County in the State. In
habited by Live, Progressive, In
telligent People.
Editor w. w. Smoak, of the Wal
terboro Press and Standard, who
spent few days in Dillon recently,
writes as follows of the wonderful
possibilities of Dillon and Dillon
county:
The editor of The Press and
Standard had the pleasure last week
of spending a few days in the baby
county of Dillon, that healthy little
infant which is the newest addition
to the counties of the State. What
would more heard from this ba-
by coun \. Composed of the best
farming nds, and with a people
prosperol intelligent and progress
sive, the nothing that will keep
this cou. from forging to the
front, ano Fat with rapidity.
The town of Dillon, the county
seat, is only a score of years old, but
it numbers in population $500
souls, not taking in the mill villages
and thickly populated suburb,
which refuses to merge" This is
a live little city. Its streets are
we'll graded and drained sand clay
roads, it's sidewalks are paved. Am
pie railroad facilities and a little
competition between the Seaboard
and the Coast Line, give the town
the advantage of cheap freight and
excellent passenger service.
A lot was recently purchased on
which to erect a court house $10,-
600 was paid for it, and 100000
will be expended for Jail and
court house. The Methodist church
stands on the site to be occupied
by the court house, so the members
of this denomination will erect an
other handsomer church at a cost
OF $4,000. The Baptists, not to
be outdone, are also planning a
fine brick edifice. With an enroll
ment of more than 500 pupils, the
present graded school is too small,
and more Commodious school build
ing. So there is no doubt Of there
being a boom in Dillon.
But the most striking thing we
saw and heard of while there is
the almost fabulous prices paid for
farm lands. $50 and $500 often
being paid. But then the lands
there are lands to be sure. The
staple crop is cotton. Cotton is
king in Dillon county. The cotton
farmers are very happy over the
high prices cotton has been bring
ing, and many of them have much
larger bank accounts as a conse-
quence. On an automobile ride
with a college mate, Doug" Man
ming, we saw many beautiful fa1 y
FARMS Splendid homes crown
the hills, each with its waterworks
plant, electric or acetylene lights,
beautiful lawns and driveways. AS
far as the eye can see fields
stumpless fields, of cotton lands
prepared for planting, and some of
them being already planted. The
lords" of these mansions live like
princes sure enough. They have
blooded horses and automobiles
for use and pleasure, and plenty of
labor to till their their farms. Be
ing President of the United States
would hardly prove any temptation
to many of these sturdy planters,
and we would not blame them, for
who would want to give up such a
turmoils of a political career. But
the very most substantial and best
citizens accepted office under the
new county government, and we
are told that the baby is we'll gov
erned
We were entertained while in
Dillon at the beautiful and hospit-
able home of Editor A. B. Jordan
of the Dillon Herald. Mr.. Jordan
is one of the most progressive edi-
tors of a weekly journal in the
State. Burned out year ago, he
was nothing daunted, but went to
work with renewed energy and he
now has a well equipped newspa-
per office, which will compare very
fayorably with the spotless sane
tum of Editor knight of the Bam-
berg Herald. He is one of the few
newspaper men of the State who
have so far installed a Junior limo
type. He is much pleased with it
and by its aid he is getting out one
OF the best weeklies we have ever
seen,
with such surroundings, such
Be0ple and such a newspaper Dilloh
caAnot but succeed. Y
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