The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-08-17

Swansea Letter.
the Editor of The Dispatch.


her enterprises still pushes to the
front. Mr.. Reynolds is putting in a
system of three seventy-saw gins.
Mr.. w. B. Rast is also putting in
another plant of three gins to the gins
of his already running, and added to
the two that Langord & Derrick own
at the water mill, make up the total
of eleven gins in town and Madam
Rumor says that Swansea last season
ginned more cotton than any other
place in Lexington county.
Lybrand & Lybrand have started
their two-story brick store anc Jake
Sightler's new house will soon be
painted.
With the upbuild we have had our
misfortunes. A few days since light
ming struck the steeple Of the Baptist
church and tore all the weather board
ing and ceiling from the entire end
and badly shattered the blinds and
weather-boarding Of steeple. It shiv-
cred the corLer upright post Of one
corner and scattered the splnters all
around and over g little birds nest
and neither Of the little birds were
hurt or disturbed in their airy home.
He careth even for the little sparrows
also.
A few years ago was coming down
the Lexington public road and :'riving
hastily to make MIR. Joe Reeder's, at
the historic Cross Roads, before the
approach of big, angry looking
cloud, and met "old uncle John Ham
mond" out on the road and, saluting
him, said I could not chat as that
cloud looked very bad. The old man
said: ooh! it can'train till God gives
those little creatures notice to shut
in," pointing with his walking stick
to the little aunts running around as
easily as if no danger Was near them
at all. + saw the force of the argu-
ment and entered into chat with lne
old gentleman and in few MINUTES
he said: "See now, the clouds are all
gone and the little ants are still busy
On their rounds.'
Another little vacant chair is now
in ouE town. Diphtneria few days
since took from US the little boy of
George Williams, and another little
pilgrim has returned to it's nome to
be forever at rest and free from care
and vexations and it's little troubles.
The other children were forbidden
to 60 on the street day OR two to
avoid any other cases. Science and
experiments, I believe, have decided
that to try to avoid is almost useless,
as the germs are everywhere in the
air and will only attack and prosper
in the little throat with suitable con-
ditions for it's ravages. The examina-
tions by experts and trialtists have
about demonstrated that one little
mouth and throat may have these
germs without injury to itself and yet
transmit them to its little uncons ;ious,
innocent playmate, whose little throat
let is in better condition to receive
and fasten this dreaded visitant.
One of the first lines I learned in
physiology was that healthy, robust
human being IS almost immune
against disease. He is like we'll for
titled citadel in which to garrison
within il at all times able 10 repel the
assaults from without. The weakest
places in the fortress always are first
to receive the attack from a skiiful
assailant.
General cases of typhoid fever have
been in aud around Swansea. Mr..
Thomas Stabler has been severe suf-
terer from it and several of his family
have been prostrate with it. Mrs.
George Moore has been sick for Some
time but am glad to Say she is much
better now.
Crops are good, bad and indiffa arent.
The large rains have badly damaged
crops generally and they arc slow to
respond. I have seen very few fields
OF weil-flled corn and the gathering
at harvest time will disappoint many
jolly farmer.
The lady visitors of our town have
been legion-too numerous to men,
ton.