Excerpt from Chesterfield County, Economic and Social We are indebted to Mr. Roy L. Hurst and Mr. James E. Millard for preparing "A Brief History of Chesterfield County;" to Mr. Charles L. Hunley for the articles on "Chesterfield County Highways," "Chesterfield County Fair," and the "Organization of Poultry Raisers;" to Mr. Paul H. Hearn for the account of the "Town of Chesterfield;" to Mr. J. D. Sexton for the article on "Fruit Growing;" and to Mr. C. M. Tucker and Dr. J. D. Colson for the write-up on "Pageland." Mr. J. N. McBride. Development Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, generously contributed two pictures of peach orchards near McBee. The Pageland Board of Trade furnished a picture of the Pageland High School building. Mr. William Godfrey supplied us with some valuable historical data. The expense of publishing and distributing this bulletin was borne by our advertisers, the University of South Carolina, the Pageland Board of Trade, and three individual contributors, Dr. J. T. Ladd, Mr. Henry Wannamaker, and Dr. F. S. Blair. To Dr. Wilson Gee, Professor of Rural Social Science at the University of South Carolina, should go the credit for having this work undertaken. Its completion was also due to his efforts, both of a supervisory nature and in supplementary writing. Quite a number of public-spirited citizens of the county made suggestions that proved helpful, as well as cooperating in other ways. We wish to express our appreciation to all those rendering assistance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Chesterfield County, Economic and Social A knowledge of mathematics is necessary to an intelligent applica tion of the laws Of the science. We live amid an environment gov erned by the natural laws of physics, chemistry and biology. Had not some more thoughtful and energetic than the most of us are applied themselves to a study and mastery of these laws and their practical utility, we should have been living yet as primitive man did, more or less completely dependent upon the vicissitudes of a changing environment, and without the comforts of homes electric lights, tele phones, railroads, automobiles, radio phones, and numerous othe' material things making up a great part of the civilization of today. The same principles apply to the life of a county. For that county to progress as it really Should, some more interested, enterprising and thoughtful along these lines than are the most of us, must spend their time balancing the resources against the liabilities and telling us just where a particular county stands among the sisterhood of counties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.