Florence Darlington Technical College - Baviere Yearbook (Florence, SC)

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whose father was first president of the Wilmington 84 Manchester RR FLOYD DA LE - Floyd Family GRESHAM - local Baptist preacher HA MER - R.P. Hamer, Jr., prominent farmer HA RTSVILLE - Hart family KENTYRE - abbreviation of McIntyre, a local Scotch family name LAKE CITY - nearby Lake Swamp or Lake family LA MAR - originally Devil's Wood yard, renamed Mims' Crossroads, present name in honor of J.Q.C. Lamar LATTA - named for railroad official, c. 1888 LITTLE ROCK - named for large rock, originally Harlleesville for Col. Thomas H. Harllee, c. 1876 MARION - c. 1800. originally Giles- borough for Col. Hugh Giles, a Revo- lutionary War officer MA RS BLUFF - early settler by the name of Maers, pronounced Mars MULLINS - c. 18727 Col. William S. Mullins, RR president NICHO LS - A.B. Nichols, prominent businessman O LANTA - originally Beulah for near- by churchg renamed in 1909 PA LMETTO - 18715 named after pal- metto trees growing near railroad de- pot PEE DEE - nearby river RAINS - weather conditions while Sea board Air Line Railway track was being built in 1914 SELLERS - John C. Sellers, prominent farmer SOCIETY HILL - originally Long Bluff, then Greenville for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, present name from St. David's Society academy TIMMONSVILLE - 'Emmons family WINONA - originally Gibson, changed to Winona, an Indian name Source of Information - PA LMETTO PLACE NAMES. Comp. by Workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Pro- jects Administration in the State of South Carolina, 19417 rpt. The Re- print Company, 1975. . ,Q ff' 'T' ,.., LEFT TO RIGHT: Local industry Pee Dee industry Darlington Raceway 7

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,C 0016 ING 13,4 616 at llesler- day . . . at llesrerdafs Ilester- day . . . and the Day Before Chat . . . and Even the llear Hefere Ura! . . . and ,411 the lfester llears Before Caddy . . IVlany of the town names in the Pee Dee also have very inter- esting origins, such as: BIRCH - nearby birch trees CA MPBELL'S BRIDGE - Campbell F . amily CA RTERSVILLE - Carter family, c. 1736 CENTENARY - Centenary Methodist Church, c. 1839 DARLINGTON - town of Darlington, England, or for Col. Darlington of the Revolutionary War DILLON - J.W. Dillon, Irishman -who helped start Wilson Short Cut, RR FLORENCE - Miss Florence Harllee, 1 2,4 vit- ' we n , K A ,-,,,4 d , - A - L r Q . l MW '-rw 'M ' mf' we 1 Q I Q' 5',,:'z,fy' . . W J I 'l Q ' exit A r Nqcriw y A y fn QR. Dargan Street, Looking North. .,, M ' -,,',.so l lg K . 4 ,Q 1 F1

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