The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-07-07
BROWN WRITES OF
AUTOMOBILE TRIP,
Goes from Grenada to AShville. n. G.
Roads and Crops.

Roads and Crops.
The editor received Monday the fol-
lowing letter from his friend. Mr.. J. H.
Brown. who writes interestingly of his
automobile trip to Asheville:
Asheville, N. c.. July 1, 1916.
Mr.. O. F. Lawrence,
Grenada Mississippi.
Dear Sir and Friend:-As l promised,
will rive YOU an account of our trip
from Grenada to Asheville by car.
Leaving Grenada at a. m. Monday
last by way of Calhoun City, which is
S5 miles, thence to Houston Is miles,
Aberdeen IS miles, West Point 20
miles, Columbus 25 miles. Pickensville,
Ala, 20 miles, total for days travel
100 miles. Crops sorry and roads not
so very good. However we were in
behind heavy rain. We started next
morniug from Pickensville at $50 to
Carrollton II miles, Reform II miles,
and had nice breakfast. Stopped for
about an hour and a half, thence to
Garda 10 miles, to Tuscaloosa 20 miles,
to Birmingham 60 miles, Springville %
miles, where We spent the night, max
ing total of 14l miles for the second
days trip. The crops were very sorry,
cotton from to 3 leaves to stalk. All
farmers seem to be prosperous, as the
roads were dotted with substantial
farm houses, with now and then a few
bales of cotton stored away for future
use, whith think is a good idea, as
they have plenty of bowl weevil and
crops look to me to bid fair to a bale
for every 8 or 10 acres. though this
land is said to be worth from $25 to
$100 per acre. 1t is as red and poor
looking as any land near Grenada. In a
good many places there was not fur
row plowed for four or FIVE weeks
roads fine. The next morning we start
ed for Rome, Ca, by the way of Gill
bert, Alfalfa, Alabama City, Gadsden.
Hokesbluff, Forney, Cave Springs, to
Rome, 100 miles. From Rome to At
lanta by way of Cartersville, Altonia,
Kennysaw. Marietta, Smyrna, to At
lanta, SO miles, making total mileage
for 3rd day, 1859 miles. The roads were
fine, but more sorry crops to be found.
only where fertilizers are used heavily.
In fertilized territory they claim they
will get from one to one and One-half
the Majestic hotel, and began our jour-
Hey Luc ucAt at o " SiOSh AOA
Greenville, S. c., by the way Druid
Hills, Ingleside, Charleston, Stone Noun
tain, Snellville, Grayson, between Mon
roe to Athens, distance of 1877 miles.
This place is stamped or my mind to be
remembered as long as live. Here is
where l went with Peg Leg Williams
and Mrs. Leavitt, labor agents, some
Is or 16 years ago. for labor. The last
trip that Peg Leg made there that
night the farmers caught him, swing
ing him to telegraph pole with rope
and l expect intending to hang him un'
til he was dead, but finally an old sol
der, who prevailed on the crowd not tt
hang the old man, but to turn hin
loose with the promise and bond thai
he would never return to that place fol
labor again. They killed three negro
preachers that he had getting up labol
for Mississippi that night; however
they were too late to stop that trair
load of labor, as Peg had them stationed
about miles from station on side O
railroad, where they tagged the trail
and made their way into Atlanta, Pet
following on the next train. Severa
spotters came on the next train will
him after they found out that he ha'
sent train load on ahead, They cam'
to Atlanta for the purpose of findinl
out who was furnishing money for tn
Transportation, and, if any of the par
ties could be found in Atlanta, if 81
would arrest them. But Old Peg wire,
the Mississippi boys to be on thei
guard for spoilers, which We all were
We left Atlanta for Greenville, S. c..
by way of Franklin Springs, Royston
Hartwell, to Browns Ferry. Anderso
and Piedmont, where we spent tn
night, total mileage 164 miles for tn
fourth day. Piedmont is town of
to thousand inhabitants, good school
and churches, and is owned by tn
Piedmont Cotton Mill Co., which OWL
one thousand acres of land, and ever
building on it, two large cotton mills
one on each side of the river. The
have water, steam and electric powe
for each mill, manufacture from 75
80 bales of cotton every day in yeai
except Sunday. The roads were spler
did, and crops good in spots. The roao
side is marked with beautiful farr
houses every few miles, with good COZ
well water every few miles. The Ian
is said to be worth from $50 to 500 pc
acre, and where well fertilized make
from to 2 bales per acre. The hot
where we stopped has 40 rooms, an
the proprietor told me he paid $780,
per year rent, with all furniture an
tableware furnished. He only charge
me SO. so for my wife, Mary Glady
and two servants for lodging that nigt
and breakfast for 5. Those people wf
saw the Birth of Nation will reca
the town of Piedmont, where the seer
of the story was laid.
Leaving Piedmont about 8 o'cloc
pext morning for Asheville by way {