The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-10-21
Lexington Improving.

faith in the future of Lexington. Her
grand possibilities are surpassed by
no other country beneath the arched
heavens. Favored by nature with a
supsrabundance of resources from
her vast storehouse, We are surrouded
by a luxuriant profusion of opportuni-
ties not surpassed by any other
county in the State. We have
watched with absorbing interest
every step forward the town has
taken during the past decade and
every improvement that has been
put on foot has been a source of
great satisfaction to us, for, without
any appearance of egotism We re-
mark with pardonable pride in paas-
ing that every step in the march Of
progress the imprint of the foot
steps of the Dispatch has marked
the advance toward the accomplish
ment of the work in hand, as the
files of this paper will conclusively
show to the investigator. It was the
first to suggest the idea of establish
ing q mill for the manufacture of
cotton goods at this place, and for
years before the movement assumed
definite shape we kept hammering
away at the project until a mill be-
came an assured fact and today We
witness the running of one of the
handsomest and best paying little
mills in the State, and We all, both
town and county, have experienced
the benefits sccruing from this en-
terprise in our midst.
There are numerous other enter
prises that we have time after time
called to the attention of our people.
Some of them have materialized and
are now paying dividends on the
money invested, while others have
not yet c~ryssalized into realities, but
are being considered.
As new enterprises have been
springing up hare and there, the
vslue Of real estate has increased in
proportion to the demand. Licking
ton today is not what Lexington was
even ten years ago. New and hand
some dwellings now adorn spots
where vacant lots, overgrown with
weeds and thistle stood as monuments
to the non progressive spirit which
ruled the past. New and improved
store houses have been erected; old
ones modernized and renovated, and
today, the department Store" one of
latest enterprises to be launched
in this place, is preparing plans for
the erection of q handsome brick
building on Main street and the indi-
cations all point to the early be-
ginning of the work.
D.. M. @ Hendrix also has under
consideration the proposition of en-
lsrging his drug store and office
buildings by connecting them with q
brick annex.
It has been rumored that Clerk
of tho Court, Samuel B. George, will
tear down the wooden buildings now
occupied by the dispensary and a
grocey store and in their stead put
up q two-story brick building. These
improvements to our town may be
considered settled facts and will
come in the near future. And thus
the good work goes bravely on and
We rejoice in the fact that q healthy
spirit of enterprise has taken posses
sion of our people.
The essential principal that makes
the progress Of a town is the ina
nimity of it's people. II the people
will pull together, instead of being
divided into warning elements there
is no power under heaven that can
retard or delay its progress. There
is more harm done to the prosperity
of a town through q spirit of envy
and jealousy among the people than
from any other cause. This envious