The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-07-06
SEEING FINE CROPS.
Buck Swamp and Dothan Section.
BLESSED With Most Excellen
CrODS

/ anu bOdllt1 BtCtdOnS
Blessed With Most Excellent
Crops.
Several days ago Herald man
made trip through the upper end
/ or the county and upon his return
told the readers of The Herald
about the fine crops he had seen. A
Few days thereafterward we'll
meaning but misguided friend met
Ihe Herald man on the street and
said in all seriousness: Look here,
II you newspaper men don't quit
talking about the fine crops in this
section the bottom will drop out of
the cotton market this fall" If our
irlend is correct in his surmise
then every farmer in Dillon county
would do well to sell his cotton as
soon as this issue of The Herald
! goes out to its readers, for we are
going to tell of some of the best
cotton we have seen during the
month of June since we were old
enough to tell the difference be-
/ tween cotton stalk and a tomato
vine. We said the crops in the up
per section of the county were look
ing fine - much better than they
We're last year this time, and with
good seasons from now on there
was not cause for uneasiness or
alarm. This is true. But last Fri
DAY afternoon. in company with
Messrs. M. A. Stubs, w. H. Breed
en- and Master Smith Stubs we
made trip through the Buck
Swamp and Dothan sections and
the average is much better than it
Is In the upper end of the county.
lraVellng southeast over the Marion
and Dillon road the crops between
mere and Maple Swamp are not very
GOOD. These lands are planted by
excellent farmers, but they got a
late start and then the sand storm
came along and set them back sew
eral weeks. Beginning at the big
Oaks the crops with but two or
Ihree exceptions are excellent. The
farmers on this route planted early,
got good stands, had plenty of time
10 work their crops thoroughly and
the indications are they will make
much better crops than were made
last year. Among those so signal
ly blessed are d. H. Hyatt. J. H.
Berry, JohBss H. Stackhouse, the
Messrs Roweri,Floyd Bros, Messrs.
Iurbeyille, J. K. Reaves and his
son-in-law, Mr.. Raeford. Crossing
buck Swamp we found good crops
on the Mccall place farmed by the
Stubbs Co. and cultivated by Mr..
Iurheville; thence to the Moody
place where the crops were equally
as good. Turning around we re-
crossed Buck Swamp and taking the
lothian road went by the excellent
farms OF w. ID. Hayes. Laurin Be-
inca, Jno. F. McLaurin and w. p.
Surles, passing a historic place
known as "Haymount' where in
olden times, it was said the lands
were so high you could look over
into Georgia-whether in altitude
or in the coin of the realm we do
not know. Along here there were
excellent fields of tobacco as well
as COTTON and corn, the first cur
ing being under process at Mr.. Sur
les place. Next we passed the farms
OF Lon Smith, J. +. Henry and Jno.
ID. Bethea, all of whom reside at
Latta but have their farms wisely
and intelligently managed. Right in
mere is the 500 acre tract recently
purchased by l.. c. Brady from d.
Nj. Dew for the sum of $4,000 and
further on is the fine plantation of
Mr.. l.. b. Rogers. The Col. Ed.
Bethea place at Dothan is being
planted this year by Chas Taylor
for the Stubs Co., and it is said
the present crop is the best
that has been seen on this place in
many years. Anyway. Mr.. Stubbs
says If he had the privilege he does
not see how he could make any i'm
proVements on it; as Mr.. Stubbs
himself is one OF the best farmers
In the county the public can get
some idea of the excellence of this
crop. All through the Dothan sec
t1on the crops are showing up in a
most promising manner. The John
Ellen place has a good crop and
the P. l.. Bethea land at the old
Mckenzie place has an excellent
crop. The average in the sections
through which we passed is high
er than we have seen this year. In
tact this section seems to have been
particularly blessed, and good sea-
sons combined with good farmers
nave given it the lead over other
sections of the county. We wish we
mad the space to tell something
about every crop we saw on this
trip. However, if there is any per-
son in the county suffering from
the blues over the crop outlook we
prescribe as an anti-dote a trip
through this section. 1t will make
you go back home that night and
dream of money growing on trees.