The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
BiON II. BUTLER.

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The doctor is member of the Ma
sons or the Elks or the State Medical
society or something of that sort
which gives him considerable expert
ence and discretion, as well as a habit
of travel. so when he said it would be
a long and dusty journey across the
hot sands of eastern North Carolina
before we arrived at Raleigh we stop
ped at the oasis The oasis is a place
where a man in white apron charges
you five cents for about two cents
worth of malt nutritine. not count
ing the Suds on top, and yOudrink it
and say 'gesundheit," and look around
FOR a pretZel. Doc is Scotch and cam
not understand the gesundheit style
OF speech which is a pity, for that
prevented him from saying anything
to capt. ThierichenS, of the Eitel
Frederick, over in the river at the
upper end of town. After depOsiting
our ten cents with the receiving teller
Of the thirst relieving emporium we
had twenty minutes to get to the train,
50 we let the German ship and captain
go until we might get down to Norfolk
again and we pulled out for the sta
ton.
Now voyaging from Norfolk to Raj
eigh by way of Elizabeth City, Eden
ton. Washington and Plymouth is not
short line travel, but it is far more
interesting. So we turned our faces
toward the history Of early North Car
olina, and Gods country, and left the
Eitel in her gloom drifting at her an
chor. Doe nearly fell for the Pullman
car, but l rescued him and we landed
safely in the democratic car ahead. In
ten minutes we were in an unknown
world.
This was purely sight seeing ex-
petition. We could not get out OF
Norfolk on the Seaboard until night
and here at II o'clock we we're going
away on the Norfolk Southern by day
light, with seven or eight hours in
which to wander around over the
coast counties. and strike Raleigh
sometime during the early night.
Seeing The Country in North Carolina
People go miles away from home
10 see the country. Americans rur
over Europe and the old world. Folk!
from the East go to California and the
West. Money is poured out like water
to carry folks long Journeys to see in
teresting lands and interesting sights
How strange it is that the people wh'
like to travel see so little of one o
the most interesting sections of tn
world, the territory between Washing
amount Of money man in the NOrtl
can run over Eastern Virginia am
Eastern North Carolina, and if he doe
not find interest in every cOnsecutiv
mile then he is a funny adventurel
One Of these days this thing is goin
TO change. The incessant extenSiO
of good roads all over North CarOlin
IS going to bring strangers into thi
cradle Of American civilization and de
Yelopment.
Currituck, Land of Yesterday.
Down TO the southeast the roa
leads out Of Norfolk, crossing int
North Carolina into Currituck count
that long three-cornered county ths
is about half land surface and the ba
ance sound. When you have crosse
into Currituck you have entered tn
land Of yesterday. Currituck is one {
the original precincts Of the colon
Until Dare was formed in recent yeal
Currituck claimed the first colony
English people in the new world.
nolle Island came Raleighs exp
cLA.n in 1884, arriving on the four'
os"July, a day that marks the begin
ming of the empire in America as we
as the beginning Of the republic.
a broad level. inviting area OF lar
sweeps from the Virginia line dow
Currituck Sound. and we thought
the possibilities of Il country that TO
over three centuries has here aWaltt
the coming of men to make IT a par
disc. You can not see all of any cou
try from a car window, but we cou
see enough OF Curritucl county
know that almost anything man nee
can be found along these fores
meadows and sounds. Saw. mills a
here and there. farms are freQuel
swamps indicate an occasional be