The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

| a part OF the country thai il
/ In It's interesting originality 4rs
| pliclty. one OF the most a.
spots on earth spot that cav
| tain the visitor who wanrs
the real South. and who i sf
creation instead Of genuine \
home cooking" as the hote.
| boarding houses of the winra-
| towns advertise.
Looking Ahead
Good roads are pushing inc
corners of North Carolina MI
not be long until the automob-
Norfolk or from the Washinat.r
Richmond road can find 1
the sound counties and ir-
quaint and interesting town
communities we struck on ntr
voyage down from Portsrno.-t
Raleigh, and when that day como. :.
is the job of the residents of thar
tion to make known to the v3
what is there. For many mouI,.
the year the hotels of all the -.,-s
along the sound should be fanr.
with the drivers Of the cars +-r
many states, and the towns Sha.r3
be getting acquainted with a ,e,g
crop of Yankee strangers every 6e,-
The strangers should be show -
fishing holes, and the points Of ln..l
interest, taught the traditions a-3
told the history Of their co.rtr1;
which commenced on the Roanoka
and the Chowan and the Pasquotarli
rivers
|, At Washington l nearly lost -sa
doctor. The train stopped thero \
few minutes to let the engineer aa-
, eide which route to take and Ma
doctor wandered off around he
corner where some fishermen Vere
unloading fish they had brought IN
F from down the river. l would have
followed them, too, but it would have
!, been shame for both Of Us t. fool
; around and miss the train, SO / STAY
ed by to watch it. Presently Doc
: showed up just as the engineer con-
cluded to take the route that crosses
E the river on another long bridge ana
,, we were off. There is another fea-
ture about that sound section II
you are in doubt what you want Is
do, just turn down the road 1hat
crosses the river and go over 70 The
! other side, and you are in q new
country again, ready to start all over
and find a lot of new and interesting
things you had not thrOught Of 10
look at a map Of the Norfolk South-
ern you would say that when il vas
built the engineer who staked il oGt
headed for river or a sound. and
g when he built his bridge he mad,
q break in three or four directions for
e variety's sake. That is all to tho
|, good, and if one railroad is not onoa~h
e the chances are that another one has
e a bridge close by with roads branch
: ing out from it.
j A Garden of Eden
Y If Adam ever wants to take an-
s other turn at life and needs garden
3 of Eden to make a beginning he VIII
= hunt a long time before he finds a.
n more likely place to locate than hc-
e tween Currituck county and New
l. Hanover on the Carolina lowlands Z
r. he really wants to make garden he
can do all he cares for in that Hne
s for the man is not yet created who
s can imagine the limit of gardening
Il that will some day be under Wa< n
: this part Of the world. If he wants +"
'. go fishing all that is necessary IS :"
y, get the bait and cut a pole, iHds
l., are in the marshes. Game Is ~ fht
h woods. Flowers are in the air. and
content must abide in such country.
If the people of the North aHt
!. West knew what is in Eastern Sort
- Carolina to attract them, and kn'W
!. that roads were available for them .
= travel on it would not be half d"Z'
- years until every little town I"hl
- | Eliza beth City to Southport Noulo H-
= securing the country for miles aro-al
= to find chickens to make sanduiea'
g and fried chicken for the army ai
3. invaders who would come IN ncfa s.
= lag numbers every year. Bul-al :
- roads pays as an investment aly
- place. Building roads in those
- tions Of the sound country W.
~ roads are not yet built will pay
general investment and it will y =
- pay as a particular investment II"
- after the roads are built and IN a9'
- people who have automobiles Will L9
:. 1t out Everywhere are scouts hGh.-
>. ing out the good roads for the behel'
- - OF the increasing army Of car oN1"E
- and following the scouts are the caIS
1t is said that a million and Hat
automobiles are now owned I'M lA'
United States with the number l
-. creasing at a greater rate every das
p All those cars have to have s"tH'
a. a., place to go to, and they can nof q
-. stopped because the place IS not
i found. They will hunt it and Wn5
~ - they find it they will haunt it.
- L know they will hunt out Easl