The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-02-01


impressed with the preparations
being made for water works, but
trust that the system may prove
better than We anticipate. as the
citizens have shown g commendable
spirit of enterprise in furnishing
themselves with the comforts and
conveniences of modern civilization.
The town continues to grow. New
buildings are being erected and one
noticeable feature is that the old
wooden ones are giving place to
handsome brick ones. The popu.
lstion of the place is ever on the in.
crease and the general outlook for
trade 10 the future is very bright.
At $50 p. m. We took our depart
ure for Leesville, which is just about
two miles distance from Bstesburg.
This is unquestionable one of the
prettiest little towns in the State
and is inhabited by one of the most
progressive, cultured and refined
people that can be found anywhere
on this globe. The merchants are
live and up-to-date in their ideas and
methods. Messrs. Matthews & Bouk-
night carry tremendous stock of
goods, embracing everything that
can be found in ''City Department"
store. Messrs. West & Boukaight,
a new firm which has recently open
ed up, is fully equipped with first
class stock of goods to supply the
wants of the people. Eddie Asbill
has also opened up a handsome gen
eral merchandise store. Mr.. G. D.
Barr has fine stock and enjoys
large trade. Hendrix Bros, keep
one of the neateat up.to- o-date stores
in the State. Mr.. J. c. Kinard &
Co., also keep q we'll selected stock
of general merchandise and by polite
and close attention to bushes TO-
gether with low prices are doing we'll
Mr.. leopard Nichols sticks close to
his business and we are glad to know
is doing we'll. Our old friend, S. W.
Craps, too, though little out of the
way, is we'll patronized. The Cros.
son Drug Co., is known wide and far
for the purity of it's drugs and the
freshness of sits stock" Dr.. J. W. ,
Klnard has a neat drug store and
carries in stock all the latest appli-
auces in drugs and medicines. The
Leesville Bank ia q new institution
and is ably oficered by some of the
best fDanciers in the State and sup.
plies long felt want and is an &C.
commodation to the town aud sur
rounding country. Completing our
work there We took the $40 train
for home.
After resting up and brushing the
dust of travel from our clothes and
attending to little Office work that
demanded our immediate attention
Thursday and Friday, We took the
afternoon train on the latter day for
Columbia and on arriving there we
became the guest of Representatives
Paul E. Hutto and DR.. E J. Ether
edge, at the Colum bia Hotel. We
found these young Law makers to be
we'll versed in the needs and neces-
stiles of the county and enthusiastic
in their purpose to do the very best
they could for the betterment of their
county and their State.
Saturday We went over to Brook
land and found that the people of
that town and vicinity had turned
out in large numbers to meet the
responsibilities of citizenship and to
discharge their duty in assisting to
support their county paper. There
was a total absence of grumbling
over their condition on the part of
those whom We had the pleasure to
meet sud all seemed to be as lively
as crickets and had that contented
bearing which indicates that they
bad already made up their minds as
the work of the coming sea-
ron and intended to push their plans
to successful ending. We are
under many obligations to Cousin