I enjoy reading old newspapers. Recently I found the following poem entitled Marlboro County by James Evans Quick The Poet of the Pee Dee March 15, 1934 Pee Dee Advocate Newspaper The best old place within the state Is Marlboro county. The climate here is simply great In Marlboro county. It never gets too cold or hot, You're thankful' for the things you've got, It really is a lovely spot In Marlboro county. The hogs grow to enormous size In Marlboro county. The chickens always win the prize In Marlboro county. You can sit in the cotton's shade, Four bales per acre have been made, And corn has ear for every blade In Marlboro county. The golden wheat makes best of flour You can catch almost a fish an hour In Marlboro county. But watermelons grow so fine You try to eat both seed and rind And soak up all the iodine In Marlboro county. The fruit grows big in the Sand Hills Of Marlboro county. And doctors give the sweetest pills In Marlboro County. There're sports galore, and friendly strife, And a flapper makes a dandy wife. In Marlboro county. The county seat is Bennettsville In Marlboro county. It leads the way and always will In Marlboro county. The merchants there are men of sense. Encourage commerce lower rents, And quick to urge all improvements. For Marlboro county. Now Tatum is just a small town In Marlboro county. But there the finest folks are found In Marlboro county. Tho the town is modern quite, Paved road and plenty 'lectric light, And boasts the best real business site In Marlboro county. McColl is growing all the time In Marlboro county. With church and schools plenty fine For Marlboro county. A mayor curbing all the harms, Cottages where comfort charms, Surrounded by the finest farms In Marlboro county. Out where all is quiet, serene, In Marlboro county. Where campus grows a beauty scene In Marlboro county. There stands the noted Fletcher school, Erected on the "Golden Rule," A living, sparkling, bosom jewel For Marlboro county. Now Clio town is not so big In Marlboro county. You can live there and raise a pig In Marlboro county. We do not boast, but quietly plan To be the best small town we can, And for true progress ever stand For Marlboro county. Of Blenheim town the poet sings In Marlboro county. It has the famous, bubbling springs Of Marlboro county. The countryside has pleasant homes, Autos, lights and telephones, And welcome to the guest who comes To Marlboro county. So move right down and joint the fun In Marlboro county. Where all the big records are won In Marlboro county. You can work either night or day, And find some midget golf to play The finest people always stay In Marlboro county.