The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-13
ROUTE Of THE
SOUTHDOUND
Country Through Which
the Road Will be Built
MANY PROSPEROUS TOWNS

"
wood, Cedar Hill, AnsonyilIe and
Wadesboro, All Touched by the
Touch-Road Will Have the Best
Grade in the State.
(Winston-Salem Journa1.)
In view of the great interest with
which news of the Southbouud Rail
DAD is received by the people of the
entire Piedmont section it Will be
we'll to take a birds eye view of the
route the road will traverse between
here and Wadesboro.
The country from his end is al
most like a village so dense is the
population, to the southern border of
Forsyth county. Here is grown some
of the finest tobacco in the world,
which is now hauled to Winston
Salem in wagons Even before Vim
ston-Salem was a market, these peo-
pie were large producers of tobacco,
rolling their hogsheads to Fayette-
vile. The line then passes into Da-
wilson county. which has practically
A1o III oiS r.
part, Winston-Salem being their near
est point. Twelve miles from Win
s~ton-Salem is the village Of Midway,
with Il population of 200 people,
thrifty and prosperous. On the west
side is the little village Of Arcadia,
four miles from the line. There was
at one time a survey made by way of
this place on account of the encour-
agement of these wide awake people,
but the Midway route was chosen on
account of al easier grade.
Lexington is the next town reach
ed, where the Southbound crosses
the Southern. This little city is CAPT
tai of Davidson county, and has
manufacturers Of almost every kind.
lutte a numhe of furniture plants
are located there and with High Point
she boasts of making nearly every
thing that is made of wood. The
Southbound goes under the Southern
tracks on the south side of the town.
but traverses a good part Of the
town. making a half loop with easy
access to the manufacturing district.
From Lexington the line runs on
south. touching Fairmont, ten miles
from Lexington. Within a radius of
four miles there are the little villages
or settlements of Silver Hill, Marsh,
Salem. and Denton. Denton is the
present terminus of the Carolina Glen
Mild In SV NV NSAi ""S =
from ThonasvilIe. This road Is also
projected to this place and would
give up still more territory to share
with other towns.
The S~outhbound then crosses the
Yadkin at Mock's falls; then run
ming three miles down the west side
Of the river it comes to Whitney,
passing within a hundred feet of the
great dam Of the Whitney Reduction
Company and then on down beside
the canal and skirting the site of the
town of Whitney, which will be be-
tween the canal and the river.
The country between Whitney and
Albemarle is dotted with thrifty
farms and midway between these
have laid off e town with streets,
and they say they will have electric
lights as soon as Whitney will give
it to them. Already they have the
big roller mill and two saw mills as
a nucleus. The name of this city-to-
be is Palestine.
Albemarle is the next town on the
line Of the Scuthbound. h line
crosses the Southern at grade and
runs lust behind the Wiscasett and
Efrd Mills. Besides these cotton
mills. Albemarle has a knitting mill,
q large lumber plant and is an all
round good town.
The Southbound hen parallels the
Southern, to Porter, a little station
five miles south of Albernarle, which
also has aspirations of becoming
larger some time. and on to Norwood,
twenty miles north of Wadeboro. The
line runs within q mile of the center
of he town on the west side which
puts the station within four and a
half miles of Rocky River Springs,
making it comparatively easy to reach
from here. Norwood is a town Of
1900 people, and live ones. too. They
have a cotton mill, a roller mill, cotton
seed oil mill. a large lumber plant
besides being a thriving trade center.
The road then crosses Rocky river