The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-06
Our Trip in the Country.

Our Trip in the Country.
To resume our tour through county,
We take up our journey at CASTOR.
This is pretty little town on the
Florida Central and Peninsulsr rail-
road. about Is miles from Lexington
Court House. On arriving there we
found the place crowed with tax
payers, elbowing their way to the
front rank in front of the Captains
Office in their haste to square up their
accounts with the sovereign State OF
South Carolina. Through the vessi-
,udes of dirt road travel, We we're
eomewhst tardy in making this point,
but once, there We lost no time in
opening our gripsack and hauling ous
our receipt book ready to serve our
friend who desired to settle up and
and for awhile things were humning
like rip saw. We we're sorry to sec
that CASTOR had made but little i'm
provements since our last visit. The
site of the town is eligibly situated
to make progressive town and the
back country is rich in productiveness
and resources and really there is no
legitimate reason why CASTOR should
not become thriving and prosper
ous town. Mr.. P. E. Hutto is the
LARGEST merchant ard bis business is
faithfully looked after by Mr.. G. d.
Hartly, who is also postmaster. The
other merchant is Mr.. Richter. Old
Doc Goodwin is still the polite and
accommodating railroad and express
agent, and better man for this I'M
portant position could not be found
in days travel.
Late in the afternoon we drove to
the comfortable home Of Mr..
Joseph w. Reeder, at she < Roads,
one Of Lexington's most prosperous
and industrious sone, where We en-.
ioyed night of refreshing sleep and
.sold Prince" comfortable stall and
well filed trough and rack. While
many of the ssold timers" who were
wont to meet US there in the days OF
yore, have passed away, and whose
familiar faces are hid forever in the
chilly shadows of the grave and will
never be seen again, yet there were
many taxpayers present to make
things interesting and the collections
of both the Treasurer and the Editor
were very good In the afternoon
We s.hit the grit" for Mr.. Jake Mack's,
where We always meet large crowd,
and this time was no exception to
the rule. The people seemed to be
in the best Of spirits and had the
appearance of not caring whether
school kept up or not 80 long as the
barns and smokehouses were full and
cotton was fetching over IL cents
per pound.
Our time being up we drove to
the beautiful home of MIR. r. E..
Mack and shared the unbounded
hospitality of himself and excellent
family.
Wednesday morning we left for
our appointment at Swansea, one OF
the largest tax receiving points in
the county. We found a large
crowd in waiting and the Treasurer
and Editor were kept busy handing
out receipts. Swansea, like other
towns, is spreading itself and new
cottages are going up on all sides.
It is one of the best business sites
in the county and its business men
are live and progressive and are W.
b. F. Rsst, known throughout that
section for his fair snd honest deal
ings. Reynolds & Graft, two of as
good citizens and accommodating
merchants as can be found. P. E..
Hutto, clever and genial, is reducing
his stock of general merchandise
with view Of engaging in the bank
ing business. Thomas L Martin,
with his large and we'll selected
stock, is enjoying liberal patronage.
This place has grown to be quite an
important cotton market and the
production has been greatly increas-
ed in the surrounding country. Mr.