The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-09
B. 8 c. R. R.
4 CONNECT WITH A. C. |. RAILROAD
IT SELLERS
'EABOARD ENTERING MARION
W Foundation For Rumor That II.
q. Railroad Has Been Sold
husp North & South Carolina.

~. kN8hEO8u nbS been oOtU
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all
% Bennettsville and Cheraw
ohd is TO be extended from
ono willie to Sellers, distance OF
tie. 3 miles. At Sellers it will
oos with the main line OF the
support
,hat In bought and all arrange
brsh. pde to begin work on the
in a few weeks. The
s not yet been definitely
Coaq One Of the proposed routes
Cd dehear the Bennettsville and
ior az public road ,swerving a lit
part the eastward from a straight
ing 5rhe other route bends in to-
oDsc4h he river where there are val
part timber interests. The route
y selected will depend largely
the property owners who give
'.fght Of way.
you)e B. & c. road now runs from
whpck to Brownsville, via Ben
fville and Blenheimm and has
Topckage of "a miles, all in Marl-
thai county. In going to Sellers it
eveicross Dillon county as Sellers
scht the edge Of Dillon.
ethen the extension is completed.
ch will be within a few months,
enettsville will be connected by
ye B. and G. with the main lines of
afh the Seaboard and the Coast
me, besides connecting with the
fayetteville, Sumter and Gibson
ranches of the Coast Line here.
The B. and c. is a Marlboro rail-
road, of which the county is proud.
Its headquarters are in Bennetts-
Vile, and it's president. ]. ]. Heck
art, and its auditor. G. P. Bourde-
lat, reside here. They extend every
reasonable accommodation to the
people of the county. They have
stations at short intervals along the
line, SO as to be convenient for
freight and passengers.
An InCOffeCJ report
The following appeared in a re-
cent issue Of the Mullins Messen-
ger:
1T seems that our road, the
North and South Carolina. has &C
quired the road from Kollock to
3ennettsville and to Hodges and to
and likely the Marion Lum-
Der company road to Marion. The
right Of way into Sellers has been
obtained and possible control of the
road to Marion. Does this mean
that Mullins, with her $4,000
Sonds is to be bottled up and moth
ing further doing? This genera
ton and the doings thereof are mix
ed in such a cloud of mystery that
definite can be told of the
railroad future whatever. The sit
uation Is not reassuring to Mullins
as we BEE it for a through route to
as has been expected
and hoped. To say the least of the
we do not admire the Sec
retive methods pursued by the Of
ficials OF the proposed railroad ex-
tensions from Mullins or not from
Mullins. Has Mullins contributed
$4,000 for her burial expenses af-
ter cutting his own throat? The
near future will answer this import
ant question"
The Messenger seems mixed in
clouds OF mystery in it's railroad in-
formation. Where it got the idea
that the N. and s. c. had acquired
the road from Kollock to BENEFITS
vile and to Hodges and to Sellers"
is indeed a mystery. The officials
of the B. and C. say there is abso-
lutely nothing in the report. The
road has not been acquired by the
N. and 8. c., or any other road, and
there is NO probability that 1t will
be. The road remains in the same
hands that it has for years. and
there rs no change in it's officers or
stockholders. IL Is an Independent
road, and is not controlled or own
ed by the N. and S. c. or the Sea-
board or any other road.
The Marion County Lumber Com
pany road, which runs from Marion
up into Dillon county, has been
bought by 6eaboard people. 1t
Is In no way connected with the
B. and CT, however, and the extern
sion from Brownsville will not run
20 the terminus of the Marion Lum-
Der road, but will 90 directly to
Sellers.-Pee Dee Advocate.