The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-01-27
Wednesday, January 27. 1909.
Second Week With Auditor.

Second Week With Auditor.
We began our second week with
Auditor Dent at CASTOR on Monday,
the 18th. Here the usual number of
taxpayers met us and made returns of
their worldly goods. At this point
great deal of business is transacted
and the merchants, Messrs. @. S.
Goodwin and @. H. Hartley, are do
ing good business. Mr.. G. A. Good
win, the wholesouled gentleman that
he is, is still the popular depot agent,
filing the position with general salts
faction. The school, which is in
charge of Miss Lola Nj. Smith, of Will
iamsburg county, was closed on Mon
day by order of the board of trustees,
on account of an epidemic of measles,
which is said to be raging in that Sec
ton. Miss Smith is most excellent
teacher and deserves all manner of
praise for her able management of the
school. After completing our work
here, in the afternoon we drove to
Swansea.
At Swansea it always requires two
days for the Auditor to complete his
work and Mr.. Dent was kept busy.
The editor is never forgotten at Swan
sea, this being one of our best collect
ing points. The Dispatch has a wide
circulation in this community. The
farmers around Swansea are indepen-
dent and raise their own supplies.
The town is growing rapidly, many
new residences are going up. DIR. W.
T. Brooker is the first to rebuild in
the burned district. He is having
erected a handsome brick drug store
on the spot where the old wooden
building stood. When completed this
will be one of the handsomest and
best appointed drug stores in this Sec
ton of the State. Messrs. R. L. Ly-
brand & Co., are now doing business
in new frame building which was
built soon after the fire. They will
shortly commence the erection of a
large departm store of compressed
brick. H. M. Sharpe is doing busi-
ness in the D. W. Jefcoat building.
Other business houses will be built in
the immediate future. The Witt
Bros, are full of business and receive
a large trade. Riley and Haigler
Brothers, successors to W. H. F. Rast,
are replenishing their stock from day
to day, and are fast becoming popu-
lar with the trade. The reliable firm
ofReyuolds & Craft are still first in
the hearts of their countrymen, and
their trade is extensive. While in
Swansea, as is our custom, we were
entertained il the comfortable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. F.. E. Mack. Here
we met Mrs. Y. E. Axson and her
beautiful and accomplished daughter,
Miss Carrie, of North, who were Wis
itors of Mrs. Mack. Mrs. Arson is a
woman of many personal charms.
She is an entertaining conversation
alist, being well read on all of the
events of the nation. She is the
mother of Mr. W. P. Arson, one of
the popular young merchants of the
town. The graded school is under
the careful management of Prof. AL
exander, who has an able corps of as
sistants. Prof. Alexander is a high
toned Christian gentleman and is held
in the highest esteem by all who
know him. The school now has an
enrolment of 40, and new pupils are
coming in every day.
From Swansea we drove across to
Mr.. Joseph w. Reeder's, where we
met the usual number of the sturdy
citizens of that section. After par
taking of a bountiful dinner, prepared
by Mrs. Johnny Reeder, one of the
best, cooks in the county, we pulled
reins for Mr.. J. J. Mack's. Here the
taxpayers were served with prompt
ness and at o'clock we drove back
to Swansea, where we boarded the
Seaboard train for Colum-
bia. Friday morning we went down
to Pelion over the Southern's flyer.
At Pelion we met our friends and af-
ter spending the day pleasantly we
left for Steadman,s by way of Perry.
Steadman is holding her own.
Quite lot of lumber and turpentine
is handled here. The school is very
skillfully taught by Miss Victoria
Cooper, of Sally, one of the most
beautiful and accomplished young
ladies in the State. Miss Cooper is
devoted to her chosen work and is
universally popular. The school term
here will soon expire, but so COM
pletely has Miss Cooper won the
hearts of all, that it is likely that a
pay school will be continued. BY in
vitation we dined with MIR. and Mrs.
A. B. Quattlebaum and enjoyed din
ner fit for King.
On time we drove for Samaria, our
last point of the second week. We