The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

hSpt oh' le argued. We would get L
shore no matter how far II we did
not keep on we would have a much
shorter and perhaps less interesting
journey. for it would be over quick.
Doe kept his eve on the roads all !
along the way Finally he yentured. !
lust as soon as they get this country !
filled up with good roads like we have |
up our way | am coming down here |
again. and well bring three or four !
others along. and We'll stop where we |
want to, and go where the roads Will
allow. and we will have a time worth
while.
Tourists Delight.
What country for a tourist Our
American people pay out their good
money and take their time to sail
across the ocean to wander around
in Europe and other lands. wholly un-
aware Of the delights that await them
if they will only break into eastern
North Carolina any place. We read
about the romantic beauties Of old
world city and rural region. England
is more trim than Perquimans county.
But in Peruuimans county you can do
what you like. In England you are
shackled by a lot of customs and
practices that are obnoxious to an
American. Germany has beautiful
cities and country. Germany is a land
where the women drudge and the men
go for. soldiers ard it is revolving to
the American to see such things
| Buda Pesth is a fine modern city, but
you can not talk the language, and
| one Of the plea sures Of travelling any
where is to be able to ask the first
| fellow you meet something about the
] big building you see across the valley
| or where the road to the right leads,
| OF how many people are in the town
| ship. You may not suspect how abOm-
| Unable it is to sit in the station and
| have the train master motion to you
| in sign language to come and enter
the train when it arrives, but that is
the way in much of the old world.
| You are not a traveller there. You are
SO much freight being shifted around
| to correspond with the words on your
ticket
Far less money than it takes merely
TO cross the ocean and come immed1-
ately home without setting foot on
the shore would bring a traveller from
any of the North or New England into
eastern North Carolina and care for
him for a considerable length of time
The chief reason tourists do not over
run the attractive and historical
sound country is because they do not
know of it. New Englanders make
our histories and our Biographies, an6
!, they put Cape Cod on the map in {
loud and conspicuous tone Of voice
and North Caroline in very modest let
ters. That is all right. New England
, ers are engaged in taking care Of New
England, and they are not sitting VI
nights to see that North Caroline
, grows and prospers. That is a jOt
for North Carolina.
: All Sorts of Divertins Things.
: Can you imagine more divertin:
/ tour for man from the North thar
: to come to Baltimore or Washington
in his car, bringing his family will
2 him, shipping the vehicle there on th
!, boats for Norfolk. and from there fol
lowing the front wheels from one tow
/ to another down through eastern
: North Carolina. Every new settle
S ment is alive with it's history and it
D living charm. Does he want to fish
The sounds will never be fished out
e Does he find an interest in the devel
i opment Of his country. Right in TIL
i coast counties is the origin Of tn
E greatest country en- the globe. Nortl
d Carolina was Grated republic un
+ knowingly, for the colonists from tn
: beginning earned the name Of submit
:, | ting to nothing that curbed thei
3 rights and privileges and so determ
S ined were they that they were locke
S on as outlaws and rebels continually
g New England observes the Fourth Q
{ July as a holiday. So does Mort
!. Carolina and with it Halifax da!
| April IL, for North Carolina declare
II independence several times before Jul
j 4. 1875.
4 Is the traveller interested in wander
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