The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-08-09

Something About Chesterfield County
The Cheaw Chronicle published special "Deveonmen
last week which contained much interesting and helpful
leaong matter about Chesterfield county, her people, towns
schools railroads. banks ETC. From this following was cpped
Chestereld county is in general bordered by stiff clay
lying along the Great Pee Dee and Lynches rivers and the
carolina line and the Darlington high sand
hills the center of the great rolling hills like noun
aboundng in springs of clear cool haven of rest for
the These the lands despsed few wears ago which
IN recent years have been shown responsive to cultivation
any the country The experiments of government made in
the vicinity McBee proved value and hev aDidv ose
price, and with fields of corn cotton and bea,
good wheat being raised on these sand bs
day as can be shown any clay lands in the country
Within the past few sprung up like maoc
orgn lively towns aordng good markets for the people the
country tor selling and buying Among Pageland notable
tor its rapid growth and Pageland agricultural comunv
Chesterfield McBee Jefferson Ruby the list of
towns OF which the county we'll be work of fine
cover the county, and practicable go border to
border anywhere in hour and half automobile Cars
state in the Union speeding through Chesterfield
county every day the great highway cars
OF our own merchants bankers DOCTORS lawyers farmers bill
collectors spinning along point to point over the net
OF roads IN an almost constant stream Easy transportation
has induced deveopeent surely every land owner
IN the county has proited by the good roads,
In minerals Chesterfield possesses the gold mines
IN the South the Brewer mine Jefferson worked
regularly until few when number of damage suits
brought against the owners the suphae
washings caused its suspend The principal owner
that time Mrs Phoebe Hearst the mother of William Ran
doph Hearst the present chain daily
throughout the States There are number Of mon
out gold through these hills today live by their gold
ndng and is certain that sooner later the will
eopened and the earth required yield her treasures
Around the peculiar formation known Sugar Loaf Mountain
tall peak in the midst of slightly rolling lands volcanic is
thought in its origin there is kaon of quality and some has
dug and found ready market The creeks
ne grade OF Fuers earth Of which finds way into
the commerce of the very road building ma
ea IN the country sand clay gravel which the
hills OF the county, and of the roads leveed have
qulred very little working to keep them in shape
In agriculture the country shows the years doubted
and not only increased doubled
crease OF productveness deal this has been
the influx OF new people take the FARMS the fact
that the farmers learned that they could profit on the
sand hills OF Chesterfield proaby much less
ron than on the clay hills the Old North Some of the
increase due to better understanding use and
ezers and much of to the work been done
among the farmers with the
ness men OF Tie community and by the agents who
nave been very active in this who shown splendid
results ne present agent OF the work the
ier who has been in charge of the work years He
has taught rotation the planting grain and the raisno
live stock @ VI
In the matter of the developement if will he recalled
by he older cZens that twenty the little Ham
lei was built by the head the Seaboar
system, Moncure Robinson of Baltimore lust before his death
MS road was developed in 1890
oeaboard with thirty five miles of main line this county
In 1861 the road to Chesterfield Courthouse opened
valuable feeder the Seaboad needed
Tor the people in that section in and ship and
ceve freight In 1902 the road continued TO Rubv and m
usefulness increased by that much In 1910 COMPLETED
fageland which is its terminus but lonp be
cause making its by step Lancaster This IS
thirty miles OF well used road the same time tho rood
from cBee to Jefferson opened ambitious project
OF line from Charlotte to Monroe Columbia which dream
Will also be shortly realized the Seaboard continues extend
us lines IN thls secon already such dependency the svstem
several roads have brought good people and
have learned from each other inspired each other with
mlnation to do bigger and better things