The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-29
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, March 20. 1905.
Georgetown Letter.
70 The Editor of tie D,-paIcE:

TO The Editor of the D,-paIcE:
Ga several occasions I have tried
20 do without your paper, but |
can't, for | fud 90 mu. b pleasure Ii
reading it I learn Of tue succes~e-
aud fa'l1res of people [ know. l
hink of tnem with v-ry great daa
of pleasure aud k,nd recnllecslons ot
oy gone days spent with some o'
.uem IL toe language Of the gr~a'
'V.u Wlykie," may they live !oor
4pd prosper.
have been in Georgetown and
tEe immediate Delgnourn n"od for
bout three years and am very we'll
at,sh. d. I had often beard OF
GEORGETOWN aud the n -morr nagic
MalarlsI Fever" and about dec'd~d
that Georgetown must be Il ''~1zzlics
DELL" of malaria. L. fact toe fH,eud~ >
Of niue III C,lum b,4 told m- that l
would c,me p.cE b. xed up L. ls all
mistake Georgetown is slnned
against. Why, d. you know there
re old man aud w0meo VINO havS
.lved IN Georgetown all their lives,
Who have never been sick q day IN
.,helr lives, and I weigh two hundred
pounds. ....
Georgetown is very busy, bustl-
ING town of abnut 6 500 en.e o isiDg
and prosperous people. Upon all
SIDES are beautiful ~lue stl.els tha.
are being daily improved. Some few
Of the residences are very modem
'ypes AID much grander and larger
III Architectural design than usually
found IN southern cities Its elze. A
new sewage system OF improved and
upto.date construction has already
n+ea completed. A police force and
fire department that would do credit
70 city mauy tunes its ssze
The industries, Of wn,ch the
Atlantic Coast Lumber corporation
- foremost. are Lumber, gaue, fsh,
etc.
The a. G L. corporation uills have
a daily capacity of SIX buodred th&u
sand feet of sawed and mar ke'able
lumber and TO get this 1t requires
about seven thoussrd logs per day.
Tnese logs are broush ht IN by rsll and
raft to the four mills ali in touch Of
oach o,her. There are ab"ut one
thousand employees in the mills
proper and about two !htusand in
the woods or logging DEF arlment
With Office mep, commlssary men
and railroad men there are about
four thousand employees. The mills
ID Georgetown cover ore hundred
and sixty-eight acres Of ground
The pay roll is from SO 900 to 10000
dollars per month. Toey own several
large steamers and sixteen schooner9.
The Tourist hotel, that is one of
the leading hotels along the Atlantic
coast, does very good business snd
during the hunting season it can
scarcsly accommodate the tourists
and spor,smen. The several rivers
and bay of 6 sorgeso~n' are knos n
as the greatest duck hunting place
along the Atlantic and is the favorite
hunting place for the noted duck
hunter, ex.President Grover. CIeve-
land.
Gardner & Ley Lumber Com-
pany do an extensive lam Der business.
There are also the Winyaw Lumber
Company and the latest, & co opera
tive manufacturing company.
The merchants are of the highest
class and show the golden sign of
contentnent and prosperity.
Rosemary is sixteen miles from
Georgetown on the Georgetown and
Western Railroad. Here is where
the company shops are located. The
population is four hundred, but on
pay days it is about four times that.
The country in the immediate vicit :
ity is almost bare which makes it
necessary for the company TO haul
logs from a great distance. Sixty
loaded cars make up train load
The season is about out for hunt
ing. but next season you must come
down, Mr. E ditor, and We will chase
the fleet footed deer, shoot duck and
catch fish.
Good luck 10 the Dispatch.
E 2. Derrick
Rosemary 6 T. Morch IA 30n5